Enable templatable `report-failure-as-issue` and shared-workflow propagation by Copilot · Pull Request #41821 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2026-06-27T00:43:18Z

Reusable workflows could not parameterize safe-outputs.report-failure-as-issue without post-compile lock-file edits, because only literal booleans/arrays were handled end-to-end. This change makes the field templatable and ensures shared workflow definitions flow through compile-time merge and runtime env wiring.

Parser and schema support
- Added expression-string support for safe-outputs.report-failure-as-issue in the main workflow schema (alongside existing bool and category-array modes).
- Updated safe-outputs parsing to treat:
  - true / false as literal booleans
  - ${{ ... }} as templated boolean expressions
  - [] category filters as existing include/exclude behavior.
Shared workflow merge behavior
- Extended safe-outputs import merge to carry report-failure-as-issue and its parsed include/exclude category filters from shared workflows.
- Preserved top-level workflow precedence when both main and imported configs define the field.
Conclusion job env rendering
- Updated GH_AW_FAILURE_REPORT_AS_ISSUE emission to support templated values directly in generated workflow YAML.
- Kept category filter env vars tied to compile-time-known enabled states to avoid contradictory configuration when enablement is expression-driven.
Docs alignment
- Updated safe-outputs runtime docs to explicitly document expression support for report-failure-as-issue.

# shared workflow
safe-outputs:
  report-failure-as-issue: ${{ inputs.report-failure-as-issue }}

# generated env (conclusion job)
GH_AW_FAILURE_REPORT_AS_ISSUE: ${{ inputs.report-failure-as-issue }}

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Pull request overview

This PR enables safe-outputs.report-failure-as-issue to be specified as a GitHub Actions expression string (e.g. ${{ inputs.report-failure-as-issue }}) in addition to the existing boolean and category-array modes, and ensures that value propagates correctly through shared-workflow imports and into the generated conclusion job environment.

Changes:

Extended safe-outputs parsing/schema to accept expression strings for report-failure-as-issue while preserving existing boolean and category-array behavior.
Updated shared-workflow safe-outputs merge to propagate report-failure-as-issue (and parsed category include/exclude filters) when the main workflow doesn’t override it.
Updated conclusion job env emission to render templated GH_AW_FAILURE_REPORT_AS_ISSUE expressions directly, and to omit category filter env vars when enablement is expression-driven.

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File	Description
pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_config.go	Parses `report-failure-as-issue` as categories array or templatable boolean expression, storing the right internal representation.
pkg/workflow/imports.go	Merges `report-failure-as-issue` plus include/exclude category filters from imported shared workflows when not overridden.
pkg/workflow/notify_comment.go	Renders `GH_AW_FAILURE_REPORT_AS_ISSUE` as either a literal or expression; conditionally emits category filter env vars.
pkg/parser/schemas/main_workflow_schema.json	Allows expression-string form for `safe-outputs.report-failure-as-issue` in the main workflow schema.
.github/aw/safe-outputs-runtime.md	Documents expression support for `report-failure-as-issue`.
pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_import_test.go	Adds coverage for shared-workflow propagation and main-workflow precedence with templated values.
pkg/workflow/notify_comment_test.go	Adds coverage ensuring templated env rendering and omission of category filter env vars for expression-driven enablement.
pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_config_test.go	Adds coverage for parsing templatable expression strings into `ReportFailureAsIssue`.

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github-actions · 2026-06-27T01:24:06Z

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Category	`feature`
Risk	🟡 Medium
Priority	Medium (score 30/100)
Action	⏳ `defer` · Batch: `active-drafts`

Score breakdown: Impact 20 · Urgency 5 · Quality 5

Adds customization for report-failure-as-issue without requiring manual lock-file edits — improves reusable workflow UX. Draft/WIP with 0 changes; agent still building. Deferred until implementation complete. Part of pr-batch:active-drafts group (#41824, #41822, #41821).

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pelikhan · 2026-06-27T02:19:23Z

@copilot merge main and recompile

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@copilot update JavaScript to handle expression that resolve to false dynamically.

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@copilot reuse existing ref type for employable Boolean in json schema

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github-actions · 2026-06-27T07:30:06Z

🤖 PR Triage — §28282332784

Field	Value
Category	`feature`
Risk	medium
Score	52/100 (impact 30 + urgency 12 + quality 10)
Action	📋 `batch_review` (promoted from draft)
Batch	`feature-promo` (#41824, #41821, #41777)

Rationale: Templatable report-failure-as-issue is a useful workflow customization. Promoted from draft; no CI data yet. Batch-review with related feature PRs.

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gh-aw-bot · 2026-06-27T07:54:04Z

@copilot please run the pr-finisher skill, address the remaining review feedback on the templated report-failure-as-issue path, and rerun checks now that the branch refresh has been requested.

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github-actions · 2026-06-27T12:53:29Z

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Field	Value
Category	`feature`
Risk	`medium`
Score	55 / 100 — impact 28, urgency 15, quality 12
Action	`batch_review` — review together with `feature-promo` batch (#41777 + #41824)
Batch	`feature-promo`

Label conflict: pr-action:defer label is stale (from draft state) and should be removed manually. pr-batch:active-drafts is also stale. Correct action: pr-action:batch_review.

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@copilot please run the pr-finisher skill, rebase or merge main if needed, address any unresolved review feedback, and rerun checks after the branch is up to date.

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