diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.td
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 include "mlir/Interfaces/CastInterfaces.td"
 include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.td"
+include "mlir/Interfaces/InferTypeOpInterface.td"
 include "mlir/IR/OpAsmInterface.td"
 include "mlir/IR/SymbolInterfaces.td"
-include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLTypes.td"
 include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformAttrs.td"
 include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.td"
 include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformEffects.td"
@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@
     ```
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins Optional<PDL_Operation>:$scope);
-  let results = (outs Variadic<AnyType>:$results);
+  let arguments = (ins Optional<TransformTypeInterface>:$scope);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$results);
   let regions = (region VariadicRegion<SizedRegion<1>>:$alternatives);
 
   let assemblyFormat =
-    "($scope^)? (`->` type($results)^)? attr-dict-with-keyword regions";
+    "($scope^ `:` type($scope))? (`->` type($results)^)? "
+    "attr-dict-with-keyword regions";
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 }
 
@@ -101,9 +102,8 @@
     [TransformOpInterface, TransformEachOpTrait,
      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<CastOpInterface>,
      DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>]> {
-  // TODO: temporarily fallback support for casting from PDL_Operation type.
-  let arguments = (ins AnyType:$input);
-  let results = (outs AnyType:$output);
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$input);
+  let results = (outs TransformTypeInterface:$output);
   let assemblyFormat = "$input attr-dict `:` type($input) `to` type($output)";
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@
     merged and mapped to the same resulting handle.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins PDL_Operation:$target);
-  let results = (outs Variadic<PDL_Operation>:$results);
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$target);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$results);
   let regions = (region SizedRegion<1>:$body);
-  let assemblyFormat = "$target (`->` type($results)^)? $body attr-dict";
+  let assemblyFormat = 
+    "$target `:` type($target) (`->` type($results)^)? $body attr-dict";
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
@@ -182,9 +183,10 @@
     on the further transformation applied to the handle produced here.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins PDL_Operation:$target);
-  let results = (outs PDL_Operation:$parent);
-  let assemblyFormat = "$target attr-dict";
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$target);
+  let results = (outs TransformTypeInterface:$parent);
+  let assemblyFormat =
+    "$target attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)";
 }
 
 def GetProducerOfOperand : TransformDialectOp<"get_producer_of_operand",
@@ -200,15 +202,17 @@
     computational operations, which can be empty.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins PDL_Operation:$target,
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$target,
                        I64Attr:$operand_number);
-  let results = (outs PDL_Operation:$parent);
-  let assemblyFormat = "$target `[` $operand_number `]` attr-dict";
+  let results = (outs TransformTypeInterface:$parent);
+  let assemblyFormat = "$target `[` $operand_number `]` attr-dict `:` "
+                       "functional-type(operands, results)";
 }
 
 def MergeHandlesOp : TransformDialectOp<"merge_handles",
     [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
-     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>]> {
+     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>,
+     SameOperandsAndResultType]> {
   let summary = "Merges handles into one pointing to the union of payload ops";
   let description = [{
     Creates a new Transform IR handle value that points to the same Payload IR
@@ -221,10 +225,10 @@
     same or different handles. Consumes the operands and produces a new handle.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins Variadic<PDL_Operation>:$handles,
+  let arguments = (ins Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$handles,
                        UnitAttr:$deduplicate);
-  let results = (outs PDL_Operation:$result);
-  let assemblyFormat = "($deduplicate^)? $handles attr-dict";
+  let results = (outs TransformTypeInterface:$result);
+  let assemblyFormat = "($deduplicate^)? $handles attr-dict `:` type($result)";
   let hasFolder = 1;
 }
 
@@ -246,13 +250,12 @@
     operations contained in the source `handle`. Otherwise it silently fails.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins PDL_Operation:$handle,
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$handle,
                        I64Attr:$num_result_handles);
-  let results = (outs Variadic<PDL_Operation>:$results);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$results);
   let assemblyFormat = [{
     $handle `in` `[` $num_result_handles `]` 
-    custom<StaticNumPDLResults>(type($results), ref($num_result_handles))
-    attr-dict
+    attr-dict `:` functional-type(operands, results)
   }];
 }
 
@@ -278,17 +281,19 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins
-    Arg<PDL_Operation, "Payload IR scope to match within">:$root, 
+    Arg<TransformTypeInterface, "Payload IR scope to match within">:$root, 
     SymbolRefAttr:$pattern_name);
   let results = (outs
-    Res<PDL_Operation, "Handle to the matched Payload IR ops">:$matched);
+    Res<TransformTypeInterface, "Handle to the matched Payload IR ops">:$matched);
 
-  let assemblyFormat = "$pattern_name `in` $root attr-dict";
+  let assemblyFormat = "$pattern_name `in` $root attr-dict `:` "
+                       "functional-type(operands, results)";
 }
 
 def ReplicateOp : TransformDialectOp<"replicate",
     [DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<TransformOpInterface>,
-     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>]> {
+     DeclareOpInterfaceMethods<MemoryEffectsOpInterface>,
+     AllTypesMatch<["handles", "replicated"]>]> {
   let summary = "Lists payload ops multiple times in the new handle";
   let description = [{
     Produces a new handle associated with a list of payload IR ops that is
@@ -314,12 +319,11 @@
     MergeHandlesOp can be used to construct arbitrary lists with repetitions.
   }];
 
-  let arguments = (ins PDL_Operation:$pattern,
-                       Variadic<PDL_Operation>:$handles);
-  let results = (outs Variadic<PDL_Operation>:$replicated);
-  let assemblyFormat =
-    "`num` `(` $pattern `)` $handles "
-    "custom<PDLOpTypedResults>(type($replicated), ref($handles)) attr-dict";
+  let arguments = (ins TransformTypeInterface:$pattern,
+                       Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$handles);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$replicated);
+  let assemblyFormat = "`num` `(` $pattern `)` $handles attr-dict `:` "
+                       "type($pattern) `,` type($handles)";
 }
 
 def SequenceOp : TransformDialectOp<"sequence",
@@ -358,12 +362,13 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins FailurePropagationMode:$failure_propagation_mode,
-                       Optional<PDL_Operation>:$root);
-  let results = (outs Variadic<AnyType>:$results);
+                       Optional<TransformTypeInterface>:$root);
+  let results = (outs Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>:$results);
   let regions = (region SizedRegion<1>:$body);
 
   let assemblyFormat =
-    "($root^)? `failures` `(` $failure_propagation_mode `)` attr-dict-with-keyword regions (`:` type($results)^)?";
+    "($root^ `:` type($root))? (`->` type($results)^)? `failures` `(` "
+    "$failure_propagation_mode `)` attr-dict-with-keyword regions";
 
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
     /// Allow the dialect prefix to be omitted.
@@ -414,10 +419,10 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins
-    Arg<Optional<PDL_Operation>, "Root operation of the Payload IR",
+    Arg<Optional<TransformTypeInterface>, "Root operation of the Payload IR",
         [TransformMappingRead]>:$root);
   let regions = (region SizedRegion<1>:$body);
-  let assemblyFormat = "($root^)? attr-dict-with-keyword regions";
+  let assemblyFormat = "($root^ `:` type($root))? attr-dict-with-keyword regions";
 
   let hasVerifier = 1;
 
@@ -436,7 +441,7 @@
   }];
 
   let arguments = (ins 
-    Arg<Variadic<AnyType>, "Operation handles yielded back to the parent",
+    Arg<Variadic<TransformTypeInterface>, "Operation handles yielded back to the parent",
         [TransformMappingRead]>:$operands);
   let assemblyFormat = "operands attr-dict (`:` type($operands)^)?";
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
 }
 #endif // NDEBUG
 
+namespace {
+struct PDLOperationTypeTransformTypeInterfaceImpl
+    : public transform::TransformTypeInterface::ExternalModel<
+          PDLOperationTypeTransformTypeInterfaceImpl, pdl::OperationType> {
+  DiagnosedSilenceableFailure
+  checkPayload(Type type, Location loc, ArrayRef<Operation *> payload) const {
+    return DiagnosedSilenceableFailure::success();
+  }
+};
+} // namespace
+
 void transform::TransformDialect::initialize() {
   // Using the checked versions to enable the same assertions as for the ops
   // from extensions.
@@ -53,6 +64,9 @@
 #define GET_TYPEDEF_LIST
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.cpp.inc"
       >();
+
+  pdl::OperationType::attachInterface<
+      PDLOperationTypeTransformTypeInterfaceImpl>(*getContext());
 }
 
 void transform::TransformDialect::mergeInPDLMatchHooks(
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
-#include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Diagnostics.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/Operation.h"
@@ -71,12 +70,11 @@
   if (value.use_empty())
     return success();
 
-  if (auto iface = value.getType().dyn_cast<TransformTypeInterface>()) {
-    DiagnosedSilenceableFailure result =
-        iface.checkPayload(value.getLoc(), targets);
-    if (failed(result.checkAndReport()))
-      return failure();
-  }
+  auto iface = value.getType().cast<TransformTypeInterface>();
+  DiagnosedSilenceableFailure result =
+      iface.checkPayload(value.getLoc(), targets);
+  if (failed(result.checkAndReport()))
+    return failure();
 
   // Setting new payload for the value without cleaning it first is a misuse of
   // the API, assert here.
@@ -128,12 +126,11 @@
     }
   }
 
-  if (auto iface = value.getType().dyn_cast<TransformTypeInterface>()) {
-    DiagnosedSilenceableFailure result =
-        iface.checkPayload(value.getLoc(), updated);
-    if (failed(result.checkAndReport()))
-      return failure();
-  }
+  auto iface = value.getType().cast<TransformTypeInterface>();
+  DiagnosedSilenceableFailure result =
+      iface.checkPayload(value.getLoc(), updated);
+  if (failed(result.checkAndReport()))
+    return failure();
 
   std::swap(association, updated);
   return success();
@@ -369,10 +366,9 @@
 
   Block *body = &bodyRegion->front();
   if (body->getNumArguments() != 1 ||
-      !body->getArgumentTypes()[0].isa<pdl::OperationType>()) {
-    return op->emitOpError()
-           << "expects the entry block to have one argument of type "
-           << pdl::OperationType::get(op->getContext());
+      !body->getArgumentTypes()[0].isa<TransformTypeInterface>()) {
+    return op->emitOpError() << "expects the entry block to have one argument "
+                                "of type implementing TransformTypeInterface";
   }
 
   if (auto *parent =
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mlir/Dialect/PDL/IR/PDLOps.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformDialect.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformInterfaces.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformTypes.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/OpImplementation.h"
 #include "mlir/IR/PatternMatch.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.h"
@@ -24,31 +25,6 @@
 
 using namespace mlir;
 
-/// Custom parser for ReplicateOp.
-static ParseResult parsePDLOpTypedResults(
-    OpAsmParser &parser, SmallVectorImpl<Type> &types,
-    const SmallVectorImpl<OpAsmParser::UnresolvedOperand> &handles) {
-  types.resize(handles.size(), pdl::OperationType::get(parser.getContext()));
-  return success();
-}
-
-/// Custom printer for ReplicateOp.
-static void printPDLOpTypedResults(OpAsmPrinter &, Operation *, TypeRange,
-                                   ValueRange) {}
-
-/// Custom parser for SplitHandlesOp.
-static ParseResult parseStaticNumPDLResults(OpAsmParser &parser,
-                                            SmallVectorImpl<Type> &types,
-                                            IntegerAttr numHandlesAttr) {
-  types.resize(numHandlesAttr.getInt(),
-               pdl::OperationType::get(parser.getContext()));
-  return success();
-}
-
-/// Custom printer for SplitHandlesOp.
-static void printStaticNumPDLResults(OpAsmPrinter &, Operation *, TypeRange,
-                                     IntegerAttr) {}
-
 #define GET_OP_CLASSES
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Transform/IR/TransformOps.cpp.inc"
 
@@ -269,13 +245,6 @@
 LogicalResult transform::AlternativesOp::verify() {
   for (Region &alternative : getAlternatives()) {
     Block &block = alternative.front();
-    if (block.getNumArguments() != 1 ||
-        !block.getArgument(0).getType().isa<pdl::OperationType>()) {
-      return emitOpError()
-             << "expects region blocks to have one operand of type "
-             << pdl::OperationType::get(getContext());
-    }
-
     Operation *terminator = block.getTerminator();
     if (terminator->getOperands().getTypes() != getResults().getTypes()) {
       InFlightDiagnostic diag = emitOpError()
@@ -403,8 +372,9 @@
     return emitOpError() << "expects the same number of results as the "
                             "terminator has operands";
   for (Value v : yieldOp.getOperands())
-    if (!v.getType().isa<pdl::OperationType>())
-      return yieldOp->emitOpError("expects only PDL_Operation operands");
+    if (!v.getType().isa<TransformTypeInterface>())
+      return yieldOp->emitOpError(
+          "expects operands to have types implementing TransformTypeInterface");
   return success();
 }
 
diff --git a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
--- a/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/python/mlir/dialects/_transform_ops_ext.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 try:
   from ..ir import *
   from ._ods_common import get_op_result_or_value as _get_op_result_or_value, get_op_results_or_values as _get_op_results_or_values
-  from ..dialects import pdl
 except ImportError as e:
   raise RuntimeError("Error loading imports from extension module") from e
 
@@ -21,9 +20,9 @@
 
 class GetClosestIsolatedParentOp:
 
-  def __init__(self, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None):
+  def __init__(self, result_type: Type, target: Union[Operation, Value], *, loc=None, ip=None):
     super().__init__(
-        pdl.OperationType.get(),
+        result_type,
         _get_op_result_or_value(target),
         loc=loc,
         ip=ip)
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
                loc=None,
                ip=None):
     super().__init__(
-        pdl.OperationType.get(), [_get_op_result_or_value(h) for h in handles],
+        [_get_op_result_or_value(h) for h in handles],
         deduplicate=deduplicate,
         loc=loc,
         ip=ip)
@@ -47,13 +46,14 @@
 class PDLMatchOp:
 
   def __init__(self,
+               result_type: Type,
                target: Union[Operation, Value],
                pattern_name: Union[Attribute, str],
                *,
                loc=None,
                ip=None):
     super().__init__(
-        pdl.OperationType.get(),
+        result_type,
         _get_op_result_or_value(target),
         _get_symbol_ref_attr(pattern_name),
         loc=loc,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                loc=None,
                ip=None):
     super().__init__(
-        [pdl.OperationType.get()] * len(handles),
+        [_get_op_result_or_value(h).type for h in handles],
         _get_op_result_or_value(pattern),
         [_get_op_result_or_value(h) for h in handles],
         loc=loc,
@@ -78,24 +78,11 @@
 
 class SequenceOp:
 
-  @overload
-  def __init__(self, failure_propagation_mode,
-               resultsOrRoot: Sequence[Type],
-               optionalRoot: Optional[Union[Operation, Value]]):
-    ...
-
-  @overload
-  def __init__(self, failure_propagation_mode,
-               resultsOrRoot: Optional[Union[Operation,
-                                             Value]], optionalRoot: NoneType):
-    ...
-
-  def __init__(self, failure_propagation_mode, resultsOrRoot=None, optionalRoot=None):
-    results = resultsOrRoot if isinstance(resultsOrRoot, Sequence) else []
-    root = (
-        resultsOrRoot
-        if not isinstance(resultsOrRoot, Sequence) else optionalRoot)
-    root = _get_op_result_or_value(root) if root else None
+  def __init__(self, failure_propagation_mode, results: Sequence[Type],
+               target: Union[Operation, Value, Type]):
+    root = _get_op_result_or_value(target) if isinstance(
+        target, (Operation, Value)) else None
+    root_type = root.type if not isinstance(target, Type) else target
     if not isinstance(failure_propagation_mode, Attribute):
       failure_propagation_mode_attr = IntegerAttr.get(
           IntegerType.get_signless(32), failure_propagation_mode._as_int())
@@ -104,7 +91,7 @@
     super().__init__(results_=results,
                      failure_propagation_mode=failure_propagation_mode_attr,
                      root=root)
-    self.regions[0].blocks.append(pdl.OperationType.get())
+    self.regions[0].blocks.append(root_type)
 
   @property
   def body(self) -> Block:
@@ -118,15 +105,18 @@
 class WithPDLPatternsOp:
 
   def __init__(self,
-               target: Optional[Union[Operation, Value]] = None,
+               target: Union[Operation, Value, Type],
                *,
                loc=None,
                ip=None):
+    root = _get_op_result_or_value(target) if not isinstance(target,
+                                                             Type) else None
+    root_type = target if isinstance(target, Type) else root.type
     super().__init__(
-        root=_get_op_result_or_value(target) if target else None,
+        root=root,
         loc=loc,
         ip=ip)
-    self.regions[0].blocks.append(pdl.OperationType.get())
+    self.regions[0].blocks.append(root_type)
 
   @property
   def body(self) -> Block:
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Bufferization/Transforms/transform-ops.mlir
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.func"]} in %arg1
       transform.bufferization.one_shot_bufferize %0
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.func"]} in %arg1
       transform.bufferization.one_shot_bufferize %0
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.func"]} in %arg1
       // expected-error @+1 {{bufferization failed}}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       // %arg1 is the module
       transform.bufferization.one_shot_bufferize %arg1
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu-failing.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu-failing.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu-failing.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu-failing.mlir
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 }
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     // expected-error @below {{Trying to launch a GPU kernel with gridDim = (1, 1, 1) blockDim = (1200, 9, 1). It is larger than the limits.}}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 }
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     // expected-error @below {{The requested GPU threads are fewer than the number of loop trip counts. Try to tile scf.foreach_thread before mapping or set small blockDim.}}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     // expected-error @below {{unsupported dynamic blockdim size}}
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     // expected-error @below {{scf.foreach_thread with rank > 3 does not lower to gpu.thread_id}}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %matmul = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg0
     %foreach, %tiled = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %matmul num_threads [10, 20, 30]
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/GPU/transform-gpu.mlir
@@ -17,22 +17,22 @@
 //      CHECK:   memref.load %[[ARGX]][%[[BLKX]], %[[BLKY]]]
 //      CHECK:   memref.load %[[ARGY]][%[[BLKX]], %[[BLKY]]]
   %name = gpu.launch async[%stream] blocks(%arg3, %arg4, %arg5) in (%arg9 = %one, %arg10 = %one, %arg11 = %one)
-            threads(%arg6, %arg7, %arg8) in (%arg12 = %one, %arg13 = %one, %arg14 = %one) 
+            threads(%arg6, %arg7, %arg8) in (%arg12 = %one, %arg13 = %one, %arg14 = %one)
   {
     scf.foreach_thread (%i, %j) in (%c7, %c9) {
-        %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j] : !type        
+        %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j] : !type
         %5 = memref.load %y[%i, %j] : !type
         %6 = math.fma %alpha, %4, %5 : f32
         memref.store %6, %y[%i, %j] : !type
-     }  {thread_dim_mapping = [0, 1, 2]}               
+     }  {thread_dim_mapping = [0, 1, 2]}
     gpu.terminator
-  }  
+  }
   return %y : !type
 }
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     transform.gpu.map_foreach_to_blocks %funcop { blockDim = [12, 9, 1]}
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@
 //      CHECK:   memref.load %[[ARGT]][%[[TIDX]]]
 //      CHECK:   gpu.barrier
   %name = gpu.launch async[%stream] blocks(%arg3, %arg4, %arg5) in (%arg9 = %one, %arg10 = %one, %arg11 = %one)
-            threads(%arg6, %arg7, %arg8) in (%arg12 = %one, %arg13 = %one, %arg14 = %one) 
+            threads(%arg6, %arg7, %arg8) in (%arg12 = %one, %arg13 = %one, %arg14 = %one)
   {
     scf.foreach_thread (%i, %j) in (%c7, %c9) {
-        %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j] : !type        
+        %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j] : !type
         %5 = memref.load %y[%i, %j] : !type
         %6 = math.fma %alpha, %4, %5 : f32
         memref.store %6, %y[%i, %j] : !type
-     }  {thread_dim_mapping = [1, 0, 2]}    
+     }  {thread_dim_mapping = [1, 0, 2]}
      scf.foreach_thread (%i) in (%c12) {
-        %7 = memref.load %t[%i] : !type1d        
+        %7 = memref.load %t[%i] : !type1d
         %8 = arith.addf %alpha, %7 : f32
         memref.store %8, %t[%i] : !type1d
      }  {thread_dim_mapping = [0, 1, 2]}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     transform.gpu.map_nested_foreach_to_threads %funcop { blockDim = [12, 9, 1] }
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
 // CHECK-SAME:    %[[ARGX:[0-9a-z]+]]: memref<32x64x4x32xf32>
 // CHECK-SAME:    %[[ARGY:[0-9a-z]+]]: memref<32x64x4x32xf32>
 func.func @saxpy4d(%x: !type4d, %y: !type4d, %alpha : f32) -> !type4d {
-  %c32 = arith.constant 32 : index  
-  %c64 = arith.constant 64 : index  
-  %c4 = arith.constant 4 : index  
+  %c32 = arith.constant 32 : index
+  %c64 = arith.constant 64 : index
+  %c4 = arith.constant 4 : index
 //      CHECK:   %[[C32:.*]] = arith.constant 32 : index
 //      CHECK:   %[[C64:.*]] = arith.constant 64 : index
 //      CHECK:   %[[C4:.*]] = arith.constant 4 : index
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 //      CHECK:   memref.load %[[ARGY]][%[[BLKX]], %[[BLKY]], %[[TIDY]], %[[TIDX]]]
   scf.foreach_thread (%i, %j) in (%c32, %c64) {
     scf.foreach_thread (%k, %l) in (%c4, %c32) {
-      %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j, %k, %l] : !type4d        
+      %4 = memref.load %x[%i, %j, %k, %l] : !type4d
       %5 = memref.load %y[%i, %j, %k, %l] : !type4d
       %6 = math.fma %alpha, %4, %5 : f32
       memref.store %6, %y[%i, %j, %k, %l] : !type4d
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["func.func"]} in %arg0
     %gpuLaunch = transform.gpu.map_foreach_to_blocks %funcop { generate_gpu_launch }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %funcop = transform.structured.match ops{["gpu.launch"]} in %arg0
     transform.gpu.map_nested_foreach_to_threads %funcop { blockDim = [12, 9, 1], syncAfterDistribute = false }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/multisize-tiling-full.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/multisize-tiling-full.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/multisize-tiling-full.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/multisize-tiling-full.mlir
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
   // This implements a 2D multisize tiling with target sizes [3, 10].
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1:3 = transform.structured.multitile_sizes %0 { dimension = 0, target_size = 3}
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     %2:2 = transform.structured.split %0 after %1#2 { dimension = 0 }
     %3:2 = transform.structured.tile %2#0 [%1#0]
     %4:2 = transform.structured.tile %2#1 [%1#1]
-    %5 = merge_handles %3#0, %4#0
-    %tt:3 = replicate num(%5) %t#0, %t#1, %t#2
+    %5 = merge_handles %3#0, %4#0 : !pdl.operation
+    %tt:3 = replicate num(%5) %t#0, %t#1, %t#2 : !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation
     %6:2 = transform.structured.split %5 after %tt#2 { dimension = 1 }
     transform.structured.tile %6#0 [0, %tt#0]
     transform.structured.tile %6#1 [0, %tt#1]
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promote.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promote.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promote.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promote.mlir
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0 { use_alloca }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match interface{LinalgOp} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promotion_options.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promotion_options.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promotion_options.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/promotion_options.mlir
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1, %loops:3 = transform.structured.tile %0 [16, 16, 16]
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/tile-to-foreach-thread.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/tile-to-foreach-thread.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/tile-to-foreach-thread.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/tile-to-foreach-thread.mlir
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1:2 = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 num_threads [10, 20] (mapped to dims [1, 0])
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1:2 = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 num_threads [10, 21]
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[A:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<?x?xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[B:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<?x?xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[C:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<?x?xf32>
-func.func @matmul_tile_size_dynamic(%A: tensor<?x?xf32>, %B: tensor<?x?xf32>, %C: tensor<?x?xf32>) -> tensor<?x?xf32> {  
+func.func @matmul_tile_size_dynamic(%A: tensor<?x?xf32>, %B: tensor<?x?xf32>, %C: tensor<?x?xf32>) -> tensor<?x?xf32> {
   //      CHECK: %[[M:.+]] = tensor.dim %[[A]], %c0 :
-  //      CHECK: %[[N:.+]] = tensor.dim %[[B]], %c1 : 
+  //      CHECK: %[[N:.+]] = tensor.dim %[[B]], %c1 :
   //      CHECK: %[[NT0:.+]] = affine.apply #map0()[%[[M]]]
   //      CHECK: %[[NT1:.+]] = affine.apply #map1()[%[[N]]]
   //      CHECK: scf.foreach_thread (%[[IV0:.+]], %[[IV1:.+]]) in (%[[NT0]], %[[NT1]]) shared_outs(%[[C_BLK:.*]] = %[[C]])
-  //      CHECK:   %[[TS0:.+]] = affine.min #[[$map2]](%[[IV0]])[%[[M]]]  
+  //      CHECK:   %[[TS0:.+]] = affine.min #[[$map2]](%[[IV0]])[%[[M]]]
   //      CHECK:   %[[TS1:.+]] = affine.min #[[$map4]](%[[IV1]])[%[[N]]]
   //      CHECK:   %[[LB0:.+]] = affine.apply #[[$map5]](%[[IV0]])
   //      CHECK:   %[[LB1:.+]] = affine.apply #[[$map6]](%[[IV1]])
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
-  ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):    
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
+  ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1:2 = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 tile_sizes [10, 20]
   }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
   //  CHECK-DAG: %[[c10:.+]] = arith.constant 10 :
   //  CHECK-DAG: %[[c15:.+]] = arith.constant 15 :
   //      CHECK: scf.foreach_thread (%[[IV0:.+]], %[[IV1:.+]]) in (%[[c10]], %[[c15]]) shared_outs(%[[C_BLK:.*]] = %[[C]])
-  //      CHECK:   %[[TS:.+]] = affine.min #[[$map0]](%[[IV1]])  
+  //      CHECK:   %[[TS:.+]] = affine.min #[[$map0]](%[[IV1]])
   //  CHECK-NOT:   affine.max
   //  CHECK-NOT:   affine.min
   //      CHECK:   %[[LB0:.+]] = affine.apply #[[$map2]](%[[IV0]])
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1:2 = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 tile_sizes [10, 21]
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
       %1:2 = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 num_threads [2] (mapped to dims [0])
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %sz = transform.structured.match ops{["test.dummy"]} in %arg1
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[IN2:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<100xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ORGOUT1:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<100xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ORGOUT2:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<100xf32>
-  func.func @tile_output_multi_1d_static(%IN1: tensor<100xf32>, %IN2: tensor<100xf32>, 
+  func.func @tile_output_multi_1d_static(%IN1: tensor<100xf32>, %IN2: tensor<100xf32>,
                                          %OUT1: tensor<100xf32>, %OUT2: tensor<100xf32>)
                                          -> (tensor<100xf32>, tensor<100xf32>) {
 //  CHECK-DAG: %[[c0:.+]] = arith.constant 7 :
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
                        affine_map<(d0) -> (d0)>],
       iterator_types = ["parallel"]
     } ins(%IN1, %IN2 : tensor<100xf32>, tensor<100xf32>)
-      outs(%OUT1, %OUT2 : tensor<100xf32>, tensor<100xf32>) 
+      outs(%OUT1, %OUT2 : tensor<100xf32>, tensor<100xf32>)
     {
       ^bb0(%a1: f32, %a2: f32, %a3: f32, %a4: f32):
         %1 = arith.addf %a1, %a3 : f32
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
     ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
       ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
       %foreach_thread, %tiled_generic = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 num_threads [7]
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[IN3:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<300xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ORGOUT1:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<300x100xf32>
 //  CHECK-SAME:   %[[ORGOUT2:[0-9a-z]+]]: tensor<300xf32>
-  func.func @tile_output_multi_1d2d_static(%IN1: tensor<100xf32>, %IN2: tensor<100x300xf32>, %IN3: tensor<300xf32>,                     
+  func.func @tile_output_multi_1d2d_static(%IN1: tensor<100xf32>, %IN2: tensor<100x300xf32>, %IN3: tensor<300xf32>,
                      %OUT1: tensor<300x100xf32>, %OUT2: tensor<300xf32>)
                      -> (tensor<300x100xf32>, tensor<300xf32>) {
 //  CHECK-DAG: %[[c0:.+]] = arith.constant 4 :
@@ -336,11 +336,11 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT:    tensor.parallel_insert_slice %[[RES1]]#0 into %[[OUT1]][%[[LB]], 0] [75, 100]
 // CHECK-NEXT:    tensor.parallel_insert_slice %[[RES1]]#1 into %[[OUT2]][%[[LB]]] [75]
     %res2, %res3 = linalg.generic {
-      indexing_maps = [affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d1)>,   
+      indexing_maps = [affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d1)>,
                        affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d1,d0)>,
-                       affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d0)>,   
+                       affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d0)>,
                        affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d0,d1)>,
-                       affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d0)>    
+                       affine_map<(d0,d1) -> (d0)>
                        ],
       iterator_types = ["parallel", "parallel"]
     } ins(%IN1, %IN2, %IN3 : tensor<100xf32>, tensor<100x300xf32>, tensor<300xf32>)
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@
         %3 = arith.addf %i3, %2 : f32
         linalg.yield %3, %i3 : f32, f32
     } -> (tensor<300x100xf32>, tensor<300xf32>)
-    
+
     return %res2, %res3 : tensor<300x100xf32>, tensor<300xf32>
   }
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
     ^bb0(%IN_MAT1: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %IN_MAT1 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %IN_MAT1 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
       ^bb1(%IN_MAT2: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %IN_MAT2
       %foreach_thread, %tiled_generic = transform.structured.tile_to_foreach_thread_op %0 num_threads [4]
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-decompose.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-decompose.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-decompose.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-decompose.mlir
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match interface{LinalgOp} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.decompose %0
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse-into-containing.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse-into-containing.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse-into-containing.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse-into-containing.mlir
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["scf.foreach_thread"]} in %arg1
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.empty"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["scf.foreach_thread"]} in %arg1
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-fuse.mlir
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.elemwise_binary"]} in %arg1
     %1, %loops:2 = transform.structured.fuse %0 {tile_sizes = [32, 32], tile_interchange = [0, 1]}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.elemwise_binary"]} in %arg1
     %1, %loops:2 = transform.structured.fuse %0 {tile_sizes = [32, 32], tile_interchange = [0, 1]}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1, %loops:2 = transform.structured.fuse %0 {tile_sizes = [5, 0, 7], tile_interchange = [0, 2, 1]}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-generalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-generalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-generalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-generalize.mlir
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.elemwise_unary"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.generalize %0
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-interchange.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-interchange.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-interchange.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-interchange.mlir
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     transform.structured.interchange %0 { iterator_interchange = [1, 0]}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{transform applied to the wrong op kind}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-match.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-match.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-match.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-match.mlir
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %match_name = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.constant"]} in %arg1
     transform.test_print_remark_at_operand %match_name, "matched op name"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %match_name = transform.structured.match
       ops{["arith.constant"]} filter_result_type = f32 in %arg1
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %match_attr = transform.structured.match
         ops{["linalg.generic"]}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-multitile-sizes.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-multitile-sizes.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-multitile-sizes.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-multitile-sizes.mlir
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       transform.structured.multitile_sizes %0 { target_size = 3, dimension = 0 }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       transform.structured.multitile_sizes %0 { target_size = 3, divisor = 2, dimension = 0 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-pad.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-pad.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-pad.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-pad.mlir
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.pad %0 {padding_values=[0.0 : f32, 0.0 : f32, 0.0 : f32], padding_dimensions=[0, 1, 2], pack_paddings=[1, 1, 0]}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{op expects a padding value of type 'f32', got 0 : i32}}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{expects a padding that parses to 'f32', got "foo"}}
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(suppress) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(suppress) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     // This error is silenceable and is not reported by this transform
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-scalarize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-scalarize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-scalarize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-scalarize.mlir
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1, %loops = transform.structured.tile %0 [10, 0, 0]
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction-by-scaling.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction-by-scaling.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction-by-scaling.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction-by-scaling.mlir
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1:4 = transform.structured.split_reduction %0 
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split-reduction.mlir
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     %1:4 = transform.structured.split_reduction %0 { split_factor = 4, insert_split_dimension = 2}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-split.mlir
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1:2 = transform.structured.split %0 after 42 { dimension = 0 }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.call"]} in %arg1
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1:2 = transform.structured.split %0 after 4 { dimension = 0}
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.call"]} in %arg1
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.call"]} in %arg1
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.return"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{only applies to structured ops}}
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{dimension 1 does not exist in target op}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-tile.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-tile.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-tile.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-tile.mlir
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1, %loops:3 = transform.structured.tile %0 [4, 4, 4]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.match ops{["func.call"]} in %arg1
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-op-vectorize.mlir
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
     rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 {vectorize_padding}
   }
 }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{op requires isolated-from-above targets}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-patterns.mlir
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 }
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
     transform.structured.interchange %0 { iterator_interchange = [1, 2, 0]}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-promotion.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-promotion.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-promotion.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-promotion.mlir
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0 { operands_to_promote = [0, 1, 2], use_full_tiles_by_default }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0 { operands_to_promote = [0], use_full_tiles_by_default }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0 { operands_to_promote = [1], use_full_tile_buffers = [false, true], alignment = 32}
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
       %1 = transform.structured.promote %0 { operands_to_promote = [1], use_full_tile_buffers = [false, true], alignment = 32}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-tile-and-fuse.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-tile-and-fuse.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-tile-and-fuse.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/transform-tile-and-fuse.mlir
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       // Find the root and all producers.
       %root = transform.structured.match attributes{"__root__"} in %arg1
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
   transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       // Find the root and all producers.
       %root = transform.structured.match attributes{"__root__"} in %arg1
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Linalg/vectorization.mlir
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.dot"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matvec"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.batch_matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -335,11 +335,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["memref.copy"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["memref.copy"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 // -----
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -461,11 +461,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -549,10 +549,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -690,10 +690,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -736,10 +736,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -771,10 +771,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.matmul"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -803,10 +803,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -835,10 +835,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -875,10 +875,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -909,10 +909,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -945,10 +945,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -985,10 +985,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -1022,10 +1022,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -1053,11 +1053,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1093,10 +1093,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["tensor.pad"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -1131,11 +1131,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1179,10 +1179,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
@@ -1212,10 +1212,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 { vectorize_padding }
   }
 }
@@ -1246,11 +1246,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1279,11 +1279,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1312,11 +1312,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1345,11 +1345,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1378,11 +1378,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1415,11 +1415,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1456,15 +1456,15 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.fill"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
-    
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
+
     %3 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3
-    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4 
+    %4 = get_closest_isolated_parent %3 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %5 = transform.structured.vectorize %4
   }
 }
 
@@ -1506,11 +1506,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@
 // -----
 
 // This test checks that vectorization does not occur when an input indexing map
-// is not a projected permutation. In the future, this can be converted to a 
+// is not a projected permutation. In the future, this can be converted to a
 // positive test when support is added.
 
 // CHECK-LABEL:   func @not_projected_permutation
@@ -1540,11 +1540,11 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1 
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
 
@@ -1582,10 +1582,10 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["linalg.generic"]} in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.structured.vectorize %1  { disable_multi_reduction_to_contract_patterns, disable_transfer_permutation_map_lowering_patterns }
   }
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/transform-ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/transform-ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/transform-ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/transform-ops.mlir
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
     // CHECK: = transform.loop.get_parent_for
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@
 
 func.func @get_parent_for_op_no_loop(%arg0: index, %arg1: index) {
   // expected-note @below {{target op}}
-  arith.addi %arg0, %arg1 : index  
+  arith.addi %arg0, %arg1 : index
   return
 }
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{could not find an 'scf.for' parent}}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.loop.get_parent_for %0
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["scf.while"]} in %arg1
     // expected-error @below {{failed to outline}}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.loop.get_parent_for %0
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addf"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.loop.get_parent_for %0
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %0 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
     %1 = transform.loop.get_parent_for %0
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/check-use-after-free.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/check-use-after-free.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/check-use-after-free.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/check-use-after-free.mlir
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "transform.test_branching_transform_op_terminator"()[^bb3] : () -> ()
   ^bb3:
     // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
     }
     "transform.test_branching_transform_op_terminator"() : () -> ()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "transform.test_branching_transform_op_terminator"() : () -> ()
   }
   // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
   }
   return
@@ -58,26 +58,26 @@
   transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-note @below {{allocated here}}
-    %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 1 } {
+    %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 1 } {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       yield %arg1 : !pdl.operation
-    } : !pdl.operation
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 2 } {
+    }
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 2 } {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
     }
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 3 } {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 3 } {
     ^bb3(%arg3: !pdl.operation):
     }
     
     // `transform.sequence` has recursive side effects so it has the same "free"
     // as the child op it contains.
     // expected-note @below {{freed here}}
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 4 } {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 4 } {
     ^bb4(%arg4: !pdl.operation):
       test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
     }
     // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 5 } {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 5 } {
     ^bb3(%arg3: !pdl.operation):
     }
   }
@@ -90,21 +90,21 @@
   transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-note @below {{allocated here}}
-    %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 1 } {
+    %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 1 } {
     ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
       yield %arg1 : !pdl.operation
-    } : !pdl.operation
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 2 } {
+    }
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 2 } {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
     }
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 3 } {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 3 } {
     ^bb3(%arg3: !pdl.operation):
     }
     
     // expected-note @below {{freed here}}
     test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
     // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 5 } {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) attributes { ord = 5 } {
     ^bb3(%arg3: !pdl.operation):
     }
   }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     "transform.test_branching_transform_op_terminator"()[^bb1] : () -> ()
   ^bb1:
     // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
-    transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
     }
     // expected-warning @below {{operand #0 may be used after free}}
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/expensive-checks.mlir
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-note @below {{handle to invalidated ops}}
-    %0 = pdl_match @return in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %0 = pdl_match @return in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-note @below {{invalidated by this transform op that consumes its operand #0}}
     test_consume_operand %1
     // expected-error @below {{op uses a handle invalidated by a previously executed transform op}}
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
     rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @func in %arg1
-    %1 = pdl_match @return in %arg1
-    %2 = replicate num(%0) %1
+    %0 = pdl_match @func in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = pdl_match @return in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = replicate num(%0) %1 : !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{a handle passed as operand #0 and consumed by this operation points to a payload operation more than once}}
     test_consume_operand %2
     test_print_remark_at_operand %0, "remark"
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops-invalid.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops-invalid.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops-invalid.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops-invalid.mlir
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // RUN: mlir-opt %s -split-input-file -verify-diagnostics
 
-// expected-error @below {{expects the entry block to have one argument of type '!pdl.operation'}}
+// expected-error @below {{expects the entry block to have one argument of type implementing TransformTypeInterface}}
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 }
 
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 
 // -----
 
-// expected-error @below {{expects the types of the terminator operands to match the types of the resul}}
-%0 = transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
+// expected-error @below {{expects the types of the terminator operands to match the types of the result}}
+%0 = transform.sequence -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
   // expected-note @below {{terminator}}
   transform.yield
-} : !pdl.operation
+}
 
 // -----
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
    // expected-error @below {{op cannot be nested}}
-  transform.with_pdl_patterns %arg0 {
+  transform.with_pdl_patterns %arg0 : !pdl.operation {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
   test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %arg1[42]
   }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
   %0 = test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
   test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
     test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
   test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    transform.sequence %arg1 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg1 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
       test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %arg2[42]
     }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   // expected-error @below {{expects terminator operands to have the same type as results of the operation}}
-  %2 = transform.alternatives %arg1 -> !pdl.operation {
+  %2 = transform.alternatives %arg1 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation {
   ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
     transform.yield %arg2 : !pdl.operation
   }, {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
 // -----
 
-// expected-error @below {{expects the entry block to have one argument of type '!pdl.operation'}}
+// expected-error @below {{expects the entry block to have one argument of type implementing TransformTypeInterface}}
 transform.alternatives {
 ^bb0:
   transform.yield
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
   // expected-error @below {{result #0 has more than one potential consumer}}
   %0 = test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
   // expected-note @below {{used here as operand #0}}
-  transform.foreach %0 {
+  transform.foreach %0 : !pdl.operation {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     transform.test_consume_operand %arg1
   }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/ops.mlir
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 // CHECK: ^{{.+}}(%{{.+}}: !pdl.operation):
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  // CHECK: sequence %{{.+}}
+  // CHECK: sequence %{{.+}} : !pdl.operation
   // CHECK: ^{{.+}}(%{{.+}}: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 // CHECK: ^{{.+}}(%[[ARG:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  // CHECK: sequence %[[ARG]]
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  // CHECK: sequence %[[ARG]] : !pdl.operation
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@
 // CHECK: ^{{.+}}(%[[ARG:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  // CHECK: with_pdl_patterns %[[ARG]]
-  with_pdl_patterns %arg0 {
+  // CHECK: with_pdl_patterns %[[ARG]] : !pdl.operation
+  with_pdl_patterns %arg0 : !pdl.operation {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
 
 // Using the same value multiple times without consuming it is fine.
 // CHECK: transform.sequence
-// CHECK: %[[V:.+]] = sequence
+// CHECK: %[[V:.+]] = sequence %{{.*}} : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation
 // CHECK: sequence %[[V]]
 // CHECK: sequence %[[V]]
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  %0 = transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     yield %arg1 : !pdl.operation
-  } : !pdl.operation
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  }
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
   }
-  transform.sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb3(%arg3: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 // CHECK: foreach
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  transform.foreach %arg0 {
+  transform.foreach %arg0 : !pdl.operation {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   }
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/selective-targeting.mlir
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@
     rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrA in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrA in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     transform.structured.tile %0 [4, 4, 4]
-    %1 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrC in %arg1
-    %2 = transform.get_closest_isolated_parent %1
+    %1 = pdl_match @pdl_target_attrC in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.get_closest_isolated_parent %1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     transform.structured.vectorize %2
   }
 }
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
     rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %0 = pdl_match @pdl_target in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     transform.structured.vectorize %1
   }
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Transform/test-interpreter.mlir
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-remark @below {{applying transformation "a"}}
     test_transform_op "a"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
   %0 = test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
-  sequence %0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-remark @below {{succeeded}}
     test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %arg1[42]
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
 
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  %0 = sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  %0 = sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     %1 = test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
     yield %1 : !pdl.operation
-  } : !pdl.operation
+  }
   // expected-remark @below {{succeeded}}
   test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[42]
 }
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
 
 transform.with_pdl_patterns {
 ^bb0(%arg0: !pdl.operation):
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     test_print_remark_at_operand %0, "matched"
   }
 
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
     pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %f = pdl_match @const in %arg1
+    %f = pdl_match @const in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // CHECK: %{{.+}} = get_closest_isolated_parent %{{.+}}
-    %m = get_closest_isolated_parent %f
+    %m = get_closest_isolated_parent %f : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     test_print_remark_at_operand %m, "parent function"
   }
 }
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // This is necessary to run the transformation on something other than the
     // top-level module, "alternatives" cannot be run on that.
-    %0 = pdl_match @match_func in %arg1
-    transform.alternatives %0 {
+    %0 = pdl_match @match_func in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    transform.alternatives %0 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
       %1 = transform.test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
       // This operation fails, which triggers the next alternative without
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
+    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{all alternatives failed}}
-    transform.alternatives %1 {
+    transform.alternatives %1 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{applying}}
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %2, "applying" {fail_after_erase}
     }
@@ -215,24 +215,24 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    transform.alternatives %1 {
+    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    transform.alternatives %1 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{applying}}
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %2, "applying" {fail_after_erase}
     }, {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       transform.test_print_remark_at_operand %2, "still here"
       // This alternative succeeds.
     }, {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
       // This alternative is never run, so we must not have a remark here.
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %2, "should not happen" {fail_after_erase}
     }
   }
@@ -258,18 +258,18 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    transform.alternatives %1 {
+    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    transform.alternatives %1 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{applying}}
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %2, "applying" {fail_after_erase}
     }, {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %2 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{applying second time}}
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %2, "applying second time"
     }
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1
-    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0
-    %2 = transform.alternatives %1 -> !pdl.operation {
+    %0 = pdl_match @match_call in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = get_closest_isolated_parent %0 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = transform.alternatives %1 : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %3 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2
+      %3 = transform.pdl_match @match_call in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{applying}}
       transform.test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %3, "applying" {fail_after_erase}
       %4 = transform.test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 43
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
   transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
     // expected-error @below {{scope must not contain the transforms being applied}}
-    transform.alternatives %arg1 {
+    transform.alternatives %arg1 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
       %0 = transform.test_produce_param_or_forward_operand 42
       transform.test_consume_operand_if_matches_param_or_fail %0[43]
@@ -367,12 +367,12 @@
   }
 
 
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = transform.pdl_match @match_const in %arg1
+    %0 = transform.pdl_match @match_const in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %1 = transform.loop.get_parent_for %0
     // expected-error @below {{only isolated-from-above ops can be alternative scopes}}
-    alternatives %1 {
+    alternatives %1 : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
     }
   }
@@ -394,9 +394,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{applications of transform.test_wrong_number_of_results expected to produce 3 results (actually produced 1).}}
     // expected-note @below {{If you need variadic results, consider a generic `apply` instead of the specialized `applyToOne`.}}
     // expected-note @below {{Producing 3 null results is allowed if the use case warrants it.}}
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{applications of transform.test_wrong_number_of_multi_results expected to produce 1 results (actually produced 0)}}
     // expected-note @below {{If you need variadic results, consider a generic `apply` instead of the specialized `applyToOne`.}}
     // expected-note @below {{Producing 1 null results is allowed if the use case warrants it.}}
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // Transform matches 3 ops and produces 2 results.
     %1:2 = transform.test_correct_number_of_multi_results %0
   }
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // Transform fails to match any but still produces 2 results.
     %1:2 = transform.test_correct_number_of_multi_results %0
   }
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{unexpected application of transform.test_mixed_null_and_non_null_results produces both null and non null results.}}
     transform.test_mixed_null_and_non_null_results %0
   }
@@ -536,11 +536,11 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @addi in %arg1
-    %1 = pdl_match @subi in %arg1
-    %2 = merge_handles %0, %1
+    %0 = pdl_match @addi in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %1 = pdl_match @subi in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %2 = merge_handles %0, %1 : !pdl.operation
     test_print_remark_at_operand %2, "matched"
   }
 }
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{failed to apply}}
     transform.test_mixed_sucess_and_silenceable %0
   }
@@ -587,9 +587,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(suppress) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(suppress) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // Not expecting error here because we are suppressing it.
     // expected-remark @below {{foo}}
     test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %0, "foo" {fail_after_erase}
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{silenceable error}}
     // expected-remark @below {{foo}}
     test_emit_remark_and_erase_operand %0, "foo" {fail_after_erase}
@@ -637,13 +637,13 @@
       pdl.rewrite %2 with "transform.dialect"
     }
 
-    transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+    transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
     ^bb0(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-      %0 = pdl_match @func in %arg1
-      %1 = replicate num(%0) %arg1
+      %0 = pdl_match @func in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+      %1 = replicate num(%0) %arg1 : !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{2}}
       test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %1
-      %2 = replicate num(%0) %1
+      %2 = replicate num(%0) %1 : !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation
       // expected-remark @below {{4}}
       test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %2
     }
@@ -668,10 +668,10 @@
     pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %f = pdl_match @const in %arg1
-    transform.foreach %f {
+    %f = pdl_match @const in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    transform.foreach %f : !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
       // expected-remark @below {{1}}
       transform.test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %arg2
@@ -714,12 +714,12 @@
     pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  transform.sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  transform.sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %f = pdl_match @execute_region in %arg1
-    %results = transform.foreach %f -> !pdl.operation {
+    %f = pdl_match @execute_region in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
+    %results = transform.foreach %f : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation {
     ^bb2(%arg2: !pdl.operation):
-      %g = transform.pdl_match @const in %arg2
+      %g = transform.pdl_match @const in %arg2 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
       transform.yield %g : !pdl.operation
     }
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   %addi = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.addi"]} in %arg1
-  %muli = get_producer_of_operand %addi[0]
+  %muli = get_producer_of_operand %addi[0] : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
   transform.test_print_remark_at_operand %muli, "found muli"
 }
 
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
 ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
   %muli = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.muli"]} in %arg1
   // expected-error @below {{could not find a producer for operand number: 0 of}}
-  %bbarg = get_producer_of_operand %muli[0]
+  %bbarg = get_producer_of_operand %muli[0] : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
 
 }
 
@@ -772,12 +772,12 @@
 transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
 ^bb1(%fun: !pdl.operation):
   %muli = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.muli"]} in %fun
-  %h:2 = split_handles %muli in [2]
+  %h:2 = split_handles %muli in [2] : (!pdl.operation) -> (!pdl.operation, !pdl.operation)
   // expected-remark @below {{1}}
   transform.test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %h#0
   %muli_2 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.muli"]} in %fun
   // expected-error @below {{expected to contain 3 operation handles but it only contains 2 handles}}
-  %h_2:3 = split_handles %muli_2 in [3]
+  %h_2:3 = split_handles %muli_2 in [3] : (!pdl.operation) -> (!pdl.operation, !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation)
 }
 
 // -----
@@ -791,12 +791,12 @@
 transform.sequence failures(suppress) {
 ^bb1(%fun: !pdl.operation):
   %muli = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.muli"]} in %fun
-  %h:2 = split_handles %muli in [2]
+  %h:2 = split_handles %muli in [2] : (!pdl.operation) -> (!pdl.operation, !pdl.operation)
   // expected-remark @below {{1}}
   transform.test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %h#0
   %muli_2 = transform.structured.match ops{["arith.muli"]} in %fun
   // Silenceable failure and all handles are now empty.
-  %h_2:3 = split_handles %muli_2 in [3]
+  %h_2:3 = split_handles %muli_2 in [3] : (!pdl.operation) -> (!pdl.operation, !pdl.operation, !pdl.operation)
   // expected-remark @below {{0}}
   transform.test_print_number_of_associated_payload_ir_ops %h_2#0
 }
@@ -813,9 +813,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @some in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     %2 = transform.cast %0 : !pdl.operation to !transform.test_dialect_op
     transform.cast %2 : !transform.test_dialect_op to !pdl.operation
   }
@@ -833,9 +833,9 @@
     pdl.rewrite %0 with "transform.dialect"
   }
 
-  sequence %arg0 failures(propagate) {
+  sequence %arg0 : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   ^bb1(%arg1: !pdl.operation):
-    %0 = pdl_match @other in %arg1
+    %0 = pdl_match @other in %arg1 : (!pdl.operation) -> !pdl.operation
     // expected-error @below {{expected the payload operation to belong to the 'test' dialect}}
     %2 = transform.cast %0 : !pdl.operation to !transform.test_dialect_op
     transform.cast %2 : !transform.test_dialect_op to !pdl.operation
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform.py
@@ -18,21 +18,22 @@
 @run
 def testSequenceOp():
   sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
-                                  [pdl.OperationType.get()])
+                                  [pdl.OperationType.get()],
+                                  pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     transform.YieldOp([sequence.bodyTarget])
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testSequenceOp
-  # CHECK: = transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
+  # CHECK: = transform.sequence -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
   # CHECK:   yield %[[ARG0]] : !pdl.operation
-  # CHECK: } : !pdl.operation
+  # CHECK: }
 
 
 @run
 def testNestedSequenceOp():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-    nested = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, sequence.bodyTarget)
+    nested = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], sequence.bodyTarget)
     with InsertionPoint(nested.body):
       doubly_nested = transform.SequenceOp(
           transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
@@ -44,42 +45,42 @@
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testNestedSequenceOp
   # CHECK: transform.sequence failures(propagate) {
   # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
-  # CHECK:   sequence %[[ARG0]] failures(propagate) {
+  # CHECK:   sequence %[[ARG0]] : !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   # CHECK:   ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
-  # CHECK:     = sequence %[[ARG1]] failures(propagate) {
+  # CHECK:     = sequence %[[ARG1]] : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   # CHECK:     ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG2:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
   # CHECK:       yield %[[ARG2]] : !pdl.operation
-  # CHECK:     } : !pdl.operation
+  # CHECK:     }
   # CHECK:   }
   # CHECK: }
 
 
 @run
 def testTransformPDLOps():
-  withPdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp()
+  withPdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp(pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(withPdl.body):
     sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
                                     [pdl.OperationType.get()],
                                     withPdl.bodyTarget)
     with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-      match = transform.PDLMatchOp(sequence.bodyTarget, "pdl_matcher")
+      match = transform.PDLMatchOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "pdl_matcher")
       transform.YieldOp(match)
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testTransformPDLOps
   # CHECK: transform.with_pdl_patterns {
   # CHECK: ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG0:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
-  # CHECK:   = sequence %[[ARG0]] failures(propagate) {
+  # CHECK:   = sequence %[[ARG0]] : !pdl.operation -> !pdl.operation failures(propagate) {
   # CHECK:   ^{{.*}}(%[[ARG1:.+]]: !pdl.operation):
   # CHECK:     %[[RES:.+]] = pdl_match @pdl_matcher in %[[ARG1]]
   # CHECK:     yield %[[RES]] : !pdl.operation
-  # CHECK:   } : !pdl.operation
+  # CHECK:   }
   # CHECK: }
 
 
 @run
 def testGetClosestIsolatedParentOp():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-    transform.GetClosestIsolatedParentOp(sequence.bodyTarget)
+    transform.GetClosestIsolatedParentOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget)
     transform.YieldOp()
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testGetClosestIsolatedParentOp
   # CHECK: transform.sequence
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testMergeHandlesOp():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     transform.MergeHandlesOp([sequence.bodyTarget])
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -101,13 +102,13 @@
 
 @run
 def testReplicateOp():
-  with_pdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp()
+  with_pdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp(pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(with_pdl.body):
     sequence = transform.SequenceOp(
-        transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, with_pdl.bodyTarget)
+        transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], with_pdl.bodyTarget)
     with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-      m1 = transform.PDLMatchOp(sequence.bodyTarget, "first")
-      m2 = transform.PDLMatchOp(sequence.bodyTarget, "second")
+      m1 = transform.PDLMatchOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "first")
+      m2 = transform.PDLMatchOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "second")
       transform.ReplicateOp(m1, [m2])
       transform.YieldOp()
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testReplicateOp
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_loop_ext.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_loop_ext.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_loop_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_loop_ext.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 @run
 def getParentLoop():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     loop.GetParentForOp(sequence.bodyTarget, num_loops=2)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 @run
 def loopOutline():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     loop.LoopOutlineOp(sequence.bodyTarget, func_name="foo")
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 @run
 def loopPeel():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     loop.LoopPeelOp(sequence.bodyTarget)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 @run
 def loopPipeline():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     loop.LoopPipelineOp(sequence.bodyTarget, iteration_interval=3)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 @run
 def loopUnroll():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     loop.LoopUnrollOp(sequence.bodyTarget, factor=42)
     transform.YieldOp()
diff --git a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_structured_ext.py b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_structured_ext.py
--- a/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_structured_ext.py
+++ b/mlir/test/python/dialects/transform_structured_ext.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testDecompose():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.DecomposeOp(sequence.bodyTarget)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testGeneralize():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.GeneralizeOp(sequence.bodyTarget)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testInterchange():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.InterchangeOp(
         sequence.bodyTarget,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testMultitileSizes():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.MultiTileSizesOp(
         sequence.bodyTarget, dimension=1, target_size=42)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testPad():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.PadOp(
         sequence.bodyTarget,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testScalarize():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.ScalarizeOp(sequence.bodyTarget)
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testSplit():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     split = structured.SplitOp(sequence.bodyTarget, dimension=1, split_point=42)
     structured.SplitOp(
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testTileCompact():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.TileOp(sequence.bodyTarget, sizes=[4, 8], interchange=[0, 1])
     transform.YieldOp()
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testTileAttributes():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   attr = ArrayAttr.get(
       [IntegerAttr.get(IntegerType.get_signless(64), x) for x in [4, 8]])
   ichange = ArrayAttr.get(
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testTileZero():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.TileOp(
         sequence.bodyTarget, sizes=[4, 0, 2, 0], interchange=[0, 1, 2, 3])
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@
 
 @run
 def testTileDynamic():
-  with_pdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp()
+  with_pdl = transform.WithPDLPatternsOp(pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(with_pdl.body):
-    sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE,
+    sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [],
                                     with_pdl.bodyTarget)
     with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
-      m1 = transform.PDLMatchOp(sequence.bodyTarget, "first")
-      m2 = transform.PDLMatchOp(sequence.bodyTarget, "second")
+      m1 = transform.PDLMatchOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "first")
+      m2 = transform.PDLMatchOp(pdl.OperationType.get(), sequence.bodyTarget, "second")
       structured.TileOp(sequence.bodyTarget, sizes=[m1, 3, m2, 0])
       transform.YieldOp()
   # CHECK-LABEL: TEST: testTileDynamic
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 
 @run
 def testVectorize():
-  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE)
+  sequence = transform.SequenceOp(transform.FailurePropagationMode.PROPAGATE, [], pdl.OperationType.get())
   with InsertionPoint(sequence.body):
     structured.VectorizeOp(sequence.bodyTarget, vectorize_padding=True)
     transform.YieldOp()