From b963e080152829b402efbacab35f25e1461ba235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattermost Build <build@mattermost.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 18:36:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: post success to required e2e status contexts when no
 relevant changes (#35880) (#35901)

Automatic Merge
---
 .github/workflows/e2e-tests-ci.yml         | 10 ++++++--
 .github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml    | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-ci.yml
index 718e384ed75..ac554105294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-ci.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - resolve-pr
       - check-changes
-    if: needs.check-changes.outputs.should_run == 'true'
+    if: needs.resolve-pr.outputs.PR_NUMBER != ''
+    permissions:
+      statuses: write
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml
     with:
       commit_sha: "${{ needs.resolve-pr.outputs.COMMIT_SHA }}"
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ jobs:
       enable_reporting: true
       report_type: "PR"
       pr_number: "${{ needs.resolve-pr.outputs.PR_NUMBER }}"
+      should_run: "${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.should_run }}"
     secrets:
       MM_LICENSE: "${{ secrets.MM_E2E_TEST_LICENSE_ONPREM_ENT }}"
       AUTOMATION_DASHBOARD_URL: "${{ secrets.MM_E2E_AUTOMATION_DASHBOARD_URL }}"
@@ -208,7 +211,9 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - resolve-pr
       - check-changes
-    if: needs.check-changes.outputs.should_run == 'true'
+    if: needs.resolve-pr.outputs.PR_NUMBER != ''
+    permissions:
+      statuses: write
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml
     with:
       commit_sha: "${{ needs.resolve-pr.outputs.COMMIT_SHA }}"
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ jobs:
       enable_reporting: true
       report_type: "PR"
       pr_number: "${{ needs.resolve-pr.outputs.PR_NUMBER }}"
+      should_run: "${{ needs.check-changes.outputs.should_run }}"
     secrets:
       MM_LICENSE: "${{ secrets.MM_E2E_TEST_LICENSE_ONPREM_ENT }}"
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "${{ secrets.CYPRESS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml
index 22606d1f84a..485e8340e27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: false
         description: "Source branch name for webhook messages (e.g., 'master' or 'release-11.4')"
+      should_run:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: "true"
+        description: "Set to 'false' to skip tests and post a success status without running E2E"
     secrets:
       MM_LICENSE:
         required: false
@@ -135,9 +140,31 @@ jobs:
             *) echo "context_suffix=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT ;;
           esac
 
+  skip:
+    needs:
+      - generate-build-variables
+    if: inputs.should_run == 'false'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      statuses: write
+    steps:
+      - name: ci/post-skip-status
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ inputs.commit_sha }}
+          CONTEXT_NAME: "e2e-test/cypress-full/${{ inputs.server_edition || 'enterprise' }}${{ needs.generate-build-variables.outputs.context_suffix }}"
+        run: |
+          gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${COMMIT_SHA} \
+            -f state=success \
+            -f context="${CONTEXT_NAME}" \
+            -f description="No E2E-relevant changes - skipped" \
+            -f target_url="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+          echo "Posted success for ${CONTEXT_NAME}"
+
   cypress-full:
     needs:
       - generate-build-variables
+    if: inputs.should_run != 'false'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-tests-cypress-template.yml
     with:
       test_type: full
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml
index f02a3c051bd..a92bd3d0944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ on:
         type: string
         required: false
         description: "Source branch name for webhook messages (e.g., 'master' or 'release-11.4')"
+      should_run:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: "true"
+        description: "Set to 'false' to skip tests and post a success status without running E2E"
     secrets:
       MM_LICENSE:
         required: false
@@ -129,9 +134,31 @@ jobs:
             *) echo "context_suffix=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT ;;
           esac
 
+  skip:
+    needs:
+      - generate-build-variables
+    if: inputs.should_run == 'false'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      statuses: write
+    steps:
+      - name: ci/post-skip-status
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ inputs.commit_sha }}
+          CONTEXT_NAME: "e2e-test/playwright-full/${{ inputs.server_edition || 'enterprise' }}${{ needs.generate-build-variables.outputs.context_suffix }}"
+        run: |
+          gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${COMMIT_SHA} \
+            -f state=success \
+            -f context="${CONTEXT_NAME}" \
+            -f description="No E2E-relevant changes - skipped" \
+            -f target_url="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+          echo "Posted success for ${CONTEXT_NAME}"
+
   playwright-full:
     needs:
       - generate-build-variables
+    if: inputs.should_run != 'false'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-tests-playwright-template.yml
     with:
       test_type: full