Report agent assignment errors in workflow failure tracking#11206
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Report agent assignment errors in workflow failure tracking#11206
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[WIP] Add output variable for assignment errors
Report agent assignment errors in workflow failure tracking
Jan 22, 2026
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Agent assignment failures (due to missing or invalid
GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN) were silently failing without being reported in the failure tracking issue. This made it difficult to diagnose why assignments weren't happening.Changes
assign_to_agent.cjsnow exportsassignment_errorsandassignment_error_countoutputs containing failure detailsnotify_comment.gosupplies assignment error data as environment variableshandle_agent_failure.cjsprocesses assignment errors even when agent job succeeds, formatting them in failure issues/commentsResult
Failure issues now display assignment errors with issue numbers and error messages:
Error format:
{type}:{number}:{agent}:{error_message}where type is "issue" or "pr".Original prompt
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