Fix closed PR output lost in pipe subshell#555
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The pipe-to-while pattern runs the loop in a subshell, so the closed variable was always empty when written to GITHUB_OUTPUT. Use process substitution instead so the loop runs in the current shell. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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July 17, 2026 19:15
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Summary
cmd | while read) runs the loop in a subshell, so theclosedvariable was always empty when written toGITHUB_OUTPUT< <(cmd)) so the loop runs in the current shell and the output is preservedshell: bashsince process substitution requires bashTest plan
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