diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.mjs b/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.mjs
index ba59b8b..4cf6e3e 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.mjs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const evaluatePipeline = ({ eventName, documentationChanged, needs }) =>
   if (documentationChanged) {
     required.add("generatePdfWithCode");
     required.add("buildDocumentation");
+    required.add("publishDocumentation");
   }
 
   if (eventName === "push") {
@@ -25,9 +26,6 @@ export const evaluatePipeline = ({ eventName, documentationChanged, needs }) =>
     required.add("pushNuGetPackageToGitHubPackageRegistry");
     required.add("pushToNuget");
     required.add("publishRelease");
-    if (documentationChanged) {
-      required.add("publishDocumentation");
-    }
   }
 
   const failures = [];
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.test.mjs
index a7008e3..0a96d27 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-csharp-pipeline-status.test.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ test("accepts a pull request after validation and documentation builds pass", ()
     findChangedCsFiles: "success",
     generatePdfWithCode: "success",
     buildDocumentation: "success",
+    publishDocumentation: "success",
   });
   assert.deepEqual(
     evaluatePipeline({ eventName: "pull_request", documentationChanged: true, needs }),
@@ -32,6 +33,22 @@ test("accepts a pull request after validation and documentation builds pass", ()
   );
 });
 
+test("rejects a skipped documentation assembly on pull requests", () => {
+  const needs = results({
+    test: "success",
+    findChangedCsFiles: "success",
+    generatePdfWithCode: "success",
+    buildDocumentation: "success",
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    evaluatePipeline({ eventName: "pull_request", documentationChanged: true, needs }),
+    {
+      passed: false,
+      failures: ["publishDocumentation: required job finished with skipped"],
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 test("accepts expected documentation skips when no maintained input changed", () => {
   const needs = results({
     test: "success",
diff --git a/.github/scripts/csharp-workflow-policy.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/csharp-workflow-policy.test.mjs
index ff0d508..1a9837f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/csharp-workflow-policy.test.mjs
+++ b/.github/scripts/csharp-workflow-policy.test.mjs
@@ -103,16 +103,36 @@ test("gates both package publishers on a release preflight", () => {
   }
 });
 
-test("builds documentation on pull requests and transfers the PDF", () => {
-  assert.ok(jobs.get("buildDocumentation"), "buildDocumentation job should exist");
-  assert.doesNotMatch(jobs.get("generatePdfWithCode"), /github\.event_name == 'push'/);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(jobs.get("buildDocumentation"), /github\.event_name == 'push'/);
-  assert.match(jobs.get("generatePdfWithCode"), /actions\/upload-artifact@/);
+test("builds PDF and API documentation in parallel before publishing both", () => {
+  const pdf = jobs.get("generatePdfWithCode");
+  const documentation = jobs.get("buildDocumentation");
+  const publisher = jobs.get("publishDocumentation");
+
+  assert.ok(pdf, "generatePdfWithCode job should exist");
+  assert.ok(documentation, "buildDocumentation job should exist");
+  assert.ok(publisher, "publishDocumentation job should exist");
+  assert.match(pdf, /needs: \[findChangedCsFiles\]/);
+  assert.match(documentation, /needs: \[findChangedCsFiles\]/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(documentation, /needs:.*generatePdfWithCode/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(pdf, /github\.event_name == 'push'/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(documentation, /github\.event_name == 'push'/);
+  assert.match(pdf, /name: csharp-pdf/);
+  assert.match(documentation, /name: csharp-documentation/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(workflow, /actions\/download-artifact@/);
-  assert.match(jobs.get("buildDocumentation"), /gh run download/);
-  assert.match(jobs.get("buildDocumentation"), /actions\/upload-artifact@/);
-  assert.match(jobs.get("publishDocumentation"), /gh run download/);
-  assert.match(jobs.get("publishDocumentation"), /github\.event_name == 'push'/);
+  assert.match(
+    publisher,
+    /needs: \[findChangedCsFiles, generatePdfWithCode, buildDocumentation\]/,
+  );
+  assert.match(publisher, /--name csharp-documentation/);
+  assert.match(publisher, /--name csharp-pdf/);
+  assert.match(
+    publisher,
+    /if: \$\{\{ needs\.findChangedCsFiles\.outputs\.documentationChanged == 'true' \}\}/,
+  );
+  assert.match(
+    publisher,
+    /- name: Publish documentation to gh-pages\n        if: \$\{\{ github\.event_name == 'push' \}\}/,
+  );
 });
 
 test("aggregates every job result so skipped dependents cannot hide failures", () => {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/csharp.yml b/.github/workflows/csharp.yml
index 1eb11ce..887c273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/csharp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/csharp.yml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
   buildDocumentation:
-    needs: [findChangedCsFiles, generatePdfWithCode]
+    needs: [findChangedCsFiles]
     if: ${{ needs.findChangedCsFiles.outputs.documentationChanged == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 20
@@ -229,15 +229,8 @@ jobs:
           "$RUNNER_TEMP/docfx/docfx" docfx.json --warningsAsErrors
           cp _site/README.html _site/index.html
 
-      - name: Download generated PDF
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh run download "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --name csharp-pdf --dir _site
-
       - name: Validate documentation output
-        run: |
-          test -s _site/index.html
-          test -s _site/Platform.Interfaces.pdf
+        run: test -s _site/index.html
 
       - name: Upload documentation site
         timeout-minutes: 5
@@ -249,8 +242,8 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
   publishDocumentation:
-    needs: [findChangedCsFiles, buildDocumentation]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && needs.findChangedCsFiles.outputs.documentationChanged == 'true' }}
+    needs: [findChangedCsFiles, generatePdfWithCode, buildDocumentation]
+    if: ${{ needs.findChangedCsFiles.outputs.documentationChanged == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 10
     permissions:
@@ -261,12 +254,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Download documentation site
+      - name: Download documentation artifacts
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh run download "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --name csharp-documentation --dir _site
+        run: |
+          gh run download "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --name csharp-documentation --dir _site
+          gh run download "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --name csharp-pdf --dir _site
+
+      - name: Validate documentation site
+        run: |
+          test -s _site/index.html
+          test -s _site/Platform.Interfaces.pdf
 
       - name: Publish documentation to gh-pages
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: ../.github/scripts/publish-csharp-docs.sh _site