From dbba8304178d33b204e0255426c3bb6996e111ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:34:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(hooks): track thread ownership mentions
 case-insensitively

---
 extensions/thread-ownership/index.test.ts | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 extensions/thread-ownership/index.ts      |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/thread-ownership/index.test.ts b/extensions/thread-ownership/index.test.ts
index c29e7072042..6fcea2897a6 100644
--- a/extensions/thread-ownership/index.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/thread-ownership/index.test.ts
@@ -306,5 +306,24 @@ describe("thread-ownership plugin", () => {
       expect(result).toBeUndefined();
       expect(globalThis.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it("tracks agent-name mentions case-insensitively", async () => {
+      await hooks.message_received(
+        {
+          content: "hey @testbot help",
+          threadId: "8888.0002",
+          metadata: { channelId: "C789" },
+        },
+        { channelId: "slack", conversationId: "C789" },
+      );
+
+      const result = await hooks.message_sending(
+        { content: "On it!", replyToId: "8888.0002", metadata: { channelId: "C789" }, to: "C789" },
+        { channelId: "slack", conversationId: "C789" },
+      );
+
+      expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(globalThis.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/extensions/thread-ownership/index.ts b/extensions/thread-ownership/index.ts
index 5b9d9bd71d8..79df6baea13 100644
--- a/extensions/thread-ownership/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/thread-ownership/index.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
       }
 
       const text = event.content ?? "";
+      const normalizedText = text.toLowerCase();
       const threadTs =
         resolveThreadToken(event.threadId) ||
         resolveThreadToken(event.metadata?.threadId) ||
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
       }
 
       const mentioned =
-        (agentName && text.includes(`@${agentName}`)) ||
+        (agentName && normalizedText.includes(`@${agentName.toLowerCase()}`)) ||
         (botUserId && text.includes(`<@${botUserId}>`));
       if (mentioned) {
         cleanExpiredMentions();