From 991aa6e698bc6a30a94d794b55faf42342177a84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Desrosiers <359867+desrosj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:39:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add a `schedule`d run for develop upgrade testing.

---
 .github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
index a5474e24620a5..ab0be6173d40f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ on:
       # Confirm any changes to relevant workflow files.
       - '.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml'
       - '.github/workflows/reusable-upgrade-testing.yml'
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 # Cancels all previous workflow runs for pull requests that have not completed.
@@ -96,12 +98,14 @@ jobs:
       multisite: ${{ matrix.multisite }}
 
   # Run a limited set of upgrade tests for the current branch on forks.
+  #
+  # Scheduled runs are explicitly disabled on forks.
   upgrade-tests-develop-forks:
     name: Upgrade from ${{ matrix.wp }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-upgrade-testing.yml
     # This job also runs for the push event, which has no draft state to check.
     if: |
-      github.repository != 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' && (
+      github.repository != 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' && github.event_name != 'schedule' && (
         github.event_name != 'pull_request' ||
         ! github.event.repository.private ||
         ! github.event.pull_request.draft ||

From d0b4dac92f0c162ec2f586bf6bebda9772992bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Desrosiers <359867+desrosj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:41:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Disable `push` events on forks for upgrade tests.

---
 .github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
index ab0be6173d40f..f68d72b5387a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade-develop-testing.yml
@@ -99,14 +99,13 @@ jobs:
 
   # Run a limited set of upgrade tests for the current branch on forks.
   #
-  # Scheduled runs are explicitly disabled on forks.
+  # Pull requests meeting the filtering criteria run, but `push` and `schedule` configured runs are explicitly disabled
+  # for forks.
   upgrade-tests-develop-forks:
     name: Upgrade from ${{ matrix.wp }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-upgrade-testing.yml
-    # This job also runs for the push event, which has no draft state to check.
     if: |
-      github.repository != 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' && github.event_name != 'schedule' && (
-        github.event_name != 'pull_request' ||
+      github.repository != 'WordPress/wordpress-develop' && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (
         ! github.event.repository.private ||
         ! github.event.pull_request.draft ||
         contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Draft Workflow Runs' )