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[evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Asking the agent to fetch a local dev server, intranet or private-IP URL\nSteps:\n1. Use run_shell_command with curl for localhost URLs.\n2. Avoid tight loops of web_fetch to one host.\nExpected: The error no longer appears.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","status":"active","data":{"problem_id":"153f0d7f-3093-4de9-9fc9-f46f5bd42098","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Use the shell tool (e.g. curl) for local/intranet URLs, subject to your approval, or read files directly; space out fetches to the same host.\n\nOption: Use the shell tool (e.g. curl) for local/intranet URLs, subject to your approval, or read files directly; space out fetches to the same host. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Asking the agent to fetch a local dev server, intranet or private-IP URL\nSteps:\n1. Use run_shell_command with curl for localhost URLs.\n2. 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