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Do not run tests when only documentation is changed #4859
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The CI can be flaky #3336, and if you only change some documentation not all CI jobs provide value.
We could add an exception list to most actions to avoid waiting for potentially flaky tests when changing markdown files.
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linear commentedon Sep 24, 2025
PY-1867 Scope GitHub Actions that run tests by path
[-]Scope GitHub Actions that run tests by path[/-][+]Do not run unit tests when only documentation is changed[/+][-]Do not run unit tests when only documentation is changed[/-][+]Do not run tests when only documentation is changed[/+]safina57 commentedon Sep 5, 2026
Hello @alexander-alderman-webb, I would love to take this on!
the test workflows all run through the single test.yml orchestrator but we can't add paths-ignore to its pull_request trigger because it will block merges (test.yml holds
check-required ("All tests passed"), and if the whole workflow is filtered out that required check never reports)I think we can add a small files-changed job and put needs: files-changed + if: ${{ needs.files-changed.outputs.code == 'true' }} on each group job. Skipped groups report skipped, which check-required passes in that case.
I would love your feedback ^^
sentrivana commentedon Sep 15, 2026
Go ahead @safina57! I'll assign the issue to you.
safina57 commentedon Sep 16, 2026
Thanks a lot @sentrivana I have opened up a PR if you could check it out!