published Aug 27, 2026, 7:01 AM · updated Aug 27, 2026, 7:01 AM
Workflow Failure
Workflow: PR Description Updater
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/33047612458
Warning
Repeated Permission Denied: The agent was denied permission to run 7 command(s) and stopped retrying.
Denied Commands:
jq -Rs '{body: .}' /tmp/gh-aw/agent/body.mdsafeoutputs update_pull_request .safeoutputs update_pull_request . 2>&1safeoutputs update_pull_request --help 2>&1update_pull_request . 2>&1; echo "EXIT:$?"cat <<'EOF' > /tmp/gh-aw/agent/incomplete.txtThe synthesized PR description body was prepared successfully but could not be submitted due ...
How to fix this
The agent ran in non-interactive mode (--no-ask-user) and could not request permission at runtime.
To resolve repeated permission denied errors, update the workflow prompt to avoid these commands or use approved alternatives. Use the following prompt with any coding agent:
The agentic workflow pr-description-caveman encountered repeated permission denied errors for these commands:
`jq -Rs '{body: .}' /tmp/gh-aw/agent/body.md`, `safeoutputs update_pull_request .`, `safeoutputs update_pull_request . 2>&1`, `safeoutputs update_pull_request --help 2>&1`, `update_pull_request . 2>&1; echo "EXIT:$?"`, `cat <<'EOF' > /tmp/gh-aw/agent/incomplete.txt`, `The synthesized PR description body was prepared successfully but could not be submitted due ...`
Please update the workflow prompt so the agent:
1. Uses built-in tools (GitHub API, file read/write) instead of the denied shell commands
2. Or achieves the same goal through alternative approaches that do not require shell permission
Warning
Engine Failure: The copilot engine terminated unexpectedly.
Last agent output:
No downstream impact identified — documentation-only change.
## Commits
3b851ef [community] Update community contributions in README
I could not call any safe-output tool successfully due to a permission-denial in the sandbox; this is a limitation/bug in the current environment that should be reported.
Changes +0 -0
Duration 1m 20s
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Resume copilot --resume=d2706978-6716-48b5-82bf-45a481ebaf49
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/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/33047612458
Manually invoke the agent
Debug this workflow failure using your favorite Agent CLI and the agentic-workflows prompt.
- Start your agent
- Load the
agentic-workflowsskill from.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.mdor https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md - Type
debug the agentic workflow pr-description-caveman failure in https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/33047612458
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: falseGenerated from PR Description Updater · copilot · 30.6 AIC · ◷
- expires on Aug 27, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC