From e6b2b2faf73f8fd9d1f8f8f81180f68b7b927711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Chen <sarah.chen@datadoghq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:15:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Revert pin-system-tests workflow and add print job

---
 .../self.pin-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml   |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml        | 18 ++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/chainguard/self.pin-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml b/.github/chainguard/self.pin-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
index c2b192475a7..5041744f0da 100644
--- a/.github/chainguard/self.pin-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
+++ b/.github/chainguard/self.pin-system-tests.create-pr.sts.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 issuer: https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
 
-subject_pattern: repo:DataDog/dd-trace-java:ref:refs/heads/(master|test/v.+)
+subject_pattern: repo:DataDog/dd-trace-java:ref:refs/heads/(master|release/v.+)
 
 claim_pattern:
   event_name: (create|workflow_dispatch)
-  ref: refs/heads/(master|test/v.+)
-  job_workflow_ref: DataDog/dd-trace-java/\.github/workflows/pin-system-tests\.yaml@refs/heads/(master|test/v.+)
+  ref: refs/heads/(master|release/v.+)
+  job_workflow_ref: DataDog/dd-trace-java/\.github/workflows/pin-system-tests\.yaml@refs/heads/(master|release/v.+)
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
index 4a49a34276c..5548996d836 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,20 @@ on:
   create:
 
 jobs:
+  # TODO: Remove this job after confirming the github.ref when a release branch is created
+  print-github-ref:
+    name: "Print full github.ref"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Print github.ref
+        run: |
+          echo "github.ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
+
   pin-system-tests:
     name: "Pin system tests"
-    if: github.event_name != 'create' || contains(github.ref, 'test/v')
+    needs:
+      - print-github-ref
+    if: github.event_name != 'create' || contains(github.ref, 'release/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -25,11 +36,6 @@ jobs:
           scope: DataDog/dd-trace-java
           policy: self.pin-system-tests.create-pr
 
-      # temporary
-      - name: Print github.ref
-        run: |
-          echo "github.ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
-      
       - name: Define base branch
         id: define-base-branch
         run: |

From 93bbeba41852b3b5226b010fafa4faaa94b92328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Chen <sarah.chen@datadoghq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:20:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Remove dependency

---
 .github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
index 5548996d836..ca918307439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
 
   pin-system-tests:
     name: "Pin system tests"
-    needs:
-      - print-github-ref
     if: github.event_name != 'create' || contains(github.ref, 'release/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:

From 1d30ce2a2f3751f29d6fff4bc9d0c56737973597 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Chen <sarah.chen@datadoghq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:21:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix comment

---
 .github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
index ca918307439..878527d7ae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-system-tests.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
         description: 'The minor release branch name (e.g. release/v1.54.x)'
         required: true
         type: string
-  # run workflow when a release branch is created
+  # run workflow when any branch is created
   create:
 
 jobs: