Manual validation runs

April 28, 2026 · View on GitHub

In addition to running automatically on pull requests and on /create-snapshot, CAMARA Validation can be run on demand from the Actions tab of the API repository.

When to use this

  • Validate a feature branch before opening a pull request.
  • Re-check main (or a maintenance branch) outside the pull-request flow.
  • Spot-check any branch in the repository — the manual run can target any ref.

How to run it

  1. In the API repository, open the Actions tab.
  2. Select the CAMARA Validation workflow from the left side.
  3. Click Run workflow.
  4. In the Use workflow from dropdown, choose the branch you want to validate.
  5. Click Run workflow to start the run.

Where to see the report

The run appears in the Actions list. Open it and use the Summary tab to see the workflow summary — the same complete report as for a pull request run. Manual runs do not produce pull-request annotations, since there is no pull request to annotate.

How this differs from a pull-request run

  • A manual run validates the chosen branch as it currently is. It does not compare against main or another base ref.
  • There is no pull-request comment, no Files-changed annotations, and no pass/fail signal on a pull request.
  • The validation rules and severity model are the same as on a pull request.