fix(flows): push the work without workflow edits when GitHub refuses them - #114
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…them The run's GitHub token is minted with contents and pull_requests write only, so a push that edits .github/workflows/ is refused and the run lost its agent's finished work (cloud run 065fd98f, cloud-e2e-sandbox#40). Every push in the generated flow now goes through FLOW_PUSH_COMMAND. A push that succeeds is unchanged; on GitHub's workflow refusal only, the unpushed commits are rebuilt without their workflow edits (same messages and authors), pushed again, and the withheld patch goes into the pull-request body (or a comment for a revision push). Any other failure behaves as before. Every agent is also told to avoid workflow edits unless needed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds a workflow-aware push command. It rewrites pushes rejected for workflow permissions, preserves withheld changes as patches or comments, updates all generated push paths, and adds unit and integration coverage. ChangesWorkflow push guard
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GeneratedFlow->>FLOW_PUSH_COMMAND: push branch
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| 'new=$(relayflow_new "$orig")', | ||
| 'if [ "$ok" != yes ] || [ "$new" = "$orig" ]; then echo "relayflow push-guard: could not withhold the workflow edits." >&2; rm -rf "$tmp" "$err"; return "$status"; fi', | ||
| 'git update-ref -m "relayflow: withhold workflow edits" HEAD "$new" "$orig"', |
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🔴 Workflow-only changes leave no pull request
When all commits change only workflows, relayflow_new maps orig to the merge base and pushes an unchanged branch. Pull-request creation then fails, so the withheld patch never reaches reviewers.
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The rewrite maps each workflow-only single-parent commit to its rewritten parent. If every commit is workflow-only, new becomes mb, but the current guard rejects only new == orig. The command therefore updates HEAD to the base, successfully pushes a branch with no change, and lets the generated flow call gh pr create in workflowCode. GitHub cannot open a pull request between identical tips, and the patch is only present in the transient workspace and unopened PR body.
Example: The base contains ci.yml. The agent makes one commit changing only ci.yml and writes summary.md. GitHub rejects the first push; the rewrite drops that commit, pushes the base as the feature branch, and gh pr create fails instead of publishing the withheld patch.
Recommended fix: Detect when the rewritten tip has no changes from mb before treating the fallback as a successful publish. Preserve the original ref and patch, then return a distinct result that the generated flow handles without calling openChange, or create another durable reporting path that does not require a non-empty pull request.
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Fixed in 1aac80a. If withholding leaves nothing new to push (git rev-list $new --not --remotes is empty), the guard no longer pushes an unchanged branch. For a revision, where the PR is already open, it posts the patch there as a comment and succeeds. For a first push it fails with an explicit "every change in this run edits .github/workflows" message, prints the full patch to the step output, and leaves HEAD at the original tip, so gh pr create never runs against identical tips. Tests: fails loudly with the patch in its output when every change is a workflow edit and comments the patch on the open pull request when a revision only edits workflows. Removing the check fails the first.
| `${SCRUB_URL_CREDENTIALS} "$tmp/push" >&2`, | ||
| `if [ "$again" -ne 0 ]; then git update-ref -m "relayflow: restore after a failed push" HEAD "$orig" "$new"; echo "relayflow push-guard: the push failed again after withholding the workflow edits. The original error was:" >&2; ${SCRUB_URL_CREDENTIALS} "$err" >&2; rm -rf "$tmp" "$err"; return "$again"; fi`, | ||
| 'git update-ref refs/relayflow/withheld-workflows "$orig"', | ||
| 'git diff --name-only --no-renames "$new" "$orig" -- "$wf" | while IFS= read -r p; do if git cat-file -e "$new:$p" 2>/dev/null; then git checkout -q "$new" -- "$p"; else git rm -q -f --ignore-unmatch -- "$p" >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -f -- "$p"; fi; done', |
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🔴 Withholding destroys uncommitted workflow edits
When a committed workflow has later local edits, git checkout or git rm discards them after the fallback push. The guarded push loses staged and unstaged work that normal git push preserves.
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The command changes HEAD with update-ref, leaving the index and working tree at the original tip. It then force-checks out or removes every workflow path that differs between the rewritten and original tips. Any staged or unstaged change to those paths is overwritten, even though it was never part of the rejected push. The surrounding working-file cleanup explicitly preserves an agent's uncommitted index, but this fallback does not.
Example: An agent commits a ci.yml change, then makes an uncommitted correction to that file before the deterministic push. GitHub rejects the commit. The fallback pushes the non-workflow work and resets ci.yml to the rewritten tip, deleting the correction.
Recommended fix: Snapshot workflow-path index and working-tree changes before moving HEAD, then restore them relative to the rewritten tip after removing only the committed workflow changes. Abort and restore HEAD if preservation cannot complete; do not use force checkout or removal on dirty paths without a recoverable backup.
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Fixed in 1aac80a, together with Codex's identical finding. Before HEAD moves, the guard records every workflow path whose working tree, index or untracked state differs from the original tip. The reset loop skips those paths and logs " has uncommitted edits, so it was left as it is". Only clean paths are reset, so the agent's in-progress edits survive exactly. Test: keeps uncommitted edits to a withheld workflow file exactly as they were. The pushed tree has the base ci.yml and the working tree keeps the correction. Removing the skip fails it.
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In `@web/lib/flow-workflows.ts`:
- Line 374: Update the push-guard command around the err temporary-file creation
so mktemp failure emits a controlled diagnostic to stderr and returns a nonzero
status; never fall back to executing git push without credential scrubbing.
- Line 400: Update the refusal workflow around the git update-ref command so the
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- Around line 407-412: Update the generated workflow-changes section around the
limit, section, and patch variables so the complete rendered heading,
explanation, bounded workflow-file list, fences, and truncation note are
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| `${SCRUB_URL_CREDENTIALS} "$tmp/push" >&2`, | ||
| `if [ "$again" -ne 0 ]; then git update-ref -m "relayflow: restore after a failed push" HEAD "$orig" "$new"; echo "relayflow push-guard: the push failed again after withholding the workflow edits. The original error was:" >&2; ${SCRUB_URL_CREDENTIALS} "$err" >&2; rm -rf "$tmp" "$err"; return "$again"; fi`, | ||
| 'git update-ref refs/relayflow/withheld-workflows "$orig"', | ||
| 'git diff --name-only --no-renames "$new" "$orig" -- "$wf" | while IFS= read -r p; do if git cat-file -e "$new:$p" 2>/dev/null; then git checkout -q "$new" -- "$p"; else git rm -q -f --ignore-unmatch -- "$p" >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -f -- "$p"; fi; done', |
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When a tracked workflow file has staged or unstaged edits beyond the commit that triggered the refusal, this git checkout/git rm loop silently overwrites those edits after the fallback push succeeds. The later patch is generated only from $mb to the committed $orig, so it cannot recover the discarded working-tree content. I reproduced this with an uncommitted edit to .github/workflows/ci.yml: the guard returned success, reset the file to the base version, and omitted the uncommitted content from workflow-changes.patch. Preserve or reject dirty workflow paths before resetting them.
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Fixed in 1aac80a; see the reply on the matching Devin thread. Dirty workflow paths are recorded before HEAD moves and never reset, with a new test covering your exact reproduction (an uncommitted edit to ci.yml).
Review on #114 (Devin, Codex, CodeRabbit): - workflow-only changes: when withholding leaves nothing new to push, never publish an unchanged branch (gh pr create would fail and the patch would be lost). A revision posts the patch to the open pull request; a first push fails loudly with the patch in its output. - uncommitted edits: workflow paths with staged, unstaged or untracked changes relative to the original tip are left untouched; only committed edits are withheld. - mktemp failure: refuse instead of falling back to a push whose output could not be scrubbed of a credentialed remote URL. - a second refusal keeps the earlier withheld commits reachable under refs/relayflow/withheld-workflows-history/<sha>. - the reviewer section is measured whole (heading, a file list capped at 50, fences, notes) before the patch gets the remaining room under GitHub's 65,536-character limit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@web/lib/flow-workflows.ts`:
- Around line 412-415: Update the patch-section handling around the `room`,
`limit`, and `$section` construction so the complete no-room heading and message
are measured before appending to `.relayflow/pr-body.md`. When the section does
not fit, leave `pr-body.md` unchanged and report the withheld patch through the
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- Line 434: Update the workflow synchronization script around the dirty-path
handling to preserve staged state correctly: track paths with staged edits
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| + 'limit=${RELAYFLOW_WITHHELD_PATCH_LIMIT:-61440}; room=$((65000 - used - overhead)); if [ "$room" -lt "$limit" ]; then limit=$room; fi; size=$(wc -c < "$patch" | tr -d " "); ' | ||
| + `{ cat "$tmp/head"; if [ "$limit" -le 0 ]; then printf '\\n%s\\n' "_The patch ($size bytes) does not fit in the pull request body. The full patch is .relayflow/workflow-changes.patch in the run workspace, and in this push step's output._"; ` | ||
| + `elif [ "$size" -le "$limit" ]; then printf '\\n\`\`\`\`diff\\n'; cat "$patch"; printf '\`\`\`\`\\n'; ` | ||
| + `else printf '\\n\`\`\`\`diff\\n'; head -c "$limit" "$patch" | sed '$d'; printf '\`\`\`\`\\n\\n%s\\n' "_Truncated to $limit of $size bytes. The full patch is .relayflow/workflow-changes.patch in the run workspace, and in this push step's output._"; fi; } > "$section"; }`, |
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Keep the pull-request body within the limit when no patch room remains.
When room <= 0, this branch still writes the heading and no-room message to $section. The append path adds the complete section to .relayflow/pr-body.md, and the later gh pr create --body-file .relayflow/pr-body.md can fail after the branch push. Measure the complete no-patch section before appending. If it does not fit, leave pr-body.md unchanged and report the withheld patch through the existing artifact or output path.
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In `@web/lib/flow-workflows.ts` around lines 412 - 415, Update the patch-section
handling around the `room`, `limit`, and `$section` construction so the complete
no-room heading and message are measured before appending to
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| 'if [ -n "$previous" ] && [ "$previous" != "$orig" ]; then git update-ref "refs/relayflow/withheld-workflows-history/$previous" "$previous"; fi', | ||
| 'git update-ref refs/relayflow/withheld-workflows "$orig"', | ||
| 'git diff --name-only --no-renames "$new" "$orig" -- "$wf" | while IFS= read -r p; do if printf "%s\\n" "$dirty" | grep -qxF -- "$p"; then echo "relayflow push-guard: $p has uncommitted edits, so it was left as it is." >&2; continue; fi; if git cat-file -e "$new:$p" 2>/dev/null; then git checkout -q "$new" -- "$p"; else git rm -q -f --ignore-unmatch -- "$p" >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -f -- "$p"; fi; done', |
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Preserve the staged state of dirty workflow files.
When a workflow file has only unstaged edits, the index contains $orig:$p. After HEAD moves to $new, the skipped path retains $orig:$p in the index, $new:$p in HEAD, and the agent's edit in the working tree. A later commit can include the withheld workflow content unexpectedly.
Track paths that had staged edits separately. For a dirty path without staged edits, reset only its index entry to $new and leave its working-tree content unchanged. The existing test does not assert this index state.
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- 'dirty=$( { git diff --name-only "$orig" -- "$wf"; git diff --cached --name-only "$orig" -- "$wf"; git ls-files --others --exclude-standard -- "$wf"; } 2>/dev/null | sort -u)',
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In `@web/lib/flow-workflows.ts` at line 434, Update the workflow synchronization
script around the dirty-path handling to preserve staged state correctly: track
paths with staged edits separately from the broader dirty set, and for dirty
paths without staged edits reset only the index entry to $new while leaving the
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065fd98f-9a7c-5573-9f40-b3736cbec8c0, flowissue-to-pr, repositoryAgentWorkforce/cloud-e2e-sandbox, issue #40 (docs consolidation). The agent stepagent-2succeeded in 11m24s, cost $6.80 and made 3 commits. The single attempt of the deterministic push steprun-5then failed:The run failed and all of the work was lost. The per-run token is minted with
contents:writeandpull_requests:writeonly, so GitHub refuses any commit that touches.github/workflows/**. The agent had editedci.ymlonly to add a new docs check to CI's path filters, which was optional.Change
Every push in the generated software-factory flow now goes through
FLOW_PUSH_COMMANDinweb/lib/flow-workflows.ts. This covers thetraditional,prototypeandsimpleworkflows, for both Cloud and local targets, at all three push sites: the main push, the push when there is no summary, and the push of the fixer's revision.workflows:writepushes workflow edits as it does today.refusing to allow a GitHub App to create or update workfloworwithout `workflows` permission), when an unpushed commit since the base touches.github/workflows/:git diff <merge-base> <orig-head> -- .github/workflowsto.relayflow/workflow-changes.patch..github/workflows/at its parent's state. A commit that only touched workflows is dropped. Commits already on the remote are never rewritten, so a revision push stays a fast-forward. The original commits stay atrefs/relayflow/withheld-workflows. The working tree's workflow files are reset to match the new HEAD.## Workflow changes not appliedsection to.relayflow/pr-body.md. The section says the token lacks theworkflowspermission, lists the files, and gives the patch in a fenceddiffblock. The patch is bounded to 60 KB and to the room left under GitHub's body limit. If it is truncated, the section says so and says where the full patch is: the file in the workspace, and the step output. For a revision push the PR is already open, so the section is posted withgh pr commentinstead. That call never fails the step.relayflow push-guard: workflow edits withheld (N files).://user:token@becomes://).Deliberate deviation: the commits are rebuilt, not reverted by a commit on top
A single "restore
.github/workflows" commit on top does not work. GitHub checks every commit a push adds, not only the branch tip, so the agent'sci.ymlcommit would still be refused. Here that design is run against the same per-commit pre-receive hook the tests use:Rebuilding only the unpushed commits keeps every commit, message and author the agent made. The only thing removed is their workflow edits, and it works whether GitHub checks each commit or only the tip.
Not covered
The
issue-to-prflow from the incident is not in this repository. It exists only as an untrackedexamples/issue-to-pr/issue-to-pr.flow.tsin a localAgentWorkforce/flowscheckout and is on nomain. Its last step is a baregit push --set-upstream origin HEAD. Wherever it lands, it needs the same guard: it can import or copyFLOW_PUSH_COMMAND.Verification
web/lib/test/flow-push-guard.test.tsruns the real command against a temporary clone and a bare "remote". The remote'spre-receivehook refuses, with GitHub's exact message, any new commit that touches.github/workflows/. The refusal includes a credentialed URL, so the tests can check that it is scrubbed.The same 12 tests also pass with the command run under
/bin/dash, the strict POSIX shell Debian-based sandboxes use.Mutation proof
With the fallback disabled (
if true || ! grep -Eq ... then rm -f "$err"; return "$status"; fi, so every failure returns at once):After restoring the fallback, all 12 pass.
Suite and typecheck
cd web && npx vitest run: 239 passed, 1 failed. The failure isflow-workflows.test.ts > FLOW_CHECK_RUN_COMMAND > runs the resolved default end to end, and still fails a failing suite, which expectsfailand getspass. The test assumesbunis not installed, and it is installed on this machine. The same test fails the same way on untouchedorigin/main: 227 passed, 1 failed.cd web && npx tsc --noEmit: exit 0.cd router && npx tsc --noEmit: exit 0.npm run verify:recommended-flows: software-factory verified.git push ....git merge-treeagainstfix/software-factory-failure-reason).No changelog entry: this is a web-only change.
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Changes critical publish-path git behavior (commit rewriting, ref updates, push retries) for all generated flows; well-tested but mistakes could affect branch history or lose workflow edits silently if misdetected.
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Fixes cloud runs that lose all agent work when
git pushis rejected because the run token lacks GitHub’sworkflowspermission but commits touch.github/workflows/.FLOW_PUSH_COMMANDwraps every push in generated software-factory flows (main publish, no-summary push, and fixer revision withcomment=yes). On success or non-workflow failures, behavior is unchanged. On GitHub’s workflow refusal only, it rebuilds unpushed commits without workflow-file changes (same messages/authors; workflow-only commits dropped), retries the push, saves a patch under.relayflow/, and surfaces withheld edits in the PR body or viagh pr comment. Edge cases include all-workflow-only runs, credential scrubbing in git output, and PR body size limits.Agents now get
WORKFLOW_FILES_HINTin the shared task text.flow-push-guard.test.tsexercises the shell guard against a GitHub-like pre-receive hook; onboarding/local tests assert pushes go through the guard instead of baregit push.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 1aac80a. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.
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Fixes run failures where a push editing
.github/workflows/was refused (the run's token lacksworkflowspermission) and all the agent's work was lost. Now every push in the generated flows goes throughFLOW_PUSH_COMMAND: a successful push is unchanged, but on GitHub's workflow refusal only, the unpushed commits are rebuilt without the workflow-file edits (same messages, authors, and dates) and pushed again. Any other failure fails the step exactly as before.What the guard does
.relayflow/workflow-changes.patchand puts them on the pull request (a body section, or agh pr commentfor a revision), listing files and patch bounded to the room under GitHub's 65,536-character limit.refs/relayflow/withheld-workflowsand earlier withheld runs atrefs/relayflow/withheld-workflows-history/<sha>.Scope
traditional,prototype, andsimpleflows, for Cloud and local targets, at all three push sites.issue-to-prflow from the incident is not in this repo; wherever it lands it needs the same guard by importing or copyingFLOW_PUSH_COMMAND.Written for commit 1aac80a. Summary will update on new commits.