Merge branch 'main' into drogers_license

Author: soniabha-intc

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 # https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
 
 # default owners - covers lint/config/build tooling in repo root
-* @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+* @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
 
 # documentation content
-docs/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @pchand20 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
-docs/developer_guide @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
-README.md @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+docs/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @pchand20 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+docs/developer_guide @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+README.md @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
 
 # CI files
-.github/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @jouillet @adimoft @daveroge @shanedonohue @manilk1x @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+.github/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @jouillet @adimoft @daveroge @shanedonohue @manilk1x @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
 
 # shared doc config
-docconf/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @hyunsun @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @jouillet @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write
+docconf/ @soniabha-intc @scottmbaker @krishnajs @Ram-srini @rranjan3 @jouillet @open-edge-platform/open-edge-platform-docs-write

.github/workflows/post-merge-scorecard.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
 
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge-scorecard.yml@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # 2026.0.19
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge-scorecard.yml@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # 2026.1.1
     with:
       project_folder: "."
     secrets:

.github/workflows/post-merge.yml

@@ -6,19 +6,53 @@ name: Post-Merge CI Pipeline
 
 on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   push:
-    branches: ['main', 'release-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.*']
+    branches: ['main', 'release-*']
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  pre-checks:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.branch_check.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Validate branch name
+        id: branch_check
+        run: |
+          BRANCH="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}}"
+          echo "Branch: $BRANCH"
+
+          if [[ "$BRANCH" == release-* ]]; then
+            if [[ "$BRANCH" =~ ^release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+              echo "✅ Valid release branch"
+              echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            else
+              echo "⚠️ Invalid release branch → skipping pipeline"
+              echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "Not a release branch"
+            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+      - name: "Verify Branch Name"
+        if: steps.branch_check.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/verify-branch-name@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+
   post-merge-pipeline:
+    needs: pre-checks
+    if: needs.pre-checks.outputs.skip != 'true'
     permissions:
       contents: read
       security-events: write
       id-token: write
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
     with:
       run_version_check: true
       run_dep_version_check: false
@@ -37,7 +71,9 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: read
       issues: write
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/publish-documentation.yml@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+    needs: pre-checks
+    if: needs.pre-checks.outputs.skip != 'true'
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/publish-documentation.yml@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
     with:
       simple_mode: false
       branch_pattern: '^(main|release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)$'

.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml

@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: "Verify Branch Name"
         if: steps.branch_check.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/verify-branch-name@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+        uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/verify-branch-name@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
 
   pre-merge-pipeline:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     needs: pre-checks
     if: needs.pre-checks.outputs.skip != 'true'
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
     with:
       run_security_scans: false
       run_version_check: true

.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read          # needed for actions/checkout
       pull-requests: read     # needed for gh pr list
       issues: write           # needed to post PR comment
-    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/publish-documentation.yml@d40dfda9598df896aa20cb1dc2c950d6444e8fa7  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
+    uses: open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/publish-documentation.yml@bf82f7924caaac6ba2f388b6ec6ac4edd65f48ee  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
     with:
       simple_mode: false
       branch_pattern: '^(main|release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*)$'