From a1822e2222c442944e27f167a10c567b245e1d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Codex <codex@openai.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:11:24 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Normalize rewrite punctuation

---
 backlink_intelligence/placement.py |  1 +
 tests/test_placement.py            | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backlink_intelligence/placement.py b/backlink_intelligence/placement.py
index b10d29a..29474c4 100644
--- a/backlink_intelligence/placement.py
+++ b/backlink_intelligence/placement.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def _rewrite_candidate(
     stripped = sentence.rstrip()
     terminal = stripped[-1] if stripped and stripped[-1] in ".!?" else "."
     sentence_body = stripped[:-1] if stripped and stripped[-1] in ".!?" else stripped
+    sentence_body = sentence_body.rstrip()
 
     placed_anchor = _fallback_anchor_case(anchor)
     linked_phrase = _anchor_with_article(placed_anchor)
diff --git a/tests/test_placement.py b/tests/test_placement.py
index 1d4e09d..19c6ad1 100644
--- a/tests/test_placement.py
+++ b/tests/test_placement.py
@@ -245,6 +245,19 @@ def test_generated_rewrite_is_deterministic(self):
         second = rank_placements(source, target, "ai in finance course", "https://t.com", top_n=1)[0]
         self.assertEqual(first.to_dict(), second.to_dict())
 
+    def test_rewrite_normalizes_space_before_terminal_punctuation(self):
+        source = parse_page(
+            """<main><p>Financial agents monitor transactions and support continuous accounting across connected global finance operations . Teams review exceptions before reports are finalized.</p></main>""",
+            requested_url="https://s.com", final_url="https://s.com", status_code=200,
+        )
+        target = parse_page(
+            """<title>AI in Finance Course</title><h1>Finance AI Applications</h1><p>Study financial agents, continuous accounting, and transaction monitoring.</p>""",
+            requested_url="https://t.com", final_url="https://t.com", status_code=200,
+        )
+        item = rank_placements(source, target, "ai in finance course", "https://t.com", top_n=1)[0]
+        self.assertNotIn(" ,", item.after_text)
+        self.assertIn("operations, one of the practical applications", item.after_text)
+
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":