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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ A `### Breaking` section is used in addition to Keep a Changelog's standard sect
 - PR validation now keys coverage badge upload off the coverage step outcome and performs changelog gate validation in a native workflow step; decorate-pr changelog gating is disabled to bypass the broken internal extractor action.
 - Push validation now triggers on all branches, not only `main`.
 - Push and PR validation workflows now share a `concurrency` group keyed on the branch name (`github.ref_name` / `github.head_ref`) with `cancel-in-progress: true`; when a push to a PR branch fires both workflows, the second run cancels the first so only one validation executes per commit.
+- Push validation now performs an open-PR branch check via the Gitea API and skips the heavy validation job when the branch already has an open PR, preventing duplicate full pipeline runs.
 - README badge link target updated to `actions/runs/latest?workflow=...` format per workflow standards.
 - CI security scanning now uses GitHub Marketplace actions (`securego/gosec` and `golang/govulncheck-action`) instead of manual tool installation, improving reliability and caching.
 - CI setup compatibility fix: gosec scanner now references the correct public action source (`securego/gosec`), resolving action clone failures in Gitea runners.