[doc-only] docs(pathfinder): prepare 1.5.4 release notes (#1981)

* docs(pathfinder): prepare 1.5.4 release notes

Add cuda-pathfinder 1.5.4 release notes and register 1.5.4 in nv-versions so the published docs include the new version entry.

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* fix(ci): harden backport run lookup for artifact downloads

Backport artifact downloads were relying on `gh run list -w ci.yml -s success`, which can fail to return runs even when the branch has successful CI artifacts. Move the lookup into a shared helper that queries completed `CI` runs and filters for successful results explicitly, so Linux and Windows workflows resolve prior-branch bindings artifacts reliably.

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* Revert "fix(ci): harden backport run lookup for artifact downloads"

This reverts commit fd31eb2.

Author: rwgk

cuda_pathfinder/docs/nv-versions.json

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
         "version": "latest",
         "url": "https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-pathfinder/latest/"
     },
+    {
+        "version": "1.5.4",
+        "url": "https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-pathfinder/1.5.4/"
+    },
     {
         "version": "1.5.3",
         "url": "https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-pathfinder/1.5.3/"

cuda_pathfinder/docs/source/release/1.5.4-notes.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+.. py:currentmodule:: cuda.pathfinder
+
+``cuda-pathfinder`` 1.5.4 Release notes
+=======================================
+
+Highlights
+----------
+
+* Add ``find_bitcode_lib("nccl_device")`` support.
+  (`PR #1975 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/pull/1975>`_)
+
+Internal maintenance
+--------------------
+
+* On Linux, make the ``.so`` glob fallback prefer the newest matching library
+  when an exact SONAME match is unavailable. This improves internal consistency
+  in rare fallback cases and is not expected to affect most users.
+  (`PR #1966 <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/pull/1966>`_)