diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
index 0ecc8b3e..e1ecc75f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-name: Build and push image variant
+name: build-cuvs
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ jobs:
         PYTHON_VER: ["${{ inputs.PYTHON_VER }}"]
         RAPIDS_VER: ["${{ inputs.RAPIDS_VER }}"]
       fail-fast: false
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # The 'name:' in this file also becomes the name in the left-hand navigation list
+    # on the 'Summary' page, so should be more specific than the one in the calling workflow.
+    name: build-cuvs (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}, build_cpu=${{ inputs.BUILD_CUVS_BENCH_CPU_IMAGE }})
     runs-on: "linux-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-cpu4"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
index 14f0f8f4..93f65346 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-name: Build and push image variant
+name: build-rapids
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ jobs:
         PYTHON_VER: ["${{ inputs.PYTHON_VER }}"]
         RAPIDS_VER: ["${{ inputs.RAPIDS_VER }}"]
       fail-fast: false
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # The 'name:' in this file also becomes the name in the left-hand navigation list
+    # on the 'Summary' page, so should be more specific than the one in the calling workflow.
+    name: build-rapids (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }})
     runs-on: "linux-${{ matrix.ARCH }}-cpu4"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
index ccbc8c0b..260ceb23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-publish-images.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-rapids-image.yml
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # Otherwise, more-detailed naming is deferred to 'build-rapids-image.yml'.
+    name: build-rapids (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }})
     with:
       ARCHES: ${{ toJSON(matrix.ARCHES) }}
       CUDA_VER: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-cuvs-image.yml
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # Otherwise, more-detailed naming is deferred to 'build-cuvs-image.yml'.
+    name: build-cuvs (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }})
     with:
       ARCHES: ${{ toJSON(matrix.ARCHES) }}
       CUDA_VER: ${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}
@@ -210,6 +220,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX) }}
       fail-fast: false
+    name: build-rapids-manifest (${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.RAPIDS_VER }}${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.ALPHA_TAG }}-cuda${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -241,6 +252,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.compute-matrix.outputs.MATRIX) }}
       fail-fast: false
+    name: build-cuvs-manifest (${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.RAPIDS_VER }}${{ needs.compute-matrix.outputs.ALPHA_TAG }}-cuda${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}, build_cpu=${{ matrix.BUILD_CUVS_BENCH_CPU_IMAGE }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -277,6 +289,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/validate.yml
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # Otherwise, more-detailed naming is deferred to 'validate.yml'.
+    name: validate (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }})
     with:
       ARCH: ${{ matrix.ARCH }}
       CONTAINER_CANARY_VERSION: 'v0.5.0'
@@ -309,6 +326,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     secrets: inherit
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-notebooks.yml
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # Otherwise, more-detailed naming is deferred to 'test-notebooks.yml'.
+    name: test (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }})
     with:
       BUILD_TYPE: ${{ inputs.build_type }}
       ARCH: ${{ matrix.ARCH }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-notebooks.yml b/.github/workflows/test-notebooks.yml
index 0dde0a5c..4991d278 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-notebooks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-notebooks.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ jobs:
         GPU: ["${{ inputs.GPU }}"]
         DRIVER: ["${{ inputs.DRIVER }}"]
       fail-fast: false
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # The 'name:' in this file also becomes the name in the left-hand navigation list
+    # on the 'Summary' page, so should be more specific than the one in the calling workflow.
+    name: test (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.GPU}}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }})
     runs-on: "linux-${{ inputs.ARCH }}-gpu-${{ inputs.GPU }}-${{ inputs.DRIVER }}-1"
     container:
       image: ${{ inputs.NOTEBOOKS_TAG }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index ae815f5b..90cd7a5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ jobs:
         GPU: ["${{ inputs.GPU }}"]
         DRIVER: ["${{ inputs.DRIVER }}"]
       fail-fast: false
+    # Referencing something from the 'matrix' context prevents GitHub auto-generating
+    # a hard-to-read name with all the matrix input values.
+    #
+    # The 'name:' in this file also becomes the name in the left-hand navigation list
+    # on the 'Summary' page, so should be more specific than the one in the calling workflow.
+    name: validate (${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}, py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VER }}, ${{ matrix.ARCH }}, ${{ matrix.GPU}}, ${{ matrix.DRIVER }})
     runs-on: "linux-${{ inputs.ARCH }}-cpu4"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code