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Expand Up @@ -667,10 +667,16 @@ list of executed checks. Clicking :guilabel:`Update branch` next to this message
will merge in the latest changes from the base branch into the PR.

If this still doesn't help with the failure on the PR, you can try
to re-run that particular failed check. Go to the red GitHub Action job,
click on the :guilabel:`Re-run jobs` button on the top right, and select
:guilabel:`Re-run failed jobs`. The button will only be present when all other
jobs finished running.
to re-run that particular failed check. Note that the :guilabel:`Re-run jobs`
button is only visible to members of the core and triage team. If you have those
permissions, go to the failed GitHub Action job, click :guilabel:`Re-run jobs` on
the top right, and select :guilabel:`Re-run failed jobs`. The button is only
present once all other jobs have finished.

If don't have access to the button, ask a member of the teams to
re-run the jobs for you. Alternatively, you can re-trigger CI yourself by
pushing an empty commit, or by updating your branch with the
:guilabel:`Update branch` button.

Re-running failed jobs shouldn't be your first instinct but it is occasionally
helpful because distributed systems can have intermittent failures, and
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