diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
index dbb04823b..6bc61dec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -95,3 +95,29 @@ jobs:
         tags: |
           hashicorpdev/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:${{ env.SHORT_SHA }}
           hashicorpdev/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:latest
+
+  # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
+  # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
+  # workflow level.  This is currently a feature request:
+  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12395
+  #
+  # This job must:
+  # - be placed after the fanout of a workflow so that everything fans back in
+  #   to this job.
+  # - "need" any job that is part of the fan out / fan in
+  # - implement the if logic because we have conditional jobs 
+  #   (go-test-enteprise) that this job needs and this would potentially get 
+  #   skipped if a previous job got skipped.  So we use the if clause to make 
+  # sure it does not get skipped.
+
+  build-artifacts-success:
+    needs: 
+    - setup
+    - dev-build-push
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+    if: |
+      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "build-artifacts succeeded"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml b/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
index 8b6c6d993..38c1d3adc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 # It is aimed at checking new commits don't introduce any breaking build changes.
 name: build-distros
 
-on: [pull_request]
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # Push events on the main branch
+      - main
+      - release/**
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -106,3 +112,32 @@ jobs:
     - run: CC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc GOARCH=arm GOARM=5 go build
     - run: CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc GOARCH=arm GOARM=6 go build
     - run: CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc GOARCH=arm64 go build
+
+  # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
+  # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
+  # workflow level.  This is currently a feature request:
+  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12395
+  #
+  # This job must:
+  # - be placed after the fanout of a workflow so that everything fans back in
+  #   to this job.
+  # - "need" any job that is part of the fan out / fan in
+  # - implement the if logic because we have conditional jobs 
+  #   (go-test-enteprise) that this job needs and this would potentially get 
+  #   skipped if a previous job got skipped.  So we use the if clause to make 
+  # sure it does not get skipped.
+
+  build-distros-success:
+    needs: 
+    - setup
+    - check-go-mod
+    - build-386
+    - build-amd64
+    - build-arm
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+    if: |
+      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "build-distros succeeded"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
index 094d86ad5..b6451a378 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
@@ -104,3 +104,31 @@ jobs:
 
     - working-directory: ui/packages/consul-ui
       run: make test-coverage-ci
+
+  # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
+  # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
+  # workflow level.  This is currently a feature request:
+  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12395
+  #
+  # This job must:
+  # - be placed after the fanout of a workflow so that everything fans back in
+  #   to this job.
+  # - "need" any job that is part of the fan out / fan in
+  # - implement the if logic because we have conditional jobs 
+  #   (go-test-enteprise) that this job needs and this would potentially get 
+  #   skipped if a previous job got skipped.  So we use the if clause to make 
+  # sure it does not get skipped.
+
+  frontend-success:
+    needs: 
+    - setup
+    - workspace-tests
+    - node-tests
+    - ember-build-test
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+    if: |
+      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "frontend succeeded"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index 592f59874..6ac623887 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ on:
       - 'backport/docs/**'
       - 'backport/ui/**'
       - 'backport/mktg-**'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # Push events on the main branch
+      - main
+      - release/**
   
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ jobs:
       consul-license: ${{secrets.CONSUL_LICENSE}}
 
   go-test-enterprise:
+    if: ${{ endsWith(github.repository, '-enterprise') }}
     needs: 
     - setup   
     - dev-build
@@ -361,3 +367,47 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - run: "echo ok"
+
+  # This is job is required for branch protection as a required gihub check
+  # because GitHub actions show up as checks at the job level and not the
+  # workflow level.  This is currently a feature request:
+  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/12395
+  #
+  # This job must:
+  # - be placed after the fanout of a workflow so that everything fans back in
+  #   to this job.
+  # - "need" any job that is part of the fan out / fan in
+  # - implement the if logic because we have conditional jobs 
+  #   (go-test-enteprise) that this job needs and this would potentially get 
+  #   skipped if a previous job got skipped.  So we use the if clause to make 
+  # sure it does not get skipped.
+
+  go-tests-success:
+    needs: 
+    - setup
+    - check-generated-deep-copy
+    - check-generated-protobuf
+    - check-go-mod
+    - lint-consul-retry
+    - lint-container-test-deps
+    - lint-enums
+    - lint
+    - lint-32bit
+    # - go-test-arm64
+    - go-test-enterprise
+    - go-test-oss 
+    - go-test-race
+    - go-test-envoyextensions
+    - go-test-troubleshoot
+    - go-test-api-1-19
+    - go-test-api-1-20
+    - go-test-sdk-1-19
+    - go-test-sdk-1-20
+    - go-test-32bit
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
+    if: |
+      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
+      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "go-tests succeeded"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-ci.yml
index 16fb4db25..4bd4536ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ name: verify-ci
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-on: [pull_request]
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # Push events on the main branch
+      - main
+      - release/**
 
 jobs:
-  noop:
+  verify-ci-success:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - run: echo "ok"
+    - run: echo "verify-ci succeeded"