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What

Once `interruptTurn()` sets `this.interrupted = true`, only
`recordMessageDelta` short-circuited. `recordReasoningDelta` /
`recordReasoningAvailable` / `recordToolStart` / `recordToolProgress` /
`recordToolComplete` / `recordInlineDiffToolComplete` all kept
mutating `turnState` until python's next `_interrupt_requested`
check (~1s on busy turns).

User-visible symptom (per discord report): "ctrl-c kinda broke in TUI
— now if i ctrl-c it interrupts, but then keeps going a second later,
and i keep getting thinking and tool calls."

Fix

  • Add the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to every
    stream-side recorder.
  • Clear `this.interrupted` in `startMessage()` so a brand-new turn
    isn't accidentally muted if the previous turn never delivered
    `message.complete`.

Test

`ui-tui/src/tests/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts` — drives the
event sequence `message.start → tool.start → interruptTurn →
{reasoning,tool}.* → message.delta` and asserts that all stream state
(`reasoningText`, `bufRef`, `streamSegments`, `streamPendingTools`,
`tools`) stays empty. Then sends a fresh `message.start` +
`reasoning.delta` and confirms the new turn is not suppressed.

Verified the test fails on `origin/main` before the fix and passes
after. All 385 ui-tui tests + tsc clean.

@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working P2 Medium — degraded but workaround exists comp/tui Terminal UI (ui-tui/ + tui_gateway/) labels Apr 27, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR hardens the TUI turn streaming pipeline so that after a Ctrl‑C interrupt, late-arriving gateway stream events (reasoning/tool/message deltas) no longer mutate the current turn’s UI state, and ensures interruption doesn’t suppress the next fresh turn.

Changes:

  • Add this.interrupted early-exits to additional stream-side recorders (reasoning + tool lifecycle + deltas).
  • Reset this.interrupted = false in startMessage() to avoid muting the next turn when message.complete never arrives.
  • Add a regression test covering late events after interrupt and verifying the next turn proceeds normally.

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File Description
ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts Adds interruption guards across streaming recorders and resets interrupted at message start.
ui-tui/src/tests/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts Adds a regression test that simulates interrupt + late events and asserts stream state remains empty.

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Comment thread ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts Outdated
Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.
…ers in test

Copilot review on PR #16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for #1.

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Comment thread ui-tui/src/app/turnController.ts
Comment thread ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts Outdated
Comment thread ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts Outdated
Round 2 Copilot review on PR #16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for #1.

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@OutThisLife OutThisLife merged commit e42065b into main Apr 28, 2026
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@OutThisLife OutThisLife deleted the bb/tui-ctrlc-stale-events branch April 28, 2026 21:51
ulasbilgen pushed a commit to ulasbilgen/hermes-adhd-agent that referenced this pull request May 1, 2026
…ch#16706)

* fix(tui): drop stale stream events after ctrl-c interrupt

Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.

* fix(tui): guard recordTodos against post-interrupt mutation; fake-timers in test

Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for NousResearch#1.

* fix(tui): guard pushTrail post-interrupt; harden interrupt-test cleanup

Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for NousResearch#1.
02356abc pushed a commit to 02356abc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
…ch#16706)

* fix(tui): drop stale stream events after ctrl-c interrupt

Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.

* fix(tui): guard recordTodos against post-interrupt mutation; fake-timers in test

Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for NousResearch#1.

* fix(tui): guard pushTrail post-interrupt; harden interrupt-test cleanup

Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for NousResearch#1.
dannyJ848 pushed a commit to dannyJ848/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 17, 2026
…ch#16706)

* fix(tui): drop stale stream events after ctrl-c interrupt

Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.

* fix(tui): guard recordTodos against post-interrupt mutation; fake-timers in test

Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for NousResearch#1.

* fix(tui): guard pushTrail post-interrupt; harden interrupt-test cleanup

Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for NousResearch#1.
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
…ch#16706)

* fix(tui): drop stale stream events after ctrl-c interrupt

Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.

* fix(tui): guard recordTodos against post-interrupt mutation; fake-timers in test

Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for NousResearch#1.

* fix(tui): guard pushTrail post-interrupt; harden interrupt-test cleanup

Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for NousResearch#1.
Egavasyug pushed a commit to Egavasyug/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
…ch#16706)

* fix(tui): drop stale stream events after ctrl-c interrupt

Once interruptTurn() flips this.interrupted, only recordMessageDelta
short-circuited.  recordReasoningDelta/Available, recordToolStart/
Progress/Complete, and recordInlineDiffToolComplete kept populating
turnState until the python loop reached its next _interrupt_requested
check (~1s on busy turns), making it look like ctrl-c was ignored
while late "thinking" + tool calls kept landing in the UI.

Add the same interrupted guard to every stream-side recorder, and
clear the flag at startMessage() so the next turn isn't suppressed
if the previous turn never delivered message.complete.

* fix(tui): guard recordTodos against post-interrupt mutation; fake-timers in test

Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `recordToolStart` is interruption-guarded, but `tool.start`
   handler also calls `recordTodos(payload.todos)` first — so a
   late tool.start carrying todos could still mutate `turnState.todos`
   after Ctrl-C, leaving ghost rows in the panel.  Adds the same
   `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit to `recordTodos` so
   *all* tool.start side-effects are dropped post-interrupt.

2. The interrupt test was leaking a real `setTimeout` (interrupt
   cooldown) across test files, which could fire later and mutate
   uiStore from the wrong test context.  Wraps the test in
   `vi.useFakeTimers()` + `vi.runAllTimers()` and restores real
   timers in finally.

3. Extends the same test with a todos payload on the post-interrupt
   tool.start so we have explicit regression coverage for NousResearch#1.

* fix(tui): guard pushTrail post-interrupt; harden interrupt-test cleanup

Round 2 Copilot review on PR NousResearch#16706:

1. `tool.generating` events route through `pushTrail`, which was not
   interruption-guarded — late events could still write 'drafting …'
   into `turnTrail` after Ctrl-C, leaving a stale shimmer in the UI.
   Adds the same `if (this.interrupted) return` early-exit.

2. Test cleanup moved `vi.runAllTimers()` into `finally` (before
   `vi.useRealTimers()`) so a mid-test assertion failure can't leak
   the interrupt-cooldown setTimeout across other test files.

3. Replaced the misleading 'pre-interrupt todos … expected to be
   cleared by the interrupt cycle' comment with an accurate one
   reflecting current behaviour (interrupt does NOT clear todos).

4. Added an explicit assertion that a post-interrupt `tool.generating`
   event does not extend `turnTrail` — regression coverage for NousResearch#1.
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