CI Deadlock fix

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -3,110 +3,113 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master, release/*]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "**.md"
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "locales/**"
-      - ".devcontainer/**"
-      - "docker/**"
-      - "flatpak/**"
-      - "*.nix"
-      - "flake.*"
-      - "default.nix"
-      - "shell.nix"
-      - ".env.example"
-      - ".envrc"
-      - ".editorconfig"
-      - "vortex.bat"
-      - "translation-strings.txt"
   pull_request:
     branches: [master, release/*]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "**.md"
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "locales/**"
-      - ".devcontainer/**"
-      - "docker/**"
-      - "flatpak/**"
-      - "*.nix"
-      - "flake.*"
-      - "default.nix"
-      - "shell.nix"
-      - ".env.example"
-      - ".envrc"
-      - ".editorconfig"
-      - "vortex.bat"
-      - "translation-strings.txt"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  # Required status checks stay "Expected" forever when a workflow is skipped by
+  # paths-ignore, so filter inside the workflow instead: a skipped job reports success.
+  changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      code: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.code }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v4
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          predicate-quantifier: every
+          filters: |
+            code:
+              - "!**.md"
+              - "!docs/**"
+              - "!locales/**"
+              - "!.devcontainer/**"
+              - "!docker/**"
+              - "!flatpak/**"
+              - "!*.nix"
+              - "!flake.*"
+              - "!default.nix"
+              - "!shell.nix"
+              - "!.env.example"
+              - "!.envrc"
+              - "!.editorconfig"
+              - "!vortex.bat"
+              - "!translation-strings.txt"
+
   build:
+    needs: changes
+    # Fails open: if the filter job itself fails, code is empty and the full build runs.
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || needs.changes.outputs.code != 'false') }}
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: "recursive"
 
       - name: Setup Python 3.11
         uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-pnpm
 
       # NOTE(erri120): fontconfig required by font-scanner required by theme-switcher
       - name: Install fontconfig
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1-dev
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install
         env:
           VORTEX_ELECTRON_REBUILD: "defer"
 
       - name: Cache native build headers
         uses: actions/cache@v6
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.electron-gyp
             ~/.cache/node-gyp
           key: native-headers-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('package.json', 'pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
 
       - name: Cache Electron native rebuild outputs
         id: electron-native-cache
         uses: actions/cache@v6
         with:
           path: |
             node_modules/.pnpm/@nexusmods+fomod-installer-native@*/node_modules/@nexusmods/fomod-installer-native/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/@nexusmods+fomod-installer-native@*/node_modules/@nexusmods/fomod-installer-native/bin
             node_modules/.pnpm/drivelist@*/node_modules/drivelist/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/drivelist@*/node_modules/drivelist/bin
             node_modules/.pnpm/leveldown@*/node_modules/leveldown/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/leveldown@*/node_modules/leveldown/bin
             node_modules/.pnpm/winapi-bindings@*/node_modules/winapi-bindings/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/winapi-bindings@*/node_modules/winapi-bindings/bin
             node_modules/.pnpm/xxhash-addon@*/node_modules/xxhash-addon/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/xxhash-addon@*/node_modules/xxhash-addon/bin
             node_modules/.pnpm/@parcel+watcher@*/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/build
             node_modules/.pnpm/@parcel+watcher@*/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/bin
           key: electron-native-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml', 'pnpm-workspace.yaml', 'src/main/postinstall.mjs') }}
 
       - name: Rebuild Electron native modules
         run: |
           echo "Electron native cache hit: ${{ steps.electron-native-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}"
           pnpm --filter @vortex/main exec electron-rebuild
 
       - name: Build
         run: pnpm run build
 
       - name: Test
         run: pnpm run test