[Fix] Billed requests with no response when the provider errors mid-stream by zoomote[bot] · Pull Request #1597 · Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

zoomote · 2026-09-11T01:23:20Z

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Related GitHub Issue

Reported in Discord: recurring "billed but no response" failures on Claude Sonnet where the request row shows cancelReason: streaming_failed. No GitHub issue exists yet.

Description

When a provider stream fails mid-stream, the retry path previously re-submitted the same request without a bound. Each attempt could re-bill the full input context while producing no visible result.

This PR bounds automatic mid-stream retries at three, exposes each retry through the existing backoff countdown, and hands control to the user through the existing API failure prompt when the budget is exhausted. Approving starts a fresh bounded round without duplicating conversation history; declining records an assistant failure and stops. Retry-message ownership is carried explicitly across automatic retries; the approved-retry path persists deletion with replacement semantics and fails closed if persistence fails. Direct task disposal now cancels pending retry backoff and failure prompts.

The retry threshold and ownership predicates are production-backed pure decisions used by a new bounded protocol model. The model exhaustively covers success, failure, backoff, cancellation, approval, decline, retry visibility, exact budget exhaustion, and reset semantics through the existing pnpm lifecycle:model-check umbrella. A real VS Code extension-host E2E injects a valid partial SSE chunk followed by transport failure and verifies exactly four provider requests, visible retry state, and the terminal failure prompt.

Test Procedure

Focused retry/disposal suites: 140/140 passed.
xvfb-run -a env USE_MOCK=true TEST_FILE=mid-stream-retry.test pnpm --filter @roo-code/vscode-e2e test:run: 1/1 passed.
node scripts/stryker-diff.mjs ci --base 1165aebc84ac9d960885ac79b97dad8a7c78c84e --head 4ea1fe58e439b91455e2dcd2bf75d65452c15c09: passed with no surviving or uncovered changed-code mutants.
pnpm lifecycle:model-check: all seven bounded submodels passed; the retry model reached 32 states, 6/6 actions, and 3/3 semantic landmarks.
pnpm test: 8257 passed / 39 skipped across 10 successful tasks.
pnpm lint and pnpm check-types: passed across all packages.

Pre-Submission Checklist

Issue Linked: This PR is linked to an approved GitHub Issue. No issue currently exists for the Discord report.
Scope: My changes are focused on the linked issue (one major feature/fix per PR).
Self-Review: I have performed a thorough self-review of my code.
Testing: New and/or updated tests have been added to cover my changes (if applicable).
Visual Snapshot (UI changes only): Not applicable; this reuses existing retry and failure chat rows without changing rendered UI.
Documentation Impact: I have considered if my changes require documentation updates (see "Documentation Updates" section below).
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Documentation Updates

No user documentation updates are required. Internal architecture documentation describes the seventh lifecycle submodel and its verification boundary.

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apps/vscode-e2e/src/suite/mid-stream-retry.test.ts
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Bug Fixes
- Improved handling of API stream failures after partial responses.
- Automatic retries are limited to three attempts, with retry delays applied consistently.
- Users are prompted when further retries require approval.
- Approved retries no longer duplicate the original request in history.
- Failed requests now end cleanly with an error recorded in the conversation.

Walkthrough

The task now limits automatic mid-stream retries to three attempts. After exhaustion, it asks the user whether to retry, prevents duplicate user messages, records declined failures, and resets the retry budget after approval. Tests cover both exhausted and approved retry flows.

Changes

Mid-Stream Retry Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retry control and failure recovery `src/core/task/Task.ts`, `src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts`	The task limits automatic retries, applies backoff, prompts after exhaustion, updates conversation history, records declined failures, and validates approved retry behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Suggested reviewers: edelauna, hannesrudolph

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 79bf0

This PR adds a useful bound on automatic mid-stream retries and a user-facing retry prompt, but there is a real edge case where approving a retry after retries are exhausted could delete an unrelated prior user message from the conversation history and miscount messages, corrupting task history in an uncommon but reachable scenario. The related tests also don't strictly verify the retry count or the counter update, so a future regression in this area could slip through silently. This should be addressed before merge to avoid data-integrity issues in saved task history.

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❌ Failed checks (3 errors, 1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Regression Evidence	❌ Error	The new Task tests cover the retry cap and the decline path, but they do not prove all changed behavior. In `Task.ts:3694-3698`, approval resets `retryAttempt` to `0`; the approval test succeeds on th…	Extend the Task-level tests. After the user approves, make the next retry round fail three times and then fail at the limit; assert the second `api_req_failed` ask occurs only after the fresh three automatic retries and that the total attem…
Persistence Integrity	❌ Error	The approved-retry path corrupts persisted API history. At `Task.ts:3683-3699`, the code removes the last user message only from `apiConversationHistory` and does not persist that removal. The next re…	Persist the post-removal history before continuing the approved retry, using an operation that represents deletion rather than the default append-preserving merge. Check the save result. If the save fails, restore the removed in-memory mess…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup	❌ Error	The new exhausted-retry path can leak a waiting task after disposal. After the fourth mid-stream failure, the changed code awaits `this.ask("api_req_failed", ...)`. `ask()` waits with a 100 ms `pWaitF…	Make disposal observable to the retry path. Set a dedicated disposed/cancellation state that `ask()` and `backoffAndAnnounce()` observe, or set `abort` as part of disposal if that matches the task lifecycle contract. Clear or cancel pending…
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description explains the issue, implementation, test coverage, and verification results. However, it does not link an approved GitHub Issue and explicitly states that no issue exists, which violat…	Create or identify an approved GitHub Issue, then update the Related GitHub Issue section with its reference, for example, "Closes: `#123`". Mark the Issue Linked checklist item as complete.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Security Boundaries	✅ Passed	No changed path meets the security failure conditions. In `src/core/task/Task.ts`, the new retry branch only requeues the existing request content and does not execute tools, commands, or bypass allow…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary fix: preventing billed requests from ending without a response when the provider fails mid-stream.

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Explanation

The new Task tests cover the retry cap and the decline path, but they do not prove all changed behavior. In Task.ts:3694-3698, approval resets retryAttempt to 0; the approval test succeeds on the first retry (Task.spec.ts:726-740), so a mutant that does not reset the counter would still pass. The retry announcement assertion only requires at least one message (Task.spec.ts:692-695), so it does not prove that all three automatic retries use backoffAndAnnounce (Task.ts:3730-3733). The decline test also checks the synthetic history entry but not the changed messageCounts.assistant++ state at Task.ts:3708-3720. No rendered UI changed, so a Playwright snapshot is not required.

Resolution

Extend the Task-level tests. After the user approves, make the next retry round fail three times and then fail at the limit; assert the second api_req_failed ask occurs only after the fresh three automatic retries and that the total attempt count proves the counter reset. Assert the exact retry-announcement count and/or the backoff calls for every automatic retry. In the declined mid-stream case, assert the final messageCounts values, including the assistant increment, and retain the history assertions.

Full details: Persistence Integrity

Explanation

The approved-retry path corrupts persisted API history. At Task.ts:3683-3699, the code removes the last user message only from apiConversationHistory and does not persist that removal. The next retry re-adds the message through addToApiConversationHistory, which awaits saveApiConversationHistory() with its default merge=true. saveApiMessages merges disk-only timestamped messages back into the incoming snapshot, so the original user message remains on disk and the re-added message is also saved. If the user exhausts three retries, approves another round, and the task is later reloaded, the persisted history contains a duplicate user turn even though the in-memory test history has one turn. The new test checks only in-memory history and does not detect this disk divergence.

Resolution

Persist the post-removal history before continuing the approved retry, using an operation that represents deletion rather than the default append-preserving merge. Check the save result. If the save fails, restore the removed in-memory message or stop with an explicit persistence error instead of continuing. Add a test that reads the saved API history after an approved retry and verifies that the original user turn is not duplicated.

Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup

Explanation

The new exhausted-retry path can leak a waiting task after disposal. After the fourth mid-stream failure, the changed code awaits this.ask("api_req_failed", ...). ask() waits with a 100 ms pWaitFor interval until this.abort, a response, or a newer message. Task.dispose() does not set this.abort or another disposed flag; it only cancels the request and removes listeners. Therefore, if a caller disposes the task while this new ask is pending, the ask and its polling timer can remain pending indefinitely. The changed unconditional backoffAndAnnounce() also uses one-second timers and checks only this.abort; direct disposal can leave abort false, allowing the countdown to continue and the retry stack to enqueue another API request after disposal.

Resolution

Make disposal observable to the retry path. Set a dedicated disposed/cancellation state that ask() and backoffAndAnnounce() observe, or set abort as part of disposal if that matches the task lifecycle contract. Clear or cancel pending backoff and ask timers. Check the disposed state before awaiting the failure prompt, after the prompt returns, after backoff, and before pushing another retry item.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description explains the issue, implementation, test coverage, and verification results. However, it does not link an approved GitHub Issue and explicitly states that no issue exists, which violates the repository requirement.

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In `@src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts`:
- Around line 743-747: Extend the approved-retry test around the
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the current request added the user message through automatic retries. Only pop
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