fix(telegram): keep heartbeat + interim commentary on; edit heartbeat in place#33187
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…eartbeat in place #33151 flipped THREE Telegram display defaults to false: - tool_progress: new -> off (kept: per-tool stream is too chatty) - interim_assistant_messages: T -> F (REVERTED here) - long_running_notifications: T -> F (REVERTED here) - busy_ack_detail: T -> F (kept: verbose iteration counter) The two reverts were wrong. interim_assistant_messages = the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Let me check both files in parallel"). That is signal, not noise. Suppressing it left Telegram users staring at "typing..." for the entire turn duration with no feedback. long_running_notifications = the periodic heartbeat. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes. Changes: - gateway/display_config.py: Telegram tier-1 inbox keeps both defaults on (only tool_progress and busy_ack_detail stay off). - gateway/run.py _notify_long_running(): edit a single heartbeat message in place (where the adapter supports it) instead of posting a new "Still working..." bubble each interval. Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix all qualify. Falls back to send-new when edit fails. - gateway/run.py: tighten heartbeat text. "⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)" -> "⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". Verbose iteration detail moves behind busy_ack_detail (one knob now controls both busy acks AND heartbeat verbosity). - tests/, cli-config.yaml.example, website/docs/user-guide/messaging: updated to reflect the corrected story.
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…eartbeat in place (NousResearch#33187) NousResearch#33151 flipped THREE Telegram display defaults to false: - tool_progress: new -> off (kept: per-tool stream is too chatty) - interim_assistant_messages: T -> F (REVERTED here) - long_running_notifications: T -> F (REVERTED here) - busy_ack_detail: T -> F (kept: verbose iteration counter) The two reverts were wrong. interim_assistant_messages = the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Let me check both files in parallel"). That is signal, not noise. Suppressing it left Telegram users staring at "typing..." for the entire turn duration with no feedback. long_running_notifications = the periodic heartbeat. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes. Changes: - gateway/display_config.py: Telegram tier-1 inbox keeps both defaults on (only tool_progress and busy_ack_detail stay off). - gateway/run.py _notify_long_running(): edit a single heartbeat message in place (where the adapter supports it) instead of posting a new "Still working..." bubble each interval. Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix all qualify. Falls back to send-new when edit fails. - gateway/run.py: tighten heartbeat text. "⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)" -> "⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". Verbose iteration detail moves behind busy_ack_detail (one knob now controls both busy acks AND heartbeat verbosity). - tests/, cli-config.yaml.example, website/docs/user-guide/messaging: updated to reflect the corrected story.
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…eartbeat in place (NousResearch#33187) NousResearch#33151 flipped THREE Telegram display defaults to false: - tool_progress: new -> off (kept: per-tool stream is too chatty) - interim_assistant_messages: T -> F (REVERTED here) - long_running_notifications: T -> F (REVERTED here) - busy_ack_detail: T -> F (kept: verbose iteration counter) The two reverts were wrong. interim_assistant_messages = the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Let me check both files in parallel"). That is signal, not noise. Suppressing it left Telegram users staring at "typing..." for the entire turn duration with no feedback. long_running_notifications = the periodic heartbeat. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes. Changes: - gateway/display_config.py: Telegram tier-1 inbox keeps both defaults on (only tool_progress and busy_ack_detail stay off). - gateway/run.py _notify_long_running(): edit a single heartbeat message in place (where the adapter supports it) instead of posting a new "Still working..." bubble each interval. Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix all qualify. Falls back to send-new when edit fails. - gateway/run.py: tighten heartbeat text. "⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)" -> "⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". Verbose iteration detail moves behind busy_ack_detail (one knob now controls both busy acks AND heartbeat verbosity). - tests/, cli-config.yaml.example, website/docs/user-guide/messaging: updated to reflect the corrected story. #AI commit#
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…eartbeat in place (NousResearch#33187) NousResearch#33151 flipped THREE Telegram display defaults to false: - tool_progress: new -> off (kept: per-tool stream is too chatty) - interim_assistant_messages: T -> F (REVERTED here) - long_running_notifications: T -> F (REVERTED here) - busy_ack_detail: T -> F (kept: verbose iteration counter) The two reverts were wrong. interim_assistant_messages = the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Let me check both files in parallel"). That is signal, not noise. Suppressing it left Telegram users staring at "typing..." for the entire turn duration with no feedback. long_running_notifications = the periodic heartbeat. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes. Changes: - gateway/display_config.py: Telegram tier-1 inbox keeps both defaults on (only tool_progress and busy_ack_detail stay off). - gateway/run.py _notify_long_running(): edit a single heartbeat message in place (where the adapter supports it) instead of posting a new "Still working..." bubble each interval. Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix all qualify. Falls back to send-new when edit fails. - gateway/run.py: tighten heartbeat text. "⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)" -> "⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". Verbose iteration detail moves behind busy_ack_detail (one knob now controls both busy acks AND heartbeat verbosity). - tests/, cli-config.yaml.example, website/docs/user-guide/messaging: updated to reflect the corrected story.
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…eartbeat in place (NousResearch#33187) NousResearch#33151 flipped THREE Telegram display defaults to false: - tool_progress: new -> off (kept: per-tool stream is too chatty) - interim_assistant_messages: T -> F (REVERTED here) - long_running_notifications: T -> F (REVERTED here) - busy_ack_detail: T -> F (kept: verbose iteration counter) The two reverts were wrong. interim_assistant_messages = the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Let me check both files in parallel"). That is signal, not noise. Suppressing it left Telegram users staring at "typing..." for the entire turn duration with no feedback. long_running_notifications = the periodic heartbeat. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes. Changes: - gateway/display_config.py: Telegram tier-1 inbox keeps both defaults on (only tool_progress and busy_ack_detail stay off). - gateway/run.py _notify_long_running(): edit a single heartbeat message in place (where the adapter supports it) instead of posting a new "Still working..." bubble each interval. Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix all qualify. Falls back to send-new when edit fails. - gateway/run.py: tighten heartbeat text. "⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)" -> "⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". Verbose iteration detail moves behind busy_ack_detail (one knob now controls both busy acks AND heartbeat verbosity). - tests/, cli-config.yaml.example, website/docs/user-guide/messaging: updated to reflect the corrected story.
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Keep Telegram users feeling like the agent is alive. PR #33151 flipped four Telegram display defaults to false; two of those were wrong and this fixes them.
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interim_assistant_messagesandlong_running_notificationswere lumped in withtool_progressandbusy_ack_detailunder "mobile-friendly final-answer-first defaults." They aren't the same thing.interim_assistant_messages= the model's REAL words mid-turn ("I'll inspect the repo first.", "Found the issue — applying fix now"). That's signal, not chatter.long_running_notifications= the periodic heartbeat. The old text was chatty ("⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)"), but the answer is to make it terse and edit-in-place, not to delete it. Silent agent for 30 minutes is worse than one bubble updating every 3 minutes.Changes
tool_progressoffoff(kept)interim_assistant_messagesFalseTrue(reverted)long_running_notificationsFalseTrue(reverted)busy_ack_detailFalseFalse(kept)Plus a heartbeat redesign:
adapter.edit_message()where supported (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Matrix), falls back to send-new when the adapter doesn't support edits or the edit fails."⏳ Still working... (12 min elapsed — iteration 21/60, running: terminal)"→"⏳ Working — 12 min, terminal". The verbose form is now gated onbusy_ack_detail, so a single config key controls verbosity for BOTH busy acks AND heartbeats (one knob, two surfaces).Files
gateway/display_config.py— two defaults revertedgateway/run.py—_notify_long_running()edit-in-place + tighter text +busy_ack_detailgatetests/gateway/test_display_config.py— assertions updatedtests/gateway/test_run_progress_topics.py—test_run_agent_surfaces_interim_commentary_by_defaultreverted to test the implicit default againtests/gateway/test_run_cleanup_progress.py— docstring updatedcli-config.yaml.example— comments rewrittenwebsite/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md— "Mobile-friendly progress defaults" section rewritten to reflect the corrected storyValidation
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