From b6fe399581a3f6118001f08ea855794d3cd61103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franco <franco@giantswarm.io>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:16:51 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(semantic-pull-request): allow running on merge groups

---
 .github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml | 1 +
 CHANGELOG.md                                 | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml
index 68d3610..f04a60e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
     steps:
       - name: Validate PR title follows Conventional Commits
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@48f256284bd46cdaab1048c3721360e808335d50 # v6.1.1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8cf03f..acb291d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 however this project does not use Semantic Versioning and there are no releases.
 Instead this file uses a date-based structure.
 
+## 2026-07-22
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `semantic-pull-request.yaml` - fix the case where the required check doesn't run on `merge_groups`.
+
 ## 2026-07-15
 
 ### Fixed