[CI] Add fields in CI matrix that determine devcontainer repo and runner labels

[wmaxey]

Description

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Allows switching which devcontainers and runner labels are used for testing. This gives us the ability to supply different inputs when generating test lists.

As a follow-up I'm going to change the windows devcontainer labels to follow the format of cpp-{host}-{cuda} as this prevents us from further simplifying the devcontainer tag generation.

rapidsai/devcontainers#758

Checklist

• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added configurable runner labels and development container image settings.
  • Added explicit GPU count configuration for workflow jobs.
  • Improved support for multi-GPU runners and customizable GPU labels.
  • Workflow jobs now receive operating system and GPU details automatically.

• Bug Fixes

  • GPU setup and device passthrough now reliably follow configured GPU counts rather than runner-name conventions.
  • Windows job detection now prioritizes the configured operating system.

Walkthrough

GPU metadata now includes explicit GPU counts and configurable runner and image settings. Dispatch jobs emit operating system and GPU count fields. Linux and Windows workflows forward these values to job actions, which use them for GPU setup and passthrough.

Changes

GPU runner configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Metadata and dispatch generation ci/matrix.yaml, .github/actions/workflow-build/build-workflow.py	Matrix entries define GPU counts, runner identifiers, label templates, and devcontainer image settings. Generated jobs include configurable labels, image tags, os, and gpu_count.
Dispatch input propagation .github/actions/workflow-build/prepare-workflow-dispatch.py, .github/workflows/workflow-dispatch-*.yml	Platform detection prioritizes explicit os values. Standalone and two-stage workflows forward GPU counts to Linux and Windows job actions.
GPU execution selection .github/actions/workflow-run-job-linux/action.yml, .github/actions/workflow-run-job-windows/action.yml	Job actions default gpu_count to zero. Linux GPU selection and Windows driver installation and Docker passthrough use the explicit count instead of runner-label parsing.

Suggested reviewers: jrhemstad

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to acbbb

This change adds configurable CI matrix inputs for devcontainer repositories and runner labels, with no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining beyond normal checks and review.

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1. CUDA Experimental launch config trait arguments rejected · 4 jobs

Explanation: All four builds fail while compiling the same `launch_smoke.cu` assertions under both affected CUDA/GCC combinations and language standards. The logs do not include a deeper template diagnostic, but the failure is isolated to querying launch traits through `decltype` of the local CTAD-created `kernel` variable.

Evidence:

2026-08-26T19:51:09.1035946Z /home/coder/cccl/cudax/test/launch/launch_smoke.cu:371:730: error: template argument 1 is invalid
2026-08-26T19:51:09.1037198Z   371 |     static_assert(cuda::__is_kernel_config<decltype(kernel.default_config())>);
2026-08-26T19:51:09.1058203Z /home/coder/cccl/cudax/test/launch/launch_smoke.cu:372:767: error: template argument 1 is invalid

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Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl
Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460
Failure group: CUDA Experimental launch config trait arguments rejected
Affected jobs:
- cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK12.9 GCC14 C++17] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98302999325
- cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK12.9 GCC14 C++20] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98302999395
- cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK13.0 GCC15 C++17] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98302999426
- cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK13.0 GCC15 C++20] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98302999482

Reproduce narrowly by building the `cudax.test.launch` target with CTK 12.9/GCC 14 and CTK 13.0/GCC 15 in C++17 and C++20. Inspect `cudax/test/launch/launch_smoke.cu` around `test_default_config` and `libcudacxx/include/cuda/__launch/configuration.h` around `__is_kernel_config` and `__kernel_has_default_config`; verify whether NVCC/GCC rejects the local-variable `decltype` expressions inside the Catch2 `SECTION`. A likely compatibility fix is to define explicit aliases such as `using default_config_t = decltype(cuda::make_config(block, grid, cuda::cooperative_launch()));` and `using kernel_t = kernel_with_default_config<default_config_t>;`, assert the traits on those aliases, and instantiate `kernel_t kernel{...}`. Confirm the analogous libcudacxx launch test remains covered, then run the focused launch target on all four failing configurations.

Jobs:

• cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK12.9 GCC14 C++17] Build(amd64)
• cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK12.9 GCC14 C++20] Build(amd64)
• cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK13.0 GCC15 C++17] Build(amd64)
• cudax nvcc GCC / [CTK13.0 GCC15 C++20] Build(amd64)

2. CUB ArgMinLastMax returns an earlier maximum index · 1 job

Explanation: The `abs_less_t` case for five million `short` inputs produces the expected maximum value but an earlier index instead of the expected last matching index. This points to incorrect last-maximum tie handling in the ArgMinLastMax reduction path rather than a test wrapper or CTest failure.

Evidence:

2026-08-26T21:08:57.0576723Z /home/coder/cccl/cub/test/catch2_test_device_reduce_arg_minmax.cu:338: FAILED:
2026-08-26T21:08:57.0582386Z   CATCH_REQUIRE( exp_max_index == d_max_index[0] )
2026-08-26T21:08:57.0586983Z   3330392 (0x32d158) == 2955903

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Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl
Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460
Failure group: CUB ArgMinLastMax returns an earlier maximum index
Affected jobs:
- CUB nvcc GCC / L8 / [CTK13.3 GCC15 C++20] DeviceLaunch(amd64, RTXA6000): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98326383751

Reproduce only `cub.test.device.reduce_arg_minmax.lid_1` with the `[small-mem]` filter and Catch2 RNG seed `2111484603`, focusing on the `short` input/`int` output, `abs_less_t`, five-million-item last-maximum case. Add a deterministic regression containing repeated comparator-equivalent maxima across reduction tiles, then trace `cub::detail::arg_minmax_reduce_op<CompareOpT, true>` and the streaming/device-reduce data path to ensure every reduction stage retains the largest global index on ties. Fix the implementation rather than weakening the assertion, and run the focused ArgMinMax/ArgMinLastMax CUB targets, including large-offset and environment variants.

Jobs:

• CUB nvcc GCC / L8 / [CTK13.3 GCC15 C++20] DeviceLaunch(amd64, RTXA6000)

3. RAPIDS cugraph uses deleted RMM device_scalar rvalue constructor · 1 job

Explanation: Current cugraph passes temporary `size_t{0}` values to an RMM `device_scalar` overload that explicitly deletes rvalue initializers, causing the same compile error across many cugraph translation units. The other requested RAPIDS components built far enough for cugraph to be reported as the sole failing component.

Evidence:

2026-08-26T19:59:35.7106484Z /home/coder/cugraph/cpp/include/cugraph/edge_partition_device_view.cuh(560): error: function "rmm::_RMM_26_10::device_scalar<T>::device_scalar(const rmm::_RMM_26_10::device_scalar<T>::value_type &&, rmm::_RMM_26_10::cuda_stream_view, cuda::mr::__4::__version_bump_ver4_::any_resource<cuda::mr::__4::device_accessible>) [with T=size_t]" (declared at line 122 of /home/coder/rmm/cpp/include/rmm/device_scalar.hpp) cannot be referenced -- it is a deleted function
2026-08-26T19:59:35.7108332Z       rmm::device_scalar<size_t> count(size_t{0}, stream);
2026-08-26T20:05:24.5535809Z ##[error] Failures: cugraph

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Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl
Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460
Failure group: RAPIDS cugraph uses deleted RMM device_scalar rvalue constructor
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33006720460/job/98303092333

Reproduce the cugraph C++ build against the same current RMM and CCCL revisions, then locate every `rmm::device_scalar` construction that passes a temporary initial value, including the repeated `count(size_t{0}, stream)` calls in `edge_partition_device_view.cuh` and `vertex_frontier.cuh`. Replace them with the supported zero-initialization API for the installed RMM version—prefer constructing on the stream and calling its asynchronous zero-initialization method if available—and audit source-lifetime requirements rather than merely converting the temporary to a short-lived reference. Run the focused cugraph C++ build first, then the optional RAPIDS subset containing rmm and cugraph.

Jobs:

• Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph