diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel_tests_nightly_release.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel_tests_nightly_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..762f647b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel_tests_nightly_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# CI - Wheel Tests (Continuous)
+#
+# This workflow builds JAX artifacts and runs CPU/CUDA tests.
+#
+# It orchestrates the following:
+# 1. build-jaxlib-artifact: Calls the `build_artifacts.yml` workflow to build jaxlib and
+#                           uploads it to a GCS bucket.
+# 2. run-pytest-cpu: Calls the `pytest_cpu.yml` workflow to download the jaxlib wheel that was built
+#                    in the previous step and runs CPU tests.
+# 3. build-cuda-artifacts: Calls the `build_artifacts.yml` workflow to build CUDA artifacts and
+#                          uploads them to a GCS bucket.
+# 4. run-pytest-cuda: Calls the `pytest_cuda.yml` workflow to download the jaxlib and CUDA artifacts
+#                     that were built in the previous steps and runs the CUDA tests.
+name: CI - Wheel Tests (Nightly/Release)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      gcs_download_uri:
+        description: "GCS location URI from where the artifacts should be downloaded"
+        required: true
+        default: 'gs://jax-nightly-release-transient/nightly/latest'
+        type: string
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  # Don't install "jax" at head. Instead install the nightly/release "jax" wheels found in the
+  # GCS bucket.
+  JAXCI_INSTALL_JAX_CURRENT_COMMIT: "0"
+
+jobs:
+  run-pytest-cpu:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pytest_cpu.yml
+    strategy:
+        fail-fast: false # don't cancel all jobs on failure
+        matrix:
+          # Runner OS and Python values need to match the matrix stategy of our internal CI jobs
+          # that build the wheels.
+          runner: ["linux-x86-n2-64", "linux-arm64-t2a-48", "windows-x86-n2-64"]
+          python: ["3.10","3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+          enable-x64: [0]
+    with:
+      runner: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+      python: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      enable-x64:  ${{ matrix.enable-x64 }}
+      gcs_download_uri: ${{inputs.gcs_download_uri}}
+
+  run-pytest-cuda:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/pytest_cuda.yml
+    strategy:
+        fail-fast: false # don't cancel all jobs on failure
+        matrix:
+          # Runner OS and Python values need to match the matrix stategy of our internal CI jobs
+          # that build the wheels.
+          runner: ["linux-x86-g2-48-l4-4gpu"]
+          python: ["3.10","3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+          cuda: ["12.3", "12.1"]
+          enable-x64: [0]
+    with:
+      runner: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+      python: ${{ matrix.python }}
+      cuda:  ${{ matrix.cuda }}
+      enable-x64:  ${{ matrix.enable-x64 }}
+      gcs_download_uri: ${{inputs.gcs_download_uri}}
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diff --git a/ci/envs/default.env b/ci/envs/default.env
index ae434dc61..f74a29688 100644
--- a/ci/envs/default.env
+++ b/ci/envs/default.env
@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ export JAXCI_TPU_CORES=${JAXCI_TPU_CORES:-}
 # on the system. By default, it is set to match the version of the hermetic
 # Python used by Bazel for building the wheels.
 export JAXCI_PYTHON=${JAXCI_PYTHON:-python${JAXCI_HERMETIC_PYTHON_VERSION}}
+
+# Installs the JAX package in editable mode at the current commit. Enabled by
+# default. Nightly/Release builds disable this flag in the Github action
+# workflow files.
+export JAXCI_INSTALL_JAX_CURRENT_COMMIT=${JAXCI_INSTALL_JAX_CURRENT_COMMIT:-"1"}
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diff --git a/ci/utilities/install_wheels_locally.sh b/ci/utilities/install_wheels_locally.sh
index 4af679c9d..fbeafe22d 100644
--- a/ci/utilities/install_wheels_locally.sh
+++ b/ci/utilities/install_wheels_locally.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Install wheels stored in `JAXCI_OUTPUT_DIR` on the system using the Python
 # binary set in JAXCI_PYTHON. Use the absolute path to the `find` utility to
 # avoid using the Windows version of `find` on Msys.
-WHEELS=( $(/usr/bin/find "$JAXCI_OUTPUT_DIR/" -type f \( -name "*jaxlib*" -o -name "*jax*cuda*pjrt*" -o -name "*jax*cuda*plugin*" \)) )
+WHEELS=( $(/usr/bin/find "$JAXCI_OUTPUT_DIR/" -type f \(  -name "*jax*py3*" -o -name "*jaxlib*" -o -name "*jax*cuda*pjrt*" -o -name "*jax*cuda*plugin*" \)) )
 
 if [[ -z "$WHEELS" ]]; then
   echo "ERROR: No wheels found under $JAXCI_OUTPUT_DIR"
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ else
   "$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pip install "${WHEELS[@]}"
 fi
 
-echo "Installing the JAX package in editable mode at the current commit..."
-# Install JAX package at the current commit.
-"$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pip install -U -e .
+if [[ "$JAXCI_INSTALL_JAX_CURRENT_COMMIT" == "1" ]]; then
+  echo "Installing the JAX package in editable mode at the current commit..."
+  # Install JAX package at the current commit.
+  "$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pip install -U -e .
+fi
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