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+name: Validate
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: validate-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: validate
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@fbc6f3992d24b796d5a048ff273f7fcc4a7b6c09
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@b6effb05e454b25005698d916606bdc6ffcbf961
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: '25'
+          cache: gradle
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: ./gradlew build --no-daemon