diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4147e95899..d0c48e7c63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
         make check-deps
 
   check_deps_result: # report the final result of the check_deps job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         make check-tests 
 
   lint_result: # report the final result of the lint job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ jobs:
         make check-coverage
 
   test_unit_result: # report the final result of the test_unit job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
       - test_unit
     steps:
       - name: Mark result as failed
-        if: needs.test_unit.result != 'success'
+        if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && needs.test_unit.result != 'success'
         run: exit 1
 
   test_unit_no_extras:
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
         make test-no-extras CI=true
 
   test_unit_no_extras_result: # report the final result of the test_unit_no_extras job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
         make test-extra-${{ matrix.extra }} CI=true
 
   test_unit_dependency_extras_result: # report the final result of the test_unit_dependency_extras job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ jobs:
         ./test_unstructured_ingest/test-ingest.sh
 
   test_ingest_result: # report the final result of the test_ingest job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ jobs:
         make test-unstructured-api-unit
 
   test_unstructured_api_unit_result: # report the final result of the test_unstructured_api_unit job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ jobs:
           make docker-test CI=true UNSTRUCTURED_INCLUDE_DEBUG_METADATA=true
 
   test_dockerfile_result: # report the final result of the test_dockerfile job, so that it can be properly skipped as needed
-    if: needs.skip_conditions.outputs.no_code_changes == 'false' && always()
+    if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - skip_conditions