[CI] Add PyTorch nightly build and test pipeline (#37226)

Signed-off-by: atalman <atalman@fb.com>

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Build a vLLM test image with PyTorch nightly installed.
+# Called by the pipeline generator's "vLLM Against PyTorch Nightly" group.
+
+if [[ $# -lt 5 ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <registry> <repo> <commit> <branch> <image_tag>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+REGISTRY=$1
+REPO=$2
+BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+BRANCH=$4
+IMAGE_TAG=$5
+
+# --- Arguments ---
+echo "--- :mag: Arguments"
+echo "REGISTRY: ${REGISTRY}"
+echo "REPO: ${REPO}"
+echo "BUILDKITE_COMMIT: ${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+echo "BRANCH: ${BRANCH}"
+echo "IMAGE_TAG: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+
+# --- ECR login ---
+echo "--- :key: ECR login"
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 \
+  | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY"
+aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 \
+  | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+
+# --- Set up buildx ---
+echo "--- :docker: Setting up buildx"
+docker buildx create --name vllm-builder --driver docker-container --use || true
+docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
+docker buildx ls
+
+# --- Skip if image already exists ---
+echo "--- :mag: Checking if image already exists"
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Image found: $IMAGE_TAG — skipping build"
+  exit 0
+fi
+echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+
+# --- CUDA 13.0 for nightly builds ---
+# Nightly CI uses CUDA 13.0 while regular CI stays on CUDA 12.9
+NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION="13.0.0"
+NIGHTLY_BUILD_BASE_IMAGE="nvidia/cuda:${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu22.04"
+NIGHTLY_FINAL_BASE_IMAGE="nvidia/cuda:${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu22.04"
+
+echo "--- :docker: Building torch nightly image (CUDA ${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION})"
+docker buildx build --file docker/Dockerfile \
+  --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+  --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+  --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 \
+  --build-arg PYTORCH_NIGHTLY=1 \
+  --build-arg CUDA_VERSION="${NIGHTLY_CUDA_VERSION}" \
+  --build-arg BUILD_BASE_IMAGE="${NIGHTLY_BUILD_BASE_IMAGE}" \
+  --build-arg FINAL_BASE_IMAGE="${NIGHTLY_FINAL_BASE_IMAGE}" \
+  --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list="8.0 8.9 9.0 10.0 12.0" \
+  --tag "$IMAGE_TAG" \
+  --push \
+  --target test \
+  --progress plain .
+
+echo "--- :white_check_mark: Torch nightly image build complete: $IMAGE_TAG"

.buildkite/test_areas/models_basic.yaml

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ steps:
   commands:
     # Run a subset of model initialization tests
     - pytest -v -s models/test_initialization.py::test_can_initialize_small_subset
+  mirror:
+    torch_nightly: {}
 
 - label: Basic Models Tests (Extra Initialization) %N
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
-  torch_nightly: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/model_executor/models/
   - tests/models/test_initialization.py
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ steps:
     # test.) Also run if model initialization test file is modified
     - pytest -v -s models/test_initialization.py -k 'not test_can_initialize_small_subset' --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
   parallelism: 2
+  mirror:
+    torch_nightly: {}
 
 - label: Basic Models Tests (Other)
   timeout_in_minutes: 45

.buildkite/test_areas/models_language.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Language Models Tests (Standard)
   timeout_in_minutes: 25
-  torch_nightly: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/models/language
@@ -12,10 +11,11 @@ steps:
     # Test standard language models, excluding a subset of slow tests
     - pip freeze | grep -E 'torch'
     - pytest -v -s models/language -m 'core_model and (not slow_test)'
+  mirror:
+    torch_nightly: {}
 
 - label: Language Models Tests (Extra Standard) %N
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
-  torch_nightly: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/model_executor/models/
   - tests/models/language/pooling/test_embedding.py
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ steps:
     - pip freeze | grep -E 'torch'
     - pytest -v -s models/language -m 'core_model and slow_test' --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
   parallelism: 2
+  mirror:
+    torch_nightly: {}
 
 - label: Language Models Tests (Hybrid) %N
   timeout_in_minutes: 75
-  torch_nightly: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/models/language/generation
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ steps:
     # Shard hybrid language model tests
     - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m hybrid_model --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
   parallelism: 2
+  mirror:
+    torch_nightly: {}
 
 - label: Language Models Test (Extended Generation) # 80min
   timeout_in_minutes: 110
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
       - image-build-amd
       commands:
       - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/AndreasKaratzas/mamba@fix-rocm-7.0-warp-size-constexpr'
-      - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.2'
+      - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.6.0'
       - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m '(not core_model) and (not hybrid_model)'
 
 - label: Language Models Test (PPL)