diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index fa87ccae0a..bd40ce071f 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -61,16 +61,14 @@ github:
         required_approving_review_count: 1
       required_status_checks:
         strict: false
-        # test is the single required-check authority in
-        # .github/workflows/ci.yml. It runs for every new or updated pull request
-        # targeting main, including a pull request retargeted there. Title- and
-        # body-only edits create a differently named skipped job, so they neither
-        # cancel nor satisfy this context. The job runs install-free contract
-        # checks before installing the toolchain only for the validation its own
-        # planning step selects, so a documentation-only change still reports
-        # without paying for a build. Renaming the required job, adding a paths
-        # filter that stops ci.yml from running, or splitting this authority back
-        # across jobs can leave the check unreported and freeze pull requests.
+        # test is the single unconditional job in .github/workflows/ci.yml. It
+        # runs the install-free contract checks on every change and installs the
+        # toolchain only for the validation its own planning step selects, so a
+        # documentation-only change still reports without paying for a build.
+        # Renaming the job there, adding a paths filter that stops ci.yml from
+        # running, or splitting the work back across jobs so this context comes
+        # from an aggregator that can be skipped, freezes every pull request:
+        # the check never reports and no committer can override it.
         # A required context must report on every pull request, so a lane
         # behind a paths filter cannot be listed here: the filter would keep
         # the workflow from starting and the check would stay pending forever.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9ad70db3bd..83437e3117 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@ name: CI
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]
   push:
     branches: [main]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
-  # `edited` also covers title and body changes. Isolate those no-op runs so
-  # they cannot cancel the check for the current pull request revision.
-  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}${{ github.event.action == 'edited' && github.event.changes.base.ref.from == '' && format('-ignored-{0}', github.run_id) || '' }}
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
 permissions:
@@ -45,10 +42,6 @@ jobs:
   # Renaming it would leave that check unreported on every open pull request
   # until the rename merged, and nothing could merge while it was unreported.
   test:
-    # A base-ref edit keeps the protected `CI / test` name. Other edits create
-    # only a differently named skipped check, so they cannot satisfy it.
-    name: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'edited' && github.event.changes.base.ref.from == '' && 'ignored-edit' || 'test' }}
-    if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'edited' || github.event.changes.base.ref.from != '' }}
     # Pinned, not `ubuntu-latest`. The two resolve to the same image, but only
     # the alias makes this required context wait at the tail, and the steps
     # below already assume this image. `ci-workflow-policy.test.mjs` holds the
diff --git a/scripts/ci-workflow-policy.test.mjs b/scripts/ci-workflow-policy.test.mjs
index 6e4dae8147..6b1826c058 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-workflow-policy.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ci-workflow-policy.test.mjs
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@ test('GitHub output matches the selections consumed by CI', () => {
   assert.deepEqual(outputKeys, consumedKeys);
 });
 
-test('one job remains the only required-check authority', () => {
+test('one unconditional job carries the required context on every pull request', () => {
   const workflow = readWorkflow('ci.yml');
 
   // `.asf.yaml` requires `test`. A paths filter would stop the workflow and
-  // leave that check pending forever, and a second job would create another
-  // authority. Metadata-only edits may skip this job under a different name;
-  // the retarget contract below proves that exception cannot impersonate it.
+  // leave that check pending forever, and a second job would make the same
+  // pull request queue for a scarce runner twice to reach one verdict.
   assert.doesNotMatch(triggerBlock('ci.yml'), /\bpaths(-ignore)?:/u);
 
   const jobsBlock = workflow.slice(workflow.indexOf('\njobs:'));
   const jobs = [...jobsBlock.matchAll(/^ {2}([a-z0-9_-]+):$/gmu)].map((match) => match[1]);
   assert.deepEqual(jobs, ['test']);
   assert.doesNotMatch(jobsBlock, /^ {4}needs:/mu);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(jobsBlock, /^ {4}if:/mu);
 });
 
 test('comparison precedes planning and every later gate uses plan outputs', () => {
@@ -116,25 +116,6 @@ test('every core diff gate consumes the shared comparison without resolving anot
   assert.match(workflow, /HEAD_SHA: \$\{\{ steps\.comparison\.outputs\.head \}\}/u);
 });
 
-test('core CI runs on base retargets without letting metadata edits replace the required check', () => {
-  const workflow = readWorkflow('ci.yml');
-
-  assert.match(workflow, /types: \[opened, synchronize, reopened, edited\]/u);
-  assert.match(
-    workflow,
-    /group: ci-\$\{\{ github\.workflow \}\}-\$\{\{ github\.ref \}\}\$\{\{ github\.event\.action == 'edited' && github\.event\.changes\.base\.ref\.from == '' && format\('-ignored-\{0\}', github\.run_id\) \|\| '' \}\}/u,
-  );
-  assert.match(workflow, /cancel-in-progress: \$\{\{ github\.event_name == 'pull_request' \}\}/u);
-  assert.match(
-    workflow,
-    /name: \$\{\{ github\.event_name == 'pull_request' && github\.event\.action == 'edited' && github\.event\.changes\.base\.ref\.from == '' && 'ignored-edit' \|\| 'test' \}\}/u,
-  );
-  assert.match(
-    workflow,
-    /if: \$\{\{ github\.event_name != 'pull_request' \|\| github\.event\.action != 'edited' \|\| github\.event\.changes\.base\.ref\.from != '' \}\}/u,
-  );
-});
-
 test('core CI uses the Windows inventory package-script authority', () => {
   const workflow = readWorkflow('ci.yml');