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What

Extend the no-tool-call terminal continuation guard from the anthropic adapter to
openai-chat routed models, gated behind a new per-provider opt-in flag
terminalContinuationGuard (default off).

Fixes #1651.

Why

The guard added in #394 issues one bounded internal re-ask when a model announces work
(an edit/plan) but ends the turn without emitting a tool call. It is currently wired to
the anthropic adapter only. Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible gateways (GLM / Kimi-family and
similar) routed through openai-chat hit the exact same premature-completion pattern and
stop mid-work, because they never reach analyzeTerminalTurn.

Design / why opt-in

analyzeTerminalTurn's suspicious-no-tool-stop heuristic (the ACTIONABLE_REQUEST_RE /
PLAN_OR_COMPLETION_RE / WAITING_FOR_USER_RE regexes) was tuned on Anthropic turns.
Its false-continue rate on other model families and non-English output is not yet
characterized. The openai-chat adapter is shared by many registry providers, so turning
the guard on globally there could inject unexpected continuations for existing users
(xAI, z.ai, etc.).

To keep this strictly do-no-harm, the guard is enabled only when a provider sets
terminalContinuationGuard: true. Anthropic behavior is unchanged; every other provider
is unchanged unless it explicitly opts in.

Changes

  • src/types.ts: add documented optional terminalContinuationGuard?: boolean to OcxProviderConfig (passthrough config bool, same pattern as parallelToolCalls / promptCacheKey).
  • src/server/responses/core.ts: terminalGuardEnabled now also true for openai-chat when route.provider.terminalContinuationGuard === true (still excludes combo attempts and routed compaction).
  • src/server/responses/terminal-guard.ts: guardTerminalEventStream runs analyzeTerminalTurn for openai-chat as well as anthropic; all other adapters still short-circuit to pass.
  • tests/terminal-guard.test.ts: add coverage that an openai-chat stream gets exactly one continuation, and that an unrelated adapter (openai-responses) is never guarded.

Not included

No change to analyzeTerminalTurn's heuristics themselves. If maintainers later gain
confidence in the cross-family false-continue rate, flipping openai-chat to default-on
would be a separate follow-up.

Testing

  • bun x tsc --noEmit clean on top of dev.
  • bun test for terminal-guard, terminal-guard-server, anthropic-tail-guard,
    openai-chat-hardening, parallel-tool-calls-optin, cl01-openai-chat-review-regressions:
    89 pass, 0 fail (includes the 2 new cases).

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  • New Features
    • Added optional terminal continuation handling for OpenAI Chat providers.
    • Anthropic providers now support terminal stream analysis.
    • OpenAI Chat providers can enable bounded continuation behavior through a configuration setting.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented unintended continuation requests for providers where terminal guarding is not enabled.
    • Improved handling of terminal responses and tool calls across supported providers.

…ai-chat providers

The no-tool-call terminal continuation guard (lidge-jun#394) is bound to the
anthropic adapter only. Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible gateways
(GLM/Kimi-family, etc.) routed through openai-chat hit the same
premature-completion pattern -- the model announces work but ends the
turn without emitting a tool call -- yet never get the bounded re-ask,
so they stop mid-work.

Extend the guard to openai-chat, gated behind a new per-provider
opt-in flag `terminalContinuationGuard`. Default behavior is unchanged:
anthropic keeps the guard, and the many registry providers sharing the
openai-chat adapter stay off unless a provider explicitly enables it
(the suspicious-no-tool-stop heuristic in analyzeTerminalTurn was tuned
on Anthropic turns, so opt-in is the conservative default).

Fixes lidge-jun#1651
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The terminal continuation guard now supports opted-in openai-chat providers. Anthropic behavior remains enabled. Other adapters, combo attempts, and routed compaction requests remain excluded. Tests cover default pass-through and one bounded continuation.

Changes

Terminal continuation guard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider opt-in and guard eligibility
src/types.ts, src/server/responses/core.ts
OcxProviderConfig adds the optional terminalContinuationGuard flag. The core eligibility check enables the guard for opted-in openai-chat providers while retaining combo and routed compaction exclusions.
Stream analysis and provider validation
src/server/responses/terminal-guard.ts, tests/terminal-guard.test.ts, tests/terminal-guard-server.test.ts
Terminal analysis now applies to Anthropic and openai-chat adapters. Tests cover OpenAI Chat SSE fixtures, default pass-through, one continuation, tool-call forwarding, assistant boundaries, and openai-responses exclusion.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 49bdc

The PR enables one bounded continuation only for explicitly opted-in openai-chat providers while leaving existing providers unchanged. Merge readiness is low risk, with follow-up awareness needed for the unverified opt-in/default-off eligibility path, where a gating regression could cause an unexpected or missed continuation.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ResponsesCore
  participant guardTerminalEventStream
  participant OpenAIChatProvider
  ResponsesCore->>guardTerminalEventStream: enable guard for opted-in openai-chat
  guardTerminalEventStream->>OpenAIChatProvider: analyze terminal stream
  OpenAIChatProvider-->>guardTerminalEventStream: terminal event without tool call
  guardTerminalEventStream->>OpenAIChatProvider: request one continuation
  OpenAIChatProvider-->>guardTerminalEventStream: continuation stream with tool call
  guardTerminalEventStream-->>ResponsesCore: completed stream with assistant boundary
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In `@tests/terminal-guard.test.ts`:
- Around line 215-238: Extend the response-pipeline tests near the existing
terminal guard coverage to exercise terminalContinuationGuard through the core
path rather than only passing adapterName to guardTerminalEventStream. Add cases
verifying an unset or false flag produces no continuation and true produces
exactly one, while preserving the existing combo-attempt and routed-compaction
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test("guards an openai-chat stream (opted-in provider) with one continuation", async () => {
let continuations = 0;
const actual: AdapterEvent[] = [];
for await (const event of guardTerminalEventStream({
parsed: parsed("请检查这个问题并修复代码"),
firstEvents: (async function* () {
yield { type: "text_delta", text: "我接下来会修改相关文件。" } as AdapterEvent;
yield { type: "done", usage: { inputTokens: 10, outputTokens: 2 } } as AdapterEvent;
})(),
continuation: () => {
continuations += 1;
return (async function* () {
yield { type: "tool_call_start", id: "call_1", name: "exec_command" } as AdapterEvent;
yield { type: "tool_call_end" } as AdapterEvent;
yield { type: "done", usage: { inputTokens: 20, outputTokens: 3 } } as AdapterEvent;
})();
},
adapterName: "openai-chat",
})) actual.push(event);

expect(continuations).toBe(1);
expect(actual.some(event => event.type === "assistant_boundary")).toBe(true);
expect(actual.filter(event => event.type === "done")).toHaveLength(1);
});

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Test the provider opt-in in the response pipeline.

Line 232 only passes adapterName: "openai-chat" to guardTerminalEventStream. The helper does not receive terminalContinuationGuard. This test passes even if src/server/responses/core.ts ignores the flag or enables the guard for every openai-chat provider.

Add core-level regression cases. Verify that an unset or false flag does not issue a continuation. Verify that true issues one continuation. Keep explicit combo-attempt and routed-compaction exclusion cases.

As per path instructions, “A behavior change in src/ should come with a focused regression test near the existing tests for that subsystem.”

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In `@tests/terminal-guard.test.ts` around lines 215 - 238, Extend the
response-pipeline tests near the existing terminal guard coverage to exercise
terminalContinuationGuard through the core path rather than only passing
adapterName to guardTerminalEventStream. Add cases verifying an unset or false
flag produces no continuation and true produces exactly one, while preserving
the existing combo-attempt and routed-compaction exclusion cases.

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…e path

Address CodeRabbit review on lidge-jun#1660: add server-level integration coverage that
exercises the openai-chat guard flag through handleResponses/core.ts rather than
only passing adapterName to guardTerminalEventStream.

- unset/absent terminalContinuationGuard on an openai-chat provider => no
  continuation (exactly one upstream call).
- terminalContinuationGuard: true => one bounded continuation (two upstream
  calls) and the recovered tool call is forwarded.

The existing anthropic combo-attempt and routed-compaction exclusions are
unchanged and still covered by the surrounding suite.
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Addressed in 49bdc85. Added two server-level integration cases in tests/terminal-guard-server.test.ts that drive terminalContinuationGuard through handleResponses -> core.ts (not just guardTerminalEventStream):

  • an openai-chat provider without the flag makes exactly one upstream call (no continuation);
  • the same provider with terminalContinuationGuard: true makes two calls (one bounded re-ask) and forwards the recovered tool call.

The pre-existing combo-attempt and routed-compaction exclusions are unchanged and still covered by the surrounding suite. Local bun test for the guard + openai-chat suites: 126 pass, 0 fail; tsc --noEmit clean.

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Per-PR disposition for the open bug and bug-like PRs, with the A-gate corrections folded in: LAND the #1693/#1696/#1698 stack bottom-up, port a focused subset of #1625 by hand, keep #1703 blocked on a routing/privacy design decision, and leave #1655/#1660 open as feature-shaped changes.
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Reviewed during a bug-PR landing pass; leaving this open as an enhancement rather than folding it into that pass.

The reasoning in the description is sound, and the opt-in design is the right call given that analyzeTerminalTurn's heuristics were tuned on Anthropic turns and the false-continue rate elsewhere is uncharacterized.

That opt-in is also why it is not a bug landing: it adds a new provider capability (terminalContinuationGuard at src/types.ts:1453-1464) and default behavior is unchanged unless a user sets it. Nothing currently broken starts working. #1651 is likewise tracked as a feature request. The branch also conflicts with current dev and would need a rebase.

No objection to the approach — it just belongs on the enhancement track with its own review rather than in a defect sweep.

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Landed via #1744 (dev merge 656376f). Your commits were cherry-picked with authorship preserved (f6d841b, 3d6b614), plus maintainer repairs: explicit-false activation coverage, combo/routed-compaction exclusion tests, and provider-option docs. Full gates green. Closing as landed — thank you!

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…e path

Address CodeRabbit review on lidge-jun#1660: add server-level integration coverage that
exercises the openai-chat guard flag through handleResponses/core.ts rather than
only passing adapterName to guardTerminalEventStream.

- unset/absent terminalContinuationGuard on an openai-chat provider => no
  continuation (exactly one upstream call).
- terminalContinuationGuard: true => one bounded continuation (two upstream
  calls) and the recovered tool call is forwarded.

The existing anthropic combo-attempt and routed-compaction exclusions are
unchanged and still covered by the surrounding suite.
jonathanli12 pushed a commit to jonathanli12/opencodex-jl-custom that referenced this pull request Aug 15, 2026
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