ProposalPolice™ (rewritten in #97199, merged 2026-08-19) is minimizing comments from C+ contributors and issue assignees, treating their coordination comments as SPAM.
Example: On #97159 it collapsed two comments as minimizedReason: spam:
shubham1206agra (assignee/C+), comment 5356254546: "@QichenZhu Would you like to take over here? Or propose a solution"QichenZhu, comment 5356324187: "@shubham1206agra, I don't have a solution yet. If you don't mind, I can take over here and review"
It then posted a template-nag warning: #97159 (comment)
Root cause
The workflow (.github/workflows/proposalPolice.yml) only exempts Expensify employees, via Expensify/expensify-expensify team membership. C+ contributors and the issue's assignee are not exempt, so their comments run through the checks. Comments that don't match the proposal template get an LLM intent call; per prompts/proposalPolice/botActions.ts, SPAM is defined as "claims or bids for the job without offering any technical content," and the examples in prompts/proposalPolice/commentIntentExamples.ts don't cover assignee/reviewer coordination (asking someone to take over, offering to review). Those comments superficially resemble a no-technical-content job claim and are misclassified as SPAM, then collapsed via minimizeComment.
Suggested fix
- Exempt the issue's current assignee(s) and C+ reviewers from ProposalPolice the same way employees are exempted, and/or
- Teach the intent classifier that takeover/review coordination is
NOT_AN_ATTEMPT rather than SPAM.
Affected comments should be un-minimized.
Reported in Slack.
ProposalPolice™ (rewritten in #97199, merged 2026-08-19) is minimizing comments from C+ contributors and issue assignees, treating their coordination comments as
SPAM.Example: On #97159 it collapsed two comments as
minimizedReason: spam:shubham1206agra(assignee/C+), comment5356254546: "@QichenZhuWould you like to take over here? Or propose a solution"QichenZhu, comment5356324187: "@shubham1206agra, I don't have a solution yet. If you don't mind, I can take over here and review"It then posted a template-nag warning: #97159 (comment)
Root cause
The workflow (
.github/workflows/proposalPolice.yml) only exempts Expensify employees, viaExpensify/expensify-expensifyteam membership. C+ contributors and the issue's assignee are not exempt, so their comments run through the checks. Comments that don't match the proposal template get an LLM intent call; perprompts/proposalPolice/botActions.ts,SPAMis defined as "claims or bids for the job without offering any technical content," and the examples inprompts/proposalPolice/commentIntentExamples.tsdon't cover assignee/reviewer coordination (asking someone to take over, offering to review). Those comments superficially resemble a no-technical-content job claim and are misclassified asSPAM, then collapsed viaminimizeComment.Suggested fix
NOT_AN_ATTEMPTrather thanSPAM.Affected comments should be un-minimized.
Reported in Slack.