[bug-hunter] trigger-ci-workflows.sh reports success when all workflow dispatches fail

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Impact

Users running scripts/trigger-ci-workflows.sh can get a success-looking summary and zero exit status even when every gh workflow run call fails, so failed dispatches are easy to miss in CI/automation.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create a mock gh that always fails workflow dispatches.
2. Run the script against one category.

Commands used:

mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin
cat > /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin/gh <<'EOF'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ "$1" == "workflow" && "$2" == "run" ]]; then
  echo "mock gh: failed to dispatch $3" >&2
  exit 1
fi
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin/gh
PATH="/tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin:$PATH" bash scripts/trigger-ci-workflows.sh detectors

Expected vs Actual

Expected: Script exits non-zero (or at least reports failed dispatch counts) when dispatches fail.

Actual: Script exits 0 and prints a success-style summary:

## Detectors

  ✗ Trigger Breaking Change Detector (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Bug Hunter (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Docs Patrol (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Newbie Contributor Patrol (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Code Duplication Detector (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Stale Issues (dispatch failed)
  ✗ Trigger Text Auditor (dispatch failed)

Dispatched 7 workflows across 1 category(s).

Failing Test

Minimal repro script used above:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin
cat > /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin/gh <<'EOF'
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ "$1" == "workflow" && "$2" == "run" ]]; then
  exit 1
fi
exit 0
EOF
chmod +x /tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin/gh
PATH="/tmp/gh-aw/agent/mockbin:$PATH" bash scripts/trigger-ci-workflows.sh detectors

Evidence

• Dispatch failures are only printed and never affect exit status: scripts/trigger-ci-workflows.sh:122-130.
• Summary is computed from category sizes, not successful dispatches: scripts/trigger-ci-workflows.sh:135-145.
• Reproduction run exit code: 0.

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• expires on Feb 28, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC