diff --git a/.github/scripts/create-failure-issue.ts b/.github/scripts/create-failure-issue.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 99d3e479b..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/create-failure-issue.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Creates a GitHub issue for an automated failure. Ex. Canary failure.
- *
- * Usage:
- *   npx tsx .github/scripts/create-failure-issue.ts \
- *     --title-prefix "CI Failure" \
- *     --name "Build and Test" \
- *     --branch main \
- *     --commit <sha> \
- *     --run-url <url> \
- *     [--labels high-severity,ci] \
- *     [--detail "Variant: Released/Preview"]
- *
- * Required env:
- *   GH_TOKEN (or GITHUB_TOKEN)  — token with `issues: write`
- *   GITHUB_REPOSITORY           — "owner/repo" (auto-set by GitHub Actions)
- *
- */
-
-const GITHUB_API_BASE_URL = 'https://api.github.com';
-
-interface CreateIssueArgs {
-  titlePrefix: string;
-  name: string;
-  branch: string;
-  commit: string;
-  runUrl: string;
-  labels: string[];
-  detail?: string;
-}
-
-function parseArgs(argv: string[]): CreateIssueArgs {
-  const map = new Map<string, string>();
-  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
-    const arg = argv[i];
-    if (arg.startsWith('--')) {
-      const key = arg.slice(2);
-      const value = argv[i + 1];
-      if (value === undefined || value.startsWith('--')) {
-        throw new Error(`Missing value for --${key}`);
-      }
-      map.set(key, value);
-      i++;
-    }
-  }
-
-  const required = ['title-prefix', 'name', 'commit', 'run-url'];
-  const missing = required.filter(k => !map.get(k));
-  if (missing.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Missing required arguments: ${missing.map(k => `--${k}`).join(', ')}`);
-  }
-
-  return {
-    titlePrefix: map.get('title-prefix')!,
-    name: map.get('name')!,
-    branch: map.get('branch') ?? 'main',
-    commit: map.get('commit')!,
-    runUrl: map.get('run-url')!,
-    labels: (map.get('labels') ?? 'high-severity,ci')
-      .split(',')
-      .map(l => l.trim())
-      .filter(Boolean),
-    detail: map.get('detail'),
-  };
-}
-
-function getRepo(): { owner: string; repo: string } {
-  const repository = process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY;
-  if (!repository || !repository.includes('/')) {
-    throw new Error('GITHUB_REPOSITORY env var must be set to "owner/repo"');
-  }
-  const [owner, repo] = repository.split('/');
-  return { owner, repo };
-}
-
-function ghHeaders(token: string): Record<string, string> {
-  return {
-    Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
-    Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
-    'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
-    'User-Agent': 'agentcore-cli-failure-issue-script',
-  };
-}
-
-async function ghFetch(url: string, token: string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<unknown> {
-  const res = await fetch(url, {
-    ...init,
-    headers: { ...ghHeaders(token), ...(init?.headers ?? {}) },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok) {
-    const text = await res.text();
-    throw new Error(`GitHub API ${init?.method ?? 'GET'} ${url} failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText} — ${text}`);
-  }
-  return res.json();
-}
-
-interface IssueItem {
-  title: string;
-}
-
-async function issueExists(owner: string, repo: string, title: string, token: string): Promise<boolean> {
-  // Primary: search index (fast, but can be stale).
-  const q = encodeURIComponent(`repo:${owner}/${repo} is:issue is:open in:title "${title}"`);
-  const search = (await ghFetch(`${GITHUB_API_BASE_URL}/search/issues?q=${q}`, token)) as { items?: IssueItem[] };
-  if ((search.items ?? []).some(i => i.title === title)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  // Fallback: scan recent open issues in case the search index is stale.
-  const recent = (await ghFetch(
-    `${GITHUB_API_BASE_URL}/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues?state=open&sort=created&direction=desc&per_page=30`,
-    token
-  )) as IssueItem[];
-  return recent.some(i => i.title === title);
-}
-
-async function main(): Promise<void> {
-  const token = process.env.GH_TOKEN ?? process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
-  if (!token) {
-    throw new Error('GH_TOKEN (or GITHUB_TOKEN) env var is required');
-  }
-
-  const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
-  console.log(`args: ${JSON.stringify(args)}`);
-  const { owner, repo } = getRepo();
-
-  const titleField = `${args.titlePrefix}: ${args.name}`;
-
-  if (await issueExists(owner, repo, titleField, token)) {
-    console.log(`Issue already exists for "${titleField}" — skipping creation.`);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  const bodyLines = [
-    `## ${args.titlePrefix}`,
-    '',
-    `- **Name:** ${args.name}`,
-    `- **Branch:** ${args.branch}`,
-    `- **Commit:** ${args.commit}`,
-    `- **Run:** ${args.runUrl}`,
-  ];
-  if (args.detail) {
-    bodyLines.push(`- **Detail:** ${args.detail}`);
-  }
-  bodyLines.push('', 'Please investigate this failure.');
-
-  await ghFetch(`${GITHUB_API_BASE_URL}/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues`, token, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      title: titleField,
-      labels: args.labels,
-      body: bodyLines.join('\n'),
-    }),
-  });
-
-  console.log(`Created issue "${titleField}".`);
-}
-
-main().catch((error: unknown) => {
-  console.error(`Failed to create failure issue: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary.yml b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
index a90a73488..ba4fb59a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
@@ -107,28 +107,3 @@ jobs:
         # what fires the alarm.
         if: always()
         run: .github/scripts/emit-canary-heartbeat.sh "${{ job.status }}"
-
-      - name: Generate GitHub App Token
-        if: failure()
-        id: app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Create canary failure issue
-        if: failure()
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-          VARIANT_NAME: ${{ matrix.variant }}/${{ matrix.build }}
-          RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
-          INSTALL_SPEC: ${{ steps.install.outputs.spec }}
-        run: |
-          npx -y tsx .github/scripts/create-failure-issue.ts \
-            --title-prefix "Canary Failure" \
-            --name "$VARIANT_NAME" \
-            --branch "${{ github.ref_name }}" \
-            --commit "${{ github.sha }}" \
-            --run-url "$RUN_URL" \
-            --labels "high-severity,ci" \
-            --detail "strands-bedrock smoke test; installed from ${INSTALL_SPEC:-unknown}"