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AI feedback bugs found while testing PR #369

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript, python
Domain
ai, backend, frontend

Research direction

Start with code_editor.py, AIChatPanel.js, and pages/codeEditor/index.js, the files named in the report; reproduce each behavior while testing AI feedback and assignment resubmission. Check how feedback is disabled, filenames persist across reloads, and feedback handles earlier insights and hints. Done means all three reported behaviors are corrected, including avoiding a silent zero score after resubmission.

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Description

Found while testing PR #369. None of these are caused by that PR.

  1. AI chat shows "Limit reached" when AI feedback is disabled. code_editor.py returns remaining=0 when feedback is off, and AIChatPanel.js shows it as a usage limit. It should say AI feedback is disabled for the assignment.
  2. Editor filename resets on reload. pages/codeEditor/index.js resets the filename to <assignment>.py on reload. If the autograder expects another name, a resubmit silently scores 0.
  3. Feedback repeats earlier insights. On a resubmit, feedback repeated previous insights verbatim ("handles basic arithmetic correctly") even for a submission that scored 0/20. The first submission also named the fix outright despite the Hint-based style.
Dominant language
Python
Stars
13
Forks
0
Avg merge
2h 4m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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