{
"name": "self-reference",
"description": "A message that references itself is not parented to itself.",
"spec": {
"source": "JWZ",
"url": "https://www.jwz.org/doc/threading.html",
"behavior": "self-references are ignored because they would create a cycle"
},
"input": [
{
"id": "<self@example>",
"message_id": "<self@example>",
"in_reply_to": "<self@example>",
"references": [
"<self@example>"
],
"subject": "Self",
"date": "2026-05-15T09:00:00Z"
}
],
"expected": {
"threads": [
{
"root": "<self@example>",
"messages": [
"<self@example>"
]
}
]
}
}