Strings are escaped to avoid running commands within backticks

.github/workflows/generate_issue_number.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "VALID_TITLE=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
+        shell: bash -e
 
       # Updates org variable for the counter & updates the issue title
       - name: Assign custom issue number