ranade-oss clears a deadlock in trusted pull-request checks

A blocked bot update can no longer prevent the trusted verification route from starting.

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Some pull requests created by GitHub automation can be stopped pending approval before any checks actually run. Previously, that empty blocked result could be mistaken for a completed review of the same change. The fallback verification route then never started, leaving the update stuck.

ranade-oss changes that decision point. Approval-blocked runs with no work behind them no longer count as proof that a change has been checked. Genuine failed checks still remain visible when they produced jobs and logs, so teams retain the evidence they need when a real failure occurs.

The existing review, mergeability, and governance safeguards stay in place. This is a narrow repair to keep automated maintenance moving without weakening the controls around it.

So what Teams relying on automated dependency or synchronization updates should care because a stalled check can quietly turn routine maintenance into backlog.

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