Since we have almost no error handling other than one big try/catch block, I'd suggest a solution where each octokit call has its own error handling, so we can do more helpful suggestions. I've been writing in Golang primarily at work lately (handle ALL the errors), so I'm looking at this code like "who wrote this?".

Perhaps there's a different route where https://github.com/actions/core or similar offers a way to verify the workflow is getting the permissions it asked for 🤷

EDIT: and yes @JoshuaKGoldberg we could totally add an action output that reflects the code comment the action would/does try to apply.

Golang

Yessssssss let's return all the Errors!!

Golang

Yessssssss let's return all the Errors!!

I started a new PR for this one. I haven't tried it anywhere yet, but you're welcome to give it a try if there's a reproduction you already have going.