---
id: b6ee1850-88c1-4860-b757-b07e1d7fb855
type: CAUSES
from_id: c1a50fb8-9084-439d-a156-872bedb9013b
from_title: "Fix: Issue-poller infinite loop — PRs returned as issues by gitea-mcp list_repo_issues"
to_id: 436e133f-2c31-488a-9810-fb6ca5b45250
to_title: "Refactor: issue-poller.sh — replaced 5 of 6 Haiku+MCP calls with direct curl+jq Gitea API calls"
strength: 0.9
created: "2026-03-03T21:25:46.826311+00:00"
updated: "2026-03-03T21:25:46.826311+00:00"
---

The infinite loop bug motivated the full refactor to curl+jq to bypass MCP limitations