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From: Matthew Jackson <1085847+MattJackson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:11:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs/ci:=20drop=20stale=20local-precommit/relea?=
 =?UTF-8?q?se.sh=20references=20=E2=80=94=20CI=20is=20the=20only=20gate?=
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---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 10 ++++------
 .github/workflows/qa.yml |  5 ++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 01afedc..7733486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -167,9 +167,8 @@ jobs:
     # to agree is what a release candidate is for.
     #
     # `if` SKIPS the job (it does not queue). A queued job would be far worse
-    # than a slow one: release.sh's CI gate refuses while any run for the
-    # commit is still in progress, so a never-scheduled job blocks releases
-    # silently -- see the note on real-media in qa.yml.
+    # than a slow one: a never-scheduled job leaves the run pending forever, so
+    # the branch's required checks never report complete.
     needs: resolve-msrv
     if: github.ref_name == 'qa' || github.ref_name == 'main'
     runs-on: macos-latest
@@ -193,9 +192,8 @@ jobs:
     # to agree is what a release candidate is for.
     #
     # `if` SKIPS the job (it does not queue). A queued job would be far worse
-    # than a slow one: release.sh's CI gate refuses while any run for the
-    # commit is still in progress, so a never-scheduled job blocks releases
-    # silently -- see the note on real-media in qa.yml.
+    # than a slow one: a never-scheduled job leaves the run pending forever, so
+    # the branch's required checks never report complete.
     needs: resolve-msrv
     if: github.ref_name == 'qa' || github.ref_name == 'main'
     runs-on: windows-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yml b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
index a504ff8..51bc844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ name: qa
 # one being released, which is the exact failure this branch exists to prevent.
 #
 # What this gate CANNOT cover: `disc://` and real `iso://` need physical media,
-# and no hosted runner has an optical drive or the image hoard. Those run on a
-# self-hosted runner (see the media job at the end) and are the one leg that
-# stays on hardware.
+# and no hosted runner has an optical drive or the image hoard. That coverage
+# lives in freemkv's qa.yml (the real-media EC2 matrix), not in this file.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [qa]