diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 9be9e8a3..a11ffd92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -301,3 +301,33 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup and build wasm
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup_build_wasm
+
+  gate:
+    name: PR Gate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Branch-protection fan-in: one stable required context for this whole workflow.
+    # A matrix job skipped by its job-level `if:` reports a single check run under the
+    # *unexpanded* name (`Test for ${{ matrix.platform.target }}`) because the matrix is
+    # never evaluated -- so per-leg contexts never report and required checks hang on
+    # "Expected". This job always runs, so its name always reports.
+    if: always()
+    needs: [build_release, test, trunk_check_runner, build_pyo3, build_wasm]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check fan-in results
+        env:
+          RESULTS: ${{ join(needs.*.result, ' ') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          read -ra results <<<"${RESULTS}"
+          for result in "${results[@]}"; do
+            case "${result}" in
+            # A skipped job is a pass: it was deliberately not run for this change.
+            success | skipped) ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::error::a needed job reported '${result}'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            esac
+          done
+          echo "needed jobs all passed or were skipped: ${RESULTS}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyo3.yml b/.github/workflows/pyo3.yml
index 4eb7cd43..e6f34ba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyo3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyo3.yml
@@ -300,3 +300,35 @@ jobs:
       - name: Annotate workflow with S3 reference
         run: |
           echo "::notice title=Published bindings::context-py bindings published to S3 at ${{ needs.get-date-sha.outputs.reference }}"
+
+  gate:
+    name: context-py Gate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Branch-protection fan-in: one stable required context for this whole workflow.
+    # A matrix job skipped by its job-level `if:` reports a single check run under the
+    # *unexpanded* name (`Test for ${{ matrix.platform.target }}`) because the matrix is
+    # never evaluated -- so per-leg contexts never report and required checks hang on
+    # "Expected". This job always runs, so its name always reports.
+    # linux-pytest is omitted: it is not a required check today, and this job
+    # preserves that set rather than widening it.
+    if: always()
+    needs: [linux, macos, sdist]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check fan-in results
+        env:
+          RESULTS: ${{ join(needs.*.result, ' ') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          read -ra results <<<"${RESULTS}"
+          for result in "${results[@]}"; do
+            case "${result}" in
+            # A skipped job is a pass: it was deliberately not run for this change.
+            success | skipped) ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::error::a needed job reported '${result}'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            esac
+          done
+          echo "needed jobs all passed or were skipped: ${RESULTS}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
index 66360420..05601e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby.yml
@@ -204,3 +204,34 @@ jobs:
           platform: x86_64-linux
           artifact-pattern: ""
           knapsack-pro-test-suite-token-rspec: ${{ secrets.KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_SUITE_TOKEN_RSPEC }}
+
+  gate:
+    name: rspec Gate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Branch-protection fan-in: one stable required context for this whole workflow.
+    # A matrix job skipped by its job-level `if:` reports a single check run under the
+    # *unexpanded* name (`Test for ${{ matrix.platform.target }}`) because the matrix is
+    # never evaluated -- so per-leg contexts never report and required checks hang on
+    # "Expected". This job always runs, so its name always reports.
+    # build-ruby-gem / test-ruby-gem-uploads are omitted: not required checks today.
+    if: always()
+    needs: [build]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check fan-in results
+        env:
+          RESULTS: ${{ join(needs.*.result, ' ') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          read -ra results <<<"${RESULTS}"
+          for result in "${results[@]}"; do
+            case "${result}" in
+            # A skipped job is a pass: it was deliberately not run for this change.
+            success | skipped) ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::error::a needed job reported '${result}'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            esac
+          done
+          echo "needed jobs all passed or were skipped: ${RESULTS}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wasm.yml b/.github/workflows/wasm.yml
index 53dd62b0..258ce70a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wasm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wasm.yml
@@ -64,3 +64,33 @@ jobs:
         if: "!cancelled() && github.event_name != 'pull_request'"
         run: |
           echo "::notice title=Published bindings::context-js bindings published to S3 at ${{ steps.get-date-sha.outputs.reference }}"
+
+  gate:
+    name: context-js Gate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Branch-protection fan-in: one stable required context for this whole workflow.
+    # A matrix job skipped by its job-level `if:` reports a single check run under the
+    # *unexpanded* name (`Test for ${{ matrix.platform.target }}`) because the matrix is
+    # never evaluated -- so per-leg contexts never report and required checks hang on
+    # "Expected". This job always runs, so its name always reports.
+    if: always()
+    needs: [build]
+    steps:
+      - name: Check fan-in results
+        env:
+          RESULTS: ${{ join(needs.*.result, ' ') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          read -ra results <<<"${RESULTS}"
+          for result in "${results[@]}"; do
+            case "${result}" in
+            # A skipped job is a pass: it was deliberately not run for this change.
+            success | skipped) ;;
+            *)
+              echo "::error::a needed job reported '${result}'"
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+            esac
+          done
+          echo "needed jobs all passed or were skipped: ${RESULTS}"