diff --git a/.github/workflows/status-checks-replacement-codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/status-checks-replacement-codeql.yml
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+---
+name: "CodeQL"
+    
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+    paths-ignore:
+        - '**.py'
+jobs:
+  run-codeql:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "No CodeQL required"
+    
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/status-checks-replacement-verify_tags.yml b/.github/workflows/status-checks-replacement-verify_tags.yml
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+---
+name: Verify tags are the same
+    
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'action.yml'
+jobs:
+  verify-tags:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "No tag checking required required"
+    
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