diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-promotion.yml b/.github/workflows/release-promotion.yml
index e31f875..eae4114 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-promotion.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-promotion.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ jobs:
           git checkout -b "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
           echo "branch=$RELEASE_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: Push release branch (docs-only)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.docs_only == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          RELEASE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.release_branch.outputs.branch }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git push origin "$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+          echo "✅ Pushed release branch for docs-only promotion"
+
       - name: Update CHANGELOG version
         id: changelog
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.docs_only != 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2edc495..c75bf49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -187,11 +187,12 @@ jobs:
   update-results:
     name: Update Test Results
     needs: [coverage, mutation]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/test' }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
@@ -239,22 +240,13 @@ jobs:
             echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-      - name: Create PR with updated results
+      - name: Commit test results to PR branch
         if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-          BRANCH="chore/test-results-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
           git add docs/test-results.json
           git commit -m "chore: update test results"
-          git push origin "$BRANCH"
-
-          gh pr create \
-            --base test \
-            --head "$BRANCH" \
-            --title "chore: update test results" \
-            --body "Automated test results update from CI."
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/docs/test-results.json b/docs/test-results.json
index a5ffd89..9cb98f9 100644
--- a/docs/test-results.json
+++ b/docs/test-results.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "github.com/Its-donkey/yougopher/docs/examples/chatbot": 0.0,
       "github.com/Its-donkey/yougopher/docs/examples/analytics": 0.0
     },
-    "lastUpdated": "2026-01-30 08:43 UTC"
+    "lastUpdated": "2026-01-30 08:52 UTC"
   },
   "mutation": {
     "summary": {