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Workflow Failure

Workflow: PR Iteration Agent 🔧
Branch: main
Run: https://github.com/microsoft/vstest/actions/runs/28777284005

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

Action Required

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Manually invoke the agent

Debug this workflow failure using your favorite Agent CLI and the agentic-workflows prompt.

• Start your agent
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Tip

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To stop a workflow from creating failure issues, set report-failure-as-issue: false in its frontmatter:

safe-outputs:
  report-failure-as-issue: false

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Agent job 28778158526 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

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Agent job 28780140956 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (global.json). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

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Agent job 28780383218 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

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Root Cause Analysis

The repeated failures occurred because the PR Iteration Agent attempted to update branches that require changes to protected files (global.json, AGENTS.md, .github/ workflow files). Two PRs triggered this:

PR #15795 — VSTestCLIRunSettings backslash fix

CI is failing on macOS/Ubuntu because global.json in the branch pins SDK 11.0.100-preview.3.26170.106, which is no longer available on those CI agents. main has been updated to preview.5. The agent tried to bring in the global.json update (run 28780140956) but was blocked.

Action needed: Click "Update branch" on PR #15795, or run git merge origin/main locally and push.

PR #16044 — Logger verbosity fix

This PR has merge conflicts with main (mergeable_state: dirty). Resolving them requires merging main, which now contains protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/ workflows). Every attempt to push the merge commit was blocked.

Action needed: A maintainer needs to manually rebase PR #16044's branch onto main from a local clone.

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Status of other tracked PRs:

• PR [fix] fix: auto-discover Code Coverage adapter from NuGet when using DLL paths #16215: CI ✅ passing, all review findings resolved — waiting for human approval
• PR [fix] Fix MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps: skip during design-time builds and parallelize project builds #16043: CI ✅ passing, positive expert review — still in draft (needs undrafting)
• PRs [fix] Fix TestCaseStart/Stop events dropped for data-driven tests with shared TestCase.Id #16033, [fix] Skip MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps target when building with MSBuild graph build/isolation #16032, [fix] Fix CopyTraceDataCollectorArtifacts overwriting newer MTP CodeCoverage DLLs #15794: Draft, blocked — no action from agent possible

The agent has left comments on both PR #15795 and PR #16044 with detailed instructions. No further automated iteration is possible until the branches are updated by a maintainer.

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Agent job 28781306237 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

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Agent job 28844123587 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

⚠️ Code Push Failed: A code push safe output failed, and subsequent safe outputs were cancelled.
Code Push Errors:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Incremental diff size (1846 KB) exceeds maximum allowed size (1024 KB). Bundle size: 998 KB.
• push_to_pull_request_branch: Incremental diff size (1846 KB) exceeds maximum allowed size (1024 KB). Bundle size: 998 KB.

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PR Status Update — 2026-07-07

✅ Ready for human review

PR	Status
#16223 — Fix test output eaten by MSBuild terminal logger	CI ✅ all passing · Expert review ✅ no issues
#16215 — Auto-discover Code Coverage adapter from NuGet when using DLL paths	CI ✅ all passing · Expert review ✅ all 3 findings resolved
#16043 — Fix MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps: skip during design-time builds	CI ✅ passing · Expert review ✅ no issues · Branch clean (2-line .targets change)

All three PRs need a human reviewer to approve and merge.

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🛑 Blocked — requires human intervention

#16044 — Fix LoggerRunSettings verbosity being silently overridden

Root cause of macOS/Ubuntu CI failure: global.json on this branch specifies SDK 11.0.100-preview.3.26170.106; main uses preview.5. The old preview SDK is no longer available on CI agents.

global.json is a protected file — the automated agent cannot update it.

To unblock: Update global.json and Arcade SDK to match main and push manually:

git fetch origin
git checkout fix/issue-10369-8a2bbfcf1b265926
git merge origin/main  # brings in global.json preview.5, no new conflicts
git push origin fix/issue-10369-8a2bbfcf1b265926

Or use the "Update branch" button in the PR UI (the branch is not dirty — GitHub can auto-merge).

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📋 Draft / Stale — no action

PRs #16032, #15794, #15795, #16033 remain in draft state. No automated iteration is possible until they are undrafted or manually updated.

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Agent job 28844811643 failed.

🛡️ Protected Files: The code push was refused because the patch modifies protected files (package manifests, agent instruction files, or repository security configuration). This protection guards against unintended supply chain changes.

Blocked Operations:

• push_to_pull_request_branch: Cannot push to pull request branch: patch modifies protected files (AGENTS.md, global.json, .github/agents/build-failure-analyst.agent.md, .github/agents/msbuild-reviewer.agent.md, .github/aw/actions-lock.json, .github/workflows/agentic_commands.yml, .github/workflows/agentics-maintenance.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis-command.md, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.lock.yml, .github/workflows/build-failure-analysis.md, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.lock.yml, .github/workflows/code-simplifier.md, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.lock.yml, .github/workflows/daily-file-diet.md, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/efficiency-improver.md, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.lock.yml, .github/workflows/malicious-code-scan.md, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.lock.yml, .github/workflows/markdown-linter.md, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.lock.yml, .github/workflows/msbuild-quality-review.md, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.lock.yml, .github/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md, .github/workflows/shared/build-failure-analysis-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/formatting.md, .github/workflows/shared/msbuild-review-shared.md, .github/workflows/shared/reporting.md, .github/agents/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.lock.yml, .github/workflows/md-link-checker.md, .github/workflows/scripts/check-md-links.py, .github/policies/PullRequestIssueManagement, .github/skills/vstest-build-test/SKILL.md). Add them to the allowed-files configuration field or set protected-files: fallback-to-issue to create a review issue instead.

⚙️ Configure protected-files: fallback-to-issue

safe-outputs:
  push-to-pull-request-branch:
    protected-files: fallback-to-issue

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This issue was automatically closed because it expired on 2026-07-13T08:26:44.335Z.

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