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I have not used the machine regularly for a while now so I can't verify its status enough. But I have checked today and cannot reproduce the issue anymore.

Is the verb tense agreement above correct, or should it be have checked and could not instead?

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There is nothing wrong with your sentence.

But I have checked today and cannot reproduce the issue any more.

is okay. Personally, I would not say

But I have checked today and could not reproduce the issue any more.

because "could not" is telic and so doesn't sit well with the adverbial "any more". So here's an alternative:

But I have checked today and could not reproduce the issue.

meaning, at the moment that you checked you could not reproduce the issue. It's unsaid whether the issue has returned since.

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