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Tangled.org pull requests break (?ref is stripped)

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Find the rule entry matching (?:%3F)?ref_? and check how it applies to the api.tangled.org request shown in the log. Start by reading the surrounding rules and any repository guidance for validating rule changes. Done means ClearURLs no longer strips ref from the affected request, while the existing rule behavior remains covered by the project’s checks.

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Description

With ClearURLs active, I cannot merge PRs on tangled.org.
The issue is caused by the ?ref= parameter getting stripped.

Confirmed ClearURLs is causing the issue.
https://discord.com/channels/1361963801993285692/1361963802848919676/1565846122390364401

Image

ClearURLsLogExport.json

{
    "log": [
        {
            "before": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote&ref=refs%2Fheads%2Fmain",
            "after": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote",
            "rule": "(?:%3F)?ref_?",
            "timestamp": 1793397940444
        },
        {
            "before": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote&ref=refs%2Fheads%2Fmain",
            "after": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote",
            "rule": "(?:%3F)?ref_?",
            "timestamp": 1793397940444
        },
        {
            "before": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote&ref=refs%2Fheads%2Fdocs%2Fcar-voice-button",
            "after": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote",
            "rule": "(?:%3F)?ref_?",
            "timestamp": 1793397940444
        },
        {
            "before": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote&ref=refs%2Fheads%2Fmain",
            "after": "https://api.tangled.org/xrpc/org.tangled.temp.git.getRef?repo=did%3Aplc%3Axln6y55ck4cdkuna5gfixote",
            "rule": "(?:%3F)?ref_?",
            "timestamp": 1793397943816
        }
    ]
}
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