@@ -165,16 +165,44 @@ jobs:
           }
           NODE
 
-      - name: Run Allure Action against published reports
-        if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.check-dist.outcome == 'success' && steps.notification-reports.outcome == 'success' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) }}
+      - name: Upload report for action e2e
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.notification-reports.outcome == 'success' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: allure-report
+          path: ./out/allure-report
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  e2e:
+    name: Action e2e
+    needs: test
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.test.result == 'success' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Download published reports
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: allure-report
+          path: ./out/allure-report
+
+      - name: Ensure action runs without workspace node_modules
+        run: |
+          if [ -d node_modules ]; then
+            echo "::error::node_modules must not exist in the e2e job so the bundled action is exercised like a published install"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run Allure Action
         uses: ./
         with:
           report-directory: "./out/allure-report"
           github-token: ${{ github.token }}
           debug: "true"
 
       - name: Keep quality gate preview non-blocking
-        if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.check-dist.outcome == 'success' && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v8
         with:
           script: |
 
@@ -3,19 +3,30 @@ import { styleText } from "node:util";
 
 const color = (format, text) => styleText(format, text, { validateStream: false });
 
-const quiet = spawnSync("git", ["diff", "--ignore-space-at-eol", "--text", "--quiet", "--", "dist/"], {
-  stdio: "ignore",
+const runGit = (args, options = {}) =>
+  spawnSync("git", args, {
+    encoding: "utf8",
+    ...options,
+  });
+
+// Porcelain status covers tracked edits/deletes and untracked files.
+// --untracked-files=normal respects .gitignore (e.g. dist/**/*.d.ts).
+const status = runGit(["status", "--porcelain=v1", "--untracked-files=normal", "--", "dist/"], {
+  stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "inherit"],
 });
 
-if (quiet.status === 0) {
+if (status.status !== 0) {
+  console.error(color("red", "Failed to inspect dist/ git status"));
+  process.exit(status.status ?? 1);
+}
+
+if (!status.stdout.trim()) {
   console.log(color("green", "dist/ is up to date"));
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
-console.log("\n");
 console.error(color("red", "Detected uncommitted changes after build. See status below:"));
-spawnSync("git", ["diff", "--ignore-space-at-eol", "--text", "--stat", "--", "dist/"], {
-  stdio: "inherit",
-});
+runGit(["status", "--short", "--untracked-files=normal", "--", "dist/"], { stdio: "inherit" });
+runGit(["diff", "--ignore-space-at-eol", "--text", "--stat", "--", "dist/"], { stdio: "inherit" });
 console.error(color("red", "dist/ is out of date. Run yarn package and commit dist/"));
 process.exit(1);