Add instruction to verify PR status before pushing

[xingyaoww]

Adds a new line to the <PULL_REQUESTS> section of the system prompt instructing the agent to verify that an existing PR is still open before pushing to its branch. If the PR has been closed or merged, the agent should create a new branch and open a new PR instead.

This prevents the agent from pushing commits to branches of already-closed/merged PRs.

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Agent Server images for this PR

• GHCR package: https://github.com/OpenHands/agent-sdk/pkgs/container/agent-server

Variants & Base Images

Variant	Architectures	Base Image	Docs / Tags
java	amd64, arm64	eclipse-temurin:17-jdk	Link
python	amd64, arm64	nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.13-nodejs22-slim	Link
golang	amd64, arm64	golang:1.21-bookworm	Link

Pull (multi-arch manifest)

# Each variant is a multi-arch manifest supporting both amd64 and arm64
docker pull ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-python

Run

docker run -it --rm \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  --name agent-server-3715f62-python \
  ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-python

All tags pushed for this build

ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-golang-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-golang_tag_1.21-bookworm-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-golang-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-golang_tag_1.21-bookworm-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-java-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-eclipse-temurin_tag_17-jdk-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-java-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-eclipse-temurin_tag_17-jdk-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-python-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-nikolaik_s_python-nodejs_tag_python3.13-nodejs22-slim-amd64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-python-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-nikolaik_s_python-nodejs_tag_python3.13-nodejs22-slim-arm64
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-golang
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-java
ghcr.io/openhands/agent-server:3715f62-python

About Multi-Architecture Support

• Each variant tag (e.g., 3715f62-python) is a multi-arch manifest supporting both amd64 and arm64
• Docker automatically pulls the correct architecture for your platform
• Individual architecture tags (e.g., 3715f62-python-amd64) are also available if needed

[github-actions]

Python API breakage checks — ✅ PASSED

Result: ✅ PASSED

Action log

[github-actions]

REST API breakage checks (OpenAPI) — ✅ PASSED

Result: ✅ PASSED

Action log

[all-hands-bot]

🟡 Acceptable with eval verification needed

This prompt change solves a real problem (agents pushing to closed/merged PR branches) but requires benchmark verification per repo policy. The instruction is clear and pragmatic—just needs confirmation it doesn't cause unintended behavior.

[github-actions]

Evaluation Triggered

• Trigger: Label 'run-eval-50' on PR Add instruction to verify PR status before pushing #2696
• SDK: 5743986
• Eval limit: 50
• Models: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929

[all-hands-bot]

🎉 Swebench Evaluation Complete

Evaluation: 23956613410-claude-son
Model: litellm_proxy/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
Dataset: benchmark (test)
Commit: 574398690ef6dcefbfc2a6d44adf2a5455b8fbf6
Timestamp: 26-04-03-20-50
Triggered by: @xingyao Wang

📊 Results

• Total instances: 500
• Submitted instances: 50
• Resolved instances: 37
• Unresolved instances: 13
• Empty patch instances: 0
• Error instances: 0
• Eval limit: 50
• Success rate: 37/50 (74.0%)

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[enyst]

Thank you! Yes I've had to specify this, or the agent is pushing blindly.

On a side note, sometimes I wonder if github PRs belong in the system prompt... maybe a question for another day! This makes sense now.

[enyst]

37/50 looks OK.