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GeezerVison is showing github.com — Exclude checks that don't always run from the sync script by henrymercer · Pull Request #4264 · github/codeql-action

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@henrymercer henrymercer commented Oct 23, 2026

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Exclude github-advanced-security and License compliance check from the checks that pr-checks/sync-checks.ts makes required. These checks don't run on every PR, so requiring them would block the PRs they don't run on.

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  • Low risk: Changes are fully under feature flags, or have been fully tested and validated in pre-production environments and are highly observable, or are documentation or test only.

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  • Testing/None - This change does not impact any CodeQL workflows in production.

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  • Other - Before this change, a dry run of pr-checks/sync-checks.ts --ref f033e23010ed0ec7f126990ec8c7182da9978c38 proposed adding both checks to main, releases/v3 and releases/v4. With this change, the dry run excludes them and proposes no changes.

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Don't require github-advanced-security or License compliance check
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@github-actions github-actions Bot added the size/XS Should be very easy to review label Oct 23, 2026
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🟢 Approval recommended

The focused configuration change uses the existing exact-match exclusion mechanism and matches the stated purpose.

No open issues 🎉

What changed in this PR

Prevents required-check synchronization from blocking PRs by requiring checks that do not run on every PR.

Changes:

  • Adds exact-name exclusions for github-advanced-security and License compliance check.
  • Documents why these checks should not be made required.
File Description
pr-checks/​excluded.yml Excludes both conditional checks from required-check synchronization.

Review effort: Max

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henrymercer marked this pull request as ready for review October 23, 2026 10:52
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henrymercer added this pull request to the merge queue Oct 23, 2026
Merged via the queue into main with commit 562acf5 Oct 23, 2026
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henrymercer deleted the henrymercer/exclude-pr-only-checks-from-sync-checks branch October 23, 2026 11:42
This was referenced Nov 3, 2026
Merge main into releases/v4 #4286
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Merge releases/v4 into releases/v3 #4291
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