[Daily Report] Daily Status Report — 2026-02-27

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📊 Repository Overview

Date: 2026-02-27 | Repository: github/gh-aw

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🚀 Activity Summary

Commits Today (15+)

A highly active day driven primarily by Copilot agentic workflows and external contributors.

SHA	Author	Summary
f19b6f9	Copilot	Fix smoke-trigger.yml startup_failure and missing secrets for workflow_call (#18629)
fa00c21	Copilot	Update report.md: recommend safe-outputs filtering for mentions and backlinks (#18623)
8d6d854	Copilot	fix: add missing repo_helpers.cjs and glob_pattern_helpers.cjs to safe-outputs (#18620)
a040b83	Copilot	fix(ci): guard golangci-lint download against silent HTTP failures (#18619)
a5b22ba	Copilot	fix: pass owner/repo to gh run download for cross-repo audit (#18603)
3cd98e2	dependabot	chore(deps): bump minimatch (#18579)
a768de0	dependabot	chore(deps): bump fast-xml-parser (#18580)
4f14974	Don Syme	Improve base branch resolution for cross-repo PRs (#18614)
a3f1727	Jiaxiao Zhou	Add android-arm64 architecture support (#18609)
032de09	Jiaxiao Zhou	Fix shell(dotnet) denied despite being in allowed tools (#18340/#18612)
e0bade6	Copilot	fix: use gh pr checkout for fork PRs in pull_request events (#18591)
829f156	Copilot	Fix "Copilot is not a user" error in compute_text.cjs for app-created PRs (#18592)
5d2d05f	Eddie Aftandilian	Add pre-filled PAT creation link for COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN to docs (#18594)
b42ace5	Don Syme	Get correct base branch for pull request comments (#18581)

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🔀 Open Pull Requests (6)

#	Author	Title
#18647	Copilot	fix: include noop in safe-output tools prompt for all workflows
#18646	Copilot	Fix context is not defined error in safeoutputs MCP backend
#18617	Claude	Add MCP Gateway payload path prefix and size threshold configuration
#18599	dsyme	Beginnings of multi-repo PR support
#18589	lpcox	feat: add guard policies support
#18403	Mossaka	feat: add OpenCode engine integration

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🐛 Notable Open Issues (20+)

🔴 Bugs / Failures

• [aw] PR Triage Agent failed #18638 — [aw] PR Triage Agent failed
• [aw] Issue Monster failed #18634 — [aw] Issue Monster failed
• Azure MCP tool calls fail with 'invalid character \'S\'' via MCP gateway #18636 — Azure MCP tool calls fail with 'invalid character 'S'' via MCP gateway
• bug(safe-inputs): script: return value is silently dropped — execute() never called at runtime #18534 — bug(safe-inputs): script: return value is silently dropped — execute() never called
• [cli-tools-test] example-permissions-warning.md fails compilation despite strict: false #18582 — [cli-tools-test] example-permissions-warning.md fails compilation
• Incompatibility with GitHub IP allow lists #18587 — Incompatibility with GitHub IP allow lists
• create_pull_request fails with large commits #18501 — create_pull_request fails with large commits

🟡 In-Progress / Planning

• [plan] Fix create_pull_request "context is not defined" error in safeoutputs MCP backend #18643 — Plan: Fix create_pull_request "context is not defined" error in safeoutputs
• [plan] Ensure noop safe-output tool is available to all workflows by default #18641 — Plan: Ensure noop safe-output tool is available to all workflows by default
• [plan] Plan Command - Issue Group #18642 — Plan Command - Issue Group
• [plan] Add token usage limits or scope restrictions to Duplicate Code Detector workflow #18644 — Plan: Add token usage limits/scope restrictions to Duplicate Code Detector
• Commits via git are unverified; switch to GraphQL for commits #18565 — Commits via git are unverified; switch to GraphQL for commits

🟢 Reports / Metrics

• [Contribution Check Report] Contribution Check — 2026-02-27 #18655 — Contribution Check Report — 2026-02-27
• 🏗️ Architecture Diagram:Incremental Update — All packages modified, structure unchanged #18654 — Architecture Diagram: Incremental Update
• [aw] No-Op Runs #18652 — [aw] No-Op Runs
• Workflow Health Manager - Meta-Orchestrator - Issue Group #18650 — Workflow Health Manager - Meta-Orchestrator
• Workflow Health Dashboard - 2026-02-27 #18649 — Workflow Health Dashboard — 2026-02-27
• Agent Performance Report - Week of 2026-02-26 #18544 — Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-02-26

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✅ Recently Closed

Merged Today

• Fix smoke-trigger.yml startup_failure and missing secrets for workflow_call #18629 — Fix smoke-trigger.yml startup_failure and missing secrets for workflow_call
• Update report.md: recommend safe-outputs filtering for mentions and backlinks #18623 — Update report.md: recommend safe-outputs filtering for mentions and backlinks
• fix: add missing repo_helpers.cjs and glob_pattern_helpers.cjs to safe-outputs file list #18620 — fix: add missing repo_helpers.cjs and glob_pattern_helpers.cjs
• fix(ci): guard golangci-lint download against silent HTTP failures #18619 — fix(ci): guard golangci-lint download against silent HTTP failures
• fix: pass owner/repo to gh run download for cross-repo audit #18603 — fix: pass owner/repo to gh run download for cross-repo audit

Other Closed PRs (not yet merged)

• [WIP] Convert ffmpeg documentation to skill format #18632 — [WIP] Convert ffmpeg documentation to skill format
• Switch to GraphQL createCommitOnBranch for verified commits #18627 — Switch to GraphQL createCommitOnBranch for verified commits
• feat: Git LFS support for upload-asset safe output (enabled by default, disable with lfs: false) #18626 — feat: Git LFS support for upload-asset safe output
• fix(safe-inputs): script return values no longer silently dropped #18625 — fix(safe-inputs): script return values no longer silently dropped
• fix: correct example-permissions-warning.md compilation, remove overriding MCP strict default, and add dangerously-github-MCP-write feature flag #18622 — fix: correct example-permissions-warning.md compilation

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🔎 Areas Needing Attention

1. noop safe-output tool visibility — PRs fix: include noop in safe-output tools prompt for all workflows #18647 and plan [plan] Ensure noop safe-output tool is available to all workflows by default #18641 address agents not reliably calling noop. Two open PRs need review.
2. context is not defined in safeoutputs MCP — PR Fix context is not defined error in safeoutputs MCP backend #18646 and plan [plan] Fix create_pull_request "context is not defined" error in safeoutputs MCP backend #18643 pending. Affects create_pull_request functionality.
3. Workflow agent failures — PR Triage Agent ([aw] PR Triage Agent failed #18638) and Issue Monster ([aw] Issue Monster failed #18634) are both showing failure issues.
4. Azure MCP gateway — Issue Azure MCP tool calls fail with 'invalid character \'S\'' via MCP gateway #18636 reports JSON parse errors, may affect Azure-based MCP integrations.
5. Cross-repo PR support — PR Beginnings or multi repo PR support #18599 (dsyme) is in progress; base branch resolution improvements merged today.
6. Large feature PRs awaiting review — Guard policies (feat: add guard policies support #18589), OpenCode engine (feat: add OpenCode engine integration #18403), and MCP Gateway config (Add MCP Gateway payload path prefix and size threshold configuration #18617) have been open for a while.

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📈 Trends

• High activity from Copilot agents: The majority of today's commits and fixes were autonomously generated by Copilot agentic workflows — demonstrating the system's self-healing capability.
• Safe-outputs/safe-inputs reliability: Multiple fixes landed today for missing modules and silent failures, suggesting this area has been unstable recently.
• External contributions: Don Syme and Jiaxiao Zhou both landed cross-repo and multi-platform improvements today.
• Dependabot active: 2 dependency bumps merged today (minimatch, fast-xml-parser).

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