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[aw] Avenger engine driver failed before emitting a terminal safe output #65874

Description

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Workflow Failure

Workflow: Avenger
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/37326386151

Warning

Task Could Not Be Completed: The agent reported that the task could not be performed due to an infrastructure or tool failure.

Reasons:

  • engine_driver_failure

    Agent finished without emitting a terminal safe output; task completion could not be confirmed.
    Driver exit code: 1. The engine driver exited before a terminal safe output was recorded.
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.843Z starting: command=codex maxRetries=4 initialDelayMs=5000 backoffMultiplier=2 maxDelayMs=60000 nodeVersion=v24.21.0 platform=linux
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.847Z secrets: CODEX_API_KEY=set (length=31) OPENAI_API_KEY=not set
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.848Z awf-reflect: fetching (apiproxy/redacted) (timeout=60000ms)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.883Z awf-reflect: saved 32670B to /tmp/gh-aw/agent/awf-reflect.json
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.884Z awf-reflect: provider=github mapped to endpoint provider=copilot baseUrl=(apiproxy/redacted)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.884Z configured OPENAI_BASE_URL from /reflect for provider=github: (apiproxy/redacted)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.885Z context-rebuild circuit breaker: enabled=true maxRebuildFactor=25 minCumulativeInputTokens=1000000 pollIntervalMs=15000
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:20.888Z attempt 1: process started (pid=393)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.629Z attempt 1: process exit event exitCode=1
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.629Z attempt 1: process closed exitCode=1 duration=3s stdout=863B stderr=822B hasOutput=true
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.630Z attempt 1 failed: exitCode=1 watchdogFired=false runtimeGuardFired=false isRateLimitError=false isTokenPerMinuteRateLimitError=false isAuthenticationFailedError=false isMissingApiKeyError=false isServerError=false isInvalidModelError=false isUnsupportedModelToolsError=false isInvalidRequestError=true permissionDeniedCount=0 hasNumerousPermissionDenied=false hasOutput=true retriesRemaining=4
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.631Z attempt 1: invalid_request_error (HTTP 400) — not retrying (the provider rejected the request payload; an identical fresh run would fail the same way)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.631Z awf-reflect: fetching (apiproxy/redacted) (timeout=60000ms)
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.642Z awf-reflect: saved 32943B to /tmp/gh-aw/agent/awf-reflect.json
    [codex-harness] 2026-10-05T14:43:24.642Z done: exitCode=1 totalDuration=3s
    {"type":"error","message":"{"error":{"message":"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"unsupported_custom_tool"}}"}
    {"error":{"message":"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"unsupported_custom_tool"}}
    Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.
    {"type":"turn.failed","error":{"message":"{"error":{"message":"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"unsupported_custom_tool"}}"}}
    {"error":{"message":"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.","type":"invalid_request_error","code":"unsupported_custom_tool"}}
    Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.

This is a structured incompletion signal (report_incomplete), not a real task outcome. Any other safe outputs emitted alongside this signal (e.g., comments) describe the failure state, not a completed review or action.

Warning

Engine Failure: The codex engine terminated unexpectedly.

Driver exit code: 1

Last agent output:

WARNING: proceeding, even though we could not create PATH aliases: Refusing to create helper binaries under temporary dir "/tmp" (codex_home: AbsolutePathBuf("/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-config"))
{"type":"thread.started","thread_id":"01a10c84-ef1a-74d2-bb8f-d683b9381230"}
{"type":"turn.started"}
2026-10-05T14:43:23.323605Z  WARN codex_core::session: item completed without a recorded start timestamp thread_id=01a10c84-ef1a-74d2-bb8f-d683b9381230 turn_id=01a10c84-ef27-7de0-af2f-1d15690f7eee item_id=YBUG7iV7w96ilPnfqWFRDFrRyUH8POzT5z0yzmOigeknXXOU4UzkPEoP7OFhHJkPnTrT//kE2pmxZs7BThAo3JuJJXBefn7USLOH1I+797LgXeNmfT5znc4laDEyXB2IXWzQV1leseKPyEX1K87TCxAAhr7iN+iyC0T75qLCThzClYfUWMevGPUJYQEbY97gk9eoG0btyB4FX8FwVZS2yNM2eec3umGRU3fV+fPs48DRoXj1o649aRPJ1ibO7ewXyRczghKj7hLLCnNEKIivq23UFIGF/v23itA5Yre9qNtBXINFmsbFgus5qrRpp8KJeAn7HSiAiRgJ+b5uZYYr17IQI/chZI7AjMzwezyhkJH8yZeFl6WNOqTJkWm1y0qm3HlA9oc3x7Iff//f6d7i8A2YH376syaE9xm1MGeLuNp/DQ==
{"type":"item.completed","item":{"id":"item_0","type":"agent_message","text":"I’ll inspect the failed CI job, apply a targeted fix if the failure is actionable, and finish with a PR or a recorded no-op within the eight-minute limit.\n"}}
{"type":"error","message":"{\"error\":{\"message\":\"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.\",\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"code\":\"unsupported_custom_tool\"}}"}
{"type":"turn.failed","error":{"message":"{\"error\":{\"message\":\"Unsupported Responses custom tool call 'exec'. Only 'apply_patch' is supported through the Copilot compatibility adapter.\",\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"code\":\"unsupported_custom_tool\"}}"}}

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Generated from Avenger · codex · 17.2 AIC · ◷

  • expires on Oct 6, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC

Activity

  1. changed the title [-][WIP] Avenger: work in progress[/-] [+][aw] Avenger engine driver failed before emitting a terminal safe output[/+] on Oct 5, 2026
  2. github-actions commented on Oct 6, 2026

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    This issue was automatically closed because it expired on 2026-10-06T02:45:57.986Z.

    Closed by Workflow

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