[ci] Skip memory impact analysis for release and beta branches (#11740)

script/determine-jobs.py

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ from helpers import (
     get_components_from_integration_fixtures,
     get_components_with_dependencies,
     get_cpp_changed_components,
+    get_target_branch,
     git_ls_files,
     parse_test_filename,
     root_path,
@@ -471,6 +472,20 @@ def detect_memory_impact_config(
         - platform: platform name for the merged build
         - use_merged_config: "true" (always use merged config)
     """
+    # Skip memory impact analysis for release* or beta* branches
+    # These branches typically contain many merged changes from dev, and building
+    # all components at once would produce nonsensical memory impact results.
+    # Memory impact analysis is most useful for focused PRs targeting dev.
+    target_branch = get_target_branch()
+    if target_branch and (
+        target_branch.startswith("release") or target_branch.startswith("beta")
+    ):
+        print(
+            f"Memory impact: Skipping analysis for target branch {target_branch} "
+            f"(would try to build all components at once, giving nonsensical results)",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        return {"should_run": "false"}
 
     # Get actually changed files (not dependencies)
     files = changed_files(branch)

script/helpers.py

@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ def splitlines_no_ends(string: str) -> list[str]:
     return [s.strip() for s in string.splitlines()]
 
 
+@cache
+def _get_github_event_data() -> dict | None:
+    """Read and parse GitHub event file (cached).
+
+    Returns:
+        Parsed event data dictionary, or None if not available
+    """
+    github_event_path = os.environ.get("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+    if github_event_path and os.path.exists(github_event_path):
+        with open(github_event_path) as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    return None
+
+
 def _get_pr_number_from_github_env() -> str | None:
     """Extract PR number from GitHub environment variables.
 
@@ -208,13 +222,30 @@ def _get_pr_number_from_github_env() -> str | None:
         return github_ref.split("/pull/")[1].split("/")[0]
 
     # Fallback to GitHub event file
-    github_event_path = os.environ.get("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
-    if github_event_path and os.path.exists(github_event_path):
-        with open(github_event_path) as f:
-            event_data = json.load(f)
-            pr_data = event_data.get("pull_request", {})
-            if pr_number := pr_data.get("number"):
-                return str(pr_number)
+    if event_data := _get_github_event_data():
+        pr_data = event_data.get("pull_request", {})
+        if pr_number := pr_data.get("number"):
+            return str(pr_number)
+
+    return None
+
+
+def get_target_branch() -> str | None:
+    """Get the target branch from GitHub environment variables.
+
+    Returns:
+        Target branch name (e.g., "dev", "release", "beta"), or None if not in PR context
+    """
+    # First try GITHUB_BASE_REF (set for pull_request events)
+    if base_ref := os.environ.get("GITHUB_BASE_REF"):
+        return base_ref
+
+    # Fallback to GitHub event file
+    if event_data := _get_github_event_data():
+        pr_data = event_data.get("pull_request", {})
+        base_data = pr_data.get("base", {})
+        if ref := base_data.get("ref"):
+            return ref
 
     return None