Agent evolver identified a critical systematic pattern:
- Pattern: The backlog groomer was closing PRs as 'duplicates' of their
linked tracking issues. A PR containing 'Closes #N' was being treated
as a duplicate of issue #N, when it is actually the implementation
delivery vehicle for that issue.
- Evidence: At least 12 PRs were incorrectly closed (#1219, #1236, #1247,
#1269, #1267, #953, #1198, #1220, #1237, #1238, #1246, #1248) — all
with the same 'Duplicate Detected' comment pattern from groomer-1.
- Fix: Added explicit instructions to skip PRs during duplicate detection,
added a guard in the analysis loop pseudocode, and added a rule in the
Important Rules section.
This change requires human approval before taking effect.
ISSUES CLOSED: #2180
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