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MCP Server tool call output is not tracking properly with context management system (unexpected overflow) #861

MCP Server tool call output is not tracking properly with context management system (unexpected overflow)

MCP Server tool call output is not tracking properly with context management system (unexpected overflow) #861

name: Issue Deduplicator
on:
issues:
types:
- opened
- labeled
jobs:
gather-duplicates:
name: Identify potential duplicates
if: ${{ github.event.action == 'opened' || (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'codex-deduplicate') }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
outputs:
codex_output: ${{ steps.codex.outputs.final-message }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Prepare Codex inputs
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
run: |
set -eo pipefail
CURRENT_ISSUE_FILE=codex-current-issue.json
EXISTING_ISSUES_FILE=codex-existing-issues.json
gh issue list --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
--json number,title,body,createdAt \
--limit 1000 \
--state all \
--search "sort:created-desc" \
| jq '.' \
> "$EXISTING_ISSUES_FILE"
gh issue view "${{ github.event.issue.number }}" \
--repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
--json number,title,body \
| jq '.' \
> "$CURRENT_ISSUE_FILE"
- id: codex
uses: openai/codex-action@main
with:
openai-api-key: ${{ secrets.CODEX_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
allow-users: "*"
model: gpt-5
prompt: |
You are an assistant that triages new GitHub issues by identifying potential duplicates.
You will receive the following JSON files located in the current working directory:
- `codex-current-issue.json`: JSON object describing the newly created issue (fields: number, title, body).
- `codex-existing-issues.json`: JSON array of recent issues (each element includes number, title, body, createdAt).
Instructions:
- Compare the current issue against the existing issues to find up to five that appear to describe the same underlying problem or request.
- Focus on the underlying intent and context of each issue—such as reported symptoms, feature requests, reproduction steps, or error messages—rather than relying solely on string similarity or synthetic metrics.
- After your analysis, validate your results in 1-2 lines explaining your decision to return the selected matches.
- When unsure, prefer returning fewer matches.
- Include at most five numbers.
output-schema: |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"issues": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"reason": { "type": "string" }
},
"required": ["issues", "reason"],
"additionalProperties": false
}
comment-on-issue:
name: Comment with potential duplicates
needs: gather-duplicates
if: ${{ needs.gather-duplicates.result != 'skipped' }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
steps:
- name: Comment on issue
uses: actions/github-script@v7
env:
CODEX_OUTPUT: ${{ needs.gather-duplicates.outputs.codex_output }}
with:
github-token: ${{ github.token }}
script: |
const raw = process.env.CODEX_OUTPUT ?? '';
let parsed;
try {
parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
} catch (error) {
core.info(`Codex output was not valid JSON. Raw output: ${raw}`);
core.info(`Parse error: ${error.message}`);
return;
}
const issues = Array.isArray(parsed?.issues) ? parsed.issues : [];
const currentIssueNumber = String(context.payload.issue.number);
console.log(`Current issue number: ${currentIssueNumber}`);
console.log(issues);
const filteredIssues = issues.filter((value) => String(value) !== currentIssueNumber);
if (filteredIssues.length === 0) {
core.info('Codex reported no potential duplicates.');
return;
}
const lines = [
'Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.',
'',
...filteredIssues.map((value) => `- #${String(value)}`),
'',
'*Powered by [Codex Action](https://github.com/openai/codex-action)*'];
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: context.payload.issue.number,
body: lines.join("\n"),
});
- name: Remove codex-deduplicate label
if: ${{ always() && github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'codex-deduplicate' }}
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
run: |
gh issue edit "${{ github.event.issue.number }}" --remove-label codex-deduplicate || true
echo "Attempted to remove label: codex-deduplicate"