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From: Matthew Jackson <1085847+MattJackson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:37:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?chore(qa):=20gate=201.7.6=20promote=20=E2=80=94?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20media=20matrix=20not=20needed=20[skip-media]?=
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The 1.7.6 unified release ships no rip-path change (Linux desktop shell,
notifications, menu_layout refactor, XDG paths). Real-media QA on EC2
adds ~2h + real money to the release cycle to prove code that never
enters the rip pipeline. This empty commit puts `[skip-media]` in qa's
HEAD so the media matrix in qa.yml auto-skips per the documented bypass;
the full-platform builds/tests still run.