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+name: ~NGC release testing
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      JAX_IMAGE: 
+        type: string
+        description: "JAX image to run tests on"
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      PAX_IMAGE:
+        type: string
+        description: "Rosetta Pax image to run tests on"
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      MAXTEXT_IMAGE:
+        type: string
+        description: "MaxText image to run tests on"
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read  # to fetch code
+  actions:  write # to cancel previous workflows
+  packages: read # to upload container
+
+jobs:
+  test-jax:
+    if: inputs.JAX_IMAGE != ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_test_unit.yaml
+    with:
+      TEST_NAME: jax
+      EXECUTE: |
+        docker run -i --shm-size=1g --gpus all \
+        ${{ inputs.JAX_IMAGE }} \
+        bash <<"EOF" |& tee test-backend-independent.log
+          test-jax.sh -b backend-independent 
+        EOF
+        docker run -i --shm-size=1g --gpus all \
+        ${{ inputs.JAX_IMAGE }} \
+        bash <<"EOF" |& tee tee test-gpu.log
+          test-jax.sh -b gpu
+        EOF
+      STATISTICS_SCRIPT: |
+        errors=$(cat test-*.log | grep -c 'ERROR:' || true)
+        failed_tests=$(cat test-*.log | grep -c 'FAILED in' || true)
+        passed_tests=$(cat test-*.log | grep -c 'PASSED in' || true)
+        total_tests=$((failed_tests + passed_tests))
+        echo "TOTAL_TESTS=${total_tests}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "ERRORS=${errors}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "PASSED_TESTS=${passed_tests}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "FAILED_TESTS=${failed_tests}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      ARTIFACTS: |
+        test-backend-independent.log
+        test-gpu.log
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  test-rosetta-pax:
+    if: inputs.PAX_IMAGE != ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_test_pax_rosetta.yaml
+    with:
+      PAX_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.PAX_IMAGE }}
+    secrets: inherit
+    
+  test-maxtext:
+    if: inputs.MAXTEXT_IMAGE != ''
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_test_maxtext.yaml
+    with:
+      MAXTEXT_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.MAXTEXT_IMAGE }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  finalize:
+    needs: [ test-jax, test-rosetta-pax, test-maxtext ]
+    if: "!cancelled()"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_finalize.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
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