Fix artifact downloads to use unified agent-artifacts and remove duplicates #8851

Copilot · 2026-01-04T06:20:48Z

Update safe_outputs job download-artifact steps for unified agent-artifacts

Problem

The workflow compilation now uses a unified agent-artifacts artifact that includes all agent outputs (prompts, logs, patches). However, safe_outputs and threat detection jobs continued downloading from deprecated standalone artifacts (aw.patch, prompt), causing download failures and redundant downloads.

Plan

Changes Made

Code Changes

pkg/workflow/create_pull_request.go - Line 49: Changed name: aw.patch to name: agent-artifacts
pkg/workflow/compiler_safe_outputs_core.go - Lines 80 & 292: Changed ArtifactName: "aw.patch" to ArtifactName: "agent-artifacts"
pkg/workflow/threat_detection.go - Lines 191-214: Consolidated three separate downloads (prompt, agent-output, patch) into two downloads (agent-artifacts, agent-output)
actions/setup/js/setup_threat_detection.cjs - Updated file paths to use nested structure from unified artifact:
- Prompt: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
- Patch: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch
- Agent output: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/agent_output.json (still separate artifact, path unchanged)

Test Updates

pkg/workflow/compile_outputs_pr_test.go - Line 494: Updated expectation to check for agent-artifacts
pkg/workflow/patch_artifact_download_verification_test.go - Lines 71 & 160: Updated expectations
pkg/workflow/push_to_pull_request_branch_test.go - Line 870: Updated expectation
pkg/workflow/threat_detection_test.go - Updated tests to expect unified artifact download

Cleanup

pkg/workflow/compiler_yaml_artifacts.go - Removed unused functions: generateUploadAgentLogs, generateUploadPrompt, generateUploadAwInfo, generateUploadAssets, generateUploadMCPLogs, generateUploadSafeInputsLogs, generateGitPatchUploadStep
pkg/workflow/artifacts.go - Removed unused generateArtifactUpload function and ArtifactUploadConfig struct

Key Insight: Nested Path Structure

When agent-artifacts is downloaded to /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/, the files inside maintain their full path structure:

Artifact contains:

/tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch

After download to /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/:

/tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
/tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch

Separate artifact (agent-output) downloaded to same path:

/tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/agent_output.json (no nesting, as it's the root of its artifact)

Verification

✅ All patch artifact download tests passing (12 tests)
✅ All threat detection tests passing
✅ Workflows recompiled successfully (126/128 compiled)
✅ JavaScript paths updated for nested artifact structure
✅ Verified in actual workflow files - unified artifact downloads working correctly
✅ No linting errors after cleanup

Impact

This eliminates duplicate downloads and ensures all jobs correctly use the unified agent-artifacts artifact with proper file path handling.

Original prompt

Reference: https://github.com/githubnext/gh-aw/actions/runs/20688705069/job/59393738899#step:6:1

Update the generated download-artifact steps in the safe_outputs job to match the new unified agent-artifacts artifact.

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Changeset

Type: patch
Description: Use unified agent-artifacts for downloads; update tests to expect agent-artifacts and remove dead artifact upload helpers.

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Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

pelikhan · 2026-01-04T06:53:29Z

@copilot review download-artifacts and remove duplicates or outdated references.

pelikhan · 2026-01-04T07:00:13Z

@copilot review the steps to download artifacts since it is now unified: prompt, aw.patch are now part of agent-artifacts so one does not need to download them separately.

- Consolidate prompt and patch downloads into single agent-artifacts download - Remove outdated separate prompt artifact download - Remove conditional patch download (now unconditional in unified artifact) - Update tests to reflect unified artifact structure Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-01-04T07:01:59Z

@copilot review download-artifacts and remove duplicates or outdated references.

Reviewed and removed duplicates. The threat detection job was downloading the same content three times:

Before:

Download prompt artifact (separate)
Download agent-output artifact (separate)
Download agent-artifacts for patch (conditional)

After:

Download agent-artifacts once (contains prompt, patch, logs)
Download agent-output (separate)

This eliminates the duplicate prompt download and the conditional patch download, consolidating into a single unified artifact download. Commit: 73ea25d

Copilot · 2026-01-04T07:05:55Z

@copilot review the steps to download artifacts since it is now unified: prompt, aw.patch are now part of agent-artifacts so one does not need to download them separately.

Confirmed. All artifact downloads have been updated correctly:

Threat detection job (commit 73ea25d):

✅ Downloads agent-artifacts once (contains prompt, patch, logs)
✅ Downloads agent-output separately (still independent)

Safe outputs jobs (commits 7b537cd, 1f25049):

✅ Download agent-artifacts for patch file
✅ Download agent-output separately (still independent)

No remaining separate downloads of prompt or aw.patch artifacts. All jobs now use the unified agent-artifacts artifact as intended.

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pelikhan · 2026-01-04T07:07:31Z

@copilot review the file location of aw.patch in the JavaScript since it is now in a different path since it is part of a different artifacts name. Review all other files used in the threat detection prompt too.

github-actions · 2026-01-04T07:08:22Z

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github-actions · 2026-01-04T07:10:16Z

PR titles: Increase strict mode adoption from 60% to 72% (93/128 workflows); [WIP] Update download artifacts steps for unified structure
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Update setup_threat_detection.cjs to use correct nested paths: - Prompt: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt - Patch: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch When agent-artifacts is downloaded to /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/, files maintain their full path structure from the artifact, creating nested paths. Co-authored-by: pelikhan <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-01-04T07:13:59Z

@copilot review the file location of aw.patch in the JavaScript since it is now in a different path since it is part of a different artifacts name. Review all other files used in the threat detection ...

Fixed file paths in setup_threat_detection.cjs. Since agent-artifacts is downloaded to /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/ and contains files with full paths, they appear nested:

Updated paths:

Prompt: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
Patch: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/aw.patch
Agent output: /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/agent_output.json (unchanged, separate artifact)

The artifact's internal structure is preserved when downloaded, creating the nested /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/tmp/gh-aw/... paths. Commit: e996f73

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Update tests to expect agent-artifacts artifact name

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Remove unused artifact upload functions

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