diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 292263f0c4..19fe7d259c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -416,6 +416,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Check job status
     if: always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
     needs:
       - should-skip
       - detect-changes
@@ -426,6 +429,122 @@ jobs:
       - test-windows
       - doc
     steps:
+      - name: Report universally-skipped tests
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          REPO="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+          trap 'rm -rf "${WORKDIR}"' EXIT
+
+          mkdir -p "${WORKDIR}/configs"
+
+          # Collect all jobs for this run and group matrix jobs into the five
+          # top-level test configurations from ci.yml.
+          jobs_json=$(gh api --paginate \
+            "repos/${REPO}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}/jobs?per_page=100" \
+            | jq -s '[.[].jobs[]]')
+
+          declare -A CONFIG_PATTERNS=(
+            [test-sdist-linux]='^Test sdist linux-64 / '
+            [test-sdist-windows]='^Test sdist win-64 / '
+            [test-linux-64]='^Test linux-64 / '
+            [test-linux-aarch64]='^Test linux-aarch64 / '
+            [test-windows]='^Test (win-64|windows) / '
+          )
+
+          configs=(
+            test-sdist-linux
+            test-sdist-windows
+            test-linux-64
+            test-linux-aarch64
+            test-windows
+          )
+
+          for cfg in "${configs[@]}"; do
+            cfg_dir="${WORKDIR}/configs/${cfg}"
+            mkdir -p "${cfg_dir}/logs"
+            job_ids=$(echo "${jobs_json}" | jq -r \
+              --arg pat "${CONFIG_PATTERNS[$cfg]}" \
+              '.[] | select(.name | test($pat)) | .id')
+
+            if [[ -z "${job_ids}" ]]; then
+              echo "No matrix jobs found for ${cfg}" >&2
+              : > "${cfg_dir}/skipped.txt"
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            for job_id in ${job_ids}; do
+              logfile="${cfg_dir}/logs/${job_id}.log"
+              # gh run view handles log retrieval for a job ID reliably.
+              gh run view "${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" --job "${job_id}" --log > "${logfile}" || true
+            done
+
+            # Extract test IDs from lines matching pytest SKIPPED output.
+            grep -h ' SKIPPED' "${cfg_dir}/logs/"*.log 2>/dev/null \
+              | grep -oE '[^[:space:]]+\.py::[^[:space:]]+ SKIPPED' \
+              | sed 's/ SKIPPED$//' \
+              | sort -u > "${cfg_dir}/skipped.txt" || true
+
+            echo "${cfg}: $(wc -l < "${cfg_dir}/skipped.txt") skipped tests"
+          done
+
+          {
+            echo "## Universally-skipped tests"
+            echo ""
+          } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+          available_configs=0
+          missing_configs=()
+          for cfg in "${configs[@]}"; do
+            if [[ -s "${WORKDIR}/configs/${cfg}/skipped.txt" || -n "$(ls -A "${WORKDIR}/configs/${cfg}/logs" 2>/dev/null || true)" ]]; then
+              available_configs=$((available_configs + 1))
+            else
+              missing_configs+=("${cfg}")
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [[ ${available_configs} -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "_No test job logs found in this run._" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          if [[ ${#missing_configs[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+            {
+              echo "_Warning: missing logs for configuration(s): ${missing_configs[*]}_"
+              echo ""
+            } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+          fi
+
+          # Start intersection from first config, then narrow with each of the
+          # remaining four configurations.
+          cp "${WORKDIR}/configs/${configs[0]}/skipped.txt" "${WORKDIR}/intersection.txt"
+          for cfg in "${configs[@]:1}"; do
+            comm -12 \
+              "${WORKDIR}/intersection.txt" \
+              "${WORKDIR}/configs/${cfg}/skipped.txt" \
+              > "${WORKDIR}/intersection_new.txt"
+            mv "${WORKDIR}/intersection_new.txt" "${WORKDIR}/intersection.txt"
+          done
+
+          count=$(wc -l < "${WORKDIR}/intersection.txt")
+          {
+            echo "Tests skipped across all five test configurations:"
+            echo ""
+            if [[ ${count} -eq 0 ]]; then
+              echo "_No tests were skipped in all configurations._"
+            else
+              echo "| Test |"
+              echo "| --- |"
+              while IFS= read -r test; do
+                [[ -z "${test}" ]] && continue
+                echo "| \`${test}\` |"
+              done < "${WORKDIR}/intersection.txt"
+            fi
+          } >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
       - name: Exit
         run: |
           # if any dependencies were cancelled or failed, that's a failure
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/tests/test_cuda.py b/cuda_bindings/tests/test_cuda.py
index e3eefb1fdd..0ea86a82c8 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/tests/test_cuda.py
+++ b/cuda_bindings/tests/test_cuda.py
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ def callableBinary(name):
     return shutil.which(name) is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(True, "Always skip!")
+def test_always_skip():
+    pass
+
+
 def test_cuda_memcpy():
     # Get device