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I defined a ruleset requiring for a conditional check to pass for a PR to be merged, but it checks all PRs and blocks irrelevant PRs to the check #139540
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Select Topic AreaQuestion BodyHello team. I Defined a ruleset that requires a conditional check to pass for a PR to be merged. 
The check is defined as a GitHub workflow, and that workflow is triggered only when a PR for certain files is published. 
But interestingly this ruleset is evaluated for all PRs (screenshot attached: "Java and Spark PR checker" in the pic) and stays in the "Expected" status forever. 
Could you kindly help me know to address this issue? |
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This issue has been present in GitHub Actions for over two years. The official solution has changed several times, and the current recommendation is to avoid adding any past filter to the workflow. This means the job must be triggered unconditionally. Also, see this discussion. A workaround to save compute resources is to use path filters in jobs or steps. If you detect that the change is unrelated to this CI, you can force the job to pass. Tools like path-filter or changed-files can help implement this approach. |
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Thank you @hankhsu1996. I think |
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This issue has been present in GitHub Actions for over two years. The official solution has changed several times, and the current recommendation is to avoid adding any past filter to the workflow. This means the job must be triggered unconditionally. Also, see this discussion.
A workaround to save compute resources is to use path filters in jobs or steps. If you detect that the change is unrelated to this CI, you can force the job to pass. Tools like path-filter or changed-files can help implement this approach.