The output I sent in the original report was from a changelog with a spurious additional entry at the top - with that entry removed the output matches my description where the new closures are being ignored entirely:
Checking bug #198375: already marked pending Checking bug #234237: already marked pending Checking bug #253068: already marked pending Checking bug #283502: already marked pending Checking bug #290049: already marked pending Checking bug #297455: already marked pending Checking bug #301283: already marked pending Checking bug #308799: already marked pending Checking bug #318927: already marked pending Checking bug #320999: already marked pending Checking bug #330032: already marked pending Checking bug #338009: already marked pending Checking bug #347990: already marked pending Checking bug #353406: already marked pending Checking bug #410261: already marked pending Checking bug #419603: already marked pending Checking bug #44038: already marked pending Checking bug #60315: already marked pending tagpending info: Nothing to do, exiting. Sorry about the confusion - it hadn't occurred to me that there might be an additional problem which would cause the bugs not to be tagged even if they were noticed. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."
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