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From: Carl Mercier <carl@carlmercier.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:00:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: normalize task IDs to numbers on load to fix comparison
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- Added normalizeTaskIds function to convert string IDs to numbers
- Applied normalization in readJSON for all code paths
- Fixed set-task-status, add-task, and move-task to normalize IDs when working with raw data
- Exported normalizeTaskIds function for use in other modules
- Added test case for string ID normalization

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 scripts/modules/task-manager/add-task.js        | 6 +++++-
 scripts/modules/task-manager/move-task.js       | 4 +++-
 scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js | 5 ++++-
 scripts/modules/utils.js                        | 4 +++-
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/modules/task-manager/add-task.js b/scripts/modules/task-manager/add-task.js
index 324dc39e..61288c57 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/task-manager/add-task.js
+++ b/scripts/modules/task-manager/add-task.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import {
 	truncate,
 	ensureTagMetadata,
 	performCompleteTagMigration,
-	markMigrationForNotice
+	markMigrationForNotice,
+	normalizeTaskIds
 } from '../utils.js';
 import { generateObjectService } from '../ai-services-unified.js';
 import { getDefaultPriority } from '../config-manager.js';
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ function getAllTasks(rawData) {
 			rawData[tagName] &&
 			Array.isArray(rawData[tagName].tasks)
 		) {
+			normalizeTaskIds(rawData[tagName].tasks);
 			allTasks = allTasks.concat(rawData[tagName].tasks);
 		}
 	}
@@ -306,6 +308,8 @@ async function addTask(
 
 		// Find the highest task ID *within the target tag* to determine the next ID
 		const tasksInTargetTag = rawData[targetTag].tasks;
+		
+		normalizeTaskIds(tasksInTargetTag);
 		const highestId =
 			tasksInTargetTag.length > 0
 				? Math.max(...tasksInTargetTag.map((t) => t.id))
diff --git a/scripts/modules/task-manager/move-task.js b/scripts/modules/task-manager/move-task.js
index fc82112f..f1e41d0b 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/task-manager/move-task.js
+++ b/scripts/modules/task-manager/move-task.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import { log, readJSON, writeJSON, setTasksForTag } from '../utils.js';
+import { log, readJSON, writeJSON, setTasksForTag, normalizeTaskIds } from '../utils.js';
 import { isTaskDependentOn } from '../task-manager.js';
 import generateTaskFiles from './generate-task-files.js';
 
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ async function moveTask(
 
 	// Get the tasks for the current tag
 	const tasks = rawData[tag].tasks;
+	
+	normalizeTaskIds(tasks);
 
 	log(
 		'info',
diff --git a/scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js b/scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js
index 18c18ced..630518fc 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js
+++ b/scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
 	readJSON,
 	writeJSON,
 	findTaskById,
-	ensureTagMetadata
+	ensureTagMetadata,
+	normalizeTaskIds
 } from '../utils.js';
 import { displayBanner } from '../ui.js';
 import { validateTaskDependencies } from '../dependency-manager.js';
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ async function setTaskStatus(tasksPath, taskIdInput, newStatus, options = {}) {
 			tag,
 			_rawTaggedData: rawData
 		};
+		
+		normalizeTaskIds(data.tasks);
 
 		if (!data || !data.tasks) {
 			throw new Error(`No valid tasks found in ${tasksPath}`);
diff --git a/scripts/modules/utils.js b/scripts/modules/utils.js
index 7335b960..2ae216ae 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/modules/utils.js
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ function readJSON(filepath, projectRoot = null, tag = null) {
 			// If anything goes wrong, try to return master or empty
 			const masterData = data.master;
 			if (masterData && masterData.tasks) {
+				normalizeTaskIds(masterData.tasks);
 				return {
 					...masterData,
 					_rawTaggedData: originalTaggedData
@@ -1448,5 +1449,6 @@ export {
 	createStateJson,
 	markMigrationForNotice,
 	flattenTasksWithSubtasks,
-	ensureTagMetadata
+	ensureTagMetadata,
+	normalizeTaskIds
 };
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