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Works for me (Sagemath 8.7):
sage: (cos(x)^2-1).simplify_trig()
-sin(x)^2
similarly :
sage: (sin(x)^2/(1-cos(x)^2)).simplify().simplify_trig()
1
sage: (sin(x)^2/(1-cos(x)^2)).simplify_trig()
1
Note that:
sage: (cos(x)^2-1).trig_reduce()
1/2*cos(2*x) - 1/2
might be more useful...
What are you using ?