🔍 Agentic Workflow Audit Report - January 2, 2026

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Audit Summary

Period: Last 24 hours (January 1-2, 2026)
Runs Analyzed: 52
Workflows Active: 11 unique workflows
Success Rate: 82.69%
Issues Found: 862 errors and warnings

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Key Metrics

Metric	Value
Total Runs	52
Successful	43
Failed	5
Success Rate	82.69%
Total Tokens	26,455,560
Total Cost	$7.26
Average Tokens/Run	508,761
Average Cost/Run	$0.14
Average Turns	3.6
Errors	510
Warnings	352

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📊 Trend Charts

Workflow Health Trends (30 days)

Analysis: The 30-day trend shows an average success rate of 59.15% with 795 total runs. Success rates have fluctuated over the period, with today's 82.69% success rate representing a significant improvement above the 30-day average.

Token Usage & Cost Trends (30 days)

Analysis: Over the past 30 days, workflows consumed 219M tokens costing $69.65 total. The 7-day moving average shows daily costs around $3.87. Today's cost of $7.26 is higher than average, driven by high-token workflows like CI Optimization Coach (1.9M tokens) and Tidy (776K tokens).

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Failed Workflows

Workflow	Run ID	Errors	Warnings	URL
Daily Choice Type Test	20646616083	3	3	§20646616083
Smoke Copilot	20647904918	2	3	§20647904918
Smoke Copilot No Firewall	20647904927	0	0	§20647904927
Smoke Copilot No Firewall	20648974126	0	0	§20648974126
Smoke Copilot No Firewall	20650528659	0	0	§20650528659

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Error Analysis

Critical Errors

1. Permission Denied (92 occurrences)

• Message: "Permission denied and could not request permission from user"
• Severity: High
• Impact: Blocking workflow execution when agents need to perform actions
• Recommendation: Review permission request mechanisms in workflows. Agents should use appropriate permission hooks or provide clearer prompts when user input is required.

Common Warnings

2. Squid Logging Warnings (70 occurrences)

• Messages:
  • "log name now starts with a module name" (35 occurrences)
  • "HTTP requires the use of Via" (35 occurrences)
• Severity: Low
• Impact: Cosmetic warnings from Squid proxy configuration
• Recommendation: Update Squid logging configuration to suppress these warnings, or safely ignore as they don't affect functionality.

3. HTML Entity Encoding Issues (36 occurrences)

• Message: Malformed strings with HTML entities and escape sequences
• Severity: Medium
• Impact: Potential parsing errors in test data or documentation
• Recommendation: Review code that handles HTML entities and escaped strings, particularly in test fixtures or documentation generation.

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Missing Tools

✅ No missing tools detected in the last 24 hours.

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MCP Server Failures

✅ No MCP server failures detected in the last 24 hours.

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Firewall Analysis

The firewall logs show controlled network access across workflows:

• Total Network Requests: Tracked across all runs
• Allowed Domains:
  • api.github.com:443
  • api.githubcopilot.com:443
  • api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com:443
• Denied Requests: None detected

All network traffic is properly controlled through the firewall, with only expected API endpoints being accessed.

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Performance Insights

Highest Token Usage Workflows (24h)

1. CI Optimization Coach: 1,940,681 tokens
2. Tidy: 776,085 tokens
3. Q: 1,301,424 tokens
4. Daily CLI Performance Agent: 387,257 tokens

Cost Distribution

• Average cost per run: $0.14
• Highest cost workflows correlate with highest token usage
• Most workflows (83%) completed successfully within budget

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Affected Workflows

Workflows with issues detected (5 failed runs):

• Daily Choice Type Test (1 failure)
• Smoke Copilot (1 failure)
• Smoke Copilot No Firewall (3 failures)

Note: The Smoke Copilot No Firewall failures had 0 errors/warnings, suggesting infrastructure or timeout issues rather than agent errors.

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Recommendations

1. Address Permission Denials: Investigate the 92 permission denied errors. Implement clearer permission request mechanisms or adjust workflow permissions to allow agents to proceed without user intervention where appropriate.

2. Review Failed Smoke Tests: The Smoke Copilot workflows (both with and without firewall) are experiencing failures. These test workflows should have high reliability; investigate root causes.

3. Optimize High-Token Workflows: CI Optimization Coach (1.9M tokens) and Tidy (776K tokens) are consuming significant resources. Consider:

   • Breaking down complex tasks into smaller, more focused workflows
   • Implementing better context management
   • Using checkpointing to avoid reprocessing

4. Clean Up Squid Warnings: Update firewall/proxy configuration to eliminate the 70 cosmetic Squid warnings that clutter logs.

5. Fix HTML Entity Encoding: Address the HTML entity encoding issues in test fixtures or documentation generation to eliminate the 36+ malformed string errors.

6. Monitor Success Rate Trend: While today's 82.69% success rate is above the 30-day average of 59.15%, aim for sustained improvement toward 90%+ success rates.

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Historical Context

30-Day Comparison

• Total Runs: 795 (30-day period) vs. 52 (today)
• Success Rate: 59.15% (30-day avg) vs. 82.69% (today) ✅
• Average Daily Tokens: 12.2M (30-day avg) vs. 26.5M (today)
• Average Daily Cost: $3.87 (30-day avg) vs. $7.26 (today)

Today shows improvement in success rate but higher resource consumption compared to the 30-day baseline.

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Next Steps

• Audit completed for January 2, 2026
• Investigate permission denied errors in workflow configurations
• Review and fix Smoke Copilot test failures
• Optimize high-token workflows (CI Optimization Coach, Tidy)
• Clean up Squid proxy warnings
• Monitor success rate trends over next 7 days

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References:

• §20646616083 - Daily Choice Type Test failure
• §20647904918 - Smoke Copilot failure
• §20646567298 - CI Optimization Coach (highest tokens)

AI generated by Agentic Workflow Audit Agent