fix(orchestrator): prevent terminal session revival on workflow re-entry - #2766
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Workflow re-entry to a profile that already has a terminal (COMPLETED, FAILED, or CANCELLED) session must create a fresh session rather than reviving the terminal one. A revived terminal session lazily resumed its persisted ACP conversation, which still contained the agent's prior completion state — seeing the task routed back to the same step, the agent could infer its completion had been undone and move the task backward, re-arming the cycle on every re-entry. Changes: - findReusableSessionForProfile: exclude ALL terminal session states (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED) instead of only CANCELLED - reuseSessionForStep: remove reviveReusedSession call for terminal sessions (COMPLETED/FAILED); callers never pass terminal sessions now - Remove reviveReusedSession helper entirely (unreachable) - Update all comments/logs to state the terminal-session invariant - TestSwitchSessionForStep_ReusesExistingProfileSession renamed to ReusesNonterminalSession and seeds a WAITING_FOR_INPUT session (nonterminal) instead of COMPLETED - TestSwitchSessionForStep_ReusesPreviouslyLaunchedSession renamed to CompletedSessionNotReused and asserts a fresh CREATED session is created, the old COMPLETED session remains immutable - TestSwitchSessionForStep_ReusesFailedSession renamed to FailedSessionNotReused and asserts a fresh session, old FAILED kept intact with error message preserved - pending_move_test: capture LaunchAgentRequest prompt for fresh sessions; assert hand-off goes to the fresh session ID Assumptions (vetoable, approved during plan review): 1. Creating a new task-session row on terminal-profile re-entry is preferable to reusing the existing row — cleanest transactional boundary and retains immutable history. 2. FAILED is treated like COMPLETED for automatic workflow reuse — a failed ACP conversation can carry equally stale routing intent. Boundary vs. sibling changes: - Does NOT touch agent.boot_ready or handleAgentBootReady - Does NOT touch the stale-pending-move fix in c4b140e - Does NOT duplicate d5e71c58 (reset_agent_context token clearing) or 8dee5c9 (completion-context injection) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughWorkflow session switching now reuses only nonterminal sessions that match the target profile. Completed, failed, and cancelled sessions remain unchanged, while workflow re-entry creates fresh sessions. Tests cover session state, metadata, history, resume tokens, and hand-off delivery. ChangesWorkflow session switching
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The workflow re-entry behavior is otherwise mergeable, but the fresh-session regression test should also reject FAILED and CANCELLED states so those terminal-session cases cannot regress unnoticed. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WorkflowSessionSwitch
participant SessionLookup
participant SessionStore
participant ACPConversation
WorkflowSessionSwitch->>SessionLookup: Find matching profile session
SessionLookup-->>WorkflowSessionSwitch: Return nonterminal session or no match
alt Nonterminal session found
WorkflowSessionSwitch->>SessionStore: Reuse session and make primary
else Terminal session found
WorkflowSessionSwitch->>SessionStore: Create fresh CREATED session
WorkflowSessionSwitch->>ACPConversation: Deliver hand-off prompt to fresh session
end
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| Filename | Overview |
|---|---|
| apps/backend/internal/orchestrator/event_handlers_workflow.go | Excludes every terminal session state from workflow-profile reuse and removes terminal-session revival. |
| apps/backend/internal/orchestrator/event_handlers_workflow_profile_test.go | Verifies nonterminal reuse while requiring fresh sessions for completed and failed profile history. |
| apps/backend/internal/orchestrator/event_handlers_pending_move_test.go | Updates pending-move assertions and prompt capture to target the newly created implementation session. |
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flowchart TD
A[Workflow switches agent profile] --> B{Matching nonterminal session?}
B -->|Yes| C[Reuse and promote session]
B -->|No; only terminal or no match| D[Create fresh CREATED session]
C --> E[Complete and stop previous session]
D --> F[Transfer queued hand-off]
F --> G[Promote fresh session]
G --> E
D -.-> H[Leave historical terminal session unchanged]
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668-670: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReject every terminal state for the fresh session.
Line 668 rejects only
COMPLETED. A fresh session inFAILEDorCANCELLEDpasses this test although it violates the nonterminal-session requirement. UseisTerminalSessionStatefor this assertion.Proposed fix
- if freshImpl.State == models.TaskSessionStateCompleted { - t.Errorf("fresh impl session state = %q, expected non-terminal", freshImpl.State) + if isTerminalSessionState(freshImpl.State) { + t.Errorf("fresh impl session state = %q, expected non-terminal", freshImpl.State) }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@apps/backend/internal/orchestrator/event_handlers_pending_move_test.go`:
- Around line 668-670: Update the fresh-session assertion in the relevant test
to call isTerminalSessionState on freshImpl.State, rejecting COMPLETED, FAILED,
CANCELLED, and any other terminal state while preserving the existing
nonterminal expectation.
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…sion test Replace narrow == COMPLETED comparison with isTerminalSessionState() so the assertion consistently covers all terminal states (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED), matching the production invariant. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Problem
Workflow re-entry to a profile that already has a terminal (COMPLETED, FAILED, or CANCELLED) session could revive that session and lazily resume its persisted ACP conversation. The agent could then see its prior completion context and infer the completion had been undone, moving the task backward and re-arming an infinite cycle on every re-entry.
Solution
findReusableSessionForProfile: exclude all terminal states (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED) instead of only CANCELLEDreuseSessionForStep: removereviveReusedSessioncall — callers never pass terminal sessions nowreviveReusedSessionhelper entirely (unreachable after the above)createNewSessionForStep, getting a fresh ACP conversation and canonical task/workflow contextTest changes
TestSwitchSessionForStep_ReusesNonterminalSession(renamed from...ReusesExistingProfileSession): seeds WAITING_FOR_INPUT instead of COMPLETEDTestSwitchSessionForStep_CompletedSessionNotReused(renamed from...ReusesPreviouslyLaunchedSession): asserts fresh CREATED session, old COMPLETED remains immutable with resume token intactTestSwitchSessionForStep_FailedSessionNotReused(renamed from...ReusesFailedSession): asserts fresh session, old FAILED preserved with error messageBoundary vs. sibling changes
agent.boot_readyorhandleAgentBootReadyVerification
go test ./internal/orchestrator -run 'Test.*(Terminal|Completed|Failed|Reuse|BootReady|PendingMove)'— PASSgo test ./internal/orchestrator— PASS (69s)go test ./internal/orchestrator/messagequeue— PASSgo test ./internal/workflow/...— PASS (all 5 packages)make -C apps/backend lint— 0 issuesgit diff --check— cleanPreview Environment
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