diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index a9427a9366c9..7b925d2938b1 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -1,286 +1,287 @@
 steps:
-  # aarch64 + CUDA builds
-  - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-12-9
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
-      # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-13-0
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
-      # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  # aarch64 build
-  - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CPU"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-arm64-cpu
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_BUILD_ACL=ON --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target vllm-build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  # x86 + CUDA builds
-  - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-12-9
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_31"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-13-0
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  # x86 CPU wheel build
-  - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CPU"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-wheel-x86-cpu
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512BF16=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512VNNI=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AMXBF16=true --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target vllm-build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
-      - "mkdir artifacts"
-      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  # Build release images (CUDA 12.9)
-  - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-release-image-x86
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
-      # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
-      - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
-
-  - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on: ~
-    id: build-release-image-arm64
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
-
-  - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on:
-      - build-release-image-x86
-      - build-release-image-arm64
-    id: create-multi-arch-manifest
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64 --amend"
-      - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
-
-  - label: "Annotate release workflow - CUDA 12.9"
-    depends_on:
-      - create-multi-arch-manifest
-    id: annotate-release-workflow
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh"
-
-  - block: "Build CUDA 13.0 release images"
-    key: block-release-image-build-cuda-13-0
-    depends_on: ~
-
-  - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on: block-release-image-build-cuda-13-0
-    id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
-      # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
-      - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
-
-  - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on: block-release-image-build-cuda-13-0
-    id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      # compute capability 12.0 for RTX-50 series / RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 12.1 for DGX Spark
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0 12.1' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
-
-  - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on:
-      - build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
-      - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
-    id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu130 --amend"
-      - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
-
   - input: "Provide Release version here"
     id: input-release-version
     fields:
       - text: "What is the release version?"
         key: release-version
 
-  - block: "Confirm update release wheels to PyPI (experimental, use with caution)?"
-    key: block-upload-release-wheels
-    depends_on:
-      - input-release-version
-      - build-wheel-x86-cuda-12-9
-      - build-wheel-x86-cuda-13-0
-      - build-wheel-x86-cpu
-      - build-wheel-arm64-cuda-12-9
-      - build-wheel-arm64-cuda-13-0
-      - build-wheel-arm64-cpu
-
-  - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI and GitHub"
-    depends_on:
-      - block-upload-release-wheels
-    id: upload-release-wheels
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh"
-
-  - block: "Build CPU release image"
-    key: block-cpu-release-image-build
-    depends_on: ~
-
-  - label: "Build and publish CPU release image"
-    depends_on: block-cpu-release-image-build
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512BF16=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512VNNI=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AMXBF16=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:latest --progress plain --target vllm-openai -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:latest"
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  - block: "Build arm64 CPU release image"
-    key: block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
-    depends_on: ~
-
-  - label: "Build and publish arm64 CPU release image"
-    depends_on: block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
-    agents:
-      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest --progress plain --target vllm-openai -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest"
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-
-  - block: "Build ROCm release image"
-    key: block-rocm-release-image-build
-    depends_on: ~
-
-  - label: "Build release image (ROCm)"
-    depends_on: block-rocm-release-image-build
-    id: build-release-image-rocm
-    agents:
-      queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
-      # Build base image first
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --tag rocm/vllm-dev:base-$BUILDKITE_COMMIT --target final --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base ."
-      # Build vLLM ROCm image using the base
-      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg BASE_IMAGE=rocm/vllm-dev:base-$BUILDKITE_COMMIT --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-rocm --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.rocm ."
-      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-rocm"
-  
-  - label: "Build and publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub"
-    depends_on:
-      - create-multi-arch-manifest
-    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh"
-      # Clean up old nightly builds (keep only last 14)
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh"
-    plugins:
-      - docker-login#v3.0.0:
-          username: vllmbot
-          password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-      DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
-
-  - label: "Build and publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub - CUDA 13.0"
-    depends_on:
-      - create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
-    if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
-    agents:
-      queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
-    commands:
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh cu130"
-      # Clean up old nightly builds (keep only last 14)
-      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh cu130-nightly-"
-    plugins:
-      - docker-login#v3.0.0:
-          username: vllmbot
-          password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
-    env:
-      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-      DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
-
+  - group: "Build Python wheels"
+    key: "build-wheels"
+    steps:
+      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-12-9
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
+          # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-arm64-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          # #NOTE: torch_cuda_arch_list is derived from upstream PyTorch build files here:
+          # https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/main/.ci/aarch64_linux/aarch64_ci_build.sh#L7
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04  --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build wheel - aarch64 - CPU"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-arm64-cpu
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_BUILD_ACL=ON --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target vllm-build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-12-9
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_31"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-x86-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - label: "Build wheel - x86_64 - CPU"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-wheel-x86-cpu
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512BF16=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512VNNI=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AMXBF16=true --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target vllm-build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+          - "mkdir artifacts"
+          - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh manylinux_2_35"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+  - group: "Build release Docker images"
+    key: "build-release-images"
+    steps:
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-release-image-x86
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
+          # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
+          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-release-image-arm64
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=12.9.1 --build-arg FLASHINFER_AOT_COMPILE=true --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m) --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)"
+
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
+          # re-tag to default image tag and push, just in case arm64 build fails
+          - "docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
+
+      - label: "Build release image - aarch64 - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on: ~
+        id: build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          # compute capability 12.0 for RTX-50 series / RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, 12.1 for DGX Spark
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=13.0.1 --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list='8.7 8.9 9.0 10.0+PTX 12.0 12.1' --build-arg INSTALL_KV_CONNECTORS=true --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE=nvidia/cuda:13.0.1-devel-ubuntu22.04 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130 --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-$(uname -m)-cu130"
+
+      - block: "Build release image for x86_64 CPU"
+        key: block-cpu-release-image-build
+        depends_on: ~
+
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - CPU"
+        depends_on:
+          - block-cpu-release-image-build
+          - input-release-version
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512BF16=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AVX512VNNI=true --build-arg VLLM_CPU_AMXBF16=true --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:latest --progress plain --target vllm-openai -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:latest"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - block: "Build release image for arm64 CPU"
+        key: block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
+        depends_on: ~
+
+      - label: "Build release image - arm64 - CPU"
+        depends_on: 
+          - block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
+          - input-release-version
+        agents:
+          queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest --progress plain --target vllm-openai -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest"
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
+      - block: "Build release image for x86_64 ROCm"
+        key: block-rocm-release-image-build
+        depends_on: ~
+
+      - label: "Build release image - x86_64 - ROCm"
+        depends_on: block-rocm-release-image-build
+        id: build-release-image-rocm
+        agents:
+          queue: cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          # Build base image first
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --tag rocm/vllm-dev:base-$BUILDKITE_COMMIT --target final --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base ."
+          # Build vLLM ROCm image using the base
+          - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg BASE_IMAGE=rocm/vllm-dev:base-$BUILDKITE_COMMIT --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-rocm --target vllm-openai --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.rocm ."
+          - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-rocm"
+
+  - group: "Publish release images"
+    key: "publish-release-images"
+    steps:
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on:
+          - build-release-image-x86
+          - build-release-image-arm64
+        id: create-multi-arch-manifest
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64 --amend"
+          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+
+      - label: "Annotate release workflow - CUDA 12.9"
+        depends_on:
+          - create-multi-arch-manifest
+        id: annotate-release-workflow
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh"
+
+      - label: "Create multi-arch manifest - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on:
+          - build-release-image-x86-cuda-13-0
+          - build-release-image-arm64-cuda-13-0
+        id: create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+          - "docker manifest create public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-x86_64-cu130 public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-aarch64-cu130 --amend"
+          - "docker manifest push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cu130"
+
+      - label: "Publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub"
+        depends_on:
+          - create-multi-arch-manifest
+        if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh"
+          # Clean up old nightly builds (keep only last 14)
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh"
+        plugins:
+          - docker-login#v3.0.0:
+              username: vllmbot
+              password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+          DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
+
+      - label: "Publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub - CUDA 13.0"
+        depends_on:
+          - create-multi-arch-manifest-cuda-13-0
+        if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1"
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/push-nightly-builds.sh cu130"
+          # Clean up old nightly builds (keep only last 14)
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/cleanup-nightly-builds.sh cu130-nightly-"
+        plugins:
+          - docker-login#v3.0.0:
+              username: vllmbot
+              password-env: DOCKERHUB_TOKEN
+        env:
+          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+          DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: "vllmbot"
+
+  - group: "Publish wheels"
+    key: "publish-wheels"
+    steps:
+      - block: "Confirm update release wheels to PyPI (experimental, use with caution)?"
+        key: block-upload-release-wheels
+        depends_on:
+          - input-release-version
+          - build-wheels
+
+      - label: "Upload release wheels to PyPI and GitHub"
+        depends_on:
+          - block-upload-release-wheels
+        id: upload-release-wheels
+        agents:
+          queue: small_cpu_queue_postmerge
+        commands:
+          - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels.sh"
 
   # =============================================================================
   # ROCm Release Pipeline (x86_64 only)