fix: stabilize workflow-dispatched tests

Author: coisa

.github/actions/github/resolve-predictable-conflicts/run.sh

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dispatch_required_tests() {
         return 0
     fi
 
-    if gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${head_ref}" -f max-outdated=-1 -f publish-required-statuses=true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${head_ref}" -f publish-required-statuses=true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         append_summary "  - tests dispatch requested with required status mirroring"
 
         return 0

.github/workflows/changelog.yml

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
               env:
                   GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
                   RELEASE_BRANCH: ${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH_PREFIX }}${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}
-              run: gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${RELEASE_BRANCH}" -f max-outdated=-1 -f publish-required-statuses=true
+              run: gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${RELEASE_BRANCH}" -f publish-required-statuses=true
 
             - uses: actions/checkout@v6
             - name: Checkout dev-tools workflow action source

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ on:
             max-outdated:
                 description: Maximum number of outdated packages allowed by the dependencies command.
                 required: false
-                type: number
-                default: -1
+                type: string
+                default: '-1'
             publish-required-statuses:
                 description: Mirror required test matrix checks as commit statuses for workflow-dispatched runs.
                 required: false
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ on:
             max-outdated:
                 description: Maximum number of outdated packages allowed by the dependencies command.
                 required: false
-                type: number
-                default: -1
+                type: string
+                default: '-1'
             publish-required-statuses:
                 description: Mirror required test matrix checks as commit statuses for workflow-dispatched runs.
                 required: false

.github/workflows/wiki-preview.yml

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           HEAD_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        run: gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${HEAD_REF}" -f max-outdated=-1 -f publish-required-statuses=true
+        run: gh workflow run tests.yml --ref "${HEAD_REF}" -f publish-required-statuses=true
 
       - uses: ./.dev-tools-actions/.github/actions/summary/write
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Keep workflow-dispatched test runs from failing before job creation by treating `max-outdated` as a string input and relying on the workflow default when release, wiki, or conflict automation dispatches required test status mirroring.
+
 ## [1.22.2] - 2026-04-24
 
 ### Fixed

resources/github-actions/tests.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ on:
       max-outdated:
         description: Maximum number of outdated packages allowed by the dependencies command.
         required: false
-        type: number
-        default: -1
+        type: string
+        default: '-1'
       publish-required-statuses:
         description: Mirror required test matrix checks as commit statuses for workflow-dispatched runs.
         required: false