[deep-report] Investigate and fix Smoke Cross-Repo PR Create/Update (6+ days open, both #25221 and #25217)

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Description

Both Smoke Cross-Repo PR workflows (#25221, #25217) have been failing for 6+ days with no resolution. The cross-repo PR creation and update operations are broken, leaving this critical smoke test category entirely uncovered. No owner has been assigned and no investigation has been started since the issues were filed.

Expected Impact

Restoring cross-repo PR smoke coverage will close a major reliability gap in the testing matrix. This also unblocks any workflows that depend on cross-repo PR capabilities.

Suggested Agent

New Agent or human triage — investigate token/permission scope for cross-repo PR creation. Compare GITHUB_TOKEN permissions between same-repo and cross-repo PR creation workflows. Check if a pull-requests:write scope is available for cross-repo targets.

Estimated Effort

Medium (1-4 hours) — requires permission investigation and possibly configuration change

Data Source

• Agent Performance Report (Apr 14, 2026): "Escalate — investigate cross-repo permissions or token scope for PR creation"
• Issues [aw] Smoke Create Cross-Repo PR failed #25221 and [aw] Smoke Update Cross-Repo PR failed #25217 (open since Apr 8)
• DeepReport Intelligence Briefing analysis run: §24406524749

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• expires on Apr 16, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC