fix(ci): skip Playwright workflow cleanly

Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:gpt-5

Co-authored-by: julien-nc <11291457+julien-nc@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/workflows/playwright.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   gate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
+    outputs:
+      run-playwright: ${{ steps.gate-e2e.outputs.run-playwright }}
     steps:
       - name: Evaluate e2e tests execution conditions
         id: gate-e2e
@@ -39,17 +41,20 @@ jobs:
             })
             const playwrightTouched = files.some((file) => file.filename.startsWith('tests/playwright'))
 
-            if (hasForceLabel || hasToReviewLabel || hasToReleaseLabel || playwrightTouched) {
-              return
-            } else {
-              core.setFailed('Skipping Playwright: draft state, missing labels or no playwright path changes.')
+            const shouldRun = hasForceLabel || hasToReviewLabel || hasToReleaseLabel || playwrightTouched
+
+            core.setOutput('run-playwright', shouldRun ? 'true' : 'false')
+
+            if (!shouldRun) {
+              core.notice('Skipping Playwright: missing labels and no playwright path changes.')
             }
 
   playwright-setup:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     name: Playwright setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: gate
+    if: needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright == 'true'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
       with:
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     name: Playwright tests ${{ matrix.shardIndex }} / ${{ matrix.shardTotal }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Playwright tests for installer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright == 'true'
 
     # The installation-wizard tests exercise every supported database backend, so
     # they need reachable database service containers. The Nextcloud container is
@@ -255,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
 
   merge-reports:
     # Merge reports after playwright-tests, even if some shards have failed
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright == 'true' }}
     needs: [gate, playwright-tests, playwright-installer-tests]
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-low
@@ -319,5 +326,10 @@ jobs:
     name: playwright-test-summary
 
     steps:
+      - name: Skip summary when Playwright is not required
+        if: needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright != 'true'
+        run: echo 'Playwright skipped for this pull request.'
+
       - name: Summary status
+        if: needs.gate.outputs.run-playwright == 'true'
         run: if ${{ needs.playwright-tests.result != 'success' || needs.playwright-installer-tests.result != 'success' }}; then exit 1; fi