From 0fb6c81401faaff71682400a3e9d53f5956eb247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sneak <sneak@sneak.berlin>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:12:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Acceptance probe: deliberately broken test

---
 internal/globals/ci_gate_probe_test.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 internal/globals/ci_gate_probe_test.go

diff --git a/internal/globals/ci_gate_probe_test.go b/internal/globals/ci_gate_probe_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c10529d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/globals/ci_gate_probe_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package globals
+
+import "testing"
+
+// Scratch-branch probe: a deliberately failing test used to verify that CI
+// actually executes the test stage. Never merged.
+func TestCIGateRunsTests(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Fatal("deliberate failure: the CI gate must report this commit red")
+}