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Add error handling to AI triage workflow GitHub script #36702

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122 changes: 81 additions & 41 deletions .github/workflows/issue-processing-ai-triage-nonblazor.yml
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script: |
const fs = require('fs');

// Load the existing Copilot agent instructions
const agentInstructions = fs.readFileSync('.github/agents/issue-triage-nonblazor.agent.md', 'utf8');
try {
// Load the existing Copilot agent instructions
let agentInstructions;
try {
agentInstructions = fs.readFileSync('.github/agents/issue-triage-nonblazor.agent.md', 'utf8');
} catch (fileError) {
const errorMessage = `### ⚠️ AI Triage Error\n\nFailed to load the AI triage agent configuration file.\n\n**Error:** ${fileError.message}\n\nThe issue triage could not be completed automatically. A team member will review this issue manually.`;
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: errorMessage
});
throw fileError;
}

const issue = context.payload.issue;
const issue = context.payload.issue;

// Combine instructions and issue details into one string
const promptLines = [
agentInstructions,
'',
`Analyze issue #${issue.number} and post your triage report as a comment on the issue.`,
`Issue URL: ${issue.html_url}`,
'',
'Title:',
issue.title,
'',
'Body:',
issue.body
];
// Combine instructions and issue details into one string
const promptLines = [
agentInstructions,
'',
`Analyze issue #${issue.number} and post your triage report as a comment on the issue.`,
`Issue URL: ${issue.html_url}`,
'',
'Title:',
issue.title,
'',
'Body:',
issue.body
];

const prompt = promptLines.join('\n');
const prompt = promptLines.join('\n');

// Invoke GitHub Models
const response = await github.rest.models.runInference({
model: 'gpt-4.1-mini',
input: prompt
});
// Invoke GitHub Models
let response;
try {
response = await github.rest.models.runInference({
model: 'gpt-4.1-mini',
input: prompt
});
} catch (apiError) {
const errorMessage = `### ⚠️ AI Triage Error\n\nFailed to connect to the GitHub Models API for AI analysis.\n\n**Error:** ${apiError.message}\n\nThe issue triage could not be completed automatically. A team member will review this issue manually.`;
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: errorMessage
});
throw apiError;
}

const choices = response.data && Array.isArray(response.data.choices) ? response.data.choices : [];
let report = '';
if (choices.length > 0) {
const content = choices[0].message && Array.isArray(choices[0].message.content)
? choices[0].message.content
: [];
report = content
.filter(part => part && part.type === 'text' && typeof part.text === 'string')
.map(part => part.text)
.join('');
}
// Parse the response
const choices = response.data && Array.isArray(response.data.choices) ? response.data.choices : [];
let report = '';
if (choices.length > 0) {
const content = choices[0].message && Array.isArray(choices[0].message.content)
? choices[0].message.content
: [];
report = content
.filter(part => part && part.type === 'text' && typeof part.text === 'string')
.map(part => part.text)
.join('');
}

if (!report) {
const errorMessage = `### ⚠️ AI Triage Error\n\nThe GitHub Models API returned a malformed or empty response.\n\n**Response structure:** ${JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2)}\n\nThe issue triage could not be completed automatically. A team member will review this issue manually.`;
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: errorMessage
});
throw new Error('No triage report text returned from GitHub Models response.');
}

if (!report) {
throw new Error('No triage report text returned from GitHub Models response.');
// Post the triage report
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: report
});
} catch (error) {
// Log the error and re-throw to fail the workflow
console.error('AI triage workflow failed:', error);
throw error;
}
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
issue_number: issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: report
});

# =========================================================================
# STEP 4: ADD TRIAGE LABEL
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