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[bug-hunter] validate-package-docs workflow reports success when docs-builder fails
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Description
## Impact
`Validate Package Docs` can pass as a green required check even when docs validation fails, so broken package docs can merge. The workflow only emits an artifact for notification and never propagates a failing exit status.
## Reproduction Steps
1. Inspect the workflow logic:
- `.github/workflows/validate-package-docs.yml:43` sets `continue-on-error: true` on the docs validation step.
- `.github/workflows/validate-package-docs.yml:83-87` handles docs-builder failure by writing `validate-result/pr_number` only.
2. Run this minimal reproduction script (mirrors the failure-handling logic):
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
PR_NUMBER=123
mkdir -p "$PWD/validate-result"
if ! false; then
echo "\$\{PR_NUMBER}" > "$PWD/validate-result/pr_number"
fi
```
3. Execute it:
```bash
./repro.sh; code=$?; echo "exit_code=$code" && cat validate-result/pr_number
```
## Expected vs Actual
**Expected:** when docs-builder fails, the validation workflow fails (non-zero status), so branch protection can block merge.
**Actual:** failure is converted into a side-channel artifact, while the step/job can still succeed. Local reproduction output:
```text
exit_code=0
123
```
## Failing Test
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
PR_NUMBER=123
mkdir -p "$PWD/validate-result"
if ! false; then
echo "\$\{PR_NUMBER}" > "$PWD/validate-result/pr_number"
fi
```
This demonstrates the core bug: failed validation path still exits successfully.
## Evidence
- `.github/workflows/validate-package-docs.yml:43`
- `continue-on-error: true`
- `.github/workflows/validate-package-docs.yml:83-87`
- On docs-builder failure, workflow writes artifact marker only.
- `.github/workflows/validate-package-docs.yml:89-96`
- Uploads artifact, but no `exit 1` anywhere after validation failure.
- Introduced by commit `17d152f707` (`[ci] Inline notification into validation workflow, remove separate workflow`).
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