From 88ffdc87a7a424474fe5bb41b52fc7575dc7862b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Beaman <alexbeaman@expensify.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 09:40:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Test staging PR checks with Markdown change

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a0b7ad99a4b..693bf3f0bab4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     </h1>
 </div>
 
+<!-- CI smoke test: verify that Markdown-only pull requests targeting staging run applicable checks. -->
+
 #### Table of Contents
 * [Local Development](#local-development)
 * [Platform-Specific Setup](#platform-specific-setup)

From 8e20206069d9374b33ec861313b4e659aec7813f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Beaman <alexbeaman@expensify.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 10:10:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Exercise staging PR CI path filters

---
 .github/scripts/verifyPodfilePrebuilt.sh                   | 1 +
 .github/workflows/checkContributorPlusChecklistHeading.yml | 1 +
 .github/workflows/cloudflareWorkerTests.yml                | 1 +
 .github/workflows/testSyncVersions.yml                     | 1 +
 .github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml                        | 1 +
 assets/images/staging-ci-smoke.svg                         | 1 +
 patches/expo-task-manager/details.md                       | 2 ++
 scripts/checkUnusedPods.ts                                 | 1 +
 src/libs/SearchParser/README.md                            | 3 +++
 9 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 assets/images/staging-ci-smoke.svg
 create mode 100644 src/libs/SearchParser/README.md

diff --git a/.github/scripts/verifyPodfilePrebuilt.sh b/.github/scripts/verifyPodfilePrebuilt.sh
index 25b7526d1dc8..a6f5771a631c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/verifyPodfilePrebuilt.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/verifyPodfilePrebuilt.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This temporary change tests the staging pull request trigger.
 # Verifies that a Podfile.lock was resolved against our prebuilt react-native artifacts, not a
 # from-source build - the Podfile is identical either way, only the resolved pod list differs.
 #
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkContributorPlusChecklistHeading.yml b/.github/workflows/checkContributorPlusChecklistHeading.yml
index 74033e40340e..04af317affca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkContributorPlusChecklistHeading.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkContributorPlusChecklistHeading.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Check Contributor+ checklist heading
+# This temporary change tests the staging pull request trigger.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloudflareWorkerTests.yml b/.github/workflows/cloudflareWorkerTests.yml
index 179e4e8d590a..33e7a118b3ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloudflareWorkerTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloudflareWorkerTests.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Cloudflare Worker tests
+# This temporary change tests the staging pull request trigger.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testSyncVersions.yml b/.github/workflows/testSyncVersions.yml
index 445fe56d0377..a9cd3b6b828d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testSyncVersions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testSyncVersions.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Test syncVersions script
+# This temporary change tests the staging pull request trigger.
 
 # The syncVersions workflow runs on macOS, and its full version sync path depends on PlistBuddy and
 # BSD `sed -i ''`. Those tests skip themselves on the Ubuntu runner the Bun tests job uses, so this
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
index 882f72e9547a..69c06112ece4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyPodfile.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Verify iOS native configuration
+# This temporary change tests the staging pull request trigger.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/assets/images/staging-ci-smoke.svg b/assets/images/staging-ci-smoke.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dcd2e9cbb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/images/staging-ci-smoke.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1 1"><path d="M0 0h1v1H0z"/></svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/expo-task-manager/details.md b/patches/expo-task-manager/details.md
index 321374957165..b6299d296482 100644
--- a/patches/expo-task-manager/details.md
+++ b/patches/expo-task-manager/details.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # `expo-task-manager` patches
 
+<!-- This temporary change tests the staging pull request checks for patch files. -->
+
 ### [expo-task-manager+57.0.6+001+guard-null-headless-loader.patch](expo-task-manager+57.0.6+001+guard-null-headless-loader.patch)
 
 - Reason:
diff --git a/scripts/checkUnusedPods.ts b/scripts/checkUnusedPods.ts
index 49b64ceaf49f..d249a0fc2096 100644
--- a/scripts/checkUnusedPods.ts
+++ b/scripts/checkUnusedPods.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import type {PodUsageEntry} from './podUsageShared';
 import {findBlankEntry, validateReviewedDate} from './nativeUsageManifest';
 import {MANIFEST_PATH, countReferences, findUnparsedPodDeclarations, readDeclaredPods, readManifest, readSources} from './podUsageShared';
 
+// This temporary change triggers staging pull request checks for TypeScript and native dependencies.
 const RELATIVE_MANIFEST = path.relative(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), MANIFEST_PATH);
 const USAGES = new Set(['module', 'headers', 'exempt']);
 
diff --git a/src/libs/SearchParser/README.md b/src/libs/SearchParser/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56bbafb7b238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/SearchParser/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Staging CI smoke test
+
+This temporary file checks that parser and style checks run for a pull request targeting staging.