From 0b77282831fc04922c1fd3a4ff633175cb26bcf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timmy Time <timmy@Alexanderwhitestone.ai>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:31:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: filter actual assignees before dispatching agents (#82)

---
 gitea_client.py                     | 13 +++++++--
 tests/test_gitea_assignee_filter.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_gitea_assignee_filter.py

diff --git a/gitea_client.py b/gitea_client.py
index 854cb991..c1f6b096 100644
--- a/gitea_client.py
+++ b/gitea_client.py
@@ -521,8 +521,17 @@ class GiteaClient:
         return result
 
     def find_agent_issues(self, repo: str, agent: str, limit: int = 50) -> list[Issue]:
-        """Find open issues assigned to a specific agent."""
-        return self.list_issues(repo, state="open", assignee=agent, limit=limit)
+        """Find open issues assigned to a specific agent.
+
+        Gitea's assignee query can return stale or misleading results, so we
+        always post-filter on the actual assignee list in the returned issue.
+        """
+        issues = self.list_issues(repo, state="open", assignee=agent, limit=limit)
+        agent_lower = agent.lower()
+        return [
+            issue for issue in issues
+            if any((assignee.login or "").lower() == agent_lower for assignee in issue.assignees)
+        ]
 
     def find_agent_pulls(self, repo: str, agent: str) -> list[PullRequest]:
         """Find open PRs created by a specific agent."""
diff --git a/tests/test_gitea_assignee_filter.py b/tests/test_gitea_assignee_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aa4b699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gitea_assignee_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from gitea_client import GiteaClient, Issue, User
+
+
+def _issue(number: int, assignees: list[str]) -> Issue:
+    return Issue(
+        number=number,
+        title=f"Issue {number}",
+        body="",
+        state="open",
+        user=User(id=1, login="Timmy"),
+        assignees=[User(id=i + 10, login=name) for i, name in enumerate(assignees)],
+        labels=[],
+    )
+
+
+def test_find_agent_issues_filters_actual_assignees(monkeypatch):
+    client = GiteaClient(base_url="http://example.invalid", token="test-token")
+
+    returned = [
+        _issue(73, ["Timmy"]),
+        _issue(74, ["gemini"]),
+        _issue(75, ["grok", "Timmy"]),
+        _issue(76, []),
+    ]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "list_issues", lambda *args, **kwargs: returned)
+
+    gemini_issues = client.find_agent_issues("Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config", "gemini")
+    grok_issues = client.find_agent_issues("Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config", "grok")
+    kimi_issues = client.find_agent_issues("Timmy_Foundation/timmy-config", "kimi")
+
+    assert [issue.number for issue in gemini_issues] == [74]
+    assert [issue.number for issue in grok_issues] == [75]
+    assert kimi_issues == []
+
+
+def test_find_agent_issues_is_case_insensitive(monkeypatch):
+    client = GiteaClient(base_url="http://example.invalid", token="test-token")
+    returned = [_issue(80, ["Gemini"])]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(client, "list_issues", lambda *args, **kwargs: returned)
+
+    issues = client.find_agent_issues("Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus", "gemini")
+
+    assert [issue.number for issue in issues] == [80]