docs: exempt repository maintenance workflows from PR throttle - #4499
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Keep contributor confirmation requirements while allowing verified repository-owned gh-aw maintenance runs on behalf of CODEOWNERS to create their configured PR outputs. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot (model: GPT-6 Astra, autonomous) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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The live author-over-cap label still retains the contradictory pre-exemption description.
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What changed in this PR
Documents an exemption allowing verified repository-owned maintenance workflows to bypass the open-PR threshold.
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- Defines eligibility and verification requirements.
- Updates contributor guidance and documented label semantics.
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AGENTS.md |
Defines the maintenance-workflow exception. |
CONTRIBUTING.md |
Aligns contributor and label guidance. |
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Limit the policy change to one sentence per document; retain existing review prioritization and author-over-cap guidance. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot (model: GPT-6 Astra, autonomous) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Add one sentence to each policy file so repository-owned
gh-awmaintenance workflows can open PRs without the open-PR count check and interactive confirmation blocking unattended runs.AGENTS.md: exempt these workflows from the count check and confirmation requirement.CONTRIBUTING.md: clarify that these workflows do not require this confirmation.Existing contributor confirmation rules, review prioritization, and
author-over-capguidance remain unchanged. No CODEOWNER verification procedure or workflow changes are introduced.Evidence
The community preset workflow run on September 8, 2026 validated #4455 and prepared its catalog changes, but declined to open a PR because
mnriemhad nine open PRs and explicit permission was required. Actions marked the run successful while the agent reported incomplete work.Validation
Documentation-only change;
git diff --checkpassed. No live workflow was rerun; end-to-end confirmation remains for a qualifying run after merge.AI disclosure
Prepared on behalf of @KSchlobohm by GitHub Copilot (model: GPT-6 Astra). The agent investigated the run logs and authored the changes. Following discussion with the user, the initial expanded policy was reduced to this two-sentence change for human review.