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fix: use involves: instead of mentions: in polling search #265

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fix: use involves: instead of mentions: in polling search
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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions server/polling/service.ts
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Expand Up @@ -324,9 +324,11 @@ export class MentionPollingService {
since: string,
): Promise<DetectedMention[]> {
try {
// Use the GitHub search API for issues/PRs mentioning the user in the repo
// This finds issues/PRs where the user is mentioned (including in comments)
const query = `${this.repoQualifier(repo)} mentions:${username} updated:>=${since.split('T')[0]}`;
// Use `involves:` instead of `mentions:` because GitHub's search index
// ignores self-mentions (when a user @mentions themselves in a comment).
// `involves:` is a superset covering author, assignee, mentions, and commenter.
// The downstream `fetchRecentComments` filters to only comments containing @username.
const query = `${this.repoQualifier(repo)} involves:${username} updated:>=${since.split('T')[0]}`;
const result = await this.runGh([
'api', 'search/issues',
'-X', 'GET',
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ export class MentionPollingService {

/**
* Search for newly opened issues that mention the username in their body.
* Uses `involves:` instead of `mentions:` to catch self-mentions (see searchIssueMentions).
*/
private async searchNewIssueMentions(
repo: string,
Expand All @@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ export class MentionPollingService {
): Promise<DetectedMention[]> {
try {
const sinceDate = since.split('T')[0];
const query = `${this.repoQualifier(repo)} mentions:${username} is:issue created:>=${sinceDate}`;
const query = `${this.repoQualifier(repo)} involves:${username} is:issue created:>=${sinceDate}`;
const result = await this.runGh([
'api', 'search/issues',
'-X', 'GET',
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