diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index 61bbdd6049..da741e306b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install tar wget gzip libglib2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libunwind-dev googletest liborc-0.4-dev flex bison libopencv-dev pkg-config python3-dev python3-numpy python3 meson ninja-build libflatbuffers-dev flatbuffers-compiler protobuf-compiler
         echo "::endgroup::"
     - name: Install submodules
-      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive
     - name: NDK Build
       if: env.rebuild == '1'
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 7a86ee1022..6a7c8fe84e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
         sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
         pip install meson ninja
-        git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+        git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive
         meson setup \
           --buildtype=plain \
           --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml b/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
index 897151aea7..91d275d158 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_build.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
           sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
       - name: Install submodules
-        run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+        run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: install build systems
         run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
       - run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.check.yml b/.github/workflows/static.check.yml
index 4ccd9ef7df..64ae54833c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.check.yml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "Checking $file"
             FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$file")
             FILESIZE_NUM=`echo $FILESIZE | sed ':a;s/\B[0-9]\{3\}\>/,&/;ta'`
-            if [[ $FILESIZE -gt $[ 5*1024*1024 ] ]]; then
-              echo "::error $file is too large: $FILESIZE > 5MiB"
+            if [[ $FILESIZE -gt $[ 30*1024*1024 ] ]]; then
+              echo "::error $file is too large: $FILESIZE > 30MiB"
               exit 1
             fi
           done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
index 80d6f624e9..82f4436b91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_benchmarks.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: install additional packages for features
       run: sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3
     - name: Install submodules
-      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive
     - name: install build systems
       run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
     - run: meson setup build/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
index 619a6384d0..c293bc109b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13 1000
         sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13
     - name: Install submodules
-      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --depth 1
+      run: git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive
     - name: install build systems
       run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
     - run: |