Description
Code Scanning Fixer is stuck re-generating and re-submitting an identical 41,422 KB patch (max allowed: 4,096 KB) for the "Remove committed actionlint/gosec binaries from git history" alert, failing on the exact same patch-size error on both 2026-08-01 (run 30714466597) and 2026-08-03 (run 30776690621). Removing large committed binaries from git history inherently produces a diff on the order of the binaries' size, which will always exceed the current 4MB cap — so this alert can never succeed under current config and burns a scheduled run daily on a guaranteed failure.
Expected Impact
Stops a guaranteed-daily-failure from consuming scheduled run budget. Either add dedup/backoff so the fixer stops retrying an alert whose last attempt failed on patch-size, or redirect binary-removal-class alerts to a descriptive issue/comment instead of a direct PR when the estimated diff would exceed the cap.
Suggested Agent
Existing maintainer / Code Scanning Fixer workflow owner
Estimated Effort
Medium (1-4 hours) — needs a size-estimate check before PR creation plus a policy decision on binary-removal alert handling.
Data Source
DeepReport Intelligence Briefing 2026-08-03, cross-referencing Safe Output Health Monitor discussion #49905 and Weekly Workflow Analysis discussion #49950.
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Description
Code Scanning Fixer is stuck re-generating and re-submitting an identical 41,422 KB patch (max allowed: 4,096 KB) for the "Remove committed actionlint/gosec binaries from git history" alert, failing on the exact same patch-size error on both 2026-08-01 (run 30714466597) and 2026-08-03 (run 30776690621). Removing large committed binaries from git history inherently produces a diff on the order of the binaries' size, which will always exceed the current 4MB cap — so this alert can never succeed under current config and burns a scheduled run daily on a guaranteed failure.
Expected Impact
Stops a guaranteed-daily-failure from consuming scheduled run budget. Either add dedup/backoff so the fixer stops retrying an alert whose last attempt failed on patch-size, or redirect binary-removal-class alerts to a descriptive issue/comment instead of a direct PR when the estimated diff would exceed the cap.
Suggested Agent
Existing maintainer / Code Scanning Fixer workflow owner
Estimated Effort
Medium (1-4 hours) — needs a size-estimate check before PR creation plus a policy decision on binary-removal alert handling.
Data Source
DeepReport Intelligence Briefing 2026-08-03, cross-referencing Safe Output Health Monitor discussion #49905 and Weekly Workflow Analysis discussion #49950.