diff --git a/.github/workflows/development.yml b/.github/workflows/development.yml
index 7ee36c49..bb54b9ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/development.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/development.yml
@@ -2,17 +2,62 @@ name: Development
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 jobs:
+  quality-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run quality checks
+        run: tox -e quality
+
+  type-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run quality checks
+        run: tox -e types
+
+  precommit-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install pre-commit
+      - name: Run pre-commit checks
+        run: pre-commit run --all-files
+
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -28,9 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -41,3 +84,38 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install tox
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: tox -e test-integration -- -m smoke
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install toml loguru tox
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_TYPE=dev" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_NUMBER=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build the package
+        run: tox -e build
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        id: artifact-upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-artifacts
+          path: dist/*
+          compression-level: 6
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Comment Install instructions
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v2
+        with:
+          message: |
+            Build artifacts (.whl and .tar.gz) are available for download for up to 30 days.
+            They are located at ${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c2e4988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+name: Main
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  quality-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run quality checks
+        run: tox -e quality
+
+  type-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run quality checks
+        run: tox -e types
+
+  precommit-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install pre-commit
+      - name: Run pre-commit checks
+        run: pre-commit run --all-files
+
+  unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: tox -e test-unit -- -m "smoke or sanity"
+
+  integration-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        run: tox -e test-integration -- -m smoke
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 634ab52c..97a61d11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -24,18 +19,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install tox
       - name: Run unit tests
-        run: tox -e test-unit -- --cov-report=term-missing --cov --cov-fail-under=75
+        run: tox -e test-unit -- -m --cov=guidellm --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=75
 
   integration-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -51,12 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -65,5 +50,58 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install tox
-      - name: Run e2e tests
+      - name: Run integration tests
         run: tox -e test-e2e -- -m smoke
+
+  build-and-publish:
+    needs: [unit-tests, integration-tests, e2e-tests]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install toml loguru tox
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_TYPE=nightly" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_NUMBER=${{ github.run_number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build the package
+        run: tox -e build
+      - name: Find wheel artifact
+        id: find-asset-whl
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=asset::$(find dist -name '*.whl')"
+      - name: Find tar.gz artifact
+        id: find-asset-targz
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=asset::$(find dist -name '*.tar.gz')"
+      - name: Push wheel to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: ${{ steps.find-asset-whl.outputs.asset }}
+      - name: Push tar.gz to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: ${{ steps.find-asset-targz.outputs.asset }}
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        id: artifact-upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nightly-build-artifacts
+          path: dist/*
+          compression-level: 6
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Log artifact location
+        run: |
+          echo "Artifacts uploaded to: https://api.github.com/repos/neuralmagic/guidellm/actions/artifacts/${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-id }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5060149a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Quality
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-
-jobs:
-  quality-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.9"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install tox
-      - name: Run quality checks
-        run: tox -e quality
-
-  type-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.9"
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install tox
-      - name: Run type checks
-        run: tox -e types
-
-  precommit-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
-      - name: Install pre-commit
-        run: pip install pre-commit
-      - name: Run pre-commit checks
-        run: pre-commit run --all-files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c740e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: Release Candidate
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
+  create:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
+
+jobs:
+  unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: tox -e test-unit
+
+  integration-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        run: tox -e test-integration
+
+  e2e-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install tox
+      - name: Run end-to-end tests
+        run: tox -e test-e2e
+
+  build-and-publish:
+    needs: [unit-tests, integration-tests, e2e-tests]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install toml loguru tox
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_TYPE=release_candidate" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_NUMBER=${{ github.run_number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build the package
+        run: tox -e build
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        id: artifact-upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-candidate-artifacts
+          path: dist/*
+          compression-level: 6
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Log artifact location
+        run: |
+          echo "Artifacts uploaded to: https://api.github.com/repos/neuralmagic/guidellm/actions/artifacts/${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-id }}"
+      - name: Push wheel to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: $(find dist -name '*.whl')
+      - name: Push tar.gz to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: $(find dist -name '*.tar.gz')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c7c7b8f7..71e33316 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,20 +2,59 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - release/**
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
 
 jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: ["3.9"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install toml loguru tox
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_TYPE=release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GUIDELLM_BUILD_NUMBER=${{ github.run_number }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build the package
+        run: tox -e build
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        id: artifact-upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-artifacts
+          path: dist/*
+          compression-level: 6
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 90
+      - name: Log artifact location
+        run: |
+          echo "Artifacts uploaded to: https://api.github.com/repos/neuralmagic/guidellm/actions/artifacts/${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-id }}"
+      - name: Push wheel to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: $(find dist -name '*.whl')
+      - name: Push tar.gz to PyPI
+        uses: neuralmagic/nm-actions/actions/publish-whl@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PUBLIC_AUTH }}
+          whl: $(find dist -name '*.tar.gz')
+
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -25,18 +64,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install tox
       - name: Run unit tests
-        run: tox -e test-unit -- --cov-report=term-missing --cov --cov-fail-under=75
+        run: tox -e test-unit
 
   integration-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -46,18 +80,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install tox
       - name: Run integration tests
-        run: tox -e test-integration -- --cov-report=term-missing --cov --cov-fail-under=75
+        run: tox -e test-integration
 
   e2e-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python:
-          - "3.13"
-          - "3.12"
-          - "3.11"
-          - "3.10"
-          - "3.9"
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -66,5 +95,5 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install tox
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: tox -e test-e2e -- --cov-report=term-missing --cov --cov-fail-under=75
+      - name: Run end-to-end tests
+        run: tox -e test-e2e
diff --git a/src/guidellm/scheduler/scheduler.py b/src/guidellm/scheduler/scheduler.py
index 15c59bae..06203827 100644
--- a/src/guidellm/scheduler/scheduler.py
+++ b/src/guidellm/scheduler/scheduler.py
@@ -191,16 +191,21 @@ async def _start_processes(
 
         num_processes = min(
             scheduling_strategy.processes_limit,
+            scheduling_strategy.processing_requests_limit,
+        )
+        requests_limit_split = (
+            scheduling_strategy.processing_requests_limit
+            // scheduling_strategy.processes_limit
+        )
+        requests_limit_remain = (
             scheduling_strategy.processing_requests_limit
+            % scheduling_strategy.processes_limit
         )
-        requests_limit_split = (scheduling_strategy.processing_requests_limit //
-                                scheduling_strategy.processes_limit)
-        requests_limit_remain = (scheduling_strategy.processing_requests_limit %
-                                 scheduling_strategy.processes_limit)
         process_ids = (id_ for id_ in range(num_processes))
         process_requests_limits = (
             requests_limit_split + 1
-            if i < requests_limit_remain else requests_limit_split
+            if i < requests_limit_remain
+            else requests_limit_split
             for i in range(num_processes)
         )
 
@@ -218,16 +223,16 @@ async def _start_processes(
                     )
                 )
             elif scheduling_strategy.processing_mode == "async":
-                    futures.append(
-                        loop.run_in_executor(
-                            executor,
-                            self.worker.process_loop_asynchronous,
-                            requests_queue,
-                            responses_queue,
-                            requests_limit,
-                            id_,
-                        )
+                futures.append(
+                    loop.run_in_executor(
+                        executor,
+                        self.worker.process_loop_asynchronous,
+                        requests_queue,
+                        responses_queue,
+                        requests_limit,
+                        id_,
                     )
+                )
             else:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Invalid processing mode: {scheduling_strategy.processing_mode} "
diff --git a/src/guidellm/scheduler/worker.py b/src/guidellm/scheduler/worker.py
index efc84572..43cd221b 100644
--- a/src/guidellm/scheduler/worker.py
+++ b/src/guidellm/scheduler/worker.py
@@ -227,9 +227,7 @@ async def _process_runner():
             pending = asyncio.Semaphore(max_concurrency)
 
             if pending.locked():
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Async worker called with max_concurrency < 1"
-                )
+                raise ValueError("Async worker called with max_concurrency < 1")
 
             while (
                 process_request := await self.get_request(requests_queue)
diff --git a/utils/inject_build_props.py b/utils/inject_build_props.py
index 74000dd8..f76a93eb 100644
--- a/utils/inject_build_props.py
+++ b/utils/inject_build_props.py
@@ -23,19 +23,19 @@ def construct_project_name_and_version(build_type, build_number, current_version
         )
 
     if build_type == "dev":
-        project_name = "guidellm_dev"
         version = f"{current_version}.dev{build_number}"
     elif build_type == "nightly":
-        project_name = "guidellm_nightly"
         date_str = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
-        version = f"{current_version}.{date_str}"
+        version = f"{current_version}.a{date_str}"
+    elif build_type == "release_candidate":
+        date_str = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
+        version = f"{current_version}.rc{date_str}"
     elif build_type == "release":
-        project_name = "guidellm"
         version = current_version
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown build type: {build_type}")
 
-    return project_name, version
+    return "guidellm", version
 
 
 def update_pyproject_toml(project_name, version):