From fd7d646aa613df4ced2614e2d994001282f49cf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jgrusewski <jgrusewski@localhost>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:18:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): add optional:true to write-manifest needs to prevent
 pipeline abort

write-manifest needs compile-services and compile-training, but those
jobs use changes: rules. When a commit doesn't touch source code (e.g.
infra-only changes), those jobs don't exist in the pipeline, causing
GitLab to abort pipeline creation with 0 jobs for ALL stages.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 34bbfd315..951f92917 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -502,7 +502,9 @@ write-manifest:
   image: ${RUNTIME_IMAGE}
   needs:
     - job: compile-services
+      optional: true
     - job: compile-training
+      optional: true
     - job: build-web-dashboard
       optional: true
   tags: