Bug: findTaskByIssueUrl URL normalisation regex strips entire path
findTaskByIssueUrl in src/lib/attempts/core.ts (line 70) tries to normalise an incoming GitHub issue URL with this regex
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findTaskByIssueUrl in src/lib/attempts/core.ts (line 70) tries to normalise an incoming GitHub issue URL with this regex:
const normalised = issueUrl.replace(/[/?#].*$/, "").replace(/\/$/, "");
The character class [/?#] matches the first / in the URL — which for any real GitHub issue URL is the leading / right after https:. Result: normalised is always "https:". The intended behaviour (per the comment, "trailing slashes or query strings") is to strip a trailing slash, ?, or #, leaving the path intact.
Repro
node -e 'console.log("https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123".replace(/[/?#].*$/, "").replace(/\/$/, ""))'
# https:
So the fallback lookup against normalised can never match a stored task. When the GitHub webhook delivers an issue URL with a query string (e.g. tracking params on ?utm_*) or a fragment (e.g. #issuecomment-123), or a trailing slash, the resolver silently fails to find the task and the /attempt slash command is dropped.
Branch with failing test
bounty/fix-issue-url-normalize (PR #2 must merge first to bring vitest in.)
git checkout bounty/fix-issue-url-normalize
npm install
npm test
Output (excerpt):
FAIL src/lib/attempts/normalize-issue-url.test.ts > normalizeIssueUrl > strips a trailing slash
TypeError: normalizeIssueUrl is not a function
Test Files 1 failed | 1 passed (2)
Tests 4 failed | 3 passed (7)
Fix scope
- Extract a
normalizeIssueUrl(url: string): stringhelper exported from@/lib/attempts/core. - The helper must:
- return the URL unchanged when it has no trailing slash / query / fragment
- strip a trailing slash
- strip a
?query string - strip a
#fragment
- Update
findTaskByIssueUrlto use the helper. - The four tests in
src/lib/attempts/normalize-issue-url.test.tsmust pass; the smoke test must still pass.
Estimated diff: 10–20 LOC. No database, auth, or payments code touched. Verified end-to-end via npm test.
Suggested bounty
$50. Single-file logic fix, fully verifiable in CI, but the bug is a real silent failure in webhook routing so it's worth a bit more than a typo.
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