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+- Typed chat on OpenAI answers again: OpenAI refused every message because
+  `resolve_area`'s area-id pattern uses Unicode classes Chat Completions does
+  not accept. Chat leaves those patterns out; area ids are still checked
+  before the tool runs (samehkhamis, #1616).