diff --git a/.github/workflows/decision-records.yml b/.github/workflows/decision-records.yml
index 939ccb1..0e47fd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/decision-records.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/decision-records.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
           HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          # The beta -> main release PR carries every record that landed on beta, and each one already passed the
+          # branch rule on its own PR. A fork's branch named beta is not this PR, so the repo is checked too.
+          RELEASE_PR: >-
+            ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref == 'beta' && github.base_ref == 'main'
+            && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
         run: |
-          if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "pull_request" ]; then
+          if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "pull_request" ] && [ "$RELEASE_PR" != "true" ]; then
             npx tsx scripts/ci/decisionRecords.ts check --branch "$HEAD_REF" --base HEAD^1
           else
             npx tsx scripts/ci/decisionRecords.ts check
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index c97ce9f..0ce92cc 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ gitlab-component-helper/
 ## Git Workflow
 
 **Branch naming:** `<type>/<issue>-<short-description>`, with the issue number right after the type, for example `fix/412-hover-crash`. The type is one of the commitlint types: `feat`, `fix`, `docs`, `style`, `refactor`, `perf`, `test`, `build`, `ci`, `chore` or `revert`. Branches that tools name for themselves (`dependabot/`, `copilot/`, `claude/`) only get a warning from the Decision Records check, but when you pick the name, use a type prefix. See [Issues, branches, and records](#issues-branches-and-records).
-**Target branch:** PRs go to `beta`. `main` only takes the `beta` -> `main` release PR, whose head is `beta` itself, so it has no issue number and only gets the warning.
+**Target branch:** PRs go to `beta`. `main` only takes the `beta` -> `main` release PR, whose head is `beta` itself. The check skips the branch rule for that PR, since each record on `beta` already passed it on its own PR, and still validates the stores.
 **Commit format:** `type(scope): description`
 **Release:** release-it bumps the version + CHANGELOG on push to `beta`/`main` (ci.yml `release` job); publishing to the Marketplace is a manual `workflow_dispatch` (Publish / Publish Beta). See [`docs/RELEASING.md`](docs/RELEASING.md)
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Rules:
 | `'<field>' is required`, `must be one of ...`, `must be a list of text items`, `'date' must be a quoted 'YYYY-MM-DD'` | Fix that field in the record file. |
 | `'supersedes' names '<KEY>', which is in neither ...` | Fix the key, or drop it from `supersedes`. |
 | `could not diff against base '<ref>'` | Fetch the base first (`git fetch origin beta`) and pass a ref that exists. |
-| Warning: `branch '...' has no issue number` | Only a warning. Fine for Dependabot, fork PRs and the `beta` -> `main` release PR. For anything else, move to a branch with an issue number. |
+| Warning: `branch '...' has no issue number` | Only a warning. Fine for Dependabot and fork PRs. For anything else, move to a branch with an issue number. |
 
 Fork PRs run the same check with a read-only token and no secrets. A fork's branch name is the contributor's choice, so a fork branch without an issue number gets the warning, and only fails if it adds a record.
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/decisionRecordsBranch.ts b/scripts/ci/decisionRecordsBranch.ts
index 1d7c2f5..5c53119 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/decisionRecordsBranch.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/decisionRecordsBranch.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function branchFindings(added: readonly string[], branch: string): Findin
     return {
       errors: [],
       warnings: [`branch '${branch}' has no issue number; name branches ${BRANCH_FORMAT} (${DOCS_POINTER}). `
-        + 'Fine for Dependabot, forks and the beta -> main release PR'],
+        + 'Fine for Dependabot and forks'],
     };
   }
   if (issue === undefined) {