diff --git a/.github/workflows/re-trigger-approvals.yml b/.github/workflows/re-trigger-approvals.yml
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+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      head_sha:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  re-trigger:
+    runs-on: github-ubuntu-latest-s
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+    steps:
+      - env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ inputs.head_sha }}
+        run: |
+          run_id=$(gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs?event=pull_request_target&head_sha=${HEAD_SHA}" \
+            --jq '.workflow_runs[] | select(.name == "Verified Approvals") | .id' \
+            | head -1)
+          [[ -n "${run_id}" ]] && gh api --method POST "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${run_id}/rerun"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verified-approvals.yml b/.github/workflows/verified-approvals.yml
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+---
+name: Verified Approvals
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+  merge_group:
+
+jobs:
+  verified-approvals:
+    name: verified-approvals
+    runs-on: github-ubuntu-latest-s
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Check approvals
+        if: github.event_name != 'merge_group'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          ORG_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_APPROVALS }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          IS_FORK: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository }}
+          ORG: SonarSource
+        run: |
+          is_external=false
+          # A PR is external if it comes from a fork OR contains commits from non-org members
+          if [[ "${IS_FORK}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "PR is from a fork: treating as external"
+            is_external=true
+          else
+            echo "PR is not from a fork: checking commit committers..."
+            # Check commit authors and committers (who wrote and who pushed) — bot accounts (type Bot) are excluded
+            mapfile -t commit_authors < <(
+              gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/commits" --paginate \
+                | jq -rs 'add // [] | [.[] | (.author, .committer) | select(. != null) | select(.type == "User") | .login] | unique | .[]'
+            )
+            for login in "${commit_authors[@]}"; do
+              if ! GH_TOKEN="${ORG_TOKEN}" gh api "orgs/${ORG}/members/${login}" --silent 2>/dev/null; then
+                echo "External contribution: commit by non-org member '${login}'"
+                is_external=true
+                break
+              fi
+            done
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${is_external}" == "true" ]]; then
+            required=2
+            echo "External PR: requiring ${required} org-member approvals"
+          else
+            required=1
+            echo "Internal PR: requiring ${required} org-member approval(s)"
+          fi
+
+          # Collect logins with a net APPROVED state (latest review per user)
+          mapfile -t approved_logins < <(
+            gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews" --paginate \
+              | jq -rs 'add // [] | [group_by(.user.login)[] | last | select(.state == "APPROVED") | .user.login] | .[]'
+          )
+          count=0
+          for login in "${approved_logins[@]}"; do
+            # Only count approvals from org members (requires read:org token)
+            if GH_TOKEN="${ORG_TOKEN}" gh api "orgs/${ORG}/members/${login}" --silent 2>/dev/null; then
+              echo "  ${login}: org member ✓"
+              (( count++ )) || true
+            else
+              echo "  ${login}: not an org member, ignored"
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "Org-member approvals: ${count} / ${required} required"
+
+          if (( count >= required )); then
+            echo "::notice ::Check passed: ${count} org-member approval(s)"
+            exit 0
+          else
+            echo "::error ::Check failed: ${count} org-member approval(s), ${required} required" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi