Document Smoke Claude workflow failure resolution (already fixed in main)

[Copilot]

The Smoke Claude workflow failed on Jan 11, 2026 (run 20897369280) due to a bug in start_mcp_gateway.sh where set -e caused immediate exit on curl's first connection failure, preventing the configured 120 retries from executing.

Investigation Summary

• Root cause: Health check curl command failed with exit code 7 (connection refused) in 0.02s instead of retrying for 120s
• Fix applied: Commit 22c39a0cc (Jan 14, 2026) added set +e before curl and set -e after to allow retries
• Status: 15+ successful runs since fix; issue resolved

Fix Details

The fix temporarily disables errexit during curl execution:

# Before (failed immediately)
RESPONSE=$(curl -s --retry 120 ... "http://localhost:8080/health")

# After (retries work correctly)
set +e
RESPONSE=$(curl -s --retry 120 ... "http://localhost:8080/health")
CURL_EXIT_CODE=$?
set -e
echo "Curl exit code: $CURL_EXIT_CODE"

Scripts are loaded at runtime via actions/setup, so no workflow recompilation was needed.

This PR

Documents the investigation findings. No code changes required—the issue was already resolved in main.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[aw] Smoke Claude failed</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Problem

The agentic workflow Smoke Claude has failed. This typically indicates a configuration or runtime error that requires user intervention.

Failed Run

• Workflow: Smoke Claude
• Failed Run: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/20897369280
• Source:

How to investigate

Use the debug-agentic-workflow agent to investigate this failure.

In GitHub Copilot Chat, type /agent and select debug-agentic-workflow.

When prompted, provide the workflow run URL: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/20897369280

The debug agent will help you:

• Analyze the failure logs
• Identify the root cause
• Suggest fixes for configuration or runtime errors

Generated from Smoke Claude

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [aw] Smoke Claude failed #9637

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