From 4ca8373ac2a311cc825bc72fce782ee61dcece2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jose I. Paris" <jiparis@chainloop.dev>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:33:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(policies): skip GetEvaluableContent when no policies
 apply to material

Closes #2963

Signed-off-by: Jose I. Paris <jiparis@chainloop.dev>
---
 pkg/policies/policy_groups.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/policies/policy_groups.go b/pkg/policies/policy_groups.go
index 6822db3d6..85360624d 100644
--- a/pkg/policies/policy_groups.go
+++ b/pkg/policies/policy_groups.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ func (pgv *PolicyGroupVerifier) VerifyMaterial(ctx context.Context, material *ap
 			return nil, NewPolicyError(err)
 		}
 
+		// Skip loading content if no policies apply to this material
+		if len(policyAtts) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// Load material content once for all policies in this group
 		subject, err := material.GetEvaluableContent(path)
 		if err != nil {