[safe-output-health] 🏥 Safe Output Health Report - 2026-05-02

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Executive Summary

• Period: 2026-05-02 (last 24 hours)
• Runs Analyzed: 7 (excluding current monitoring run)
• Workflows Active: 7
• Safe Output Jobs Executed: 5 (1 create_issue, 4 noop)
• Safe Output Jobs Failed: 0 hard failures
• Validation Errors: 1 (item limit exceeded — resulted in silent data loss)
• Error Clusters Identified: 1

Overall health is good — all executed safe output jobs completed successfully. One validation error caused a dropped issue that was never created.

Safe Output Job Statistics

Job Type	Total Executions	Validation Errors	Success Rate
create_issue	2 attempted / 1 succeeded	1 (limit exceeded)	50% (1 dropped)
noop	4	0	100%
missing_data	1	0	100%

Error Clusters

Cluster 1: Safe Output Item Limit Exceeded (create_issue)

• Count: 1 occurrence
• Affected Job: create_issue
• Affected Workflow: Step Name Alignment (§25244128618)
• Sample Error:

  Line 3: Too many items of type 'create_issue'. Maximum allowed: 1.
  

• Root Cause: The Step Name Alignment workflow found two separate naming inconsistencies. The agent emitted two create_issue items, but the safe output system enforces a maximum of 1 per run. The first item succeeded (issue #29684); the second was silently dropped.
• Impact: Medium — one valid bug report was lost. The issue about 'github' capitalization and 'Load' casing inconsistencies in workflow step names was never filed.

View Dropped Issue Details

Title: [step-names] Fix 'github' capitalization and 'Load' casing inconsistencies

The agent found step names using lowercase github (should be GitHub) and inconsistent capitalization of Load across multiple workflow YAML files.

Root Cause Analysis

The Step Name Alignment workflow agent finds multiple naming inconsistencies per run and produces one create_issue per category. The safe output system's per-run limit of 1 create_issue silently drops all items beyond the first.

This is a silent failure mode: the workflow run appears successful (no job failures), but valid output is discarded without notifying the agent.

Other Notes:

• Issue Monster (§25244452458) was not activated due to failing lint-go CI check — expected behavior, not a safe output error.
• Smoke Crush (§25244096650) is experimental and produced empty output.

Recommendations

Medium Priority

1. Update Step Name Alignment Prompt to Consolidate Findings

   • Root Cause: Agent produces N create_issue items; only 1 accepted per run
   • Action: Edit .github/workflows/step-name-alignment.md to instruct the agent to consolidate all findings into one issue body with one section per category
   • Benefit: Eliminates silent data loss; produces a more holistic audit issue

2. Consider Surfacing Validation Errors More Prominently

   • Current: Dropped items are invisible to end users; errors only appear in agent_output.json
   • Proposed: Add a warning annotation or check run status when items are dropped due to limit violations
   • Benefit: Improves observability; helps workflow authors know their prompt needs adjustment

Work Item Plan

Work Item 1: Fix Step Name Alignment Prompt

• Type: Prompt Fix
• Priority: Medium
• Description: The Step Name Alignment workflow lost a valid issue report (§25244128618). The agent produced 2 create_issue items; only 1 was accepted. The dropped finding (about 'github'/'Load' casing) was never filed.
• Acceptance Criteria:
  • Prompt instructs agent to consolidate all findings into a single issue with per-category sections
  • Dropped 'github'/'Load' casing finding is captured in next run
  • No more Too many items of type 'create_issue' errors from this workflow
• Technical Approach: Edit .github/workflows/step-name-alignment.md to add explicit consolidation instruction
• Estimated Effort: Small
• Dependencies: None

Historical Context

This is the first safe output health audit — no prior data exists for trend comparison. This run establishes the baseline for future audits.

Metrics and KPIs

• Overall Safe Output Success Rate: 100% (no hard job failures)
• Validation Error Rate: 1 in 2 create_issue attempts (50% for that type)
• Most Reliable Job Type: noop (4/4, 100%)
• Data Loss Events: 1 (dropped create_issue in Step Name Alignment)

Next Steps

• Update Step Name Alignment prompt to consolidate findings into one issue
• Re-run Step Name Alignment to capture the dropped casing issue
• Monitor next audit for recurrence of create_issue_limit_exceeded pattern

References:

• §25244128618 — Step Name Alignment (validation error)
• §25244452458 — Issue Monster (lint-go CI gate)
• Issue #29684 — Successfully created by Step Name Alignment

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A newer discussion is available at Discussion #29882.