From 34826540587c386907c00ad2d243c04bb4be60e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: clawsweeper <274271284+clawsweeper[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 19:48:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: fold parity into QA release validation

---
 scripts/check-docker-e2e-boundaries.mjs | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/check-docker-e2e-boundaries.mjs b/scripts/check-docker-e2e-boundaries.mjs
index 99ef52d0d06..268a9dab3da 100644
--- a/scripts/check-docker-e2e-boundaries.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-docker-e2e-boundaries.mjs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function validateUniqueLanes(label, lanes) {
 }
 
 function validateLane(label, lane) {
+  const resources = laneResources(lane);
   if (!lane.name || typeof lane.name !== "string") {
     errors.push(`${label}: Docker E2E lane is missing a string name`);
   }
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ function validateLane(label, lane) {
       `${label}: Docker E2E lane '${lane.name}' has invalid image kind '${lane.e2eImageKind}'`,
     );
   }
-  if (lane.live && lane.e2eImageKind) {
+  if (lane.live && lane.e2eImageKind && !resources.includes("npm")) {
     errors.push(`${label}: live Docker E2E lane '${lane.name}' must not require a package image`);
   }
   if (!lane.live && !lane.e2eImageKind) {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ function validateLane(label, lane) {
   if (laneWeight(lane) < 1) {
     errors.push(`${label}: Docker E2E lane '${lane.name}' must have positive weight`);
   }
-  if (!laneResources(lane).includes("docker")) {
+  if (!resources.includes("docker")) {
     errors.push(`${label}: Docker E2E lane '${lane.name}' must include the docker resource`);
   }