Add workflow_dispatch to CI workflows for manual fork triggering#1
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Add workflow_dispatch to CI workflows for manual fork triggering#1
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Co-authored-by: Bhavd13 <223229437+Bhavd13@users.noreply.github.com>
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Add workflow_dispatch to CI workflows for manual fork triggering
Mar 3, 2026
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CI workflows could not be manually triggered from forked branches —
test.ymlandplaywright.ymlonly fired onpush/pull_requestevents scoped to upstream branches, with noworkflow_dispatchhook.Changes
.github/workflows/test.yml— addedworkflow_dispatch:trigger.github/workflows/playwright.yml— addedworkflow_dispatch:triggerFork owners can now go to Actions → (workflow) → Run workflow and manually execute either pipeline against any branch in their fork.
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workflow_dispatchwas absent from both CI workflows. Without it, there is no way to manually invoke them — only automatedpush/pull_requestevents on upstream-tracked branches would fire them.Impact of Change
workflow_dispatchrequires write access to the repo (or fork owner in their own fork) — no secrets exposure risk.Test Plan
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