RSN 57: deprecating rapidsai/miniforge-cuda

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+---
+layout: notice
+parent: RAPIDS Support Notices
+grand_parent: RAPIDS Notices
+nav_exclude: true
+notice_type: rsn
+# Update meta-data for notice
+notice_id: 57 # should match notice number
+notice_pin: true # set to true to pin to notice page
+title: "Docker image deprecation: rapidsai/miniforge-cuda"
+notice_author: RAPIDS Ops
+notice_status: "In Progress"
+notice_status_color: yellow
+# 'notice_status' and 'notice_status_color' combinations:
+#   "Proposal" - "blue"
+#   "Completed" - "green"
+#   "Review" - "purple"
+#   "In Progress" - "yellow"
+#   "Closed" - "red"
+notice_topic: Library Deprecation
+notice_rapids_version: "v26.02"
+notice_created: 2026-01-14
+# 'notice_updated' should match 'notice_created' until an update is made
+notice_updated: 2026-01-14
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+RAPIDS `v26.02` will be the final release to publish `rapidsai/miniforge-cuda` container images.
+
+## Impact
+
+If you're using `rapidsai/miniforge-cuda` ([DockerHub link](https://hub.docker.com/r/rapidsai/miniforge-cuda)) in situations where pulling a prebuilt image is preferred to building your own, switch to `rapidsai/ci-conda` ([DockerHub link](https://hub.docker.com/r/rapidsai/ci-conda)).
+
+If `rapidsai/ci-conda` does not meet your needs, consider using `nvidia/cuda` images together with `micromamba` (https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/micromamba-installation.html).
+
+```shell
+docker run \
+  --rm \
+  --gpus all \
+  -it nvidia/cuda:13.1.0-devel-ubuntu24.04 \
+  bash
+
+if [[ "$(arch)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+  micromamba_platform="linux-64"
+else
+  micromamba_platform="linux-aarch64"
+fi
+curl -Ls https://micro.mamba.pm/api/micromamba/${micromamba_platform}/latest | tar -xvj bin/micromamba
+
+micromamba shell init
+source ~/.bashrc
+
+micromamba activate base
+micromamba install --yes \
+    -c rapidsai \
+    -c conda-forge \
+    rapids
+```
+
+For more details on this change, see https://github.com/rapidsai/ci-imgs/issues/345