fix(ci): always run pull_request checks

no waiting for pending forever!

.github/workflows/contributor-check.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 name: Contributor Attribution Check
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
   # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
   # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
   # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
-
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
 permissions:
   contents: read
 

.github/workflows/docker-lint.yml

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ on:
       - docker/**
       - .hadolint.yaml
       - .github/workflows/docker-lint.yml
+
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - Dockerfile
-      - docker/**
-      - .hadolint.yaml
-      - .github/workflows/docker-lint.yml
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml

@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@ on:
       - 'docker/**'
       - '.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml'
       - '.github/actions/hermes-smoke-test/**'
+
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - '**/*.py'
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - 'uv.lock'
-      - 'Dockerfile'
-      - 'docker/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml'
-      - '.github/actions/hermes-smoke-test/**'
+
   release:
     types: [published]
 

.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: Docs Site Checks
 
 on:
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'website/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml'
+    branches: [main]
+
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: Install ascii-guard
         run: python -m pip install ascii-guard==2.3.0 pyyaml==6.0.3

.github/workflows/history-check.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ name: History Check
 # the PR head and main to be non-empty.
 
 on:
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
 

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ on:
       - "**/*.md"
       - "docs/**"
       - "website/**"
+
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "**/*.md"
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "website/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ jobs:
               });
             }
 
-
   ruff-blocking:
     # Enforce the rules in pyproject.toml [tool.ruff.lint.select]. Currently
     # PLW1514 (unspecified-encoding) — catches bare ``open()`` /

.github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml

@@ -20,29 +20,23 @@ name: OSV-Scanner
 # vulnerabilities in pinned deps that we may need to patch deliberately.
 
 on:
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'uv.lock'
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - 'package.json'
-      - 'package-lock.json'
-      - 'ui-tui/package.json'
-      - 'website/package.json'
-      - 'website/package-lock.json'
-      - '.github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml'
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
-      - 'uv.lock'
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - 'package.json'
-      - 'package-lock.json'
-      - 'website/package-lock.json'
+      - "uv.lock"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "package.json"
+      - "package-lock.json"
+      - "website/package-lock.json"
   schedule:
     # Weekly scan against main — catches CVEs published after merge for
     # deps that haven't changed since.
-    - cron: '0 9 * * 1'
+    - cron: "0 9 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:

.github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 name: Supply Chain Audit
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
   # No paths filter — the jobs must always run so required checks
   # report a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
   # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - "**/*.md"
       - "docs/**"
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "**/*.md"
-      - "docs/**"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

.github/workflows/typecheck.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ name: Typecheck
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
 

.github/workflows/uv-lockfile-check.yml

@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - 'uv.lock'
-      - '.github/workflows/uv-lockfile-check.yml'
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+      - "uv.lock"
+      - ".github/workflows/uv-lockfile-check.yml"
+
+  # No paths filter — the job must always run so the required check
+  # reports a status (path-gated workflows leave checks "pending" forever
+  # when no matching files change, which blocks merge).
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - 'uv.lock'
-      - '.github/workflows/uv-lockfile-check.yml'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read