Add footer boolean field to safe-output configurations (individual and global)

actions/setup/js/create_discussion.cjs

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
   const expiresHours = config.expires ? parseInt(String(config.expires), 10) : 0;
   const fallbackToIssue = config.fallback_to_issue !== false; // Default to true
   const closeOlderDiscussions = config.close_older_discussions === true || config.close_older_discussions === "true";
+  const includeFooter = config.footer !== false; // Default to true (include footer)
 
   // Parse labels from config
   const labelsConfig = config.labels || [];
@@ -366,15 +367,18 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
     const runUrl = context.payload.repository ? `${context.payload.repository.html_url}/actions/runs/${runId}` : `${githubServer}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${runId}`;
 
     // Generate footer with expiration using helper
-    const footer = generateFooterWithExpiration({
-      footerText: `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl})`,
-      expiresHours,
-      entityType: "Discussion",
-    });
-
-    bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    // When footer is disabled, only add XML markers (no visible footer content)
+    if (includeFooter) {
+      const footer = generateFooterWithExpiration({
+        footerText: `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl})`,
+        expiresHours,
+        entityType: "Discussion",
+      });
+      bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    }
 
     // Add standalone workflow-id marker for searchability (consistent with comments)
+    // Always add XML markers even when footer is disabled
     if (workflowId) {
       bodyLines.push(``, generateWorkflowIdMarker(workflowId));
     }

actions/setup/js/create_issue.cjs

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
   const defaultTargetRepo = getDefaultTargetRepo(config);
   const groupEnabled = config.group === true || config.group === "true";
   const closeOlderIssuesEnabled = config.close_older_issues === true || config.close_older_issues === "true";
+  const includeFooter = config.footer !== false; // Default to true (include footer)
 
   // Check if copilot assignment is enabled
   const assignCopilot = process.env.GH_AW_ASSIGN_COPILOT === "true";
@@ -417,11 +418,14 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
     }
 
     // Generate footer and add expiration using helper
-    const footer = addExpirationToFooter(generateFooter(workflowName, runUrl, workflowSource, workflowSourceURL, triggeringIssueNumber, triggeringPRNumber, triggeringDiscussionNumber).trimEnd(), expiresHours, "Issue");
-
-    bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    // When footer is disabled, only add XML markers (no visible footer content)
+    if (includeFooter) {
+      const footer = addExpirationToFooter(generateFooter(workflowName, runUrl, workflowSource, workflowSourceURL, triggeringIssueNumber, triggeringPRNumber, triggeringDiscussionNumber).trimEnd(), expiresHours, "Issue");
+      bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    }
 
     // Add standalone workflow-id marker for searchability (consistent with comments)
+    // Always add XML markers even when footer is disabled
     if (workflowId) {
       bodyLines.push(``, generateWorkflowIdMarker(workflowId));
     }

actions/setup/js/create_pull_request.cjs

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
   const baseBranch = config.base_branch || "";
   const maxSizeKb = config.max_patch_size ? parseInt(String(config.max_patch_size), 10) : 1024;
   const { defaultTargetRepo, allowedRepos } = resolveTargetRepoConfig(config);
+  const includeFooter = config.footer !== false; // Default to true (include footer)
 
   // Environment validation - fail early if required variables are missing
   const workflowId = process.env.GH_AW_WORKFLOW_ID;
@@ -371,16 +372,19 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
     }
 
     // Generate footer with expiration using helper
-    const footer = generateFooterWithExpiration({
-      footerText: `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl})`,
-      expiresHours,
-      entityType: "Pull Request",
-      suffix: expiresHours > 0 ? "\n\n<!-- gh-aw-expires-type: pull-request -->" : undefined,
-    });
-
-    bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    // When footer is disabled, only add XML markers (no visible footer content)
+    if (includeFooter) {
+      const footer = generateFooterWithExpiration({
+        footerText: `> AI generated by [${workflowName}](${runUrl})`,
+        expiresHours,
+        entityType: "Pull Request",
+        suffix: expiresHours > 0 ? "\n\n<!-- gh-aw-expires-type: pull-request -->" : undefined,
+      });
+      bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+    }
 
     // Add standalone workflow-id marker for searchability (consistent with comments)
+    // Always add XML markers even when footer is disabled
     if (workflowId) {
       bodyLines.push(``, generateWorkflowIdMarker(workflowId));
     }

actions/setup/js/types/safe-outputs-config.d.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ interface CreateIssueConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   labels?: string[];
   "target-repo"?: string;
   "allowed-repos"?: string[];
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ interface CreateDiscussionConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   "category-id"?: string;
   "target-repo"?: string;
   "allowed-repos"?: string[];
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ interface CreatePullRequestConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   labels?: string[];
   draft?: boolean;
   "if-no-changes"?: string;
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ interface UpdateIssueConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   target?: string;
   title?: boolean;
   body?: boolean;
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ interface UpdateDiscussionConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   target?: string;
   title?: boolean;
   body?: boolean;
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -190,6 +195,7 @@ interface AssignToAgentConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
  */
 interface UpdateReleaseConfig extends SafeOutputConfig {
   target?: string;
+  footer?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**

actions/setup/js/update_discussion.cjs

@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ function buildDiscussionUpdateData(item, config) {
     updateData.body = item.body;
   }
 
+  // Pass footer config to executeUpdate (default to true)
+  updateData._includeFooter = config.footer !== false;
+
   return { success: true, data: updateData };
 }
 

actions/setup/js/update_issue.cjs

@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ async function executeIssueUpdate(github, context, issueNumber, updateData) {
   // Default to "append" to add footer with AI attribution
   const operation = updateData._operation || "append";
   let rawBody = updateData._rawBody;
+  const includeFooter = updateData._includeFooter !== false; // Default to true
 
   // Remove internal fields
-  const { _operation, _rawBody, ...apiData } = updateData;
+  const { _operation, _rawBody, _includeFooter, ...apiData } = updateData;
 
   // If we have a body, process it with the appropriate operation
   if (rawBody !== undefined) {
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ async function executeIssueUpdate(github, context, issueNumber, updateData) {
       workflowName,
       runUrl,
       runId: context.runId,
+      includeFooter, // Pass footer flag to helper
     });
 
     core.info(`Will update body (length: ${apiData.body.length})`);
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@ function buildIssueUpdateData(item, config) {
     updateData.milestone = item.milestone;
   }
 
+  // Pass footer config to executeUpdate (default to true)
+  updateData._includeFooter = config.footer !== false;
+
   return { success: true, data: updateData };
 }
 

actions/setup/js/update_pr_description_helpers.cjs

@@ -71,15 +71,16 @@ function findIsland(body, runId) {
  * @param {string} params.workflowName - Name of the workflow
  * @param {string} params.runUrl - URL of the workflow run
  * @param {number} params.runId - Workflow run ID
+ * @param {boolean} [params.includeFooter=true] - Whether to include AI-generated footer (default: true)
  * @returns {string} Updated body content
  */
 function updateBody(params) {
-  const { currentBody, newContent, operation, workflowName, runUrl, runId } = params;
-  const aiFooter = buildAIFooter(workflowName, runUrl);
+  const { currentBody, newContent, operation, workflowName, runUrl, runId, includeFooter = true } = params;
+  const aiFooter = includeFooter ? buildAIFooter(workflowName, runUrl) : "";
 
   if (operation === "replace") {
-    // Replace: use new content with AI footer
-    core.info("Operation: replace (full body replacement with footer)");
+    // Replace: use new content with optional AI footer
+    core.info("Operation: replace (full body replacement)");
     return newContent + aiFooter;
   }
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ function updateBody(params) {
   }
 
   if (operation === "prepend") {
-    // Prepend: add content, AI footer, and horizontal line at the start
+    // Prepend: add content, AI footer (if enabled), and horizontal line at the start
     core.info("Operation: prepend (add to start with separator)");
     const prependSection = `${newContent}${aiFooter}\n\n---\n\n`;
     return prependSection + currentBody;

actions/setup/js/update_pr_description_helpers.test.cjs

@@ -400,4 +400,100 @@ describe("update_pr_description_helpers.cjs", () => {
       expect(mockCore.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("append"));
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Footer parameter", () => {
+    it("should omit footer when includeFooter is false", () => {
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody: "Original",
+        newContent: "New content",
+        operation: "append",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        includeFooter: false,
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain("Original");
+      expect(result).toContain("New content");
+      expect(result).not.toContain("Generated by");
+      expect(result).not.toContain("AI generated");
+    });
+
+    it("should include footer by default when includeFooter is not specified", () => {
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody: "Original",
+        newContent: "New content",
+        operation: "append",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        // includeFooter not specified, should default to true
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain("Original");
+      expect(result).toContain("New content");
+      expect(result).toContain("Generated by");
+    });
+
+    it("should include footer when includeFooter is explicitly true", () => {
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody: "Original",
+        newContent: "New content",
+        operation: "append",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        includeFooter: true,
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain("Original");
+      expect(result).toContain("New content");
+      expect(result).toContain("Generated by");
+    });
+
+    it("should omit footer in replace operation when includeFooter is false", () => {
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody: "Original",
+        newContent: "Replacement",
+        operation: "replace",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        includeFooter: false,
+      });
+      expect(result).toBe("Replacement");
+      expect(result).not.toContain("Generated by");
+    });
+
+    it("should omit footer in prepend operation when includeFooter is false", () => {
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody: "Original",
+        newContent: "Prepended",
+        operation: "prepend",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        includeFooter: false,
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain("Prepended");
+      expect(result).toContain("Original");
+      expect(result).not.toContain("Generated by");
+    });
+
+    it("should omit footer in replace-island operation when includeFooter is false", () => {
+      const currentBody = "Before\n<!-- gh-aw-island-start:123 -->\nOld island\n<!-- gh-aw-island-end:123 -->\nAfter";
+      const result = updateBody({
+        currentBody,
+        newContent: "New island",
+        operation: "replace-island",
+        workflowName: "Test",
+        runUrl: "https://github.com/test/actions/runs/123",
+        runId: 123,
+        includeFooter: false,
+      });
+      expect(result).toContain("Before");
+      expect(result).toContain("New island");
+      expect(result).toContain("After");
+      expect(result).not.toContain("Generated by");
+      expect(result).toContain("<!-- gh-aw-island-start:123 -->");
+      expect(result).toContain("<!-- gh-aw-island-end:123 -->");
+    });
+  });
 });

actions/setup/js/update_release.cjs

@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ const { updateBody } = require("./update_pr_description_helpers.cjs");
  *
  * @param {Object} config - Handler configuration
  * @param {number} [config.max] - Maximum number of releases to update
+ * @param {boolean} [config.footer] - Controls whether AI-generated footer is added (default: true)
  * @returns {Promise<Function>} Handler function that processes a single message
  */
 async function main(config = {}) {
   // Check if we're in staged mode
   const isStaged = process.env.GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_STAGED === "true";
   const workflowName = process.env.GH_AW_WORKFLOW_NAME || "GitHub Agentic Workflow";
+  const includeFooter = config.footer !== false; // Default to true (include footer)
 
   /**
    * Process a single update-release message
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
         workflowName,
         runUrl,
         runId: context.runId,
+        includeFooter, // Pass footer flag to helper
       });
 
       // Update the release