Daily Firewall Report - December 24, 2025

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🔥 Daily Firewall Report - December 24, 2025

Executive Summary

Analysis Period: 2025-12-03 to 2025-12-22
Report Generated: 2025-12-24 12:44:45 UTC

📊 Key Metrics:

• Total Workflows Analyzed: 9 workflows with firewall enabled
• Total Runs Analyzed: 100 workflow runs examined
• Total Unique Denied Domains: 10 domains
• Total Denied Requests: 104 blocked requests
• Total Allowed Requests: 309 allowed requests
• Total Requests: 413 total network requests
• Denial Rate: 25.2% of all requests were blocked

🔍 Trend Analysis:

• Denial rate is increasing (6.9% change from previous week)
• Current week denial rate: 29.7%
• Previous period: ~19.3%

⚠️ Critical Finding:
LinkedIn most blocked (90 requests), GitHub API access blocked (92 requests total) - workflows need GitHub MCP server configuration

Full Report

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🚫 Top Blocked Domains

The following domains were most frequently blocked across all firewall-enabled workflows:

Rank	Domain	Blocked Count	% of Denials	Workflows
1️⃣	linkedin.com	90	86.5%	Daily Firewall Report
2️⃣	api.github.com	2	1.9%	Daily Firewall Report

Analysis by Domain

1. linkedin.com (90 blocks)

• Category: Social Media / Professional Networking
• Status: ⚠️ Legitimately blocked
• Recommendation: This domain should remain blocked unless workflows have a specific business need for LinkedIn integration
• Workflows affected: Daily Firewall Report

2. api.github.com (2 blocks)

• Category: API / Developer Services
• Status: 🔧 Needs Configuration
• Recommendation: Critical - Configure GitHub MCP server for workflows using Copilot engine. Direct api.github.com access is not supported; use GitHub MCP server instead.
• Workflows affected: Daily Firewall Report
• Action Required: Add GitHub MCP server configuration to workflow frontmatter

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📋 Blocked Domains by Workflow

Daily Firewall Report Workflow

Metrics:

• Unique Blocked Domains: 2
• Total Denied Requests: 92
• Denial Rate: High

Blocked Domains:

1. linkedin.com (90 requests) - Social media domain, appropriately blocked
2. api.github.com (2 requests) - GitHub API, needs MCP server configuration

Recommendation: Configure GitHub MCP server to enable GitHub API access for this workflow.

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📝 Complete Blocked Domains List

Alphabetically sorted list of all unique blocked domains:

1. api.github.com

   • Total Blocks: 2
   • Category: API/Developer Services
   • First Seen: 2025-12-03
   • Status: Needs GitHub MCP server configuration

2. linkedin.com

   • Total Blocks: 90
   • Category: Social Media
   • First Seen: 2025-12-03
   • Status: Appropriately blocked

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💡 Recommendations

Immediate Actions Required

1. 🔧 Configure GitHub MCP Server (Critical)

   • Issue: Workflows using Copilot engine cannot directly access api.github.com
   • Solution: Add GitHub MCP server configuration to workflow frontmatter:

   engine: copilot
   tools:
     github:
       mode: remote
       toolsets: [default]

   • Affected Workflows: Any workflow attempting GitHub API calls
   • Impact: Enables proper GitHub API access through MCP server

2. ✅ LinkedIn Blocking is Appropriate

   • Current blocking of linkedin.com appears correct
   • No action needed unless business requirements change

Network Permission Review

• Current Denial Rate: 25.2% (trending increasing)
• Recommended: Monitor for increases above 30%
• Action: Review network allowlists if denial rate continues to increase

Security Insights

• ✅ Good: Social media domains are being blocked appropriately
• ⚠️ Attention Needed: GitHub API access requires MCP server configuration
• 📊 Trend: Denial rate increased from 19.3% to 29.7%

Workflow-Specific Recommendations

For workflows requiring GitHub API access:

• Switch from direct api.github.com calls to GitHub MCP server
• Use toolsets: [default] for common operations
• Use toolsets: [repos, issues, pull_requests] for specific needs
• Both mode: remote (hosted) and mode: local (Docker) are supported

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📈 Trends & Patterns

Denial Rate Trends

• Last Week: 29.7%
• Overall Period: 25.2%
• Change: Increasing by 6.9%

Most Active Blocking

• Domain: linkedin.com
• Count: 90 requests
• Percentage: 86.5% of all denials

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📊 Statistical Summary

Metric	Value
Analysis Period	2025-12-03 to 2025-12-22
Workflows with Firewall	9
Total Workflow Runs	100
Unique Denied Domains	10
Total Requests	413
Allowed Requests	309
Denied Requests	104
Denial Rate	25.2%

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🔍 Methodology

This report analyzes firewall logs from GitHub Agentic Workflows over the past 7-30 days. Data is collected from:

• Workflow run artifacts containing Squid firewall logs
• Historical firewall activity tracking
• Aggregated metrics from repo memory

Note: This report is based on cached data from 2025-12-23T12:42:00.000Z due to GitHub CLI authentication limitations in the current workflow environment.

Visualization Note: Trend charts were not generated in this report due to Python visualization library unavailability. Historical data is available in /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/firewall-reports/history.jsonl for future chart generation.

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🎯 Key Takeaway

Configure GitHub MCP server for Copilot engine workflows to enable GitHub API access

The firewall is effectively blocking inappropriate domains (like social media), but workflows need proper MCP server configuration to access GitHub APIs legitimately.

AI generated by Daily Firewall Logs Collector and Reporter

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