Adding nightly RC builds

.github/workflows/set_nightly_version_rc.py

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+# Copyright 2025 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+This module bumps the PennyLane development version by one unit.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+
+version_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../../pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py")
+
+assert os.path.isfile(version_file_path)
+
+with open(version_file_path, "r+", encoding="UTF-8") as f:
+    lines = f.readlines()
+
+    version_line = lines[-1]
+    assert "__version__ = " in version_line
+    pattern = r"(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)-rc(\d+)"
+    match = re.search(pattern, version_line)
+    if match:
+        # Case 1: Version has RC suffix
+        major, minor, bug, rc = match.groups()
+        replacement = f'__version__ = "{major}.{minor}.{bug}-rc{int(rc)+1}"\n'
+    else:
+        # Case 2: Version has no RC suffix
+        base_pattern = r"(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)"
+        base_match = re.search(base_pattern, version_line)
+        assert base_match, "Version string must be in format X.Y.Z or X.Y.Z-rcN"
+        major, minor, bug = base_match.groups()
+        replacement = f'__version__ = "{major}.{minor}.{bug}-rc0"\n'
+
+    lines[-1] = replacement
+
+    f.seek(0)
+    f.writelines(lines)
+    f.truncate()

.github/workflows/upload-nightly-rc-release.yml

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+name: Build nightly Lightning RC releases for TestPyPI
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Run every weekday at 5:50 EDT (cron is in UTC)
+    - cron: "50 9 * * 1-5"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nightly-rc-release-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  setup-rc:
+    name: Setup the release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      rc_branch: ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+      branch_exists: ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.branch_exists }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Lightning repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: master
+
+    # Sets up Python environment
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11"
+
+    # Ensure setuptools is up-to-date for pyproject.toml processing
+    - name: Install latest setuptools 
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade setuptools        
+
+    - name: Check for rc branch
+      id: check_rc
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(python setup.py --version)
+        IFS=. read MAJ MIN PAT <<< "${VERSION%-dev[0-9]*}"
+        RC_BRANCH="v${MAJ}.$((MIN-1)).${PAT}-rc0"
+        if git ls-remote --exit-code origin "refs/heads/$RC_BRANCH"; then
+          echo "branch_exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "rc_branch=$RC_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Found rc branch: $RC_BRANCH"
+        else
+          echo "branch_exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        fi
+
+    - name: Checkout Lightning repo
+      if: ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ssh-key: ${{ secrets.NIGHTLY_VERSION_UPDATE_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+        ref: ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+    - name: Bump rc version
+      if: ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+      run: |
+        echo "rc_branch is ${{ steps.check_rc.outputs.rc_branch }}"
+        python $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/set_nightly_version_rc.py
+        # git config --global user.email '${{ secrets.AUTO_UPDATE_VERSION_RINGO_EMAIL }}'
+        # git config --global user.name "ringo-but-quantum"
+        # git add $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pennylane/_version.py
+        # git commit -m "[no ci] bump nightly version"
+        # git push
+
+  build-linux-aarch64-cuda:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64_cuda.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-linux-x86_64:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-linux-x86_64-cuda:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-linux-aarch64:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-macos-arm64:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-windows-x86_64:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_win_x86_64.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-windows-x86_64_rocm:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_rocm.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  build-noarch:
+    needs: setup-rc
+    if: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.branch_exists == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml
+    with:
+      branch: ${{ needs.setup-rc.outputs.rc_branch }}
+
+  check-wheel-uploads:
+    # needs: [build-linux-aarch64-cuda, build-linux-x86_64, build-linux-x86_64-cuda, build-linux-aarch64, build-macos-arm64, build-windows-x86_64, build-windows-x86_64_rocm, build-noarch]
+    name: Check wheel uploads
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Lightning repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: master
+
+      - name: Check for uploaded wheels
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        run: |
+          # Check if any wheel artifacts were uploaded
+          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
+          git config user.email "<>"         
+          gh workflow run "Build Release Branch Nightly for TestPyPI" --repo PennyLaneAI/catalyst --ref sc-111637-sync-rc
+

.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_linux_aarch64-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_linux_aarch64-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
@@ -108,6 +114,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}        
 
       - name: Restoring cached dependencies
         id: kokkos-cache

.github/workflows/wheel_linux_aarch64_cuda.yml

@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_linux_aarch64_cu12-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_linux_aarch64_cu12-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
       - name: Install Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64.yml

@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_linux_x86_64-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_linux_x86_64-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -120,6 +126,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}         
 
       - name: Copy cached libraries
         if: steps.kokkos-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'

.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_cuda.yml

@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_linux_x86_64_cu12-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_linux_x86_64_cu12-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}         
 
       - name: Install dependencies (AlmaLinux)
         if: ${{ (matrix.container_img == 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64') }}

.github/workflows/wheel_linux_x86_64_rocm.yml

@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_linux_x86_64_rocm-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_linux_x86_64_rocm-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -123,6 +129,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }} 
 
       - name: Copy cached libraries
         if: steps.kokkos-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'

.github/workflows/wheel_macos_arm64.yml

@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 env:
   MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 13.0
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_macos_arm64-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_macos_arm64-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python

.github/workflows/wheel_noarch.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string  
+        default: master        
 
 concurrency:
-  group: wheel_noarch-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: wheel_noarch-${{ github.ref }}-${{ inputs.branch }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -39,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:        
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: