diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-news.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-news.lock.yml
index 128d3871a98..f919d177278 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-news.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-news.lock.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v3","frontmatter_hash":"4f5b134825150272bc410be3f7adc11c7784a05c2b64bf5e560a1f27afcc47a9","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot"}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v3","frontmatter_hash":"23d103d0ba076e538711af0e73fa7032d3e0f8908458e6565230f4f11d79ae2c","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot"}
 # gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_OTEL_ENDPOINT","GH_AW_OTEL_HEADERS","GITHUB_TOKEN","TAVILY_API_KEY"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553","version":"v9"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f","version":"v6.3.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-python","sha":"a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405","version":"v6.2.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.25"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.25"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.25"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.2.25"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.0"},{"image":"node:lts-alpine","digest":"sha256:01743339035a5c3c11a373cd7c83aeab6ed1457b55da6a69e014a95ac4e4700b","pinned_image":"node:lts-alpine@sha256:01743339035a5c3c11a373cd7c83aeab6ed1457b55da6a69e014a95ac4e4700b"}]}
 #    ___                   _   _      
 #   / _ \                 | | (_)     
@@ -191,24 +191,24 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/create_prompt_first.sh"
           {
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF'
           <system>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF
           cat "${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 "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/cache_memory_prompt.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/repo_memory_prompt.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF'
           <safe-output-tools>
           Tools: create_discussion, upload_asset(max:5), missing_tool, missing_data, noop
           
           upload_asset: provide a file path; returns a URL; assets are published after the workflow completes (safeoutputs).
           </safe-output-tools>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/mcp_cli_tools_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF'
           <github-context>
           The following GitHub context information is available for this workflow:
           {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR__ }}
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ jobs:
           {{/if}}
           </github-context>
           
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/github_mcp_tools_with_safeoutputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF'
           </system>
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/shared/mcp/tavily.md}}
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/shared/jqschema.md}}
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/shared/observability-otlp.md}}
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/shared/python-dataviz.md}}
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/daily-news.md}}
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_6500c4e8be1fd18a_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_d515ff7b72bcd152_EOF
           } > "$GH_AW_PROMPT"
       - name: Interpolate variables and render templates
         uses: actions/github-script@373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553 # v9
@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
           mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/upload-artifacts"
-          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_d1fd11f02bc79db2_EOF
+          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_ecfc440bbba01af1_EOF
           {"create_discussion":{"category":"daily-news","close_older_discussions":true,"expires":72,"fallback_to_issue":true,"max":1},"create_report_incomplete_issue":{},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1,"report-as-issue":"true"},"push_repo_memory":{"memories":[{"dir":"/tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default","id":"default","max_file_count":100,"max_file_size":102400,"max_patch_size":10240}]},"report_incomplete":{},"upload_artifact":{"max-size-bytes":104857600,"max-uploads":3,"retention-days":30,"skip-archive":true},"upload_asset":{"allowed-exts":[".png",".jpg",".jpeg",".svg"],"branch":"assets/${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}","max":5,"max-size":10240}}
-          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_d1fd11f02bc79db2_EOF
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_ecfc440bbba01af1_EOF
       - name: Write Safe Outputs Tools
         env:
           GH_AW_TOOLS_META_JSON: |
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ jobs:
           
           mkdir -p /home/runner/.copilot
           GH_AW_NODE=$(which node 2>/dev/null || command -v node 2>/dev/null || echo node)
-          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_87e27869830702b4_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
+          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_c8133bf94f520e35_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
           {
             "mcpServers": {
               "github": {
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ jobs:
               }
             }
           }
-          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_87e27869830702b4_EOF
+          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_c8133bf94f520e35_EOF
       - name: Mount MCP servers as CLIs
         id: mount-mcp-clis
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-news.md b/.github/workflows/daily-news.md
index 37ccd8c8097..43ee2dfb838 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-news.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-news.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ engine:
 timeout-minutes: 30  # Reduced from 45 since pre-fetching data is faster
 runs-on: aw-gpu-runner-T4
 
+runtimes:
+  node:
+    version: "24"
+
 network:
   allowed:
     - defaults