[aw] Repo Pulse — Daily Report reported incomplete result
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Description
### Workflow Failure
**Workflow:** [Repo Pulse — Daily Report](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/main/.github/workflows/repo-pulse.md)
**Branch:** main
**Run:** https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/33321263396
> [!WARNING]
> **Task Could Not Be Completed**: The agent reported that the task could not be performed due to an infrastructure or tool failure.
**Reasons:**
- An earlier accidental update_issue call (55 bytes, near-empty body) consumed the single allowed update_issue invocation for this run before the full Repo Pulse report body could be submitted. The safe-output quota (1 of 1) was exhausted, so the complete regenerated report could not be delivered to issue #16404 in this run.
Root cause: a stdin-redirection test (`cat body.md | safeoutputs update_issue --issue_number 16404 --operation replace --body -`) did not correctly pipe file content into the --body flag, resulting in a nearly empty body being submitted as the first (and only allowed) update_issue call. The properly assembled full report (all required sections: header, data quality banner, Notable Changes, Recently Merged PRs, Recently Opened PRs, Recently Filed Issues, PRs Awaiting Review, Activity Highlights) was built afterward in /tmp/gh-aw/agent/payload.json but rejected with E002 (update_issue limit reached, 1 of 1 already used this run). No other GitHub write actions were taken.
This is a structured incompletion signal (`report_incomplete`), not a real task outcome. Any other safe outputs emitted alongside this signal (e.g., comments) describe the failure state, not a completed review or action.
### Action Required
**Assign this issue to an agent** to debug and fix the issue.
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/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/33321263396
````
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
- Type `debug the agentic workflow repo-pulse failure in https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/33321263396`
> [!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:
> ```yaml
> safe-outputs:
> report-failure-as-issue: false
> ```
>
>
> Generated from [Repo Pulse — Daily Report](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/actions/runs/33321263396) · 118.7 AIC · [◷](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Amicrosoft%2Faspire+is%3Aissue+%22gh-aw-workflow-id%3A+repo-pulse%22&type=issues)
> - [x] expires on Sep 6, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with .github/workflows/repo-pulse.md and the failed run linked in the issue, then read .github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md and the referenced gh-aw debug guide. Trace the report_incomplete failure around the update_issue safe-output call and confirm the workflow can complete its report without this failure signal.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions
- Domain
- ci-cd, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100