chore: update docs, deps, and ci

.github/workflows/large-tests.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48  #v1.0.6
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2025-05-01
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-12-01
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
       - name: nanoGPT Mock

.github/workflows/pypi.yml

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         target: [x86_64, universal2-apple-darwin]
     env:
-        RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  #v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa  #v4.8.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa #v4.8.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
           architecture: x64
@@ -48,22 +48,22 @@ jobs:
           mv Cargo.lock Cargo.lock.orig
           sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" Cargo.lock.orig >Cargo.lock
 
-      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48  #v1.0.6
+      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48 #v1.0.6
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2025-05-01
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-12-01
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
           cache: false
 
       - name: Build wheels
         if: matrix.target == 'universal2-apple-darwin'
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist --features python-bindings
       - name: Build wheels
         if: matrix.target == 'x86_64'
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist --features python-bindings
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           python -c "import ezkl"
 
       - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08  #v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 #v4.6.0
         with:
           name: dist-macos-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: dist
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         target: [x64, x86]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  #v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa  #v4.8.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa #v4.8.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
           architecture: ${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -114,15 +114,15 @@ jobs:
           mv Cargo.lock Cargo.lock.orig
           sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" Cargo.lock.orig >Cargo.lock
 
-      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48  #v1.0.6
+      - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48 #v1.0.6
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2025-05-01
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-12-01
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
           cache: false
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist --features python-bindings
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           python -c "import ezkl"
 
       - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08  #v4.6.0 #v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 #v4.6.0 #v4.6.0
         with:
           name: dist-windows-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: dist
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         target: [x86_64]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  #v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa  #v4.8.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa #v4.8.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
           architecture: x64
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y openssl pkg-config libssl-dev
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           manylinux: auto
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
           python -c "import ezkl"
 
       - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08  #v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 #v4.6.0
         with:
           name: dist-linux-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: dist
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@ jobs:
         target:
           - x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  #v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa  #v4.8.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa #v4.8.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
           architecture: x64
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config libssl-dev
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           manylinux: musllinux_1_2
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ jobs:
             python3 -c "import ezkl"
 
       - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08  #v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 #v4.6.0
         with:
           name: dist-musllinux-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: dist
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ jobs:
           - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
             arch: aarch64
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  #v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa  #v4.8.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa #v4.8.0
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
 
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ jobs:
           sed "s/0\\.0\\.0/${RELEASE_TAG//v}/" Cargo.lock.orig >Cargo.lock
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5  #v1.46.0
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@5f8a1b3b0aad13193f46c9131f9b9e663def8ce5 #v1.46.0
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
           manylinux: musllinux_1_2
           args: --release --out dist --features python-bindings
 
-      - uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@5397f9e30a9b62422f302092631c99ae1effcd9e  #v2.8.1
+      - uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@5397f9e30a9b62422f302092631c99ae1effcd9e #v2.8.1
         name: Install built wheel
         with:
           arch: ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
             python3 -c "import ezkl"
 
       - name: Upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08  #v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08 #v4.6.0
         with:
           name: dist-musllinux-${{ matrix.platform.target }}
           path: dist
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')"
     needs: [macos, windows, linux, musllinux, musllinux-cross]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16  #v4.1.8
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 #v4.1.8
         with:
           pattern: dist-*
           merge-multiple: true
@@ -366,24 +366,23 @@ jobs:
 
       # publishes to PyPI
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@76f52bc884231f62b9a034ebfe128415bbaabdfc  #v1.12.4
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@76f52bc884231f62b9a034ebfe128415bbaabdfc #v1.12.4
         with:
           packages-dir: ./wheels
 
-
   doc-publish:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     name: Trigger ReadTheDocs Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: pypi-publish
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Trigger RTDs build
         uses: dfm/rtds-action@618148c547f4b56cdf4fa4dcf3a94c91ce025f2d
         with:
           webhook_url: ${{ secrets.RTDS_WEBHOOK_URL }}
           webhook_token: ${{ secrets.RTDS_WEBHOOK_TOKEN }}
-          commit_ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          commit_ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@fb51252c7ba57d633bc668f941da052e410add48   #v1.0.6
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2025-05-01
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-12-01
           override: true
           components: rustfmt, clippy
           cache: false
@@ -98,14 +98,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "ASSET=build-artifacts/ezkl-linux-gpu.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Upload release archive
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5  #v1.0.2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c95fe1489396fe8a9eb87c0abf8aa5b2ef267fda  #v2.2.1
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ${{ env.ASSET }}
-          asset_name: ${{ env.ASSET }}
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.EZKL_VERSION }}
+          files: ${{ env.ASSET }}
 
   build-release:
     permissions:
@@ -127,27 +124,27 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - build: windows-msvc
             os: windows-latest
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
           - build: macos
             os: macos-13
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
           - build: macos-aarch64
             os: macos-13
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
           - build: linux-musl
             os: ubuntu-22.04
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
           - build: linux-gnu
             os: ubuntu-22.04
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
           - build: linux-aarch64
             os: ubuntu-22.04
-            rust: nightly-2025-05-01
+            rust: nightly-2025-12-01
             target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
     steps:
@@ -240,11 +237,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "ASSET=build-artifacts/ezkl-win.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Upload release archive
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@e8f9f06c4b078e705bd2ea027f0926603fc9b4d5  #v1.0.2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c95fe1489396fe8a9eb87c0abf8aa5b2ef267fda  #v2.2.1
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ${{ env.ASSET }}
-          asset_name: ${{ env.ASSET }}
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.EZKL_VERSION }}
+          files: ${{ env.ASSET }}