ci: enable RAPIDS ForwardMerger

[svvarom]

Summary

Enable ForwardMerger for supported release branches.

Changes

• Add .github/ops-bot.yaml with forward_merger: true.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with documentation updates
• Documentation only
• Contributor tooling or automation
• CI, build, or test infrastructure

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
• Tests not applicable — justification: Configuration-only change.
• Documentation updated for user-visible behavior
• Documentation not applicable — justification: No user-facing behavior.

Verification

• Pull request title follows the repository's Conventional Commit format
• Every commit includes an appropriate Signed-off-by: trailer
• uv run pre-commit run -a passes, or any blocked checks are identified below
• Targeted tests pass, or tests are marked not applicable above
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials are included

Targeted validation:

• git diff --check — passed.
• uv run pre-commit run -a — passed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Added repository automation configuration to enable forward-merging support.
  • Included required copyright and open-source license metadata.

[github-actions]

Suite	Lines Covered	Line Rate	Branch Rate
Unit Tests	34733/44462	78.1%	62.6%
Integration Tests	21030/42237	49.8%	23.0%

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• .github/ops-bot.yaml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pull request adds .github/ops-bot.yaml with NVIDIA copyright and Apache-2.0 SPDX headers. It enables the forward_merger operation.

Changes

Operations bot configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enable forward merger .github/ops-bot.yaml	Adds licensing headers and enables forward_merger.

Suggested reviewers: a2bondar, crookedstorm, mquong-ca, philipmattingly

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8e5a4

This change enables ForwardMerger for supported release branches without changing product runtime behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: enabling RAPIDS ForwardMerger through CI configuration.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch enable-rapids-forward-merger/svvarom

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