[copilot-agent-analysis] Daily Copilot Agent Analysis - October 19, 2025

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🤖 Copilot Agent PR Analysis - October 19, 2025

Summary

Analysis Period: Last 24 hours (Oct 18 16:45 UTC - Oct 19 16:45 UTC)
Total PRs Analyzed: 5 (primary analysis set)
Success Rate: 100% (of completed PRs)

PR Summary Table

PR #	Title	Outcome	Comments	Agent Duration	Total Duration	Files Changed	Status
#1978	Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345	Merged	0	15m	15m	21	✅
#1977	Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code	Merged	1	5h	5h	5	✅
#1972	Fix copilot PR search logic	Merged	1	6h 28m	6h 28m	4	✅
#1981	Add reviewers field for creating pull requests	Open	0	5m	-	0	⏳
#1980	Add strongly typed Permissions struct	Open	0	7m	-	1	⏳

Note: Additional PRs detected in search (7 more from Oct 18 evening) - full analysis focused on primary 5 PRs from main 24-hour window.

Metrics

Today's Performance

• PRs Created: 5
• PRs Merged: 3 (60%)
• PRs Closed (not merged): 0 (0%)
• PRs Still Open: 2 (40%) - both are draft PRs in progress
• Average Human Comments: 0.4 per PR
• Average Agent Duration: 3h 18m (198 minutes)
• Average Total Duration (for completed): 3h 18m (198 minutes)

Key Highlights

Successful Merges:

• PR [ca] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345 and refactor CLI Version Checker workflow #1978: CLI version update with workflow refactoring (21 files changed, +290/-546 lines)
• PR Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code from Copilot and Codex engines #1977: Code quality improvement eliminating duplicate code (+266/-45 lines, comprehensive testing)
• PR Fix copilot PR search logic to find PRs created by Copilot bot #1972: Critical bug fix for workflow search logic that was preventing PR discovery

In Progress:

• PR Add reviewers field to create-pull-request safe output #1981 & PR Add strongly typed Permissions struct for GitHub Actions permissions #1980: Both are draft PRs actively being worked on, showing healthy WIP state

Historical Comparison (3-day trend)

Performance Trend

Date	PRs	Merged	Success Rate	Avg Duration
Oct 19	5	3	100% (of completed)	3h 18m
Oct 18	5	4	80%	25m
Oct 17	9	8	89%	37m

Trend Analysis

Success Rate: ➡️ Stable - Maintaining high success rate (80-100% range) across all 3 days

Duration: 📈 Increased - Today's average duration significantly higher (3h 18m vs 25-37m)

• Context: Longer duration driven by more complex refactoring tasks
• PR Fix copilot PR search logic to find PRs created by Copilot bot #1972 (6h 28m): Complex workflow logic investigation and fix
• PR Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code from Copilot and Codex engines #1977 (5h): Comprehensive refactoring with extensive test coverage
• PR [ca] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345 and refactor CLI Version Checker workflow #1978 (15m): Quick CLI update (typical for automated updates)

Volume: 📉 Decreased - Down from 9 PRs (Oct 17) to 5 PRs today

• Normal variation in daily workflow volume

Engagement: ➡️ Stable - Low but consistent human comment activity (0.4-1.44 comments/PR)

• Indicates high-quality initial submissions requiring minimal human intervention

Instruction File Changes

Recent Change Detected:

• Commit: f452e85 - Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345 ([ca] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345 #1975)
• Date: October 19, 2025 (today)
• File: CLI version constant update

Performance Correlation: Not applicable - this was a CLI tool version update, not an instruction change affecting agent behavior.

No instruction/prompt file modifications detected in the last 7 days that would impact agent performance.

Detailed PR Analysis

Merged PRs ✅

PR #1978: [ca] Update GitHub Copilot CLI to v0.0.345

• Duration: 15 minutes (created 16:09, merged 16:24)
• Human comments: 0
• Files changed: 21
• Changes: +290 additions, -546 deletions
• Type: Automated CLI version update + workflow refactoring
• Quality: Clean automated update with no issues

PR #1977: Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code

• Duration: 5 hours (created 11:10, merged 16:10)
• Human comments: 1
• Files changed: 5
• Changes: +266 additions, -45 deletions
• Type: Code quality improvement (refactoring)
• Quality: Eliminated ~42 lines of duplicate code, added 217 lines of comprehensive tests
• Impact: Improved maintainability by consolidating Copilot/Codex engine formatting logic

PR #1972: Fix copilot PR search logic

• Duration: 6 hours 28 minutes (created 09:40, merged 16:07)
• Human comments: 1
• Files changed: 4
• Changes: +64 additions, -43 deletions
• Type: Critical bug fix
• Quality: Fixed workflow search logic that was causing this analysis workflow to miss PRs
• Impact: High - This fix directly improves the accuracy of future analyses!

Open PRs ⏳

PR #1981: Add reviewers field for creating pull requests

• Age: 5 minutes (still very fresh)
• Human comments: 0
• Current status: Draft - Initial planning phase
• Files changed: 0 (WIP)
• Type: Feature enhancement

PR #1980: Add strongly typed Permissions struct

• Age: 9 minutes
• Human comments: 0
• Current status: Draft - Initial implementation
• Files changed: 1 (minimal changes so far)
• Type: Architecture improvement

Recommendations

Performance Assessment: ✅ Healthy

Strengths:

1. 100% success rate for completed PRs in last 24 hours
2. High-quality work - PR Refactor: Extract duplicate step formatting code from Copilot and Codex engines #1977 included extensive testing and comprehensive refactoring
3. Critical fixes delivered - PR Fix copilot PR search logic to find PRs created by Copilot bot #1972 fixed this very analysis workflow
4. Self-improving - Agent fixed its own monitoring system!

Observations:

1. Longer duration is intentional - Complex refactoring and investigation tasks naturally take longer
2. Draft PRs show healthy WIP - Two drafts in progress indicate active development pipeline
3. Low human intervention needed - Minimal comments suggest high initial quality

Action Items

1. Monitor draft PRs: Check on Add reviewers field to create-pull-request safe output #1981 and Add strongly typed Permissions struct for GitHub Actions permissions #1980 progress in next analysis
2. Continue current approach: Performance metrics are healthy
3. Historical data collection: Need 4+ more days of data for weekly trends (currently have 3 days)

Notes

Data Quality: This analysis successfully found Copilot PRs using the corrected search logic implemented in PR #1972. Previous analyses were missing many PRs due to incorrect author search.

Historical Context: Only 3 days of historical data available (Oct 17-19). Full trend analysis requires:

• 7+ days for weekly trends
• 30 days for monthly trends

Meta Note: 🎉 PR #1972 (merged today) fixed the search logic for this analysis workflow, ensuring more accurate future reports!

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This analysis was generated automatically by the Copilot Agent Analysis workflow.

Analysis Metadata:

• Workflow Run: 18633263795
• Analysis Time: 2025-10-19 16:45 UTC
• Search Method: Keyword-based search for "START COPILOT CODING AGENT"
• Data Quality: ✅ Verified with corrected search logic

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