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fix: switch content-moderation workflow to pull_request_target trigger - #45495

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Copilot AI commented Jul 14, 2026 •

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The Content Moderation workflow regressed from 100% → 25% success (Jul 8→13) not due to a code change, but a volume spike: 8+ copilot-swe-agent PRs on Jul 13 triggered GitHub's platform-level action_required state (0 jobs run) for pull_request events from bot actors. Jul 8 had only human-triggered events, masking this behavior.

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  • .github/workflows/content-moderation.yml
    • Trigger: pull_request → pull_request_target, which runs in the base-branch context and bypasses fork/bot PR approval gates. Safe here because the workflow never checks out PR code — it only calls the GitHub REST API.
    • Updated both context.eventName checks in the GitHub Script to match either event name for forward/backward compatibility:
      // before
      } else if (context.eventName === 'pull_request') {
      // after
      } else if (context.eventName === 'pull_request' || context.eventName === 'pull_request_target') {

Note: Same-repo copilot/* branch PRs may still hit action_required if the org has an approval policy for the Copilot GitHub App — that requires an org-level policy change, not a workflow fix.

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Investigate content moderation regression from 100% to 25% success fix: switch content-moderation workflow to pull_request_target trigger Jul 14, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from pelikhan July 14, 2026 14:32
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🤖 PR Triage

Field Value
Category bug
Risk 🟡 Medium
Score 58/100 (impact:25, urgency:20, quality:13)
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Switches content-moderation workflow from pull_request to pull_request_target trigger — a correctness fix for token-scoped workflows. Affects 2 workflow files. Medium risk but high-value fix.

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@pelikhan pelikhan closed this Jul 14, 2026
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github-actions Bot deleted the copilot/aw-content-moderation-regression branch July 22, 2026 03:00
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[aw] Content Moderation: regression from 100% → 25% success (Jul 8→13)

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