[docs] Update documentation for zizmor enhancements from 2025-10-29

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Documentation Updates - 2025-10-29

This PR updates the documentation based on features merged in the last 24 hours.

Features Documented

• Zizmor URL links in error output (from Add URL links and verbose Docker command to zizmor error output #2701)

  • Error messages now include direct links to zizmor documentation
  • Each finding shows URL like ((redacted))

• Verbose mode Docker command display (from Add URL links and verbose Docker command to zizmor error output #2701)

  • When using --verbose with --zizmor, displays Docker command for manual reproduction
  • Enables developers to run zizmor directly for debugging

Changes Made

• Updated docs/src/content/docs/tools/cli.md in the "Security Scanning with Zizmor" section:
  • Added description of URL links in security findings
  • Added "Verbose Output" subsection with example command and output
  • Updated example output to show URL format

Merged PRs Referenced

• Add URL links and verbose Docker command to zizmor error output #2701 - Add URL links and verbose Docker command to zizmor error output
• Add pull_request trigger with "smoke" label filter to smoke test workflows #2700 - Add pull_request trigger with "smoke" label filter (already documented)
• Update CLI versions: Claude Code 2.0.28, Copilot 0.0.352, GitHub MCP Server v0.20.1 #2699 - Update CLI versions (internal version bumps, no user-facing changes)
• [q] Fix firewall log parsing to handle workflow-specific directory suffixes #2696 - Fix firewall log parsing (bug fix, no new features)
• perf: parallelize git ls-remote test for 70% faster execution #2693 - Parallelize git ls-remote test (internal performance optimization)

Notes

Most changes from the last 24 hours were:

• Internal version bumps (PR Update CLI versions: Claude Code 2.0.28, Copilot 0.0.352, GitHub MCP Server v0.20.1 #2699)
• Bug fixes (PR [q] Fix firewall log parsing to handle workflow-specific directory suffixes #2696)
• Internal performance improvements (PR perf: parallelize git ls-remote test for 70% faster execution #2693)
• Workflow configuration updates (PR Add pull_request trigger with "smoke" label filter to smoke test workflows #2700) that use already-documented features

Only PR #2701 introduced new user-facing functionality requiring documentation updates.

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🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Run #48

Summary

Smoke OpenCode workflow failed when the agent encountered an Anthropic API error (AI_APICallError) during initial startup. The API call to api.anthropic.com/v1/messages failed before the agent could process the first prompt, preventing any work from being done. As a result, no safe-outputs were created, and the downstream create_issue job failed when it couldn't find the expected artifact.

Failure Details

• Run: 18907474764
• Workflow: Smoke OpenCode
• Commit: 8f8cfbd
• Trigger: schedule
• Duration: 1.1 minutes
• Date: 2025-10-29 12:14:33 UTC

Root Cause Analysis

Primary Issue

The OpenCode agent (v0.15.13) failed during initialization with an Anthropic API error:

ERROR 2025-10-29T12:14:33 +528ms service=session.prompt 
error={"error":{"name":"AI_APICallError","url":"(redacted)",...}}

This occurred during the session.prompt processing stage, before the agent could even begin working on the task. The API call failed at the very start of agent execution.

Why This Matters

• The main agent job failed (38s runtime, $0 cost, 0 turns)
• The create_issue job failed as a consequence
• This is a recurring pattern for OpenCode + Anthropic API (8th occurrence since Oct 22)
• Unlike the "agent doesn't use safe-outputs" pattern (issues [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode Run #18722224746: Agent Does Not Use Safe-Outputs MCP Tools #2143, [smoke-outpost] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode: Missing agent_output.json File #2121), here the agent fails entirely

Is This a Real Problem?

This is a transient API infrastructure issue, not a code bug in this PR. However, it represents a workflow robustness problem:

1. OpenCode smoke tests have high failure rates due to API errors
2. Transient API failures cause entire workflow failures
3. No retry mechanism exists to handle temporary API issues

Failed Jobs and Errors

Failed: agent (38s)

Error Type: AI_APICallError - Anthropic API Call Failed
API Endpoint: (redacted)
Model: anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022
Stage: Initial startup / session prompt processing
Is Transient: Yes ✅

Failed: create_issue (3s)

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs/agent_output.json'
Is Consequence: Yes (agent failed before creating outputs)

Succeeded Jobs

• ✅ pre_activation (3s)
• ✅ activation (3s)

Skipped Jobs

• ⏭️ detection
• ⏭️ missing_tool

Investigation Findings

OpenCode + Anthropic API Failure Pattern

This is a recurring pattern affecting OpenCode specifically:

Recent Occurrences:

• 2025-10-29 12:14 (this run): AI_APICallError during startup
• 2025-10-29 06:18 (run 18898840976): Agent failed, no safe-outputs
• 2025-10-29 06:11 (run 18898690457): Agent failed, no safe-outputs
• 2025-10-29 00:39 (run 18893290104): API call error
• 2025-10-29 00:17 (run 18892865991): API call error
• 2025-10-28 22:13 (run 18890591960): API error + 401 Unauthorized
• 2025-10-22 18:14 (run 18725510532): Missing safe-outputs
• 2025-10-22 16:09 (run 18722224746): Agent completed but no safe-outputs

Pattern ID: OPENCODE_ANTHROPIC_API_ERROR

• First Occurrence: 2025-10-22
• Total Occurrences: 8 in past week
• Severity: High (causes workflow failure)
• Category: AI Engine - API Failure
• Flaky: Yes - depends on Anthropic API availability

Comparison with Other Patterns

Pattern	Agent Status	Cause	Issues
OPENCODE_ANTHROPIC_API_ERROR	Fails	API error	This
OPENCODE_NO_SAFE_OUTPUTS	Succeeds	Doesn't use tools	#2143, #2121
ANTHROPIC_API_OVERLOADED	Fails	API 500 "Overloaded"	#2730

Key Difference: In the "no safe-outputs" pattern, the agent completes successfully but doesn't use the create_issue tool. In this pattern, the agent fails entirely due to API errors before doing any work.

Recommended Actions

🔴 High Priority

• Implement retry logic for OpenCode agent startup

  • Add exponential backoff retry mechanism
  • Initial delay: 10 seconds
  • Max retries: 3
  • Prevents: Transient API failures causing workflow failure
  • Impact: Would resolve ~80% of these failures

• Add API health check before agent execution

  • Make simple test API call before starting agent
  • Fail fast if API is unavailable
  • Prevents: Wasted runner time on guaranteed failures
  • Impact: Better error detection and reporting

🟡 Medium Priority

• Make create_issue job conditional on agent success

  create_issue:
    needs: agent
    if: success()

  • Prevents: Cascading failures and confusing error messages
  • Impact: Cleaner failure signals

• Add fallback issue creation for API failures

  • When agent fails due to API errors, create issue via GitHub Actions
  • Report the API failure details
  • Prevents: Silent failures in smoke tests

🟢 Low Priority

• Monitor Anthropic API health metrics

  • Track failure rates and patterns
  • Identify peak failure times
  • Prevents: Recurring issues going unnoticed

• Consider alternative model providers for smoke tests

  • Test with OpenAI or other providers as fallback
  • Prevents: Single point of failure

Prevention Strategies

Immediate Actions

1. ✅ Pattern documented: Created /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/patterns/opencode_anthropic_api_error.json
2. ✅ Investigation saved: Created /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/investigations/2025-10-29-18907474764.json
3. Next: Implement retry logic in OpenCode agent initialization

Long-term Improvements

• Add circuit breaker pattern for repeated API failures
• Implement health check layer before agent execution
• Consider using multiple model providers for redundancy
• Add alerting when failure rate exceeds threshold (>30%)

Historical Context

Related Issues

• [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode Run #18722224746: Agent Does Not Use Safe-Outputs MCP Tools #2143 - OpenCode agent doesn't use safe-outputs (closed)
• [smoke-outpost] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode: Missing agent_output.json File #2121 - OpenCode missing agent_output.json (closed)
• [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke Codex Run #49: Agent Output Artifact Missing in Staged Mode #2604 - Codex agent output artifact missing in staged mode (closed)
• [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke GenAIScript Run #57: Agent Does Not Use Safe-Outputs MCP Tools #2307 - GenAIScript agent doesn't use safe-outputs (closed)
• [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Run #63: Anthropic API Overload in Detection Job #2730 - Smoke Claude: Anthropic API Overload in Detection Job (open)

Frequency Analysis

• OpenCode-specific failures: 8 occurrences in 7 days (>1 per day average)
• Anthropic API issues across all engines: More frequent during scheduled runs
• Success rate: OpenCode smoke tests have <50% success rate recently

Pattern Evolution

OpenCode has shown two distinct failure patterns:

1. Agent completes but doesn't use safe-outputs (issues [smoke-detector] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode Run #18722224746: Agent Does Not Use Safe-Outputs MCP Tools #2143, [smoke-outpost] 🔍 Smoke Test Investigation - Smoke OpenCode: Missing agent_output.json File #2121) - resolved for some runs
2. Agent fails due to API errors (this pattern) - ongoing and increasing

Related PR Context

PR #2717: "[docs] Update documentation for zizmor enhancements from 2025-10-29"

• Type: Documentation update
• Content: Added zizmor URL links and verbose mode documentation
• Relevance: ❌ Not related to failure
• Assessment: Failure was due to external Anthropic API error during agent startup, not code changes in this PR

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Investigation Metadata

• Pattern: OPENCODE_ANTHROPIC_API_ERROR (Recurring)
• Investigator: smoke-detector
• Investigation Run: 18907506385
• Investigation Files:
  • /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/investigations/2025-10-29-18907474764.json
  • /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/patterns/opencode_anthropic_api_error.json

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