Pull Request Status Check when no PR Build is run

[Mkublbock]

In our branch policies we have defined the status check "Pull Request Status Check" to be required before completing a PR, however after running the Create Release Action it created a PR to increment the version number but there is no PR Build. Therefore, the Pull Request Status Check can never complete.

What is the best practice?

[aholstrup1]

The Pull Request Build should always be triggered when you open a PR to my knowledge. If it didn't, I would imagine it's due to a temporary hick-up in GitHub. Does it trigger if you close and re-open the pull request using the button at the bottom of the PR?

We've seen these things happen in the Microsoft repos as well. We typically just close and re-open them to trigger a new build.

[mazhelez]

Is the PR targeting a branch that has PR Builds running otherwise?
You can check if a branch supports PR Builds in the workflow file itself: PullRequestHandler.yaml

E.g.:

name: 'Pull Request Build'

on:
  pull_request_target:
    branches: [ 'main' ]

The branches property is controlled by CICDPullRequestBranches setting.

[Mkublbock]

yes, it's the main branch