Add engine configuration URL to token failure messages#13803
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Include https://github.github.io/gh-aw/reference/engines/ URL when secret verification fails to help users configure tokens properly. Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Add URL to agent failure message when tokens are missing
Add engine configuration URL to token failure messages
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Pull request overview
This pull request enhances the error messaging for secret verification failures by adding a direct link to the engine configuration documentation.
Changes:
- Updated secret verification failure messages to include a documentation URL (
https://github.github.io/gh-aw/reference/engines/) that helps users configure their tokens correctly
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Agent failure messages now include a direct link to engine configuration documentation when secret verification fails.
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Updated
actions/setup/js/handle_agent_failure.cjsto append documentation URL to secret verification failure messages in both issue creation and comment flows:Users encountering token configuration issues will now see the engines documentation URL directly in failure tracking issues and comments.
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