Add support for expires: false to disable expiration in safe-outputs

[Copilot]

Safe-outputs for create-discussion and create-issue now support expires: false to explicitly disable automatic expiration.

Changes

• Schema: Added boolean false as valid expires value in main_workflow_schema.json
• Parser: parseExpiresFromConfig() returns -1 sentinel for false, enabling distinction from unset/invalid values
• Config parsing: Detects -1 to skip default expiration (create-discussion's 7-day default)
• Config generation: Omits expires field from handler config JSON when value is 0 (disabled)
• Tests: Added coverage for boolean false case
• Workflow Update: Applied expires: false to agent-persona-explorer.md workflow's create-discussion configuration

Example

safe-outputs:
  create-discussion:
    expires: false  # No expiration
  create-issue:
    expires: 7      # 168 hours (7 days * 24)

Compiles to:

{
  "create_discussion": {"max": 1},
  "create_issue": {"expires": 168, "max": 1}
}

The expires field is completely omitted when disabled, and no GH_AW_*_EXPIRES environment variables are set.

Original prompt

Add support for safe-outputs.create-discussion.expires: false to disable expiration in create discussions.
Do the same for safe-outputs.create-issue.expires: false

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[pelikhan]

@copilot disable expires on agent persona explorer safe-outputs.create-discussion

[Copilot]

@copilot disable expires on agent persona explorer safe-outputs.create-discussion

Done. Added expires: false to the agent-persona-explorer workflow's create-discussion configuration. The discussions created by this workflow will no longer have automatic expiration. (commit be9476c)

[github-actions]

🔍 PR Triage Results

Category: feature | Risk: high | Priority: 52/100

Scores Breakdown

• Impact: 35/50 - New feature adds valuable functionality
• Urgency: 7/30 - Standard feature development timeline
• Quality: 10/20 - Has description and pending CI validation

📋 Recommended Action: batch_review

This PR is part of batch-feature-high (6 PRs) - high-risk feature additions requiring careful review. Should be reviewed in priority order with attention to test coverage and security implications.

Batch PRs: #12322, #12321, #12320, #12311, #12130, #12085

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