[no-ci] Clarify policy for explicitly requested upstream pushes - #2645
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Thanks. I also ran into CI update frictions when working with agent recently. This should help. |
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Follow-up to #2378.
The current policy makes the canonical upstream repository unconditionally read-only. That remains the right default for normal pull-request work, but the absolute wording creates significant friction for a small set of valid, user-directed workflows. In practice, agents have repeatedly asked me to perform a push manually even when I explicitly requested it and upstream was needed to test
.github/workflows, trigger CI from a designated ref, or support similar infrastructure work.This change keeps approved forks as the normal destination and permits an upstream push only when the user explicitly requests it and provides a rationale. It also requires verification of the complete repository and exact refspec, limits authorization to the requested ref update, and requires separate explicit authorization for higher-risk operations.
This is not intended to give agents more autonomy. The agent does not infer when an upstream push is appropriate: the user supplies the request and rationale. The instructions only allow the agent to execute that narrowly scoped request instead of requiring a manual handoff.