From 214172e2b6f184e25da442e7938a6a99a94e0d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Fusion (runfusion.ai)" <hi@runfusion.ai>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 07:32:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test(FN-4725): add stale-reference github tracking
 regressions

Fusion-Task-Id: FN-4725
Fusion-Task-Lineage: 91058db5-9a5b-4506-89f4-8abf89b28862
---
 .../__tests__/github-tracking-hook.test.ts    | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/__tests__/github-tracking.test.ts     | 22 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking-hook.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking-hook.test.ts
index 7fb97c6af..7f0283439 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking-hook.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking-hook.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ vi.mock("../github-auth.js", () => ({
 }));
 
 import { registerGithubTrackingHook } from "../github-tracking-hook.js";
+import { maybeCreateTrackingIssue } from "../github-tracking.js";
 
 function makeTmpDir(): string {
   return mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "kb-dashboard-github-tracking-hook-test-"));
@@ -128,4 +129,34 @@ describe("registerGithubTrackingHook", () => {
     expect(task.id).toMatch(/^FN-/);
     expect(mockCreateIssue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
+
+  it("creates one issue total across hook execution and follow-up stale reference call", async () => {
+    registerGithubTrackingHook();
+
+    await store.updateSettings({
+      githubTrackingDefaultRepo: "o/r",
+      githubAuthMode: "token",
+      githubAuthToken: "tok",
+    });
+
+    const createdTask = await store.createTask({
+      description: "stale follow up",
+      title: "Stale follow up",
+      githubTracking: { enabled: true },
+    });
+
+    const staleTaskRef = { ...createdTask, githubTracking: { enabled: true } };
+    const projectSettings = await store.getSettings();
+
+    const result = await maybeCreateTrackingIssue(staleTaskRef, {
+      taskStore: store,
+      projectSettings,
+      globalSettings: {},
+      rootDir,
+      logger: { warn: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn() },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ created: false, reason: "issue_already_linked" });
+    expect(mockCreateIssue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking.test.ts
index e3b7e4b6e..78bbbaf48 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/github-tracking.test.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,28 @@ describe("maybeCreateTrackingIssue", () => {
     expect(createIssueMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("returns issue_already_linked when store refresh shows a linked issue on a stale task reference", async () => {
+    const staleTask = buildTask({ githubTracking: { enabled: true } });
+    const getTask = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(buildTask({
+      id: staleTask.id,
+      githubTracking: {
+        enabled: true,
+        issue: { owner: "task", repo: "repo", number: 101, url: "https://github.com/task/repo/issues/101" },
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const result = await maybeCreateTrackingIssue(staleTask, {
+      taskStore: { getTask } as any,
+      projectSettings: { githubTrackingDefaultRepo: "task/repo", githubAuthMode: "token", githubAuthToken: "tok" } as any,
+      globalSettings: {},
+      rootDir,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ created: false, reason: "issue_already_linked" });
+    expect(getTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith(staleTask.id);
+    expect(createIssueMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("returns no_repo_configured and records activity", async () => {
     const recordActivity = vi.fn();
     const result = await maybeCreateTrackingIssue(buildTask({ githubTracking: { enabled: true } }), {