Simplified fix - minimal changes (Sun Nov 30 20:54:31 PST 2025)

Author: aaronik

lua/treewalker/targets.lua

@@ -16,16 +16,12 @@ function M.out(node)
   -- node below the comment
   -- Note: For some reason, this isn't required locally (macos _or_ Makefile ubuntu,
   -- but does fail on CI. TODO figure out the differences)
-  -- Try multiple times to escape comment nodes on CI
-  local max_attempts = 3
-  local attempts = 0
-  while (nodes.is_comment_node(node) or nodes.is_augment_target(node)) and attempts < max_attempts do
-    local next_node = M.down(node, nodes.get_srow(node))
-    if not next_node or next_node == node then
-      break -- Can't move down further, stop trying
+  -- On CI, comment nodes behave differently - work from parent instead
+  if nodes.is_comment_node(node) or nodes.is_augment_target(node) then
+    local parent = node:parent()
+    if parent then
+      node = parent
     end
-    node = next_node
-    attempts = attempts + 1
   end
 
   local candidate = strategies.get_first_ancestor_with_diff_scol(node)