[aw] Copilot CLI Deep Research Agent failed

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Workflow Failure

Workflow: Copilot CLI Deep Research Agent
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/27083451001

Warning

Missing Tools Reported: The agent reported missing tools during execution.

Missing Tools:

• tool/permission: missing tool/permission issue: numerous permission denied errors detected
  • Alternatives: Verify token scopes, repository permissions, and MCP/tool access configuration. Denied commands: shell(find /home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw/pkg -name 'copilot*.go' 2>/dev/null | sort) | shell(ls /tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default/ 2>/dev/null && cat /tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default/copilot-cli-research/latest.json 2>/dev/null || echo "No previous analysis found") | read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)

Warning

Excessive Tool Denials: The Copilot SDK hit the max tool denial guardrail and stopped the session early (5/5).

Last denied request:
permission denied: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)

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 copilot-cli-deep-research stopped because the Copilot SDK exceeded its tool denial threshold (5/5).
Last denied request: `permission denied: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)`

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

Warning

Engine Failure: The copilot engine terminated unexpectedly.

Last agent output:

{"type":"tool.execution_start","timestamp":"2026-06-07T05:13:05.977Z","data":{"toolName":"glob","mcpServerName":""}}
{"type":"tool.execution_start","timestamp":"2026-06-07T05:13:05.978Z","data":{"toolName":"glob","mcpServerName":""}}
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] permission denied by workflow tool permissions: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] tool denial 4/5: permission denied: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] permission denied by workflow tool permissions: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] tool denial 5/5: permission denied: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)
{"type":"guard.tool_denials_exceeded","timestamp":"2026-06-07T05:13:05.985Z","data":{"denialCount":5,"threshold":5,"reason":"permission denied: read(/home/runner/work/gh-aw/gh-aw)"}}
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] max tool denials threshold reached (5/5); stopping SDK session early
{"type":"tool.execution_complete","timestamp":"2026-06-07T05:13:06.026Z","data":{"toolName":"glob","mcpServerName":"","success":false}}
[copilot-sdk-driver] [sdk-driver] error: max tool denials threshold reached (5/5)

Action Required

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The failed workflow run is at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/27083451001

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• 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 copilot-cli-deep-research failure in https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/27083451001

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

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• expires on Jun 7, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC