From db64b9f1140617bb431c551c36d113c2f1394ba6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Gorelyshev <corvus-migratorius@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 11:12:01 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix an issue with job-level `if` evaluating before `strategy`

---
 .github/workflows/molecule.yml | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
index 640633c..66f6faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/molecule.yml
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.detect.outputs.matrix) }}
     
-    # Skip the job when only the sentinel is present
-    if: ${{ matrix.role != '__no_role__' }}
-    
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repo
+        if: ${{ matrix.role != '__no_role__' }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@4d84239119b14cba1690b971f05c0bab912bea04
+      - name: "Set up micromamba"
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@4d84239119b14cba1690b971f05c0bab912bea04
+        if: ${{ matrix.role != '__no_role__' }}
         with:
           micromamba-version: '2.4.0-0'
           environment-file: ci/conda.yml
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ jobs:
           cache-environment: true
 
       - name: "Install collection dependencies"
+        if: ${{ matrix.role != '__no_role__' }}
         run: ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
         shell: micromamba-shell {0}
 
       - name: "Run Molecule tests"
+        if: ${{ matrix.role != '__no_role__' }}
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.role }}
         run: molecule test
         shell: micromamba-shell {0}