diff --git a/modules/common_repository/main.tf b/modules/common_repository/main.tf
index 2047aea..1221fcc 100644
--- a/modules/common_repository/main.tf
+++ b/modules/common_repository/main.tf
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ resource "github_branch_protection" "repo_protection" {
     }
   }
 
+  # Prow's tide derives its merge-gating required contexts only from this
+  # (classic) branch-protection API, not from rulesets (pkg/config/tide.go:
+  # FromBranchProtection reads bp.RequiredStatusChecks). This field was
+  # never set here, so tide merged on labels alone, blind to e2e status.
+  # Mirror the same contexts already enforced by the ruleset below, from
+  # the same var.required_status_checks, so there's one list to maintain.
+  dynamic "required_status_checks" {
+    for_each = length(var.required_status_checks) > 0 ? [1] : []
+
+    content {
+      strict   = true
+      contexts = [for check in var.required_status_checks : check.context]
+    }
+  }
+
   depends_on = [github_repository.repo, github_repository_collaborators.repo_collaborators]
 }