diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
index cc44f5557b..90b25140d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash --noprofile --norc -xeuo pipefail {0}
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+  contents: read # This is required for actions/checkout
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -35,19 +35,20 @@ jobs:
           - "3.14"
           - "3.14t"
     name: py${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-64' && 'linux-amd64-cpu8') ||
-                 (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-aarch64' && 'linux-arm64-cpu8') ||
-                 (inputs.host-platform == 'win-64' && 'windows-2022') }}
+    runs-on:
+      ${{ (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-64' && 'linux-amd64-cpu8-testing') ||
+      (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-aarch64' && 'linux-arm64-cpu8-testing') ||
+      (inputs.host-platform == 'win-64' && 'windows-2022') }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       # The env vars ACTIONS_CACHE_SERVICE_V2, ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL, and ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN
       # are exposed by this action.
       - name: Enable sccache
-        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@7d986dd989559c6ecdb630a3fd2557667be217ad  # 0.0.9
+        uses: mozilla-actions/sccache-action@7d986dd989559c6ecdb630a3fd2557667be217ad # 0.0.9
 
       # xref: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/42856#discussioncomment-7678867
       - name: Adding addtional GHA cache-related env vars
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python1
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           # WAR: setup-python is not relocatable, and cibuildwheel hard-wires to 3.12...
           # see https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/871
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up MSVC
         if: ${{ startsWith(inputs.host-platform, 'win') }}
-        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1  # TODO: ask admin to allow pinning commits
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1 # TODO: ask admin to allow pinning commits
 
       - name: Set environment variables
         env:
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload cuda.pathfinder build artifacts
         if: ${{ strategy.job-index == 0 && inputs.host-platform == 'linux-64' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: cuda-pathfinder-wheel
           path: cuda_pathfinder/*.whl
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           cuda-version: ${{ inputs.cuda-version }}
 
       - name: Build cuda.bindings wheel
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc  # v3.3.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc # v3.3.0
         with:
           package-dir: ./cuda_bindings/
           output-dir: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -178,14 +179,14 @@ jobs:
           twine check --strict ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.whl
 
       - name: Upload cuda.bindings build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.whl
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Build cuda.core wheel
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc  # v3.3.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc # v3.3.0
         with:
           package-dir: ./cuda_core/
           output-dir: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload cuda-python build artifacts
         if: ${{ strategy.job-index == 0 && inputs.host-platform == 'linux-64' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: cuda-python-wheel
           path: cuda_python/*.whl
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python2
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           # workaround for actions/runner-images#12377 (the cached 3.13.4 is buggy on Windows)
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' && '3.13.5' || matrix.python-version }}
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Upload cuda.bindings Cython tests
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}/test_*${{ env.PY_EXT_SUFFIX }}
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Upload cuda.core Cython tests
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}/test_*${{ env.PY_EXT_SUFFIX }}
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
           rmdir $OLD_BASENAME
 
       - name: Build cuda.core wheel
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc  # v3.3.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@63fd63b352a9a8bdcc24791c9dbee952ee9a8abc # v3.3.0
         with:
           package-dir: ./cuda_core/
           output-dir: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ jobs:
           twine check --strict ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.whl
 
       - name: Upload cuda.core build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02  # v4.6.2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8733498d91..fe7f7af064 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Note: This name is referred to in the test job, so make sure any changes are sync'd up!
 # Further this is referencing a run in the backport branch to fetch old bindings.
-name: "CI"
+name: "CI" # ci
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       CUDA_PREV_BUILD_VER: ${{ steps.get-vars.outputs.cuda_prev_build_ver }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Get CUDA build versions
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       skip: ${{ steps.get-should-skip.outputs.skip }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
       - name: Compute whether to skip builds and tests
         id: get-should-skip
         env:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - linux-64
     name: Build ${{ matrix.host-platform }}, CUDA ${{ needs.ci-vars.outputs.CUDA_BUILD_VER }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
     with:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - linux-aarch64
     name: Build ${{ matrix.host-platform }}, CUDA ${{ needs.ci-vars.outputs.CUDA_BUILD_VER }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
     with:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - win-64
     name: Build ${{ matrix.host-platform }}, CUDA ${{ needs.ci-vars.outputs.CUDA_BUILD_VER }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' && !fromJSON(needs.should-skip.outputs.skip) }}
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
     with:
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - linux-64
     name: Test ${{ matrix.host-platform }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' }}
     permissions:
-      contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+      contents: read # This is required for actions/checkout
     needs:
       - ci-vars
       - build-linux-64
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - linux-aarch64
     name: Test ${{ matrix.host-platform }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' }}
     permissions:
-      contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+      contents: read # This is required for actions/checkout
     needs:
       - ci-vars
       - build-linux-aarch64
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - win-64
     name: Test ${{ matrix.host-platform }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' }}
     permissions:
-      contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+      contents: read # This is required for actions/checkout
     needs:
       - ci-vars
       - build-windows
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
index ba3152f140..d05f1d8534 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ jobs:
     env:
       BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build-type }}
       ARCH: ${{ (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-64' && 'amd64') ||
-                (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-aarch64' && 'arm64') }}
+        (inputs.host-platform == 'linux-aarch64' && 'arm64') }}
     outputs:
       MATRIX: ${{ steps.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Validate Test Type
         run: |
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX) }}
-    runs-on: "linux-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1"
+    runs-on: "linux-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1-testing"
     # The build stage could fail but we want the CI to keep moving.
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !cancelled() }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' && !cancelled() }}
     # Our self-hosted runners require a container
     # TODO: use a different (nvidia?) container
     container:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         run: nvidia-smi
 
       - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Setup proxy cache
         uses: nv-gha-runners/setup-proxy-cache@main
@@ -113,21 +113,21 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/tools/env-vars test
 
       - name: Download cuda-pathfinder build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: cuda-pathfinder-wheel
           path: ./cuda_pathfinder
 
       - name: Download cuda-python build artifacts
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: cuda-python-wheel
           path: .
 
       - name: Download cuda.bindings build artifacts
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download cuda.bindings Cython tests
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CYTHON_TEST == '0' }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -lahR $CUDA_BINDINGS_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR
 
       - name: Download cuda.core build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download cuda.core Cython tests
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CYTHON_TEST == '0' }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -lahR $CUDA_CORE_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
index 340f418b22..b13fafc603 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       MATRIX: ${{ steps.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Validate Test Type
         run: |
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX) }}
-    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !cancelled() }}
-    runs-on: "windows-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1"
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nv-gha-runners' && !cancelled() }}
+    runs-on: "windows-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1-testing"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: Setup proxy cache
         uses: nv-gha-runners/setup-proxy-cache@main
@@ -106,21 +106,21 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/tools/env-vars test
 
       - name: Download cuda-pathfinder build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: cuda-pathfinder-wheel
           path: ./cuda_pathfinder
 
       - name: Download cuda-python build artifacts
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: cuda-python-wheel
           path: .
 
       - name: Download cuda.bindings build artifacts
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download cuda.bindings Cython tests
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CYTHON_TEST == '0' }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force $env:CUDA_BINDINGS_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR | Select-Object Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, FullName
 
       - name: Download cuda.core build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download cuda.core Cython tests
         if: ${{ env.SKIP_CYTHON_TEST == '0' }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0  # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}-tests
           path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR }}
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force $env:CUDA_CORE_CYTHON_TESTS_DIR | Select-Object Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, FullName
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}