From b1168b48680a7b35d639f0243cf5b8c8a3ff0277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolaj Bjorner <nbjorner@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:22:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix agentic workflow auth by using Actions token-based
 Copilot inference

The COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN PAT secret expired, causing HTTP 401 auth
failures in all agentic workflows that referenced it. Switch these
workflows to GitHub Actions token-based Copilot inference by adding
'copilot-requests: write' to their permissions (matching the already-
working code-simplifier and release-notes-updater workflows), so the
engine uses the ephemeral github.token instead of the expired PAT.

Recompiled with gh-aw v0.81.6 (repo's pinned version) to keep the diff
minimal. Affected: api-coherence-checker, issue-backlog-processor,
memory-safety-report, academic-citation-tracker, smtlib-benchmark-finder,
workflow-suggestion-agent, specbot-crash-analyzer, tptp-benchmark.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: 57b9b87e-950a-49ea-bbb3-ed585646a5a9
---
 .github/aw/actions-lock.json                  |  5 ----
 .../academic-citation-tracker.lock.yml        | 28 +++++++++---------
 .../workflows/academic-citation-tracker.md    |  6 +++-
 .../workflows/api-coherence-checker.lock.yml  | 28 +++++++++---------
 .github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.md    |  6 +++-
 .../issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml          | 29 +++++++++----------
 .github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.md  |  7 ++++-
 .../workflows/memory-safety-report.lock.yml   | 23 ++++++---------
 .github/workflows/memory-safety-report.md     |  1 +
 .../smtlib-benchmark-finder.lock.yml          | 28 +++++++++---------
 .github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.md  |  6 +++-
 .../workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.lock.yml | 29 +++++++++----------
 .github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.md   |  7 ++++-
 .github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.lock.yml     | 28 +++++++++---------
 .github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.md           |  6 +++-
 .../workflow-suggestion-agent.lock.yml        | 29 +++++++++----------
 .../workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.md    |  7 ++++-
 17 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
index da0ffdb15a..38ee6b342b 100644
--- a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
+++ b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
       "version": "v7.0.1",
       "sha": "043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a"
     },
-    "github/gh-aw-actions/setup-cli@v0.81.6": {
-      "repo": "github/gh-aw-actions/setup-cli",
-      "version": "v0.81.6",
-      "sha": "ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7"
-    },
     "github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.81.6": {
       "repo": "github/gh-aw-actions/setup",
       "version": "v0.81.6",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.lock.yml
index 02fba4493f..3d4b9a9d49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"480bf21bcee3122e341b8d9cc8b19279eaa3c25109c5268eb353b9cf2a749663","body_hash":"05745b276b67f33e54e95f20396a0d79e1bf2384cd2d43bc3b31b6ca3ddae969","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"ac5c516750ec0894a784c69854f091e1abc930abf3e5158c06b0c0338d0154a9","body_hash":"05745b276b67f33e54e95f20396a0d79e1bf2384cd2d43bc3b31b6ca3ddae969","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Monthly Academic Citation & Research Trend Tracker for Z3. Searches arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and GitHub for recent papers and projects using Z3, analyses which Z3 features they rely on, and identifies the functionality — features or performance — most important to address next.
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -177,11 +175,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -385,7 +378,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -819,7 +816,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -843,6 +840,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -878,8 +876,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1235,7 +1232,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "academic-citation-tracker"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1279,6 +1275,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1441,7 +1438,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1463,6 +1460,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.md b/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.md
index 60e15136e0..5b4fa5e086 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/academic-citation-tracker.md
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ on:
 
 timeout-minutes: 60
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network:
   allowed:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.lock.yml
index 3b43866bd6..bd9ada92cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"834e887ef6def1de97d035da77ac91ab4abdaa02e16edd0e7437f6df4fd4fdc7","body_hash":"a3ec39bff49a3afd8f6e9c2bfdb45095d580f2933ae084824133687c651fd10a","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"0c1cd7c9176bb5199e12b016c97a8abfb1ca577d208719430da180c40fb495b1","body_hash":"a3ec39bff49a3afd8f6e9c2bfdb45095d580f2933ae084824133687c651fd10a","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Daily API coherence checker across Z3's multi-language bindings including Rust
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -178,11 +176,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -386,7 +379,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -818,7 +815,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -842,6 +839,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -877,8 +875,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1232,7 +1229,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "api-coherence-checker"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1276,6 +1272,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1438,7 +1435,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1460,6 +1457,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.md b/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.md
index fc904822a4..d99fb6f902 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-coherence-checker.md
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ on:
 
 timeout-minutes: 30
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network: defaults
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
index 7c6d5191d0..2b852a3aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"7671ab751a3f717291cd8f191c4619897acdb7e712fc38c87b9806d95f2b1e0f","body_hash":"0c085cd0722df29959ce10ad54f82dea6ecc84782a1f749d14ad8c1d000b7a6f","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"3d3c5b7851167f298294e9fd54c9f35abf4d43afab31d72ada8ed671fb766a49","body_hash":"0c085cd0722df29959ce10ad54f82dea6ecc84782a1f749d14ad8c1d000b7a6f","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Processes the backlog of open issues every second day, creates a discussion with findings, and comments on relevant issues
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -178,11 +176,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -386,7 +379,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      discussions: read
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -840,7 +838,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -864,6 +862,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -899,8 +898,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1255,7 +1253,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "issue-backlog-processor"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1299,6 +1296,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1461,7 +1459,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1483,6 +1481,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.md b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.md
index 741dc3a2be..a2ce534a96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-backlog-processor.md
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ on:
   schedule: every 2 days
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  discussions: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 tools:
   cache-memory: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.lock.yml
index a528f0bac6..8835d8e17b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"bf4e07c175bf2df0066b9ef403e92420d018538f3b995eb46400085af5355060","body_hash":"f43683a4995003e2678ccce2706b639eb627b48daeafc7f9dded40d4508ef26c","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"ed2a6bc12ab729225e9004d05fcb1fd8e3740220824c281cf4a54f7bc0ee7f81","body_hash":"f43683a4995003e2678ccce2706b639eb627b48daeafc7f9dded40d4508ef26c","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #   - GH_TOKEN: (main workflow)
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -196,11 +194,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -413,6 +406,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
       issues: read
       pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
@@ -859,7 +853,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -883,6 +877,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -918,8 +913,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1274,7 +1268,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "memory-safety-report"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1316,6 +1309,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1478,7 +1472,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1500,6 +1494,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.md b/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.md
index 8e31ea64f3..74999516ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/memory-safety-report.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   issues: read
   pull-requests: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 env:
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.lock.yml
index 9090b9601a..72833269f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"bbc490b217ed529ee9f58d7645e34c9b2bb9d46b3742bce1621e666a6d52d8c0","body_hash":"2b472570491bb4767575994e73f38198393c52deaed2b2751f8146309ad22843","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"df207f4a2ef576f34e072b2145cae9c061565cbb08f979160136bc4ef05053b4","body_hash":"2b472570491bb4767575994e73f38198393c52deaed2b2751f8146309ad22843","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Monthly SMTLIB Benchmark Finder. Searches GitHub for repositories containing SMT-LIB benchmarks (.smt2 files), excludes repositories that belong to the official SMT-LIB benchmark sets (linked from smtlib.org and hosted on Zenodo), and posts a curated summary of community-contributed benchmark links as a GitHub Discussion.
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -177,11 +175,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -385,7 +378,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -819,7 +816,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -843,6 +840,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -878,8 +876,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1235,7 +1232,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "smtlib-benchmark-finder"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1279,6 +1275,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1441,7 +1438,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1463,6 +1460,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.md b/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.md
index 7b773af064..17848205b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/smtlib-benchmark-finder.md
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ on:
 
 timeout-minutes: 60
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network:
   allowed:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.lock.yml
index 8d0d8a7897..a8f380a172 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"e23cf8d980312a03d7f04c460f390cef7137d7995a701661e6c6fce74df245e9","body_hash":"7030f1fac5beec9af23f992361435bd8fc32966ed8d1711e73e230a8f71aaf39","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"75b7aac4b5b7f7d73ab2cbf90b693f26cd644b09210f428a02c15512e1661729","body_hash":"7030f1fac5beec9af23f992361435bd8fc32966ed8d1711e73e230a8f71aaf39","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Build Z3 in debug mode from the c3 branch, compile and run the specbot tests, identify root causes for any crashes, and post findings as a GitHub Discussion.
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -175,11 +173,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -385,7 +378,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      discussions: read
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     env:
       DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
       GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS: ""
@@ -856,7 +854,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -880,6 +878,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -915,8 +914,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1271,7 +1269,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "specbot-crash-analyzer"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1315,6 +1312,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1477,7 +1475,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1499,6 +1497,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.md b/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.md
index 104dc5b3a6..5e63d31d5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/specbot-crash-analyzer.md
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ on:
 
 timeout-minutes: 120
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  discussions: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network: defaults
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.lock.yml
index 5d3f6bdeea..fa0bd18ec7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"a9a6e78bc70c14e8aa4a23ed548ef66ec02caeaae87a8d731b29f69c61526ab2","body_hash":"c8dc70436710705ec44e1f6b0236a2e5b314b3aec02708ef192cab1bb4099dce","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"941a41fa2bca88df96e4dcbd8e0fb4a38b99edad52753933f4f2247270639ade","body_hash":"c8dc70436710705ec44e1f6b0236a2e5b314b3aec02708ef192cab1bb4099dce","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Weekly benchmark of Z3's TPTP front-end against 500 random TPTP problems. Downloads TPTP benchmarks from tptp.org, resolves axiom dependencies, skips large problems, runs each with a 5-second timeout, and posts a discrepancy/crash report as a GitHub discussion.
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -177,11 +175,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -380,7 +373,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -800,7 +797,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -824,6 +821,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -859,8 +857,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1196,7 +1193,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "tptp-benchmark"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1237,6 +1233,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1399,7 +1396,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1421,6 +1418,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.md b/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.md
index d12252c98c..134d0e7009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/tptp-benchmark.md
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 6 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network:
   allowed:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.lock.yml
index 606afb9597..1d17ada9db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"bc4d6c4f7653b2efc986f8098b4a23c0aaf455d6d7fa17516aece23a2ef7cee2","body_hash":"01aef2e3410178a2ec9fa4a4731b68504136f16d352e3498deb2b9a6da385733","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v4","frontmatter_hash":"c48c6dff1b8433d7ba9f89ccedf079c9a906b423711faeb3584f5b61aca1dab3","body_hash":"01aef2e3410178a2ec9fa4a4731b68504136f16d352e3498deb2b9a6da385733","compiler_version":"v0.81.6","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot","engine_versions":{"copilot":"1.0.65"}}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/cache/restore","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/cache/save","sha":"27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae","version":"v5.0.5"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0","version":"v7.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3","version":"v9.0.0"},{"repo":"actions/setup-node","sha":"48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e","version":"v6.4.0"},{"repo":"actions/upload-artifact","sha":"043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a","version":"v7.0.1"},{"repo":"github/gh-aw-actions/setup","sha":"ba6380cc6e5be5d21677bebe04d52fb48e3abec7","version":"v0.81.6"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.11@sha256:979723c628182da7729333f2208bb249fd25ddee579645cf9a3892d681a929c7"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.11@sha256:807e4831999b44513b0a66e5859d478dc4da7ae74ab1918cec967d513f95bf9d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11","digest":"sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.11@sha256:ff27ea0525ad953a6adee28a5fbe9d2e22be47dbec755c15767af4ea3f91df7d"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30","digest":"sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.30@sha256:35625d1a2269b1238606078c879f59a91cffc4ac33eb54bf39c6418822c1a8be"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node","digest":"sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-node@sha256:529d02eb970b1161aa25c593a9c3df57fdfad5a8add328cb3b6eccef66f3183b"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0","digest":"sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.4.0@sha256:2afb26356481d1a350e14544a6e160f7f7ec1561a1ea309b823665abf0309036"}]}
 # This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.81.6). DO NOT EDIT. To debug this workflow, load the skill at https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/debug.md
 #
 #    ___                   _   _      
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # Weekly agent that suggests which agentic workflow agents should be added to the Z3 repository
 #
 # Secrets used:
-#   - COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN
 #   - GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
       engine_id: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.engine_id }}
       lockdown_check_failed: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.lockdown_check_failed == 'true' }}
       model: ${{ steps.generate_aw_info.outputs.model }}
-      secret_verification_result: ${{ steps.validate-secret.outputs.verification_result }}
       setup-parent-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.parent-span-id || steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-span-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.span-id }}
       setup-trace-id: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.trace-id }}
@@ -178,11 +176,6 @@ jobs:
             setupGlobals(core, github, context, exec, io, getOctokit);
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/check_daily_aic_workflow_guardrail.cjs');
             await main();
-      - name: Validate COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN secret
-        id: validate-secret
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/validate_multi_secret.sh" COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN 'GitHub Copilot CLI' https://github.github.com/gh-aw/reference/engines/#github-copilot-default
-        env:
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -386,7 +379,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: activation
     if: needs.activation.outputs.daily_ai_credits_exceeded != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: read-all
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
+      discussions: read
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-copilot-${{ github.workflow }}"
       queue: max
@@ -818,7 +816,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '1000' }}
@@ -842,6 +840,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Detect agent errors
         if: always()
@@ -877,8 +876,7 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/redact_secrets.cjs');
             await main();
         env:
-          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
-          SECRET_COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_AW_SECRET_NAMES: 'GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN,GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN,GITHUB_TOKEN'
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1232,7 +1230,6 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "workflow-suggestion-agent"
           GH_AW_ACTION_FAILURE_ISSUE_EXPIRES_HOURS: "168"
           GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
-          GH_AW_SECRET_VERIFICATION_RESULT: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.secret_verification_result }}
           GH_AW_CHECKOUT_PR_SUCCESS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.checkout_pr_success }}
           GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens || '' }}
           GH_AW_AI_CREDITS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.ai_credits_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
@@ -1276,6 +1273,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      copilot-requests: write
     env:
       GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES: ${{ vars.GH_AW_RUNTIME_FEATURES }}
     outputs:
@@ -1438,7 +1436,7 @@ jobs:
           AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_DUMMY_BYOK: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
-          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_MODEL_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_LLM_PROVIDER: github
           GH_AW_MAX_AI_CREDITS: ${{ vars.GH_AW_DEFAULT_DETECTION_MAX_AI_CREDITS || '400' }}
@@ -1460,6 +1458,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           RUNNER_TEMP: ${{ runner.temp }}
+          S2STOKENS: true
           TRACEPARENT: ${{ env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID != '' && env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID != '' && format('00-{0}-{1}-01', env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_TRACE_ID, env.GITHUB_AW_OTEL_PARENT_SPAN_ID) || '' }}
       - name: Parse threat detection token usage for step summary
         id: parse_detection_token_usage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.md b/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.md
index 1990ba95f1..309d1baae0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-suggestion-agent.md
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ on:
 
 timeout-minutes: 30
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  discussions: read
+  copilot-requests: write
 
 network: defaults