fix: reviewer publishes against stale head_sha on mid-run re-review (#1393)

* fix: resolve reviewer head_sha from thread metadata, not frozen run config

A push that lands while a reviewer run is in flight is delivered as a
queued message into that run. The run's configurable is frozen at
creation, so its head_sha still names the commit the run was created for
— not the commit just pushed. publish_review then anchored the GitHub
review to the stale commit and regressed last_reviewed_sha to it, and
add_finding/update_finding stamped findings with the stale SHA.

Persist the current head in thread metadata at every reviewer dispatch
(both the ready-for-review and push paths, before they branch to create
a run or queue a message), and add resolve_review_head_sha() which
prefers the metadata head over the run config. Wire it into
publish_review (review commit_id + last_reviewed_sha), add_finding
(first_seen_sha) and update_finding (last_confirmed_sha). Falls back to
the run config when metadata carries no head (first review, eval, tests).

* fix: persist head_sha in manual review dispatch (trigger_pr_review_from_ref)

resolve_review_head_sha prefers metadata[head_sha] over the run config,
and the push/ready dispatchers write it — but trigger_pr_review_from_ref
(Slack/GitHub @open-swe review, request_pr_review tool) created a run
with a freshly-fetched config head while leaving metadata's head stale
from a prior dispatch. A manual re-review at a newer commit would then
resolve to the old head and publish/advance findings against it.

Persist head_sha in that dispatch's metadata write too, so every
run-creating reviewer dispatch keeps metadata in sync with the head its
run targets. Caught by the Open SWE reviewer on this PR.

agent/reviewer_findings.py

@@ -294,6 +294,24 @@ async def get_thread_metadata(thread_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return metadata if isinstance(metadata, dict) else {}
 
 
+async def resolve_review_head_sha(thread_id: str, configurable: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """Return the current PR head SHA for a reviewer run.
+
+    A push that lands while a reviewer run is in flight is delivered as a queued
+    message into that run, whose frozen ``configurable`` still names the head the
+    run was created for. The dispatching webhook records the current head in
+    thread metadata, so prefer that; fall back to the run's config when metadata
+    carries no head (first review, eval, tests).
+    """
+    config_head = configurable.get("head_sha") if isinstance(configurable, dict) else None
+    config_head = config_head if isinstance(config_head, str) else ""
+    if not thread_id:
+        return config_head
+    metadata = await get_thread_metadata(thread_id)
+    meta_head = metadata.get("head_sha")
+    return meta_head if isinstance(meta_head, str) and meta_head else config_head
+
+
 async def list_findings(thread_id: str) -> list[Finding]:
     """Return all findings persisted on the reviewer thread."""
     metadata = await get_thread_metadata(thread_id)
@@ -438,6 +456,7 @@ async def set_reviewer_thread_metadata(
     *,
     pr: ReviewerPRMeta | None = None,
     last_reviewed_sha: str | None = None,
+    head_sha: str | None = None,
     watch: bool | None = None,
     findings: list[Finding] | None = None,
     slack_thread: ReviewerSlackThread | None = None,
@@ -448,6 +467,11 @@ async def set_reviewer_thread_metadata(
     Always sets ``kind=reviewer`` so the future UI can list reviewer threads by
     filtering on metadata. Only includes the fields the caller passed in
     (langgraph metadata updates merge rather than overwrite).
+
+    ``head_sha`` records the current PR head the dispatching webhook is acting
+    on. A push that lands mid-run is queued into the still-running run, whose
+    frozen config can't be updated; persisting the head here lets the reviewer
+    tools resolve the live head via ``resolve_review_head_sha``.
     """
     client = get_client()
     metadata: dict[str, Any] = {"kind": REVIEWER_THREAD_KIND}
@@ -455,6 +479,8 @@ async def set_reviewer_thread_metadata(
         metadata["pr"] = pr
     if last_reviewed_sha is not None:
         metadata["last_reviewed_sha"] = last_reviewed_sha
+    if head_sha is not None:
+        metadata["head_sha"] = head_sha
     if watch is not None:
         metadata["watch"] = watch
     if findings is not None:

agent/tools/add_finding.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from ..reviewer_findings import (
     get_thread_id_from_runtime,
     new_finding,
     normalize_finding_title,
+    resolve_review_head_sha,
 )
 
 
@@ -112,7 +113,6 @@ def add_finding(
     config = get_config()
     configurable = config.get("configurable", {}) if isinstance(config, dict) else {}
     diff_line_set = configurable.get("diff_line_set") if isinstance(configurable, dict) else None
-    head_sha = configurable.get("head_sha", "") if isinstance(configurable, dict) else ""
     diff_text = configurable.get("diff_text", "") if isinstance(configurable, dict) else ""
 
     if isinstance(diff_line_set, dict) and not is_range_in_diff(
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ def add_finding(
 
     clipped_suggestion, suggestion_dropped = clip_suggestion(suggestion)
 
+    thread_id = get_thread_id_from_runtime()
+    head_sha = asyncio.run(resolve_review_head_sha(thread_id, configurable))
+
     finding: Finding = new_finding(
         severity=_cast_severity(severity),
         confidence=_cast_confidence(confidence),
@@ -142,14 +145,13 @@ def add_finding(
         start_line=start_line,
         end_line=end_line,
         description=description,
-        sha=str(head_sha) if isinstance(head_sha, str) else "",
+        sha=head_sha,
         title=normalized_title,
         side=_cast_side(side),
         suggestion=clipped_suggestion,
         diff_hunk=diff_hunk,
     )
 
-    thread_id = get_thread_id_from_runtime()
     asyncio.run(append_finding(thread_id, finding))
     result: dict[str, Any] = {"success": True, "finding_id": finding["id"]}
     if suggestion_dropped:

agent/tools/publish_review.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from ..reviewer_findings import (
     get_thread_metadata,
     get_thread_slack_ref,
     replace_findings,
+    resolve_review_head_sha,
     set_reviewer_thread_metadata,
 )
 from ..reviewer_findings import (
@@ -202,6 +203,11 @@ async def _publish_review_async(
     trace_link_config_override: object = None,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     thread_id = get_thread_id_from_runtime()
+    # The run config's head_sha is frozen at run creation; a push that arrived
+    # mid-run updated the live head in thread metadata. Prefer that so the
+    # review anchors to (and last_reviewed_sha advances to) the commit actually
+    # reviewed, not the stale one this run was created for.
+    head_sha = await resolve_review_head_sha(thread_id, {"head_sha": head_sha})
     review_trace_url = await _resolve_review_trace_url(thread_id, trace_link_config_override)
     findings = await _backfill_findings_from_pr_threads(
         thread_id=thread_id,

agent/tools/update_finding.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from ..reviewer_findings import (
     get_thread_id_from_runtime,
     list_findings,
     normalize_finding_title,
+    resolve_review_head_sha,
     update_finding_fields,
 )
 from ..utils.reviewer_outcomes import emit_finding_status_outcome
@@ -127,9 +128,10 @@ def update_finding(
 
     config = get_config()
     configurable = config.get("configurable", {}) if isinstance(config, dict) else {}
-    head_sha = configurable.get("head_sha", "") if isinstance(configurable, dict) else ""
+    if status == "open":
-    if status == "open" and isinstance(head_sha, str) and head_sha:
+        head_sha = asyncio.run(resolve_review_head_sha(get_thread_id_from_runtime(), configurable))
-        updates["last_confirmed_sha"] = head_sha
+        if head_sha:
+            updates["last_confirmed_sha"] = head_sha
 
     if not updates:
         if suggestion_dropped:

agent/webapp.py

@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ async def trigger_pr_review_from_ref(
             "thread_ts": slack_thread_ts,
         }
     await set_reviewer_thread_metadata(
-        thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True, slack_thread=slack_thread_meta
+        thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True, slack_thread=slack_thread_meta, head_sha=head_sha
     )
 
     prompt = build_github_pr_review_prompt(repo_config, pr_ref.number, pr_url, base_sha, head_sha)
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ async def _dispatch_first_review_from_pr_payload(payload: dict[str, Any], *, sou
         logger.warning("Could not persist bot token for reviewer thread %s", thread_id)
         return
 
-    await set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True)
+    await set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True, head_sha=head_sha)
 
     is_re_review = bool(last_reviewed_sha)
     if is_re_review:
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ async def process_github_push_event(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         "head_ref": head_ref,
         "base_ref": base_ref,
     }
-    await set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True)
+    await set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id, pr=pr_meta, watch=True, head_sha=head_sha)
 
     re_review_prompt = (
         f"A new commit has been pushed to PR #{pr_number}. The new HEAD is "

tests/test_github_issue_webhook.py

@@ -911,8 +911,9 @@ def test_process_github_pr_review_request_creates_reviewer_run(monkeypatch) -> N
         runs = _FakeRunsClient()
         threads = _FakeThreadsClient()
 
-    async def fake_set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id: str, **_kwargs: object) -> None:
+    async def fake_set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id: str, **kwargs: object) -> None:
         captured["set_metadata_thread_id"] = thread_id
+        captured["set_metadata_kwargs"] = kwargs
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         webapp, "get_github_app_installation_token", fake_get_github_app_installation_token
@@ -1011,8 +1012,9 @@ def test_trigger_pr_review_from_ref_creates_reviewer_run(monkeypatch) -> None:
         runs = _FakeRunsClient()
         threads = _FakeThreadsClient()
 
-    async def fake_set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id: str, **_kwargs: object) -> None:
+    async def fake_set_reviewer_thread_metadata(thread_id: str, **kwargs: object) -> None:
         captured["set_metadata_thread_id"] = thread_id
+        captured["set_metadata_kwargs"] = kwargs
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         webapp, "get_github_app_installation_token", fake_get_github_app_installation_token
@@ -1065,6 +1067,9 @@ def test_trigger_pr_review_from_ref_creates_reviewer_run(monkeypatch) -> None:
         "channel_id": "C123",
         "thread_ts": "1700000000.000100",
     }
+    # The live head must be persisted to metadata so resolve_review_head_sha
+    # doesn't return a stale head left by a prior push/ready dispatch.
+    assert captured["set_metadata_kwargs"]["head_sha"] == "head-sha"
 
 
 def test_trigger_pr_review_from_ref_respects_dashboard_opt_in(monkeypatch) -> None:

tests/test_pr_ready_auto_review.py

@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ async def test_pr_ready_for_review_uses_re_review_after_previous_review(
     assert configurable["last_reviewed_sha"] == "oldsha"
     assert configurable["head_sha"] == "headsha"
     assert "marked ready for review" in kwargs["input"]["messages"][0]["content"]
+    head_sha_writes = [
+        c.kwargs.get("head_sha")
+        for c in webapp.set_reviewer_thread_metadata.await_args_list
+        if c.kwargs.get("head_sha") is not None
+    ]
+    assert "headsha" in head_sha_writes
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio

tests/test_reviewer_findings.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from agent.reviewer_findings import (
     new_finding,
     new_finding_id,
     replace_findings,
+    resolve_review_head_sha,
     set_reviewer_thread_metadata,
     update_finding_fields,
 )
@@ -181,3 +182,41 @@ async def test_set_reviewer_thread_metadata_includes_kind() -> None:
     assert metadata["last_reviewed_sha"] == "sha"
     assert "pr" not in metadata
     assert "findings" not in metadata
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_set_reviewer_thread_metadata_persists_head_sha() -> None:
+    fake_client = AsyncMock()
+    with patch("agent.reviewer_findings.get_client", return_value=fake_client):
+        await set_reviewer_thread_metadata("tid", head_sha="newhead")
+    metadata = fake_client.threads.update.await_args.kwargs["metadata"]
+    assert metadata["head_sha"] == "newhead"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_review_head_sha_prefers_metadata_over_config() -> None:
+    """A mid-run push records the live head in thread metadata; it must win over
+    the stale head frozen in the run's config."""
+    fake_client = AsyncMock()
+    fake_client.threads.get.return_value = {"metadata": {"head_sha": "metahead"}}
+    with patch("agent.reviewer_findings.get_client", return_value=fake_client):
+        head = await resolve_review_head_sha("tid", {"head_sha": "confighead"})
+    assert head == "metahead"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_review_head_sha_falls_back_to_config_when_metadata_empty() -> None:
+    fake_client = AsyncMock()
+    fake_client.threads.get.return_value = {"metadata": {}}
+    with patch("agent.reviewer_findings.get_client", return_value=fake_client):
+        head = await resolve_review_head_sha("tid", {"head_sha": "confighead"})
+    assert head == "confighead"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resolve_review_head_sha_falls_back_without_thread_id() -> None:
+    fake_client = AsyncMock()
+    with patch("agent.reviewer_findings.get_client", return_value=fake_client):
+        head = await resolve_review_head_sha("", {"head_sha": "confighead"})
+    assert head == "confighead"
+    fake_client.threads.get.assert_not_called()

tests/test_reviewer_publish.py

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def _isolate_publish_review_pr_state() -> Iterator[None]:
         patch("agent.tools.publish_review.fetch_pr_review_threads", AsyncMock(return_value=[])),
         patch("agent.tools.publish_review.replace_findings", AsyncMock()),
         patch("agent.tools.publish_review.open_swe_review_exists", AsyncMock(return_value=False)),
+        patch(
+            "agent.tools.publish_review.resolve_review_head_sha",
+            AsyncMock(
+                side_effect=lambda thread_id, configurable: configurable.get("head_sha") or ""
+            ),
+        ),
     ):
         yield
 
@@ -562,6 +568,56 @@ async def test_publish_review_skips_duplicate_empty_summary_when_open_swe_alread
     set_metadata.assert_awaited_once_with("tid", last_reviewed_sha="newsha")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_publish_review_uses_resolved_head_sha_for_commit_and_last_reviewed() -> None:
+    """A push that landed mid-run updates the live head in thread metadata.
+    publish_review must anchor the GitHub review to that head and advance
+    last_reviewed_sha to it, not the stale head frozen in the run config."""
+    from agent.tools.publish_review import _publish_review_async
+
+    finding = _f(id="f_new", file="b.py", start_line=2, end_line=2)
+    post_review = AsyncMock(return_value={"id": 4242})
+    set_metadata = AsyncMock()
+
+    with (
+        patch("agent.tools.publish_review.get_thread_id_from_runtime", return_value="tid"),
+        patch("agent.tools.publish_review.list_findings_async", AsyncMock(return_value=[finding])),
+        patch(
+            "agent.tools.publish_review.resolve_review_head_sha",
+            AsyncMock(return_value="freshhead"),
+        ),
+        patch("agent.tools.publish_review.post_pull_request_review", post_review),
+        patch("agent.tools.publish_review.fetch_review_comments", AsyncMock(return_value=[])),
+        patch(
+            "agent.tools.publish_review._resolve_threads_for_resolved_findings",
+            new_callable=AsyncMock,
+            return_value=0,
+        ),
+        patch("agent.tools.publish_review.set_reviewer_thread_metadata", set_metadata),
+        patch(
+            "agent.tools.publish_review._maybe_post_slack_completion_reply",
+            new_callable=AsyncMock,
+        ),
+    ):
+        result = await _publish_review_async(
+            owner="o",
+            repo="r",
+            pr_number=7,
+            head_sha="stalehead",
+            token="t",
+            severity_threshold="medium",
+            cap=15,
+            is_re_review=False,
+            langgraph_run_id="run-x",
+        )
+
+    assert result["success"] is True
+    assert post_review.await_args.kwargs["head_sha"] == "freshhead"
+    final = set_metadata.await_args_list[-1]
+    assert final.args[0] == "tid"
+    assert final.kwargs["last_reviewed_sha"] == "freshhead"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_publish_review_skips_review_existence_check_on_re_review() -> None:
     """When re_review is already True we know a prior review exists, so the

tests/test_reviewer_tools.py

@@ -2,15 +2,38 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
+import pytest
+
 from agent.tools.add_finding import add_finding
 from agent.tools.list_findings import list_findings
 from agent.tools.resolve_finding_thread import resolve_finding_thread
 from agent.tools.update_finding import update_finding
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _stub_resolve_review_head_sha() -> Iterator[None]:
+    """Resolve the review head from the run config (no thread-metadata fetch).
+
+    Mirrors the production fallback when metadata carries no head, keeping these
+    unit tests offline. Tests that exercise the metadata-override path patch
+    ``resolve_review_head_sha`` themselves.
+    """
+
+    def _head(thread_id: str, configurable: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        head = configurable.get("head_sha")
+        return head if isinstance(head, str) else ""
+
+    with (
+        patch("agent.tools.add_finding.resolve_review_head_sha", AsyncMock(side_effect=_head)),
+        patch("agent.tools.update_finding.resolve_review_head_sha", AsyncMock(side_effect=_head)),
+    ):
+        yield
+
+
 def _config(**configurable_overrides: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
     base: dict[str, Any] = {
         "configurable": {
@@ -200,6 +223,40 @@ def test_add_finding_persists_to_thread_metadata() -> None:
     assert persisted["confidence"] == "high"
 
 
+def test_add_finding_uses_resolved_head_sha_for_provenance() -> None:
+    """A net-new finding filed during a mid-run re-review must record the live
+    head (from thread metadata), not the stale head frozen in the run config."""
+    captured: list[Any] = []
+
+    async def fake_append(thread_id: str, finding: Any) -> Any:
+        captured.append(finding)
+        return finding
+
+    with (
+        patch("agent.tools.add_finding.get_config", return_value=_config()),
+        patch("agent.tools.add_finding.get_thread_id_from_runtime", return_value="tid-1"),
+        patch(
+            "agent.tools.add_finding.resolve_review_head_sha",
+            AsyncMock(return_value="freshhead"),
+        ),
+        patch("agent.tools.add_finding.append_finding", side_effect=fake_append),
+    ):
+        result = add_finding(
+            severity="medium",
+            confidence="high",
+            category="style",
+            file="foo.py",
+            title="Rename breaks reference",
+            description="rename",
+            start_line=11,
+            end_line=12,
+        )
+
+    assert result["success"] is True
+    assert captured[0]["first_seen_sha"] == "freshhead"
+    assert captured[0]["last_confirmed_sha"] == "freshhead"
+
+
 def test_add_finding_allows_file_level_with_no_lines() -> None:
     with (
         patch("agent.tools.add_finding.get_config", return_value=_config()),

tests/test_reviewer_watch.py

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ async def test_push_event_triggers_re_review_run_when_watching() -> None:
         patch(
             "agent.webapp.set_reviewer_thread_metadata",
             new_callable=AsyncMock,
-        ),
+        ) as set_meta,
         patch("agent.webapp.is_thread_active", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=False),
         patch("agent.webapp.get_client", return_value=fake_client),
     ):
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ async def test_push_event_triggers_re_review_run_when_watching() -> None:
     assert configurable["re_review"] is True
     assert configurable["last_reviewed_sha"] == "oldsha"
     assert configurable["head_sha"] == "newsha"
+    # The live head is persisted to thread metadata so a re-review queued into
+    # an in-flight run can resolve it despite the run's frozen config.
+    head_sha_writes = [
+        c.kwargs.get("head_sha")
+        for c in set_meta.await_args_list
+        if c.kwargs.get("head_sha") is not None
+    ]
+    assert "newsha" in head_sha_writes
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio