From 10beba8bb1ae076659f0e02358f3f62a4dce3207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:00:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 1aa18c01b51e9c28bfd6d79ff5c8946272697af8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:05:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Skip expensive PR pipelines for doc-only changes

Co-authored-by: javiercn <6995051+javiercn@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .azure/pipelines/ci-public.yml         | 12 ++++++------
 .azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml    |  4 ++--
 .azure/pipelines/report-green.yml      |  4 ++--
 .azure/pipelines/template-tests-pr.yml |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/ci-public.yml b/.azure/pipelines/ci-public.yml
index 64c7b9344a62..a609db7c2eaf 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/ci-public.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/ci-public.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ trigger:
     - main
     - release/*
 
-# Run PR validation on all branches
-# This doesn't have any path exclusions, even for things like docs, because
-# we have it configured in GitHub as a required check, and for it to pass
-# it must actually run, even if it's not relevant to a particular change.
+# Run PR validation on all branches, except for changes that only touch
+# documentation or repository metadata, which can't affect the product build.
+# When every changed file matches the exclusions below, report-green.yml runs
+# instead so that Build Analysis can still report a green required check.
 pr:
   autoCancel: true
   branches:
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ pr:
     - .vscode/*
     - docs/*
     - '**/*.md'
-    - LICENSE.TXT
-    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.TXT
+    - LICENSE.txt
+    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt
 
 parameters:
 # Choose whether to skip tests when running pipeline manually.
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml b/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
index b9f256ccee1f..3458960c81d8 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pr:
     - .vscode/*
     - docs/*
     - '**/*.md'
-    - LICENSE.TXT
-    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.TXT
+    - LICENSE.txt
+    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt
 
 schedules:
 - cron: "0 */4 * * *"
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/report-green.yml b/.azure/pipelines/report-green.yml
index 8d43f1c1aae9..64aa271bab49 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/report-green.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/report-green.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ pr:
     - .vscode/*
     - docs/*
     - '**/*.md'
-    - LICENSE.TXT
-    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.TXT
+    - LICENSE.txt
+    - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt
 
 # ABG - Always Be Green
 jobs:
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/template-tests-pr.yml b/.azure/pipelines/template-tests-pr.yml
index 1d615e2aa2ec..9a2e3038704d 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/template-tests-pr.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/template-tests-pr.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pr:
     - src/Mvc/*
     - eng/Version.Details.props
     - eng/Versions.props
+    exclude:
+    - '**/*.md'
 
 variables:
 - name: _UseHelixOpenQueues