diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_test_4gpu_rl.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration_test_4gpu_rl.yaml
index 93f5c81b0a..da4a9b390d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_test_4gpu_rl.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_test_4gpu_rl.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install uv
 
         # 1. Install Monarch and TorchStore
-        uv pip install torchmonarch==0.3.0
+        uv pip install torchmonarch==0.4.1
         uv pip install --no-deps "git+https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torchstore.git@main"
         uv pip install pygtrie portpicker
 
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ jobs:
         sudo mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifacts-to-be-uploaded"
         sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifacts-to-be-uploaded"
 
+        # Install nvcc so FlashInfer can JIT compile its CUDA kernels.
+        # vLLM uses FlashInfer sampler by default (vllm-project/vllm#40376)
+        # but the CI docker image only has CUDA runtime, not the toolkit.
+        uv pip install nvidia-cuda-nvcc
+
         # Run E2E RL integration tests (TP=2 on 4 GPUs)
         python -m torchtitan.experiments.rl.tests.integration_tests \
           $RUNNER_TEMP/artifacts-to-be-uploaded --ngpu 4 \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_test_8gpu_rl_h100.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration_test_8gpu_rl_h100.yaml
index 2fe0240110..0dc854e587 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_test_8gpu_rl_h100.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_test_8gpu_rl_h100.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ jobs:
         sudo mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifacts-to-be-uploaded"
         sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) "$RUNNER_TEMP/artifacts-to-be-uploaded"
 
+        # Install nvcc so FlashInfer can JIT compile its CUDA kernels.
+        # vLLM uses FlashInfer sampler by default (vllm-project/vllm#40376)
+        # but the CI docker image only has CUDA runtime, not the toolkit.
+        uv pip install nvidia-cuda-nvcc
+
         # Run bitwise parity tests (TP=2, batch-invariant mode)
         HF_ASSETS_PATH="$MODEL_PATH" torchrun --nproc-per-node=2 -m pytest \
           torchtitan/experiments/rl/tests/test_bitwise_parity.py -v
diff --git a/torchtitan/experiments/rl/models/attention.py b/torchtitan/experiments/rl/models/attention.py
index cc1e9c1267..5aae2c5391 100644
--- a/torchtitan/experiments/rl/models/attention.py
+++ b/torchtitan/experiments/rl/models/attention.py
@@ -168,14 +168,16 @@ def forward(
                 num_seqs + 1, dtype=torch.int32, device=query.device
             )
             cu_seqlens_k[1:] = torch.cumsum(seqused_k, dim=0)
-        # FA3 + batch-invariant: fix num_splits=1 to prevent non-deterministic
-        # split-k reductions. FA2 is automatically batch-invariant and does
-        # not accept num_splits.
         extra_kwargs = {}
 
-        # Disable split_kv in Flash Attention to ensure bitwise identical output.
-        # see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/176905
-        if is_in_batch_invariant_mode() and current_flash_attention_impl() == "FA3":
+        # TODO(pytorch/pytorch#179760): FA2's auto num_splits heuristic
+        # produces NaN intermittently with paged KV (block_table). Force
+        # num_splits=1 as a workaround until the root cause is fixed
+        # upstream. current_flash_attention_impl() returns None when FA2
+        # is the implicit default (SM < 9.0). For FA3, only force
+        # num_splits=1 in batch-invariant mode (determinism).
+        fa_impl = current_flash_attention_impl()
+        if fa_impl in (None, "FA2") or is_in_batch_invariant_mode():
             extra_kwargs["num_splits"] = 1
 
         if self.enable_gqa:
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/common/attention.py b/torchtitan/models/common/attention.py
index 6ce30b88a6..4e2037ab95 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/common/attention.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/common/attention.py
@@ -132,12 +132,15 @@ def forward(
 
         varlen_kwargs = dict()
 
-        if is_in_batch_invariant_mode():
-            if current_flash_attention_impl() == "FA3":
-                # Fix split count to 1 to prevent non-deterministic split-k
-                # reductions that vary with batch composition.
-                # Only needed for FA3; FA2 is automatically batch-invariant.
-                varlen_kwargs["num_splits"] = 1
+        # TODO(pytorch/pytorch#179760): FA2's auto num_splits heuristic
+        # produces NaN intermittently with paged KV (block_table). Force
+        # num_splits=1 as a workaround. current_flash_attention_impl()
+        # returns None when FA2 is the implicit default (SM < 9.0).
+        # For FA3, only force num_splits=1 in batch-invariant mode
+        # to prevent non-deterministic split-k reductions.
+        fa_impl = current_flash_attention_impl()
+        if fa_impl in (None, "FA2") or is_in_batch_invariant_mode():
+            varlen_kwargs["num_splits"] = 1
 
         # Forward enable_gqa from GQAttention when Q and KV head counts differ
         if kwargs.get("enable_gqa", False):