PR actions detective no-op if no failures

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This should avoid the situation of multiple github workflows per PR and multiple github comments without any failures to be notified.

No-Op as a github comment in this case

[github-actions]

This issue looks like a duplicate of #605 and may be safe to close.

Possible duplicates:

• Noop on no failure #605 — It targets the same no-failure behavior in PR Actions Detective, where a successful run should emit a no-op instead of posting a full detective comment.

2 related issues

• Actions and branch detective should hide older comments #594 — It covers comment-noise reduction in detective workflows and can help with the same comment-management outcome for this issue.
• Disable no-op runs for duplicate issues workflow #255 — It documents prior no-op reporting changes in the duplicate-detector workflow, which is useful context for configuring no-op behavior consistently.

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[github-actions]

tl;dr: PR Actions Detective already no-ops when there are no failed jobs, and this appears to have been delivered by merged PR #609; I recommend closing #620 as duplicate scope (or linking it to #605).

Recommendation

Close this as already addressed in main (or mark as duplicate of #605), and keep only one tracking issue for any follow-up hardening (pagination/terminal-conclusion coverage).

Findings

• Trigger is failure-gated for PR-associated runs:
  • .github/workflows/trigger-pr-actions-detective.yml:18-19
  • gh-agent-workflows/pr-actions-detective/example.yml:16-17
• Prompt explicitly no-ops when no failed jobs are present:
  • .github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.md:107-110
• Compiled workflow includes the same no-op branch:
  • .github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.lock.yml:330-333
• Docs now declare noop for the no-failed-jobs case:
  • gh-agent-workflows/pr-actions-detective/README.md:35-36
• Related delivery history:
  • #606 attempted this and was closed
  • #609 merged equivalent no-failure noop updates into main

Verification

I validated the current repo state with:

nl -ba .github/workflows/trigger-pr-actions-detective.yml | sed -n '15,22p'
nl -ba .github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.md | sed -n '102,112p'
nl -ba .github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.lock.yml | sed -n '325,335p'
nl -ba gh-agent-workflows/pr-actions-detective/README.md | sed -n '33,37p'

Observed output confirms:

• trigger if requires workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' and PR linkage,
• prompt/lock instruct noop when no jobs have failure conclusion,
• README documents noop behavior for no-failure or unchanged diagnosis.

Detailed Action Plan

1. Issue hygiene
   • Close #620 as duplicate/superseded by #605 + merged #609.
2. (Optional hardening follow-up, separate issue/PR)
   • In .github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.md and .github/workflows/gh-aw-branch-actions-detective.md, consider paginated job fetch (gh api --paginate) before deciding no-op.
   • Revisit whether only conclusion == failure should count as actionable, or if additional terminal conclusions should be treated similarly.
   • Run make compile to regenerate lock files and keep docs in sync.

Related Items

Type	Link	Relevance
Issue	#620	Current triage target
Issue	#605	Existing open issue with same no-failure noop request
PR	#606	First implementation attempt (closed)
PR	#609	Merged implementation carrying noop-on-no-failure updates
PR	#596	Reduced detective comment noise via hide-older-comments
File	.github/workflows/trigger-pr-actions-detective.yml:18-19	Failure-only trigger guard
File	.github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.md:107-110	Explicit no-failure noop branch
File	.github/workflows/gh-aw-pr-actions-detective.lock.yml:330-333	Compiled noop branch
File	gh-agent-workflows/pr-actions-detective/README.md:35-36	Documented noop behavior

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