TUI broken

[Netzvamp]

Issue

I've upgraded to 0.88.1 and now it's unusable. I prefer the architect mode as default mode, but that doesn't work anymore, it tries to do planning and execution in one step.
And then it crashes:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "c:\users\robert lieback\.local\bin\aider-ce.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\main.py", line 474, in main
    return asyncio.run(main_async(argv, input, output, force_git_root, return_coder))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Python\Python312-64\Lib\asyncio\runners.py", line 195, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Python\Python312-64\Lib\asyncio\runners.py", line 118, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Python\Python312-64\Lib\asyncio\base_events.py", line 691, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\main.py", line 1212, in main_async
    await coder.run()
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1068, in run
    return await self._run_patched(with_message, preproc)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1135, in _run_patched
    await processing_task
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1175, in _processing_logic
    await self.run_one(user_message, preproc)
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1231, in run_one
    async for _ in self.send_message(message):
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1997, in send_message
    if await self.reply_completed():
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\architect_coder.py", line 44, in reply_completed
    await editor_coder.run(with_message=content, preproc=False)
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1068, in run
    return await self._run_patched(with_message, preproc)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1078, in _run_patched
    await self.run_one(with_message, preproc)
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1231, in run_one
    async for _ in self.send_message(message):
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 1946, in send_message
    add_rel_files_message = await self.check_for_file_mentions(content)
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\coders\base_coder.py", line 2567, in check_for_file_mentions
    if await self.io.confirm_ask(
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\io.py", line 84, in wrapper
    return await func(self, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\io.py", line 1022, in confirm_ask
    return await asyncio.create_task(self._confirm_ask(*args, **kwargs))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\aider\io.py", line 1128, in _confirm_ask
    res = await prompt_task
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\shortcuts\prompt.py", line 1252, in prompt_async
    return await self.app.run_async(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Robert Lieback\pipx\venvs\aider-ce\Lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\application\application.py", line 651, in run_async
    assert not self._is_running, "Application is already running."
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: Application is already running.

Can i have the old/working TUI back pls? 😿

Version and model info

Aider v0.88.1
Model: openrouter/openai/gpt-5-codex with architect edit format, reasoning high
Editor model: openrouter/openai/gpt-5-codex with editor-whole edit format
Git repo: .git with 130 files
Repo-map: using 4096 tokens, auto refresh

[devsoft-co-za]

I just tried and Architect is broken for me also - If I don't have MCP configured. I am on main branch.

Try adding context7 MCP to the bottom of aider.conf.yml for example and see if it is fixed for you? (I already added another issue regarding this - in Navigator mode also).

I always use local aider.conf.yml, overriding global one if that makes a difference.

Just paste this at the bottom - assuming you have npx available (see below for "fix" without npx)

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"
            ]
        }
    }
  }

OK I just checked - it is fixed even with an empty MCP (you do need one set up though):

mcp-servers: |
  {
    "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
    }
    }
  }

This one does not work:

{
    "mcpServers": {
    
    }
  }

[devsoft-co-za]

OK no I just got the same application already running error now (with empty MCP). I think it is intermittent issue?

[devsoft-co-za]

So far with context7 configured Architect mode is working great. At least, no errors for me. Hope that helps