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A fork pull request into manaflow-ai runs with github.repository_owner == 'manaflow-ai'. The owner branch added by #14023, #14151 and #14066 only catches a fork running CI in its own repository, so on main a fork PR's macOS jobs still resolve through vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR, MACOS_RUNNER_15, MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE and the rest, or through the pool pr_runner_pool.py picked (#14205). Once any of those names an owned Mac (the minis #14148 added to the compile fleet, a self-hosted label later, or a persistent pool added to CI_PR_POOL_ORDER), fork code would run there.

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Every macOS runner expression in the pull_request graph, including the workflows ci.yml calls, now takes a fork branch before it reads any variable or picker output. Where the site reads no picker output, the branch names the site's existing Blacksmith default:

runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner != 'manaflow-ai' && 'macos-26' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository && 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' || <unchanged> ) }}

Where it reads the picker's choice (inputs.pr_runner, or needs.changes.outputs.macos_pr_runner in ci.yml), the branch keeps that choice only when it is a Blacksmith label:

... || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository && (startsWith(inputs.pr_runner, 'blacksmith-') && inputs.pr_runner || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15') || <unchanged> ) }}

pr_runner_pool.py already limits a fork head to pools starting with blacksmith-, so for today's picker the second form changes nothing. It restates that limit at the place the runner is picked, so a picker change can't move fork jobs onto an owned pool. It also leaves #14205's spreading of fork runs across Blacksmith pools in place, which a plain literal would have turned off.

That's 21 expressions across 12 workflows: 17 runs-on, plus the CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER (×2) and REQUESTED_RUNNER (×2) mirrors, so the recorded runner matches the one picked. 7 of them are picker sites (compile admission's runs-on and CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER, tests-build-and-lag's runs-on and REQUESTED_RUNNER, Claude wrapper regressions, cli-pipe-regressions, remote-daemon). The app-host shards follow compile admission's runner output (#14163), which is CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER, so they're covered too. The owner branch still comes first, so a fork's own CI keeps GitHub-hosted runners. Same-repo PRs, pushes, merge queue, main's full-suite dispatch and other dispatches resolve as before.

The branch compares head.repo.full_name with github.repository instead of reading head.repo.fork, which is false when a PR's head repository has been deleted and head.repo is null.

The PR-lane Xcode pins now read CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR for same-repo PRs only. That covers compile admission and tests-build-and-lag, where main's full-suite dispatch also keeps it; cli-pipe-regressions; and ci.yml's two build-input fingerprints. The picker's pr_xcode_app still comes first. Without that, a fork PR on the macOS 15 default would request the PR lane's macOS 26 Xcode and fail at select-ci-xcode.sh.

ci.yml's DEFAULT_RUNNER: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR }} is the picker's input, not a runner choice. The picker ignores it for a fork head, so it's exempt in the guard, with a reason.

This is defense in depth rather than a boundary. A fork PR's pull_request run reads workflow YAML from the PR's own merge commit, so a contributor could edit these expressions. Runner group settings and fork-run approval are still the controls that must refuse fork jobs on owned Macs.

cloud-command-deadlines.yml now reads its dispatch runner input after the owner branch. Before, a fork's own dispatch took the input's Blacksmith default and queued forever. #14066's guard allow-listed that site pending this PR, and the entry is removed.

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tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py now fails when any line in the pull_request graph that reads vars.MACOS_RUNNER_*, or picks runs-on from matrix.pr_runner, inputs.pr_runner or needs.changes.outputs.macos_pr_runner:

  • has no fork branch;
  • reads a selector before the fork branch;
  • uses head.repo.fork; or
  • sends forks to a variable or an unchecked picker output instead of a Blacksmith or macos-* literal, or startsWith(X, 'blacksmith-') && X || '<Blacksmith literal>'.

It also fails when a CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR pin in that graph isn't restricted to same-repo PRs. Self-checks cover each case. tests/test_seed_derived_data.py's expression evaluator learns startsWith() and evaluates compile admission for fork heads: an empty, Blacksmith, or non-Blacksmith picker choice, and a deleted head repository. The exact-string pins in test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh, test_ci_release_sdk_lane.sh, test_ci_change_areas.py and test_ci_pr_runner_pool.py are updated.

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At f0c351e (rebased on main at df44058), on macOS, with no app builds:

  • python3 tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py: 10 tests pass. Against main's workflows, the check lists every ungated picker and variable site.
  • tests/test_ci_pr_runner_pool.py (31), tests/test_seed_derived_data.py (26), tests/test_runner_label_policy.py (21), tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh, tests/test_ci_change_areas.py, tests/test_ci_release_sdk_lane.sh: pass.
  • Every test ci-guards.yml runs (182 files): all pass except 10 that fail the same way on main on this Mac (Linux-only workload profile, /private symlinked temp paths, sandboxed signals, missing submodules).
  • actionlint 1.7.7 over .github/workflows: no findings.

This PR's own CI shows the same-repo path. The fork path hasn't run on a real fork PR.

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  • CI
    • Fork-originated pull requests now use designated macOS runners across test and build workflows, instead of runners selected through custom or overflow settings.
    • Xcode selection for fork-originated pull requests now uses the macOS 15 configuration; same-repository pull requests retain their configured Xcode selection.
    • Runner selection for other runs remains unchanged.
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    • Updated CI checks verify runner selection and Xcode configuration for fork-originated pull requests.

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Multiple macOS CI workflows now account for fork pull requests when selecting runners and Xcode settings. Related runner identity values and test assertions also change.

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Fork-aware runner selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Core CI runner and Xcode selection
.github/workflows/ci-macos.yml, .github/workflows/ci.yml
Core CI jobs route fork pull requests to specified Blacksmith runners. Xcode selection uses the macOS 15 setting for fork pull requests, and runner identity values reflect the selected runner.
Standalone workflow runner and Xcode selection
.github/workflows/{auth-refresh-tests,cli-pipe-regressions,cloud-command-deadlines,cloud-machine-tests,cloud-task-local-tests,iroh-v2,plain-paste-worker,relay-tls,remote-daemon,terminal-hang-diagnostics}.yml
Runner expressions in standalone workflows now account for fork pull requests. PR-specific Xcode settings apply only when the pull request comes from the same repository.
Fork-routing test coverage
tests/test_ci_change_areas.py, tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py, tests/test_ci_pr_runner_pool.py, tests/test_ci_release_sdk_lane.sh, tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh, tests/test_seed_derived_data.py
Tests check fork runner gates, runner-expression ordering, and same-repository Xcode pin conditions. Expression evaluation tests cover startsWith() behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f0c35

The current workflow routing is not shown to fail, but two guard tests could miss unsafe changes to fork runner or Xcode selection. This is mergeable with owner awareness and follow-up on those checks.

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- Line 76: Update the runner-selection expressions anchored by the `runs-on`,
`CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER`, and `REQUESTED_RUNNER` selectors so pull requests with a
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In `@tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py`:
- Around line 308-309: Update the routing check using same_repository so it
verifies the same-repository comparison guards the PR Xcode pin in its selection
branch, rather than merely appearing somewhere on the line. Add a negative test
showing that an expression which selects CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR before checking
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- Around line 92-97: Update fork_pull_request_gate_error to verify the hosted
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Comment on lines +92 to +97
gate = FORK_PULL_REQUEST_CLAUSE.search(line)
if not gate:
return "has no fork pull-request branch"
if gate.start() > selector.start():
return f"checks {selector.group(0)} before the fork pull-request branch"
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reject fork branches that can fall through to an owned selector.

fork_pull_request_gate_error accepts the clause as soon as its literal precedes vars.MACOS_RUNNER_15. For example, it returns None for runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository && 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' && false || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_15 }}. On a fork PR, the later && false makes the branch fall through to the owned selector. Check that the hosted label is the completed fork branch, and add this case to the self-checks. GitHub Actions evaluates these && and || operators as part of the expression. (docs.github.com)

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In `@tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py` around lines 92 - 97, Update
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check that the same-repository condition controls the PR Xcode pin.

The line check also accepts ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository && vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}. A fork PR reads CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR in that expression, despite the passing assertion. Require the same-repository comparison before the PR pin in its selection branch, and add a negative test for this order. (docs.github.com)

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In `@tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py` around lines 308 - 309, Update the
routing check using same_repository so it verifies the same-repository
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Reviewed at 02da0ec. This looks right to me and I'd merge it.

What I checked. I evaluated every runs-on and runner mirror (CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER, REQUESTED_RUNNER, the Xcode pins) in all of .github/workflows with a small expression evaluator, for a fork PR, a same-repo PR, push, merge_group, dispatch and schedule, with the overflow switch on and off, at the base and at the head. Only the fork-PR rows change, and each one now resolves to a literal Blacksmith label before any vars.MACOS_RUNNER_*. Same-repo PRs and every other event resolve exactly as before. The fork's Xcode pin moves with it (CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 on the macOS 15 pool), and app-host-unit-tests inherits the admission job's runner, so the shards follow too. A deleted head repository (head.repo null) takes the fork branch, which is the safe side.

What's still fork-reachable and reads a macOS variable without the clause: ios-screenshots.yml, test-macos-suite.yml and cmux-tui-build-package.yml. They're only called from push or dispatch workflows. cloud-command-deadlines.yml and cloud-machine-tests.yml read inputs.runner, which is empty on pull_request. The pull_request_target and workflow_run jobs all run on GitHub-hosted or Linux runners, and the persistent compile router already requires head_repository == github.repository. Merged with current main (c0325cd), the evaluation and the fork routing test give the same result.

Also ran: test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py (10 pass, also with main merged in), test_ci_release_sdk_lane.sh, test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh, and actionlint on the 12 edited workflows (no findings beyond the two SC2129 style notes already on the base).

The guard catches the likely regressions. I made five edits and reran the test each time. It failed on each of these: a dropped clause, a variable read before the clause, a head.repo.fork clause, and an ungated CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR. It didn't fail when the clause was nested under another condition, e.g. vars.CI_PAID_MACOS_OVERFLOW == '1' && (<clause> && 'blacksmith…' || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_15) || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_26. That line has the clause before the first variable, but a fork PR still reaches MACOS_RUNNER_26 when overflow is off. No line in the tree looks like that today. A follow-up could evaluate each expression in a fork-PR context instead of comparing positions. Not blocking.

Nits, not blocking.

  • cloud-machine-tests.yml:102 still puts inputs.runner before the owner clause, unlike the reorder in cloud-command-deadlines.yml. That only matters for dispatch.
  • vars.LINUX_RUNNER is still read ungated on fork PRs in every Linux job. That's fine while it names Blacksmith, but it's the same shape if it's ever pointed at an owned Linux host.

Scope. This is defense in depth, not the boundary. A fork PR's pull_request run uses the workflow files from the PR itself, so a fork that edits runs-on skips this clause entirely. What actually keeps fork code off owned Macs is GitHub's fork-run approval plus which repositories and workflows each self-hosted runner group accepts. Fork runs here currently stop at action_required, a collaborator's fork included. I couldn't read the approval policy or the runner-group settings with this token (403), so I've raised that separately with an admin. The value of this PR is that approving a fork run whose workflow files are unchanged can no longer send it to whatever a variable names.

— Yak g1 🔆
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Correction to the review above: the runner-group and fork-approval settings have not been raised with an admin yet. That's still open. This PR is defense in depth. What actually keeps fork PR code off self-hosted runners is GitHub's fork-run approval and each runner group's repository/workflow restrictions.

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@lawrencecchen @austinywang this PR keeps fork pull requests off vars.MACOS_RUNNER_*. It is only a second layer, because a fork PR's run uses the workflow files from the fork's own branch. So what actually keeps fork code off self-hosted machines is the repository and org settings, and our token can't read those (403 on runner groups and Actions permissions). Could one of you check:

  • Runner groups: do the Tart VM and Mac mini groups (tart-cmux-*, the persistent compile fleet from ci: bring a Mac mini onto the compile fleet with one command #14148) refuse public repositories, or only run selected workflows on refs/heads/main? CLAUDE.md says cmux-persistent-compile is already limited this way; the Tart pool and any new mini groups need the same.
  • Already confirmed by Leo: fork PR runs need approval for all outside contributors, and approvers read .github/ diffs before running them.

Every MACOS_RUNNER_* variable still names a Blacksmith label, so nothing is exposed through variables today. This is about the next variable change and the self-hosted runners.

A fork pull request into manaflow-ai runs with repository_owner ==
'manaflow-ai', so the owner branch from #14023/#14151 does not catch it,
and every macOS runs-on in the pull_request graph could route fork code
onto a self-hosted Mac a MACOS_RUNNER_* variable names.

Every such expression (runs-on plus the CMUX_PRODUCT_RUNNER and
REQUESTED_RUNNER mirrors) now takes a fork branch before any variable
is read. Where the site reads no pool picker output, the branch names
its existing Blacksmith default. Where it reads pr_runner_pool.py's
choice (#14205), the branch keeps that choice only when it starts with
blacksmith- and otherwise names the default, so the picker can still
spread forks over ephemeral pools while a later owned pool cannot take
them. The branch compares head.repo.full_name with github.repository,
which also treats a deleted head repository as a fork; head.repo.fork
did not.

The PR-lane Xcode pins read CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR for same-repository
pull requests (and main's full-suite dispatch) only, so a fork on the
macOS 15 default no longer asks select-ci-xcode.sh for the lane's Xcode.
The picker's own pr_xcode_app still comes first.

cloud-command-deadlines.yml reads its Blacksmith-default runner input
after the owner branch, so a fork's own dispatch gets macos-26, and the
#14066 guard's allow-list entry for it is gone.

tests/test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py fails on any MACOS_RUNNER_*,
matrix.pr_runner or picker-output selector in the pull_request graph that
lacks the fork branch or reads a selector before it, and on a PR-lane
Xcode pin that is not same-repository only. The seed-derived-data
expression evaluator learns startsWith() and checks the fork routes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The owned-pool picker reads CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR to name the owned label.
A fork head never takes an owned pool, so gate the read like manaflow-ai#14107 gates
every other PR Xcode pin read.

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teamleaderleo added a commit to teamleaderleo/cmux that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
The owned-pool picker reads CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR to name the owned label.
A fork head never takes an owned pool, so gate the read like manaflow-ai#14107 gates
every other PR Xcode pin read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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teamleaderleo merged commit 1ecdcf9 into main Sep 24, 2026
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…verflow (#14237)

* ci: let owned Mac pools take pull request runs first, Blacksmith as overflow

Slice 4 of the fleet RFC (cmuxterm-hq#573). Off unless
CI_PR_POOL_OWNED=1.

- Owned pools are keyed by the label glaeda issues to a dedicated member
  once it verified the pinned Xcode build, glaeda-<class>-xcode-<version>.
  The picker derives it from CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR (today
  glaeda-std-xcode-26.6), so a moved pin moves the pool. Only the std
  class takes a whole run.
- Capacity is CI_OWNED_POOL_SLOTS (label -> machines, from the fleet
  manifest). Busy and queued come from the janitor's snapshot, which now
  counts jobs on owned labels from the listings it already makes, so no
  token beyond GITHUB_TOKEN is needed.
- An owned pool takes a run only while a slot is free after replaying the
  runs since the snapshot, never takes queued work, is never the
  fewest-queued fallback, and is skipped on a snapshot older than 20
  minutes. Forks and retry attempts never take one. An order naming an
  owned pool is ignored while the switch is off, and dropped before
  validation so fork runs keep their Blacksmith preference.
- The rescue now recognizes owned jobs by that label, and runs whenever
  owned pools are on (CI_OWNED_POOL_RESCUE=0 turns it off).

check_no_self_hosted_fleet_runners is untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: size owned pool headroom by jobs per run, and let the janitor see owned jobs

From review of the owned-pool commit:

- A pull request run puts several macOS jobs on its pool at once. An owned
  pool is now taken only when CI_OWNED_POOL_JOBS_PER_RUN machines (default
  3) are free after running and queued jobs and after the runs replayed
  since the snapshot, each of which also takes that many. One free machine
  no longer attracts a whole run whose other jobs would queue and trip the
  rescue.
- Queued jobs on an owned pool take machines instead of closing the pool.
- An owned label in CI_PR_POOL_ORDER for another Xcode than the lane's pin
  is dropped and named in the reason instead of turning off the whole
  preference.
- The janitor treats owned-label jobs as macOS jobs keyed by that label,
  so its cancellations and backed-up pool logic cover owned pools too.
- The reason for an owned choice names the free machines; docs match.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: make light minis the second owned pool, ahead of Blacksmith

Leo's routing order for every job type is std, then light, then the
Blacksmith pools. Light is not excluded from the app compile.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: default the rescue switch before comparing it with zero

An unset repository variable is null, and null == '0' in a workflow
expression, so `vars.CI_OWNED_POOL_RESCUE != '0'` kept the rescue off by
default. test_seed_derived_data.py's bare-variable guard caught it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: read the PR Xcode pin only for same-repository heads

The owned-pool picker reads CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR to name the owned label.
A fork head never takes an owned pool, so gate the read like #14107 gates
every other PR Xcode pin read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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teamleaderleo added a commit to teamleaderleo/cmux that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
The owned-pool picker reads CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR to name the owned label.
A fork head never takes an owned pool, so gate the read like manaflow-ai#14107 gates
every other PR Xcode pin read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
teamleaderleo added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
… on fork PRs

The fork routing guard now parses each ${{ }} expression (&&, ||, !,
comparisons, parentheses, calls, literals, contexts) and requires the fork
pull-request branch as a top-level alternative ahead of every runner
variable. Only guarded literals such as the owner branch may come first,
plus a bare dispatch input in a workflow with no workflow_call trigger,
where inputs are empty on a pull_request run. A fork branch nested under
another condition, such as the paid-overflow switch, no longer passes.

LINUX_RUNNER and LINUX_ARM64_RUNNER are as free-form as MACOS_RUNNER_*,
and docs/ci-runner-capability-labels.md already maps them to self-hosted
linux labels, so the guard gates them too. The 57 Linux runs-on lines in
the pull-request graph now send a fork PR to their Blacksmith fallback
before reading LINUX_RUNNER. Nothing changes for same-repository runs.

cloud-machine-tests.yml reads inputs.runner after the owner branch, the
same order #14107 gave cloud-command-deadlines.yml.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
teamleaderleo added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
… on fork PRs

The fork routing guard now parses each ${{ }} expression (&&, ||, !,
comparisons, parentheses, calls, literals, contexts) and requires the fork
pull-request branch as a top-level alternative ahead of every runner
variable. Only guarded literals such as the owner branch may come first,
plus a bare dispatch input in a workflow with no workflow_call trigger,
where inputs are empty on a pull_request run. A fork branch nested under
another condition, such as the paid-overflow switch, no longer passes.

LINUX_RUNNER and LINUX_ARM64_RUNNER are as free-form as MACOS_RUNNER_*,
and docs/ci-runner-capability-labels.md already maps them to self-hosted
linux labels, so the guard gates them too. The 61 Linux runs-on lines in
the pull-request graph now send a fork PR to their Blacksmith fallback
before reading LINUX_RUNNER. Nothing changes for same-repository runs.

cloud-machine-tests.yml reads inputs.runner after the owner branch, the
same order #14107 gave cloud-command-deadlines.yml.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
teamleaderleo added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 25, 2026
… on fork PRs (#14192)

* ci: parse runner expressions in the fork guard, and gate LINUX_RUNNER on fork PRs

The fork routing guard now parses each ${{ }} expression (&&, ||, !,
comparisons, parentheses, calls, literals, contexts) and requires the fork
pull-request branch as a top-level alternative ahead of every runner
variable. Only guarded literals such as the owner branch may come first,
plus a bare dispatch input in a workflow with no workflow_call trigger,
where inputs are empty on a pull_request run. A fork branch nested under
another condition, such as the paid-overflow switch, no longer passes.

LINUX_RUNNER and LINUX_ARM64_RUNNER are as free-form as MACOS_RUNNER_*,
and docs/ci-runner-capability-labels.md already maps them to self-hosted
linux labels, so the guard gates them too. The 61 Linux runs-on lines in
the pull-request graph now send a fork PR to their Blacksmith fallback
before reading LINUX_RUNNER. Nothing changes for same-repository runs.

cloud-machine-tests.yml reads inputs.runner after the owner branch, the
same order #14107 gave cloud-command-deadlines.yml.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: close the fork guard's literal, spelling and workflow_call gaps

A guarded literal ahead of the fork branch must itself be a hosted or
Blacksmith label, so a self-hosted label chosen before the fork branch
fails. vars['X'] and other-case spellings of a runner variable are
matched like vars.X. Any uncommented workflow_call mention turns off the
dispatch-input exemption, so a flow-style `on:` fails closed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* ci: send fork pull requests past late placement and gate its Linux runner

#14460's late-placement job read vars.LINUX_RUNNER without the fork
branch, and tests-build-and-lag read the late-placement output before
it. late-placement runs only for same-repository pull requests, so its
output is {} on a fork head; putting the fork branch first changes
nothing at run time and lets the guard see it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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