diff --git a/.github/workflows/branch-target-check.yml b/.github/workflows/branch-target-check.yml
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Enforces the feature-branch → dev → main development workflow.
+#
+# When `main` is the default branch, GitHub pre-selects it as the PR base in the
+# UI and in `gh pr create`. This check fails immediately with a clear, actionable
+# message if a PR targets main from any branch other than `dev` or `release/v<N>.*`,
+# saving developers from a confusing "branch is locked" error or a misleading
+# "prerelease version detected" message from version-check.yml.
+#
+# Allowed sources for PRs to main:
+#   dev          — the normal integration branch
+#   release/v<N>.* — release-train branches created by release-train.yml (must start with a digit)
+#
+# Please do not attempt to edit this flow without the direct consent from the DevOps team.
+# This file is managed centrally.
+
+name: Branch target check
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  check-source-branch:
+    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'dependabot-preview[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify PR source branch is dev or release/v<N>.*
+        env:
+          SOURCE: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ "$SOURCE" == "dev" || "$SOURCE" == release/v[0-9]* ]]; then
+            echo "✅ Source branch '$SOURCE' is a valid base for a PR to main."
+          else
+            echo "❌ PRs to main must come from 'dev' or a 'release/v<N>.*' branch (e.g. release/v1.2)."
+            echo "   This PR is from '$SOURCE'."
+            echo ""
+            echo "   If you are working on a feature or fix, please retarget this PR to 'dev':"
+            echo "     gh pr edit --base dev"
+            echo ""
+            echo "   Only 'dev' → main (via release-train.yml) and 'release/v<N>.*' → main merges are permitted."
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Please do not attempt to edit this flow without the direct consent from the DevOps team. This file is managed centrally.
+
+name: Scorecard supply-chain security
+
+on:
+  branch_protection_rule:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '15 16 * * 0'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - dev
+
+# Scorecard workflow restrictions (enforced when publish_results=true):
+#   - No workflow-level env vars or defaults
+#   - No workflow-level write permissions (read-all is fine)
+#   - Only the scorecard job may use id-token: write
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  analysis:
+    name: Scorecard analysis
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # Required for uploading SARIF results to the code-scanning dashboard
+      security-events: write
+      # Required for GitHub OIDC token used by publish_results
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: "Run analysis"
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
+        with:
+          results_file: results.sarif
+          results_format: sarif
+          # Publish results (badge + REST API) only when running on the default
+          # branch or on a schedule/branch-protection event.  Dev-branch runs
+          # still score the repo but do not overwrite the published badge.
+          publish_results: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'branch_protection_rule' }}
+
+      - name: "Upload artifact"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: SARIF file
+          path: results.sarif
+          retention-days: 5
+
+      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@38697555549f1db7851b81482ff19f1fa5c4fedc # v4.34.1
+        with:
+          sarif_file: results.sarif