fix: notify Applitools of commit pushes so merges are correlated

Author: arielvino

.github/workflows/validate.yaml

@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      # A push-triggered build has no pull_request for Eyes to correlate it with, so the
+      # commit must be announced explicitly or it is never tied to the repo's branch —
+      # see the Applitools GitHub Actions docs, "Preparing For Commit Push Action".
+      # BranchName is owner/repo/ref by their convention, not the bare ref.
+      - name: Notify Applitools of the commit push
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && env.APPLITOOLS_API_KEY
+        run: |
+          curl -sS -L -d '' -X POST \
+            "https://eyesapi.applitools.com/api/externals/github/push?apiKey=$APPLITOOLS_API_KEY&CommitSha=$APPLITOOLS_BATCH_ID&BranchName=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
+            -o /dev/null -w 'push-notify HTTP %{http_code}\n'
       - name: Configure blocked external hosts
         uses: ./.github/actions/block-network
       - name: Prepare for Testing
@@ -275,6 +285,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      # A push-triggered build has no pull_request for Eyes to correlate it with, so the
+      # commit must be announced explicitly or it is never tied to the repo's branch —
+      # see the Applitools GitHub Actions docs, "Preparing For Commit Push Action".
+      # BranchName is owner/repo/ref by their convention, not the bare ref.
+      - name: Notify Applitools of the commit push
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && env.APPLITOOLS_API_KEY
+        run: |
+          curl -sS -L -d '' -X POST \
+            "https://eyesapi.applitools.com/api/externals/github/push?apiKey=$APPLITOOLS_API_KEY&CommitSha=$APPLITOOLS_BATCH_ID&BranchName=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
+            -o /dev/null -w 'push-notify HTTP %{http_code}\n'
       - name: Configure blocked external hosts
         uses: ./.github/actions/block-network
       - name: Prepare for Testing