diff --git a/.github/linters/.codespellrc b/.github/linters/.codespellrc
index 3c2828adb..229066881 100644
--- a/.github/linters/.codespellrc
+++ b/.github/linters/.codespellrc
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 skip =
 	lgsm/data/*.csv,
 	package-lock.json,
-	node_modules
+	*/package-lock.json,
+	node_modules,
+	*/node_modules/*
 
 # Ignore common identifiers/acronyms and extensions used throughout LinuxGSM
 ignore-words-list = distroname,fof,nd,sav,parms,ThirdParty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
index a2b12fca4..40ea2fdb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-super-linter.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
-          # super-linter needs the full git history to get the
-          # list of files that changed across commits
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          # Shallow clone reduces transient fetch failures (HTTP 500) from GitHub.
+          # We lint the whole codebase instead of relying on git history.
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          fetch-tags: false
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Install Prettier plugins (for summary formatting)
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           # To report GitHub Actions status checks
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: true
           VALIDATE_GITHUB_ACTIONS_ZIZMOR: false
           VALIDATE_JSCPD: false
           VALIDATE_JSON_PRETTIER: false
           VALIDATE_MARKDOWN_PRETTIER: false
           VALIDATE_NATURAL_LANGUAGE: false
+          VALIDATE_PYTHON_RUFF_FORMAT: false
           VALIDATE_SHELL_SHFMT: false
           VALIDATE_TERRAFORM_TERRASCAN: false
           VALIDATE_YAML_PRETTIER: false