From 7de62226f21784b56faa416864dc9fd771555372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Dumas <chrisldumas@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 08:01:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Strip legacy anchor style note

---
 dumas_image_nodes.py            | 15 +++++++++++++--
 tests/test_dumas_image_nodes.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dumas_image_nodes.py b/dumas_image_nodes.py
index 9c1f233..5cb67be 100644
--- a/dumas_image_nodes.py
+++ b/dumas_image_nodes.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ _H3_PLAN_IMAGE_BINDINGS_CAP = 128
 _H3_PLAN_IMAGE_SLOTS = 9
 _FOLDER_IMAGE_EXTS = (".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".webp", ".bmp", ".gif", ".tiff", ".tif")
 _ANCHOR_STYLE_H3_NOTE = ""
+_ANCHOR_STYLE_LEGACY_NOTE_RE = re.compile(
+    r"\s*Keep this anchor focused on persistent camera language, lighting, "
+    r"texture, environment treatment, and tone; do not name characters or "
+    r"describe one-off actions\.?",
+    re.I,
+)
 _H3_PROMPT_REF_SLOTS = 9
 _H3_PROMPT_MAX_CHARS = 7000
 _PICTURE_TAG_RE = re.compile(r"<\s*picture[\s_\-]*(\d+)\s*>", re.I)
@@ -420,6 +426,11 @@ def _anchor_style_description(style_name):
     return _ANCHOR_STYLE_PRESETS.get(str(style_name or "").strip().lower(), "")
 
 
+def _clean_anchor_style_text(text):
+    cleaned = _ANCHOR_STYLE_LEGACY_NOTE_RE.sub("", str(text or ""))
+    return re.sub(r"[ \t]{2,}", " ", cleaned).strip()
+
+
 def _clean_input_token_value(value):
     cleaned = ""
     if value is not None:
@@ -2704,9 +2715,9 @@ class DumasAnchorStyleNode:
         }
 
     def build_anchor(self, anchor_style, style_description):
-        text = str(style_description or "").strip()
+        text = _clean_anchor_style_text(style_description)
         if not text:
-            text = _anchor_style_description(anchor_style)
+            text = _clean_anchor_style_text(_anchor_style_description(anchor_style))
         return (text,)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_dumas_image_nodes.py b/tests/test_dumas_image_nodes.py
index e862f83..56b058a 100644
--- a/tests/test_dumas_image_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/test_dumas_image_nodes.py
@@ -688,6 +688,19 @@ class DumasImageNodeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("real time", result[0])
         self.assertNotIn("persistent camera language", result[0])
 
+    def test_anchor_style_node_strips_legacy_persistent_anchor_note(self):
+        node = self.image_nodes.DumasAnchorStyleNode()
+        legacy = (
+            "Gritty handheld realism. Keep this anchor focused on persistent camera "
+            "language, lighting, texture, environment treatment, and tone; do not "
+            "name characters or describe one-off actions."
+        )
+
+        result = node.build_anchor("cinematic action movie", legacy)
+
+        self.assertEqual(result[0], "Gritty handheld realism.")
+        self.assertNotIn("persistent camera language", result[0])
+
     def test_anchor_style_node_prefers_manual_description_edits(self):
         node = self.image_nodes.DumasAnchorStyleNode()
         custom = "Lo-fi pirate broadcast with smeared highlights and anxious zoom corrections."