diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml
index 2acccad02f5..5e68f1fbd71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"3c36c6ee7382018cd9c6f0dbe3b6c652c4db0da12899fc87a1586c148e9a76d6","body_hash":"63a8dc174c0c6c76a516ac3f4e2109d461f847da65c70ef77adc4f0ab0f2186b","compiler_version":"v0.77.5","strict":true,"agent_id":"claude"}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY","GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"v0.77.5","version":"v0.77.5"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.58"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.58"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.58"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.58"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.22"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.0","digest":"sha256:71b07d9abecb83b4a2595bcd8ccb35f9a0166361a12335f9e16da1ef07172029","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.0@sha256:71b07d9abecb83b4a2595bcd8ccb35f9a0166361a12335f9e16da1ef07172029"},{"image":"node:lts-alpine","digest":"sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14","pinned_image":"node:lts-alpine@sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"3c36c6ee7382018cd9c6f0dbe3b6c652c4db0da12899fc87a1586c148e9a76d6","body_hash":"63a8dc174c0c6c76a516ac3f4e2109d461f847da65c70ef77adc4f0ab0f2186b","strict":true,"agent_id":"claude","engine_versions":{"claude":"2.1.168"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY","GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10","version":"v6.0.3"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.68"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.68"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.68"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.68"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25","digest":"sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25@sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2","digest":"sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2@sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c"},{"image":"node:lts-alpine","digest":"sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14","pinned_image":"node:lts-alpine@sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14"}]}
 #    ___                   _   _      
 #   / _ \                 | | (_)     
 #  | |_| | __ _  ___ _ __ | |_ _  ___ 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # \  /\  / (_) | | | | ( | | | | (_) \ V  V /\__ \
 #  \/  \/ \___/|_| |_|\_\|_| |_|\___/ \_/\_/ |___/
 #
-# This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.77.5). DO NOT EDIT.
+# This file was automatically generated by gh-aw. DO NOT EDIT.
 #
 # To update this file, edit the corresponding .md file and run:
 #   gh aw compile
@@ -32,27 +32,26 @@
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
 #
 # Custom actions used:
-#   - actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+#   - actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
 #   - actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0 (source v9)
 #   - actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
 #   - actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-#   - github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
 #
 # Container images used:
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.58
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.58
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.58
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.58
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.22
-#   - ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.0@sha256:71b07d9abecb83b4a2595bcd8ccb35f9a0166361a12335f9e16da1ef07172029
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.68
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.68
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.68
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.68
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25@sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa
+#   - ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2@sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c
 #   - node:lts-alpine@sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14
 
 name: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
 on:
   schedule:
-  - cron: "54 23 * * *"
+  - cron: "19 4 * * *"
     # Friendly format: daily (scattered)
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -75,9 +74,14 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read
+    env:
+      GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: "500000"
     outputs:
       comment_id: ""
       comment_repo: ""
+      daily_effective_workflow_exceeded: ${{ steps.daily-effective-workflow-guardrail.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_exceeded == 'true' }}
+      daily_effective_workflow_threshold: ${{ steps.daily-effective-workflow-guardrail.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_threshold || '' }}
+      daily_effective_workflow_total_effective_tokens: ${{ steps.daily-effective-workflow-guardrail.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_total_effective_tokens || '' }}
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
@@ -87,17 +91,25 @@ jobs:
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
       stale_lock_file_failed: ${{ steps.check-lock-file.outputs.stale_lock_file_failed == 'true' }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
+          safe-output-artifact-client: ${{ env.GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS != '' }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Generate agentic run info
         id: generate_aw_info
@@ -105,16 +117,15 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_NAME: "Claude Code"
           GH_AW_INFO_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_CLAUDE || 'agent' }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AGENT_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_CLI_VERSION: "v0.77.5"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AGENT_VERSION: "2.1.168"
           GH_AW_INFO_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_INFO_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"
           GH_AW_INFO_SUPPORTS_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST: "true"
           GH_AW_INFO_STAGED: "false"
           GH_AW_INFO_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: '["defaults"]'
           GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_ENABLED: "true"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_AWMG_VERSION: ""
           GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_TYPE: "squid"
           GH_AW_INFO_FRONTMATTER_EMOJI: "🧪"
@@ -126,18 +137,37 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/generate_aw_info.cjs');
             await main(core, context);
+      - name: Check daily workflow token guardrail
+        id: daily-effective-workflow-guardrail
+        if: ${{ env.GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS != '' }}
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        env:
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator"
+          GH_AW_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH_AW_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.inputs.aw_context || '' }}
+          GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_MAX_DAILY_AI_CREDITS: "500000"
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
+            await main();
       - name: Validate ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret
         id: validate-secret
         run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" ANTHROPIC_API_KEY 'Claude Code' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#anthropic-claude-code
         env:
           ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github
             .agents
+            actions/setup
             .antigravity
             .claude
             .codex
@@ -165,16 +195,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_workflow_timestamp_api.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Check compile-agentic version
-        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
-        env:
-          GH_AW_COMPILED_VERSION: "v0.77.5"
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
-            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
-            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_version_updates.cjs');
-            await main();
       - name: Create prompt with built-in context
         env:
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
@@ -192,25 +212,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/create_prompt_first.sh"
           {
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF'
           <system>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/xpia.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/temp_folder_prompt.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/markdown.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/repo_memory_prompt.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF'
           <safe-output-tools>
           Tools: create_issue(max:10), create_pull_request, push_to_pull_request_branch, missing_tool, missing_data, noop
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_create_pull_request.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_push_to_pr_branch.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF'
           </safe-output-tools>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/mcp_cli_tools_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF'
           <github-context>
           The following GitHub context information is available for this workflow:
           {{#if github.actor}}
@@ -239,15 +259,25 @@ jobs:
           {{/if}}
           - **checkouts**: The following repositories have been checked out and are available in the workspace:
             - repo `__GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__` → `$GITHUB_WORKSPACE` (cwd) [full history, all branches available as remote-tracking refs] [additional refs fetched: *]
-            - **Note**: If a branch you need is not in the list above and is not listed as an additional fetched ref, it has NOT been checked out. For private repositories you cannot fetch it without proper authentication. If the branch is required and not available, exit with an error and ask the user to add it to the `fetch:` option of the `checkout:` configuration (e.g., `fetch: ["refs/pulls/open/*"]` for all open PR refs, or `fetch: ["main", "feature/my-branch"]` for specific branches).
+            - **Note**: If a branch you need is not in the list above and is not listed as an additional fetched ref, it has NOT been checked out. For private repositories you cannot fetch it. If the branch is required and not available, exit with an error and ask the user to add it to the `fetch:` option of the `checkout:` configuration (e.g., `fetch: ["refs/pulls/open/*"]` for all open PR refs, or `fetch: ["main", "feature/my-branch"]` for specific branches).
+            - **Warning: No git credentials are available to the agent.** Credentials are
+              intentionally removed after the checkout step for security. This means any git
+              operation that needs to authenticate to the remote will fail. In private repositories, that includes:
+              - `git fetch`, `git pull`, `git clone`, and `git push` (direct push, not via safe-output tools)
+              - Checking out or switching to a remote branch that is not already fetched
+              - Deepening a shallow clone (`git fetch --unshallow`)
+              - On-demand blob fetches in partial/blobless clones (operations on files not in the initial checkout)
+              Do NOT attempt to configure credentials, run `git credential fill`, or modify `.gitconfig` —
+              authentication will not succeed. If you encounter credential prompts or authentication errors,
+              stop immediately and report the limitation rather than spending turns trying to work around it.
           </github-context>
           
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/cli_proxy_with_safeoutputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF'
           </system>
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.md}}
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_63cf3f61db830819_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_085920ff1cccd167_EOF
           } > "$GH_AW_PROMPT"
       - name: Interpolate variables and render templates
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
@@ -340,6 +370,7 @@ jobs:
 
   agent:
     needs: activation
+    if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -354,11 +385,14 @@ jobs:
       GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH: ""
       GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB: 0
       GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR: /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
+      GH_AW_PROJECT_UTC: "-08:00"
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID_SANITIZED: dailysafeoutputsgitsimulator
     outputs:
+      ai_credits_rate_limit_error: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
+      aic: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.aic }}
+      ambient_context: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.ambient_context }}
       checkout_pr_success: ${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.checkout_pr_success || 'true' }}
       effective_tokens: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.effective_tokens }}
-      effective_tokens_rate_limit_error: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.effective_tokens_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
       has_patch: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.has_patch }}
       model: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.model }}
       output: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.output }}
@@ -367,9 +401,16 @@ jobs:
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
@@ -378,8 +419,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Set runtime paths
         id: set-runtime-paths
@@ -390,7 +431,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -432,7 +473,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout PR branch
         id: checkout-pr
         if: |
-          github.event.pull_request || github.event.issue.pull_request
+          github.event.pull_request || github.event.issue.pull_request || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'pull_request'
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -449,9 +490,9 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '24'
           package-manager-cache: false
       - name: Install AWF binary
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.58
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.68
       - name: Install Claude Code CLI
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.156
+        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.168
       - name: Determine automatic lockdown mode for GitHub MCP Server
         id: determine-automatic-lockdown
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0 (source v9)
@@ -483,15 +524,15 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_SKILL_DIR: ".claude/skills"
         run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/restore_inline_skills.sh"
       - name: Download container images
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.22 ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.0@sha256:71b07d9abecb83b4a2595bcd8ccb35f9a0166361a12335f9e16da1ef07172029 node:lts-alpine@sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25@sha256:c10331ad17668ef89f38f5e356678788a40b0cd5fef96e8f92e1d9c1de47cbaa ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.1.2@sha256:30197479d8036c7811892bc07e06f9a05c9ef3cdd79bc59f256d50647f95788c node:lts-alpine@sha256:2bdb65ed1dab192432bc31c95f94155ca5ad7fc1392fb7eb7526ab682fa5bf14
       - name: Generate Safe Outputs Config
         run: |
           mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs"
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
-          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_279aed60ec5f131e_EOF'
-          {"create_issue":{"close_older_issues":false,"labels":["git-simulator","safe-outputs","automated"],"max":10,"title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"create_pull_request":{"allowed_files":["sim/**","stuff.md","history.md"],"draft":true,"expires":24,"if_no_changes":"warn","labels":["git-sim-probe","automated"],"max":1,"max_patch_files":200,"max_patch_size":5120,"protect_top_level_dot_folders":true,"protected_files":["package.json","bun.lockb","bunfig.toml","deno.json","deno.jsonc","deno.lock","global.json","NuGet.Config","Directory.Packages.props","mix.exs","mix.lock","go.mod","go.sum","stack.yaml","stack.yaml.lock","pom.xml","build.gradle","build.gradle.kts","settings.gradle","settings.gradle.kts","gradle.properties","package-lock.json","yarn.lock","pnpm-lock.yaml","npm-shrinkwrap.json","requirements.txt","Pipfile","Pipfile.lock","pyproject.toml","setup.py","setup.cfg","Gemfile","Gemfile.lock","uv.lock","CODEOWNERS","DESIGN.md","README.md","CONTRIBUTING.md","CHANGELOG.md","SECURITY.md","CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md","CLAUDE.md","AGENTS.md"],"protected_files_policy":"request_review","title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"create_report_incomplete_issue":{},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1,"report-as-issue":"true"},"push_repo_memory":{"memories":[{"dir":"/tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default","id":"default","max_file_count":100,"max_file_size":204800,"max_patch_size":10240}]},"push_to_pull_request_branch":{"allowed_files":["sim/**","stuff.md","history.md"],"if_no_changes":"ignore","max_patch_size":5120,"protect_top_level_dot_folders":true,"protected_files":["package.json","bun.lockb","bunfig.toml","deno.json","deno.jsonc","deno.lock","global.json","NuGet.Config","Directory.Packages.props","mix.exs","mix.lock","go.mod","go.sum","stack.yaml","stack.yaml.lock","pom.xml","build.gradle","build.gradle.kts","settings.gradle","settings.gradle.kts","gradle.properties","package-lock.json","yarn.lock","pnpm-lock.yaml","npm-shrinkwrap.json","requirements.txt","Pipfile","Pipfile.lock","pyproject.toml","setup.py","setup.cfg","Gemfile","Gemfile.lock","uv.lock","CODEOWNERS","DESIGN.md","README.md","CONTRIBUTING.md","CHANGELOG.md","SECURITY.md","CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md","CLAUDE.md","AGENTS.md"],"required_labels":["git-sim-probe","automated"],"target":"*","title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"report_incomplete":{}}
-          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_279aed60ec5f131e_EOF
+          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_fd108f0ab681fa01_EOF'
+          {"create_issue":{"close_older_issues":false,"deduplicate_by_title":3,"labels":["git-simulator","safe-outputs","automated"],"max":10,"title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"create_pull_request":{"allowed_files":["sim/**","stuff.md","history.md"],"draft":true,"expires":24,"if_no_changes":"warn","labels":["git-sim-probe","automated"],"max":1,"max_patch_files":200,"max_patch_size":5120,"protect_top_level_dot_folders":true,"protected_files":["package.json","bun.lockb","bunfig.toml","deno.json","deno.jsonc","deno.lock","global.json","NuGet.Config","Directory.Packages.props","mix.exs","mix.lock","go.mod","go.sum","stack.yaml","stack.yaml.lock","pom.xml","build.gradle","build.gradle.kts","settings.gradle","settings.gradle.kts","gradle.properties","package-lock.json","yarn.lock","pnpm-lock.yaml","npm-shrinkwrap.json","requirements.txt","Pipfile","Pipfile.lock","pyproject.toml","setup.py","setup.cfg","Gemfile","Gemfile.lock","uv.lock","CODEOWNERS","DESIGN.md","README.md","CONTRIBUTING.md","CHANGELOG.md","SECURITY.md","CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md","CLAUDE.md","AGENTS.md"],"protected_files_policy":"request_review","title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"create_report_incomplete_issue":{},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1,"report-as-issue":"true"},"push_repo_memory":{"memories":[{"dir":"/tmp/gh-aw/repo-memory/default","id":"default","max_file_count":100,"max_file_size":204800,"max_patch_size":10240}]},"push_to_pull_request_branch":{"allowed_files":["sim/**","stuff.md","history.md"],"if_no_changes":"ignore","max_patch_size":5120,"protect_top_level_dot_folders":true,"protected_files":["package.json","bun.lockb","bunfig.toml","deno.json","deno.jsonc","deno.lock","global.json","NuGet.Config","Directory.Packages.props","mix.exs","mix.lock","go.mod","go.sum","stack.yaml","stack.yaml.lock","pom.xml","build.gradle","build.gradle.kts","settings.gradle","settings.gradle.kts","gradle.properties","package-lock.json","yarn.lock","pnpm-lock.yaml","npm-shrinkwrap.json","requirements.txt","Pipfile","Pipfile.lock","pyproject.toml","setup.py","setup.cfg","Gemfile","Gemfile.lock","uv.lock","CODEOWNERS","DESIGN.md","README.md","CONTRIBUTING.md","CHANGELOG.md","SECURITY.md","CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md","CLAUDE.md","AGENTS.md"],"required_labels":["git-sim-probe","automated"],"target":"*","title_prefix":"[git-sim] "},"report_incomplete":{}}
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_fd108f0ab681fa01_EOF
       - name: Generate Safe Outputs Tools
         env:
           GH_AW_TOOLS_META_JSON: |
@@ -748,7 +789,6 @@ jobs:
           
           export GH_AW_ENGINE="claude"
           export GH_AW_MCP_CLI_SERVERS='["safeoutputs"]'
-          echo GH_AW_MCP_CLI_SERVERS='["safeoutputs"]' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           MCP_GATEWAY_UID=$(id -u 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
           MCP_GATEWAY_GID=$(id -g 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
           case "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" in
@@ -757,10 +797,10 @@ jobs:
             * ) DOCKER_SOCK_PATH=/var/run/docker.sock ;;
           esac
           DOCKER_SOCK_GID=$(stat -c '%g' "$DOCKER_SOCK_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
-          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOCKER_COMMAND='docker run -i --rm --network host --add-host host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1 --user '"${MCP_GATEWAY_UID}"':'"${MCP_GATEWAY_GID}"' --group-add '"${DOCKER_SOCK_GID}"' -v '"${DOCKER_SOCK_PATH}"':/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock -e DEBUG -e MCP_GATEWAY_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB -e GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS -e DEFAULT_BRANCH -e GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_ACTOR_ID -e GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_REF_NAME -e GITHUB_REF_TYPE -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY -v /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:rw -v /opt:/opt:ro -v /tmp:/tmp:rw -v '"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':'"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':rw ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.22'
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOCKER_COMMAND='docker run -i --rm --network host --add-host host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1 --user '"${MCP_GATEWAY_UID}"':'"${MCP_GATEWAY_GID}"' --group-add '"${DOCKER_SOCK_GID}"' -v '"${DOCKER_SOCK_PATH}"':/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock -e DEBUG -e MCP_GATEWAY_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB -e GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS -e DEFAULT_BRANCH -e GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_ACTOR_ID -e GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_REF_NAME -e GITHUB_REF_TYPE -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY -v /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:rw -v /opt:/opt:ro -v /tmp:/tmp:rw -v '"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':'"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':rw ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25'
           
           GH_AW_NODE=$(which node 2>/dev/null || command -v node 2>/dev/null || echo node)
-          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_6784e0ed2d9dd643_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
+          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_be714f104f9a8f48_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
           {
             "mcpServers": {
               "safeoutputs": {
@@ -785,7 +825,7 @@ jobs:
               "payloadDir": "${MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR}"
             }
           }
-          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_6784e0ed2d9dd643_EOF
+          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_be714f104f9a8f48_EOF
       - name: Mount MCP servers as CLIs
         id: mount-mcp-clis
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -812,7 +852,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN || secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
           CLI_PROXY_POLICY: '{"allow-only":{"repos":"all","min-integrity":"none"}}'
-          CLI_PROXY_IMAGE: 'ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.22'
+          CLI_PROXY_IMAGE: 'ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.25'
         run: |
           bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_cli_proxy.sh"
       - name: Execute Claude Code CLI
@@ -900,9 +940,10 @@ jobs:
           printf '%s' "$(date +%s%3N)" > /tmp/gh-aw/agent_cli_start_ms.txt
           touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
           (umask 177 && touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log)
-          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.58/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","anthropic.com","api.anthropic.com","api.github.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","cdn.playwright.dev","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","files.pythonhosted.org","ghcr.io","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","playwright.download.prss.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","pypi.org","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","sentry.io","statsig.anthropic.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com","www.googleapis.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxEffectiveTokens":25000000,"models":{"agent":["sonnet-6x","gpt-5.4","gpt-5.3","gemini-pro","any"],"antigravity":["copilot/antigravity*","google/antigravity*","gemini/antigravity*"],"any":["copilot/*","anthropic/*","openai/*","google/*","gemini/*"],"claude":["agent"],"codex":["agent"],"coding":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*","gpt-5-codex"],"computer-use":["copilot/*computer-use*","google/*computer-use*","gemini/*computer-use*","openai/*computer-use*"],"copilot":["agent"],"deep-research":["copilot/deep-research*","copilot/o3-deep-research*","copilot/o4-mini-deep-research*","google/deep-research*","gemini/deep-research*","openai/o3-deep-research*","openai/o4-mini-deep-research*"],"gemini":["agent"],"gemini-3-flash":["copilot/gemini-3*flash*","google/gemini-3*flash*","gemini/gemini-3*flash*"],"gemini-3-pro":["copilot/gemini-3*pro*","google/gemini-3*pro*","gemini/gemini-3*pro*"],"gemini-3.1-flash":["copilot/gemini-3.1*flash*","google/gemini-3.1*flash*","gemini/gemini-3.1*flash*"],"gemini-3.1-pro":["copilot/gemini-3.1*pro*","google/gemini-3.1*pro*","gemini/gemini-3.1*pro*"],"gemini-3.5-flash":["copilot/gemini-3.5*flash*","google/gemini-3.5*flash*","gemini/gemini-3.5*flash*"],"gemini-flash":["copilot/gemini-*flash*","google/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"],"gemini-flash-lite":["copilot/gemini-*flash*lite*","google/gemini-*flash*lite*","gemini/gemini-*flash*lite*"],"gemini-pro":["copilot/gemini-*pro*","google/gemini-*pro*","gemini/gemini-*pro*"],"gemma":["copilot/gemma*","google/gemma*","gemini/gemma*"],"gpt-5":["copilot/gpt-5*","openai/gpt-5*"],"gpt-5-codex":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*"],"gpt-5-mini":["copilot/gpt-5*mini*","openai/gpt-5*mini*"],"gpt-5-nano":["copilot/gpt-5*nano*","openai/gpt-5*nano*"],"gpt-5-pro":["copilot/gpt-5*pro*","openai/gpt-5*pro*"],"gpt-5.2":["copilot/gpt-5.2*","openai/gpt-5.2*"],"gpt-5.3":["copilot/gpt-5.3*","openai/gpt-5.3*"],"gpt-5.4":["copilot/gpt-5.4*","openai/gpt-5.4*"],"gpt-5.5":["copilot/gpt-5.5*","openai/gpt-5.5*"],"haiku":["copilot/*haiku*","anthropic/*haiku*"],"large":["sonnet","gpt-5-pro","gpt-5","gemini-pro"],"mini":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gpt-5-nano","gemini-flash-lite"],"opus":["copilot/*opus*","anthropic/*opus*"],"opusplan":["opus?effort=high"],"reasoning":["copilot/o1*","copilot/o3*","copilot/o4*","openai/o1*","openai/o3*","openai/o4*"],"robotics":["copilot/*robotics*","google/*robotics*","gemini/*robotics*"],"small":["mini"],"sonnet":["copilot/*sonnet*","anthropic/*sonnet*"],"sonnet-6x":["copilot/*sonnet-4-5-*","anthropic/*sonnet-4-5-*","copilot/*sonnet-4-6*","anthropic/*sonnet-4-6*"],"summarization":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gemini-flash-lite","mini"],"vision":["copilot/gemini-*image*","gemini/gemini-*image*","copilot/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"]}},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.58"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json"
+          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.68/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","anthropic.com","api.anthropic.com","api.github.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","cdn.playwright.dev","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","files.pythonhosted.org","ghcr.io","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","playwright.download.prss.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","pypi.org","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","sentry.io","statsig.anthropic.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com","www.googleapis.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxAiCredits":1000,"models":{"agent":["sonnet-6x","gpt-5.4","gpt-5.3","gemini-pro","any"],"antigravity":["copilot/antigravity*","google/antigravity*","gemini/antigravity*"],"any":["copilot/*","anthropic/*","openai/*","google/*","gemini/*"],"claude":["agent"],"codex":["agent"],"coding":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*","gpt-5-codex"],"computer-use":["copilot/*computer-use*","google/*computer-use*","gemini/*computer-use*","openai/*computer-use*"],"copilot":["agent"],"deep-research":["copilot/deep-research*","copilot/o3-deep-research*","copilot/o4-mini-deep-research*","google/deep-research*","gemini/deep-research*","openai/o3-deep-research*","openai/o4-mini-deep-research*"],"gemini":["agent"],"gemini-3-flash":["copilot/gemini-3*flash*","google/gemini-3*flash*","gemini/gemini-3*flash*"],"gemini-3-pro":["copilot/gemini-3*pro*","google/gemini-3*pro*","google/nano-banana*","gemini/gemini-3*pro*"],"gemini-3.1-flash":["copilot/gemini-3.1*flash*","google/gemini-3.1*flash*","gemini/gemini-3.1*flash*"],"gemini-3.1-pro":["copilot/gemini-3.1*pro*","google/gemini-3.1*pro*","gemini/gemini-3.1*pro*"],"gemini-3.5-flash":["copilot/gemini-3.5*flash*","google/gemini-3.5*flash*","gemini/gemini-3.5*flash*"],"gemini-flash":["copilot/gemini-*flash*","google/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"],"gemini-flash-lite":["copilot/gemini-*flash*lite*","google/gemini-*flash*lite*","gemini/gemini-*flash*lite*"],"gemini-pro":["copilot/gemini-*pro*","google/gemini-*pro*","gemini/gemini-*pro*"],"gemma":["copilot/gemma*","google/gemma*","gemini/gemma*"],"gpt-5":["copilot/gpt-5*","openai/gpt-5*"],"gpt-5-codex":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*"],"gpt-5-mini":["copilot/gpt-5*mini*","openai/gpt-5*mini*"],"gpt-5-nano":["copilot/gpt-5*nano*","openai/gpt-5*nano*"],"gpt-5-pro":["copilot/gpt-5*pro*","openai/gpt-5*pro*"],"gpt-5.2":["copilot/gpt-5.2*","openai/gpt-5.2*"],"gpt-5.3":["copilot/gpt-5.3*","openai/gpt-5.3*"],"gpt-5.4":["copilot/gpt-5.4*","openai/gpt-5.4*"],"gpt-5.5":["copilot/gpt-5.5*","openai/gpt-5.5*"],"haiku":["copilot/*haiku*","anthropic/*haiku*"],"large":["sonnet","gpt-5-pro","gpt-5","gemini-pro"],"mai-code":["copilot/MAI-Code*","copilot/mai-code*","openai/MAI-Code*"],"mini":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gpt-5-nano","gemini-flash-lite"],"nano-banana":["copilot/nano-banana*","google/nano-banana*","gemini/nano-banana*"],"opus":["copilot/*opus*","anthropic/*opus*"],"opusplan":["opus?effort=high"],"reasoning":["copilot/o1*","copilot/o3*","copilot/o4*","openai/o1*","openai/o3*","openai/o4*"],"robotics":["copilot/*robotics*","google/*robotics*","gemini/*robotics*"],"small":["mini"],"small-agent":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gemini-flash"],"sonnet":["copilot/*sonnet*","anthropic/*sonnet*"],"sonnet-6x":["copilot/*sonnet-4.5*","copilot/*sonnet-4.6*","copilot/*sonnet-4-5-*","anthropic/*sonnet-4-5-*","copilot/*sonnet-4-6*","anthropic/*sonnet-4-6*"],"summarization":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gemini-flash-lite","mini"],"vision":["copilot/gemini-*image*","gemini/gemini-*image*","copilot/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"]}},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.68"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json"
           GH_AW_MODEL_MULTIPLIERS_PATH="/tmp/gh-aw/model_multipliers.json" node "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/merge_awf_model_multipliers.cjs"
           cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          export GH_AW_MODELS_JSON_PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/models.json"
           GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS=""
           if [[ "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" =~ ^tcp:// ]]; then
             GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS="--docker-host-path-prefix /tmp/gh-aw"
@@ -918,7 +959,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           # shellcheck disable=SC1003
           sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" ${GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE_MOUNT:+--mount "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE_MOUNT"} ${GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS} --tty --env-all --exclude-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --exclude-env GH_TOKEN --exclude-env GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN --exclude-env MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull --difc-proxy-host host.docker.internal:18443 --difc-proxy-ca-cert /tmp/gh-aw/difc-proxy-tls/ca.crt \
-            -- /bin/bash -c 'set +o histexpand; export PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-cli/bin:$PATH" && GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE="${RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE:-/opt/hostedtoolcache}"; export PATH="$(find "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE" /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/claude_harness.cjs claude --print --no-chrome --allowed-tools '\''Bash,BashOutput,Edit,Edit(/tmp/*),Edit(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),ExitPlanMode,Glob,Grep,KillBash,LS,MultiEdit,MultiEdit(/tmp/*),MultiEdit(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),NotebookEdit,NotebookRead,Read,Read(/tmp/*),Read(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),Task,TodoWrite,Write,Write(/tmp/*),Write(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),mcp__github__download_workflow_run_artifact,mcp__github__get_code_scanning_alert,mcp__github__get_commit,mcp__github__get_dependabot_alert,mcp__github__get_discussion,mcp__github__get_discussion_comments,mcp__github__get_file_contents,mcp__github__get_job_logs,mcp__github__get_label,mcp__github__get_latest_release,mcp__github__get_me,mcp__github__get_notification_details,mcp__github__get_pull_request,mcp__github__get_pull_request_comments,mcp__github__get_pull_request_diff,mcp__github__get_pull_request_files,mcp__github__get_pull_request_review_comments,mcp__github__get_pull_request_reviews,mcp__github__get_pull_request_status,mcp__github__get_release_by_tag,mcp__github__get_secret_scanning_alert,mcp__github__get_tag,mcp__github__get_workflow_run,mcp__github__get_workflow_run_logs,mcp__github__get_workflow_run_usage,mcp__github__issue_read,mcp__github__list_branches,mcp__github__list_code_scanning_alerts,mcp__github__list_commits,mcp__github__list_dependabot_alerts,mcp__github__list_discussion_categories,mcp__github__list_discussions,mcp__github__list_issue_types,mcp__github__list_issues,mcp__github__list_label,mcp__github__list_notifications,mcp__github__list_pull_requests,mcp__github__list_releases,mcp__github__list_secret_scanning_alerts,mcp__github__list_starred_repositories,mcp__github__list_tags,mcp__github__list_workflow_jobs,mcp__github__list_workflow_run_artifacts,mcp__github__list_workflow_runs,mcp__github__list_workflows,mcp__github__pull_request_read,mcp__github__search_code,mcp__github__search_issues,mcp__github__search_orgs,mcp__github__search_pull_requests,mcp__github__search_repositories,mcp__github__search_users,mcp__safeoutputs'\'' --debug-file /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log --verbose --permission-mode acceptEdits --output-format stream-json --mcp-config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-config/mcp-servers.json" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt${GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE:+ --model "$GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE"}' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
+            -- /bin/bash -c 'set +o histexpand; export PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-cli/bin:$PATH" && GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE="${RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE:-/opt/hostedtoolcache}"; export PATH="$(find "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE" /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT="$(npm root -g 2>/dev/null || true)"; if [ -n "$GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT" ]; then export NODE_PATH="${GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT}${NODE_PATH:+:${NODE_PATH}}"; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/claude_harness.cjs claude --print --no-chrome --allowed-tools '\''Bash,BashOutput,Edit,Edit(/tmp/*),Edit(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),ExitPlanMode,Glob,Grep,KillBash,LS,MultiEdit,MultiEdit(/tmp/*),MultiEdit(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),NotebookEdit,NotebookRead,Read,Read(/tmp/*),Read(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),Task,TodoWrite,Write,Write(/tmp/*),Write(/tmp/gh-aw/agent/*),mcp__github__download_workflow_run_artifact,mcp__github__get_code_scanning_alert,mcp__github__get_commit,mcp__github__get_dependabot_alert,mcp__github__get_discussion,mcp__github__get_discussion_comments,mcp__github__get_file_contents,mcp__github__get_job_logs,mcp__github__get_label,mcp__github__get_latest_release,mcp__github__get_me,mcp__github__get_notification_details,mcp__github__get_pull_request,mcp__github__get_pull_request_comments,mcp__github__get_pull_request_diff,mcp__github__get_pull_request_files,mcp__github__get_pull_request_review_comments,mcp__github__get_pull_request_reviews,mcp__github__get_pull_request_status,mcp__github__get_release_by_tag,mcp__github__get_secret_scanning_alert,mcp__github__get_tag,mcp__github__get_workflow_run,mcp__github__get_workflow_run_logs,mcp__github__get_workflow_run_usage,mcp__github__issue_read,mcp__github__list_branches,mcp__github__list_code_scanning_alerts,mcp__github__list_commits,mcp__github__list_dependabot_alerts,mcp__github__list_discussion_categories,mcp__github__list_discussions,mcp__github__list_issue_types,mcp__github__list_issues,mcp__github__list_label,mcp__github__list_notifications,mcp__github__list_pull_requests,mcp__github__list_releases,mcp__github__list_secret_scanning_alerts,mcp__github__list_starred_repositories,mcp__github__list_tags,mcp__github__list_workflow_jobs,mcp__github__list_workflow_run_artifacts,mcp__github__list_workflow_runs,mcp__github__list_workflows,mcp__github__pull_request_read,mcp__github__search_code,mcp__github__search_issues,mcp__github__search_orgs,mcp__github__search_pull_requests,mcp__github__search_repositories,mcp__github__search_users,mcp__safeoutputs'\'' --debug-file /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log --verbose --permission-mode acceptEdits --output-format stream-json --mcp-config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-config/mcp-servers.json" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt${GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE:+ --model "$GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE"}' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
         env:
           ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
           BASH_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS: 60000
@@ -927,12 +968,13 @@ jobs:
           DISABLE_BUG_COMMAND: 1
           DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING: 1
           DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 1
+          GH_AW_MAX_TURNS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS || '' }}
           GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/mcp-config/mcp-servers.json
           GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_CLAUDE || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_CLAUDE || '' }}
           GH_AW_PHASE: agent
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
           GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
-          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.77.5
+          GH_AW_VERSION: dev
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || github.token }}
           GITHUB_AW: true
           GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
@@ -1120,7 +1162,7 @@ jobs:
       - safe_outputs
     if: >
       always() && (needs.agent.result != 'skipped' || needs.activation.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' ||
-      needs.activation.outputs.stale_lock_file_failed == 'true')
+      needs.activation.outputs.stale_lock_file_failed == 'true' || needs.activation.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_exceeded == 'true')
     runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -1136,9 +1178,16 @@ jobs:
       tools_reported: ${{ steps.missing_tool.outputs.tools_reported }}
       total_count: ${{ steps.missing_tool.outputs.total_count }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
@@ -1147,8 +1196,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
@@ -1164,6 +1213,40 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/
           find "/tmp/gh-aw/" -type f -print
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Collect usage artifact files
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection
+          echo "Usage artifact source file status:"
+          for file in /tmp/gh-aw/aw-info.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/agent_usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/detection_usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl; do
+            [ -f "$file" ] && echo "FOUND: $file" || echo "MISSING: $file"
+          done
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/aw-info.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/aw-info.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/aw-info.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/agent_usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/agent_usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/detection_usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/detection_usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall-audit-logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/logs/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl ] && cp /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/sandbox/firewall/audit/api-proxy-logs/token-usage.jsonl /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl || true
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl ] || : > /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl
+          [ -f /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl ] || : > /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl
+          find /tmp/gh-aw/usage -type f -print | sort
+      - name: Upload usage artifact
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: usage
+          path: |
+            /tmp/gh-aw/usage/aw-info.jsonl
+            /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent_usage.jsonl
+            /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection_usage.jsonl
+            /tmp/gh-aw/usage/agent/token_usage.jsonl
+            /tmp/gh-aw/usage/detection/token_usage.jsonl
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
       - name: Process no-op messages
         id: noop
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
@@ -1175,6 +1258,10 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
           GH_AW_AGENT_CONCLUSION: ${{ needs.agent.result }}
           GH_AW_NOOP_REPORT_AS_ISSUE: "true"
+          GH_AW_AIC: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.aic }}
+          GH_AW_THREAT_DETECTION_AIC: ${{ needs.detection.outputs.aic }}
+          GH_AW_AMBIENT_CONTEXT: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ambient_context }}
+          GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator"
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -1245,12 +1332,15 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
-          GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
+          GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
           GH_AW_ENGINE_API_HOSTS: "api.anthropic.com"
           GH_AW_CODE_PUSH_FAILURE_ERRORS: ${{ needs.safe_outputs.outputs.code_push_failure_errors }}
           GH_AW_CODE_PUSH_FAILURE_COUNT: ${{ needs.safe_outputs.outputs.code_push_failure_count }}
           GH_AW_LOCKDOWN_CHECK_FAILED: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.lockdown_check_failed }}
           GH_AW_STALE_LOCK_FILE_FAILED: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.stale_lock_file_failed }}
+          GH_AW_DAILY_EFFECTIVE_WORKFLOW_EXCEEDED: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_exceeded }}
+          GH_AW_DAILY_EFFECTIVE_WORKFLOW_TOTAL_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_total_effective_tokens }}
+          GH_AW_DAILY_EFFECTIVE_WORKFLOW_THRESHOLD: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.daily_effective_workflow_threshold }}
           GH_AW_PUSH_REPO_MEMORY_RESULT: ${{ needs.push_repo_memory.result }}
           GH_AW_REPO_MEMORY_VALIDATION_FAILED_default: ${{ needs.push_repo_memory.outputs.validation_failed_default }}
           GH_AW_REPO_MEMORY_VALIDATION_ERROR_default: ${{ needs.push_repo_memory.outputs.validation_error_default }}
@@ -1260,7 +1350,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_MISSING_TOOL_REPORT_AS_FAILURE: "true"
           GH_AW_MISSING_DATA_REPORT_AS_FAILURE: "true"
           GH_AW_TIMEOUT_MINUTES: "45"
-          GH_AW_MAX_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: "25000000"
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -1279,13 +1368,21 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     outputs:
+      aic: ${{ steps.parse_detection_token_usage.outputs.aic }}
       detection_conclusion: ${{ steps.detection_conclusion.outputs.conclusion }}
       detection_reason: ${{ steps.detection_conclusion.outputs.reason }}
       detection_success: ${{ steps.detection_conclusion.outputs.success }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
@@ -1294,8 +1391,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
@@ -1313,7 +1410,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository for patch context
         if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # --- Threat Detection ---
@@ -1322,7 +1419,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs
           rm -rf /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit
       - name: Download container images
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.58 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.58
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.68 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.68
       - name: Check if detection needed
         id: detection_guard
         if: always()
@@ -1347,6 +1444,7 @@ jobs:
         if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
         run: |
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts
+          rm -f /tmp/gh-aw/agent_usage.json
           cp /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts/prompt.txt 2>/dev/null || true
           if [ ! -s /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts/prompt.txt ]; then
             echo "::warning::ERR_VALIDATION: Missing or empty detection context prompt at /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/aw-prompts/prompt.txt. Ensure the agent artifact includes /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt. Detection will continue with fallback workflow context."
@@ -1384,9 +1482,9 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '24'
           package-manager-cache: false
       - name: Install AWF binary
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.58
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.68
       - name: Install Claude Code CLI
-        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.156
+        run: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.168
       - name: Execute Claude Code CLI
         if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -1413,9 +1511,10 @@ jobs:
           printf '%s' "$(date +%s%3N)" > /tmp/gh-aw/agent_cli_start_ms.txt
           touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
           (umask 177 && touch /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log)
-          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.58/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","anthropic.com","api.anthropic.com","api.github.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","cdn.playwright.dev","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","files.pythonhosted.org","ghcr.io","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","playwright.download.prss.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","pypi.org","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","sentry.io","statsig.anthropic.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxEffectiveTokens":25000000},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.58"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json"
+          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.68/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","anthropic.com","api.anthropic.com","api.github.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","cdn.playwright.dev","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","files.pythonhosted.org","ghcr.io","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","playwright.download.prss.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","pypi.org","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","sentry.io","statsig.anthropic.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxAiCredits":1000},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.68"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json"
           GH_AW_MODEL_MULTIPLIERS_PATH="/tmp/gh-aw/model_multipliers.json" node "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/merge_awf_model_multipliers.cjs"
           cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          export GH_AW_MODELS_JSON_PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/models.json"
           GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS=""
           if [[ "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" =~ ^tcp:// ]]; then
             GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS="--docker-host-path-prefix /tmp/gh-aw"
@@ -1431,7 +1530,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           # shellcheck disable=SC1003
           sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" ${GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE_MOUNT:+--mount "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE_MOUNT"} ${GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS} --tty --env-all --exclude-env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull \
-            -- /bin/bash -c 'set +o histexpand; GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE="${RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE:-/opt/hostedtoolcache}"; export PATH="$(find "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE" /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/claude_harness.cjs claude --print --no-chrome --allowed-tools '\''Bash,BashOutput,Edit(/tmp/*),ExitPlanMode,Glob,Grep,KillBash,LS,MultiEdit(/tmp/*),NotebookRead,Read,Read(/tmp/*),Task,TodoWrite,Write(/tmp/*)'\'' --debug-file /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log --verbose --permission-mode acceptEdits --output-format stream-json --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt${GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE:+ --model "$GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE"}' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
+            -- /bin/bash -c 'set +o histexpand; GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE="${RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE:-/opt/hostedtoolcache}"; export PATH="$(find "$GH_AW_TOOL_CACHE" /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT="$(npm root -g 2>/dev/null || true)"; if [ -n "$GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT" ]; then export NODE_PATH="${GH_AW_NPM_GLOBAL_ROOT}${NODE_PATH:+:${NODE_PATH}}"; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/claude_harness.cjs claude --print --no-chrome --allowed-tools '\''Bash,BashOutput,Edit(/tmp/*),ExitPlanMode,Glob,Grep,KillBash,LS,MultiEdit(/tmp/*),NotebookRead,Read,Read(/tmp/*),Task,TodoWrite,Write(/tmp/*)'\'' --debug-file /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log --verbose --permission-mode acceptEdits --output-format stream-json --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt${GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE:+ --model "$GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE"}' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
         env:
           ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
           BASH_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS: 60000
@@ -1440,10 +1539,11 @@ jobs:
           DISABLE_BUG_COMMAND: 1
           DISABLE_ERROR_REPORTING: 1
           DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 1
+          GH_AW_MAX_TURNS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS || '' }}
           GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_CLAUDE || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_CLAUDE || '' }}
           GH_AW_PHASE: detection
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
-          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.77.5
+          GH_AW_VERSION: dev
           GITHUB_AW: true
           GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY: /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
           GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -1454,6 +1554,19 @@ jobs:
           MCP_TIMEOUT: 120000
           MCP_TOOL_TIMEOUT: 60000
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+      - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
+        id: parse_detection_token_usage
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        env:
+          GH_AW_TOKEN_USAGE_SUMMARY_TITLE: Threat Detection Token Usage
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
+            setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
+            const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/parse_token_usage.cjs');
+            await main();
       - name: Upload threat detection log
         if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
@@ -1513,9 +1626,16 @@ jobs:
       validation_error_default: ${{ steps.push_repo_memory_default.outputs.validation_error }}
       validation_failed_default: ${{ steps.push_repo_memory_default.outputs.validation_failed }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
@@ -1524,11 +1644,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: .
@@ -1573,6 +1693,15 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/push_repo_memory.cjs');
             await main();
+      - name: Restore actions folder
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions/setup
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
+          persist-credentials: false
 
   safe_outputs:
     needs:
@@ -1587,12 +1716,17 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
+      GH_AW_AGENT_AIC: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.aic }}
+      GH_AW_AIC: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.aic }}
+      GH_AW_AMBIENT_CONTEXT: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ambient_context }}
       GH_AW_CALLER_WORKFLOW_ID: "${{ github.repository }}/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator"
       GH_AW_DETECTION_CONCLUSION: ${{ needs.detection.outputs.detection_conclusion }}
       GH_AW_DETECTION_REASON: ${{ needs.detection.outputs.detection_reason }}
       GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens }}
       GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       GH_AW_ENGINE_MODEL: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.model }}
+      GH_AW_PROJECT_UTC: "-08:00"
+      GH_AW_THREAT_DETECTION_AIC: ${{ needs.detection.outputs.aic }}
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_EMOJI: "🧪"
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator"
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
@@ -1611,9 +1745,16 @@ jobs:
       push_commit_sha: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.push_commit_sha }}
       push_commit_url: ${{ steps.process_safe_outputs.outputs.push_commit_url }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout actions folder
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.77.5
+        uses: ./actions/setup
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
@@ -1622,8 +1763,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/daily-safeoutputs-git-simulator.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.156"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.58"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "2.1.168"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.68"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "claude"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
@@ -1657,7 +1798,7 @@ jobs:
             await main();
       - name: Checkout repository (trusted default branch for comment events)
         if: ((!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') || (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'push_to_pull_request_branch')) && (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment')
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1665,7 +1806,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repository
         if: ((!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') || (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'push_to_pull_request_branch')) && github.event_name != 'issue_comment' && github.event_name != 'pull_request_review_comment'
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.extract-base-branch.outputs.base-branch || github.base_ref || github.event.pull_request.base.ref || github.ref_name || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1688,6 +1829,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure GH_HOST for enterprise compatibility
         id: ghes-host-config
         shell: bash
+        # zizmor: ignore[github-env] - GITHUB_SERVER_URL is set by GitHub Actions, not user input.
         run: |
           # Derive GH_HOST from GITHUB_SERVER_URL so the gh CLI targets the correct
           # GitHub instance (GHES/GHEC). On github.com this is a harmless no-op.
@@ -1703,7 +1845,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: "*.githubusercontent.com,anthropic.com,api.anthropic.com,api.github.com,api.snapcraft.io,archive.ubuntu.com,azure.archive.ubuntu.com,cdn.playwright.dev,codeload.github.com,crl.geotrust.com,crl.globalsign.com,crl.identrust.com,crl.sectigo.com,crl.thawte.com,crl.usertrust.com,crl.verisign.com,crl3.digicert.com,crl4.digicert.com,crls.ssl.com,files.pythonhosted.org,ghcr.io,github-cloud.githubusercontent.com,github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com,github.com,host.docker.internal,json-schema.org,json.schemastore.org,keyserver.ubuntu.com,lfs.github.com,objects.githubusercontent.com,ocsp.digicert.com,ocsp.geotrust.com,ocsp.globalsign.com,ocsp.identrust.com,ocsp.sectigo.com,ocsp.ssl.com,ocsp.thawte.com,ocsp.usertrust.com,ocsp.verisign.com,packagecloud.io,packages.cloud.google.com,packages.microsoft.com,playwright.download.prss.microsoft.com,ppa.launchpad.net,pypi.org,raw.githubusercontent.com,registry.npmjs.org,s.symcb.com,s.symcd.com,security.ubuntu.com,sentry.io,statsig.anthropic.com,ts-crl.ws.symantec.com,ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com,www.googleapis.com"
           GITHUB_SERVER_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}
           GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
-          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_HANDLER_CONFIG: "{\"create_issue\":{\"close_older_issues\":false,\"labels\":[\"git-simulator\",\"safe-outputs\",\"automated\"],\"max\":10,\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"create_pull_request\":{\"allowed_files\":[\"sim/**\",\"stuff.md\",\"history.md\"],\"draft\":true,\"expires\":24,\"if_no_changes\":\"warn\",\"labels\":[\"git-sim-probe\",\"automated\"],\"max\":1,\"max_patch_files\":200,\"max_patch_size\":5120,\"protect_top_level_dot_folders\":true,\"protected_files\":[\"package.json\",\"bun.lockb\",\"bunfig.toml\",\"deno.json\",\"deno.jsonc\",\"deno.lock\",\"global.json\",\"NuGet.Config\",\"Directory.Packages.props\",\"mix.exs\",\"mix.lock\",\"go.mod\",\"go.sum\",\"stack.yaml\",\"stack.yaml.lock\",\"pom.xml\",\"build.gradle\",\"build.gradle.kts\",\"settings.gradle\",\"settings.gradle.kts\",\"gradle.properties\",\"package-lock.json\",\"yarn.lock\",\"pnpm-lock.yaml\",\"npm-shrinkwrap.json\",\"requirements.txt\",\"Pipfile\",\"Pipfile.lock\",\"pyproject.toml\",\"setup.py\",\"setup.cfg\",\"Gemfile\",\"Gemfile.lock\",\"uv.lock\",\"CODEOWNERS\",\"DESIGN.md\",\"README.md\",\"CONTRIBUTING.md\",\"CHANGELOG.md\",\"SECURITY.md\",\"CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\",\"AGENTS.md\"],\"protected_files_policy\":\"request_review\",\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"create_report_incomplete_issue\":{},\"missing_data\":{},\"missing_tool\":{},\"noop\":{\"max\":1,\"report-as-issue\":\"true\"},\"push_to_pull_request_branch\":{\"allowed_files\":[\"sim/**\",\"stuff.md\",\"history.md\"],\"if_no_changes\":\"ignore\",\"max_patch_size\":5120,\"protect_top_level_dot_folders\":true,\"protected_files\":[\"package.json\",\"bun.lockb\",\"bunfig.toml\",\"deno.json\",\"deno.jsonc\",\"deno.lock\",\"global.json\",\"NuGet.Config\",\"Directory.Packages.props\",\"mix.exs\",\"mix.lock\",\"go.mod\",\"go.sum\",\"stack.yaml\",\"stack.yaml.lock\",\"pom.xml\",\"build.gradle\",\"build.gradle.kts\",\"settings.gradle\",\"settings.gradle.kts\",\"gradle.properties\",\"package-lock.json\",\"yarn.lock\",\"pnpm-lock.yaml\",\"npm-shrinkwrap.json\",\"requirements.txt\",\"Pipfile\",\"Pipfile.lock\",\"pyproject.toml\",\"setup.py\",\"setup.cfg\",\"Gemfile\",\"Gemfile.lock\",\"uv.lock\",\"CODEOWNERS\",\"DESIGN.md\",\"README.md\",\"CONTRIBUTING.md\",\"CHANGELOG.md\",\"SECURITY.md\",\"CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\",\"AGENTS.md\"],\"required_labels\":[\"git-sim-probe\",\"automated\"],\"target\":\"*\",\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"report_incomplete\":{}}"
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_HANDLER_CONFIG: "{\"create_issue\":{\"close_older_issues\":false,\"deduplicate_by_title\":3,\"labels\":[\"git-simulator\",\"safe-outputs\",\"automated\"],\"max\":10,\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"create_pull_request\":{\"allowed_files\":[\"sim/**\",\"stuff.md\",\"history.md\"],\"draft\":true,\"expires\":24,\"if_no_changes\":\"warn\",\"labels\":[\"git-sim-probe\",\"automated\"],\"max\":1,\"max_patch_files\":200,\"max_patch_size\":5120,\"protect_top_level_dot_folders\":true,\"protected_files\":[\"package.json\",\"bun.lockb\",\"bunfig.toml\",\"deno.json\",\"deno.jsonc\",\"deno.lock\",\"global.json\",\"NuGet.Config\",\"Directory.Packages.props\",\"mix.exs\",\"mix.lock\",\"go.mod\",\"go.sum\",\"stack.yaml\",\"stack.yaml.lock\",\"pom.xml\",\"build.gradle\",\"build.gradle.kts\",\"settings.gradle\",\"settings.gradle.kts\",\"gradle.properties\",\"package-lock.json\",\"yarn.lock\",\"pnpm-lock.yaml\",\"npm-shrinkwrap.json\",\"requirements.txt\",\"Pipfile\",\"Pipfile.lock\",\"pyproject.toml\",\"setup.py\",\"setup.cfg\",\"Gemfile\",\"Gemfile.lock\",\"uv.lock\",\"CODEOWNERS\",\"DESIGN.md\",\"README.md\",\"CONTRIBUTING.md\",\"CHANGELOG.md\",\"SECURITY.md\",\"CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\",\"AGENTS.md\"],\"protected_files_policy\":\"request_review\",\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"create_report_incomplete_issue\":{},\"missing_data\":{},\"missing_tool\":{},\"noop\":{\"max\":1,\"report-as-issue\":\"true\"},\"push_to_pull_request_branch\":{\"allowed_files\":[\"sim/**\",\"stuff.md\",\"history.md\"],\"if_no_changes\":\"ignore\",\"max_patch_size\":5120,\"protect_top_level_dot_folders\":true,\"protected_files\":[\"package.json\",\"bun.lockb\",\"bunfig.toml\",\"deno.json\",\"deno.jsonc\",\"deno.lock\",\"global.json\",\"NuGet.Config\",\"Directory.Packages.props\",\"mix.exs\",\"mix.lock\",\"go.mod\",\"go.sum\",\"stack.yaml\",\"stack.yaml.lock\",\"pom.xml\",\"build.gradle\",\"build.gradle.kts\",\"settings.gradle\",\"settings.gradle.kts\",\"gradle.properties\",\"package-lock.json\",\"yarn.lock\",\"pnpm-lock.yaml\",\"npm-shrinkwrap.json\",\"requirements.txt\",\"Pipfile\",\"Pipfile.lock\",\"pyproject.toml\",\"setup.py\",\"setup.cfg\",\"Gemfile\",\"Gemfile.lock\",\"uv.lock\",\"CODEOWNERS\",\"DESIGN.md\",\"README.md\",\"CONTRIBUTING.md\",\"CHANGELOG.md\",\"SECURITY.md\",\"CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md\",\"CLAUDE.md\",\"AGENTS.md\"],\"required_labels\":[\"git-sim-probe\",\"automated\"],\"target\":\"*\",\"title_prefix\":\"[git-sim] \"},\"report_incomplete\":{}}"
           GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_CI_TRIGGER_TOKEN }}
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1721,4 +1863,13 @@ jobs:
             /tmp/gh-aw/safe-output-items.jsonl
             /tmp/gh-aw/temporary-id-map.json
           if-no-files-found: ignore
+      - name: Restore actions folder
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        with:
+          repository: github/gh-aw
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            actions/setup
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
+          persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/safe_output_type_validator.test.cjs b/actions/setup/js/safe_output_type_validator.test.cjs
index bb3ed8bfdb5..723e49cb428 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/safe_output_type_validator.test.cjs
+++ b/actions/setup/js/safe_output_type_validator.test.cjs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const SAMPLE_VALIDATION_CONFIG = {
     defaultMax: 1,
     fields: {
       title: { required: true, type: "string", sanitize: true, maxLength: 128 },
-      body: { required: true, type: "string", sanitize: true, maxLength: 65000 },
+      body: { required: true, type: "string", sanitize: true, maxLength: 65000, minLength: 20 },
       labels: { type: "array", itemType: "string", itemSanitize: true, itemMaxLength: 128 },
       parent: { issueOrPRNumber: true },
       temporary_id: { type: "string" },
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should validate create_issue with all required fields", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body: "Test body" }, "create_issue", 1);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body: "Detailed issue body text." }, "create_issue", 1);
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
       expect(result.normalizedItem).toBeDefined();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should fail validation when required title is missing", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", body: "Test body" }, "create_issue", 1);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", body: "Detailed issue body text." }, "create_issue", 1);
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
       expect(result.error).toContain("title");
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should sanitize string fields", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test @mention Issue", body: "Test body" }, "create_issue", 1);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test @mention Issue", body: "Detailed issue body text." }, "create_issue", 1);
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
       // The sanitizeContent function converts @mentions to backticked format
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should not normalize backticked closing references when disabled", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Closes `#123`" }, "create_issue", 1, { normalizeIssueClosingKeywords: false });
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Detailed context. Closes `#123`" }, "create_issue", 1, { normalizeIssueClosingKeywords: false });
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
       expect(result.normalizedItem.body).toContain("`#123`");
@@ -776,6 +776,55 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
   });
 
   describe("minLength validation", () => {
+    it("should reject create_issue body shorter than minLength", async () => {
+      const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
+
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body: "Short" }, "create_issue", 1);
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error).toContain("too short");
+      expect(result.error).toContain("20");
+    });
+
+    it("should accept create_issue body that meets minLength", async () => {
+      const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
+
+      const body = "Detailed issue body with clear context.";
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body }, "create_issue", 1);
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("should accept create_issue body at exact minLength", async () => {
+      const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
+
+      const body = "Exactly twenty chars";
+      expect(body.length).toBe(20);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body }, "create_issue", 1);
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("should reject create_issue body at minLength - 1", async () => {
+      const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
+
+      const body = "Exactly nineteen ch";
+      expect(body.length).toBe(19);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body }, "create_issue", 1);
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error).toContain("too short");
+    });
+
+    it("should reject create_issue body that is only whitespace", async () => {
+      const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
+
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test Issue", body: "                         " }, "create_issue", 1);
+
+      expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.error).toContain("too short");
+    });
+
     it("should reject body shorter than minLength", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
@@ -818,7 +867,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should validate array of strings", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Body", labels: ["bug", "enhancement"] }, "create_issue", 1);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Detailed issue body text.", labels: ["bug", "enhancement"] }, "create_issue", 1);
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(true);
       expect(Array.isArray(result.normalizedItem.labels)).toBe(true);
@@ -827,7 +876,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
     it("should reject array with non-string items", async () => {
       const { validateItem } = await import("./safe_output_type_validator.cjs");
 
-      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Body", labels: ["bug", 123] }, "create_issue", 1);
+      const result = validateItem({ type: "create_issue", title: "Test", body: "Detailed issue body text.", labels: ["bug", 123] }, "create_issue", 1);
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
       expect(result.error).toContain("must contain only strings");
@@ -873,7 +922,7 @@ describe("safe_output_type_validator", () => {
       const item = {
         type: "create_issue",
         title: "Test",
-        body: "Body text",
+        body: "Detailed issue body text.",
         metadata: { project: "test" },
       };
 
diff --git a/actions/setup/js/safe_outputs_tools.json b/actions/setup/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
index 6031c4f1824..e05b0772214 100644
--- a/actions/setup/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
+++ b/actions/setup/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         },
         "body": {
           "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 20,
           "description": "Detailed issue description in Markdown. Must be the final intended body \u2014 not a placeholder or test value. Do NOT repeat the title as a heading since it already appears as the issue's h1. Include context, reproduction steps, or acceptance criteria as appropriate."
         },
         "labels": {
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/js/safe_outputs_tools.json b/pkg/workflow/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
index 6031c4f1824..e05b0772214 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
+++ b/pkg/workflow/js/safe_outputs_tools.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         },
         "body": {
           "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 20,
           "description": "Detailed issue description in Markdown. Must be the final intended body \u2014 not a placeholder or test value. Do NOT repeat the title as a heading since it already appears as the issue's h1. Include context, reproduction steps, or acceptance criteria as appropriate."
         },
         "labels": {
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/safe_output_validation_config_test.go b/pkg/workflow/safe_output_validation_config_test.go
index c8c4bc27ccc..6ceb4a2c90e 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/safe_output_validation_config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/safe_output_validation_config_test.go
@@ -313,6 +313,22 @@ func TestCreateDiscussionBodyMinLength(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCreateIssueBodyMinLength(t *testing.T) {
+	config, ok := ValidationConfig["create_issue"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("create_issue not found in ValidationConfig")
+	}
+
+	bodyField, ok := config.Fields["body"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("body field not found in create_issue validation config")
+	}
+
+	if bodyField.MinLength != MinIssueBodyLength {
+		t.Errorf("create_issue body MinLength = %d, want %d", bodyField.MinLength, MinIssueBodyLength)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFieldValidationMinLengthMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
 	field := FieldValidation{
 		Required:  true,
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_validation_config.go b/pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_validation_config.go
index 4e41891fcc8..4b1a983eef4 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_validation_config.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/safe_outputs_validation_config.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const (
 	MaxBodyLength           = 65000
 	MaxGitHubUsernameLength = 39
 	MaxGitHubTeamSlugLength = 100
+	MinIssueBodyLength      = 20 // Minimum body length for create_issue to prevent placeholder-only submissions
 	MinDiscussionBodyLength = 64 // Minimum body length for create_discussion to prevent placeholder-only submissions
 )
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ var ValidationConfig = map[string]TypeValidationConfig{
 		DefaultMax: 1,
 		Fields: map[string]FieldValidation{
 			"title":        {Required: true, Type: "string", Sanitize: true, MaxLength: 128},
-			"body":         {Required: true, Type: "string", Sanitize: true, MaxLength: MaxBodyLength},
+			"body":         {Required: true, Type: "string", Sanitize: true, MaxLength: MaxBodyLength, MinLength: MinIssueBodyLength},
 			"labels":       {Type: "array", ItemType: "string", ItemSanitize: true, ItemMaxLength: 128},
 			"fields":       {Type: "array"},
 			"parent":       {IssueOrPRNumber: true},
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/samples_validation.go b/pkg/workflow/samples_validation.go
index 117c4a8aac2..31df9944c4d 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/samples_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/samples_validation.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func placeholderForType(t string, schema map[string]any) any {
 				return "https://example.com"
 			}
 		}
-		return sampleRuntimeExpressionPlaceholder
+		return stringPlaceholderForSchema(schema)
 	case "array":
 		return []any{}
 	case "object":
@@ -313,6 +313,26 @@ func placeholderForType(t string, schema map[string]any) any {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func stringPlaceholderForSchema(schema map[string]any) string {
+	placeholder := sampleRuntimeExpressionPlaceholder
+	minLength, hasMinLength := schemaNumberAsInt(schema, "minLength")
+	if !hasMinLength || minLength <= len(placeholder) {
+		return placeholder
+	}
+	return placeholder + strings.Repeat("x", minLength-len(placeholder))
+}
+
+func schemaNumberAsInt(schema map[string]any, key string) (int, bool) {
+	if schema == nil {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	raw, ok := schema[key].(float64)
+	if !ok || raw < 0 {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	return int(raw), true
+}
+
 // stripSidecarFields returns a shallow copy of sample with sidecar keys removed.
 // The original map is never modified, even when no sidecars are configured —
 // callers may mutate the returned map without affecting the caller's input.
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/samples_validation_test.go b/pkg/workflow/samples_validation_test.go
index ea85583b75f..a69ac2a6d28 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/samples_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/samples_validation_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestValidateSafeOutputsSamples_Valid(t *testing.T) {
 				Samples: []map[string]any{
 					{
 						"title": "Sample issue",
-						"body":  "Sample body",
+						"body":  "Sample issue body with enough detail.",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestValidateSafeOutputsSamples_MissingRequired(t *testing.T) {
 				Samples: []map[string]any{
 					{
 						// title intentionally missing
-						"body": "Body without title",
+						"body": "Body text without title.",
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestValidateSafeOutputsSamples_RuntimeExpressionsInNestedValues(t *testing.
 				Samples: []map[string]any{
 					{
 						"title": "Issue ${{ github.event.inputs.title_suffix }}",
-						"body":  "Body",
+						"body":  "Body with enough detail.",
 						"labels": []any{
 							"static-label",
 							"${{ github.event.inputs.dynamic_label }}",
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ func TestValidateSafeOutputsSamples_NonExpressionErrorsStillReported(t *testing.
 	require.Error(t, err, "missing-title error should still surface even though body is a runtime expression")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "create-issue", "error should reference the failing safe-output key")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "samples[0]", "error should reference the failing sample entry")
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "title", "error should still be caused by missing required title")
 }
 
 // TestSubstituteRuntimeExpressionsForValidation_LeavesLiteralsUntouched
@@ -452,6 +453,11 @@ func TestPlaceholderForSchema(t *testing.T) {
 			schema: map[string]any{"type": "string", "format": "uri"},
 			want:   "https://example.com",
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "string minLength pads placeholder",
+			schema: map[string]any{"type": "string", "minLength": float64(20)},
+			want:   "aw_samplexxxxxxxxxxx",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {