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Add dedicated error messages for max patch size failures in agent failure issues#20354

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When a workflow fails due to patch size limits, the agent failure issue previously showed only a generic error with no actionable guidance. This adds dedicated sections with front matter examples to fix the issue.

What changed

  • push_repo_memory.cjs: Set patch_size_exceeded step output before setFailed() so the failure reason can be propagated downstream.

  • repo_memory.go + notify_comment.go: Expose patch_size_exceeded_{memoryID} as a job output and pass it as GH_AW_REPO_MEMORY_PATCH_SIZE_EXCEEDED_{memoryID} to the handle_agent_failure step.

  • handle_agent_failure.cjs:

    • buildCodePushFailureContext: new patchSizeErrors category — detects "Patch size ... exceeds" errors and renders a dedicated 📦 Patch Size Exceeded section instead of falling through to the generic "Code Push Failed" bucket.
    • New buildPushRepoMemoryFailureContext(): shows a dedicated 📦 Repo-Memory Patch Size Exceeded section when patch_size_exceeded is set; falls back to the existing generic message otherwise.

Example output in failure issue

For code push failures (create_pull_request, push_to_pull_request_branch):

safe-outputs:
  create-pull-request:
    max-patch-size: 2048  # Example: double the default limit (in KB, default: 1024)

For repo-memory failures:

repo-memory:
  - id: default
    max-patch-size: 51200  # Example: 5x the default limit (in bytes, default: 10240, max: 102400)

All 166 lock files regenerated via make recompile.

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Pull request overview

This PR improves agent failure issues by detecting “max patch size exceeded” failures and rendering dedicated, actionable remediation sections (including front matter examples) for both code-push safe outputs and repo-memory pushes.

Changes:

  • Propagate a patch_size_exceeded output from push_repo_memory steps before failing, and thread it through job outputs/env vars into handle_agent_failure.
  • Add a new patch-size error bucket to buildCodePushFailureContext and introduce buildPushRepoMemoryFailureContext for repo-memory patch size failures.
  • Regenerate compiled workflow lock files to include the new outputs/env wiring.

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pkg/workflow/repo_memory.go Exposes patch_size_exceeded_{memoryID} as a push_repo_memory job output per memory.
pkg/workflow/notify_comment.go Passes patch_size_exceeded_{memoryID} to handle_agent_failure via env vars.
actions/setup/js/push_repo_memory.cjs Sets patch_size_exceeded step output before failing on patch size limit.
actions/setup/js/handle_agent_failure.cjs Adds dedicated patch size sections for code-push failures and repo-memory failures.
actions/setup/js/handle_agent_failure.test.cjs Adds unit tests for the new patch-size failure contexts.
.github/workflows/workflow-health-manager.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/technical-doc-writer.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/security-compliance.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/security-alert-burndown.campaign.g.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/pr-triage-agent.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/metrics-collector.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size output exposure for repo-memory push steps.
.github/workflows/glossary-maintainer.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/firewall-escape.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/discussion-task-miner.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/developer-docs-consolidator.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/delight.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/deep-report.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/daily-testify-uber-super-expert.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/daily-news.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/daily-copilot-token-report.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/daily-code-metrics.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/copilot-session-insights.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/copilot-pr-prompt-analysis.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/copilot-pr-nlp-analysis.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/copilot-cli-deep-research.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/copilot-agent-analysis.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/code-scanning-fixer.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/audit-workflows.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.
.github/workflows/agent-performance-analyzer.lock.yml Regenerated to include patch-size outputs/env wiring for repo-memory.

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@pelikhan pelikhan merged commit 36e5751 into main Mar 10, 2026
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@pelikhan pelikhan deleted the copilot/add-dedicated-error-message branch March 10, 2026 14:31
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