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Increase timeout for Nightly Workflow Upgrader (15→25 min)#1232

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The Nightly Workflow Upgrader began timing out after gh-aw released v0.48.2 — the gh aw upgrade process (download, codemods, compile all workflows) now takes ~11–15 min, exceeding the 15-minute step limit.

Run history confirms the drift:

Run Date Duration Result
#3 Feb 19 ~5 min ✅ (no upgrade needed)
#4 Feb 20 11m 31s ✅ (upgrading to v0.48.x)
#5 Feb 21 >15 min ❌ timeout

Changes

  • nightly-workflow-compiler.md — increase timeout-minutes from 15 to 25 (source of truth)
  • nightly-workflow-compiler.lock.yml — mirror the same change on the "Execute GitHub Copilot CLI" step so the running workflow actually picks it up without waiting for recompilation
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<issue_title>[agentics] Nightly Workflow Upgrader failed</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Workflow Failure

Workflow: Nightly Workflow Upgrader
Branch: main
Run URL: https://github.com/github/gh-aw-mcpg/actions/runs/22250628311

Action Required

Option 1: Assign this issue to agent using agentic-workflows

Assign this issue to the agentic-workflows agent to automatically debug and fix the workflow failure.

Option 2: Manually invoke the agent

Debug this workflow failure using the agentic-workflows agent:

/agent agentic-workflows debug the agentic workflow nightly-workflow-compiler failure in https://github.com/github/gh-aw-mcpg/actions/runs/22250628311

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  • expires on Feb 28, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC

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Co-authored-by: lpcox <15877973+lpcox@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Debug nightly workflow upgrader failure Increase timeout for Nightly Workflow Upgrader (15→25 min) Feb 21, 2026
@lpcox lpcox marked this pull request as ready for review February 21, 2026 18:35
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings February 21, 2026 18:35
@lpcox lpcox merged commit 73b556d into main Feb 21, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR addresses a timeout issue in the Nightly Workflow Upgrader that began occurring after the gh-aw v0.48.2 release. The gh aw upgrade process (including downloads, codemods, and compilation of all workflows) now takes approximately 11-15 minutes, which exceeds the previous 15-minute timeout limit and caused workflow failures.

Changes:

  • Increased the timeout from 15 to 25 minutes for the workflow's main execution step
  • Updated both the source workflow definition (.md) and the compiled workflow file (.lock.yml) to ensure immediate effect

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File Description
.github/workflows/nightly-workflow-compiler.md Increased timeout-minutes from 15 to 25 in the frontmatter YAML (source of truth)
.github/workflows/nightly-workflow-compiler.lock.yml Mirrored the timeout change on the "Execute GitHub Copilot CLI" step in the compiled workflow file

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[agentics] Nightly Workflow Upgrader failed

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