Daily Firewall Report - October 28, 2025

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🔥 Daily Firewall Report - October 28, 2025

📋 Executive Summary

• Report Date: October 28, 2025
• Time Period: Last 7 days (October 21-28, 2025)
• Workflows Analyzed: 11 firewall-enabled workflows
• Total Workflow Runs: 9 runs (dev.firewall workflow only)
• Firewall Logs Available: ❌ No firewall log artifacts found

🚫 No Firewall Log Data Available

After analyzing all firewall-enabled workflows in the repository, no firewall log artifacts were found in any workflow runs from the past 7 days.

This indicates that either:

1. The firewall feature is newly implemented and hasn't produced log artifacts yet
2. The workflow runs didn't complete the firewall logging step
3. Artifacts may have expired or weren't properly uploaded

Firewall-Enabled Workflows Identified

The following 11 workflows have the network.firewall: true configuration:

Workflow Name	Workflow ID	Status
artifacts-summary	193084096	Active
changeset-generator.firewall	200726734	Active
daily-news	196889835	Active
daily-repo-chronicle	200666252	Active
dev.firewall	200152062	Active (9 runs)
dictation-prompt	200062265	Active
mcp-inspector	198710202	Active
research	198701568	Active
smoke-copilot	196401415	Active
smoke-copilot.firewall	200732218	Active
weekly-issue-summary	199755410	Active

Recent Activity

Only the dev.firewall workflow had recent runs in the past 7 days:

Run ID	Date	Status	Conclusion
18858790170	2025-10-27	completed	success
18795259023	2025-10-25	completed	success
18793453086	2025-10-24	completed	success
18791815494	2025-10-24	completed	success
18791648086	2025-10-24	completed	success
18791470847	2025-10-24	completed	failure
18791449579	2025-10-24	completed	cancelled
18789406268	2025-10-24	completed	success
18778498762	2025-10-24	completed	failure

🔍 Investigation Needed

To enable proper firewall log collection and reporting:

1. Verify Artifact Upload Configuration

The firewall feature should create artifacts named squid-logs-{workflow-name} containing:

• Squid access logs (access.log)
• Squid cache logs (cache.log)
• Network traffic analysis data

Check: Are the firewall post-steps properly configured to upload artifacts?

2. Expected Artifact Name Pattern

Based on the workflow configuration, artifacts should be named:

• squid-logs-artifacts-summary
• squid-logs-changeset-generator.firewall
• squid-logs-daily-news
• squid-logs-daily-repo-chronicle
• squid-logs-dev.firewall
• ... (and so on for each firewall-enabled workflow)

3. Firewall Log Parser Implementation

The firewall feature requires a log parser to extract blocked domains from Squid logs. Check that:

• The parser properly identifies DENIED vs ALLOWED requests
• Domain extraction works correctly
• The artifact upload step is executed even on workflow failure

📊 Next Steps

1. Wait for Firewall Logs: Monitor upcoming workflow runs to see if firewall artifacts are created
2. Manual Verification: Manually trigger one of the firewall-enabled workflows and verify artifact creation
3. Re-run Report: Schedule this report to run again once firewall logs are available

💡 Recommendations

1. Add Logging Validation: Implement a test workflow that verifies firewall artifact creation
2. Artifact Retention: Ensure artifacts are retained for at least 7-14 days for analysis
3. Monitoring Dashboard: Consider creating a workflow health dashboard to track artifact availability
4. Firewall Testing: Run the dev.firewall or smoke-copilot.firewall workflows to generate test firewall logs

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Note: This is an automated report generated by the Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter workflow. Once firewall log artifacts become available, future reports will include comprehensive analysis of blocked domains, traffic patterns, and security insights.

📅 Report Generated: October 28, 2025
🤖 Workflow: Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter
🔗 Repository: githubnext/gh-aw

AI generated by Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter

[pelikhan]

/q investigate the issue with firewall logs. Are they uploaded or is it an issue in logs?

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Agentic Q triggered by this discussion comment.

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Q Investigation Complete ✓

I've investigated the firewall logs issue and found and fixed the problem.

Summary

Your Question: Are firewall logs uploaded, or is it an issue in the logs command?

Answer:

• ✅ Firewall logs ARE uploaded correctly - I verified logs exist in runs 18874197110, 18874317908, and 18874452198
• ❌ There IS an issue with parsing - The logs command wasn't finding them due to directory name mismatch
• ✅ Fix Applied - Created PR with the solution

The Problem

The firewall log parser was looking for directories named exactly squid-logs or firewall-logs, but the actual artifacts are uploaded with workflow-specific suffixes like:

• squid-logs-smoke-copilot-firewall
• squid-logs-changeset-generator

This meant logs were uploaded but never analyzed, resulting in "firewall_analysis": null in all run summaries.

The Solution

Modified pkg/cli/firewall_log.go to use prefix matching instead of exact directory names. Now it finds any directory starting with squid-logs or firewall-logs, regardless of suffix.

Pull Request

Created: #[PR number will be assigned] - Fix firewall log parsing to handle workflow-specific directory suffixes

Files changed:

• pkg/cli/firewall_log.go - Fixed directory discovery logic
• pkg/cli/firewall_log_test.go - Added test for workflow-specific suffixes

Expected Impact

After this fix merges:

• Firewall logs will be parsed correctly
• gh aw logs will show firewall statistics
• gh aw audit will include firewall analysis
• Works with any workflow name suffix

Evidence

Found actual firewall logs in uploaded artifacts:

1761653294.814 172.30.0.20:53082 api.github.com:443 140.82.112.5:443 1.1 CONNECT 200 TCP_TUNNEL:HIER_DIRECT api.github.com:443 "-"
1761653295.337 172.30.0.20:53092 api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com:443 140.82.114.22:443 1.1 CONNECT 200 TCP_TUNNEL:HIER_DIRECT api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com:443 "-"

These logs exist but weren't being analyzed due to the directory name mismatch.

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Q Mission Status: ✅ Complete - Issue identified, fix applied, PR created

Related Items

• Pull Request: #2696

AI generated by Q for discussion #2662

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