From 3cff56160c80d6ee24e050613dd97f2abd8b275f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Genevieve Warren <24882762+gewarren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:50:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add separate workflow for preview link generation

---
 .../workflows/check-for-build-warnings.yml    |  4 +--
 .github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-for-build-warnings.yml b/.github/workflows/check-for-build-warnings.yml
index 839162daa8eef..87297757e0f7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-for-build-warnings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-for-build-warnings.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 'OPS status checker'
 
-on: 
+on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ jobs:
     - uses: dotnet/docs-tools/actions/status-checker@main
       with:
         repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        docs_path: "docs"
-        url_base_path: "dotnet"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7479d3ed85308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: 'Preview link generator'
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  status_checker_job:
+    name: Generate preview link table
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+        statuses: read
+        pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Harden Runner
+      uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0
+      with:
+        egress-policy: audit
+
+    - uses: dotnet/docs-tools/actions/preview-link-generator@main
+      with:
+        repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        docs_path: "docs"
+        url_base_path: "dotnet"

From 60fe03376758a713fed500e89895ed90cc0289e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Genevieve Warren <24882762+gewarren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:07:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Refactor permissions in generate-preview-links.yml

---
 .github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
index 7479d3ed85308..be906aba787d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
 jobs:
   status_checker_job:
     name: Generate preview link table
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-        statuses: read
-        pull-requests: write
+      statuses: read
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
     - name: Harden Runner
       uses: step-security/harden-runner@bf7454d06d71f1098171f2acdf0cd4708d7b5920 # v2.20.0

From 82a7ddc463de6a27cfca1d223cc2d464b3f3a4b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Genevieve Warren <24882762+gewarren@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:08:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Rename job from status_checker_job to
 preview_link_generator_job

---
 .github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
index be906aba787d4..3a0c780db4acb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-preview-links.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 jobs:
-  status_checker_job:
+  preview_link_generator_job:
     name: Generate preview link table
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions: