From 82c5ac81ff71d8cb46e506699dedbe43b607bfaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shabnam <shabnam.ofl@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:43:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1398: Delete specific task instance in RoutineBuilder by
 checking startTime

---
 frontend/src/components/Routine/WeeklyGrid.jsx | 2 +-
 frontend/src/pages/RoutineBuilder.jsx          | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Routine/WeeklyGrid.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Routine/WeeklyGrid.jsx
index 4fc8c361..c0f5ea2a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Routine/WeeklyGrid.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Routine/WeeklyGrid.jsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function DroppableCell({ day, time, tasks, onDeleteTask }) {
           <button
             onClick={(e) => {
               e.stopPropagation(); // prevents drag from triggering
-              onDeleteTask(task.taskId, task.day);
+              onDeleteTask(task.taskId, task.day, task.startTime);
             }}
             className="absolute right-1 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 w-4 h-4 rounded-full 
              bg-red-500 text-white text-[9px] font-bold
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/RoutineBuilder.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/RoutineBuilder.jsx
index 5e092a9b..c1259c41 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/RoutineBuilder.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/RoutineBuilder.jsx
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export default function RoutineBuilder() {
 
   /* ---------------- DRAG END HANDLER ---------------- */
   // Removing Schedule task after drag
-  const removeScheduledTask = (taskId, day) => {
+  const removeScheduledTask = (taskId, day, startTime) => {
 
     //filtering out 
     setScheduledTasks((prev) =>
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ export default function RoutineBuilder() {
         (task) =>
           !(
             task.taskId === taskId &&
-            normalizeDay(task.day) === normalizeDay(day)
+            normalizeDay(task.day) === normalizeDay(day) &&
+            task.startTime === startTime
           )
       )
     );