Observed arrival · 2026-11-01
Pilotfish turns GitHub bug reports into reproducible runs
A GitHub app that runs a reporter’s reproduction snippet on a disposable cloud machine and posts a verdict with logs and environment details.
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- GitHub maintainers triaging reproducible bug reports
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- The example includes a pinned repro script, run log, output diff, and environment record, then compares main with a proposed fix.
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The illustrated workflow starts from a repository snapshot on a prebuilt disposable VM, rather than installing dependencies from scratch. In one displayed Python example, the proof bundle records CPython 3.13.1, Ubuntu 24.04, x86_64, and TZ=UTC; another compares results on main and a proposed fix branch. The page says the machine is deleted after each run and that write access is required by default to trigger one.
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