From 65f9130eb429e912e5447c06456491d5012b4076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moltenhub-bot <moltenhub-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:34:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: Reduce duplicate builds, to ensure price
 efficiency

---
 .github/workflows/docker-release.yml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 6c5c0aa..8a4738b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,25 @@ on:
       - main
     tags:
       - 'v*'
+    paths:
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'Dockerfile.alpine'
+      - 'OPENCLAW_VERSION'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker-release.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - 'Dockerfile.alpine'
+      - 'OPENCLAW_VERSION'
+      - '.github/workflows/docker-release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-release-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   validate:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'

From f3a1b066a7e3454471ad79b608656b4a1b694527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moltenhub-bot <moltenhub-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:58:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: Review the PR ->
 https://github.com/Molten-Bot/openclaw/pull/38

---
 .github/workflows/docker-release.yml | 1 -
 README.md                            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
index 8a4738b..2cfbdb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'Dockerfile'
       - 'Dockerfile.alpine'
-      - 'OPENCLAW_VERSION'
       - '.github/workflows/docker-release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0be271..e4c117b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Alpine tags are currently published for:
 
 [![Build & Push to Docker Hub](https://github.com/Molten-Bot/openclaw/actions/workflows/docker-release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Molten-Bot/openclaw/actions/workflows/docker-release.yml)
 
-Pull requests run the Docker build matrix as validation; only `main` pushes and `v*` tags publish images to Docker Hub.
+Pull requests that change Dockerfiles or this workflow run the Docker build matrix as validation; `OPENCLAW_VERSION`-only changes build on `main` push. Only `main` pushes and `v*` tags publish images to Docker Hub.
 
 ## Usage