Add a cheap `changes` job (dorny/paths-filter v4, pinned SHA) that sets
e2e_needed=false only when EVERY changed file is in a safe allow-list
(app/src/test/**, **/*.md, docs/**, scripts/**, .claude/**); anything
else -- or any non-pull_request event -- defaults to true (conservative,
"err toward running E2E").
Gate `e2e` and `e2e-preview` on needs.changes.outputs.e2e_needed so the
whole matrix runs or skips together, and rewrite the `ci-passed` gate:
it now BLOCKS on changes!=success, any of traffic-control-tests /
static-analysis / debug-build / unit-tests !=success, or e2e/e2e-preview
==failure|cancelled -- while TOLERATING an intentional e2e/e2e-preview
'skipped'. So test-only/docs PRs go green on the fast gate, a real E2E
failure/cancel still blocks, and a broken filter (changes!=success)
still blocks. Branch protection ("CI passed") context is unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
JMR-devandClaude Opus 4.8
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