Stop repetitive reasoning streams before provider timeout by PierrunoYT · Pull Request #1904 · Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

PierrunoYT · 2026-10-04T15:26:53Z

Summary

Detect sustained exact repetition in streamed reasoning and cancel the request.
Require explicit user confirmation before retrying the same request.
Forward OpenRouter abort signals to the OpenAI SDK so cancellation reaches the upstream inference request.

Scope and limitation

This mitigates the failure rather than fixing the model's reasoning. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash may still begin hallucinating on very large subtasks (observed beyond roughly 200k tokens), but Zoo Code now detects the repetitive reasoning, terminates the upstream request promptly, and avoids waiting roughly 1,500 seconds for the router timeout.

Regression coverage

Reproduces the reported DeepSeek-style reasoning loop across arbitrary chunk boundaries.
Verifies ordinary long reasoning and short repeated phrases are not flagged.
Verifies task cancellation without automatic retry.
Verifies OpenRouter receives the abort signal.

Verification

pnpm --dir src exec vitest run core/task/__tests__/ReasoningLoopDetector.spec.ts core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts api/providers/__tests__/openrouter.spec.ts — 185 tests passed.
pnpm lint — 11 packages passed (pre-commit hook).
pnpm check-types — 11 packages passed (pre-push hook).

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[warning] 343-343: Mutation test advisory
src/api/providers/openrouter.ts:343: 3 mutation test gaps; example: Survived ConditionalExpression mutant (replacement: true). See the job summary for the complete list and resolution guidance.

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342-350: LGTM!

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301-326: LGTM!

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The proposed test hang is refuted. Task.spec.ts mocks p-wait-for to resolve immediately, so the retry path does not remain blocked on userMessageContentReady. No change to these presenter mocks is required.

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Bug Fixes
- OpenRouter streaming requests now honor cancellation signals, allowing in-progress requests to be stopped.
- Repetitive reasoning loops are detected and cancelled. You’re asked whether to retry rather than having the task retry automatically.
- Confirmed retries now advance the retry-attempt count correctly, without duplicating the user’s message in retry history.

OpenRouter streaming requests now forward supplied abort signals. Task streams now detect repeated reasoning, cancel the current request when a loop is detected, and prompt the user to retry. Confirmed retries increment the retry-attempt count.

Changes: OpenRouter request cancellation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Forward OpenRouter abort signals `src/api/providers/openrouter.ts`, `src/api/providers/__tests__/openrouter.spec.ts`	Streaming request options include the supplied abort signal. Tests check signal forwarding for Anthropic and OpenAI models and verify that the Anthropic beta header is limited to Anthropic models.

Repetitive reasoning detection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Detect repeated reasoning `src/core/task/ReasoningLoopDetector.ts`, `src/core/task/__tests__/ReasoningLoopDetector.spec.ts`	The detector checks bounded reasoning text for repeated patterns. Tests cover repeated cycles and distinct reasoning steps.
Cancel and prompt on detected loops `src/core/task/Task.ts`, `src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts`	Task checks reasoning chunks and cancels the request when it detects a loop. The retry path prompts the user for this error. Confirmed retries increment the attempt count. Tests cover cancellation, retry choices, and retry history.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Task
  participant ReasoningLoopDetector
  participant Request
  participant User
  Task->>ReasoningLoopDetector: Add reasoning chunk
  ReasoningLoopDetector-->>Task: Report repeated pattern
  Task->>Request: Cancel current request
  Task->>User: Prompt with RepetitiveReasoningError

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 585c2

Repetitive reasoning streams are now cancelled as soon as a loop appears in the current chunk, and the user is asked before any retry. A confirmed retry no longer duplicates the request in the conversation history. OpenRouter cancellations now reach the upstream request. No outstanding risks remain that should block merging.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 280b2

Cancellation improves containment of repetitive requests, but confirmed retries can duplicate conversation history. End-to-end interruption and confirmation enforcement are not fully established.

Retained concerns

Low · reliability · inferred: Confirmed retry after repetitive-reasoning cancellation requeues non-empty user content with retryAttempt zero while retaining the original user turn. The next attempt therefore appends that content again, violating recovery-history idempotency and changing the conversation supplied to subsequent requests. This extends a pre-existing output-token retry behavior to the newly introduced cancellation path; it does not establish unauthorized tool execution.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The demonstrated exposure is the active task's inference request and conversation history. Provider output can trigger cancellation and retry handling, but the inspected changes do not add a route to another tenant, credential store, or privileged service. The supplied dependency evidence does not establish broader exposure.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — Repeated provider reasoning followed by an accepted retry can cause duplicate user history through the newly reachable recovery branch. The source supports a conversation-integrity defect, not a verified privilege-escalation or tool-replay attack.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Task owns the abort controller and passes its signal through request metadata; OpenRouter now forwards that signal into SDK options. Tool selection remains on the existing metadata path, and the existing stream consumer interrupts after a completed tool-use result. These controls are counterevidence to an asserted new tool-authority expansion.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — Error handling saves partial UI state and clears streaming/controller state in finally. The cancellation regression uses a mocked declined prompt, and the provider regression verifies signal forwarding into a mocked SDK call. Neither establishes real approval-policy behavior or live upstream termination.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Make confirmed recovery preserve the original history turn, evaluate repetition before another blocking read, and validate confirmation policy and provider termination through the real cancellation path. These are containment and recovery improvements, not additional verified security findings.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description explains the implementation, scope, regression coverage, and verification results. It does not follow the required template because it omits the Related GitHub Issue section, the Pre-S…	Add the required template sections. Provide an approved issue reference in the form "Closes: `#123`", complete the Pre-Submission Checklist, state the documentation impact, and include any required additional notes or contact details. Keep th…

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: stopping repetitive reasoning streams before the provider timeout.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Regression Evidence		Focused coverage exists for each changed behavior. `openrouter.spec.ts` covers Anthropic and non-Anthropic models with an abort signal, asserts signal forwarding, and asserts that non-Anthropic reques…
Security Boundaries		The changed paths do not introduce a concrete security-boundary failure. `ReasoningLoopDetector` only compares streamed reasoning text and throws a fixed `RepetitiveReasoningError`; it does not execut…
Persistence Integrity		No changed persistence path meets the failure condition. The PR changes in-memory stream detection, cancellation, OpenRouter request options, and retry metadata. On the new repetitive-reasoning path, …
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup		No concrete changed lifecycle leak or duplicate-work path is present. Repetitive detection cancels the active controller before the next iterator read, OpenRouter now receives that signal, and the cat…

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Focused coverage exists for each changed behavior. openrouter.spec.ts covers Anthropic and non-Anthropic models with an abort signal, asserts signal forwarding, and asserts that non-Anthropic requests omit the Anthropic header. ReasoningLoopDetector.spec.ts covers detection across chunk boundaries and rejection of ordinary long reasoning with repeated short phrases. Task.spec.ts covers cancellation before a stalled read, both retry decisions, the retry count, and preservation of one user message. No durable UI change requires a Playwright snapshot. Prior failure addressed: openrouter.spec.ts:301-325 now tests openai/gpt-4o with metadata.abortSignal, asserts the exact signal, and expects no Anthropic header.

Full details: Security Boundaries

Explanation

The changed paths do not introduce a concrete security-boundary failure. ReasoningLoopDetector only compares streamed reasoning text and throws a fixed RepetitiveReasoningError; it does not execute or persist model text. Task calls cancelCurrentRequest() and still requires ask("api_req_failed", ...) before retrying, while the retry counter is incremented. openrouter.ts forwards the existing metadata.abortSignal to the SDK and conditionally adds the existing Anthropic header; this does not expose secrets or bypass an allowlist or approval control.

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No changed persistence path meets the failure condition. The PR changes in-memory stream detection, cancellation, OpenRouter request options, and retry metadata. On the new repetitive-reasoning path, abortStream awaits saveClineMessages() before retry or user handling. The retry uses an incremented in-memory retryAttempt and avoids adding a duplicate user message; no new persistence write, non-atomic write, missing await, or unpropagated persisted default is introduced.

Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup

Explanation

No concrete changed lifecycle leak or duplicate-work path is present. Repetitive detection cancels the active controller before the next iterator read, OpenRouter now receives that signal, and the catch path closes the async generator while finally clears streaming state. The detector keeps a bounded 12,288-character buffer. The retry path requires user confirmation and increments the retry count, so it does not automatically duplicate requests.

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The description explains the implementation, scope, regression coverage, and verification results. It does not follow the required template because it omits the Related GitHub Issue section, the Pre-Submission Checklist, Documentation Updates, and other required template sections.

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Add the required template sections. Provide an approved issue reference in the form "Closes: #123", complete the Pre-Submission Checklist, state the documentation impact, and include any required additional notes or contact details. Keep the existing implementation summary and verification steps under the matching Description and Test Procedure sections.

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Review comments at @src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts:
- Around line 606-609: Update the test around `recursivelyMakeClineRequests` so
the provider stream pauses on its next read after yielding a repetitive
reasoning chunk. Assert cancellation while that read is still pending, then
release it and await task completion; do not rely on `cancelSpy` being called
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resetting it to 0. Preserve the existing retry limit behavior and add a test
covering a confirmed retry of a non-empty request to ensure its history is not
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