Good morning,

Since Xuan has recently become a committer, I guess she can verify
this, so I will contact her.

On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM Chen Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Matthew, Xuan, Sarah, and other contributors: Can you try and verify?
>
> Chen
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM Yicong Huang <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I opened an INFRA ticket on this topic, and according to the reply, the
> > INFRA team has enabled this setting for us. Now new contributors only need
> > to be approved for CI for their first PR. once the first PR got merged,
> > then CIs on future PRs can automatically run without committers to approve.
> >
> > Matthew or other contributors can you try and verify? I will need to get
> > back to the INFRA team.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Yicong Huang
> > [email protected]
> >
> > On May 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM -0700, Xinyuan Lin <[email protected]>,
> > wrote:
> > > +1
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Xinyuan Lin
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 22:13 Jiadong Bai <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Jiadong Bai
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM Zuozhi Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > I also like and support this. It makes sense and reduce unnecessary
> > > > > > frictions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best
> > > > > > Zuozhi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM Chen Li <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I support this change because it can make it easier for
> > non-committers
> > > > to
> > > > > > > > contribute.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Chen Li
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM Yicong Huang <
> > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Hi Texera dev,
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I'd like to propose a change to our GitHub Actions
> > configuration on
> > > > > > > > > > apache/texera to reduce friction for non-committer
> > contributors.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > *Background:* Currently, the ASF GitHub Actions policy
> > requires
> > > > > > committer
> > > > > > > > > > approval for all outside collaborators, meaning every push
> > from a
> > > > > > > > > > non-committer's fork needs approval before CI runs. This
> > leads to
> > > > slow
> > > > > > > > > > feedback and unnecessary work for committers.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > *Proposal:* Ask ASF Infra to change to: "Require approval
> > for
> > > > > > first-time
> > > > > > > > > > contributors." This means that after a contributor's
> > initial PR
> > > > > > approval,
> > > > > > > > > > their subsequent pushes and future PRs would trigger CI
> > > > automatically.
> > > > > > > > > > Committers still have visibility, and Infra can revert if
> > needed.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > As a project, we need to follow certain requirements that
> > are called
> > > > > > out
> > > > > > > > > > here -
> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfra.apache.org%2Fgithub-actions-policy.html&data=05%7C02%7Cyiconghuang%40umass.edu%7C7738af65750a494307a308deacc4b909%7C7bd08b0b33954dc194bbd0b2e56a497f%7C0%7C0%7C639138158079814319%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iU8xNDYfv8eJ2Ix84c6%2F9POWNhGQBpiQqpG%2FnqbCma0%3D&reserved=0
> > I have
> > > > > > > > > > confirmed
> > > > > > > > > > that:
> > > > > > > > > > - GitHub does not pass repository secrets to runners on
> > fork PRs
> > > > > > > > > > (regardless of whether the workflow file references
> > > > `secrets.*`).
> > > > > > > > > > GITHUB_TOKEN is provided but with read-only permissions on
> > fork
> > > > > > > > > > PRs.
> > > > > > > > > > - Workflows that intentionally need write privileges in PR
> > > > context
> > > > > > > > > > (auto-assign, lint-pr, pr-labeler) use
> > `pull_request_target`,
> > > > > > > > > > which runs in the base-branch context and is unaffected by
> > the
> > > > > > > > > > approval-policy setting.
> > > > > > > > > > - Workflows that touch sensitive secrets
> > (build-and-push-images,
> > > > > > > > > > create-release-candidate, direct-backport-push) are gated
> > on
> > > > > > > > > > `workflow_dispatch` / `push` and are not reachable from
> > fork
> > > > PRs
> > > > > > > > > > at all.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > *Precedent:* Several ASF projects have made this switch
> > via Infra
> > > > Jira,
> > > > > > > > > > including Apache ShardingSphere and Apache Druid.
> > > > > > > > > > - Apache ShardingSphere —
> > > > > > > > > >
> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fissues.apache.org%2Fjira%2Fbrowse%2FINFRA-24389&data=05%7C02%7Cyiconghuang%40umass.edu%7C7738af65750a494307a308deacc4b909%7C7bd08b0b33954dc194bbd0b2e56a497f%7C0%7C0%7C639138158079837503%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mmFeSZsIbaPmzp21b%2BW1BpuKK%2BEIaiVsIj6M9DerEu8%3D&reserved=0
> > > > > > > > > > - Apache Druid —
> > > > > > > > > >
> > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fissues.apache.org%2Fjira%2Fbrowse%2FINFRA-24657&data=05%7C02%7Cyiconghuang%40umass.edu%7C7738af65750a494307a308deacc4b909%7C7bd08b0b33954dc194bbd0b2e56a497f%7C0%7C0%7C639138158079856626%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Fcu4xseLVO0NetHRSOEG03VdC02YmbKfMDT9Ri3011w%3D&reserved=0
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Please share your thoughts. If no-one objects within three
> > days, I’ll
> > > > > > > > > > assume lazy consensus and open a ticket to INFRA.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > > > Yicong Huang
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >

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