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Jenkins Multibranch Pipelines and GitHub Integration: Webhooks, PR Builds and Status Checks

A multibranch pipeline opens a job automatically for every branch and PR; a webhook starts the build within seconds and the result returns to the commit as a status check. Branch source traits, a webhook blocked by a localhost URL and Gitea's SSRF protection, telling branches and PRs apart with when, a fork PR's Jenkinsfile read from the base branch, required checks, and a GitHub App instead of a PAT.