Agentic Workflow Audit Report - December 7, 2025

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Audit Overview

Analyzed 51 workflow runs from the last 24 hours (December 6-7, 2025) across 15 unique workflows. The audit reveals strong overall health with a 90.2% success rate and zero workflow failures. Total resource consumption reached 15.2M tokens costing $5.83.

Key Highlights:

• 46 successful runs, 0 failures, 2 cancelled
• 422 errors and 268 warnings detected (mostly non-critical)
• 5 unique missing tool requests (all related to Tidy workflow)
• Zero MCP server failures
• Zero firewall denials (237 requests all allowed)

📈 Workflow Health Trends

Success/Failure Patterns

Over the past 2 days, workflow health has been consistently strong with success rates above 90%. December 7th shows particularly excellent performance with 46 successful runs and zero failures. The cancelled runs (2) appear to be intentional workflow terminations rather than system issues.

Token Usage & Costs

Token consumption shows healthy patterns with December 7th recording 15.2M tokens ($5.83). The 7-day moving average indicates stable resource usage without concerning spikes. Cost efficiency remains good with an average of ~$0.13 per workflow run.

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Detailed Statistics

Workflow Execution:

• Total Runs: 51
• Successful: 46 (90.2%)
• Failed: 0 (0.0%)
• Cancelled: 2 (3.9%)
• Unique Workflows: 15

Resource Consumption:

• Total Tokens: 15,252,994
• Total Cost: $5.83
• Average Tokens per Run: 299,078
• Average Cost per Run: $0.11

Error Analysis:

• Total Errors: 422
• Total Warnings: 268
• Unique Error Patterns: 249

Security & Network:

• Firewall Requests: 237
• Denied Requests: 0
• MCP Server Failures: 0

Top Errors (by frequency)

1. EventEmitter Memory Leak Warning (12 occurrences)

Message: MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 resize listeners added to [Socket]

Affected Workflows: Issue Monster, Tidy

Severity: Warning

Analysis: This is a Node.js memory leak warning indicating excessive event listeners on Socket objects. While not critical, it suggests potential memory management issues.

Recommendation: Increase MaxListeners threshold or refactor event listener management to properly clean up listeners after use.

2. JSON Parsing Error (12 occurrences)

Message: Unexpected token '#', "### Ran Pl"... is not valid JSON

Affected Workflows: Smoke Copilot No Firewall, Smoke Copilot Playwright

Severity: Error

Analysis: Workflows are attempting to parse markdown-formatted text as JSON, likely due to incorrect output format from tools.

Recommendation: Add output format validation before JSON parsing. Consider wrapping JSON parsing in try-catch blocks with fallback handling.

3. spawn uvx ENOENT (8 occurrences)

Message: spawn uvx ENOENT and Failed to start MCP client for serena: Error: spawn uvx ENOENT

Affected Workflows: Smoke Copilot Playwright

Severity: Error

Analysis: The uvx command is not found in the system PATH, preventing the serena MCP server from starting.

Recommendation:

• Install uvx in the workflow environment before attempting to start MCP servers
• Or configure serena MCP server to use an alternative startup method
• Consider adding uvx installation to workflow setup steps

4. Workflow Addition Failures (5 occurrences)

Message: failed to add workflows: failed to add workflow 'githubnext/gh-aw/workflows/repository-quality-improver.md': failed to stage workflow files

Affected Workflows: Issue Monster

Severity: Error

Analysis: Git staging failures when attempting to add new workflow files, exit status 128 indicates git command failure.

Recommendation: Investigate git repository state and permissions when adding workflows. Ensure proper initialization of git operations.

Missing Tools Analysis

All missing tool reports (5 instances) are related to the Tidy workflow attempting to format, lint, and test Go code:

Go Toolchain & Build Tools

Requests: 5 times across multiple Tidy runs

Required For:

• make fmt - Code formatting
• make lint - Linting with golangci-lint
• make test - Running test suites
• make recompile - Recompiling workflows

Reason: The Tidy workflow lacks access to Go toolchain, make utility, gofmt, and golangci-lint due to environment restrictions and permission limitations.

Recommendation:

1. Short-term: Add Go toolchain and make to the Tidy workflow container/environment
2. Alternative: Implement JavaScript/TypeScript-based tidying tools that don't require Go
3. Long-term: Consider separating Go-specific tidying into a dedicated workflow with proper tooling

Tool Usage Statistics

Top 10 Most Used Tools:

1. github - 667 calls across 30 runs
2. safeoutputs - 525 calls across 30 runs
3. playwright - 176 calls across 8 runs
4. Read - 24 calls across 9 runs
5. TodoWrite - 15 calls across 3 runs
6. Edit - 11 calls across 2 runs
7. playwright_browser_navigate - 10 calls across 9 runs
8. github_search_pull_requests - 9 calls across 6 runs
9. serena_find_symbol - 9 calls across 1 run
10. bash - 8 calls across 1 run

Analysis: GitHub and safeoutputs MCP tools dominate usage, indicating heavy integration with GitHub platform operations. Playwright usage shows active browser automation testing.

Firewall Analysis

Summary:

• Total Requests: 237
• Allowed: 237 (100%)
• Denied: 0 (0%)

Top Allowed Domains:

• api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com:443 - AI model API calls
• api.github.com:443 - GitHub API operations
• registry.npmjs.org:443 - Package registry access

Security Assessment: All network requests were to expected and authorized domains. No suspicious or unauthorized access attempts detected.

MCP Server Health

Status: ✅ All MCP servers operational

• Zero MCP server failures in the last 24 hours
• GitHub MCP server: Fully operational
• Safeoutputs MCP server: Fully operational
• Playwright MCP server: Operational (with uvx dependency issue noted)

Active Workflows (Last 24 Hours)

Most Active:

1. Smoke Copilot Playwright (8 runs)
2. Smoke Claude (6 runs)
3. Smoke Copilot (6 runs)
4. Smoke Copilot No Firewall (5 runs)
5. Issue Monster (5 runs)

All Workflows with Activity:

• Tidy, Smoke Claude, Smoke Copilot, Smoke Copilot No Firewall, Smoke Copilot Playwright
• Smoke Codex, Security Fix PR, Issue Monster, Daily Workflow Updater
• Daily Assign Issue To User, Dev, Dev Hawk, CI Doctor
• Audit Workflows (this workflow), CLI Version Checker

Recommendations

High Priority

1. Fix uvx Dependency - Install uvx in environments where serena MCP server is required
2. Address JSON Parsing Errors - Add output validation before parsing to prevent JSON errors
3. Resolve Tidy Workflow Tooling - Either add Go toolchain or implement alternative tidying approach

Medium Priority

4. EventEmitter Memory Leak - Increase MaxListeners or refactor listener management
5. Git Staging Failures - Investigate repository state issues in Issue Monster workflow
6. Monitor Token Usage - Continue tracking token consumption trends to optimize costs

Low Priority

7. Log Cleanup - Some log entries contain environment variable dumps that could be cleaned up
8. Documentation - Update workflow documentation to reflect required tools and dependencies

Historical Context

This is the first comprehensive audit establishing baseline metrics. Future audits will compare against these baselines to identify:

• Trend changes in success rates
• Cost optimization opportunities
• Emerging error patterns
• Performance degradation or improvements

Next Steps

• Create issue for uvx installation in Playwright smoke test environment
• Investigate JSON parsing errors in Copilot smoke tests
• Evaluate Tidy workflow tooling requirements
• Monitor EventEmitter warnings for recurrence
• Continue daily audits to build historical trend data

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Audit Period: Last 24 hours (Dec 6-7, 2025)
Runs Analyzed: 51
Data Sources: GitHub Actions workflow logs via gh-aw MCP server
Generated: 2025-12-07T00:41:00Z

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References:

• §19992087509
• §19992239657
• §19996223769

AI generated by Agentic Workflow Audit Agent

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