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feat(ai-harness): session.seed starts an empty thread with existing messages - #1898
session.seed({ messages }) writes messages that exist already into an empty thread, and the next turn reads them. An app that moves to the harness can now keep the context of the conversations it had before. Before this PR, there was no way to put earlier messages into a session log: POST run takes only the last user message, because the log is the source of the history.
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session.seed({ messages }) on the session and on the host.open handle. It returns a Receipt, like revert.
It accepts an empty thread and writes the messages in one transcript commit. The messages keep their ids.
A retry is safe. When the transcript already starts with the same messages (the same roles and ids), it accepts and writes nothing. This is true also after later turns.
It refuses with not_empty for a thread with other messages, open_tool_call for a tool call with no result, unknown_tool_call for a tool result with no call before it, and busy when the session is not idle or another host owns the log.
Each message needs an id. A tool result can use its toolCallId instead, because the harness and convertMessagesToModelMessages both write tool rows with no id. A message with neither throws.
On a host with access, the handle checks the send action.
settledMessages moved from host.ts to session/helpers.ts, so host.transfer and seed use the same check.
Docs: a new section in docs/harness/sessions.md, "Start a session from an existing conversation".
Changeset: minor for @tanstack/ai-harness.
No change to the log record format: a seed is one harness.transcript record, the same record that a turn writes.
Out of scope: the user message of POST run still gets the request's runId as its id (for idempotency), so a client's own message id is not kept. This PR does not change that.
Send What is my name?. The model call gets the two seeded messages first.
Call seed again with the same messages. It returns accepted, and the transcript does not change.
How this PR makes testing easy: tests/seed.test.ts covers the turn after a seed, a reopen on a new host, the retry, each refusal, the missing id, UI messages through convertMessagesToModelMessages, and the access check.
Risk / rollback
Low. The method is new and opt-in, and no existing path calls it. The only shared change is the move of settledMessages, which host.transfer tests still cover. Revert the PR to undo.
Public API change
Before
// No way to put earlier messages into a new thread.constsession=awaithost.open(harness,{ threadId })awaitsession.send('Where did we leave off?')// the model sees only this message
After
constsession=awaithost.open(harness,{ threadId })awaitsession.seed({messages: convertMessagesToModelMessages(oldChat)})awaitsession.send('Where did we leave off?')// the model sees the old chat first
Added the ability to seed an empty chat thread with existing messages for use in its next turn. Message IDs are preserved, and matching retries do not duplicate messages.
Seeding is rejected for nonempty threads, busy sessions, and messages with unresolved or unmatched tool calls. Empty seeds are accepted only for empty threads, and seeding requires send access.
Documentation
Updated the session guide with instructions, access requirements, and behavior details for seeding.
Adds session.seed({ messages }) to the public harness session API. It seeds an empty, idle thread with identified model messages, accepts matching retries without writing, and rejects invalid input. The change adds send-action access enforcement, tests, and session-guide documentation.
Changes: Session message seeding
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Summary
Seed validation and transcript update packages/ai-harness/src/session/helpers.ts, packages/ai-harness/src/session/state.ts, packages/ai-harness/src/host.ts
Adds the shared settledMessages helper. SessionState.seed validates message identifiers and thread state, accepts matching retries without writing, and commits valid messages to the transcript.
Public session API and access check packages/ai-harness/src/session/harness-session.ts, packages/ai-harness/src/session/handle.ts
Adds seed to the public session type and forwards calls through acting with the send action.
Seed validation, tests, and documentation packages/ai-harness/tests/seed.test.ts, docs/harness/sessions.md, .changeset/harness-session-seed.md, docs/config.json
Adds tests for seed behavior, retries, rejection cases, persistence, message conversion, and access control. Documents the operation and updates its changeset and documentation date.
Reject duplicate seeded message IDs before merging: reverting to a later message can discard conversation history on the next turn. Clarify the accepted tool-result shape in the documentation.
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- Around line 1010-1013: Before `this.writer.commit` in the seed validation
flow, validate each tool message against an earlier outstanding tool call,
requiring a matching `toolCallId`; reject seeds with orphaned results or tool
messages missing `toolCallId`. Keep the existing `open_tool_call` rejection
behavior for unsettled calls.
- Around line 1003-1006: Update the seed retry-prefix check so an empty keys
array cannot match a transcript through keys.every; return the documented
not_empty receipt for an empty seed on a nonempty thread, while preserving
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- Around line 998-1001: Update the seed operation so the idle-thread check and
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Two seeds of an empty thread could both pass the empty check and both
write. Seeds now run on a per-session chain, so the second one sees the
first seed and gets `not_empty` or an `accepted` retry.
An empty seed matched any transcript and was accepted on a thread with
messages. It is now accepted in an empty thread only, and `not_empty`
otherwise.
A tool result with no `toolCallId`, or with no open call before it,
passed. It is now refused with `unknown_tool_call`.
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A call that repeats the id of an open call left one of the two with no
result, yet a single tool result cleared the id. seed now refuses it as
open_tool_call.
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Major · Reject duplicate message IDs before committing a seed. · state.ts:1017-1023
packages/ai-harness/src/session/state.ts:1017-1023 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Reject duplicate message IDs before committing a seed.
If two seeded messages share an id, revert({ messageId }) selects the first one. The caller cannot revert to the later message. A subsequent turn can permanently drop messages after that first match. Require unique message IDs across the seed, including IDs on different roles.
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Validate the keys produced in the seed message mapping before committing the
seed, and reject duplicate message IDs across all roles. Keep the existing error
for missing IDs and ensure duplicate IDs cannot reach the commit path; use the
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Minor · Document the toolCallId exception. · sessions.md:179
docs/harness/sessions.md:179 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the toolCallId exception.
A tool result may omit id when it has toolCallId. The current wording says that every message needs id and that a tool result also needs toolCallId. State the exception explicitly so users can provide the accepted tool-result shape.
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Update the `messages` description to state that a tool result with `toolCallId`
may omit `id`; clarify that other messages still require `id` and tool results
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tool results require `toolCallId`.
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- Around line 1017-1023: Validate the keys produced in the seed message mapping
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Keep the existing error for missing IDs and ensure duplicate IDs cannot reach
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session.seed({ messages })writes messages that exist already into an empty thread, and the next turn reads them. An app that moves to the harness can now keep the context of the conversations it had before. Before this PR, there was no way to put earlier messages into a session log:POST runtakes only the last user message, because the log is the source of the history.🎯 Changes
session.seed({ messages })on the session and on thehost.openhandle. It returns aReceipt, likerevert.not_emptyfor a thread with other messages,open_tool_callfor a tool call with no result,unknown_tool_callfor a tool result with no call before it, andbusywhen the session is not idle or another host owns the log.id. A tool result can use itstoolCallIdinstead, because the harness andconvertMessagesToModelMessagesboth write tool rows with no id. A message with neither throws.sendaction.settledMessagesmoved fromhost.tstosession/helpers.ts, sohost.transferandseeduse the same check.docs/harness/sessions.md, "Start a session from an existing conversation".@tanstack/ai-harness.No change to the log record format: a seed is one
harness.transcriptrecord, the same record that a turn writes.Out of scope: the user message of
POST runstill gets the request'srunIdas its id (for idempotency), so a client's own message id is not kept. This PR does not change that.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.docs/for this change, or this change is not user-facing.pnpm changeset), or this PR does not change a published package.🚀 Release Impact
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packages/ai-harness, all green:vitest run(all 168 files, 2476 tests), with the newtests/seed.test.ts(9 tests).tscandoxlint src --type-aware(no new warnings).pnpm test:docsandkiira check docs/harness/sessions.mdat the repo root.Not run: the full
pnpm test:prand the E2E suite. The change adds one server-side session method and no transport or UI path.Manual test:
const session = await host.open(harness, { threadId: 't1' }).await session.seed({ messages: [{ id: 'm1', role: 'user', content: 'My name is Ada.' }, { id: 'm2', role: 'assistant', content: 'Hi Ada.' }] }).What is my name?. The model call gets the two seeded messages first.seedagain with the same messages. It returnsaccepted, and the transcript does not change.How this PR makes testing easy:
tests/seed.test.tscovers the turn after a seed, a reopen on a new host, the retry, each refusal, the missing id, UI messages throughconvertMessagesToModelMessages, and the access check.Risk / rollback
Low. The method is new and opt-in, and no existing path calls it. The only shared change is the move of
settledMessages, whichhost.transfertests still cover. Revert the PR to undo.Public API change
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