2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index 325c1f7d39..0beb418a07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
     # we do the full build on tags.
     tags: ["v*"]
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+  
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index cef4439477..4e61824ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
     branches: ["develop", "release-*"]
   pull_request:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+  
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -347,7 +351,12 @@ jobs:
 
   # a job which marks all the other jobs as complete, thus allowing PRs to be merged.
   tests-done:
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     needs:
+      - lint
+      - lint-crlf
+      - lint-newsfile
+      - lint-sdist
       - trial
       - trial-olddeps
       - sytest
@@ -355,4 +364,16 @@ jobs:
       - complement
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: "true"    
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+      - name: Set build result
+        env:
+          NEEDS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+        # the `jq` incantation dumps out a series of "<job> <result>" lines
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          jq -r 'to_entries[] | [.key,.value.result] | join(" ")' \
+                          <<< $NEEDS_CONTEXT |
+              while read job result; do
+                  if [ "$result" != "success" ]; then
+                      echo "::set-failed ::Job $job returned $result"
+                  fi
+              done