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ci-failure-analysis

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Analyze Vortex GitHub Actions CI failures. Use when asked to investigate failed CI runs, failed jobs, or when the user mentions "/ci-failure-analysis".

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Vortex CI Failure Analysis Skill

Analyze failed GitHub Actions runs for the Vortex repository and identify whether the failure is caused by the PR, pre-existing flakiness, infrastructure, or an unrelated main-branch issue.

Inputs

Use any PR number, repository, run ID, failed job metadata, or log snippets supplied by the user or automation prompt. If a needed value is missing, discover it with the narrowest gh command that can answer the question.

Workflow

  1. List failed jobs for the workflow run:

    gh run view <run-id> --repo <owner/repo> --json jobs

  2. Fetch only failed job logs first:

    gh run view <run-id> --repo <owner/repo> --job <job-id> --log-failed

    If that fails, use the Actions API:

    gh api repos/<owner/repo>/actions/jobs/<job-id>/logs

  3. If any gh command fails with error connecting to api.github.com in a sandbox, rerun it with escalated network permissions immediately.

  4. Classify each failure:

    • Rust build errors: compiler diagnostics, spans, trait bound failures, feature-gate issues.
    • Rust test failures: failing test name, panic/assertion output, expected vs actual values, source path and line.
    • Clippy failures: lint name, file path, line, and suggested fix if shown.
    • Formatting or public API failures: changed files and commands needed to regenerate output.
    • Python/docs failures: pytest, maturin, Sphinx, doctest, or packaging output.
    • Infrastructure failures: toolchain download, cache, runner, network, disk, timeout, or service issues.

  5. Fetch the PR diff and metadata only after the failing log section is understood:

    gh pr view <pr-number> --repo <owner/repo> --json title,body,baseRefName,headRefName,files,commits
gh pr diff <pr-number> --repo <owner/repo>

  6. Reproduce narrowly when practical:

    cargo test -p <crate-name> <test-name>
cargo clippy -p <crate-name> --all-targets --all-features
make -C docs doctest
uv run --all-packages pytest <path>

  7. Check whether the same failure appears on recent main-branch runs or open issues before calling it PR-caused.

Report Format

Post or return one concise Markdown report:

## CI Failure Analysis

### Status
<PR-caused | likely pre-existing | infrastructure | inconclusive>

### Failed Jobs
- `<job name>`: <build | test | clippy | fmt | docs | infra>

### Relevant Log Output
```text
<only the failing lines needed to understand the issue>
```

### Correlation With PR Changes
<Explain whether the diff touches the failing area and cite files/functions.>

### Recommended Next Step
<One or two concrete commands or code fixes.>

Rules

  • Show relevant failure excerpts, not full logs.
  • If many tests fail, detail the first few distinct failures and summarize the rest.
  • Do not guess. If causation is unclear, say what was checked and what would resolve it.
  • Prefer one PR comment or one final report over multiple fragmented updates.