diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 84a39b54c377..980402c98f7e 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -2575,3 +2575,5 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
+
+# ci-probe: inert change to trigger python test jobs (control run for #948)