SAST jobs are not being executed

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I’m facing an issue where SAST jobs are not being executed in my GitLab pipeline.

I’ve tried the following includes:

---
include:
  - component: gitlab.com/components/sast/sast@main
---
include:
  - template: Jobs/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml
---
include:
  - template: Security/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml

However, none of them run when included in my pipeline file — all other jobs execute correctly, except the SAST ones.

When I validate the pipeline through Build > Pipeline editor > Validate tab, I get this message:

Pipeline simulation completed with errors

Simulated a git push event for a default branch. Rules, only, except, and needs job dependencies logic have been evaluated.
---
The resulting pipeline would have been empty. Review the rules configuration for the relevant jobs.
---

Here’s my current pipeline file:

include:
  - template: Security/SAST.gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - test

It seems like the SAST jobs are not being added to the pipeline at all.