Agent overwrites deployment plan and bypasses written todo items

Found this in one of our test runs:

https://agreeable-dune-0f718070f.1.azurestaticapps.net/nightly-runs.html?file=2026-04-29%2F25108826699%2Fazure-validate%2Fazure-validate_-_Integration_Tests_brownfield-dotnet-validate_sets_AzureWebJobsSecretStorageType_for_aspire-with-azure-functions%2Fagent-metadata-2026-04-29T14-41-44-373Z.md

```
tool: edit
arguments: {
"new_str": "### Phase 2: Execution\n- [x] Research Aspire + Azure Functions patterns\n- [x] Confirm Azure context (subscription, region)\n- [x] Initialize azd environment\n- [ ] Provision infrastructure (azd provision)\n- [ ] Deploy application code (azd deploy)\n- [ ] Verify deployment\n- [ ] Report endpoints and access information",
"old_str": "### Phase 2: Execution\n- [ ] Research Aspire + Azure Functions patterns\n- [ ] Confirm Azure context (subscription, region)\n- [ ] Generate/validate infrastructure code\n- [ ] Apply security hardening\n- [ ] Functional verification\n- [ ] Hand off to azure-validate",
"path": "/tmp/skill-test-0xszN7/samples/aspire-with-azure-functions/.azure/deployment-plan.md"
}
```

Instead of checking the todo items in the existing plan file, the agent completely overwrite the items after "Confirm Azure context" and starts following the new plan. This is problematic since the new plan discarded the instructions azure-prepare asked the agent to follow, which is about handing off to azure-validate.

Start with the linked nightly run and the .azure/deployment-plan.md file shown in the report; trace the agent workflow that performs this edit operation. Reproduce the scenario and inspect how existing checklist items and handoff instructions are handled. Done means the original plan instructions, including the handoff to azure-validate, are preserved rather than replaced.

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