diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main.yaml
index bb3a49b8b24a3..52093c8f142cf 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ tests:
     workflow: hypershift-agentic-qe-aws
 - always_run: false
   as: e2e-aks
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-aks
     env:
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ tests:
   as: e2e-aws
   capabilities:
   - build-tmpfs
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-aws
     env:
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ tests:
     workflow: hypershift-aws-e2e-nested
 - always_run: false
   as: e2e-v2-aws
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-aws
     env:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ tests:
     workflow: hypershift-mce-agent-metal3-backuprestore
 - always_run: false
   as: e2e-azure-v2-self-managed
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-azure
     env:
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ tests:
   as: e2e-aws-upgrade-hypershift-operator
   capabilities:
   - build-tmpfs
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-aws
     dependencies:
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ tests:
     workflow: hypershift-aws-e2e-nested
 - always_run: false
   as: e2e-kubevirt-aws-ovn-reduced
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: openshift-org-aws
     env:
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ tests:
   as: e2e-v2-gke
   capabilities:
   - build-tmpfs
-  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(^[A-Z]+\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+  pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
   steps:
     cluster_profile: hypershift-gcp
     env:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main-presubmits.yaml
index 9a2a8e660d350..c19ef0c18eda7 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/hypershift/openshift-hypershift-main-presubmits.yaml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-
@@ -2887,7 +2887,7 @@ presubmits:
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: false
     annotations:
-      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(^[A-Z]+\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)
+      pipeline_skip_if_only_changed: (^(\.tekton|\.github|\.claude|docs|examples|enhancements|contrib|\.cursor|test/envtest)/)|(\.md$)|((^|/)OWNERS$)|(/overrides\.yaml$)|(^renovate\.json$)|(/\.testcoverage\.yml$)|(^\.gitlint$)|(^\.gitignore$)|(^\.coderabbit\.yaml$)|(^\.dockerignore$)|(^codecov\.yml$)|(^(?:[^t/][^/]*|t|t[^e/][^/]*|te|te[^s/][^/]*|tes|tes[^t/][^/]*|test[^/]+)/.*_test\.go$)
     branches:
     - ^main$
     - ^main-