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Duplicate checker contains too much noise in the comments #6412
This stems from the duplicate detection agentic workflow which posts a comment indicating duplicates when it has high confidence. This comment contains information about the workflow run including the PR number, which model was used, AI Credit usage, and a link that opens a search for issues that were found to be duplicates.
This information being in the comment isn't necessary for the use case and generates noise
Proposed technical implementation details
Remove (surfaced automatically for mainainer review - this issue has not been closed).
The comment being posted by github-actions indicates that it has been posted automatically
The issue remaining open inicates that it has not been closed
The Needs-Triage label indicates the need for maintainer review
Remove the Generated by block and consolidate into the templateTemplate: msftbot/duplicate/surfaced by [Duplicate Surfacing](<link-to-run>)
The PR number of the current PR is not needed, reviewers know it's for the PR they are reviewing
The model used is not needed, it can be found in the run details if necessary
The AI Credit usage is not needed, it can be found in the run details if necessary
The issue search link is not needed, reviewers can manually navigate / search if necessary
Re-word the guidance for maintainers and focus it more for contributors opening the issue
Maintainers generally know how to close issues as duplicate, so guidance is not necessary
Issue submitter can review the duplicates themselves to lighten the load on maintainers
Ask the submitter to review these issues to see if they are duplicate, but retain the note that older or curated issues are preferred as canonical
Thank you for your submission Kaleb Luedtke (@Trenly). The below issues may be duplicate of what you described above. Earlier or curated issues are preferred as canonical. Please review the below issues and help our maintainers by closing this issue if it is a duplicate, and adding your 👍 to the other issue to raise it's priority.
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Trenly commentedon Jul 29, 2026
Example output -
Thank you for your submission Kaleb Luedtke (@Trenly). The below issues may be duplicate of what you described above. Earlier or curated issues are preferred as canonical. Please review the below issues and help our maintainers by closing this issue if it is a duplicate, and adding your 👍 to the other issue to raise it's priority.
Possible duplicates:
/(slash) to introduce CLI switches, identical to the Windows-style argument syntax described here.Template: msftbot/duplicate/surfaced by Duplicate Surfacing
Clean up Duplicate Surfacing comment (addresses microsoft#6412)
Clean up Duplicate Surfacing comment (addresses microsoft#6412)
Clean up Duplicate Surfacing comment (addresses microsoft#6412)
Clean up Duplicate Surfacing comment noise (#690)
Clean up Duplicate Surfacing comment noise (microsoft#6412) (microsof…