.gitea/workflows/scripts/publish.sh

@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "pr" ]; then
   # during the run (any comment by $NAME newer than the pre-run newest id from fetch-thread.sh),
   # its self-post IS the reply — skip the duplicate framework comment. Markers (CLOSE_ISSUE,
   # DELEGATE, MERGE_PR, subtasks) were already processed above and are unaffected.
-  pre_cid=$(cat /tmp/thread_max_cid 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+  # FAIL OPEN: if the pre-run marker is missing (fetch-thread hiccup), pre_cid=0 would make the
+  # agent's comments from PREVIOUS runs count as self-posts and wrongly suppress the reply.
+  # Without the marker, skip the guard and post normally.
+  pre_cid=$(cat /tmp/thread_max_cid 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+  selfposts=0
+  if [ -n "$pre_cid" ]; then
   : > /tmp/all_comments.json
   for pg in $(seq 1 10); do
     cpg=$(curl -sS "${hdr[@]}" "$API/issues/$NUM/comments?limit=50&page=$pg" 2>/dev/null) || cpg='[]'
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" != "pr" ]; then
     [ "${cn:-0}" -lt 50 ] && break
   done
   selfposts=$(jq -rs --arg n "$NAME" --argjson c "${pre_cid:-0}" '[ (add // [])[] | select(.user.login==$n) | select(.id > $c) ] | length' /tmp/all_comments.json 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+  fi
   if [ "${selfposts:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "agent @$NAME already posted ${selfposts} comment(s) on #$NUM during this run — skipping duplicate framework reply"
   else