[deep-report] Add agent duplicate-discussion guard: Agent Performance Reporter created identical discussions #30826 and #30827 #30858

Summary

The Agent Performance Analyzer created two identical discussions (#30826 and #30827) with the same title "Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-05-07" at the exact same timestamp (2026-05-07T13:24:36Z and 2026-05-07T13:24:37Z). This indicates the agent created a duplicate discussion within 1 second — likely a safe-output deduplication failure or a double-fire of the create_discussion tool.

Impact

• Duplicate reports create confusion about which is authoritative
• Readers may comment on the wrong discussion
• Pattern suggests other agents may have similar duplicate-creation vulnerabilities
• Wastes safe-output budget (1 extra discussion = 1 of the 7 max per run consumed)

Root Cause Hypotheses

1. The create_discussion safe-output tool was called twice (double-fire, possibly from a retry after a timeout that actually succeeded)
2. The agent did not check for an existing discussion before creating a new one (missing idempotency guard)
3. A network retry created a second discussion when the first succeeded but the response was lost

Recommended Fix

1. Idempotency check: Before calling create_discussion, search for an existing discussion with the same tracker-id or title pattern for today
2. Safe-output dedup: The safe-output server should deduplicate discussions with identical title+body within a short time window
3. Agent guard: Add a check in the Agent Performance Analyzer prompt: "If a discussion with today's date already exists in the reports category, update it instead of creating a new one"

Acceptance Criteria

• No duplicate discussions created by Agent Performance Analyzer in the next 7 days
• Idempotency guard documented in the workflow prompt
• Duplicate Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-05-07 #30826 closed/marked as duplicate of Agent Performance Report — Week of 2026-05-07 #30827

References

• Duplicate discussions: #30826 and #30827
• Source: DeepReport Intelligence Briefing 2026-05-07

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