Add ignore-if-error field to assign-to-agent safe output

[Copilot]

Workflows currently fail when assign-to-agent cannot authenticate due to missing or invalid GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN. This adds an optional ignore-if-error boolean field to allow workflows to continue when agent assignment is non-critical.

Changes

Schema & Configuration

• Added ignore-if-error boolean field to AssignToAgentConfig (default: false)
• Updated JSON schema with field definition and description

JavaScript Handler

• Detects authentication errors (Bad credentials, Resource not accessible, Insufficient permissions)
• When ignore-if-error: true and auth error occurs: logs warning, marks assignment as skipped, continues workflow
• Modified findAgent helper to re-throw auth errors (previously swallowed) for upstream handling
• Step summary differentiates skipped assignments with ⏭️ icon

Environment Variables

• Passes ignore-if-error config as GH_AW_AGENT_IGNORE_IF_ERROR env var to handler

Usage

safe-outputs:
  assign-to-agent:
    name: copilot
    ignore-if-error: true  # Workflow continues if assignment fails

Behavior:

• ignore-if-error: false (default): Fails workflow if agent assignment fails
• ignore-if-error: true: Logs warning, skips assignment, continues workflow

Testing

Added test coverage for:

• Auth errors with flag enabled (skips gracefully)
• Auth errors with flag disabled (fails as expected)
• Permission errors (Resource not accessible)
• Non-auth errors (still fail even with flag enabled)

Original prompt

Add "ignore-if-missing" Boolean field to "assign-to-agent" safe if the agent token is NOT available when trying to assign the issue

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[pelikhan]

@copilot

• rename field to "ignore-if-error"

[Copilot]

@copilot

• rename field to "ignore-if-error"

Renamed from ignore-if-missing to ignore-if-error in commit 4f510e1. The field now reflects that it handles any assignment error, not just missing tokens.

[pelikhan]

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