fix: fixing clarify tool call timeout with keep-alive pings by renanfferreira · Pull Request #661 · compozy/compozy

renanfferreira · 2026-09-18T10:23:29Z

What & why

Pending compozy__clarify calls were capped by tools.clarify.timeout (default 5m) and held open over agent connections that can drop on idle — long operator waits either expired the request or hit the agent-side idle limit, so the question died before anyone answered it.

This PR makes clarification waits unbounded by default and keeps the blocked agent call alive:

tools.clarify.timeout default flips from 5m to no expiration. Omitted or explicit 0s means the pending clarification waits until it is answered, canceled, or stopped with its owning session context; explicit 1s–24h values keep the existing deadline, fallback answer, and timed_out outcome. Installations that want the old behavior set timeout = "5m" explicitly and restart the daemon.
While a clarification is pending, the daemon sends identity-only _compozy/clarify_ping ACP extension notifications every 30s (fixed cadence, 2x margin under the observed ~60s agent-side idle limit). Notifications are ignorable per spec, so agents without a handler behave exactly as before; the Compozy-side policy stays authoritative. Extensions calling clarify/ask and both SDK AskClarification paths inherit the same wait and keepalive.
Unbounded waits report deadline: null on every surface (session clarify pending -o json, HTTP/UDS pending payloads, ping params, durable transcript).
Fixes config set tools.clarify.timeout being denied with cli: config path ... is not supported by config set — the path was missing from the agent-mutable allowlist (BUG-20260917-clarify-timeout-config-set). It remains user-scope only; workspace/profile writes are rejected.

Spec: .compozy/tasks/clarify-keepalive/_spec.md; decision records in docs/_memory/change-impact.md.

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New Go coverage: broker keepalive loop, ping sequencing, terminal/race silencing, policy validation (0s, bounds 1s–24h, out-of-range rejection keeping last-valid policy), wire deadline: null projection, config-set allowlist classification, unbounded transcript events — internal/daemon/clarify_keepalive_test.go (820 lines), clarify_keepalive_e2e_integration_test.go, clarify_boot_test.go, internal/session/clarify_keepalive_test.go, internal/acp/client_notify_test.go, internal/config/tools_test.go, internal/cli/session_test.go, plus the clarify-event TS test.
Race/termination: answer/expiry race settles exactly once under -race (TestClarifyBridgeAnswerExpiryRace); failing pings never disturb the wait; post-terminal pings silenced.
E2E integration (isolated QA lab, docs/qa/reports/2026-09-17-clarify-keepalive.md): unbounded pending held a blocked clarify call open across a 71s operator wait with last_ping_seq >= 2 (immediate + 30s + 60s ticks) and deadline: null via CLI; late --choice 1 returned the exact answer, never the fallback sentinel. Finite control (2s substitute path) still timed out to the fallback sentinel. Policy matrix walked: omitted/0s/5m/1s/24h/invalid shapes, restart-required lifecycle, config unset, last-valid-kept on invalid files. Full internal/daemon, internal/cli, internal/config, internal/session, internal/acp, internal/extension suites green; four QA charters closed (long-wait/keepalive, policy matrix, race/termination sweep, extension inheritance) plus the J-15 canary.
Known boundary: the 30s ping cadence was not observed against a real provider's idle limit (mock agent in lab) — recorded in the QA report as a deferred follow-up, not a defect.

Impact

CLI: compozy session clarify pending -o json now emits deadline: null for unbounded waits. No verb or flag changes.
HTTP/UDS: ClarificationPendingPayload.Deadline becomes nullable (deadline: null when unbounded); OpenAPI regenerated (nullable flag + generated TS type + widened string | null param). No routes added or removed.
Config: tools.clarify.timeout keeps its key and TOML duration shape, but the default flips 5m → no expiration (0s) — release-note migration block included in RELEASE_NOTES.md. Key is agent-mutable at user scope only.
New ACP agent-facing notification: _compozy/clarify_ping (identity-only payload; ignorable by non-supporting agents). Provider contract documented in packages/site/content/docs/agents/providers.mdx.
Docs (packages/site): updated in this PR — config-toml.mdx, agents/providers.mdx, tools/toolsets.mdx, sessions/permissions.mdx, extensions/develop.mdx.
Web UI: no rendering change; the generated OpenAPI TS type and a string | null parameter widening in web/src/systems/session are the only web/ touches.

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New Features
- Clarifications can now remain open without a timeout, while still supporting configured time limits. Pending requests show an unbounded deadline as “--” in the CLI.
- Agents receive periodic keepalive signals during pending clarifications, helping long-running requests stay active.
- Hosted tool calls now report progress while they are running.

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Clarification requests now support unbounded waits with null deadlines and periodic agent keepalive notifications. The change adds timeout configuration and updates deadline handling across persistence, API, CLI, and web layers. Hosted MCP calls also send periodic progress notifications when a progress token is present.

Changes

Clarification keepalive and unbounded deadlines

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Nullable deadline contracts and projections `internal/api/contract/clarify.go`, `internal/session/manager_clarify_event.go`, `internal/tools/clarify.go`, `internal/cli/session_clarify.go`, `internal/cli/session_test.go`, `web/src/systems/session/*`	Unbounded clarification deadlines serialize as null. CLI output renders a nil deadline as a dash or an empty TOON field. Web parsing accepts null deadlines.
Clarification timeout configuration `internal/config/*`	The default clarification timeout is zero. Validation accepts zero and durations from one second to 24 hours. The configuration path is registered as a mutable duration and restricted to user-scope writes and non-profile overlays.
Agent extension notification transport `internal/acp/client_notify.go`, `internal/acp/client_notify_test.go`, `internal/session/acp_driver_adapter.go`, `internal/session/clarify_keepalive.go`, `internal/session/clarify_keepalive_test.go`, `internal/session/manager_test_support_test.go`	The ACP driver and session manager validate and forward extension notifications to live agent processes. Tests cover successful delivery, validation, and delivery errors.
Keepalive scheduling and clarification lifecycle `internal/daemon/clarify_bridge.go`, `internal/daemon/clarify_keepalive.go`, `internal/daemon/clarify_bridge_lifecycle.go`, `internal/daemon/boot_memory_session.go`	The bridge captures each request’s timeout policy, waits without expiration for non-positive timeouts, and sends an immediate ping followed by periodic pings. Terminal transitions log the last ping sequence.
Keepalive lifecycle and integration validation `internal/daemon/clarify_*_test.go`, `internal/daemon/daemon_test.go`, `internal/testutil/e2e/config_seed.go`, `internal/testutil/e2e/config_seed_test.go`	Tests cover timeout behavior, ping cadence, answer and expiry races, boot wiring, and end-to-end clarification journeys. E2E config seeding now persists log settings.

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Hosted MCP progress notifications

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Progress notification lifecycle `internal/mcp/hosted_proxy.go`, `internal/mcp/hosted_proxy_progress.go`, `internal/mcp/hosted_proxy_progress_test.go`, `internal/mcp/hosted_proxy_test.go`	Hosted MCP calls with progress tokens send periodic progress notifications while blocked and stop sending after completion. Calls without a progress token send none.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 73c07

A stalled progress notification can prevent a completed hosted tool call from returning. Make progress cleanup interruptible before merging.

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The PR appears safe to merge; the prior missing-history concern is fully addressed and no new actionable failure remains.

Summary

This PR makes clarification waits unbounded by default while keeping blocked agent and hosted MCP calls alive, preserving explicitly configured finite timeouts, and projecting nullable deadlines consistently.

Adds ACP clarification pings and MCP progress notifications on a 30-second cadence.
Updates timeout validation, configuration mutation support, API/OpenAPI projections, transcript events, CLI output, documentation, and release notes.
Adds extensive coverage for keepalive sequencing, timeout policy, races, lifecycle termination, extension inheritance, and wire behavior.
Strengthens daemon boot handling so only genuinely never-bound sessions may omit an event database.

Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant Agent
    participant Daemon
    participant Broker
    participant Operator
    Agent->>Daemon: compozy__clarify
    Daemon->>Broker: Register pending clarification
    Broker-->>Operator: Pending request (deadline null or finite)
    loop Every 30 seconds while pending
        Daemon-->>Agent: _compozy/clarify_ping
        Daemon-->>Agent: MCP notifications/progress when token exists
    end
    alt Operator answers
        Operator->>Broker: Submit answer
        Broker-->>Daemon: Resolve once
        Daemon-->>Agent: Clarification result
    else Finite deadline expires
        Broker-->>Daemon: Timed-out fallback
        Daemon-->>Agent: Fallback result
    else Session stops or context cancels
        Broker-->>Daemon: Cancel pending request
    end

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Do not wait indefinitely for progress delivery.

ServerSession.NotifyProgress can remain in the SDK's raw stdio write after CallHostedMCP returns or its context is canceled. The SDK checks cancellation only before the write. Cleanup then waits for the notification goroutine, so the hosted tool result can remain undelivered.

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