chore(ci): skip pull_request runs for release-please output-only PRs

.github/workflows/axi-sdk-js-ci.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ on:
       - pnpm-lock.yaml
       - pnpm-workspace.yaml
       - .github/workflows/axi-sdk-js-ci.yml
+      # Negations must follow the positive patterns they narrow. release-please
+      # opens its release PR with GITHUB_TOKEN, which creates a pull_request run
+      # that can only sit in action_required. Excluding its output set means no
+      # run is ever created. Root package.json is deliberately not negated.
+      - "!packages/axi-sdk-js/CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "!packages/axi-sdk-js/package.json"
+      - "!packages/axi-sdk-js/package-lock.json"
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:

.github/workflows/guard-generated-files.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ on:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
     branches:
       - main
+    # Never create a run for a release-please PR. The job-level author exemption
+    # below cannot do this: it is evaluated inside a run, and a GITHUB_TOKEN PR's
+    # run is created in action_required and never starts.
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .release-please-manifest.json
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/CHANGELOG.md
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/package.json
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/package-lock.json
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

.github/workflows/no-mistakes-required.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ on:
     types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
     branches:
       - main
+    # Never create a run for a release-please PR. The job-level author exemption
+    # below cannot do this: it is evaluated inside a run, and a GITHUB_TOKEN PR's
+    # run is created in action_required and never starts.
+    paths-ignore:
+      - .release-please-manifest.json
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/CHANGELOG.md
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/package.json
+      - packages/axi-sdk-js/package-lock.json
 
 permissions:
   contents: read