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Patch tool fuzzy matching editing wrong region concerns

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2 open items. Fix merged in #137288 on 12 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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1 issue and 1 PR.

Members appear to center on the patch tool's replace mode, including a report that it can edit the wrong region when old_string is not an exact match, and changes touching fuzzy-match fallback behavior and patch matching. One member also mentions a write-file verification warning, which may be a related but separate aspect.

Open issues1

  • Issue#54572patch tool (replace mode) can edit the wrong region when old_string is not an exact match

Open PRs1

  • PR#54575fix(patch): reject wrong-region matches in the fuzzy edit fallback

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  • #137288 fix(tools): patch matching fixes from NVIDIA batch (#128006, #128020, #128138)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_escape_drift_autocorrect.py, tests/tools/test_file_tools_live.py, tests/tools/test_fuzzy_match.py, tools/escape_drift_autocorrect.py, tools/file_operations.py, tools/fuzzy_match.py, tools/patch_parser.py, tools/skill_manager_tool.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #128138 fix(tools): patch writefile verification warning · merged via another change → #137288
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