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+#    ___                   _   _      
+#   / _ \                 | | (_)     
+#  | |_| | __ _  ___ _ __ | |_ _  ___ 
+#  |  _  |/ _` |/ _ \ '_ \| __| |/ __|
+#  | | | | (_| |  __/ | | | |_| | (__ 
+#  \_| |_/\__, |\___|_| |_|\__|_|\___|
+#          __/ |
+#  _    _ |___/ 
+# | |  | |                / _| |
+# | |  | | ___ _ __ _  __| |_| | _____      ____
+# | |/\| |/ _ \ '__| |/ /|  _| |/ _ \ \ /\ / / ___|
+# \  /\  / (_) | | | | ( | | | | (_) \ V  V /\__ \
+#  \/  \/ \___/|_| |_|\_\|_| |_|\___/ \_/\_/ |___/
+#
+# This file was automatically generated by gh-aw. DO NOT EDIT.
+#
+# To update this file, edit the corresponding .md file and run:
+#   gh aw compile
+# Not all edits will cause changes to this file.
+#
+# For more information: https://github.github.com/gh-aw/introduction/overview/
+#
+# Reproduces and confirms whether timeout-minutes is enforced on AWF agent steps (issue #23965)
+#
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v3","frontmatter_hash":"31bd43a3728c4e10ff74985b9a983c0fb5c74a2895383d7fec079e17feaeb6c8","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot"}
+
+name: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+"on":
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      aw_context:
+        default: ""
+        description: Agent caller context (used internally by Agentic Workflows).
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+permissions: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "gh-aw-${{ github.workflow }}"
+
+run-name: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+
+jobs:
+  activation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    outputs:
+      comment_id: ""
+      comment_repo: ""
+      lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
+      model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Scripts
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
+      - name: Generate agentic run info
+        id: generate_aw_info
+        env:
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_NAME: "GitHub Copilot CLI"
+          GH_AW_INFO_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || 'auto' }}
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "latest"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AGENT_VERSION: "latest"
+          GH_AW_INFO_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+          GH_AW_INFO_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"
+          GH_AW_INFO_SUPPORTS_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST: "true"
+          GH_AW_INFO_STAGED: "false"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: '["defaults"]'
+          GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_ENABLED: "true"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.10"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWMG_VERSION: ""
+          GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_TYPE: "squid"
+          GH_AW_COMPILED_STRICT: "true"
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/generate_aw_info.cjs');
+            await main(core, context);
+      - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            .github
+            .agents
+            actions/setup
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: Check workflow file timestamps
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_FILE: "timeout-enforcement-repro.lock.yml"
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_workflow_timestamp_api.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Create prompt with built-in context
+        env:
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/outputs.jsonl
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.discussion.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
+        # poutine:ignore untrusted_checkout_exec
+        run: |
+          bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/create_prompt_first.sh
+          {
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF'
+          <system>
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF
+          cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/xpia.md"
+          cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/temp_folder_prompt.md"
+          cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/markdown.md"
+          cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_prompt.md"
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF'
+          <safe-output-tools>
+          Tools: add_comment, missing_tool, missing_data, noop
+          </safe-output-tools>
+          <github-context>
+          The following GitHub context information is available for this workflow:
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR__ }}
+          - **actor**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__ }}
+          - **repository**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE__ }}
+          - **workspace**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER__ }}
+          - **issue-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER__ }}
+          - **discussion-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER__ }}
+          - **pull-request-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID__ }}
+          - **comment-id**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID__
+          {{/if}}
+          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID__ }}
+          - **workflow-run-id**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID__
+          {{/if}}
+          </github-context>
+          
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF
+          cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/github_mcp_tools_with_safeoutputs_prompt.md"
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF'
+          </system>
+          {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/timeout-enforcement-repro.md}}
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_877905b69fd1053f_EOF
+          } > "$GH_AW_PROMPT"
+      - name: Interpolate variables and render templates
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/interpolate_prompt.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Substitute placeholders
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.discussion.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            
+            const substitutePlaceholders = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/substitute_placeholders.cjs');
+            
+            // Call the substitution function
+            return await substitutePlaceholders({
+              file: process.env.GH_AW_PROMPT,
+              substitutions: {
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID,
+                GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+              }
+            });
+      - name: Validate prompt placeholders
+        env:
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+        # poutine:ignore untrusted_checkout_exec
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_prompt_placeholders.sh
+      - name: Print prompt
+        env:
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+        # poutine:ignore untrusted_checkout_exec
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/print_prompt_summary.sh
+      - name: Upload activation artifact
+        if: success()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+        with:
+          name: activation
+          path: |
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw_info.json
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  agent:
+    needs: activation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
+    env:
+      DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS: ""
+      GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH: ""
+      GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB: 0
+      GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR: /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
+      GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID_SANITIZED: timeoutenforcementrepro
+    outputs:
+      checkout_pr_success: ${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.checkout_pr_success || 'true' }}
+      has_patch: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.has_patch }}
+      inference_access_error: ${{ steps.detect-inference-error.outputs.inference_access_error || 'false' }}
+      model: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.model }}
+      output: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.output }}
+      output_types: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.output_types }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Scripts
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
+      - name: Set runtime paths
+        id: set-runtime-paths
+        run: |
+          echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/outputs.jsonl" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Create gh-aw temp directory
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/create_gh_aw_tmp_dir.sh
+      - name: Configure gh CLI for GitHub Enterprise
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/configure_gh_for_ghe.sh
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      - name: Configure Git credentials
+        env:
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global am.keepcr true
+          # Re-authenticate git with GitHub token
+          SERVER_URL_STRIPPED="${SERVER_URL#https://}"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ github.token }}@${SERVER_URL_STRIPPED}/${REPO_NAME}.git"
+          echo "Git configured with standard GitHub Actions identity"
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
+        id: checkout-pr
+        if: |
+          github.event.pull_request || github.event.issue.pull_request
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/checkout_pr_branch.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
+        run: ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh latest
+      - name: Install AWF binary
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh v0.25.10
+      - name: Determine automatic lockdown mode for GitHub MCP Server
+        id: determine-automatic-lockdown
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const determineAutomaticLockdown = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/determine_automatic_lockdown.cjs');
+            await determineAutomaticLockdown(github, context, core);
+      - name: Download container images
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.10 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.10 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.10 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.2.11 ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v0.32.0 node:lts-alpine
+      - name: Write Safe Outputs Config
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
+          cat > ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_17a0d0b185e5e7ff_EOF'
+          {"add_comment":{"max":1},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1,"report-as-issue":"true"}}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_17a0d0b185e5e7ff_EOF
+      - name: Write Safe Outputs Tools
+        run: |
+          cat > ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools_meta.json << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_META_626d2cb59fb9e80c_EOF'
+          {
+            "description_suffixes": {
+              "add_comment": " CONSTRAINTS: Maximum 1 comment(s) can be added."
+            },
+            "repo_params": {},
+            "dynamic_tools": []
+          }
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_META_626d2cb59fb9e80c_EOF
+          cat > ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/validation.json << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_VALIDATION_df15892c0734f5b8_EOF'
+          {
+            "add_comment": {
+              "defaultMax": 1,
+              "fields": {
+                "body": {
+                  "required": true,
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 65000
+                },
+                "item_number": {
+                  "issueOrPRNumber": true
+                },
+                "repo": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "maxLength": 256
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "missing_data": {
+              "defaultMax": 20,
+              "fields": {
+                "alternatives": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 256
+                },
+                "context": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 256
+                },
+                "data_type": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 128
+                },
+                "reason": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 256
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "missing_tool": {
+              "defaultMax": 20,
+              "fields": {
+                "alternatives": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 512
+                },
+                "reason": {
+                  "required": true,
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 256
+                },
+                "tool": {
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 128
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "noop": {
+              "defaultMax": 1,
+              "fields": {
+                "message": {
+                  "required": true,
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "sanitize": true,
+                  "maxLength": 65000
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_VALIDATION_df15892c0734f5b8_EOF
+          node ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/generate_safe_outputs_tools.cjs
+      - name: Generate Safe Outputs MCP Server Config
+        id: safe-outputs-config
+        run: |
+          # Generate a secure random API key (360 bits of entropy, 40+ chars)
+          # Mask immediately to prevent timing vulnerabilities
+          API_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 45 | tr -d '/+=')
+          echo "::add-mask::${API_KEY}"
+          
+          PORT=3001
+          
+          # Set outputs for next steps
+          {
+            echo "safe_outputs_api_key=${API_KEY}"
+            echo "safe_outputs_port=${PORT}"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          
+          echo "Safe Outputs MCP server will run on port ${PORT}"
+          
+      - name: Start Safe Outputs MCP HTTP Server
+        id: safe-outputs-start
+        env:
+          DEBUG: '*'
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT: ${{ steps.safe-outputs-config.outputs.safe_outputs_port }}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY: ${{ steps.safe-outputs-config.outputs.safe_outputs_api_key }}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json
+          GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR: /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
+        run: |
+          # Environment variables are set above to prevent template injection
+          export DEBUG
+          export GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT
+          export GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY
+          export GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH
+          export GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH
+          export GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR
+          
+          bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_safe_outputs_server.sh
+          
+      - name: Start MCP Gateway
+        id: start-mcp-gateway
+        env:
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY: ${{ steps.safe-outputs-start.outputs.api_key }}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT: ${{ steps.safe-outputs-start.outputs.port }}
+          GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY: ${{ steps.determine-automatic-lockdown.outputs.min_integrity }}
+          GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS: ${{ steps.determine-automatic-lockdown.outputs.repos }}
+          GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -eo pipefail
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-config
+          
+          # Export gateway environment variables for MCP config and gateway script
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_PORT="80"
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN="host.docker.internal"
+          MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY=$(openssl rand -base64 45 | tr -d '/+=')
+          echo "::add-mask::${MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY}"
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR="/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads"
+          mkdir -p "${MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR}"
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD="524288"
+          export DEBUG="*"
+          
+          export GH_AW_ENGINE="copilot"
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOCKER_COMMAND='docker run -i --rm --network host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DEBUG -e MCP_GATEWAY_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB -e GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS -e DEFAULT_BRANCH -e GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_ACTOR_ID -e GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_REF_NAME -e GITHUB_REF_TYPE -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY -v /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:rw -v /opt:/opt:ro -v /tmp:/tmp:rw -v '"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':'"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':rw ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.2.11'
+          
+          mkdir -p /home/runner/.copilot
+          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_6daad23ba4d76b12_EOF | bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.sh
+          {
+            "mcpServers": {
+              "github": {
+                "type": "stdio",
+                "container": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v0.32.0",
+                "env": {
+                  "GITHUB_HOST": "\${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}",
+                  "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "\${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}",
+                  "GITHUB_READ_ONLY": "1",
+                  "GITHUB_TOOLSETS": "issues"
+                },
+                "guard-policies": {
+                  "allow-only": {
+                    "min-integrity": "$GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY",
+                    "repos": "$GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS"
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "safeoutputs": {
+                "type": "http",
+                "url": "http://host.docker.internal:$GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT",
+                "headers": {
+                  "Authorization": "\${GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY}"
+                },
+                "guard-policies": {
+                  "write-sink": {
+                    "accept": [
+                      "*"
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "gateway": {
+              "port": $MCP_GATEWAY_PORT,
+              "domain": "${MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN}",
+              "apiKey": "${MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY}",
+              "payloadDir": "${MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR}"
+            }
+          }
+          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_6daad23ba4d76b12_EOF
+      - name: Download activation artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: activation
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw
+      - name: Clean git credentials
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/clean_git_credentials.sh
+      - name: Execute GitHub Copilot CLI
+        id: agentic_execution
+        # Copilot CLI tool arguments (sorted):
+        # --allow-tool github
+        # --allow-tool safeoutputs
+        # --allow-tool shell(cat)
+        # --allow-tool shell(date)
+        # --allow-tool shell(echo)
+        # --allow-tool shell(grep)
+        # --allow-tool shell(head)
+        # --allow-tool shell(ls)
+        # --allow-tool shell(ps *)
+        # --allow-tool shell(pwd)
+        # --allow-tool shell(sleep *)
+        # --allow-tool shell(sort)
+        # --allow-tool shell(tail)
+        # --allow-tool shell(uniq)
+        # --allow-tool shell(wc)
+        # --allow-tool shell(yq)
+        # --allow-tool write
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
+          # shellcheck disable=SC1003
+          sudo -E awf --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --exclude-env GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN --exclude-env MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY --allow-domains api.business.githubcopilot.com,api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,api.github.com,api.githubcopilot.com,api.individual.githubcopilot.com,api.snapcraft.io,archive.ubuntu.com,azure.archive.ubuntu.com,crl.geotrust.com,crl.globalsign.com,crl.identrust.com,crl.sectigo.com,crl.thawte.com,crl.usertrust.com,crl.verisign.com,crl3.digicert.com,crl4.digicert.com,crls.ssl.com,github.com,host.docker.internal,json-schema.org,json.schemastore.org,keyserver.ubuntu.com,ocsp.digicert.com,ocsp.geotrust.com,ocsp.globalsign.com,ocsp.identrust.com,ocsp.sectigo.com,ocsp.ssl.com,ocsp.thawte.com,ocsp.usertrust.com,ocsp.verisign.com,packagecloud.io,packages.cloud.google.com,packages.microsoft.com,ppa.launchpad.net,raw.githubusercontent.com,registry.npmjs.org,s.symcb.com,s.symcd.com,security.ubuntu.com,telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,ts-crl.ws.symantec.com,ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com,www.googleapis.com --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --image-tag 0.25.10 --skip-pull --enable-api-proxy \
+            -- /bin/bash -c '/usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --allow-tool github --allow-tool safeoutputs --allow-tool '\''shell(cat)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(date)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(echo)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(grep)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(head)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(ls)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(ps *)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(pwd)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(sleep *)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(sort)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(tail)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(uniq)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(wc)'\'' --allow-tool '\''shell(yq)'\'' --allow-tool write --allow-all-paths --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt "$(cat /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt)"' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
+        env:
+          COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || '' }}
+          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG: /home/runner/.copilot/mcp-config.json
+          GH_AW_PHASE: agent
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
+          GH_AW_VERSION: dev
+          GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
+          GITHUB_AW: true
+          GITHUB_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
+          GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
+          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: github-actions[bot]
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
+          S2STOKENS: true
+          XDG_CONFIG_HOME: /home/runner
+      - name: Detect inference access error
+        id: detect-inference-error
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/detect_inference_access_error.sh
+      - name: Configure Git credentials
+        env:
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+          SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global am.keepcr true
+          # Re-authenticate git with GitHub token
+          SERVER_URL_STRIPPED="${SERVER_URL#https://}"
+          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ github.token }}@${SERVER_URL_STRIPPED}/${REPO_NAME}.git"
+          echo "Git configured with standard GitHub Actions identity"
+      - name: Copy Copilot session state files to logs
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          # Copy Copilot session state files to logs folder for artifact collection
+          # This ensures they are in /tmp/gh-aw/ where secret redaction can scan them
+          SESSION_STATE_DIR="$HOME/.copilot/session-state"
+          LOGS_DIR="/tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs"
+          
+          if [ -d "$SESSION_STATE_DIR" ]; then
+            echo "Copying Copilot session state files from $SESSION_STATE_DIR to $LOGS_DIR"
+            mkdir -p "$LOGS_DIR"
+            cp -v "$SESSION_STATE_DIR"/*.jsonl "$LOGS_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || true
+            echo "Session state files copied successfully"
+          else
+            echo "No session-state directory found at $SESSION_STATE_DIR"
+          fi
+      - name: Stop MCP Gateway
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          MCP_GATEWAY_PORT: ${{ steps.start-mcp-gateway.outputs.gateway-port }}
+          MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY: ${{ steps.start-mcp-gateway.outputs.gateway-api-key }}
+          GATEWAY_PID: ${{ steps.start-mcp-gateway.outputs.gateway-pid }}
+        run: |
+          bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/stop_mcp_gateway.sh "$GATEWAY_PID"
+      - name: Redact secrets in logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
+            await main();
+        env:
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
+          SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
+          SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Append agent step summary
+        if: always()
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/append_agent_step_summary.sh
+      - name: Copy Safe Outputs
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw
+          cp "$GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS" /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
+      - name: Ingest agent output
+        id: collect_output
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
+          GH_AW_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: "api.business.githubcopilot.com,api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,api.github.com,api.githubcopilot.com,api.individual.githubcopilot.com,api.snapcraft.io,archive.ubuntu.com,azure.archive.ubuntu.com,crl.geotrust.com,crl.globalsign.com,crl.identrust.com,crl.sectigo.com,crl.thawte.com,crl.usertrust.com,crl.verisign.com,crl3.digicert.com,crl4.digicert.com,crls.ssl.com,github.com,host.docker.internal,json-schema.org,json.schemastore.org,keyserver.ubuntu.com,ocsp.digicert.com,ocsp.geotrust.com,ocsp.globalsign.com,ocsp.identrust.com,ocsp.sectigo.com,ocsp.ssl.com,ocsp.thawte.com,ocsp.usertrust.com,ocsp.verisign.com,packagecloud.io,packages.cloud.google.com,packages.microsoft.com,ppa.launchpad.net,raw.githubusercontent.com,registry.npmjs.org,s.symcb.com,s.symcd.com,security.ubuntu.com,telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,ts-crl.ws.symantec.com,ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com,www.googleapis.com"
+          GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/collect_ndjson_output.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Parse agent logs for step summary
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/parse_copilot_log.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Parse MCP Gateway logs for step summary
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/parse_mcp_gateway_log.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Print firewall logs
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          AWF_LOGS_DIR: /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs
+        run: |
+          # Fix permissions on firewall logs so they can be uploaded as artifacts
+          # AWF runs with sudo, creating files owned by root
+          sudo chmod -R a+r /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs 2>/dev/null || true
+          # Only run awf logs summary if awf command exists (it may not be installed if workflow failed before install step)
+          if command -v awf &> /dev/null; then
+            awf logs summary | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          else
+            echo 'AWF binary not installed, skipping firewall log summary'
+          fi
+      - name: Parse token usage for step summary
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/parse_token_usage.sh
+      - name: Write agent output placeholder if missing
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json ]; then
+            echo '{"items":[]}' > /tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json
+          fi
+      - name: Upload agent artifacts
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+        with:
+          name: agent
+          path: |
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+            /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/
+            /tmp/gh-aw/redacted-urls.log
+            /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/
+            /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
+            /tmp/gh-aw/agent/
+            /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs.jsonl
+            /tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-*.patch
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-*.bundle
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+      - name: Upload firewall audit logs
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+        with:
+          name: firewall-audit-logs
+          path: |
+            /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs/
+            /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit/
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
+  conclusion:
+    needs:
+      - activation
+      - agent
+      - detection
+      - report_findings
+      - safe_outputs
+    if: always() && (needs.agent.result != 'skipped' || needs.activation.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    concurrency:
+      group: "gh-aw-conclusion-timeout-enforcement-repro"
+      cancel-in-progress: false
+    outputs:
+      noop_message: ${{ steps.noop.outputs.noop_message }}
+      tools_reported: ${{ steps.missing_tool.outputs.tools_reported }}
+      total_count: ${{ steps.missing_tool.outputs.total_count }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Scripts
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
+      - name: Download agent output artifact
+        id: download-agent-output
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: agent
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw/
+      - name: Setup agent output environment variable
+        id: setup-agent-output-env
+        if: steps.download-agent-output.outcome == 'success'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/
+          find "/tmp/gh-aw/" -type f -print
+          echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Process No-Op Messages
+        id: noop
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.setup-agent-output-env.outputs.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
+          GH_AW_NOOP_MAX: "1"
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/noop.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Record Missing Tool
+        id: missing_tool
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.setup-agent-output-env.outputs.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
+          GH_AW_MISSING_TOOL_CREATE_ISSUE: "true"
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/missing_tool.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Handle Agent Failure
+        id: handle_agent_failure
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.setup-agent-output-env.outputs.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+          GH_AW_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_AW_AGENT_CONCLUSION: ${{ needs.agent.result }}
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "timeout-enforcement-repro"
+          GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
+          GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
+          GH_AW_INFERENCE_ACCESS_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.inference_access_error }}
+          GH_AW_LOCKDOWN_CHECK_FAILED: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.lockdown_check_failed }}
+          GH_AW_GROUP_REPORTS: "false"
+          GH_AW_FAILURE_REPORT_AS_ISSUE: "true"
+          GH_AW_TIMEOUT_MINUTES: "5"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/handle_agent_failure.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Handle No-Op Message
+        id: handle_noop_message
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.setup-agent-output-env.outputs.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+          GH_AW_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_AW_AGENT_CONCLUSION: ${{ needs.agent.result }}
+          GH_AW_NOOP_MESSAGE: ${{ steps.noop.outputs.noop_message }}
+          GH_AW_NOOP_REPORT_AS_ISSUE: "true"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/handle_noop_message.cjs');
+            await main();
+
+  detection:
+    needs: agent
+    if: >
+      always() && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && (needs.agent.outputs.output_types != '' || needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      detection_conclusion: ${{ steps.detection_conclusion.outputs.conclusion }}
+      detection_success: ${{ steps.detection_conclusion.outputs.success }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Scripts
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
+      - name: Download agent output artifact
+        id: download-agent-output
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: agent
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw/
+      - name: Setup agent output environment variable
+        id: setup-agent-output-env
+        if: steps.download-agent-output.outcome == 'success'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/
+          find "/tmp/gh-aw/" -type f -print
+          echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Checkout repository for patch context
+        if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      # --- Threat Detection ---
+      - name: Download container images
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.10 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.10 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.10
+      - name: Check if detection needed
+        id: detection_guard
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          OUTPUT_TYPES: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.output_types }}
+          HAS_PATCH: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.has_patch }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ -n "$OUTPUT_TYPES" || "$HAS_PATCH" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "run_detection=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Detection will run: output_types=$OUTPUT_TYPES, has_patch=$HAS_PATCH"
+          else
+            echo "run_detection=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Detection skipped: no agent outputs or patches to analyze"
+          fi
+      - name: Clear MCP configuration for detection
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        run: |
+          rm -f /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-config/mcp-servers.json
+          rm -f /home/runner/.copilot/mcp-config.json
+          rm -f "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.gemini/settings.json"
+      - name: Prepare threat detection files
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts
+          cp /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts/prompt.txt 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp /tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/agent_output.json 2>/dev/null || true
+          for f in /tmp/gh-aw/aw-*.patch; do
+            [ -f "$f" ] && cp "$f" /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          done
+          for f in /tmp/gh-aw/aw-*.bundle; do
+            [ -f "$f" ] && cp "$f" /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          done
+          echo "Prepared threat detection files:"
+          ls -la /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/ 2>/dev/null || true
+      - name: Setup threat detection
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+          WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION: "Reproduces and confirms whether timeout-minutes is enforced on AWF agent steps (issue #23965)"
+          HAS_PATCH: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.has_patch }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_threat_detection.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Ensure threat-detection directory and log
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection
+          touch /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
+      - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
+        run: ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh latest
+      - name: Install AWF binary
+        run: bash ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh v0.25.10
+      - name: Execute GitHub Copilot CLI
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        id: detection_agentic_execution
+        # Copilot CLI tool arguments (sorted):
+        timeout-minutes: 20
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
+          # shellcheck disable=SC1003
+          sudo -E awf --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --allow-domains api.business.githubcopilot.com,api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,api.github.com,api.githubcopilot.com,api.individual.githubcopilot.com,github.com,host.docker.internal,telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --image-tag 0.25.10 --skip-pull --enable-api-proxy \
+            -- /bin/bash -c '/usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --allow-all-tools --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt "$(cat /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt)"' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
+        env:
+          COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || '' }}
+          GH_AW_PHASE: detection
+          GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          GH_AW_VERSION: dev
+          GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
+          GITHUB_AW: true
+          GITHUB_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          GITHUB_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
+          GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
+          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: github-actions[bot]
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
+          S2STOKENS: true
+          XDG_CONFIG_HOME: /home/runner
+      - name: Upload threat detection log
+        if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+        with:
+          name: detection
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+      - name: Parse and conclude threat detection
+        id: detection_conclusion
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          RUN_DETECTION: ${{ steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/parse_threat_detection_results.cjs');
+            await main();
+
+  report_findings:
+    needs: agent
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Configure GH_HOST for enterprise compatibility
+        id: ghes-host-config
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Derive GH_HOST from GITHUB_SERVER_URL so the gh CLI targets the correct
+          # GitHub instance (GHES/GHEC). On github.com this is a harmless no-op.
+          GH_HOST="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL#https://}"
+          GH_HOST="${GH_HOST#http://}"
+          echo "GH_HOST=${GH_HOST}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Post timeout test findings to issue
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        with:
+          script: |-
+            const agentResult = '${{ needs.agent.result }}';
+            const runUrl = 'https://github.com/' + context.repo.owner + '/' + context.repo.repo + '/actions/runs/' + context.runId;
+
+            let statusIcon, statusText, conclusion;
+            if (agentResult === 'cancelled') {
+              statusIcon = '\u2705';
+              statusText = 'Agent step was CANCELLED';
+              conclusion = 'The step was cancelled at the 5-minute timeout. This suggests `timeout-minutes` **IS** being enforced at the step level.';
+            } else if (agentResult === 'failure') {
+              statusIcon = '\u26a0\ufe0f';
+              statusText = 'Agent step FAILED';
+              conclusion = 'The step failed. Check the [run logs](' + runUrl + ') to determine if this was due to timeout cancellation or another error.';
+            } else if (agentResult === 'success') {
+              statusIcon = '\ud83d\udc1b';
+              statusText = 'Agent step SUCCEEDED \u2014 timeout NOT enforced';
+              conclusion = 'The step completed despite the 5-minute `timeout-minutes` limit. The `sleep 1800` command ran to completion. This **confirms the bug**: `timeout-minutes` is NOT enforced on AWF agent steps.';
+            } else {
+              statusIcon = '\u2753';
+              statusText = 'Agent step result: ' + agentResult;
+              conclusion = 'Unexpected result. Check the [run logs](' + runUrl + ') for details.';
+            }
+
+            const lines = [
+              '## Timeout Enforcement Test Results',
+              '',
+              statusIcon + ' **' + statusText + '**',
+              '',
+              '**Conclusion**: ' + conclusion,
+              '',
+              '### Test Setup',
+              '- Step `timeout-minutes: 5` (5-minute limit)',
+              '- Agent instructed to run `sleep 1800` (30-minute sleep)',
+              '- Expected (timeout enforced): step cancelled after ~5 min with message `The operation was cancelled because the step exceeded the configured timeout.`',
+              '- Bug behavior (timeout NOT enforced): sleep completes after 30 min, step exits 0',
+              '',
+              '### Workflow Run',
+              '[View full run logs including captured process tree](' + runUrl + ')',
+              '',
+              '### Process Tree',
+              'The agent captured `ps auxf` output at the start of the step to show the process hierarchy (`runner shell \u2192 sudo awf \u2192 docker container \u2192 agent`). See the run logs for details.',
+            ];
+
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: 23965,
+              body: lines.join('\n'),
+            });
+
+  safe_outputs:
+    needs:
+      - agent
+      - detection
+    if: (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && needs.detection.result == 'success'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    env:
+      GH_AW_CALLER_WORKFLOW_ID: "${{ github.repository }}/timeout-enforcement-repro"
+      GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
+      GH_AW_ENGINE_MODEL: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.model }}
+      GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "timeout-enforcement-repro"
+      GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Timeout Enforcement Repro"
+    outputs:
+      code_push_failure_count: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.code_push_failure_count }}
+      code_push_failure_errors: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.code_push_failure_errors }}
+      comment_id: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.comment_id }}
+      comment_url: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.comment_url }}
+      create_discussion_error_count: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.create_discussion_error_count }}
+      create_discussion_errors: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.create_discussion_errors }}
+      process_safe_outputs_processed_count: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.processed_count }}
+      process_safe_outputs_temporary_id_map: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.temporary_id_map }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Scripts
+        uses: ./actions/setup
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
+      - name: Download agent output artifact
+        id: download-agent-output
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: agent
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw/
+      - name: Setup agent output environment variable
+        id: setup-agent-output-env
+        if: steps.download-agent-output.outcome == 'success'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/
+          find "/tmp/gh-aw/" -type f -print
+          echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Configure GH_HOST for enterprise compatibility
+        id: ghes-host-config
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Derive GH_HOST from GITHUB_SERVER_URL so the gh CLI targets the correct
+          # GitHub instance (GHES/GHEC). On github.com this is a harmless no-op.
+          GH_HOST="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL#https://}"
+          GH_HOST="${GH_HOST#http://}"
+          echo "GH_HOST=${GH_HOST}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Process Safe Outputs
+        id: process_safe_outputs
+        uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8
+        env:
+          GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.setup-agent-output-env.outputs.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT }}
+          GH_AW_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: "api.business.githubcopilot.com,api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,api.github.com,api.githubcopilot.com,api.individual.githubcopilot.com,api.snapcraft.io,archive.ubuntu.com,azure.archive.ubuntu.com,crl.geotrust.com,crl.globalsign.com,crl.identrust.com,crl.sectigo.com,crl.thawte.com,crl.usertrust.com,crl.verisign.com,crl3.digicert.com,crl4.digicert.com,crls.ssl.com,github.com,host.docker.internal,json-schema.org,json.schemastore.org,keyserver.ubuntu.com,ocsp.digicert.com,ocsp.geotrust.com,ocsp.globalsign.com,ocsp.identrust.com,ocsp.sectigo.com,ocsp.ssl.com,ocsp.thawte.com,ocsp.usertrust.com,ocsp.verisign.com,packagecloud.io,packages.cloud.google.com,packages.microsoft.com,ppa.launchpad.net,raw.githubusercontent.com,registry.npmjs.org,s.symcb.com,s.symcd.com,security.ubuntu.com,telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com,ts-crl.ws.symantec.com,ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com,www.googleapis.com"
+          GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
+          GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_HANDLER_CONFIG: "{\"add_comment\":{\"max\":1},\"missing_data\":{},\"missing_tool\":{},\"noop\":{\"max\":1,\"report-as-issue\":\"true\"}}"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/safe_output_handler_manager.cjs');
+            await main();
+      - name: Upload Safe Output Items
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7
+        with:
+          name: safe-output-items
+          path: /tmp/gh-aw/safe-output-items.jsonl
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/timeout-enforcement-repro.md b/.github/workflows/timeout-enforcement-repro.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4c83f65215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/timeout-enforcement-repro.md
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+---
+name: Timeout Enforcement Repro
+description: "Reproduces and confirms whether timeout-minutes is enforced on AWF agent steps (issue #23965)"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+engine: copilot
+tools:
+  bash:
+    - "sleep *"
+    - "ps *"
+    - "date"
+  github:
+    toolsets:
+      - issues
+safe-outputs:
+  add-comment:
+    max: 1
+    discussions: false
+timeout-minutes: 5
+features:
+  copilot-requests: true
+jobs:
+  report_findings:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [agent]
+    if: always()
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Post timeout test findings to issue #23965
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const agentResult = '${{ needs.agent.result }}';
+            const runUrl = 'https://github.com/' + context.repo.owner + '/' + context.repo.repo + '/actions/runs/' + context.runId;
+
+            let statusIcon, statusText, conclusion;
+            if (agentResult === 'cancelled') {
+              statusIcon = '\u2705';
+              statusText = 'Agent step was CANCELLED';
+              conclusion = 'The step was cancelled at the 5-minute timeout. This suggests `timeout-minutes` **IS** being enforced at the step level.';
+            } else if (agentResult === 'failure') {
+              statusIcon = '\u26a0\ufe0f';
+              statusText = 'Agent step FAILED';
+              conclusion = 'The step failed. Check the [run logs](' + runUrl + ') to determine if this was due to timeout cancellation or another error.';
+            } else if (agentResult === 'success') {
+              statusIcon = '\ud83d\udc1b';
+              statusText = 'Agent step SUCCEEDED \u2014 timeout NOT enforced';
+              conclusion = 'The step completed despite the 5-minute `timeout-minutes` limit. The `sleep 1800` command ran to completion. This **confirms the bug**: `timeout-minutes` is NOT enforced on AWF agent steps.';
+            } else {
+              statusIcon = '\u2753';
+              statusText = 'Agent step result: ' + agentResult;
+              conclusion = 'Unexpected result. Check the [run logs](' + runUrl + ') for details.';
+            }
+
+            const lines = [
+              '## Timeout Enforcement Test Results',
+              '',
+              statusIcon + ' **' + statusText + '**',
+              '',
+              '**Conclusion**: ' + conclusion,
+              '',
+              '### Test Setup',
+              '- Step `timeout-minutes: 5` (5-minute limit)',
+              '- Agent instructed to run `sleep 1800` (30-minute sleep)',
+              '- Expected (timeout enforced): step cancelled after ~5 min with message `The operation was cancelled because the step exceeded the configured timeout.`',
+              '- Bug behavior (timeout NOT enforced): sleep completes after 30 min, step exits 0',
+              '',
+              '### Workflow Run',
+              '[View full run logs including captured process tree](' + runUrl + ')',
+              '',
+              '### Process Tree',
+              'The agent captured `ps auxf` output at the start of the step to show the process hierarchy (`runner shell \u2192 sudo awf \u2192 docker container \u2192 agent`). See the run logs for details.',
+            ];
+
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: 23965,
+              body: lines.join('\n'),
+            });
+---
+
+# Timeout Enforcement Test
+
+You are testing whether `timeout-minutes` is enforced on agent steps running inside the AWF Docker container. This is a reproduction test for issue #23965.
+
+**This step has `timeout-minutes: 5`. The GitHub Actions runner will attempt to cancel this step after 5 minutes.**
+
+## Phase 1: Capture Initial State
+
+Run the following commands and print their complete output:
+
+```bash
+date
+echo "=== PROCESS TREE AT START ==="
+ps auxf
+echo "=== END PROCESS TREE ==="
+```
+
+This documents:
+- The start timestamp
+- The full process hierarchy showing: runner shell → sudo awf → Docker container → Copilot agent
+
+## Phase 2: Simulate Long-Running Task
+
+Run this command to simulate a workload that exceeds the timeout:
+
+```bash
+sleep 1800
+```
+
+This sleeps for 30 minutes. **If `timeout-minutes: 5` is enforced**, the step will be cancelled after approximately 5 minutes and this sleep will be interrupted. If the bug from issue #23965 is present, the sleep will complete.
+
+## Phase 3: Post Findings (only if sleep completed)
+
+If the sleep command completes without interruption, that means the 5-minute `timeout-minutes` was **NOT** enforced. In that case:
+
+1. Run the following to capture the end state:
+   ```bash
+   date
+   echo "=== PROCESS TREE AFTER SLEEP ==="
+   ps auxf
+   echo "=== END PROCESS TREE ==="
+   ```
+
+2. Post a comment on issue #23965 with your findings using the `add_comment` safe-output tool:
+   - Set `item_number` to `23965`
+   - Include the start and end timestamps
+   - Include the process tree captured in Phase 1
+   - State clearly: "`timeout-minutes: 5` was NOT enforced — `sleep 1800` completed after 30 minutes, confirming the bug reported in #23965"
+
+## Expected Outcomes
+
+| Scenario | What happens |
+|----------|-------------|
+| Timeout enforced (correct behavior) | Step is cancelled at ~5 min; runner logs show timeout cancellation message; `sleep 1800` is interrupted |
+| Timeout NOT enforced (bug #23965) | `sleep 1800` completes after 30 min; step exits with code 0; no cancellation |