{"record":{"id":"de0ef41c11ce5cd4","repo":"santifer/career-ops","slug":"conflict-num-summary-no-automatic-upda","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"  #${conflict.num}: ${summary} — no automatic update","messagePattern":"  #(.+?): (.+?) — no automatic update","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"reply-watch.mjs","lineNumber":295,"sourceCode":"        recommendations.push({\n          num: app.num,\n          company: app.company,\n          role: app.role,\n          oldStatus: app.status,\n          newStatus: classification.suggestedTrackerUpdate\n        });\n      }\n    }\n  });\n\n  const groupedRecommendations = groupStatusRecommendations(recommendations);\n  if (groupedRecommendations.conflicts.length > 0) {\n    console.warn('Conflicting status recommendations require manual review:');\n    for (const conflict of groupedRecommendations.conflicts) {\n      const summary = conflict.choices\n        .map(choice => `${choice.newStatus} (${choice.count} ${choice.count === 1 ? 'reply' : 'replies'})`)\n        .join(' vs ');\n      console.warn(`  #${conflict.num}: ${summary} — no automatic update`);\n    }\n    console.log('');\n  }\n\n  if (groupedRecommendations.updates.length > 0) {\n    const updates = groupedRecommendations.updates;\n    console.log('Suggested status updates to apply:');\n    updates.forEach(r => {\n      const count = r.count > 1 ? ` (${r.count} replies)` : '';\n      console.log(`  #${r.num} ${r.company} (${r.role}): ${r.oldStatus} → ${r.newStatus}${count}`);\n    });\n    console.log('');\n\n    const answer = await askQuestion(`Apply recommended status updates to ${APPS_FILE}? (y/N): `);\n    if (answer.toLowerCase() === 'y' || answer.toLowerCase() === 'yes') {\n      const result = await updateTrackerStatuses(updates);\n      for (const r of updates) {\n        const count = r.count > 1 ? ` (${r.count} replies)` : '';","sourceCodeStart":277,"sourceCodeEnd":313,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/santifer/career-ops/blob/60398d6549a46f5266929538af21cfab94badc75/reply-watch.mjs#L277-L313","documentation":"The per-conflict detail line under the manual-review header: formats each contested tracker row as '#num: StatusA (n replies) vs StatusB (m replies) -- no automatic update'. The counts tell the human how many replies support each suggestion so they can weigh majority versus recency (a later rejection often outweighs two earlier auto-acks) before deciding.","triggerScenarios":"Same as the parent conflict path: multiple replies for one application classified into different suggested statuses; a final-state reply (Rejected/Offer) arriving after interim ones (Responded/Interview).","commonSituations":"Mailbox backlogs processed at once; recruiter sequences that send an ack, an invite, and a rejection for the same req.","solutions":["Sort the involved replies by date and let the most recent definitive one (Rejected, Offer, Interview) win.","Apply the chosen state explicitly: node set-status.mjs <num> <State> --note '...'.","If the replies actually concern different roles, split them into separate tracker rows first (via TSV + merge-tracker)."],"exampleFix":"# before\n  #42: Interview (1 reply) vs Rejected (2 replies) — no automatic update\n# after\n$ node set-status.mjs 42 Rejected --note 'final rejection dated after interview invite'","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["When reading a conflict line, weigh recency over count: the latest definitive reply (Rejected/Offer/Interview) usually reflects reality.","Record the deciding email's date in the set-status note so the choice is auditable.","If statuses genuinely oscillate (interview then rejection), the tracker should follow chronology, not majority."],"tags":["reply-watch","status-conflict","manual-review","vote-counting"],"backgroundTag":"conflicting-state-update","analyzedSha":"60398d6549a46f5266929538af21cfab94badc75","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T23:00:06.764Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-29T07:17:48.351Z"}