fix(0.81, ci): ensure PR gate job fails instead of skipping when upstream jobs fail#2927
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…obs fail Without `if: always()`, the PR gate job gets skipped when any dependency fails. GitHub treats skipped as passing for required status checks, allowing PRs with failing CI to be merged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
PRgate job is the required status check for mergingif: always(), when any dependency job fails, the gate job gets skipped — and GitHub treatsSKIPPEDas passing for required checks, allowing PRs with failing CI to mergeif: always()so the gate job always runs, plus an explicit check that fails when any dependency failed or was cancelledTest plan
PRgate job still passesPRgate job now fails instead of being skipped🤖 Generated with Claude Code