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+# Copyright (C) The DDC development team, see COPYRIGHT.md file
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+name: Nightly tests
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * 1-5" # every weekday at 1am
+
+jobs:
+  docker-build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        image: ['oldest', 'latest']
+        backend: ['cpu', 'cuda', 'hip']
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+      with: { tool-cache: true, large-packages: false }
+    - name: Checkout built branch
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+          --build-arg BACKEND=${{matrix.backend}} \
+          --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
+          --cache-from ghcr.io/cexa-project/ddc/${{matrix.image}}_${{matrix.backend}} \
+          -t ghcr.io/cexa-project/ddc/${{matrix.image}}_${{matrix.backend}} \
+          -t ghcr.io/cexa-project/ddc/${{matrix.image}}_${{matrix.backend}}:${GITHUB_SHA:0:7} \
+          docker/${{matrix.image}}
+
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        image: ['oldest', 'latest']
+        backend:
+        - name: 'cpu'
+          c_compiler: 'gcc'
+          cxx_compiler: 'g++'
+          ddc_extra_cxx_flags: '-Wextra-semi -Wold-style-cast'
+          kokkos_extra_cmake_flags: ''
+        - name: 'cpu'
+          c_compiler: 'clang'
+          cxx_compiler: 'clang++'
+          ddc_extra_cxx_flags: '-Wextra-semi -Wextra-semi-stmt -Wold-style-cast'
+          kokkos_extra_cmake_flags: ''
+        - name: 'cuda'
+          c_compiler: '${CUDA_GCC}'
+          cxx_compiler: '${CUDA_GXX}'
+          ddc_extra_cxx_flags: ''
+          kokkos_extra_cmake_flags: '-DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA=ON -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA_CONSTEXPR=ON -DKokkos_ENABLE_CUDA_RELOCATABLE_DEVICE_CODE=ON -DKokkos_ARCH_AMPERE80=ON'
+        - name: 'hip'
+          c_compiler: 'hipcc'
+          cxx_compiler: 'hipcc'
+          ddc_extra_cxx_flags: ''
+          kokkos_extra_cmake_flags: '-DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP=ON -DKokkos_ENABLE_HIP_RELOCATABLE_DEVICE_CODE=ON -DKokkos_ENABLE_ROCTHRUST=OFF -DKokkos_ARCH_AMD_GFX90A=ON'
+        cxx_version: ['17', '20', '23']
+        cmake_build_type: ['Debug', 'Release']
+        exclude:
+        - image: 'oldest' # nvcc 11 only supports C++-17
+          backend:
+            name: 'cuda'
+          cxx_version: '20'
+        - image: 'oldest' # nvcc 11 only supports C++-17
+          backend:
+            name: 'cuda'
+          cxx_version: '23'
+        - image: 'oldest' # clang bug with multidimensional bracket operator and parameter packs
+          backend:
+            name: 'hip'
+          cxx_version: '23'
+        - image: 'latest' # nvcc 12 only supports C++-20
+          backend:
+            name: 'cuda'
+          cxx_version: '23'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs: [docker-build]
+    steps:
+    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+      with: { tool-cache: true, large-packages: false }
+    - name: Checkout built branch
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with: { submodules: true }
+    - name: Checkout Kokkos devel branch
+      run: |
+        cd vendor/kokkos
+        git fetch
+        git checkout develop
+    - name: Test
+      id: test
+      run: |
+        cat<<-'EOF' > run.sh
+          set -xe
+          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+
+          export benchmark_ROOT=$PWD/opt/benchmark
+          export DDC_ROOT=$PWD/opt/ddc
+          export GTest_ROOT=$PWD/opt/gtest
+          export Kokkos_ROOT=$PWD/opt/kokkos
+          export KokkosFFT_ROOT=$PWD/opt/kokkos-fft
+          export KokkosKernels_ROOT=$PWD/opt/kokkos-kernels
+
+          export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=4
+          export CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{matrix.cmake_build_type}}
+
+          export CC=${{matrix.backend.c_compiler}}
+          export CXX=${{matrix.backend.cxx_compiler}}
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS=OFF \
+            -DBENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING=OFF \
+            -DBENCHMARK_INSTALL_DOCS=OFF \
+            -DBENCHMARK_USE_BUNDLED_GTEST=OFF \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/vendor/benchmark
+          cmake --build build
+          cmake --install build --prefix $benchmark_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/vendor/googletest
+          cmake --build build
+          cmake --install build --prefix $GTest_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_CODE_4=OFF \
+            -DKokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS=OFF \
+            -DKokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL=ON \
+            ${{matrix.backend.kokkos_extra_cmake_flags}} \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/vendor/kokkos
+          cmake --build build
+          cmake --install build --prefix $Kokkos_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -DKokkosFFT_ENABLE_HOST_AND_DEVICE=ON \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/vendor/kokkos-fft
+          cmake --build build
+          cmake --install build --prefix $KokkosFFT_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ADD_DEFAULT_ETI=OFF \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_ALL_COMPONENTS=OFF \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_COMPONENT_BLAS=ON \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_COMPONENT_BATCHED=ON \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_COMPONENT_LAPACK=OFF \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_TPL_BLAS=OFF \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_TPL_CUSOLVER=OFF \
+            -DKokkosKernels_ENABLE_TPL_LAPACK=OFF \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/vendor/kokkos-kernels
+          cmake --build build
+          cmake --install build --prefix $KokkosKernels_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Werror -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wno-sign-compare -pedantic-errors ${{matrix.backend.ddc_extra_cxx_flags}}" \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{matrix.cxx_version}} \
+            -DDDC_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON \
+            -DDDC_benchmark_DEPENDENCY_POLICY=INSTALLED \
+            -DDDC_GTest_DEPENDENCY_POLICY=INSTALLED \
+            -DDDC_Kokkos_DEPENDENCY_POLICY=INSTALLED \
+            -DDDC_KokkosFFT_DEPENDENCY_POLICY=INSTALLED \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src
+          cmake --build build
+          if [ 'xcpu' = 'x${{matrix.backend.name}}' ]
+          then
+            ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure --timeout 10 --output-junit tests.xml
+            ./build/examples/characteristics_advection
+            ./build/examples/game_of_life
+            ./build/examples/heat_equation_spectral
+            ./build/examples/heat_equation
+            ./build/examples/non_uniform_heat_equation
+            ./build/examples/uniform_heat_equation
+          fi
+          cmake --install build --prefix $DDC_ROOT
+          rm -rf build
+
+          cmake \
+            -B build \
+            -S /src/install_test
+          cmake --build build
+        EOF
+
+        docker run \
+          --cidfile='docker.cid' \
+          -v ${PWD}:/src:ro \
+          ghcr.io/cexa-project/ddc/${{matrix.image}}_${{matrix.backend.name}}:${GITHUB_SHA:0:7} \
+          bash /src/run.sh
+        if docker cp "$(cat docker.cid)":/data/tests.xml /home/runner/work/ddc/ddc/tests.xml
+        then echo "with_report=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        else echo "with_report=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        fi
+    - name: Publish Test Report
+      uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v5
+      if: ( success() || failure() ) && steps.test.outputs.with_report == 'true' # always run even if the previous step fails
+      with:
+        report_paths: '/home/runner/work/ddc/ddc/tests.xml'