githubnext / githubnext/gh-aw-cao

[self-care:open-source-failures] Fix repeated safe-output processing failures in Well-Architected workflow

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Description

The Well-Architected workflow in `githubnext/gh-aw-cao` has failed 5 times in the bounded snapshot at the safe-output processing stage, which strongly suggests a repeatable post-agent output handling problem rather than a one-off run failure. The bounded evidence does not include the processor error, so the immediate fix should focus on extracting that missing failure detail and correcting the safe-output payload or processor contract for this workflow.

**Action:** CAO maintainer should inspect the representative run's `safe_outputs` job and fix the workflow's emitted safe-output payload or processor expectations; accept when a rerun of the same workflow completes successfully and the next bounded snapshot shows no new `Process Safe Outputs` failures for this workflow.

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Investigate `.github/workflows/software-development-practices-github-well-architected.lock.yml` failures in `githubnext/gh-aw-cao` where the `safe_outputs` job fails on `Process Safe Outputs`. Open the representative run, capture the exact processor error, trace which workflow step emitted the failing safe output, and make the smallest safe fix so the workflow either emits a valid safe-output payload or degrades cleanly with `noop`/`report_incomplete`. Validate by rerunning the workflow and confirming the `safe_outputs` job succeeds.

Critical findings:
- Repository: `githubnext/gh-aw-cao`
- Workflow: `.github/workflows/software-development-practices-github-well-architected.lock.yml`
- Normalized signature: `Process Safe Outputs`
- Severity: `P1`
- Run count in bounded snapshot: `5`
- Confidence: `medium`
- Representative run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950498832
- Evidence-supported cause: safe-output processing is failing after agent execution; bounded snapshot does not include the processor error
- Proposed bounded fix: inspect processor failure details, correct the emitted safe-output contract for this workflow, and ensure invalid-output paths fall back cleanly

Representative runs

- https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950498832
- https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950507538
- https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950517014
- https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950528052
- https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33950532720

### Control Plane
- Correlation ID: `33952175990-206`
- Central repository: `githubnext/gh-aw-cao`
- Control-plane run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw-cao/actions/runs/33952175990

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Research direction

Start with .github/workflows/software-development-practices-github-well-architected.lock.yml and the representative run 33950498832, then inspect the safe_outputs job and its Process Safe Outputs logs for the missing processor error. Trace the failing emitted payload or processor expectation and validate the smallest correction by rerunning the workflow until safe_outputs succeeds and no new failures appear.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, yaml
Domain
ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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