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Why

The CLI is removing legacy line-number prefixes from view tool output in github/copilot-agent-runtime#13802. Existing SDK replay captures still contain numbered results, which makes the C# cross-repository E2E suite cache-miss across every backend.

What

  • Treat a saved sequentially-numbered view result as equivalent to the current unnumbered result.
  • Derive the expected starting line from view_range so ranged reads remain precise.
  • Apply the same matching behavior to normal replies, cached errors, request-only snapshots, and diagnostics.
  • Preserve exact matching for every other tool and message field.

Testing

  • cd test/harness && npm test
  • cd test/harness && npx tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot-Session: 44b9b143-294d-4752-966f-f1bb7ddffd6b
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erik-krogh requested a review from a team as a code owner August 4, 2026 16:16
Copilot AI balanced review requested due to automatic review settings August 4, 2026 16:16

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Pull request overview

Adds backward-compatible replay matching for legacy numbered view outputs.

Changes:

  • Normalizes sequential line prefixes using view_range.
  • Applies matching to replies, errors, request-only snapshots, and diagnostics.
  • Adds replay and cached-error tests.
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File Description
test/harness/replayingCapiProxy.ts Adds legacy view result comparison.
test/harness/replayingCapiProxy.test.ts Tests numbered-to-unnumbered replay matching.

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  • Files reviewed: 2/2 changed files
  • Comments generated: 2
  • Review effort level: Balanced

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normalizedMessagesEqual(
msg,
conversation.messages[i],
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test.each([
{
savedContent: "1. Hello\n2. World\n3.",
requestContent: "Hello\nWorld",
arguments: '{"path":"file"}',
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot-Session: 44b9b143-294d-4752-966f-f1bb7ddffd6b
Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings August 4, 2026 17:07
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Addressed the automated review feedback:

  • added request-only snapshot coverage with an abort-bounded hanging request
  • added rejection coverage for non-view tools, wrong line starts, and changed non-content fields
  • added empty and JSON view-result compatibility cases
  • full harness suite passes (66 tests) and the harness type-check is clean

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test/harness/replayingCapiProxy.ts:1623

  • This can misclassify a current-format result whose file contents are themselves sequentially numbered as a legacy result. For example, a saved current result 1. foo\n2. bar will now match a later result foo\nbar, hiding a real file-content change. Please gate legacy stripping on an explicit snapshot/capture format marker (or migrate legacy captures when loading) rather than inferring the format solely from content.
    normalizeToolMessageContent(
      stripLegacyViewLineNumbers(
        savedMessage.content,
        viewRangeStart(savedToolCall),
      ) ?? "",
  • Files reviewed: 2/2 changed files
  • Comments generated: 0 new
  • Review effort level: Balanced

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@erik-krogh Could you clarify why it's better to add this handling than to rewrite the existing captures to the new format?

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erik-krogh requested a review from scottaddie August 4, 2026 17:55
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Closing in favor of #2256, which implements the same transition compatibility with broader edge-case coverage and has a fully green matrix.

@erik-krogh erik-krogh closed this Aug 4, 2026
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erik-krogh commented Aug 4, 2026

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Dammit Copilot....
I thought I stored a memory to not do this.

This was Copilot running amok.
Sorry.

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stephentoub deleted the erik-krogh/remove-view-line-numbers-captures branch August 7, 2026 16:04
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