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[aw] Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer experienced an engine outage #67320

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Workflow Failure

Workflow: Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/38018224701

Warning

Repeated Permission Denied: The agent was denied permission to run 1 command(s) and stopped retrying.

Denied Commands:

  • shell(grep -n -i "copilot" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head; grep -n "CTR-029\|CTR-03[0-9]" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head -30; sed -n 32,38p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 8,23p specs/compiler-threat-detection-changelog.md | cut -c1-150)
How to fix this

The agent ran in non-interactive mode (--no-ask-user) and could not request permission at runtime.

To resolve repeated permission denied errors, update the workflow prompt to avoid these commands or use approved alternatives. Use the following prompt with any coding agent:

The agentic workflow daily-compiler-threat-spec-optimizer encountered repeated permission denied errors for these commands:
`shell(grep -n -i "copilot" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head; grep -n "CTR-029\|CTR-03[0-9]" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head -30; sed -n 32,38p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 8,23p specs/compiler-threat-detection-changelog.md | cut -c1-150)`

Please update the workflow prompt so the agent:
1. Uses built-in tools (GitHub API, file read/write) instead of the denied shell commands
2. Or achieves the same goal through alternative approaches that do not require shell permission

Warning

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

Error details:
engine_driver_failure
Agent finished without emitting a terminal safe output; task completion could not be confirmed.
bash: cd /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw && sed -n 1,12p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 38,48p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 24,32p specs/compiler-threat-detection-changelog.md; sed -n 218,222p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 940,990p actions/setup/js/check_membership.test.cjs | grep -n "it(\|describe"; cat pkg/constants/version_constants.go 2>/dev/null | head -0; git describe --tags 2>/dev/null: {"content":"---\ntitle: GitHub Actions Compiler Threat Detection Specification\ndescription: Normative requirements for compiler rules that prevent unsafe generated workflows\nsidebar:\n  order: 1001\n---\n\n# GitHub Actions Compiler Threat Detection Specification\n\n**Version**: 1.0.45\n**Status**: Candidate Recommendation  \n**Latest Version**: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md  \n| `1.0.42` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; same-repository bot PR checkout authorization is a runtime trust control governed by the security architecture specification, not a new compiler threat rule. |\n| `1.0.41` | `v0.87.9` | Adds CTR-031; private-to-public flow opt-outs are rejected in strict mode and warned in non-strict mode because they can expose private data through public logs or destinations. |\n| `1.0.40` | `v0.87.9` | Adds CTR-030; activation sparse checkouts use the PR base SHA for pull-request and review events before loading runtime imports or skills. |\n| `1.0.38` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; safe-outputs workspace checkout discovery is a runtime trust boundary governed by the safe-outputs and checkout-behavior specifications, not a new CTR rule. |\n| `1.0.37` | `v0.87.9` | Adds CTR-028; PR-triggered agent jobs restore agent configuration from the base branch before any step that installs agent content. |\n| `1.0.36` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; Opengrep build-reproducibility findings (non-deterministic `npm`/`uv pip` installs, non-SHA-pinned Dockerfile image) are out of conformance scope per Section 1. |\n| `1.0.35` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; #681/#678/#676/#675, #679, #674/#669/#668/#667, #663, #657, #652/#651, and #680 are not new threat classes. |\n| `1.0.34` | `v0.87.9` | Adds CTR-027; allowlisted bot synchronization requires trusted same-repository provenance. |\n| `1.0.33` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; no new CTR rule or lock-file schema change. |\n| `1.0.32` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; no new CTR rule or lock-file schema change. |\n| `1.0.31` | `v0.87.9` | Audit-only; no new CTR rule or lock-file schema change. |\n| 1.0.40 | Added CTR-030 for PR-base provenance of activation sparse checkout before loading imports or skills; preserves non-PR refs and the `GITHUB_TOKEN` same-repo fallback guard. |\n| 1.0.39 | Added CTR-029 for fail-closed authorization of allowlisted GitHub Apps that send `repository_dispatch`; a conclusive absent collaborator lookup is accepted only for the allowlisted App on that trigger. |\n| 1.0.38 | Audit-only review of the safe-outputs workspace checkout discovery path; the agent-writable workspace trust boundary is a runtime control recorded in the safe-outputs (Threat T7, RCR1–RCR7) and checkout-behavior (§3.5, T-CHK-016) specifications, and is not a new compiler threat class. |\n| 1.0.37 | Added CTR-028 for base-branch agent configuration restore provenance on pull-request triggers; the restore is emitted after the PR checkout and before any step that installs agent content, for every engine. |\n| 1.0.36 | Audit-only review; Opengrep build-reproducibility alerts (`github-actions-npm-install-non-deterministic`, `actions-uv-pip-install-non-deterministic`, `actions-pip-install-inline-no-hash-check`, `github-actions-setup-node-missing-version`, `dockerfile-non-sha-pinned-image`) are external-scanner findings outside conformance scope; no new CTR rule required. |\n| 1.0.35 | Audit-only review; open code-scanning alerts (#681/#678/#676/#675 allocation-overflow, #679 useless-assignment, #674/#669/#668/#667 bad-redirect-check, #663 http-to-file-access, #657 smoke-test dummy, #652/#651 stale GraphQL-injection claim, #680 out-of-context stray commit artifacts) are not new compiler threat classes. |\n| 1.0.34 | Added CTR-027 for trusted same-repository allowlisted bot synchronization and fail-closed confused-deputy handling. |\n| 1.0.33 | Audit-only review; issue #59894's `close_issue.cjs` command-injection claim is a false positive (no `exec`/subprocess call exists in the file). |\n| 1.0.32 | Audit-only review; #675–677 and #667–669/#674 are not new threat classes. |\n| **T-CTR-039** | CTR-025 Framework Self-Prompt Misattribution | Strip only a leading framework `<system>` block before analysis | Strip only a leading framework `<system>` block before analysis. | `CTR-025` |\n| **T-CTR-041** | CTR-026 Generated Job Timeout Expression Injection | Reject non-positive or expression job timeout values | Reject non-positive or expression job timeout values. | `CTR-026` |\n| **T-CTR-042** | CTR-027 Allowlisted Bot Synchronization Provenance | An allowlisted bot synchronizes a PR authored by another actor | Authorize only when the bot, repository provenance, and PR author satisfy all trust requirements; otherwise deny with `confused_deputy` or `bot_not_active`. | `CTR-027` |\n| **T-CTR-043** | CTR-028 Agent Configuration Restore Provenance | A pull-request-triggered workflow generates an agent job that installs agent content through `steps:` or `pre-agent-steps:` | Emit the base-branch restore of the engine's agent configuration folders and root instruction files after the PR checkout and before any agent-content install step and the agent execution step. | `CTR-028` |\n| **T-CTR-044** | CTR-029 Repository Dispatch App Authorization | An allowlisted GitHub App sends `repository_dispatch` and the collaborator lookup reports it absent | Authorize only the allowlisted App on `repository_dispatch`; deny non-allowlisted actors, lookup failures, and all other triggers. | `CTR-029` |\n19:    it(\"should deny a Copilot alias when the collaborator lookup fails transiently\", async () => {\n33:    it(\"should still require an installation check for other Copilot-like actors\", async () => {\n48:    it(\"should return api_error when permission check fails and actor is not in allowed bots list\", async () => {\n(shellId: 4 completed with exit code 128)"}
bash: cd /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw && grep -n -i "copilot" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head; grep -n "CTR-029\|CTR-03[0-9]" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head -30; sed -n 32,38p specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md; sed -n 8,23p specs/compiler-threat-detection-changelog.md | cut -c1-150: {"message":"The user rejected this tool call. User feedback: Tool invocation is not allowed by workflow tool permissions.","code":"denied"}
bash: cd /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw && grep -n -i "copilot" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | head; grep -n "CTR-029" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | cut -c1-200: {"message":"The user rejected this tool call. User feedback: Tool invocation is not allowed by workflow tool permissions.","code":"denied"}
bash: cd /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw && grep -o "CTR-0[0-9]*" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | sort -u | tail -3; grep -n "CTR-031\|T-CTR-0[5-9][0-9]" specs/compiler-threat-detection-spec.md | cut -c1-120 | tail -6; sed -n 1,12p specs/compiler-threat-detection-changelog.md | cut -c1-120; sed -n 940,985p actions/setup/js/check_membership.test.cjs: {"message":"The user rejected this tool call. User feedback: Tool invocation is not allowed by workflow tool permissions.","code":"denied"}
Driver exit code: 1. The engine driver exited before a terminal safe output was recorded.
Failure classification: engine_outage
Last engine error type: unknown
Retry attempts observed: 1

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.

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safe-outputs:
  report-failure-as-issue: false

Generated from Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer · copilot · 15.9 AIC · ◷

  • expires on Oct 10, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC

Activity

  1. changed the title [-][WIP] Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer: work in progress[/-] [+][aw] Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer experienced an engine outage[/+] on Oct 10, 2026
  2. github-actions commented on Oct 10, 2026

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    This issue was automatically closed because it expired on 2026-10-10T14:52:31.989Z.

    Closed by Workflow

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