tests: always trigger gapic specialized tests

Author: daniel-sanche

.github/workflows/gapic-generator-tests.yml

@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@ name: Gapic Generator Specialized Tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'packages/gapic-generator/**'
-      - '.github/workflows/gapic-generator-tests.yml'
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - 'packages/gapic-generator/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: gapic-gen-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -27,11 +22,8 @@ env:
   PYO3_USE_ABI3_FORWARD_COMPATIBILITY: "1"
 
 jobs:
+  # Check if the gapic-generator was changed. If so, execute specialized tests
   check_changes:
-    # We use a job-level 'if' with dorny/paths-filter because GitHub's top-level 
-    # 'on: pull_request: paths' can be bypassed during repository-wide migrations 
-    # or structural changes. This ensures these specialized (and heavy) matrix 
-    # jobs stay silent on PRs that do not touch the generator.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       run_generator: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.generator }}
@@ -224,3 +216,16 @@ jobs:
           # WORKSPACE file is located there.
           cd packages/gapic-generator
           bazelisk test //tests/integration/... --test_output=errors
+
+  # Final job to simplify branch protection rules.
+  # This job will be reported as 'Success' if all its dependencies either 
+  # pass or are skipped due to path filtering.
+  status:
+    needs: [check_changes, python_config, showcase-unit, showcase-mypy, goldens, goldens-prerelease, fragment-snippet, integration]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check all jobs for failure
+        if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+        run: exit 1
+