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Require status checks in the main ruleset #166

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Context and request

Protect main so a pull request cannot merge until the repository's CI checks succeed. The current ruleset requires a pull request and approval but declares no required status checks, allowing auto-merge to land on approval alone. #147 documents this gap; it does not change repository governance.

Acceptance criteria

  • The main ruleset requires the CI status checks that verify this repository's pull requests.
  • An auto-merge waits for those checks and the existing approval requirements.
  • A pull request with a failing, pending, or absent required check cannot merge.
  • The configured checks match the jobs currently expected by the repository's pull-request workflow.
  • The change and its verification have durable audit evidence on this issue.

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Technical decisions

This is an operational Task: the deliverable is a GitHub ruleset configuration, not a repository file. Apply the required-status-check rule to the existing main branch ruleset and select the CI checks emitted for pull requests. Preserve the existing deletion, non-fast-forward, linear-history, and pull-request rules.

Implementation plan

  • Record the existing main ruleset and CI check names as the baseline verification evidence.
  • Configure the main ruleset to require the selected CI status checks.
  • Verify against a pull request that auto-merge and manual merge remain blocked while a required check is pending, failing, or absent.
  • Verify that merge is permitted only after every required check succeeds and the existing approval requirements are met.
  • Add an audit comment with the ruleset evidence and independent verification result.

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