Investigating flaky benign_exception test

[tconley1428]

What was changed

Why?

Checklist

1. Closes

2. How was this tested:

3. Any docs updates needed?

[semgrep-managed-scans]

Semgrep found 1 missing-explicit-permissions finding:

• .github/workflows/ci.yml
  • L15-168 - Triage

No explicit GITHUB_TOKEN permissions found at the workflow or job level. Add a permissions: block at the workflow root (applies to all jobs) or per job with least privilege (e.g., contents: read and only specific writes like pull-requests: write if needed).