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docs(contributing): exempt build and flaky-test fixes from the issue requirement - #4875
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…requirement Prior to this change, CONTRIBUTING.md, the PR template, and the create-github-pr skill required every PR except automated dependency updates to close an issue. A maintainer fixing a broken build or flaky tests had to file an issue that only restated the failure the PR already describes. Now, authors with WRITE, MAINTAIN, or ADMIN access may open a PR that only fixes a broken build or flaky tests without a separate issue, and describe the failure in the PR instead. Authors without write access still need an accepted issue; the PR Issue Acceptance workflow already passes write-access authors without checking for linked issues, so it needs no change. The branch naming rule now covers PRs without an issue, and the sync-agent-infra consistency check states the new rule. Signed-off-by: Kris Hicks <khicks@nvidia.com>
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Summary
Let authors with repository write access open PRs that only fix a broken build or flaky tests without filing a separate issue.
Related Issue
None. Maintainer-approved exemption from the issue requirement.
Changes
CONTRIBUTING.md: add the build and flaky-test exception for authors withWRITE,MAINTAIN, orADMINaccess, and show how branch names omit the issue ID when there is no issue..github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md: mention the new exception in the Related Issue comment.create-github-prskill: match the new rule; a PR without an issue describes the failure in its Related Issue section.sync-agent-infraskill: update the consistency check to the new rule.Authors without write access still need an accepted issue. The
PR Issue Acceptanceworkflow already passes write-access authors without checking linked issues, so it needs no change.Testing
markdownlint-cli2passes on the changed Markdown filesChecklist