diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions-run-watcher.yml b/.github/workflows/actions-run-watcher.yml
index c89a28a78..b57290c98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions-run-watcher.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions-run-watcher.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - name: Record non-incident completion
+        # action_required is bot approval / ruleset wait, not a compile failure.
+        # cancelled is already excluded: only failure and timed_out open incidents.
         if: >-
           github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'failure' &&
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'timed_out' &&
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'action_required'
+          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'timed_out'
         env:
           RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
           CONCLUSION: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create or update incident notification
         if: >-
           github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' ||
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'timed_out' ||
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'action_required'
+          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'timed_out'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Emit structured incident receipt
         if: >-
           github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' ||
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'timed_out' ||
-          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'action_required'
+          github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'timed_out'
         env:
           RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
           CONCLUSION: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}