[bercedev]

Closes #488

The two edges from #407's final test:

1. A correction is added only once. Both places in sentient/agent/loop.py that append Correction: … (the final answer and the step-limit path) now skip it when the reply already contains the same note. That happens when qwen copies an earlier correction from the chat into its own reply.
2. A true claim after a mixed history is left alone. _click_note in sentient/agent/outcomes.py returns no correction when any matching click succeeded. Only when none did does the latest one pick the wording (declined / uncertain / failed), as before. So with "Subscribe" clicked once and declined on a later try, "I clicked the Subscribe button" is no longer corrected.

Tests in tests/test_agent_loop.py:

• test_reply_copying_an_earlier_correction_gets_no_second_one: a reply that already ends with the correction comes out unchanged, with one Correction:.
• test_browser_click_correction_keeps_a_click_that_succeeded_before_a_declined_retry: Subscribe succeeded then declined gives no correction, from this turn's calls and from history. A lone declined Subscribe still gets "you declined".

Both fail on main. tests/test_agent_loop.py, tests/test_empty_answer_nudge.py, tests/test_json_and_loop_order.py and tests/browser give 152 passed, 16 skipped. ruff check sentient tests is clean (Python 3.12, Linux).

I haven't done the real run on qwen3:8b against a local page that the issue lists under "Done when". I don't have that setup running, so these two edges are covered by the tests above only.

Changelog: changes/488.fixed.md.

Note: I used Claude Code while working on this.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Successful browser clicks are no longer incorrectly retracted when a later matching attempt is declined.
  • Responses no longer repeat a browser-click correction when the correction is already included.
  • Declined click attempts continue to receive an appropriate correction when no matching click succeeded.
  • Corrections are applied consistently when a response repeats the correction’s wording but omits the complete correction line.
  • These updates keep click-related claims and corrections consistent across replies, including when the agent reaches its step limit.

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The agent avoids appending a browser-click correction already present in its response. A successful matching click also prevents a later declined attempt from triggering a correction.

Changes: Browser Click Correction Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Select click outcome sentient/agent/outcomes.py, tests/test_agent_loop.py	A successful matching click now prevents a correction even if a later matching attempt was declined. Tests also cover declined-only results.
Avoid duplicate corrections sentient/agent/loop.py, tests/test_agent_loop.py, changes/488.fixed.md	The agent appends a correction only when the response does not already contain it, including at the step limit. Tests cover copied and similar correction wording. The changelog records both changes.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Issue #488 has two coding objectives. sentient/agent/loop.py avoids appending a Correction: note that already exists in the reply in both loop paths. sentient/agent/outcomes.py leaves the claim unchanged when any matching click succeeded. Tests in tests/test_agent_loop.py cover copied corrections, mixed success and decline history, and decline-only outcomes. The qwen3:8b local-page run is manual validation, so its absence does not fail the coding assessment.

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[itsskofficial]

Thanks so much for this, @bercedev, and welcome to Sentient! 🎉 We ran it for real on qwen3:8b against a local page that logs real clicks:

• On main, a true "I clicked the Subscribe button" got corrected after a later declined retry, and a copied correction came out twice.
• On your branch, the true claim is left alone and the correction appears once.

The older #407 cases still behave. One tiny optional nit: test_browser_click_correction_uses_the_latest_call could be renamed, since "any success wins" is now the rule. Approving and merging. Great first PR!

[bercedev]

Thank you, @itsskofficial, and thanks for running it against a real page! I renamed the test in 078568a to test_browser_click_correction_backs_any_successful_click and updated its docstring to match. Only the name and the docstring changed.