diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
index 19ae9e2b..98c353bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,35 @@ on:
           When this is non-empty, that secret's value is used in place of the default repo-level token
           anywhere that environment variable GH_TOKEN is set. This is especially useful for downloading
           artifacts from other private repos, which repo tokens do not have access to.
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix identity
+          so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs.
+          Use workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -122,6 +151,28 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
       - name: Standardize repository information
         env:
           RAPIDS_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.repo || github.repository }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
index 7af9426b..8ec8e2d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-tests.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,35 @@ on:
           When this is non-empty, that secret's value is used in place of the default repo-level token
           anywhere that environment variable GH_TOKEN is set. This is especially useful for downloading
           artifacts from other private repos, which repo tokens do not have access to.
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix
+          identity so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs.
+          Use workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
     secrets:
       script-env-secret-1-key:
         description: |
@@ -164,6 +193,29 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
       # This has to be AFTER the checkout step. It creates a telemetry-artifacts directory,
       # and the checkout step would destroy it.
       - name: Telemetry setup
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
index 69a2535b..33c239b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-python-build.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,35 @@ on:
           or CUDA version. 'cuda_major' if the package is not dependent on
           operating system, Python minor version, or CPU architecture, but is
           dependent on CUDA major version."
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix identity
+          so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs.
+          Use workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -132,6 +161,28 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
       - name: Standardize repository information
         env:
           RAPIDS_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.repo || github.repository }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
index 8984aa27..f31d8c2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-python-tests.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,35 @@ on:
           When this is non-empty, that secret's value is used in place of the default repo-level token
           anywhere that environment variable GH_TOKEN is set. This is especially useful for downloading
           artifacts from other private repos, which repo tokens do not have access to.
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix identity
+          so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs. Use
+          workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
     secrets:
       script-env-secret-1-key:
         description: |
@@ -179,6 +208,30 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
 
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
+
       - name: Standardize repository information
         uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/rapids-github-info@main
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
index 4cb7a286..f8705584 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,35 @@ on:
           When this is non-empty, that secret's value is used in place of the default repo-level token
           anywhere that environment variable GH_TOKEN is set. This is especially useful for downloading
           artifacts from other private repos, which repo tokens do not have access to.
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix identity
+          so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs.
+          Use workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -165,6 +194,29 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
+
       - name: Standardize repository information
         uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/rapids-github-info@main
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
index b3c66b2a..031d90ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,35 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: false
+      cache-paths:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated workspace-relative files or directories to persist with actions/cache.
+          Workspace-relative paths are required for cache saves from job containers. Must be provided
+          together with cache-key-prefix.
+      cache-key-prefix:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Prefix for the actions/cache key for cache-paths. The workflow appends its matrix identity
+          so caches are not shared across incompatible runners or environments.
+      cache-key-files:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated files or glob patterns to hash into the cache key. Use this for caches
+          that must be saved again when relevant source or dependency files change.
+      cache-environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        description: |
+          Newline-separated literal NAME=VALUE pairs exported before the caller script runs. Use
+          workspace-relative paths for directories managed by cache-paths.
     secrets:
       script-env-secret-1-key:
         description: |
@@ -187,6 +216,30 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Validate caller cache configuration
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != '' || inputs.cache-key-prefix != '' || inputs.cache-key-files != '' || inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS}" || test -z "${INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}"; then
+            echo "ERROR: cache-paths and cache-key-prefix must be provided together."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_PATHS: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          INPUTS_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}
+      - name: Cache caller paths
+        if: inputs.cache-paths != ''
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ${{ inputs.cache-paths }}
+          key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-${{ hashFiles(inputs.cache-key-files) }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.PY_VER }}-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-${{ matrix.DEPENDENCIES }}-
+      - name: Configure caller cache environment
+        if: inputs.cache-environment != ''
+        run: printf '%s\n' "$INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_CACHE_ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.cache-environment }}
+
       - name: Telemetry setup
         uses: rapidsai/shared-actions/telemetry-dispatch-setup@main
         continue-on-error: true