From 20e90973a391e4772e9eaf6aa5760be471ebb8d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:31:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ci(showcase): use separate filter job for version check

---
 .github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml | 23 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
index 7ef9a0d8a11d..8d4fa9c61516 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
@@ -22,13 +22,28 @@ on:
     - cron: '30 3 * * *' # Run daily at 3:30 AM UTC
   workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual trigger
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'librarian.yaml'
-      - 'java-showcase/gapic-showcase/pom.xml'
-      - '.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml'
 
 jobs:
+  filter:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.should_run }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@d1c1ffe0248fe513906c8e24db8ea791d46f8590 # v3
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            should_run:
+              - 'librarian.yaml'
+              - 'java-showcase/gapic-showcase/pom.xml'
+              - '.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml'
+
   check-version:
+    needs: filter
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || needs.filter.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write

From 82b9f826f01bcc27217ec22dc50bed44ccd8499e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Qiu <lawrenceqiu@google.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:33:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ci(showcase): rename check-version job to
 check-showcase-version

---
 .github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
index 8d4fa9c61516..49de8716abb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
               - 'java-showcase/gapic-showcase/pom.xml'
               - '.github/workflows/showcase-version-check.yaml'
 
-  check-version:
+  check-showcase-version:
     needs: filter
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || needs.filter.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest