Required checks stuck as 'Expected' on PRs #6 and #7 despite passing jobs

[benrozsa]

Summary

Branch protection shows “Expected — Waiting for status to be reported” on PRs #6 and #7 even though jobs finished successfully, blocking auto‑merge.

Expected

• Required checks reflect job completion and PRs merge when all green.

Actual

• Required checks remain “Expected” despite successful jobs.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open a PR touching workflows/templates only
2. Wait for Actionlint, Yamllint, and ShellCheck jobs to complete
3. Observe required checks remain “Expected” in branch protection gate

Relevant Config

• Required checks (branch protection):
  • Actionlint / actionlint
  • Yamllint / yamllint
  • ShellCheck / shellcheck
• ShellCheck workflow triggers on .github/** so infra‑only PRs still run it
• Auto‑merge enabled (squash); 0 approvals required; CI checks required

Troubleshooting Tried

• Aligned branch protection to exact job contexts
• Switched protection to “checks” (no legacy “contexts”)
• Retriggered CI with no‑op commits

Environment

• Repository: benrozsa/dotfiles (default branch: main)
• Runners: ubuntu‑latest

Request

• Confirm branch protection configuration for required checks
• Identify why required checks remain “Expected” after jobs complete
• Recommend canonical setup for single‑job workflows (naming/contexts)

Links

• PR ci(shellcheck): install and run native shellcheck on ubuntu-latest #6: ci(shellcheck): install and run native shellcheck on ubuntu-latest #6
• PR docs: add AGENTS.md house rules; add PR template and issue forms #7: docs: add AGENTS.md house rules; add PR template and issue forms #7