From 7b815c10cf9479e2c63fab5c4d8c342ca2d8a5a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Desrosiers <359867+desrosj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:38:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Avoid leaving Playground comment on closed PRs

---
 .github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
index 799f2d04c107c..5be750727fe21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ jobs:
             const fs = require( 'fs' );
             const issue_number = Number( fs.readFileSync( './NR' ) );
 
+            // Confirm that the pull request is still open.
+            const pr = await github.rest.pulls.get({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: issue_number,
+            });
+
+            if ( pr.data.state !== 'open' ) {
+              core.info( 'The pull request has been closed.' );
+              return;
+            }
+
             // Comments are only added after the first successful build. Check for the presence of a comment and bail early.
             const commentInfo = {
               owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -141,6 +153,7 @@ jobs:
 
             for ( const currentComment of comments ) {
               if ( currentComment.user.type === 'Bot' && currentComment.body.includes( 'Test using WordPress Playground' ) ) {
+                core.info( 'A comment with instructions for how to test in Playground already exists.' );
                 return;
               }
             };

From 98c5c279583b81cdff310385408e66fde2466265 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Desrosiers <359867+desrosj@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:32:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Improve some messaging text.

---
 .github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
index 5be750727fe21..6611309bd3047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-comments.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ jobs:
             const fs = require( 'fs' );
             const issue_number = Number( fs.readFileSync( './NR' ) );
 
-            // Confirm that the pull request is still open.
+            core.info( `Checking pull request #${issue_number}.` );
+
+            // Confirm that the pull request is still open before leaving a comment.
             const pr = await github.rest.pulls.get({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
             });
 
             if ( pr.data.state !== 'open' ) {
-              core.info( 'The pull request has been closed.' );
+              core.info( 'The pull request has been closed. No comment will be left.' );
               return;
             }
 
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
             for ( const currentComment of comments ) {
               if ( currentComment.user.type === 'Bot' && currentComment.body.includes( 'Test using WordPress Playground' ) ) {
-                core.info( 'A comment with instructions for how to test in Playground already exists.' );
+                core.info( 'A comment with instructions to test within a Playground instance already exists.' );
                 return;
               }
             };