## Summary
Two CI workflows were blocking the v4.5.0-rc.0 release PR (#3563) and
would block every future changeset release PR.
### 1. `changesets-pr.yml` — self-report `All PR Checks`
The changesets bot pushes commits authored by `GITHUB_TOKEN`. By GitHub
design, `GITHUB_TOKEN`-authored pushes can't trigger downstream
workflows (loop-prevention). That means `pr_checks.yml` never fires on
release-PR commits, leaving the required `All PR Checks` status
permanently `Expected — Waiting for status to be reported`. The PR can't
merge.
The fix: after `changesets/action` creates the PR, post a `success`
check with the exact `All PR Checks` context onto the PR's head SHA.
GitHub's required-check evaluation is satisfied by any check with the
right context name — the source doesn't have to be `pr_checks.yml`.
**Why this is safe:** the release PR only mechanically bumps
`package.json`, `pnpm-lock.yaml`, and `CHANGELOG.md` from changesets
that were already on `main` (and already ran full CI when they merged).
If a human ever pushes a commit to `changeset-release/main`,
`pr_checks.yml` fires on that push (real user, not `GITHUB_TOKEN`) and
posts its own `All PR Checks` status — last write wins for the same
context on the same SHA, so the human-push result overrides the
auto-success.
### 2. `vouch-check-pr.yml` — exempt `github-actions[bot]`
The `require-draft` job auto-closes any non-draft PR whose author is not
a `MEMBER`/`OWNER`/`COLLABORATOR`, with an explicit allowlist for
`devin-ai-integration[bot]` and `dependabot[bot]`. The changesets bot
publishes as `github-actions[bot]` with `author_association:
CONTRIBUTOR`, so every release PR was getting auto-closed on open with a
"please re-open as draft" comment. Add `github-actions[bot]` to the
exemption list.
## Test plan
- [ ] After merge, the next changeset bot push to
`changeset-release/main` should post `All PR Checks: success` on the
release PR's head SHA, and the PR should not get auto-closed by `Vouch -
Check PR`.
- [ ] Confirm `pr_checks.yml` still fires + gates normal
(human-authored) PRs to `main`.
Eric Allam
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