Bug report - Agent mode is stuck in an endless loop

[devsoft-co-za]

Issue

After the update to 89.1 (pip) I get an endless loop as soon as I do /agent

Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
Weak model: deepseek/deepseek-chat
Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
Weak model: deepseek/deepseek-chat
Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
Weak model: deepseek/deepseek-chat
Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
Weak model: deepseek/deepseek-chat
Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
Weak model: deepseek/deepseek-chat
Git repo: .git with 40 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, files refresh
MCP servers configured: context7, fetch, chrome-devtools, postgres, basic-memory, local_tools
Aider-CE v0.89.1
Main model: deepseek/deepseek-reasoner with agent edit format, prompt cache
...etc

aider.conf.yml:

dark-mode: true
light-mode: false
auto-commits: true
agent: true
analytics: false
auto-commits: true
auto-save: true
auto-load: false
cache-prompts: true
check-update: true
debug: false
enable-context-compaction: true
env-file: .aider.env
multiline: false
preserve-todo-list: true
show-model-warnings: true
watch-files: false
agent-config: |
  {
    "large_file_token_threshold": 12500,
    "skip_cli_confirmations": true
  }

mcp-servers: |
  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "context7": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@upstash/context7-mcp"],
        "env": {
          "DEFAULT_MINIMUM_TOKENS": "6000"
        },
        "autoApprove": ["resolve-library-id", "get-library-docs"],
        "alwaysAllow": ["resolve-library-id", "get-library-docs"]
      },
      "fetch": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
      },
      "chrome-devtools": { 
      "type": "stdio", 
      "command": "npx",  
      "args": ["-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@latest", "--browser-url=http://127.0.0.1:9222"]  
      },
      "postgres": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "postgres-mcp",
          "--access-mode=unrestricted"
        ],
        "env": {
          "DATABASE_URI": "postgresql://my_uri"
        }
      },
      "basic-memory": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "basic-memory",
          "mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }

Version and model info

No response

[devsoft-co-za]

I tried without mcp and it still happens. Even removed most of the .conf - still happening. Is Aider-CE working for anyone?

[dwash96]

It wasn't mcp, it was not handing having am empty/dummy "skill_paths" entry in agent config since I added support for claude skills over the weekend but it's fixed in 0.89.2 now