Close as duplicate message is incorrect

[EmandM]

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Recently I've noticed issues that were closed as duplicates are not being linked correctly on the still-open (i.e. duplicated) issue.

If I have Issue #1 that is open and being worked on, and Issue #2 that is opened about the same thing. When I close Issue #2 I used to see both Issue #1 and Issue #2 be auto linked and each issue will reference the other.

Today I'm seeing Issue #1 instead has a message linking to itself. The following message will show on Issue #1:

<user> marked <issue #1 number and title> as a duplicate of this issue <humanized timestamp>

Issue #2 the correct message:

<user> closed this as a duplicate of <issue #1 number and title> <humanized timestamp>

Real examples:

Issue with many duplicates: netcode.gameobjects#3552
Duplicate 1: netcode.gameobjects#3636
Duplicate 2: netcode.gameobjects#2823
Duplicate 3: netcode.gameobjects#2819

Another issue with a duplicate: netcode.gameobjects#3197
Duplicate: netcode.gameobjects#3140

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[skatsubo]

Thanks a lot for reporting this @EmandM !
I though I'm going crazy 😄 But no, this is real.

Just one more example immich-app/immich#21237: issue 21237 backlinked to itself 21237 "as a duplicate of this issue".

[rileybroughten]

Thank you for the report - the team is working on a fix for this and we'll provide an update once this is resolved!

[merlinz01]

Noticed this on astral-sh/ty#221

[labudis]

Hi there, Many thanks for the report! We have shipped a fix for this issue, but please let us know if you are still experiencing any problems.

[EmandM]

Looks fixed to me. Thanks for the quick fix!