Incorrect/lacking References in mail headers?

Conor Dooley <[email protected]> Tue, 19 May 2026 10:54:44 +0100
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Yo,

I think the mails coming from sashiko-bot don't have the correct
References headers set. When I have deleted a thread that I don't care
about before the sashiko-bot mails come through I end up with my inbox
looking like:
|  99 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.1K) Re: [PATCH v6 14/16] wifi: ath12k: =
Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 100 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.0K) Re: [PATCH v6 12/16] media: qcom: P=
ass proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API
| 101 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.2K) Re: [PATCH v6 11/16] media: qcom: S=
witch to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 102 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 10/16] drm/msm: Switc=
h to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 103 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 05/16] remoteproc: qc=
om_q6v5_pas: Switch over to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 104 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.9K) Re: [PATCH v6 04/16] firmware: qcom=
: Add a PAS TEE service
| 105 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (8.3K) Re: [PATCH v6 07/16] soc: qcom: mdt=
loader: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 106 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.0K) Re: [PATCH v6 06/16] remoteproc: qc=
om_q6v5_mss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 107 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (5.8K) Re: [PATCH v6 08/16] remoteproc: qc=
om_wcnss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
| 108 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (7.3K) Re: [PATCH v6 02/16] firmware: qcom=
: Add a generic PAS service
| 109 ND  May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.2K) Re: [PATCH v6 03/16] firmware: qcom=
_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service
| 110 N   May 19 sashiko-bot@ker (6.7K) Re: [PATCH v6 01/16] arm64: dts: qc=
om: kodiak: Add EL2 overlay

In comparison, a more typical thread where I have deleted the original
mails looks like:
| 165 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (8.3K)   =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80>Re: [PATCH v2 =
2/3] iio: dac: Add AD5529R DAC driver support
| 166 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    ( 12K) =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80=E2=94=B4=E2=94=
=80>Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] iio: dac: Add AD5529R DAC driver support
| 167 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (9.3K) =E2=94=82 =E2=94=8C=E2=94=80>Re: [P=
ATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
| 168 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (9.5K) =E2=94=82 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80>Re: [P=
ATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
| 169 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    ( 10K) =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80=E2=94=B4=E2=94=
=80>Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: iio: dac: Add AD5529R
| 170 N   May 19 Janani Sunil    (8.1K) =E2=94=B4=E2=94=80>Re: [PATCH v2 3/=
3] Documentation: iio: Add AD5529R Documentation

The difference appears to be that Janani has a references header that
cites the cover letter:
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
 <[email protected]>
 <20260508134843.7646c4f5@jic23-huawei>
 <[email protected]>

Whereas your bot doesn't do this:
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Not only does it interfere with threading in my mailbox, it adds a load
of extra steps to my process where one ctrl+d should suffice, given that
I appear to get 100s of mails from the bot every day.

Could you please try to resolve this?

Thanks,
Conor.

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