[deep-report] Reduce Issue Monster execution drift and add deterministic fallback for MCP read failures

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Description

Issue Monster shows high execution drift (0 to 14 turns across recent successful runs) and 2 recent missing_data events tied to MCP issue-read failures. Add deterministic fallback behavior when issue metadata cannot be fetched (bounded retry + explicit skip classification), and cap exploratory loops to keep run shape consistent.

Expected Impact

• Lower token variance and runtime volatility
• Fewer partial/indeterminate outcomes when MCP data is transiently unavailable
• More predictable assignment/comment behavior across runs

Suggested Agent

copilot (issue workflow optimization + guardrails)

Estimated Effort

Medium (1-4 hours)

Data Source

DeepReport analysis run (workflow run §23549309910); Issue Monster logs summary over last 8 runs: 1,756,626 tokens, 46 turns total, and 2 missing-data events.

Note

🔒 Integrity filter blocked 7 items

The following items were blocked because they don't meet the GitHub integrity level.

• gh-aw compiler must reject env.* expressions in markdown per documented safety policy #22914 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• Failed to register MCP tools | HTTP 400: Bad Request #22913 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• MCP gateway should enforce tool allowlist at the gateway layer, not only at the Claude client layer #22908 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• HTML attribute injection not sanitized in convertXmlTags(): event handlers and CSS survive safe-outputs pipeline #22904 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• cache-memory restore must clear or validate prior-run artifacts before agent launch #22902 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• Assign to agent seems to be limited for 1 assignment per issue, I would like to extend it to multiple assignments so agent can work on multiple repos. #22897 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".
• Anthropic API proxy must enforce per-request credential validation #22894 list_issues: has lower integrity than agent requires. The agent cannot read data with integrity below "approved".

To allow these resources, lower min-integrity in your GitHub frontmatter:

tools:
  github:
    min-integrity: approved  # merged | approved | unapproved | none

Generated by DeepReport - Intelligence Gathering Agent · ◷

• expires on Mar 27, 2026, 3:47 PM UTC

[github-actions]

🍪 Issue Monster has assigned this to Copilot!

I've identified this issue as a good candidate for automated resolution and assigned it to the Copilot coding agent.

The Copilot coding agent will analyze the issue and create a pull request with the fix.

Om nom nom! 🍪

🍪 Om nom nom by Issue Monster · ◷

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