ci: include the chat page in the desktop gate, scope release-PR skips to this repository, give a cache-retry boot the full deadline

Author: waleedlatif1

.github/scripts/desktop-live-changes.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ relevant='^(apps/desktop/|apps/realtime/'\
 '|apps/sim/lib/api/contracts/(chats|copilot|desktop-|mothership-|upload-sessions|workspace-file)'\
 '|apps/sim/app/api/(desktop|mothership|copilot|files|v2/uploads|auth|users/me)/'\
 '|apps/sim/app/api/workspaces/\[id\]/files/'\
-'|apps/sim/app/workspace/\[workspaceId\]/(home/|components/|layout\.tsx)'\
+'|apps/sim/app/workspace/\[workspaceId\]/(home/|chat/|components/|layout\.tsx)'\
 '|apps/sim/app/(layout\.tsx|desktop/)'\
 '|apps/sim/stores/(chat|chat-panel|panel|mothership-[a-z-]+|tool-permission|terminal|copilot-terminal|browser-session)/'\
 '|apps/sim/hooks/(use-mothership|use-desktop|use-chat|queries/(mothership|desktop|copilot|chats))'\

.github/scripts/http-e2e.sh

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ start_app() {
         clear_cache
         retried=true
         launch_app "$port"
+        started=$SECONDS
         continue
       fi
       echo "::error::Local $label app exited during startup."

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     # Not on the staging -> main release pull request: every staging push re-syncs it with code the
     # staging pull requests already ran this on, and main's push and schedule still run it.
-    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true && github.head_ref != 'staging'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true && !(github.head_ref == 'staging' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository)
     permissions:
       security-events: write
       contents: read

.github/workflows/desktop-e2e.yml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     name: e2e
     # Not on the staging -> main release pull request: every staging push re-syncs it with code the
     # staging pull requests already ran this on, and main's push and schedule still run it.
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && github.head_ref != 'staging'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && !(github.head_ref == 'staging' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository)
     runs-on: macos-26
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
 
   package-smoke:
     name: package-smoke
-    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && github.head_ref != 'staging'
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule' && !(github.head_ref == 'staging' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository)
     runs-on: macos-26
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:

.github/workflows/helm.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     name: chart
     # Not on the staging -> main release pull request: every staging push re-syncs it with code the
     # staging pull requests already ran this on, and main's push and schedule still run it.
-    if: github.head_ref != 'staging'
+    if: ${{ !(github.head_ref == 'staging' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) }}
     runs-on: &runner-2vcpu ${{ (vars.CI_PROVIDER == '' || vars.CI_PROVIDER == 'blacksmith') && 'blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps: