diff --git a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
index 6a6fa53d9f..71291dd03b 100644
--- a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
+++ b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
       "version": "v7.0.1",
       "sha": "043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a"
     },
-    "github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.71.5": {
+    "github/gh-aw-actions/setup@v0.74.4": {
       "repo": "github/gh-aw-actions/setup",
-      "version": "v0.71.5",
-      "sha": "b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323"
+      "version": "v0.74.4",
+      "sha": "d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62"
     },
     "github/gh-aw/actions/setup@v0.51.6": {
       "repo": "github/gh-aw/actions/setup",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml
index 72ae7105b7..98fd0d0d0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v3","frontmatter_hash":"54b1896209b363ceadbcb123b6c46dbbcc0118d9140313360c341b09d03bbb96","compiler_version":"v0.71.5","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot"}
-# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553","version":"v9"},{"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":"b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323","version":"v0.71.5"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.40","digest":"sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.40@sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.40","digest":"sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.40@sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.40","digest":"sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.40@sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.6","digest":"sha256:2bb8eef86006a4c5963c55616a9c51c32f27bfdecb023b8aa6f91f6718d9171c","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.6@sha256:2bb8eef86006a4c5963c55616a9c51c32f27bfdecb023b8aa6f91f6718d9171c"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.3","digest":"sha256:2ac27ef03461ef2b877031b838a7d1fd7f12b12d4ace7796d8cad91446d55959","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.3@sha256:2ac27ef03461ef2b877031b838a7d1fd7f12b12d4ace7796d8cad91446d55959"},{"image":"node:lts-alpine","digest":"sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f","pinned_image":"node:lts-alpine@sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f"}]}
+# gh-aw-metadata: {"schema_version":"v3","frontmatter_hash":"d3b88eb52d0d4007c7a64118dfa3866bcbba7589a38004bb5c47695bee9e7ac7","compiler_version":"v0.74.4","strict":true,"agent_id":"copilot"}
+# gh-aw-manifest: {"version":1,"secrets":["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN","GH_AW_AGENT_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN","GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN","GITHUB_TOKEN"],"actions":[{"repo":"actions/checkout","sha":"de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd","version":"v6.0.2"},{"repo":"actions/download-artifact","sha":"3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c","version":"v8.0.1"},{"repo":"actions/github-script","sha":"373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553","version":"v9"},{"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":"d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62","version":"v0.74.4"}],"containers":[{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.46"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.46"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.46"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.9","digest":"sha256:64828b42a4482f58fab16509d7f8f495a6d97c972a98a68aff20543531ac0388","pinned_image":"ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.9@sha256:64828b42a4482f58fab16509d7f8f495a6d97c972a98a68aff20543531ac0388"},{"image":"ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.4"},{"image":"node:lts-alpine","digest":"sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f","pinned_image":"node:lts-alpine@sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f"}]}
 #    ___                   _   _      
 #   / _ \                 | | (_)     
 #  | |_| | __ _  ___ _ __ | |_ _  ___ 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # \  /\  / (_) | | | | ( | | | | (_) \ V  V /\__ \
 #  \/  \/ \___/|_| |_|\_\|_| |_|\___/ \_/\_/ |___/
 #
-# This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.71.5). DO NOT EDIT.
+# This file was automatically generated by gh-aw (v0.74.4). DO NOT EDIT.
 #
 # To update this file, edit the corresponding .md file and run:
 #   gh aw compile
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
 #   - actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
-#   - github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+#   - github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
 #
 # Container images used:
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.40@sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.40@sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.40@sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51
-#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.6@sha256:2bb8eef86006a4c5963c55616a9c51c32f27bfdecb023b8aa6f91f6718d9171c
-#   - ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.3@sha256:2ac27ef03461ef2b877031b838a7d1fd7f12b12d4ace7796d8cad91446d55959
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.46
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.46
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.46
+#   - ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.9@sha256:64828b42a4482f58fab16509d7f8f495a6d97c972a98a68aff20543531ac0388
+#   - ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.4
 #   - node:lts-alpine@sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f
 
 name: "Reference Implementation Sync"
-"on":
+on:
   schedule:
-  - cron: "10 16 * * *"
-    # Friendly format: daily (scattered)
+  - cron: "25 2 * * 5"
+    # Friendly format: weekly on friday (scattered)
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       aw_context:
@@ -82,35 +82,38 @@ jobs:
       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 }}
       stale_lock_file_failed: ${{ steps.check-lock-file.outputs.stale_lock_file_failed == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       - name: Generate agentic run info
         id: generate_aw_info
         env:
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
           GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_NAME: "GitHub Copilot CLI"
           GH_AW_INFO_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_AGENT_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AGENT_VERSION: "1.0.40"
-          GH_AW_INFO_CLI_VERSION: "v0.71.5"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AGENT_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_CLI_VERSION: "v0.74.4"
           GH_AW_INFO_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_INFO_EXPERIMENTAL: "false"
           GH_AW_INFO_SUPPORTS_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST: "true"
           GH_AW_INFO_STAGED: "false"
           GH_AW_INFO_ALLOWED_DOMAINS: '["defaults","github"]'
           GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_ENABLED: "true"
-          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_AWF_VERSION: "v0.25.46"
           GH_AW_INFO_AWMG_VERSION: ""
           GH_AW_INFO_FIREWALL_TYPE: "squid"
           GH_AW_COMPILED_STRICT: "true"
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check compile-agentic version
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         env:
-          GH_AW_COMPILED_VERSION: "v0.71.5"
+          GH_AW_COMPILED_VERSION: "v0.74.4"
         with:
           script: |
             const { setupGlobals } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/setup_globals.cjs');
@@ -173,11 +176,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
           GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/outputs.jsonl
+          GH_AW_EXPR_1A3A194A: ${{ github.event.discussion.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'discussion' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_463A214A: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'pull_request' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_802A9F6A: ${{ github.event.issue.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'issue' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_FF1D34CE: ${{ github.event.comment.id || fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').comment_id }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.discussion.number }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -185,54 +188,54 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/create_prompt_first.sh"
           {
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF'
           <system>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/xpia.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/temp_folder_prompt.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/markdown.md"
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/safe_outputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF'
           <safe-output-tools>
           Tools: add_comment(max:10), create_issue, close_issue(max:10), close_pull_request(max:10), assign_to_agent, missing_tool, missing_data, noop
           </safe-output-tools>
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/mcp_cli_tools_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF'
           <github-context>
           The following GitHub context information is available for this workflow:
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR__ }}
+          {{#if github.actor}}
           - **actor**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__ }}
+          {{#if github.repository}}
           - **repository**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE__ }}
+          {{#if github.workspace}}
           - **workspace**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER__ }}
-          - **issue-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER__
+          {{#if github.event.issue.number || (github.aw.context.item_type == 'issue' && github.aw.context.item_number)}}
+          - **issue-number**: #__GH_AW_EXPR_802A9F6A__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER__ }}
-          - **discussion-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER__
+          {{#if github.event.discussion.number || (github.aw.context.item_type == 'discussion' && github.aw.context.item_number)}}
+          - **discussion-number**: #__GH_AW_EXPR_1A3A194A__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER__ }}
-          - **pull-request-number**: #__GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER__
+          {{#if github.event.pull_request.number || (github.aw.context.item_type == 'pull_request' && github.aw.context.item_number)}}
+          - **pull-request-number**: #__GH_AW_EXPR_463A214A__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID__ }}
-          - **comment-id**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID__
+          {{#if github.event.comment.id || github.aw.context.comment_id}}
+          - **comment-id**: __GH_AW_EXPR_FF1D34CE__
           {{/if}}
-          {{#if __GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID__ }}
+          {{#if github.run_id}}
           - **workflow-run-id**: __GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID__
           {{/if}}
           </github-context>
           
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF
           cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/prompts/github_mcp_tools_with_safeoutputs_prompt.md"
-          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF'
+          cat << 'GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF'
           </system>
           {{#runtime-import .github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md}}
-          GH_AW_PROMPT_c9d6e485c3f68bea_EOF
+          GH_AW_PROMPT_5937f7f329fed3c9_EOF
           } > "$GH_AW_PROMPT"
       - name: Interpolate variables and render templates
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
@@ -249,11 +252,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         env:
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+          GH_AW_EXPR_1A3A194A: ${{ github.event.discussion.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'discussion' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_463A214A: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'pull_request' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_802A9F6A: ${{ github.event.issue.number || (fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_type == 'issue' && fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').item_number) }}
+          GH_AW_EXPR_FF1D34CE: ${{ github.event.comment.id || fromJSON(github.event.inputs.aw_context || github.event.client_payload.aw_context || '{}').comment_id }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: ${{ github.event.comment.id }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.discussion.number }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-          GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
           GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -269,11 +272,11 @@ jobs:
             return await substitutePlaceholders({
               file: process.env.GH_AW_PROMPT,
               substitutions: {
+                GH_AW_EXPR_1A3A194A: process.env.GH_AW_EXPR_1A3A194A,
+                GH_AW_EXPR_463A214A: process.env.GH_AW_EXPR_463A214A,
+                GH_AW_EXPR_802A9F6A: process.env.GH_AW_EXPR_802A9F6A,
+                GH_AW_EXPR_FF1D34CE: process.env.GH_AW_EXPR_FF1D34CE,
                 GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_ACTOR,
-                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_COMMENT_ID,
-                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_DISCUSSION_NUMBER,
-                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_ISSUE_NUMBER,
-                GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER,
                 GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
                 GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_RUN_ID,
                 GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE: process.env.GH_AW_GITHUB_WORKSPACE,
@@ -299,8 +302,11 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             /tmp/gh-aw/aw_info.json
             /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt-template.txt
+            /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt-import-tree.json
             /tmp/gh-aw/github_rate_limits.jsonl
             /tmp/gh-aw/base
+            /tmp/gh-aw/.github/agents
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 1
 
@@ -325,6 +331,7 @@ jobs:
       agentic_engine_timeout: ${{ steps.detect-copilot-errors.outputs.agentic_engine_timeout || 'false' }}
       checkout_pr_success: ${{ steps.checkout-pr.outputs.checkout_pr_success || 'true' }}
       effective_tokens: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.effective_tokens }}
+      effective_tokens_rate_limit_error: ${{ steps.parse-mcp-gateway.outputs.effective_tokens_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
       has_patch: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.has_patch }}
       inference_access_error: ${{ steps.detect-copilot-errors.outputs.inference_access_error || 'false' }}
       mcp_policy_error: ${{ steps.detect-copilot-errors.outputs.mcp_policy_error || 'false' }}
@@ -332,19 +339,23 @@ jobs:
       model_not_supported_error: ${{ steps.detect-copilot-errors.outputs.model_not_supported_error || 'false' }}
       output: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.output }}
       output_types: ${{ steps.collect_output.outputs.output_types }}
+      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 }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
           trace-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-trace-id }}
+          parent-span-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-parent-span-id || needs.activation.outputs.setup-span-id }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       - name: Set runtime paths
         id: set-runtime-paths
         run: |
@@ -391,11 +402,11 @@ jobs:
             const { main } = require('${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions/checkout_pr_branch.cjs');
             await main();
       - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh" 1.0.40
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh" 1.0.48
         env:
           GH_HOST: github.com
       - name: Install AWF binary
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.40
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.46
       - name: Determine automatic lockdown mode for GitHub MCP Server
         id: determine-automatic-lockdown
         uses: actions/github-script@373c709c69115d41ff229c7e5df9f8788daa9553 # v9
@@ -417,16 +428,21 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_AGENT_FOLDERS: ".agents .claude .codex .crush .gemini .github .opencode .pi"
           GH_AW_AGENT_FILES: ".crush.json AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md GEMINI.md PI.md opencode.jsonc"
         run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/restore_base_github_folders.sh"
+      - name: Restore inline sub-agents from activation artifact
+        env:
+          GH_AW_SUB_AGENT_DIR: ".github/agents"
+          GH_AW_SUB_AGENT_EXT: ".agent.md"
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/restore_inline_sub_agents.sh"
       - name: Download container images
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.40@sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.40@sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.40@sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.6@sha256:2bb8eef86006a4c5963c55616a9c51c32f27bfdecb023b8aa6f91f6718d9171c ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.3@sha256:2ac27ef03461ef2b877031b838a7d1fd7f12b12d4ace7796d8cad91446d55959 node:lts-alpine@sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.46 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.46 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.46 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.9@sha256:64828b42a4482f58fab16509d7f8f495a6d97c972a98a68aff20543531ac0388 ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.4 node:lts-alpine@sha256:d1b3b4da11eefd5941e7f0b9cf17783fc99d9c6fc34884a665f40a06dbdfc94f
       - name: Generate Safe Outputs Config
         run: |
           mkdir -p "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs"
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/safeoutputs
           mkdir -p /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-logs/safeoutputs
-          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_06a3a494957bf1f1_EOF'
+          cat > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/config.json" << 'GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_8434d42e1eaff150_EOF'
           {"add_comment":{"max":10,"target":"*"},"assign_to_agent":{"max":1,"model":"claude-opus-4.6","name":"copilot","target":"*"},"close_issue":{"max":10,"required_labels":["reference-impl-sync"],"target":"*"},"close_pull_request":{"max":10,"target":"*"},"create_issue":{"expires":144,"labels":["reference-impl-sync"],"max":1,"title_prefix":"[reference-impl-sync] "},"create_report_incomplete_issue":{},"missing_data":{},"missing_tool":{},"noop":{"max":1,"report-as-issue":"false"},"report_incomplete":{}}
-          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_06a3a494957bf1f1_EOF
+          GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_8434d42e1eaff150_EOF
       - name: Generate Safe Outputs Tools
         env:
           GH_AW_TOOLS_META_JSON: |
@@ -535,6 +551,9 @@ jobs:
                     "sanitize": true,
                     "maxLength": 65000
                   },
+                  "fields": {
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
                   "labels": {
                     "type": "array",
                     "itemType": "string",
@@ -708,17 +727,22 @@ jobs:
           export GH_AW_ENGINE="copilot"
           MCP_GATEWAY_UID=$(id -u 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
           MCP_GATEWAY_GID=$(id -g 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
-          DOCKER_SOCK_GID=$(stat -c '%g' /var/run/docker.sock 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
-          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOCKER_COMMAND='docker run -i --rm --network host --add-host host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1 --user '"${MCP_GATEWAY_UID}"':'"${MCP_GATEWAY_GID}"' --group-add '"${DOCKER_SOCK_GID}"' -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DEBUG -e MCP_GATEWAY_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB -e GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS -e DEFAULT_BRANCH -e GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_ACTOR_ID -e GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_REF_NAME -e GITHUB_REF_TYPE -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY -v /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:rw -v /opt:/opt:ro -v /tmp:/tmp:rw -v '"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':'"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':rw ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.6'
+          case "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" in
+            unix://* ) DOCKER_SOCK_PATH="${DOCKER_HOST#unix://}" ;;
+            /* ) DOCKER_SOCK_PATH="$DOCKER_HOST" ;;
+            * ) DOCKER_SOCK_PATH=/var/run/docker.sock ;;
+          esac
+          DOCKER_SOCK_GID=$(stat -c '%g' "$DOCKER_SOCK_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo '0')
+          export MCP_GATEWAY_DOCKER_COMMAND='docker run -i --rm --network host --add-host host.docker.internal:127.0.0.1 --user '"${MCP_GATEWAY_UID}"':'"${MCP_GATEWAY_GID}"' --group-add '"${DOCKER_SOCK_GID}"' -v '"${DOCKER_SOCK_PATH}"':/var/run/docker.sock -e MCP_GATEWAY_PORT -e MCP_GATEWAY_DOMAIN -e MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR -e MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD -e DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock -e DEBUG -e MCP_GATEWAY_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_MCP_LOG_DIR -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_CONFIG_PATH -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_BRANCH -e GH_AW_ASSETS_MAX_SIZE_KB -e GH_AW_ASSETS_ALLOWED_EXTS -e DEFAULT_BRANCH -e GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_MIN_INTEGRITY -e GITHUB_MCP_GUARD_REPOS -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_ACTOR_ID -e GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_REF_NAME -e GITHUB_REF_TYPE -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_PORT -e GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_API_KEY -v /tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:/tmp/gh-aw/mcp-payloads:rw -v /opt:/opt:ro -v /tmp:/tmp:rw -v '"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':'"${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"':rw ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.3.9'
           
           mkdir -p /home/runner/.copilot
           GH_AW_NODE=$(which node 2>/dev/null || command -v node 2>/dev/null || echo node)
-          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_03f014fbed5a3560_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
+          cat << GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_91f5ce417df04baa_EOF | "$GH_AW_NODE" "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/start_mcp_gateway.cjs"
           {
             "mcpServers": {
               "github": {
                 "type": "stdio",
-                "container": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.3",
+                "container": "ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.0.4",
                 "env": {
                   "GITHUB_HOST": "\${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}",
                   "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "\${GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN}",
@@ -754,7 +778,7 @@ jobs:
               "payloadDir": "${MCP_GATEWAY_PAYLOAD_DIR}"
             }
           }
-          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_03f014fbed5a3560_EOF
+          GH_AW_MCP_CONFIG_91f5ce417df04baa_EOF
       - name: Mount MCP servers as CLIs
         id: mount-mcp-clis
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -782,15 +806,21 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
+          printf '%s' "$(date +%s%3N)" > /tmp/gh-aw/agent_cli_start_ms.txt
           touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
           GH_AW_NODE_BIN=$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)
           export GH_AW_NODE_BIN
           (umask 177 && touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log)
-          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.40/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","api.business.githubcopilot.com","api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","api.github.com","api.githubcopilot.com","api.individual.githubcopilot.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","docs.github.com","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.blog","github.com","github.githubassets.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com","www.googleapis.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"models":{"auto":["large"],"deep-research":["copilot/deep-research*","google/deep-research*"],"gemini-flash":["copilot/gemini-*flash*","google/gemini-*flash*"],"gemini-pro":["copilot/gemini-*pro*","google/gemini-*pro*"],"gpt-4.1":["copilot/gpt-4.1*","openai/gpt-4.1*"],"gpt-5":["copilot/gpt-5*","openai/gpt-5*"],"gpt-5-codex":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*"],"gpt-5-mini":["copilot/gpt-5*mini*","openai/gpt-5*mini*"],"gpt-5-nano":["copilot/gpt-5*nano*","openai/gpt-5*nano*"],"gpt-5-pro":["copilot/gpt-5*pro*","openai/gpt-5*pro*"],"haiku":["copilot/*haiku*","anthropic/*haiku*"],"large":["sonnet","gpt-5-pro","gpt-5","gemini-pro"],"mini":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gpt-5-nano","gemini-flash"],"opus":["copilot/*opus*","anthropic/*opus*"],"reasoning":["copilot/o1*","copilot/o3*","copilot/o4*","openai/o1*","openai/o3*","openai/o4*"],"small":["mini"],"sonnet":["copilot/*sonnet*","anthropic/*sonnet*"]}},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.40,squid=sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51,agent=sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504,api-proxy=sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280,cli-proxy=sha256:3e7152911d4b4b7b97beef9d3d7d924ff7902227e86001ef3838fb728d5d514c"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" && cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.46/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["*.githubusercontent.com","api.business.githubcopilot.com","api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","api.github.com","api.githubcopilot.com","api.individual.githubcopilot.com","api.snapcraft.io","archive.ubuntu.com","azure.archive.ubuntu.com","codeload.github.com","crl.geotrust.com","crl.globalsign.com","crl.identrust.com","crl.sectigo.com","crl.thawte.com","crl.usertrust.com","crl.verisign.com","crl3.digicert.com","crl4.digicert.com","crls.ssl.com","docs.github.com","github-cloud.githubusercontent.com","github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com","github.blog","github.com","github.githubassets.com","host.docker.internal","json-schema.org","json.schemastore.org","keyserver.ubuntu.com","lfs.github.com","objects.githubusercontent.com","ocsp.digicert.com","ocsp.geotrust.com","ocsp.globalsign.com","ocsp.identrust.com","ocsp.sectigo.com","ocsp.ssl.com","ocsp.thawte.com","ocsp.usertrust.com","ocsp.verisign.com","packagecloud.io","packages.cloud.google.com","packages.microsoft.com","ppa.launchpad.net","raw.githubusercontent.com","registry.npmjs.org","s.symcb.com","s.symcd.com","security.ubuntu.com","telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","ts-crl.ws.symantec.com","ts-ocsp.ws.symantec.com","www.googleapis.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxEffectiveTokens":25000000,"models":{"auto":["large"],"coding":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*","gpt-5-codex"],"deep-research":["copilot/deep-research*","copilot/o3-deep-research*","copilot/o4-mini-deep-research*","google/deep-research*","gemini/deep-research*","openai/o3-deep-research*","openai/o4-mini-deep-research*"],"gemini-flash":["copilot/gemini-*flash*","google/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"],"gemini-flash-lite":["copilot/gemini-*flash*lite*","google/gemini-*flash*lite*","gemini/gemini-*flash*lite*"],"gemini-pro":["copilot/gemini-*pro*","google/gemini-*pro*","gemini/gemini-*pro*"],"gemma":["copilot/gemma*","google/gemma*","gemini/gemma*"],"gpt-4.1":["copilot/gpt-4.1*","openai/gpt-4.1*"],"gpt-5":["copilot/gpt-5*","openai/gpt-5*"],"gpt-5-codex":["copilot/gpt-5*codex*","openai/gpt-5*codex*"],"gpt-5-mini":["copilot/gpt-5*mini*","openai/gpt-5*mini*"],"gpt-5-nano":["copilot/gpt-5*nano*","openai/gpt-5*nano*"],"gpt-5-pro":["copilot/gpt-5*pro*","openai/gpt-5*pro*"],"haiku":["copilot/*haiku*","anthropic/*haiku*"],"large":["sonnet","gpt-5-pro","gpt-5","gemini-pro"],"mini":["haiku","gpt-5-mini","gpt-5-nano","gemini-flash-lite"],"opus":["copilot/*opus*","anthropic/*opus*"],"reasoning":["copilot/o1*","copilot/o3*","copilot/o4*","openai/o1*","openai/o3*","openai/o4*"],"small":["mini"],"sonnet":["copilot/*sonnet*","anthropic/*sonnet*"],"vision":["copilot/gemini-*image*","gemini/gemini-*image*","copilot/gemini-*flash*","gemini/gemini-*flash*"]}},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.46"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" && cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS=""
+          if [[ "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" =~ ^tcp:// ]]; then
+            GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS="--docker-host-path-prefix /tmp/gh-aw"
+          fi
           # shellcheck disable=SC1003
-          sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --exclude-env GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN --exclude-env MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull \
-            -- /bin/bash -c 'export PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-cli/bin:$PATH" && export PATH="$(find /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 4 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || echo node)"; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/copilot_harness.cjs /usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --no-ask-user --allow-all-tools --allow-all-paths --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
+          sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" ${GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS} --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --exclude-env GITHUB_MCP_SERVER_TOKEN --exclude-env MCP_GATEWAY_API_KEY --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull \
+            -- /bin/bash -c 'export PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/mcp-cli/bin:$PATH" && export PATH="$(find /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/copilot_harness.cjs /usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --no-ask-user --allow-all-tools --allow-all-paths --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/agent-stdio.log
         env:
+          AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_API_KEY: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -799,7 +829,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_PHASE: agent
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
           GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS: ${{ steps.set-runtime-paths.outputs.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS }}
-          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.71.5
+          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.74.4
           GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
           GITHUB_AW: true
           GITHUB_COPILOT_INTEGRATION_ID: agentic-workflows
@@ -914,7 +944,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Fix permissions on firewall logs/audit dirs so they can be uploaded as artifacts
           # AWF runs with sudo, creating files owned by root
-          sudo chmod -R a+r /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall 2>/dev/null || true
+          sudo chmod -R a+rX /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall 2>/dev/null || true
           # Only run awf logs summary if awf command exists (it may not be installed if workflow failed before install step)
           if command -v awf &> /dev/null; then
             awf logs summary | tee -a "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
@@ -991,6 +1021,7 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: "gh-aw-conclusion-reference-impl-sync"
       cancel-in-progress: false
+      queue: max
     outputs:
       incomplete_count: ${{ steps.report_incomplete.outputs.incomplete_count }}
       noop_message: ${{ steps.noop.outputs.noop_message }}
@@ -999,15 +1030,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
           trace-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-trace-id }}
+          parent-span-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-parent-span-id || needs.activation.outputs.setup-span-id }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -1097,6 +1130,8 @@ jobs:
           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_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS_RATE_LIMIT_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens_rate_limit_error || 'false' }}
           GH_AW_INFERENCE_ACCESS_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.inference_access_error }}
           GH_AW_MCP_POLICY_ERROR: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.mcp_policy_error }}
           GH_AW_AGENTIC_ENGINE_TIMEOUT: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.agentic_engine_timeout }}
@@ -1111,6 +1146,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_AW_MISSING_TOOL_REPORT_AS_FAILURE: "true"
           GH_AW_MISSING_DATA_REPORT_AS_FAILURE: "true"
           GH_AW_TIMEOUT_MINUTES: "20"
+          GH_AW_MAX_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: "25000000"
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
@@ -1135,15 +1171,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
           trace-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-trace-id }}
+          parent-span-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-parent-span-id || needs.activation.outputs.setup-span-id }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -1169,7 +1207,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -rf /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs
           rm -rf /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit
       - name: Download container images
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.40@sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.40@sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.40@sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/download_docker_images.sh" ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.25.46 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.25.46 ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.25.46
       - name: Check if detection needed
         id: detection_guard
         if: always()
@@ -1228,11 +1266,11 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '24'
           package-manager-cache: false
       - name: Install GitHub Copilot CLI
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh" 1.0.40
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_copilot_cli.sh" 1.0.48
         env:
           GH_HOST: github.com
       - name: Install AWF binary
-        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.40
+        run: bash "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/install_awf_binary.sh" v0.25.46
       - name: Execute GitHub Copilot CLI
         if: always() && steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection == 'true'
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -1241,22 +1279,28 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
+          printf '%s' "$(date +%s%3N)" > /tmp/gh-aw/agent_cli_start_ms.txt
           touch /tmp/gh-aw/agent-step-summary.md
           GH_AW_NODE_BIN=$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)
           export GH_AW_NODE_BIN
           (umask 177 && touch /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log)
-          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.40/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["api.business.githubcopilot.com","api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","api.github.com","api.githubcopilot.com","api.individual.githubcopilot.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.40,squid=sha256:b084f4a2c771f584ee68084ced52fa6b3245197a1889645d817462d307d3ac51,agent=sha256:14ff567e8d9d4c2fbc5e55c973488381c71d7e0fdbe72d30ee7b8a738fd86504,api-proxy=sha256:2883ca3e5ae9f330cafdd9345bfd4ae17fc8da36c96d4c9a1f76e922b4c45280,cli-proxy=sha256:3e7152911d4b4b7b97beef9d3d7d924ff7902227e86001ef3838fb728d5d514c"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" && cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          printf '%s\n' '{"$schema":"https://github.com/github/gh-aw-firewall/releases/download/v0.25.46/awf-config.schema.json","network":{"allowDomains":["api.business.githubcopilot.com","api.enterprise.githubcopilot.com","api.github.com","api.githubcopilot.com","api.individual.githubcopilot.com","github.com","host.docker.internal","telemetry.enterprise.githubcopilot.com"]},"apiProxy":{"enabled":true,"enableTokenSteering":true,"maxRuns":500,"maxEffectiveTokens":25000000},"container":{"imageTag":"0.25.46"}}' > "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" && cp "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" /tmp/gh-aw/awf-config.json
+          GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS=""
+          if [[ "${DOCKER_HOST:-}" =~ ^tcp:// ]]; then
+            GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS="--docker-host-path-prefix /tmp/gh-aw"
+          fi
           # shellcheck disable=SC1003
-          sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull \
-            -- /bin/bash -c 'export PATH="$(find /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 4 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || echo node)"; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/copilot_harness.cjs /usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --no-ask-user --allow-all-tools --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
+          sudo -E awf --config "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/awf-config.json" --container-workdir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" --mount "${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:/host${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw:ro" ${GH_AW_DOCKER_HOST_PATH_PREFIX_ARGS} --env-all --exclude-env COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN --log-level info --proxy-logs-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/logs --audit-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/firewall/audit --enable-host-access --allow-host-ports 80,443,8080 --skip-pull \
+            -- /bin/bash -c 'export PATH="$(find /opt/hostedtoolcache /home/runner/work/_tool -maxdepth 5 -type d -name bin 2>/dev/null | tr '\''\n'\'' '\'':'\'')$PATH"; [ -n "$GOROOT" ] && export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" || true && GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="${GH_AW_NODE_BIN:-}"; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ] || [ ! -x "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then GH_AW_NODE_EXEC="$(command -v node 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi; if [ -z "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ]; then echo "node runtime missing on this runner — check runtimes.node in workflow YAML" >&2; exit 127; fi; "$GH_AW_NODE_EXEC" ${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/actions/copilot_harness.cjs /usr/local/bin/copilot --add-dir /tmp/gh-aw/ --log-level all --log-dir /tmp/gh-aw/sandbox/agent/logs/ --disable-builtin-mcps --no-ask-user --allow-all-tools --add-dir "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" --prompt-file /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt' 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/gh-aw/threat-detection/detection.log
         env:
+          AWF_REFLECT_ENABLED: 1
           COPILOT_AGENT_RUNNER_TYPE: STANDALONE
           COPILOT_API_KEY: dummy-byok-key-for-offline-mode
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           COPILOT_MODEL: ${{ vars.GH_AW_MODEL_DETECTION_COPILOT || 'claude-sonnet-4.6' }}
           GH_AW_PHASE: detection
           GH_AW_PROMPT: /tmp/gh-aw/aw-prompts/prompt.txt
-          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.71.5
+          GH_AW_VERSION: v0.74.4
           GITHUB_API_URL: ${{ github.api_url }}
           GITHUB_AW: true
           GITHUB_COPILOT_INTEGRATION_ID: agentic-workflows
@@ -1284,6 +1328,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         env:
           RUN_DETECTION: ${{ steps.detection_guard.outputs.run_detection }}
+          DETECTION_AGENTIC_EXECUTION_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.detection_agentic_execution.outcome }}
           GH_AW_DETECTION_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR: "true"
         with:
           script: |
@@ -1294,10 +1339,11 @@ jobs:
               await main();
             } catch (loadErr) {
               const continueOnError = process.env.GH_AW_DETECTION_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR !== 'false';
+              const detectionExecutionFailed = process.env.DETECTION_AGENTIC_EXECUTION_OUTCOME === 'failure';
               const msg = 'ERR_SYSTEM: \u274C Unexpected error loading threat detection module: ' + (loadErr && loadErr.message ? loadErr.message : String(loadErr));
               core.error(msg);
               core.setOutput('reason', 'parse_error');
-              if (continueOnError) {
+              if (continueOnError && !detectionExecutionFailed) {
                 core.warning('\u26A0\uFE0F ' + msg);
                 core.setOutput('conclusion', 'warning');
                 core.setOutput('success', 'false');
@@ -1328,7 +1374,7 @@ jobs:
       GH_AW_EFFECTIVE_TOKENS: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.effective_tokens }}
       GH_AW_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       GH_AW_ENGINE_MODEL: ${{ needs.agent.outputs.model }}
-      GH_AW_ENGINE_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+      GH_AW_ENGINE_VERSION: "1.0.48"
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID: "reference-impl-sync"
       GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
     outputs:
@@ -1348,15 +1394,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Setup Scripts
         id: setup
-        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@b8068426813005612b960b5ab0b8bd2c27142323 # v0.71.5
+        uses: github/gh-aw-actions/setup@d3abfe96a194bce3a523ed2093ddedd5704cdf62 # v0.74.4
         with:
           destination: ${{ runner.temp }}/gh-aw/actions
           job-name: ${{ github.job }}
           trace-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-trace-id }}
+          parent-span-id: ${{ needs.activation.outputs.setup-parent-span-id || needs.activation.outputs.setup-span-id }}
         env:
           GH_AW_SETUP_WORKFLOW_NAME: "Reference Implementation Sync"
           GH_AW_CURRENT_WORKFLOW_REF: ${{ github.repository }}/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.lock.yml@${{ github.ref }}
-          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.40"
+          GH_AW_INFO_VERSION: "1.0.48"
+          GH_AW_INFO_ENGINE_ID: "copilot"
       - name: Download agent output artifact
         id: download-agent-output
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md b/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md
index 20cad89e14..297ef6dbdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/reference-impl-sync.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: |
   Copilot SDK (github/copilot-sdk) and assigns to Copilot to port changes.
 
 on:
-  schedule: daily
+  schedule: weekly on friday
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions: