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Closes #1801.

Why

A change's delta file that writes the same delta header twice — two
## ADDED Requirements sections, say — silently kept only one of them. Every
requirement under the discarded copy was gone before validation or the merge
could see it, so openspec validate reported the change valid with zero issues
and openspec archive exited 0 saying "Specs updated successfully" having
applied less than the author wrote. The change then moved to
openspec/changes/archive/, so the active change disappeared while the live
spec quietly diverged from what was authored and reviewed.

Two separate mechanisms produced it:

  • splitTopLevelSections collected sections into a Record<string, SectionBody>
    keyed by title, so a repeated title overwrote the earlier body (last wins).
  • getSectionCaseInsensitive returned the first entry whose title folded to
    the target, so ## ADDED Requirements and ## Added Requirements — distinct
    object keys — left the second one unread (first wins).

Neither path counted or recorded what it dropped, which is why every downstream
guard (duplicate detection, cross-section conflicts, the scenario-loss check,
the archive preflight, and archive's post-merge spec validation) was blind to it:
they all work from the already-truncated DeltaPlan.

The author does not have to repeat a header on purpose to hit this. A delta that
documents OpenSpec's own syntax inside a fenced example produces the duplicate on
its own, because an inner ``` closes the outer fence and leaves the
## ADDED Requirements line inside the example unmasked.

What Changes

  • splitTopLevelSections returns a list of { title, body } in document
    order instead of a title-keyed record, so every occurrence survives.
  • getSectionCaseInsensitive becomes getSectionsCaseInsensitive and returns
    every body whose title folds to the target, in document order.
  • parseDeltaSpec reads each matching body and concatenates the results, so
    ADDED / MODIFIED / REMOVED / RENAMED all apply in full.
  • Each body keeps its own bodyStartLine, so skippedHeaders line numbers are
    now correct for the copy the header actually came from (previously the lookup
    handed one section's start line to whichever body won).
  • RENAMED pairs are read per section, so a FROM: in one copy can never pair
    with a TO: in another.

No behaviour changes for a delta that writes each header once — that path is
covered by a regression test in this PR.

Testing

test/core/parsers/delta-section-collision.test.ts — 15 tests, written first and
watched fail (11 failed / 4 passed before the change, 15 passed after).

Edge cases covered:

  • repeated ADDED; case-variant ADDED; the header three times in three casings
  • copies separated by an unrelated section
  • repeated REMOVED (both names and blocks) and repeated RENAMED
  • a FROM: in one section and a TO: in another must not pair
  • skippedHeaders line numbers resolve against the correct copy
  • a delta header inside a code fence is still ignored
  • a single section of each kind behaves exactly as before, including
    sectionPresence
  • the same requirement added twice across two copies still raises the existing
    duplicate error rather than silently winning

Full suite green on this branch.

Changeset

Not added. Per .changeset/README.md the default path is the normal release
cadence; happy to run pnpm changeset if a maintainer wants dedicated release
notes for this fix.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Repeated and case-variant delta section headers are now all processed instead of silently overwriting earlier sections.
    • Added, modified, removed, and renamed entries are merged consistently across repeated sections.
    • Line reporting now points to the originating section, including skipped headers.
    • Fenced code block headers are ignored correctly.
    • Updates from repeated sections are applied while duplicate requirement validation remains enforced.

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The delta parser now preserves repeated and case-variant section headers. It processes every matching section body and retains each body’s source line. Tests cover parsing and rebuilding specifications from repeated sections.

Changes

Delta section handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Section collection and lookup
src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts
Top-level sections are stored as a list. Case-insensitive lookup returns all matching bodies in document order with source metadata.
Delta aggregation and validation
src/core/parsers/requirement-blocks.ts, test/core/parsers/delta-section-collision.test.ts
parseDeltaSpec merges requirements, removals, and rename pairs from every matching body. Tests cover repeated headers, case variants, line reporting, fenced headers, rebuild behavior, and duplicate requirements.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to b1766

Repeated and case-variant delta headers now retain and apply all authored requirements instead of silently discarding sections. Covered parsing and rebuild behaviors indicate no remaining merge-blocking risk.

Suggested reviewers: alfred-openspec, clay-good

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sequenceDiagram
  participant parseDeltaSpec
  participant getSectionsCaseInsensitive
  participant parseRequirementBlocksFromSection
  participant parseRemovedNames
  participant parseRenamedPairs
  parseDeltaSpec->>getSectionsCaseInsensitive: find all matching section bodies
  getSectionsCaseInsensitive-->>parseDeltaSpec: return bodies in document order
  parseDeltaSpec->>parseRequirementBlocksFromSection: parse each matching body
  parseDeltaSpec->>parseRemovedNames: collect names from each matching body
  parseDeltaSpec->>parseRenamedPairs: collect pairs from each matching body
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR addresses issue #1801 by preserving and processing all repeated and case-variant ADDED, MODIFIED, REMOVED, and RENAMED sections. It also preserves section ordering, line reporting, renamed pair…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The parser changes and regression tests directly support the linked issue and PR objectives. No unrelated code changes are identified.
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In `@test/core/parsers/delta-section-collision.test.ts`:
- Around line 220-224: Update the test using parseDeltaSpec so it exercises a
later added section: include a preceding non-matching top-level section in the
fixture and assert plan.sectionPresence.added is true. Remove the existing
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Reviewed the section collection change and ran the focused 15-test suite locally. Repeated and case-variant sections are retained in document order without weakening duplicate checks. Approved.

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Repeated delta section headers silently discard requirements

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