[aw] Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer exceeded tool denial limit

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Workflow Failure

Workflow: Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/36212200280

Warning

Excessive Tool Denials: The Copilot SDK hit the max tool denial guardrail and stopped the session early (3/3).

Last denied request

shell(f=/tmp/1790390377956-copilot-tool-output-390-fceec0fe-7c99-4db9-9428-5119988c218f.txt
python3 -c "
import re
content = open('$f').read()
idx = content.find('[{')
content = content[idx:]
import json
data = json.loads(content)
for a in data:
    if a['rule']['id'] in ('go/allocation-size-overflow','go/bad-redirect-check'):
        print(a['number'], a['rule']['id'], a['most_recent_instance']['location'].get('path'), a['most_recent_instance']['location'].get('start_line'))
" 2>&1 | head -20)

Last 5 tool calls

• bash(github list_code_scanning_alerts '{"owner":"github","repo":"gh-aw","state":"open","severity":"critical,high"}' 2>&1 |...)
• bash(f=$(ls -t /tmp/*copilot-tool-output* | head -1); echo $f; python3 -c " import json with open('$f') as fh: content = f...)
• bash(f=/tmp/1790390377956-copilot-tool-output-390-fceec0fe-7c99-4db9-9428-5119988c218f.txt; wc -l "$f"; grep -o '"number":...)
• bash(f=/tmp/1790390377956-copilot-tool-output-390-fceec0fe-7c99-4db9-9428-5119988c218f.txt grep -o '"number":[0-9]*' "$f" ...)
• bash(f=/tmp/1790390377956-copilot-tool-output-390-fceec0fe-7c99-4db9-9428-5119988c218f.txt python3 -c " import re content ...)

This is a structured guardrail event (guard.tool_denials_exceeded) captured in events.jsonl.

How to fix this

The prompt attempted actions outside the workflow's allowed tools.

Update the workflow prompt and/or permissions so required actions are permitted:

The workflow daily-compiler-threat-spec-optimizer stopped because the Copilot SDK exceeded its tool denial threshold (3/3).
Last denied request:
shell(f=/tmp/1790390377956-copilot-tool-output-390-fceec0fe-7c99-4db9-9428-5119988c218f.txt
python3 -c "
import re
content = open('$f').read()
idx = content.find('[{')
content = content[idx:]
import json
data = json.loads(content)
for a in data:
    if a['rule']['id'] in ('go/allocation-size-overflow','go/bad-redirect-check'):
        print(a['number'], a['rule']['id'], a['most_recent_instance']['location'].get('path'), a['most_recent_instance']['location'].get('start_line'))
" 2>&1 | head -20)

Please update the workflow so the prompt only uses tools permitted by the workflow tool policy.

Action Required

Assign this issue to an agent to debug and fix the issue.

Optimize token consumption

This failure was triggered by a guardrail limit (max-tool-denials). Use this prompt with any coding agent (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to analyze token usage and reduce costs:

Optimize the agentic workflow token consumption using https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/optimize.md

The workflow run is at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/36212200280

Debug with any coding agent

Use this prompt with any coding agent (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini, etc.):

Debug the agentic workflow failure using https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/debug.md

The failed workflow run is at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/36212200280

Manually invoke the agent

Debug this workflow failure using your favorite Agent CLI and the agentic-workflows prompt.

• Start your agent
• Load the agentic-workflows skill from .github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md or https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md
• Type debug the agentic workflow daily-compiler-threat-spec-optimizer failure in https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/36212200280

Tip

Stop reporting this workflow as a failure

To stop a workflow from creating failure issues, set report-failure-as-issue: false in its frontmatter:

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

Generated from Daily Compiler Threat Spec Optimizer · copilot · 43.9 AIC · ◷

• expires on Sep 26, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC