[Dreaming] dreaming: agents must not resolve reviewer threads without explicit maintainer acknowledgment#14382
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Recurring reviewer feedback (PR #14315, jankratochvilcz) flagged the agent marking review threads as resolved without explicit maintainer confirmation. Add guidance to Wave 4 that only the thread opener may mark it resolved. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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@copilot please amend this to exclude clearly AI-generated comments from this rule |
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Done in 1c87d79. The rule now reads: "Never resolve or dismiss reviewer threads opened by humans." with an explicit carve-out allowing resolution of threads clearly opened by AI agents or bots (accounts with a |
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…itten member) (#14383) ## Context: validating the reviewers + multi-PR change After #14373 merged, I triggered a live Dreaming run ([29432875878](https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/actions/runs/29432875878)) to validate the new behavior. Results: - ✅ **Multi-PR worked** — the run opened **two atomic PRs**, each touching a single file with a distinct theme (#14381 logging instructions, #14382 expert-reviewer agent). Exactly the intended one-pattern-per-PR shape. - ✅ **Reviewer section rendered** on both, with the softened "please assign" wording. - ❌ **One reviewer was wrong.** #14382 listed `@baronfel`, who is **not** on the `@dotnet/kitten` roster (`gh api orgs/dotnet/teams/kitten/memberships/baronfel` → 404) **and** was not in that PR's cited discussion (only `@jankratochvilcz` was). The agent invented a plausible-sounding name instead of strictly filtering. (#14381's `@rainersigwald` was correct — active kitten member and the actual reviewer.) ## Fix Tighten Step 5b so a reviewer qualifies **only if the login is in BOTH**: 1. the fetched `orgs/dotnet/teams/kitten/members` output, **and** 2. that pattern's actual discussion-participant list. Plus explicit guardrails: - **Never** add a name from memory / general knowledge of "who works on MSBuild" / because it seems plausible. - A **pre-emit self-check**: before emitting each PR, verify every `@`-mention on the reviewers line is in both lists; drop any that fail. - When in doubt, prefer the `@dotnet/kitten` fallback over guessing an individual. ## Scope Only the Dreaming workflow prompt + recompiled lock (1-line lock change: the embedded prompt hash/text). Compiles clean (0/0). This directly closes the gap the validation run exposed. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: jankratochvilcz <2202487+jankratochvilcz@users.noreply.github.com>
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Added a step 8 to the Wave 4: Summary section of
.github/agents/expert-reviewer.agent.md:Why (recurring evidence)
@jankratochvilczun-resolved threads and explicitly stated: "I un-resolved some of the earlier comments since I didn't fully grasp some of the points, please don't mark them as resolved without my explicit ack." The agent had been marking threads resolved after replying, removing them from the reviewer's attention.Duplication check
The existing checklist item
Reviewer feedback unresolved at merge time(dimension 20) is about the opposite direction — flagging unresolved feedback. No guidance currently prohibits agents from resolving threads. This is a distinct gap.Reviewers (core MSBuild team)
Suggested reviewers — core-team members who discussed this pattern (please assign):
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