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schedule at least one task which failed and caused a backout when the revision gets updated with the a fix afterwards

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by locating the task-scheduling and revision-update handling in the code-review bot, then trace how a backout is recorded. The change is done when an updated revision schedules at least one task that previously failed and caused the backout, preventing relanding with the same or newly introduced issues.

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Description

Prevent relanding with the same failure or other issues not fixed or new after a backout.

Schedule at least one task which failed and caused a backout when the revision gets updated with the a fix afterwards.

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Python
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Merged PRs (30d)
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