diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
index a3179c1e155..3504ad9926f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-nightly.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+      - "pull-request/[0-9]+"
   schedule:
     # 2:17 AM UTC daily, after the midnight main CI build finishes.
     # Avoid minute 0 because GitHub documents high scheduled-workflow load
diff --git a/ci/test-matrix.yml b/ci/test-matrix.yml
index df0b9600492..fb4653a34ed 100644
--- a/ci/test-matrix.yml
+++ b/ci/test-matrix.yml
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ linux:
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.4.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'rtx4090',    GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest', FLAVOR: 'wsl' }
   nightly:
     # nightly-pytorch
-    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
-    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
-    - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
-    - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
     - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
     - { ARCH: 'arm64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',     ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
     # nightly-numba-cuda
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ windows:
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.14',  CUDA_VER: '13.4.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'h100',       GPU_COUNT: '2', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'MCDM' }
   nightly:
     # nightly-pytorch
-    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
-    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.12.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
+    - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.14.1', TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '12.6.3', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu126' } }
     - { ARCH: 'amd64', PY_VER: '3.12',  CUDA_VER: '13.0.2', LOCAL_CTK: '0', GPU: 'l4',         GPU_COUNT: '1', DRIVER: 'latest',  DRIVER_MODE: 'TCC',  ENV: { MODE: 'nightly-pytorch', TORCH_VER: '2.9.1',  TORCH_CUDA: 'cu130' } }
     # nightly-numba-cuda