Windows Test + macOS Test only triggered on changes to setup.sh / drone/cli.py
/ handlers/__init__.py / pyproject.toml, but branch protection requires their
checks (windows-setup / macos-setup). On any PR not touching those paths the
workflows never ran, so GitHub parked the required checks as 'Expected —
waiting for status' forever, blocking merge — exactly what happened to PR #631
(the tests last ran + passed yesterday on the version-bump commit; tonight's
commits didn't match the filter so they never fired). The OS code is fine:
e2e-wheel's windows-latest + macos-latest passed on the same commits.
Fix: drop the paths filter; run on every push/PR to main/dev like the other
required lanes (CI/lint/coverage/security/e2e are none of them path-filtered).
A required status check must never be path-filtered or it stalls PRs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
