Briefing
The release pipeline's merge step stopped on release/config an hour ago, and the checkout retry change is stuck behind it.
Since the branch was cut, main picked up an incident change that set a safer timeout, while the release branch was tuned separately and carries its own timeout alongside the new retries.
Both changes were reviewed, but never against each other.
Dev suggests taking the release branch's copy of the file wholesale.
The fix is yours to find: hints, the recovery checks and the debrief unlock inside the incident.