Zero-match probes withholding found file paths
Cluster 80522 · agent. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #80525 on 17 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #80525. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address a bug where zero-match probe operations return only counts rather than the actual file paths already discovered, causing models to re-search unnecessarily. Fixes target both search and tools layers to return the paths alongside the zero-match result.
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Fixes on record
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#80525 fix(search): zero-match probes return the file paths they found, not just counts
files:
tests/tools/test_search_zero_match_and_multipath.py,tools/file_operations.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#80714 fix(tools): return zero-match probe paths · superseded by another PR →
#80525,#80522
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#80522[Bug]: zero-match casing probe is hint-only — withholds the paths it already found, sends weak models into re-search spirals (measured +6 turns)
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- #80525
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- 1 PR closed without merging
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- 17 Aug 2026