diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloudflare-preview-forks-build.yml b/.github/workflows/cloudflare-preview-forks-build.yml
index 5d9f59ed..77c19eb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloudflare-preview-forks-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloudflare-preview-forks-build.yml
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Lint
-        run: npm run textlint || { printf "Run 'ddev textlint' locally to fix it.\n\n"; exit 1; }
-
-      - name: Prettier
-        run: npm run prettier || { printf "\nRun 'ddev prettier' locally to fix it.\n\n"; exit 1; }
-
+      # textlint and prettier run in test.yml. They are left out here so a
+      # wording or formatting problem doesn't hold back the preview.
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 871ee3dc..ab7fab14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ env:
   NODE_VERSION: 24
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+  # A separate job, so a wording or formatting problem fails this check
+  # without stopping the build.
+  lint:
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -28,7 +30,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint
         run: npm run textlint || { printf "Run 'ddev textlint' locally to fix it.\n\n"; exit 1; }
       - name: Prettier
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: npm run prettier || { printf "\nRun 'ddev prettier' locally to fix it.\n\n"; exit 1; }
+
+  build:
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
       - name: Load Amplitude secrets
         # Skipped for forked-repo PRs: GitHub Actions never exposes secrets to those
         # anyway, but this avoids depending on that alone and skips a step that