Update issue assistant workflow with rate limits and state management #144

DimaBir · 2026-02-11T04:45:22Z

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Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

Due to missing permissions to allow Bot create PR, this was moved to issue-assistant workflow to pull wiki on new Issue. Wiki a pretty light weight so it is ok. Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

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Pull request overview

This PR transforms the issue assistant workflow from a simple single-response bot into a stateful conversational assistant with multi-turn dialogue capabilities. The changes introduce conversation state tracking, enhanced rate limiting, and outcome-based response handling, while removing the wiki cache refresh workflow.

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Implements conversation state machine with states (initial, gathering, final_attempt, resolved, escalated) and terminal state enforcement
Adds multi-turn conversation support with full history tracking and context-aware prompting
Introduces new rate limits: 4 responses per issue (MAX_BOT_RESPONSES), 2-minute cooldown between responses, and increases per-user limit from 5 to 10 per hour
Removes the refresh-wiki-cache.yml workflow, relying solely on runtime wiki cloning

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.github/workflows/refresh-wiki-cache.yml	Deleted - removes automated wiki cache refresh, forcing runtime wiki cloning for each bot response
.github/workflows/issue-assistant.yml	Major overhaul adding conversation state management, history tracking, multi-response support, outcome-based labeling, and enhanced safety checks

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Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:08:29Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #145, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:08:39Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #146, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:08:44Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #147, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:08:51Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #148, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:09:21Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #149, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:09:32Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #150, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

* Initial plan * Fix validation logic to properly check only new content Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Use explicit string conversion for validation output Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Make should_respond output explicitly return string Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Use ternary operator and improve validation log message Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

* Initial plan * Add upper bound validation for AI response length Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Refactor response length validation to use named constants Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Optimize response validation and improve comment clarity Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Improve consistency in validation messages and comment clarity Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

…#147) * Initial plan * Add visible warning when label addition fails during escalation Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

* Initial plan * Fix rate limit interaction: increase per-user limit to 12 and unify max responses check Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Fix maxBotResponses check to handle undefined correctly Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

* Initial plan * Fix conversation history duplication in AI prompt Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

* Initial plan * Mark latest message explicitly in conversation history Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

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DimaBir · 2026-02-11T07:46:14Z

@copilot open a new pull request to apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Copilot · 2026-02-11T07:46:24Z

@DimaBir I've opened a new pull request, #151, to work on those changes. Once the pull request is ready, I'll request review from you.

…tate management (#151) * Initial plan * Address review feedback: sanitization, state management, and validation improvements Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Add clarifying comment for system prompt formatting logic Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Add clarifying comments about state determination logic and terminal state handling Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Simplify state logic and add documentation to sanitization function Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Improve documentation for sanitization function and state logic Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Simplify and clarify state determination logic Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Improve sanitization function with explicit null handling and line ending normalization Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Add defensive initialization and clarify terminal state handling Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> * Remove redundant else branch in state determination logic Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DimaBir <[email protected]>

Update issue assistant workflow with rate limits and state management

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Delete .github/workflows/refresh-wiki-cache.yml

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Due to missing permissions to allow Bot create PR, this was moved to issue-assistant workflow to pull wiki on new Issue. Wiki a pretty light weight so it is ok. Signed-off-by: Dima Birenbaum <[email protected]>

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Fix validation logic to properly gate bot responses #145

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Add upper bound validation for AI response length #146

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Add visible warning when label addition fails during issue escalation #147

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Align per-user and per-issue rate limits #148

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Remove redundant prompt instruction in conversation history flow #149

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Eliminate conversation history duplication in AI prompt #150

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Address review feedback: sanitize conversation history and simplify state management #151

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