[aaronpowell]

Pull Request Checklist

• I have read and followed the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines.
• I have read and followed the Guidance for submissions involving paid services.
• My contribution adds a new instruction, prompt, agent, skill, workflow, or canvas extension file in the correct directory.
• The file follows the required naming convention.
• The content is clearly structured and follows the example format.
• I have tested my instructions, prompt, agent, skill, workflow, or canvas extension with GitHub Copilot.
• I have run npm start and verified that README.md is up to date.
• I am targeting the main branch for this pull request.

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Description

Bot-created and other same-repository PRs can have workflows waiting for approval, but the Open PR Board previously only discovered approvals for public forks.

• Surface eligible waiting workflows on cards and in Checks, with an individual action to approve execution via gh api.
• Make individual and bulk Approve + auto-merge also approve waiting workflows at the reviewed commit before requesting auto-merge. Confirmation discloses that contributor code will run; required checks remain in force.
• Recheck the PR head, run attempt and jobs before approving. If a workflow approval fails, report the partial result and do not request auto-merge. Runs with existing jobs are not treated as execution-approval candidates, avoiding confusion with submission gates.

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Type of Contribution

• New instruction file.
• New prompt file.
• New agent file.
• New plugin.
• New skill file.
• New agentic workflow.
• New canvas extension.
• Update to existing instruction, prompt, agent, plugin, skill, workflow, or canvas extension.
• Other (please specify):

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Additional Notes

• npm start - passed; no generated README changes. The external catalog reported three existing non-SPDX license warnings.
• npm run plugin:validate - passed with the same license warnings.
• node --experimental-vm-modules --test --test-reporter=dot eng\open-pr-board-workflow-approval.test.mjs eng\open-pr-board.test.mjs eng\board-preview.test.mjs eng\board-bulk-actions.test.mjs eng\open-pr-board-prompt-security.test.mjs eng\board-periodic-refresh.test.mjs - passed.
• bash eng/fix-line-endings.sh - passed.
• Read-only discovery found the waiting workflows on [bot] Update Learning Hub for CLI settings dashboard and /code #6284. The extension was reloaded, but no manual canvas interaction or live workflow approval POST was performed.
• GitHub's approval endpoint has no atomic head or attempt precondition; the board rechecks immediately before each write.
• Paid-services submission guidance and adding a new resource do not apply.

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By submitting this pull request, I confirm that my contribution abides by the Code of Conduct and will be licensed under the MIT License.

[github-actions]

🚦 Submission status: 👀 Ready for review

Risk tier: merge-risk:high — Privileged execution, automation, or review-policy change
Required to merge: passing submission-gate checks plus 1 approval from reviewers with write access, including a maintainer with admin or maintain permission.

Why this tier

• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/README.md is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/lib/decisions.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/lib/github.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/lib/review-prompt.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/public/app.js is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• .github/extensions/open-pr-board/public/index.html is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• eng/board-bulk-actions.test.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• eng/board-preview.test.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• eng/open-pr-board-prompt-security.test.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• eng/open-pr-board-workflow-approval.test.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)
• eng/open-pr-board.test.mjs is a high-risk path (automation, scripts, MCP config, hooks, or review policy)

Automated checks

Check	Status	Details
Line endings	✅ Passed	Passed · logs
Spelling	✅ Passed	Passed · logs
Contributor reputation	✅ Passed	Passed · logs
Duplicate resource scan	✅ Passed	Passed · logs
PR quality signal	✅ Passed	Passed · logs

Review

• Approvals: 0/1
• Assigned reviewer: not assigned yet — comment /request-review to ask for one
• Review target date: not set
• Still needed: 1 more approval(s); an approval from a maintainer with admin or maintain permission
• The core-maintainers pool is not staffed yet; an approver with admin or maintain permission is required instead.

Commands

Command	Who	What it does
/rerun-checks	PR author, maintainers	Re-runs failed or incomplete checks and re-evaluates this gate
/request-review	PR author, maintainers	Asks the review rotation to assign a reviewer (adds needs-reviewer)

_{Updated for faf72ac · gate run · This comment is maintained automatically — see submission gate docs.}

[github-actions]

🟡 Contributor Reputation Check: MEDIUM risk

Check	Risk
Profile	MEDIUM
Credential audit	NONE

Maintainers: please review this contributor before merging.
See the workflow run for full details.
Automated check powered by AGT.

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Automatic approval can authorize another PR’s merge-context workflow when an empty pull_requests list bypasses PR-number and base-branch checks.

2 open issues

• Require verified PR association for automatic approval · New
• Limit rediscovery job probes to the run being approved · New

What changed in this PR

Extends the Open PR Board’s workflow approval support to public same-repository PRs, including bot-created PRs, alongside public forks.

Changes:

• Surfaces eligible waiting workflows on cards and in Checks, excluding runs with existing jobs.
• Adds workflow authorization to individual and bulk Approve + auto-merge, with freshness checks and partial-result recording.
• Updates execution warnings, documentation, and regression coverage.

File	Description
eng/​open-pr-board-workflow-approval.test.mjs	Covers same-repository discovery, combined approvals, stale state, and partial failures.
eng/​board-preview.test.mjs	Checks execution disclosures and pending-workflow rendering.
eng/​board-bulk-actions.test.mjs	Verifies bulk approval safety disclosures.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​README.md	Documents eligibility, combined actions, and failure handling.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​public/​index.html	Explains workflow authorization in the action footer.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​public/​app.js	Updates confirmations and the Checks interface.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​lib/​review-prompt.mjs	Broadens review guidance beyond fork workflows.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​lib/​github.mjs	Adds jobs validation and workflow authorization during combined approval.
.github/​extensions/​open-pr-board/​lib/​decisions.mjs	Records workflow approvals separately from PR decisions.

_{Review effort: Max (auto)}

[aaronpowell]

Regarding the contributor reputation check: thanks, noted. This is an automated maintainer-review advisory rather than an implementation request, so no code changes were needed for this comment.

[aaronpowell]

Regarding the submission-gate status update: thanks, noted. It reports the maintainer approval requirement and advisory checks for the then-current commit. This is status information rather than code feedback, so no implementation change was needed for this comment.

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Individual-confirmation approvals can authorize another PR’s workflow, while prompt escaping corrupts identifiers and evidence references.

2 open issues

• Require PR association before individual approval · New
• Preserve identifiers and links in prompt data · New

2 resolved since last review

• Require verified PR association for automatic approval
• Limit rediscovery job probes to the run being approved

_{Review effort: Max (auto)}

[aaronpowell]

Noted. This contributor check is a maintainer-review advisory, not a code-change request. The latest fixes are now pushed as c1ba667; maintainers should use the current-head check result when assessing the PR.

[aaronpowell]

Noted. This gate status describes the prior commit and records the submission-gate and maintainer-approval requirements. The latest review fixes are now pushed as c1ba667; current-head checks should be used for the up-to-date status.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement already addresses the prior submission-gate status. The latest code-fix commit is now pushed, so the current-head submission-gate result is the relevant status.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement already addresses the contributor reputation advisory referenced here. The newer bot status is informational as well; maintainers should review the latest run for the current PR head.

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

The allow-lists omit comment and NONE, incorrectly serializing feedback-only actions and known absent review decisions as UNKNOWN and losing meaningful state in the review prompt.

2 open issues

• Allow NONE as a review decision value · New
• Allow comment decisions in maintainer calibration history · New

2 resolved since last review

• Require PR association before individual approval
• Preserve identifiers and links in prompt data

_{Review effort: Max (auto)}

[aaronpowell]

Noted. This is a maintainer-review advisory rather than an implementation request. The latest fixes are pushed as faf72ac; maintainers should use the current-head result when assessing the PR.

[aaronpowell]

This duplicate acknowledgement already noted the contributor advisory. It is informational rather than a code request; maintainers should review the result for the current head faf72ac.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement addressed the contributor reputation advisory then present. The latest prompt fixes are now pushed; maintainers can assess the current-head checks.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement covered the submission-gate status for the prior commit. The latest prompt fixes are pushed as faf72ac; the current-head gate result is the applicable status.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement addressed the contributor advisory for the preceding run. The latest prompt fixes are pushed as faf72ac; please refer to checks for the current PR head.

[aaronpowell]

This duplicate acknowledgement already noted the earlier submission-gate status. No code change was requested by that status; the current-head result should be used after faf72ac.

[aaronpowell]

This earlier acknowledgement addressed the submission-gate status at that time. The prompt fixes are now pushed, so the current-head gate result is the relevant status.

[aaronpowell]

Noted. The status records the submission-gate and maintainer-approval requirements for the reported run. Prompt fixes are now pushed as faf72ac; please use the current-head checks for updated status.

[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

Human assessment is needed because critical findings omitted from the published review identify a stale-head approval race and a failing regression test.

No open issues 🎉

2 resolved since last review

• Allow comment decisions in maintainer calibration history
• Allow NONE as a review decision value

_{Review effort: Max (auto)}