ci: skip prerelease version guard on insider branch [ON HOLD]

[diberry]

What

Skip the prerelease version guard when the PR targets the insider branch.

Why

The prerelease-version-guard step in Squad CI blocks packages with prerelease suffixes (e.g., 0.9.4-insider.1) from merging. This is correct for PRs targeting dev or main, but false-positive on insider where prerelease versions are expected and intentional.

This causes every PR targeting insider to show a CI failure, including PR #900.

How

Added one condition to the guard's if: block:

yaml && github.event.pull_request.base.ref != 'insider'

1 file, 1 line added. The guard still runs on PRs to dev, main, and preview.

Testing

• CI workflow change only — no product code
• Verified the existing if: block syntax is valid YAML multi-line
• The skip-version-check label still works as an escape hatch

/cc @bradygaster @tamirdresher

[github-actions]

🏗️ Architectural Review

⚠️ Architectural review: 1 info.

Severity	Category	Finding	Files
ℹ️ info	template-sync	Template files changed in .github/workflows/ but not in other template locations. If these templates should stay in sync, consider updating the others too.	Changed: .github/workflows/, Unchanged: templates/, .squad-templates/, packages/squad-cli/templates/

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Automated architectural review — informational only.

[github-actions]

🟢 Impact Analysis — PR #903

Risk tier: 🟢 LOW

📊 Summary

Metric	Count
Files changed	1
Files added	0
Files modified	1
Files deleted	0
Modules touched	1

🎯 Risk Factors

• 1 files changed (≤5 → LOW)
• 1 module(s) touched (≤1 → LOW)

📦 Modules Affected

ci-workflows (1 file)

• .github/workflows/squad-ci.yml

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This report is generated automatically for every PR. See #733 for details.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates the Squad CI workflow to avoid failing PRs that intentionally use prerelease package versions when the PR targets the insider branch.

Changes:

• Adds an if: condition to skip the “Prerelease Version Guard” step when the PR base branch is insider.

[diberry]

🔍 Squad Review — Kaylee (Engineering)

#	Check	Status	Notes
1	Changelog entry	✅	skip-changelog label applied — CI-only change
2	Squashed to 1 commit	✅	1 commit
3	CI green	✅	All checks passed
4	Copilot comments resolved	✅	0 review threads
5	No .squad/ files	✅	Clean
6	No unrelated files	✅	1 file — .github/workflows/squad-ci.yml only
7	Tests for changes	✅	CI workflow change — no testable product code
8	Not a duplicate/reversal	✅	Unique scope (fixes insider CI false positive)

Verdict: ✅ Ready to merge

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Review by Squad AI team (Kaylee — Engineering) · requested by Dina Berry

[bradygaster]

Closed by #theSquadsquad triage — verified fixed in v0.9.4 (PR #908 merged).