fix(security): unsafe YAML quoting for GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES env var (CodeQL go/unsafe-quoting)

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Label names embedded into YAML via single-quoted '%s' could break out of the string literal if a label contained a single quote, enabling potential injection into the generated workflow YAML.

Change

• pkg/workflow/compiler_activation_job.go: Replace single-quoted format '%s' with Go's %q verb for GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES, consistent with every other JSON env var in the codebase (GH_AW_COMMANDS, GH_AW_SKIP_CHECK_INCLUDE, etc.)

- steps = append(steps, fmt.Sprintf("          GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES: '%s'\n", string(labelNamesJSON)))
+ steps = append(steps, fmt.Sprintf("          GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES: %q\n", string(labelNamesJSON)))

%q produces a double-quoted YAML string with inner double-quotes backslash-escaped (e.g. "[\"ci-doctor\"]"), which is valid YAML and safe for any label name content.

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Pull request overview

This PR addresses a potential YAML injection vector by safely quoting the GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES environment variable when emitting workflow YAML, preventing label values containing ' from breaking out of YAML string literals.

Changes:

• Switch GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES YAML emission from manual single-quoted '%s' to Go’s %q quoting.
• Regenerate/update locked workflow YAML files to reflect the new quoting format for GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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File	Description
pkg/workflow/compiler_activation_job.go	Uses %q to safely quote JSON label-name arrays when embedding into YAML env.
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot.lock.yml	Updates GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES value to the new double-quoted/escaped format.
.github/workflows/dev.lock.yml	Updates GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES value to the new double-quoted/escaped format.
.github/workflows/cloclo.lock.yml	Updates GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES value to the new double-quoted/escaped format.
.github/workflows/ci-doctor.lock.yml	Updates GH_AW_LABEL_NAMES value to the new double-quoted/escaped format.

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The PR description mentions this change is "consistent with every other JSON env var in the codebase", but there are still other JSON env vars embedded with single-quoted '%s' (e.g., pkg/workflow/compiler_pre_activation_job.go:226 uses %q, but pkg/workflow/compiler_yaml_main_job.go:109 uses '%s' for GH_AW_REPOSITORY_IMPORTS and pkg/workflow/compiler_yaml.go:683 uses '%s' for GH_AW_INFO_ALLOWED_DOMAINS). Consider either adjusting the description, or (as a follow-up) standardizing these remaining JSON env vars to a safe quoting/escaping strategy as well.