Add history link to generated footers for issues, PRs, and discussions by Copilot · Pull Request #19321 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2026-03-03T03:52:44Z

Footers on workflow-generated items lacked a way to quickly navigate to all items created by the same workflow. This adds a history link that opens a pre-filtered GitHub search page matching the item type and workflow identity.

New module: `generate_history_link.cjs`

Encapsulates all history URL generation logic:

Prefers gh-aw-workflow-call-id over gh-aw-workflow-id (more specific for reusable workflows)
Filters by item type (is:issue/is:pr qualifier + type= param; discussions use type=discussions only — no is: qualifier)
No open/closed state filter
Enterprise-aware: respects serverUrl param or GITHUB_SERVER_URL env var

Example output for an issue footer (default template):

> Generated by [MyWorkflow](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/123) · [◷](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aorg%2Frepo+is%3Aissue+%22gh-aw-workflow-call-id%3A+org%2Frepo%2FMyWorkflow%22+in%3Abody&type=issues)

Example output using a custom footer template with emoji (e.g. archie):

> 📊 *Diagram rendered by [archie](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/123)* · [◷](https://github.com/search?...)

Footer integration

messages_footer.cjs: FooterContext gains optional historyUrl; default footer template appends · [◷](url) when set. Custom messages.footer templates can use {history_link} (pre-formatted as · [◷](url), or "" when unavailable) or {history_url} (raw URL) as placeholders.
generateFooterWithMessages: optional 8th parameter historyUrl threads through to context.
create_issue.cjs, create_pull_request.cjs, create_discussion.cjs: each generates the history URL/link using the appropriate item type and passes it to footer generation. GH_AW_CALLER_WORKFLOW_ID is preferred where available.

Workflow template updates

All 34 agentic workflow .md files with custom messages.footer templates have been updated to include the {history_link} placeholder, appending the ◷ history link when a history URL is available and rendering nothing when it is not.

Original prompt

Update generated footer for issue, discussion, pull requests with a "history" link that opens a github search page matching the item created by the workflow.

use symbol to represent history (clock)

use xml tag search using workflow call id or workflow id

match item type

do not filter open/close

handle enterprise deployment

store logic in JavaScript file, add tests

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Type: patch
Description: Added history links to workflow-generated issue, pull request, and discussion footers to jump to previously created items by the same workflow.

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pelikhan · 2026-03-03T04:11:15Z

@copilot remove clock emoji

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Copilot · 2026-03-03T04:16:16Z

@copilot remove clock emoji

Done in 4550f53. The history link now renders as [history](url) without the clock emoji.

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github-actions · 2026-03-03T04:23:55Z

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This PR adds history links to generated footers for issues, PRs, and discussions — a useful feature for traceability. The implementation is clean and well-tested. Two minor inline suggestions left above.

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actions/setup/js/messages_footer.cjs

actions/setup/js/generate_history_link.cjs

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pelikhan · 2026-03-03T04:27:36Z

@copilot messages templates in agentic workflows to include history url . Using emojis for the history url text is encouraged.

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Copilot · 2026-03-03T04:39:01Z

@copilot messages templates in agentic workflows to include history url . Using emojis for the history url text is encouraged.

Done in 1299ac7. Added a {history_link} pre-computed template variable to the footer context — it resolves to · [🕐 history](url) (with clock emoji) when a history URL is available, or "" when not. All 34 custom messages.footer templates in the workflow .md files have been updated to include {history_link}. Example result:

> 📊 *Diagram rendered by [archie](https://github.com/org/repo/actions/runs/123)* · [🕐 history](https://github.com/search?...)

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pelikhan · 2026-03-03T04:44:26Z

@copilot set default text of history link to "◷"

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Changes look good — adds {history_link} support to workflow-generated footers so readers can navigate to related items. One minor consistency nit on the default footer path (left inline).

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github-actions · 2026-03-03T04:50:27Z

actions/setup/js/messages_footer.cjs

-  // Create context with both camelCase and snake_case keys
-  const templateContext = toSnakeCase(ctx);
+  // Pre-compute history_link as a ready-to-use markdown suffix (empty string when unavailable)
+  const historyLink = ctx.historyUrl ? ` · [🕐 history](${ctx.historyUrl})` : "";


Nice approach pre-computing historyLink as an empty string fallback — this ensures {history_link} in custom footer templates is always safely resolved rather than left as a literal placeholder.

github-actions · 2026-03-03T04:50:27Z

actions/setup/js/messages_footer.cjs

  }
+  // Append history link when available
+  if (ctx.historyUrl) {
+    defaultFooter += " · [history]({history_url})";


Minor nit: the default footer appends [history]({history_url}) using history_url as a template variable, while custom footers use {history_link} (the pre-formatted markdown). It might be worth using {history_link} here too for consistency — that way both paths render identically and historyUrl doesn't need to be exposed as a raw template variable.

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Copilot · 2026-03-03T04:51:14Z

@copilot set default text of history link to "◷"

Done in 02e37f0. History links now render as [◷](url) — both the default footer template and the {history_link} placeholder use the ◷ symbol.

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Pull request overview

Adds a “history” link to workflow-generated footers so readers can jump to a GitHub search page listing other items created by the same workflow identity (including enterprise serverUrl support).

Changes:

Introduces a dedicated history URL/link generator (generate_history_link.cjs) with item-type-specific search qualifiers.
Threads optional historyUrl through the messages footer system, adding {history_link} / {history_url} template support and default footer rendering.
Updates many workflow templates to append {history_link} to custom footers, and adds targeted tests.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
actions/setup/js/messages_footer.cjs	Adds `historyUrl` plumbing and `{history_link}` support in footer rendering.
actions/setup/js/messages.test.cjs	Adds tests covering history link rendering and placeholders in footers.
actions/setup/js/generate_history_link.cjs	New module to generate search URLs (and a markdown link helper).
actions/setup/js/generate_history_link.test.cjs	New tests validating history URL generation across item types and server URLs.
actions/setup/js/create_issue.cjs	Generates and passes a history URL (preferring workflow call ID) into footer generation.
actions/setup/js/create_pull_request.cjs	Generates and passes a history URL into footer generation for PRs.
actions/setup/js/create_discussion.cjs	Adds a history link into the discussion footer text.
.github/workflows/unbloat-docs.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/unbloat-docs.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/technical-doc-writer.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/technical-doc-writer.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/stale-repo-identifier.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/stale-repo-identifier.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-workflow-call.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-workflow-call.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-update-cross-repo-pr.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-update-cross-repo-pr.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-test-tools.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-test-tools.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-temporary-id.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-temporary-id.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-project.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-project.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-multi-pr.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-multi-pr.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-gemini.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-gemini.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-create-cross-repo-pr.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-create-cross-repo-pr.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-arm.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-codex.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-codex.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-claude.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-claude.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/smoke-agent.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/smoke-agent.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/security-review.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/security-review.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/scout.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/scout.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/q.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/q.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/pr-nitpick-reviewer.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/poem-bot.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/poem-bot.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/pdf-summary.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/pdf-summary.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/issue-monster.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/issue-monster.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/grumpy-reviewer.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/discussion-task-miner.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/discussion-task-miner.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/dev-hawk.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/dev-hawk.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/delight.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/delight.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/daily-fact.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/daily-fact.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/craft.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/craft.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/cloclo.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/cloclo.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/ci-doctor.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/ci-doctor.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/breaking-change-checker.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/breaking-change-checker.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/brave.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/brave.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.github/workflows/archie.md	Appends `{history_link}` to custom footer template.
.github/workflows/archie.lock.yml	Regenerates locked workflow with `{history_link}` in messages footer.
.changeset/patch-history-link-footer.md	Adds a patch changeset documenting the new footer history links.

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Copilot · 2026-03-03T04:58:18Z

actions/setup/js/generate_history_link.cjs

+function generateHistoryLink(params) {
+  const url = generateHistoryUrl(params);
+  if (!url) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return `[history](${url})`;
+}


generateHistoryLink() hard-codes the link label as history, but the rest of the footer system (and the PR description/examples) uses the clock symbol (◷). This will produce inconsistent UI (e.g., discussions show [history](...) while issues/PRs show [◷](...)). Consider either (a) making generateHistoryLink() return [◷](url) to match, or (b) removing generateHistoryLink() and having callers format · [◷](...) consistently from generateHistoryUrl().

Copilot · 2026-03-03T04:58:19Z

actions/setup/js/create_discussion.cjs

+      const historyLink = generateHistoryLink({
+        owner: repoParts.owner,
+        repo: repoParts.repo,
+        itemType: "discussion",
+        workflowCallId: callerWorkflowId,
+        workflowId,
+        serverUrl: context.serverUrl,
+      });
+      const footerText = historyLink ? `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl}) · ${historyLink}` : `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl})`;
      const footer = generateFooterWithExpiration({


The discussion footer appends generateHistoryLink() directly, which currently yields a [history](...) link label. That makes discussion footers inconsistent with the ◷ history link used by issues/PRs and described in the PR metadata. Suggest generating a history URL and formatting it as · [◷](url) here (or updating generateHistoryLink() to use ◷ so this footer matches the others).

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actions/setup/js/create_pull_request.cjs

+      const historyUrl = generateHistoryUrl({
+        owner: repoParts.owner,
+        repo: repoParts.repo,
+        itemType: "pull_request",
+        workflowId,
+        serverUrl: context.serverUrl,
+      });


generateHistoryUrl() is called with workflowId only. Per the PR description, history links should prefer the more specific caller workflow identity when available (e.g., GH_AW_CALLER_WORKFLOW_ID / gh-aw-workflow-call-id). If PR bodies don’t include a gh-aw-workflow-call-id marker today, passing workflowCallId won’t match anything—so this likely needs both: embed the call-id marker in the PR body and pass workflowCallId here so history links can disambiguate callers of reusable workflows.

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actions/setup/js/messages_footer.cjs

+  // Pre-compute history_link as a ready-to-use markdown suffix (empty string when unavailable)
+  const historyLink = ctx.historyUrl ? ` · [◷](${ctx.historyUrl})` : "";
+
+  // Create context with both camelCase and snake_case keys, including computed history_link
+  const templateContext = toSnakeCase({ ...ctx, historyLink });



Custom templates can use {history_url}, but when ctx.historyUrl is not provided the placeholder won’t be replaced (the current renderTemplate keeps placeholders for undefined values). Since this PR introduces {history_url} as a supported placeholder, it would be better to ensure it resolves to an empty string when unavailable (similar to {history_link}), so users don’t end up with literal {history_url} in rendered footers.

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