GitHub runs a workflow_run workflow from the default branch only, so a feature branch no longer waits for a merge of master before its reds are posted. record() reads the FAILED run from RED_WATCH_* (id, attempt, workflow, branch, sha, event, url, actor, title, author: the workflow_run payload) and asks the jobs API for that run, not the watcher's own; the inline GITHUB_* shape stays for a branch with the old `red` job (one line per run id either way). The inline job leaves ci.yml. Self-test covers the workflow_run shape and the full line.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>