OT question about GitHub checks

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Hi maintainers,

while working on a different open source project, I face the challenge of adding a “check” to GitHub that is automatically run on each commit. But if it fails, that should not mark the whole commit / PR as failed.

In the Syncthing main repo, we already have such “not required” checks running. Could someone with access to the repository settings please show how to set up such a distinction between required and optional checks? I think it will be under the branch protection settings, but could also need some YAML adjustments? Ideally with screenshots, please :slight_smile:

I’m not very knowledgeable with GitHub CI in general. Others have already tried to find the settings, but so far no luck.

For reference: Type annotations in canopen · Issue #358 · christiansandberg/canopen · GitHub

Thank you very much in advance!

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If a PR cannot be merged due to a failing check, then that’s a branch rule defined in the project.

To set a specific check as not required, go to Settings → Rules → Rulesets → Branch rules → Require status checks to pass → No required checks

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