CPUFJ fastpath for binary instances + latency changes to find better solutions earlier

.github/workflows/build_test_publish_images.yaml

@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute cuopt version
         id: compute-cuopt-ver
         run: |
-          ver=$(rapids-generate-version)
+          source rapids-datetime-string
+          # .post<datetime> makes every nightly version unique (see ci/build_wheel.sh); ignored on release builds.
+          ver=$(RAPIDS_VERSION_SUFFIX=".post${RAPIDS_DATETIME_STRING}" rapids-generate-version)
           # Remove starting 0s from version 25.08.0a18 -> 25.8.0a18
           CUOPT_VER=$(echo "$ver" | sed -E 's/\.0+([0-9])/\.\1/g')
           echo "CUOPT_VER=$CUOPT_VER" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/nightly.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 name: Trigger Nightly cuOpt Pipeline
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         cuopt_branch:
           - "main"
-          - "release/26.08"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
         with: