Automattic / Automattic/harper

On outlook or gmail theres a bug when changing to another word from harper

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Description

**Describe the bug**
When using Harper on outlook or Gmail there's a bug when appears a word that have an error and try to change it to a word of Harper it duplicate all the text on the message.

**Expected behavior**
when changing the word it is expected to change only the word and not all the phrase.

**Platform**
the issue is on outlook and Gmail using the chrome extension.

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Research direction

Reproduce the replacement action in Gmail and Outlook using the Chrome extension, starting with a message containing a Harper-detected word. Follow the word-change flow and verify that replacing one word changes only that word rather than duplicating the message text.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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