V2-BE-044 — Make API Security, Build, and Artifact Checks Non-Skippable

[dDevAhmed]

Objective

Restore a trustworthy API merge gate after August merges landed with failed or skipped jobs.

Scope

• Require lint, typecheck, unit/integration tests, security scans, container build, migration validation, and generated-artifact drift.
• Remove unconditional skips and permissive continuation from required jobs.
• Pin actions and third-party tooling; apply least-privilege workflow permissions.
• Add reviewed-head approval enforcement for auth, database, indexer, and protocol-sensitive changes.

Acceptance Criteria

• Each required job is reproducible locally or in a documented container.
• Deliberate failures in every gate block validation.
• No required result is neutralized by continue-on-error.
• Fork workflow authorization is documented correctly.
• Changed head SHA requires fresh approval for sensitive work.

Dependencies

None.

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🏷 Labels

• backend
• ci
• security
• complexity-medium
• Stellar Wave

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