[gh-aw-upgrade] gh-aw upgrade available: v0.49.2 → v0.49.4

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A new version of gh-aw is available. We are currently on v0.49.2, latest is v0.49.4.

Upgrade Assessment

Urgency: Recommended

Relevant Changes

v0.49.4

Breaking Changes

• None called out in release notes.

New Features Worth Adopting

• None specific for our current workflow usage.

Bug Fixes

• Playwright --no-sandbox argument fix: Improves reliability for Playwright-based runs in sandboxed Actions environments (release notes: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/releases/tag/v0.49.4).
• awf --allow-domains/--block-domains shell quoting fix: Prevents argument splitting issues in firewall domain rules (same release).

Security

• No explicit security patch called out.

v0.49.3

Breaking Changes

• None called out in release notes.

New Features Worth Adopting

• activation-comments: false frontmatter: New option to disable activation/fallback bot comments for quieter threads (release notes: https://github.com/github/gh-aw/releases/tag/v0.49.3). We currently do not set this in any gh-aw-*.md workflow.

Bug Fixes

• web-fetch MCP server fix: v0.49.3 fixes incorrect MCP config generation (container vs command/args). This is relevant because web-fetch is configured in nearly all our gh-aw workflows, e.g.:
  • .github/workflows/gh-aw-release-update.md:66
  • .github/workflows/gh-aw-mention-in-pr-no-sandbox.md:83
  • .github/workflows/gh-aw-mention-in-issue-no-sandbox.md:75

Security

• No explicit security patch called out.

Upgrade Steps

• Update GH_AW_VERSION in Makefile from v0.49.2 to v0.49.4 (Makefile:4)
• Optionally adopt activation-comments: false in selected high-volume mention/review workflows if comment noise is undesirable
• Run make compile and verify 0 errors, 0 warnings
• Run one scheduled/mention workflow smoke test that exercises web-fetch to confirm MCP startup behavior on the new version

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• expires on Mar 2, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

[strawgate]

set activation-comments: false on all workflows please

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