From 9917a3fb778550e935c79bb20303b2291c033c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:51:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CI: run changed-scope on main pushes

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a30087d6ec9..574f9fe8c08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/detect-docs-changes
 
   # Detect which heavy areas are touched so PRs can skip unrelated expensive jobs.
-  # Push to main keeps broad coverage.
+  # Push to main keeps broad coverage, but this job still needs to run so
+  # downstream jobs that list it in `needs` are not skipped.
   changed-scope:
     needs: [docs-scope]
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.docs-scope.outputs.docs_only != 'true'
+    if: needs.docs-scope.outputs.docs_only != 'true'
     runs-on: blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     outputs:
       run_node: ${{ steps.scope.outputs.run_node }}