diff --git a/ceph-dev-cron/build/notify b/ceph-dev-cron/build/notify
index 27fa3cd8b..3e5df17d7 100644
--- a/ceph-dev-cron/build/notify
+++ b/ceph-dev-cron/build/notify
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@
 BRANCH=`branch_slash_filter ${GIT_BRANCH}`
 SHA1=${GIT_COMMIT}
 
+echo "BRANCH=$BRANCH" > $WORKSPACE/branch.properties
+
+# echo the branch and sha1 to set the ceph-dev-cron build description
+# using the description-setter plugin (publishers section)
+echo "BUILD_DESCRIPTION=BRANCH=$BRANCH SHA1=$SHA1"
+
 update_build_status "queued" "ceph"
diff --git a/ceph-dev-cron/config/definitions/ceph-dev-cron.yml b/ceph-dev-cron/config/definitions/ceph-dev-cron.yml
index 51fd9df69..42dadffaf 100644
--- a/ceph-dev-cron/config/definitions/ceph-dev-cron.yml
+++ b/ceph-dev-cron/config/definitions/ceph-dev-cron.yml
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@
                 - ../../../scripts/build_utils.sh
                 - ../../build/notify
             - trigger-builds:
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
                     DISTROS=jammy focal centos9 windows
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
       # build squid on:
       # default: noble jammy centos9 windows
       - conditional-step:
@@ -69,14 +71,16 @@
                 - ../../../scripts/build_utils.sh
                 - ../../build/notify
             - trigger-builds:
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
                     DISTROS=noble jammy centos9 windows
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
       # build tentacle on:
-      # default: noble jammy centos9 windows
-      # crimson: centos9
+      # default: noble jammy rocky10 centos9 windows
+      # crimson: centos9 rocky10
       - conditional-step:
           condition-kind: regex-match
           regex: .*tentacle.*
@@ -88,22 +92,26 @@
                 - ../../../scripts/build_utils.sh
                 - ../../build/notify
             - trigger-builds:
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
-                    DISTROS=noble jammy centos9 windows
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                    DISTROS=noble jammy rocky10 centos9 windows
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
-                    DISTROS=centos9
-                    FLAVOR=crimson-debug
+                    DISTROS=centos9 rocky10
+                    FLAVORS=crimson-debug
                     ARCHS=x86_64
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
       # build main on:
-      # default: noble jammy centos9 windows
-      # crimson-debug: centos9
-      # crimson-release: centos9
+      # default: noble jammy rocky10 centos9 windows
+      # crimson-debug: centos9 rocky10
+      # crimson-release: centos9 rocky10
       - conditional-step:
           condition-kind: regex-match
           regex: .*main.*
@@ -115,25 +123,39 @@
                 - ../../../scripts/build_utils.sh
                 - ../../build/notify
             - trigger-builds:
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
-                    DISTROS=noble jammy centos9 windows
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                    DISTROS=noble jammy rocky10 centos9 windows
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
-                    DISTROS=centos9
-                    FLAVOR=crimson-debug
+                    DISTROS=centos9 rocky10
+                    FLAVORS=crimson-debug
                     ARCHS=x86_64
-                - project: 'ceph-dev'
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
+                - project: 'ceph-dev-pipeline'
+                  property-file: branch.properties
                   predefined-parameters: |
-                    BRANCH=${{GIT_BRANCH}}
                     FORCE=True
-                    DISTROS=centos9
-                    FLAVOR=crimson-release
+                    DISTROS=centos9 rocky10
+                    FLAVORS=crimson-release
                     ARCHS=x86_64
+                    CEPH_REPO=https://github.com/ceph/ceph
+                    SETUP_JOB=ceph-source-dist
+      # echo the branch and sha1 to set the ceph-dev-cron build description
+      # using the description-setter plugin (publishers section)
+#      - shell: 'echo "BUILD_DESCRIPTION=BRANCH=$BRANCH SHA1=$SHA1"'
+    
+    publishers:
+      - description-setter:
+          regexp: '^BUILD_DESCRIPTION=BRANCH=([^\s]+)\s+SHA1=([0-9A-Fa-f]{{7,40}})'
+          description: 'BRANCH: \1<br>SHA1: \2'
 
     wrappers:
       - inject-passwords: