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fix(ai, ai-client): make a cancel stop the provider request, not only the caller - #1979
A cancel (caller AbortController, timeout, middleware ctx.abort(), client stop(), your own options.signal, disconnect()) made the caller reject, but the provider request or the pending work kept running and kept billing. This PR passes the signal that core and the client already have to that work, and races the waits that cannot take a signal. There is no new public API.
This is part 1 of a 5-PR abort-signal series: 3 fix PRs (this one: core @tanstack/ai + @tanstack/ai-client; then provider adapters; then agents, sandboxes, and MCP) and 2 feat PRs for new optional abortSignal / timeout fields.
🎯 Changes
@tanstack/ai
summarize(): the wrapped chatStream now gets request.signal. With stream: true, abortSignal and timeout now work, and a cancel calls middleware onAbort, not onError.
When the caller passes an abortController, chat() middleware ctx.abort() now aborts the adapter request (stream and structured output) and ctx.signal. Without a caller signal, the request gets no signal, as before.
Subagent children follow the tool context signal, so a parent ctx.abort() stops them.
generateVideo({ stream: true }) races getVideoStatus() and getVideo() with the signal. Non-durable toWebSocket stops pumping an aborted turn.
@tanstack/ai-client
ChatClient.stop() does not wait for a client tool that never settles (both waits: during the stream and after finalizeStream()).
Fetch and XHR connection adapters abort on the client's signal and on your own options.signal (before, abortSignal || options.signal dropped yours). An abort of your options.signal now ends the chat like stop(): status ready, no onFinish, no onError.
stream() and rpcStream() end on abort, even if the source ignores the signal. abortableIterable no longer waits for return() of a source stuck in an await.
RealtimeClient.disconnect() during connect() or during a token refresh no longer keeps a late connection, a "connected" status, or a refresh timer. When a second connect() replaces a connection during audio startup, events and a failed close of the replaced connection do not change the live session.
Not in this PR
C10 / C12 are not bugs.toServerSentEventsResponse and generate*({ stream: true }) stop the run on disconnect when you give the same controller to the call and to the response. docs/chat/streaming.md already documents this. An automatic stop without a shared controller is new behavior, so it goes to a feat PR.
Moved to the feat PR (needs new public API): a signal for MCP discovery (MCPToolSource.tools(), C7), an abortSignal field on the client tool context (L1), and signal options for getVideoStatus() / getVideo() (K2). Today the C8 race stops the caller, but the provider poll keeps running until K2 lands.
Not changed: the rejoin wait in ChatClient (joinRun). There is no hang that a user can see, because stop() and detach reset the state.
Docs:docs/advanced/middleware-advanced.md now says what ctx.signal does. This is a correction, so docs/config.json dates did not change. The generated reference page updates with the docs bot. Changesets: one patch for @tanstack/ai, one patch for @tanstack/ai-client.
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Root cause
Issue. A cancel stopped the caller, but not the work. Affected: summarize() on 13 providers, chat() with middleware ctx.abort(), subagents, client tools that ignore their signal, video polling, toWebSocket turns, client connection adapters with options.signal, stream() / rpcStream(), and RealtimeClient. The provider request kept running and was billed.
Cause. Core races the adapter promise (raceWithAbort), so the caller sees a rejection. But the signal did not reach the work:
ChatStreamSummarizeAdapter.buildTextOptions sent no request.signal, and the streaming summarize() path did not compose abortSignal / timeout.
TextEngine gave the adapter request and ctx.signal only the caller signal. ctx.abort() reached only tools.
runChild linked to the signal from creation time, not the tool context signal. Waits for client tools and video status were not raced.
Client adapters used abortSignal || options.signal. stream() / rpcStream() were not wrapped, and abortableIterable awaited return() of a stuck source.
RealtimeClient.connect() and refreshToken() did not check if disconnect() ran during their awaits.
Fix. Pass the combined signal that already exists (toolAbortSignal in core, a combined client and user signal in the client) to each request. Race the waits that cannot take a signal. Add a counter, so connect() and refreshToken() stop after disconnect().
Possible alternatives
An internal "delivery abort" seam. A response disconnect would stop the run without a shared controller (covers C10 / C12). Not taken: it changes documented behavior, so it is a feat.
AbortSignal.any to combine signals. Not taken: it needs Node 20.3+ and newer browsers. Core already uses the same manual combine.
New abortSignal fields on public contracts (MCP tools, client tool context, video polling). Not taken here: new public API goes to the feat PR.
Testing
Commands run (locally, light checks only)
New repro files, red on clean main (13b1ca918, detached worktree) and green on this branch:
pnpm --dir packages/ai exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2
pnpm --dir packages/ai-client exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2
Existing tests for each changed source file: 40 files in packages/ai and 30 files in packages/ai-client, in batches of 12, all green.
test:types and test:oxlint for @tanstack/ai and @tanstack/ai-client: exit 0 (only old warnings).
oxfmt on the changed files. The new E2E spec was typechecked alone.
Not run locally, CI runs them: the E2E suite, the full E2E typecheck, full package suites, builds, knip, sherif, docs links, and coverage.
Gate 1 transcripts (same agent-written files on both sides):
$ pnpm --dir packages/ai exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2 # clean main 13b1ca918 (red)
× non-stream: caller abort aborts the request (C1)
× stream: caller abort aborts the request (C2)
× stream: timeout aborts the request (C2)
× stream: caller abort reports onAbort, not onError
× stream: a plain Error after the abort still reports onAbort
× aborts the chatStream request (C3)
× aborts the structured output request (C3)
× aborts ctx.signal (C4)
× stops a subagent child (C5)
× stops on abort while getVideoStatus hangs (C8)
× stops on abort while getVideo hangs (C8)
× stops pumping a turn after an abort frame (C11)
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Failed Tests 13 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
Tests 13 failed (13)
$ pnpm --dir packages/ai-client exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2 # clean main 13b1ca918 (red)
× fetchServerSentEvents.connect
× fetchServerSentEvents.joinRun
× fetchHttpStream.connect
× fetchHttpStream.joinRun
× fetchJson.connect
× fetchJson.joinRun
× xhrServerSentEvents.connect
× xhrServerSentEvents.joinRun
× xhrHttpStream.connect
× xhrHttpStream.joinRun
× stream
× rpcStream
× does not wait for a client tool that never ends (finishReason stop)
× does not wait for a client tool that never ends (finishReason tool_calls)
× stays disconnected when disconnect() runs during getToken
× stays disconnected when disconnect() runs during adapter.connect
× stays disconnected when disconnect() runs during startAudioCapture
× does not re-arm the refresh timer
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Failed Tests 18 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
Tests 18 failed (18)
$ pnpm --dir packages/ai exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2 # this branch (green)
Tests 13 passed (13)
$ pnpm --dir packages/ai-client exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2 # this branch (green)
Tests 18 passed (18)
Red reasons on main:
AssertionError: expected "vi.fn()" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times
AssertionError: expected [ 'late', 'later' ] to deeply equal []
AssertionError: expected { Object (_idleTimeout, _idlePrev, ...) } to be null
AssertionError: expected 'connected' to be 'idle'
AssertionError: expected false to be true
AssertionError: expected 'hung' to be 'done'
AssertionError: expected 'never stopped' to be 'stopped'
AssertionError: expected undefined to be true
Manual test
On main, run the two vitest commands above. Each case fails: the request gets no signal, the run hangs, or the client stays connected.
On this branch, run the same commands. All cases pass.
E2E: pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-e2e test:e2e -- --grep "streaming summarize stops at its timeout". On main the stream runs to RUN_FINISHED. On this branch it ends with RUN_ERROR at the 300 ms timeout.
How this PR makes testing easy
packages/ai/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts and packages/ai-client/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts: one case per audit row. Each fake request rejects at once without a signal and hangs until its signal aborts.
testing/e2e/tests/summarize-abort.spec.ts with testing/e2e/fixtures/summarize-abort/basic.json (a slow aimock fixture). The E2E route /api/summarize now takes an optional timeout. aimock cannot show a closed upstream request, so the ctx.abort() → provider case has unit coverage only.
packages/ai-client/tests/connection-adapters-abort.test.ts: the old case checked that options.signal is dropped. It now checks that both signals abort the request.
Risk / rollback
Behavior change: with a caller abortController, ctx.abort() now aborts the in-flight provider request, and ctx.signal fires on ctx.abort(). Middleware that kept using a request after ctx.abort() now sees an abort.
Behavior change: a user options.signal on a connection adapter now aborts the request.
Rollback: revert this PR. There are no data or config changes.
Review fixes (dbbd59e30, e26b4647f, a6aca12e1)
Each new test in packages/ai-client/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts failed on 7c712c9f0 and passes after the fix:
Fix
New test
normalizeConnectionAdaptersend() reads the request signal of the built-in adapters. Before, an abort of options.signal pushed a synthetic RUN_FINISHED, so onFinish ran. Now send() rejects with an AbortError, and ChatClient ends the run with stop().
ChatClient ends a user abort of options.signal like stop() (2 cases: options.signal and stop() must end the same)
RealtimeClient ignores events from a connection that a later connect() replaced. Before, its idle on close set the live session to idle.
the replaced connection emits idle on close
RealtimeClient ignores a failed close of that replaced connection. Before, it set the live session to error.
the replaced connection throws on close
RealtimeClient ignores a failed close of a late connection when disconnect() ran during adapter.connect() (e26b4647f). Before, it set the client to error and called onError.
stays idle when the late connection fails to close
RealtimeClient clears an armed token-refresh timer before it arms a new one (a6aca12e1). Before, a connect() that a later connect() replaced left its timer, which fetched tokens after disconnect().
leaves no refresh timer of a connect() that a later connect() replaced
Red on 7c712c9f0:
× cancel with options.signal AssertionError: expected "vi.fn()" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times
× the replaced connection emits idle on close AssertionError: expected 'idle' to be 'connected'
× the replaced connection throws on close
Tests 3 failed | 21 passed (24)
Checked locally: 12 ai-client test files for the changed sources (336 tests, green), tsc and oxlint for ai-client (exit 0, only old warnings), oxfmt on the changed files. Added the missing @tanstack/ai-client changeset. CI runs the rest.
Not changed: a custom connect() adapter that throws an AbortError of its own still gets a synthetic RUN_ERROR. send() cannot see that signal.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Cancellation now reaches supported provider requests, client streams, realtime connections, video generation, and summarization, helping these operations stop promptly.
Caller-provided and middleware-triggered cancellation is respected across chat and other supported operations. Cancelled runs are reported as aborted rather than completed.
Stopping a chat no longer waits for unfinished tool work. Stale connection attempts and token refreshes no longer affect the active session.
Documentation
Clarified when chat middleware cancellation signals are triggered.
CI fixes (7ec7e22b9)
CI found two regressions in the first version. I reproduced both locally and fixed them:
The provider request always got a signal. The middleware controller always exists, so every chat() sent a signal, even with no caller signal. Some SDKs drop their own timeout when a request has a signal. The OpenRouter SDK, for example, then ignores timeoutMs. Two ai-gemini tests caught this. Now the linked signal is used only when the caller passes a signal. A new test checks that the request and ctx.signal stay unset without one. The Gemini Gemini chat adapter does not forward the request abort signal to the Google SDK #1374 test now checks that aborting the caller aborts the SDK signal, not that it is the same object.
Row C6 is dropped. Racing a server tool against the abort let the turn end before its tool did. The ai-harness durable-step fence relies on that wait: in ownership.test.ts, a host that lost its log ran a payment step a second time. A tool that ignores its signal can still delay an aborted run. That is safer than a duplicate side effect.
Checked locally: the full ai-gemini suite, the full ai-harness suite (only the known Windows timeout in coding-snapshots.test.ts fails, as on main), the 27 ai test files that use signals, and ai typecheck.
Review fixes (5702a2a1a, 7c712c9f0)
Each new test failed before its fix and passes after it:
Fix
New test
Connection adapters join signals with AbortSignal.any when the runtime has it, so a reused options.signal keeps no listener from a finished request
leaves no listener on a reused options.signal after each request
RealtimeClient: a connect() that a later connect() replaced during audio startup closes its own connection
closes a connection that a second connect() replaced during audio startup
generateVideo starts no download when the caller aborts on the completed status
starts no download when the caller aborts on the completed status
generateVideo cancels the body of a video stream that comes after the abort
cancels the body of a video stream that comes after the abort
A streamed summarize whose adapter ends the abort with a RUN_ERROR chunk reports onAbort, not onFinish
stream: an abort that comes as a RUN_ERROR chunk reports onAbort
The summarize E2E spec now fails if the error comes in under 250 ms, which an error that is not the timeout does.
Not changed: a toWebSocket turn whose stream ignores ctx.signal still stops at its next chunk. There is no E2E spec for client cancellation, because aimock cannot show a closed upstream request.
A cancel rejected the caller, but the provider request kept running.
- summarize(): pass the abort signal to the wrapped chatStream request.
- summarize({ stream: true }): compose abortSignal and timeout like the
non-stream path and pass the signal to summarizeStream.
- chat(): middleware ctx.abort() now aborts the adapter request (stream and
structured output) and ctx.signal.
- Subagent children follow the tool context signal.
- A server tool that ignores its signal no longer blocks an aborted run.
- generateVideo(): race getVideoStatus() and getVideo() with the signal.
- toWebSocket(): stop pumping an aborted turn.
Adds unit repros, an E2E spec for streaming summarize timeout, and a
changeset.
- ChatClient.stop(): do not wait for a client tool that never settles.
- Fetch and XHR connection adapters: abort on the client's signal and on
the user's own options.signal.
- stream() and rpcStream(): end on abort even if the source ignores it.
- RealtimeClient: disconnect() during connect() no longer keeps a late
connection or a token refresh timer.
Adds unit repros and a changeset.
- ChatClient.stop(): do not wait for a client tool that finalizeStream()
started (a run that ends with finishReason tool_calls).
- RealtimeClient: disconnect() during a token refresh no longer re-arms
the refresh timer.
A provider can throw a plain Error after the abort. Only the aborted
signal shows it was a cancel, so onAbort needs the signal, not only the
error name.
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Walkthrough
The changes extend abort handling across client requests and streams, realtime connections, chat and child-agent execution, video generation, WebSocket output, and streaming summaries. Tests cover cancellation propagation, stream termination, and connection lifecycle cases.
Changes: Cancellation propagation
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Client request and stream cancellation packages/ai-client/src/connection-adapters.ts, packages/ai-client/tests/*abort.test.ts, .changeset/client-abort-reaches-request.md
Fetch, XHR, and polling paths combine client and user signals. stream() and rpcStream() stop on abort, and adapter tests cover user-signal cancellation.
Chat stop and pending tool waits packages/ai-client/src/chat-client.ts, packages/ai-client/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts
Tool execution waits race against the stream signal. Tests cover stop behavior when tool execution does not settle and cancellation through the connection signal.
Provider requests and middleware contexts use the linked signal when a caller signal exists. Child runs use the tool-context signal when available. Tests cover provider cancellation and middleware abort callbacks.
Summarize cancellation and timeout handling packages/ai/src/activities/summarize/*, testing/e2e/src/routes/api.summarize.ts, testing/e2e/fixtures/summarize-abort/*, testing/e2e/tests/summarize-abort.spec.ts, packages/ai/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts
Streaming summarize forwards a composed signal to its adapter and reports aborts through onAbort. The end-to-end route accepts a timeout, and its test checks for RUN_ERROR rather than RUN_FINISHED.
Video polling and WebSocket stream cancellation packages/ai/src/activities/generateVideo/index.ts, packages/ai/src/stream-to-websocket.ts, packages/ai/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts
Video status and retrieval operations race against the activity signal. WebSocket output stops before sending another chunk after abort.
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant SummarizeRoute
participant Summarize
participant SummarizeAdapter
participant Middleware
Caller->>SummarizeRoute: Send streaming request with timeout
SummarizeRoute->>Summarize: Call summarize with timeout
Summarize->>SummarizeAdapter: Start stream with composed abort signal
SummarizeAdapter-->>Summarize: Stream ends or throws on abort
Summarize->>Middleware: Invoke onAbort or onFinish
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Possibly related PRs
TanStack/ai#1977: Adds signal contracts for operations that complement the cancellation paths here.
TanStack/ai#1975: Forwards core chat signals to provider requests, complementing the core and client propagation in this PR.
TanStack/ai#1978: Extends run-abort propagation into MCP discovery, client tools, agents, and sandboxes.
Suggested reviewers:tombeckenham
Merge Risk: Low · up to a6aca
The cancellation changes retain bounded concerns: runtimes without AbortSignal.any accumulate request listeners, and an adapter AbortError can be treated as a user stop. These warrant owner awareness and follow-up but do not establish broad merge-blocking failure.
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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Remove combined-signal listeners when the request ends.
If an adapter reuses options.signal, each call to eitherSignal adds a listener that remains after a successful request. The long-lived signal then retains a listener and controller for every completed run. Remove both listeners when either signal aborts and when the request finishes. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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344 - 345:
Update eitherSignal to remove both abort listeners when either input signal
aborts and expose or invoke the necessary cleanup when the request finishes;
connect that cleanup to the adapter’s request lifecycle so completed runs do not
leave listeners attached to reused options.signal values.
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Fixed in 5702a2a: eitherSignal uses AbortSignal.any when the runtime has it. It links weakly, so a reused options.signal keeps no listener from a finished request. Older runtimes keep the manual join. New test: "leaves no listener on a reused options.signal after each request".
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@AlemTuzlak Thanks. The AbortSignal.any path addresses retention on runtimes that provide it.
The manual fallback still retains listeners on a reused options.signal after requests finish. { once: true } removes a listener only when that signal aborts.
This finding remains open for the fallback path. To complete the fix, remove both listeners when either signal aborts and when the request ends. The regression test should also cover a runtime without AbortSignal.any.
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Race the pending iterator read against abort.
If onRun ignores ctx.signal and its next read never settles, this check never runs. The turn remains in activeTurns, so idle cleanup cannot close the socket. Race each read against abort and initiate iterator cleanup without waiting indefinitely for a blocked return(). (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the stream iteration around the `turnAbort.signal.aborted` check to race
each pending iterator read against abort, so a blocked read cannot keep the turn
active; initiate iterator cleanup on abort without waiting indefinitely for its
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Not changing this here. The PR notes this limit: a turn whose stream ignores ctx.signal stops at its next chunk. Racing each read and leaving a blocked return() behind is a larger change than this fix.
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@AlemTuzlak Understood. This check stops sending at the next chunk; it does not interrupt a pending read. I accept that scope limit and won’t press for the larger change in this PR.
Would you like me to open a follow-up issue for blocked iterator reads and cleanup?
…p the tool-wait race
CI found two regressions in this PR:
- The provider request always got a signal, even with no caller signal.
Some SDKs drop their own timeout when a request has a signal (the
OpenRouter SDK ignores timeoutMs then). The linked signal (caller signal
plus ctx.abort()) is now used only when the caller gives a signal.
- Racing a server tool against the abort let the turn end before its tool.
The harness durable-step fence relies on that wait: a host that lost its
log then ran a side effect a second time (ownership.test.ts). The race
is dropped.
- connection adapters: AbortSignal.any joins the client and user signals
when the runtime has it, so a reused options.signal keeps no listener
from a finished request.
- RealtimeClient: a connect() that a later connect() replaced during audio
startup closes its own connection.
- generateVideo: no download starts when the caller aborts on the
completed status.
- streamed summarize: an abort that the adapter ends with a RUN_ERROR
chunk reports onAbort, not onFinish.
- e2e: the summarize timeout spec fails on an error that comes at once.
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…d realtime connection
- normalizeConnectionAdapter: send() reads the request signal of the
built-in adapters. An abort of options.signal no longer pushes a
synthetic RUN_FINISHED or RUN_ERROR. ChatClient ends it like stop().
- RealtimeClient: events from a connection that a later connect()
replaced have no effect, and a failed close of that connection does
not set the error state.
When disconnect() runs while adapter.connect() is pending, connect()
closes the late connection. If that close fails, the client now stays
idle and does not call onError.
Forward request.signal into the Mistral and Bedrock provider calls.
chat() passes the linked signal as request. Mistral chatStream never sends it to fetch, and Bedrock sendStream calls client.send(command) without it. A cancel from the caller or ctx.abort() then leaves the provider request running. The engine checks cancellation only after the next chunk arrives.
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Review comment at @packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts around lines 1302 -
1303:
Forward the linked request signal through the Mistral `chatStream` fetch and the
Bedrock `sendStream` call to `client.send`, using each provider’s supported
cancellation option. Ensure caller cancellation and `ctx.abort()` stop the
in-flight provider request, while preserving existing request behavior when no
signal is present.
Stopping the video download wait does not stop the provider request.
Stopping the video download wait does not stop the provider request.
VideoAdapter.getVideo and getVideoStatus take only a job ID. When the caller aborts, raceWithAbort ends the wait, but the provider call keeps running. OpenAI's SDK default timeout is 10 minutes, with up to two retries, so the request can outlive the cancellation for that long. Gemini's client also has no client-side timeout by default. The body-cancel handler covers only a late download result, not the in-flight request.
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Review comment at @packages/ai/src/activities/generateVideo/index.ts around
lines 706 - 713:
Update the VideoAdapter contract and its getVideo and getVideoStatus
implementations so aborting the caller also cancels the in-flight provider
request, using a cancellation mechanism supported by each provider client. Pass
the existing abort signal through the adapter calls in the video generation
flow, and preserve the late-download body cancellation as a separate cleanup
safeguard.
Clear the previous attempt's refresh timer when connect() starts.
Clear the previous attempt's refresh timer when connect() starts.
connect() arms a token-refresh timer before adapter.connect(). A replacing connect() never clears that timer, and disconnect() clears only the latest handle. The orphaned timer fires, calls getToken(), and re-arms itself, even after disconnect().
Suggested fix
// disconnect() bumps this. A connect() it overtook must stop.
const generation = ++this.connectGeneration
+ // Drop the refresh timer of an earlier attempt that this connect replaces.+ if (this.tokenRefreshTimeout) {+ clearTimeout(this.tokenRefreshTimeout)+ this.tokenRefreshTimeout = null+ }
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Clear and null any existing token-refresh timer at the start of connect(),
before starting the replacement connection attempt, so an earlier attempt cannot
later refresh or re-arm its timer. Locate the generation increment and
connection setup in connect(), and preserve the existing disconnect() timer
cleanup.
Log the failed close of the stale connection instead of discarding it.
Log the failed close of the stale connection instead of discarding it.
The empty catch drops the only signal that a stale provider connection may still hold its audio context, socket, or microphone. The client keeps no reference to that connection, so it cannot retry the close. Report the failure through onError or a logger, without changing live session state.
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Update the stale connection cleanup around connection.disconnect() to report
close failures through the existing onError or logging mechanism instead of
swallowing them; keep the early return and do not change live session state.
Guard the connect() catch block against superseded attempts.
Guard the connect() catch block against superseded attempts.
A rejected connect() attempt that was already superseded still runs the catch block. That block sets status: 'error' and calls onError, even after disconnect() or a newer connect(). Return early from the catch when generation !== this.connectGeneration.
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} catch (error) {
+ // A superseded attempt must not change session state or call onError.+ if (generation !== this.connectGeneration) return
const err = error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error))
this.updateState({ status: 'error', error: err })
this.options.onError?.(err)
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The superseded attempt resolves instead of rejecting. This matches the other early returns in connect().
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Update the catch block in connect() to return early when its captured generation
differs from this.connectGeneration, before changing status or invoking onError.
The superseded connect attempt should resolve without altering session state or
propagating the stale error; preserve the existing error handling for the
current generation.
Stop a pending disconnect() from clearing a connection that a newer connect() installed.
156-164: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Stop a pending disconnect() from clearing a connection that a newer connect() installed.
If connect() runs while disconnect() awaits the old connection's close, the finishing disconnect() sets this.connection = null and status to idle. The newer connection then stays open with no owner. Clear this.connection before the await. After the await, skip the token and state reset when a newer connect() has started.
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Update disconnect() to clear this.connection before awaiting the old
connection’s close, then check whether connectGeneration changed and skip the
token and status reset if a newer connect() has started; preserve the existing
cleanup behavior when no newer connection was installed.
A client tool can finish after disconnect() or a later connect(). The completion then calls this.connection?.sendToolResult(...), which targets the current session, with the old toolCallId. Compare the captured connection before sending.
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In the tool_call handler, verify the connection captured when the tool call
starts is still the active connection before sending either a success or error
result; skip sending when the connection has changed so an old tool call cannot
affect a newer session.
Add a test that a non-aborted video body stays readable and is not cancelled.
Add a test that a non-aborted video body stays readable and is not cancelled.
The late-body test in packages/ai/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts asserts only that cancel is called after the abort. Calling body.cancel() on every successful getVideo result would also pass it. Add a case where getVideo resolves before any abort. Assert that cancel is not called and that the body can still be read.
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Add a test alongside the late-body case in the abort-signal reach tests where
getVideo resolves before any abort; assert that cancel is not called and that
the returned body remains readable, while leaving the existing post-abort case
intact.
A connect() that a later connect() replaced left its token refresh timer
armed, so it fetched tokens after disconnect(). Also tighten two abort
tests and correct the changeset scope for realtime and summarize.
Forward request.signal into Mistral and Bedrock (chat/index.ts:1302-1303): this is in fix(adapters): stop the provider request when the caller aborts #1975, which forwards the signal in the provider adapters, Mistral and Bedrock included. This PR is the core half and makes sure the adapters get the signal.
Clear the previous attempt's refresh timer when connect() starts: fixed in a6aca12e1. scheduleTokenRefresh() now clears any armed timer first. The new test leaves no refresh timer of a connect() that a later connect() replaced failed before the fix and passes now.
Resolve the conflicts with #1979, #1975 and #1976.
- realtime-client: keep the connectAbort design. An overtaken or
cancelled connect() rejects with AbortError. Keep the #1979 fixes: a
late connection is closed, a failed close does not set an error, and
a token refresh after disconnect() does not arm a new timer.
- abort-signal-reach tests: an overtaken connect() now rejects with
AbortError. The other checks did not change.
- generateVideo: keep raceWithAbort and the late body cancel. Send the
abort signal to getVideoStatus and getVideo.
- byteplus video: use the third request() argument for every call. The
caller signal and the config timeout go together on each request.
- openai video: create and retrieve both accept a signal.
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A cancel (caller
AbortController,timeout, middlewarectx.abort(), clientstop(), your ownoptions.signal,disconnect()) made the caller reject, but the provider request or the pending work kept running and kept billing. This PR passes the signal that core and the client already have to that work, and races the waits that cannot take a signal. There is no new public API.This is part 1 of a 5-PR abort-signal series: 3 fix PRs (this one: core
@tanstack/ai+@tanstack/ai-client; then provider adapters; then agents, sandboxes, and MCP) and 2 feat PRs for new optionalabortSignal/timeoutfields.🎯 Changes
@tanstack/aisummarize(): the wrappedchatStreamnow getsrequest.signal. Withstream: true,abortSignalandtimeoutnow work, and a cancel calls middlewareonAbort, notonError.abortController,chat()middlewarectx.abort()now aborts the adapter request (stream and structured output) andctx.signal. Without a caller signal, the request gets no signal, as before.ctx.abort()stops them.generateVideo({ stream: true })racesgetVideoStatus()andgetVideo()with the signal. Non-durabletoWebSocketstops pumping an aborted turn.@tanstack/ai-clientChatClient.stop()does not wait for a client tool that never settles (both waits: during the stream and afterfinalizeStream()).options.signal(before,abortSignal || options.signaldropped yours). An abort of youroptions.signalnow ends the chat likestop(): statusready, noonFinish, noonError.stream()andrpcStream()end on abort, even if the source ignores the signal.abortableIterableno longer waits forreturn()of a source stuck in anawait.RealtimeClient.disconnect()duringconnect()or during a token refresh no longer keeps a late connection, a "connected" status, or a refresh timer. When a secondconnect()replaces a connection during audio startup, events and a failed close of the replaced connection do not change the live session.Not in this PR
toServerSentEventsResponseandgenerate*({ stream: true })stop the run on disconnect when you give the same controller to the call and to the response.docs/chat/streaming.mdalready documents this. An automatic stop without a shared controller is new behavior, so it goes to a feat PR.MCPToolSource.tools(), C7), anabortSignalfield on the client tool context (L1), and signal options forgetVideoStatus()/getVideo()(K2). Today the C8 race stops the caller, but the provider poll keeps running until K2 lands.ChatClient(joinRun). There is no hang that a user can see, becausestop()and detach reset the state.Docs:
docs/advanced/middleware-advanced.mdnow says whatctx.signaldoes. This is a correction, sodocs/config.jsondates did not change. The generated reference page updates with the docs bot.Changesets: one patch for
@tanstack/ai, one patch for@tanstack/ai-client.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request. (Not run locally. CI runs it. See Testing for what ran.)docs/for this change, or this change is not user-facing.pnpm changeset), or this PR does not change a published package.🚀 Release Impact
Root cause
Issue. A cancel stopped the caller, but not the work. Affected:
summarize()on 13 providers,chat()with middlewarectx.abort(), subagents, client tools that ignore their signal, video polling,toWebSocketturns, client connection adapters withoptions.signal,stream()/rpcStream(), andRealtimeClient. The provider request kept running and was billed.Cause. Core races the adapter promise (
raceWithAbort), so the caller sees a rejection. But the signal did not reach the work:ChatStreamSummarizeAdapter.buildTextOptionssent norequest.signal, and the streamingsummarize()path did not composeabortSignal/timeout.TextEnginegave the adapter request andctx.signalonly the caller signal.ctx.abort()reached only tools.runChildlinked to the signal from creation time, not the tool context signal. Waits for client tools and video status were not raced.abortSignal || options.signal.stream()/rpcStream()were not wrapped, andabortableIterableawaitedreturn()of a stuck source.RealtimeClient.connect()andrefreshToken()did not check ifdisconnect()ran during their awaits.Fix. Pass the combined signal that already exists (
toolAbortSignalin core, a combined client and user signal in the client) to each request. Race the waits that cannot take a signal. Add a counter, soconnect()andrefreshToken()stop afterdisconnect().Possible alternatives
AbortSignal.anyto combine signals. Not taken: it needs Node 20.3+ and newer browsers. Core already uses the same manual combine.abortSignalfields on public contracts (MCP tools, client tool context, video polling). Not taken here: new public API goes to the feat PR.Testing
Commands run (locally, light checks only)
main(13b1ca918, detached worktree) and green on this branch:pnpm --dir packages/ai exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2pnpm --dir packages/ai-client exec vitest run tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts --maxWorkers=2packages/aiand 30 files inpackages/ai-client, in batches of 12, all green.test:typesandtest:oxlintfor@tanstack/aiand@tanstack/ai-client: exit 0 (only old warnings).oxfmton the changed files. The new E2E spec was typechecked alone.Gate 1 transcripts (same agent-written files on both sides):
Manual test
main, run the twovitestcommands above. Each case fails: the request gets no signal, the run hangs, or the client stays connected.pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-e2e test:e2e -- --grep "streaming summarize stops at its timeout". Onmainthe stream runs toRUN_FINISHED. On this branch it ends withRUN_ERRORat the 300 ms timeout.How this PR makes testing easy
packages/ai/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.tsandpackages/ai-client/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.ts: one case per audit row. Each fake request rejects at once without a signal and hangs until its signal aborts.testing/e2e/tests/summarize-abort.spec.tswithtesting/e2e/fixtures/summarize-abort/basic.json(a slow aimock fixture). The E2E route/api/summarizenow takes an optionaltimeout. aimock cannot show a closed upstream request, so thectx.abort()→ provider case has unit coverage only.packages/ai-client/tests/connection-adapters-abort.test.ts: the old case checked thatoptions.signalis dropped. It now checks that both signals abort the request.Risk / rollback
abortController,ctx.abort()now aborts the in-flight provider request, andctx.signalfires onctx.abort(). Middleware that kept using a request afterctx.abort()now sees an abort.options.signalon a connection adapter now aborts the request.Review fixes (
dbbd59e30,e26b4647f,a6aca12e1)Each new test in
packages/ai-client/tests/abort-signal-reach.test.tsfailed on7c712c9f0and passes after the fix:normalizeConnectionAdaptersend()reads the request signal of the built-in adapters. Before, an abort ofoptions.signalpushed a syntheticRUN_FINISHED, soonFinishran. Nowsend()rejects with anAbortError, andChatClientends the run withstop().ChatClient ends a user abort of options.signal like stop()(2 cases:options.signalandstop()must end the same)RealtimeClientignores events from a connection that a laterconnect()replaced. Before, itsidleon close set the live session toidle.the replaced connection emits idle on closeRealtimeClientignores a failed close of that replaced connection. Before, it set the live session toerror.the replaced connection throws on closeRealtimeClientignores a failed close of a late connection whendisconnect()ran duringadapter.connect()(e26b4647f). Before, it set the client toerrorand calledonError.stays idle when the late connection fails to closeRealtimeClientclears an armed token-refresh timer before it arms a new one (a6aca12e1). Before, aconnect()that a laterconnect()replaced left its timer, which fetched tokens afterdisconnect().leaves no refresh timer of a connect() that a later connect() replacedRed on
7c712c9f0:Checked locally: 12
ai-clienttest files for the changed sources (336 tests, green),tscandoxlintforai-client(exit 0, only old warnings),oxfmton the changed files. Added the missing@tanstack/ai-clientchangeset. CI runs the rest.Not changed: a custom
connect()adapter that throws anAbortErrorof its own still gets a syntheticRUN_ERROR.send()cannot see that signal.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Documentation
CI fixes (
7ec7e22b9)CI found two regressions in the first version. I reproduced both locally and fixed them:
chat()sent a signal, even with no caller signal. Some SDKs drop their own timeout when a request has a signal. The OpenRouter SDK, for example, then ignorestimeoutMs. Twoai-geminitests caught this. Now the linked signal is used only when the caller passes a signal. A new test checks that the request andctx.signalstay unset without one. The Gemini Gemini chat adapter does not forward the request abort signal to the Google SDK #1374 test now checks that aborting the caller aborts the SDK signal, not that it is the same object.ai-harnessdurable-step fence relies on that wait: inownership.test.ts, a host that lost its log ran a payment step a second time. A tool that ignores its signal can still delay an aborted run. That is safer than a duplicate side effect.Checked locally: the full
ai-geminisuite, the fullai-harnesssuite (only the known Windows timeout incoding-snapshots.test.tsfails, as onmain), the 27aitest files that use signals, andaitypecheck.Review fixes (
5702a2a1a,7c712c9f0)Each new test failed before its fix and passes after it:
AbortSignal.anywhen the runtime has it, so a reusedoptions.signalkeeps no listener from a finished requestleaves no listener on a reused options.signal after each requestRealtimeClient: aconnect()that a laterconnect()replaced during audio startup closes its own connectioncloses a connection that a second connect() replaced during audio startupgenerateVideostarts no download when the caller aborts on the completed statusstarts no download when the caller aborts on the completed statusgenerateVideocancels the body of a video stream that comes after the abortcancels the body of a video stream that comes after the abortRUN_ERRORchunk reportsonAbort, notonFinishstream: an abort that comes as a RUN_ERROR chunk reports onAbortThe summarize E2E spec now fails if the error comes in under 250 ms, which an error that is not the timeout does.
Not changed: a
toWebSocketturn whose stream ignoresctx.signalstill stops at its next chunk. There is no E2E spec for client cancellation, because aimock cannot show a closed upstream request.