diff --git a/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.md b/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.md
index 97305886f1f..c2006943fa5 100644
--- a/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.md
+++ b/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.md
@@ -48,4 +48,3 @@ Return only JSON:
 - `duplicate_of`: the issue number of the earlier report, or `null`
 - `confidence`: 0.0 to 1.0
 - `evidence`: one sentence naming the shared root cause and symptom, or why nothing matched
-- `considered`: the issue numbers you actually read
diff --git a/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.schema.json b/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.schema.json
index 1ae62e05aec..3064e15de8b 100644
--- a/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.schema.json
+++ b/.github/prompts/duplicate-issue-check.schema.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "type": "object",
   "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["duplicate_of", "confidence", "evidence", "considered"],
+  "required": ["duplicate_of", "confidence", "evidence"],
   "properties": {
     "duplicate_of": {
       "type": ["integer", "null"],
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
     "evidence": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "One sentence naming the shared root cause and symptom, or why nothing matched."
-    },
-    "considered": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": { "type": "integer" }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
index 4f857e29e70..81785c668e8 100644
--- a/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/flag-duplicate-issue.test.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ const config: FlagConfig = { repo: "BerriAI/litellm", issueNumber: 35, dryRun: f
 
 describe("parseVerdict", () => {
   test("accepts the schema's shape, with a null duplicate_of", () => {
-    const parsed = parseVerdict('{"duplicate_of": null, "confidence": 0.9, "evidence": "Nothing matches.", "considered": [1]}');
+    const parsed = parseVerdict('{"duplicate_of": null, "confidence": 0.9, "evidence": "Nothing matches."}');
     expect(parsed).toEqual({ kind: "verdict", verdict: { duplicate_of: null, confidence: 0.9, evidence: "Nothing matches." } });
   });
 
+  test("keeps only the three fields the flag step uses, whatever else Codex sends", () => {
+    const parsed = parseVerdict('{"duplicate_of": 12, "confidence": 0.99, "evidence": "Same traceback.", "considered": [12, 34]}');
+    expect(parsed).toEqual({ kind: "verdict", verdict: { duplicate_of: 12, confidence: 0.99, evidence: "Same traceback." } });
+  });
+
   test("rejects non-JSON, a non-object, a non-integer target, a missing confidence and empty evidence", () => {
     expect(parseVerdict("not json").kind).toBe("skip");
     expect(parseVerdict('"just a string"').kind).toBe("skip");