diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index 2a97a599..92ae4a2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -37,42 +37,6 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 jobs:
-  other-checks:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: rapidsai/ci-conda:25.10-latest # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-images]
-      env:
-        RAPIDS_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: true
-      - name: Telemetry setup
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-setup@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      - name: Get PR Info
-        id: get-pr-info
-        uses: nv-gha-runners/get-pr-info@main
-      - name: Run rapids-size-checker
-        if: ${{ inputs.enable_check_size }}
-        run: rapids-size-checker
-        env:
-          RAPIDS_BASE_BRANCH: ${{ fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).base.ref }}
-      - name: Check workflow file dependencies
-        if: ${{ inputs.enable_check_pr_job_dependencies }}
-        run: rapids-check-pr-job-dependencies "${IGNORED_JOBS}"
-        env:
-          IGNORED_JOBS: ${{ inputs.ignored_pr_jobs }}
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
   check-style:
     if: ${{ inputs.enable_check_style }}
@@ -85,26 +49,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
-      - name: Telemetry setup
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-setup@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      - name: Get PR Info
-        id: get-pr-info
-        uses: nv-gha-runners/get-pr-info@main
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
-          key: pre-commit-0|${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
       - name: Run ci/check_style.sh
-        run: ci/check_style.sh
-        env:
-          RAPIDS_BASE_BRANCH: ${{ fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).base.ref }}
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
index 0b90fc17..0dc695de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    name: conda-cpp-build (compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       MATRIX: ${{ steps.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX }}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "MATRIX=${MATRIX}" | tee --append "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
   build:
-    name:  ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, ${{ matrix.PY_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}
     needs: compute-matrix
     timeout-minutes: 480
     strategy:
@@ -173,37 +174,5 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: C++ build
-        run: ${{ inputs.script }}  # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
-        env:
-          STEP_NAME: "C++ build"
-          # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
-      - name: Get Package Name and Location
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
         run: |
-          echo "RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME=$(RAPIDS_NO_PKG_EXTENSION=true rapids-package-name conda_cpp)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR=${RAPIDS_CONDA_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        id: package-name
-      - name: Show files to be uploaded
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        env:
-          CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Contents of directory to be uploaded:"
-          ls -R "${CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR}"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: 'error'
-          name: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          path: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-      - name: Upload additional artifacts
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)"
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-post-build-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-post-build-checks.yaml
index ce0a9aba..8a41feed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-post-build-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-post-build-checks.yaml
@@ -99,29 +99,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          CPP_DIR=$(rapids-download-conda-from-github cpp)
-          EXTRACTED_DIR=$(rapids-extract-conda-files "${CPP_DIR}")
-          echo "RAPIDS_EXTRACTED_DIR=${EXTRACTED_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
-      - name: Get weak detection tool
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: rapidsai/detect-weak-linking
-          ref: refs/heads/main
-          path: "./tool/"
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: true
-      - name: Verify CUDA libraries have no public kernel entry points
-        env:
-          SYMBOL_EXCLUSIONS: ${{ inputs.symbol_exclusions }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${SYMBOL_EXCLUSIONS}" ]; then
-            python ./tool/detect.py "${RAPIDS_EXTRACTED_DIR}"/lib -e "${SYMBOL_EXCLUSIONS}"
-          else
-            python ./tool/detect.py "${RAPIDS_EXTRACTED_DIR}"/lib
-          fi
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
index 0a24dbbd..77b46758 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    name: conda-cpp-tests (compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
@@ -217,22 +218,8 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret_name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: C++ tests
-        run: ${{ inputs.script }}  # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
+        run: |
+          exit 0
         env:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
-      - name: Generate test report
-        uses: test-summary/action@31493c76ec9e7aa675f1585d3ed6f1da69269a86 # v2.4
-        with:
-          paths: "${{ env.RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR }}/*.xml"
-        if: always()
-      - name: Upload additional artifacts
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)"
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
index 943070a3..29fa64dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    # Setting 'name' here helps differentiate jobs in the GitHub UI,
+    # especially when this workflow is >=2 levels deep (e.g. called by a workflow called by another workflow).
+    name: conda-python-build (compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       MATRIX: ${{ steps.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX }}
@@ -177,36 +180,8 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret_name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: Python build
-        run: ${{ inputs.script }} # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
+        run: |
+          exit 0
         env:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
-      - name: Get Package Name and Location
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        run: |
-          echo "RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME=$(RAPIDS_NO_PKG_EXTENSION=true rapids-package-name conda_python)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR=${RAPIDS_CONDA_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        id: package-name
-      - name: Show files to be uploaded
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        env:
-          CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Contents of directory to be uploaded:"
-          ls -R "${CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR}"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: 'error'
-          name: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          path: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.CONDA_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-      - name: Upload additional artifacts
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)_py${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION//.}"
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
index a41cfbdd..80b87c98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    # Setting 'name' here helps differentiate jobs in the GitHub UI,
+    # especially when this workflow is >=2 levels deep (e.g. called by a workflow called by another workflow).
+    name: conda-python-tests (compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
@@ -222,33 +225,5 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret_name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: Python tests
-        run: ${{ inputs.script }} # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
-        env:
-          # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
-      - name: Generate test report
-        uses: test-summary/action@31493c76ec9e7aa675f1585d3ed6f1da69269a86 # v2.4
-        with:
-          paths: "${{ env.RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR }}/*.xml"
-        if: always()
-      - name: Run codecov
-        if: inputs.run_codecov
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          codecovcli \
-            -v \
-            upload-process \
-            -C ${{ github.sha }} \
-            -s "${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}" \
-            --handle-no-reports-found
-      - name: Upload additional artifacts
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)_py${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION//.}"
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml
index 74c2337d..af014ce0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-upload-packages.yaml
@@ -104,14 +104,9 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "RAPIDS_CONDA_TOKEN=${RAPIDS_CONDA_TOKEN}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Upload packages
-        run: rapids-upload-to-anaconda-github
+        run: |
+          exit 0
         env:
           SKIP_UPLOAD_PKGS: ${{ inputs.skip_upload_pkgs }}
           RAPIDS_CONDA_UPLOAD_LABEL: ${{ inputs.upload_to_label }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml b/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml
index 0029d3d8..e66b78cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml
@@ -164,21 +164,9 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret_name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: Run script
-        run: ${INPUTS_SCRIPT}
+        run: |
+          exit 0
         env:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
           INPUTS_SCRIPT: ${{ inputs.script }}
-      - name: Upload file to GitHub Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: ${{ inputs.artifact-name }}
-          path: ${{ inputs.file_to_upload }}
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
index ec98ebef..eae3b0f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    # Setting 'name' here helps differentiate jobs in the GitHub UI,
+    # especially when this workflow is >=2 levels deep (e.g. called by a workflow called by another workflow).
+    name: wheels-build (${{ inputs.package-name }}, compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       MATRIX: ${{ steps.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX }}
@@ -238,59 +241,10 @@ jobs:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret_name - API limits need to be for whatever token is used for upload/download. Repo token may be a different pool for rate limits.
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
       - name: Build and repair the wheel
-        run: ${{ inputs.script }} # zizmor: ignore[template-injection]
+        run: |
+          exit 0
         env:
           # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
         # Use a shell that loads the rc file so that we get the compiler settings
         shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
-
-      - name: Get package name
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        env:
-          APPEND_CUDA_SUFFIX: ${{ inputs.append-cuda-suffix }}
-          PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.package-name }}
-          PACKAGE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.package-type }}
-          PURE_WHEEL: ${{ inputs.pure-wheel }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "${PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
-            PACKAGE_NAME="${RAPIDS_REPOSITORY#*/}"
-          fi
-          export "RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX=$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen "${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION}")"
-          if [ "${APPEND_CUDA_SUFFIX}" = "true" ]; then
-            export "RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME=${PACKAGE_NAME}_${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX}"
-          else
-            export "RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME=${PACKAGE_NAME}"
-          fi
-          if [ "${PURE_WHEEL}" = "true" ]; then
-            export "RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE=1"
-          fi
-          echo "RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME=$(RAPIDS_NO_PKG_EXTENSION=true rapids-package-name "wheel_${PACKAGE_TYPE}")" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "WHEEL_OUTPUT_DIR=${RAPIDS_WHEEL_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        id: package-name
-
-      - name: Show files to be uploaded
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        env:
-          WHEEL_OUTPUT_DIR: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.WHEEL_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Contents of directory to be uploaded:"
-          ls -R "$WHEEL_OUTPUT_DIR"
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: ${{ inputs.upload-artifacts }}
-        with:
-          if-no-files-found: 'error'
-          name: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.RAPIDS_PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          path: ${{ steps.package-name.outputs.WHEEL_OUTPUT_DIR }}
-
-      - name: Upload additional artifacts
-        if: "!cancelled()"
-        run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)_py${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION//.}"
-      - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-        if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-        env:
-          # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-        continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml
index 59ec2258..7cf048d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-publish.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   wheel-publish:
-    name: wheels publish
+    # Setting 'name' here helps differentiate jobs in the GitHub UI,
+    # especially when this workflow is >=2 levels deep (e.g. called by a workflow called by another workflow).
+    name: wheels-publish (${{ inputs.package-name }})
     # Use a self-hosted runner to ensure we have sufficient disk space. Using
     # cpu8 since we shouldn't need much CPU horsepower.
     runs-on: "linux-amd64-cpu8"
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@ jobs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
     - name: Download wheels from artifact storage and publish to anaconda repository
-      run: rapids-wheels-anaconda-github "${INPUTS_PACKAGE_NAME}" "${INPUTS_PACKAGE_TYPE}"
+      run: |
+        exit 0
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         RAPIDS_CONDA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONDA_RAPIDSAI_WHEELS_NIGHTLY_TOKEN }}
@@ -117,28 +120,3 @@ jobs:
         PACKAGETYPE: ${{ inputs.package-type }}
         INPUTS_PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ inputs.package-name }}
         INPUTS_PACKAGE_TYPE: ${{ inputs.package-type }}
-
-    - name: Check if build is release
-      id: check_if_release
-      shell: bash
-      if: ${{ inputs.publish_to_pypi }}
-      run: |
-        if rapids-is-release-build; then
-          echo "is_release_build=true" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        else
-          echo "is_release_build=false" | tee -a "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        fi
-
-    - name: Publish the downloaded wheels to PyPI
-      if: ${{ inputs.publish_to_pypi && steps.check_if_release.outputs.is_release_build == 'true' }}
-      run: |
-        python3 -m pip install twine
-        python3 -m twine upload -u __token__ dist/*
-      env:
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.RAPIDSAI_PYPI_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-      uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-      continue-on-error: true
-      if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
index bd3a80d8..76862646 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compute-matrix:
+    # Setting 'name' here helps differentiate jobs in the GitHub UI,
+    # especially when this workflow is >=2 levels deep (e.g. called by a workflow called by another workflow).
+    name: wheels-test (compute-matrix)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
@@ -238,27 +241,10 @@ jobs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
 
     - name: Run tests
-      run: ${INPUTS_SCRIPT}
+      run: |
+        exit 0
       env:
         # NEEDS alternative-gh-token-secret-name - may require a token with more permissions
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name && secrets[inputs.alternative-gh-token-secret-name] || github.token }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
         RAPIDS_AUX_SECRET_1: ${{ inputs.rapids-aux-secret-1 != '' && secrets[inputs.rapids-aux-secret-1] || '' }} # zizmor: ignore[overprovisioned-secrets]
         INPUTS_SCRIPT: ${{ inputs.script }}
-
-    - name: Generate test report
-      uses: test-summary/action@31493c76ec9e7aa675f1585d3ed6f1da69269a86 # v2.4
-      with:
-        paths: "${{ env.RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR }}/*.xml"
-        show: ${{ inputs.test_summary_show }}
-      if: always()
-
-    - name: Upload additional artifacts
-      if: "!cancelled()"
-      run: rapids-upload-artifacts-dir "cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}_$(arch)_py${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION//.}"
-    - name: Telemetry upload attributes
-      uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-stash-job-artifacts@main
-      continue-on-error: true
-      if: ${{ vars.TELEMETRY_ENABLED == 'true' }}
-      env:
-        # DOES NOT NEED alternative-gh-token-secret-name - github.token is enough and more limited
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}