E2E status report — 2026-08-11 (gh-aw matrix)

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Run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-test/actions/runs/31455747650  ·  Trigger: schedule  ·  Generated: 2026-08-11T03:40:18Z  ·  Outcome: success

❌ Test errors — samples mode

test	v0.85.4	v0.86.1	main
test-copilot-call-workflow	❌	❌	❌
test-copilot-siderepo-push-to-pull-request-branch-using-dispatch	❌	❌	❌
test-copilot-siderepo-sparse-push-to-pull-request-branch-using-dispatch	❌	❌	❌

🤖 Agent triage prompt

Copy the block below into a coding agent (e.g. Copilot) to investigate the failures:

You are triaging failures from the gh-aw-test E2E suite.
Run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-test/actions/runs/31455747650
Repository under test: github/gh-aw (the gh-aw CLI/compiler).
Test harness repository: githubnext/gh-aw-test (this repo; runner is e2e.sh).

Focus: gh-aw main (commit 7f51e41b97ea), sampling = true (--use-samples; AI engine was NOT called).

Failed tests (main, samples=true):
  - test-copilot-call-workflow  run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-test/actions/runs/27867591074
  - test-copilot-siderepo-push-to-pull-request-branch-using-dispatch  run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-test/actions/runs/27867699857
  - test-copilot-siderepo-sparse-push-to-pull-request-branch-using-dispatch  run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-test/actions/runs/27867699967

Goal: for EACH failed test above, access the GitHub
Actions logs for the run above (and the per-entry artifacts e2e-<label>-samples-<bool>,
which contain e2e-test-*.log, e2e-output.log and fails.txt), determine the root
cause, and categorize the failure as exactly one of:

  1. TRANSIENT — flaky/infra/network/rate-limit/timing; not a real defect.
     Action: note it and recommend a re-run (./e2e.sh rerun).
  2. TEST-FRAMEWORK BUG — a defect in this repo's harness (e2e.sh), a workflow
     source file (.github/workflows/test-*.md), a sample, or CI config.
     Action: propose a concrete fix (file + change) in githubnext/gh-aw-test.
  3. GH-AW BUG — a defect in github/gh-aw itself (compiler output, runtime
     engine behaviour, safe-output handling, etc.).
     Action: open an issue in github/gh-aw with a minimal repro, the failing
     test name, the gh-aw ref/mode/samples combination, and links to the
     relevant log lines. Check for an existing open issue first and link it
     instead of filing a duplicate.

Steps:
  - Use 'gh run view <run-id> --log' and 'gh run download <run-id>' to fetch logs/artifacts.
  - Read AGENTS.md in githubnext/gh-aw-test for harness conventions before proposing fixes.
  - Group failures by suspected root cause; the same gh-aw bug may explain several.
  - Produce a table: test | category | root cause | recommended action | issue/PR link.
  - Only open github/gh-aw issues for category 3, and only after confirming no duplicate exists.

Previous status reports (closed by this run)

• E2E status report — 2026-08-05 (gh-aw matrix) #11351