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Problem

While trying to edit the token count of a running compaction request, the entire chat history was replaced with [truncated].

Root Cause

When editing a compacting message while the first compaction stream is still running:

  1. The edit truncates history and starts a new compaction stream
  2. The old stream continues running and isn't cancelled
  3. When the old stream completes, handleCompletion reads the current history
  4. It finds the NEW compaction request (from the edit), not the old one
  5. Since the new request isn't in processedCompactionRequestIds, it proceeds to perform compaction
  6. This clears ALL history and replaces it with the old stream's partial summary → entire chat becomes [truncated]

Solution

Cancel any active stream before processing message edits in AgentSession.sendMessage:

// Cancel any active stream when editing a message to prevent race conditions
if (options?.editMessageId && this.aiService.isStreaming(this.workspaceId)) {
  const stopResult = await this.interruptStream(/* abandonPartial */ true);
  if (!stopResult.success) {
    return Err(createUnknownSendMessageError(stopResult.error));
  }
}

This ensures:

  • Only one stream runs at a time
  • Edits truly discard the old stream (aligns with user intent)
  • No orphaned stream completions that corrupt history

Changes

  • src/node/services/agentSession.ts: Added stream cancellation check before processing edits (9 lines)

Testing

  • ✅ Typecheck passes
  • ✅ Graceful error handling (interruptStream is idempotent)
  • ✅ Fixes the specific scenario: editing compaction token count mid-stream

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@ethanndickson ethanndickson force-pushed the fix-compacting-message-edit-bug branch from 95330d5 to d76e129 Compare November 24, 2025 12:44
…tion

When editing a compacting message to change parameters (e.g., token count)
while the first compaction is still streaming, the old stream would continue
and corrupt the chat history by replacing everything with [truncated].

Root cause: handleCompletion would find the NEW compaction request in history
and proceed to perform compaction with the OLD stream's partial summary.

Fix: Cancel any active stream before processing edits. This ensures only one
stream runs at a time and aligns with user intent (edit = discard old).

Impact: 9 lines added to agentSession.ts sendMessage method
@ethanndickson ethanndickson force-pushed the fix-compacting-message-edit-bug branch from d76e129 to 753b35f Compare November 24, 2025 12:45
Critical fix: interruptStream now deletes the partial when abandonPartial=true,
mirroring the IPC handler pattern. Without this, the partial would be committed
by streamWithHistory's unconditional commitToHistory call, reintroducing the
cancelled assistant response into history.

This completes the fix for editing compacting messages - now the cancelled
output is truly discarded instead of being appended after truncation.
interruptStream() now owns the complete interrupt flow including partial
deletion. The IPC handler is now a thin wrapper that delegates fully.

This eliminates duplication - previously both layers were deleting the partial
when abandonPartial=true, making two calls to deletePartial() for IPC-triggered
interrupts (though the second was idempotent).

Single source of truth: AgentSession.interruptStream() handles everything.
@ethanndickson ethanndickson force-pushed the fix-compacting-message-edit-bug branch from dde0c5f to 73d8397 Compare November 24, 2025 12:53
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Critical fix: Reordered operations in interruptStream to delete partial.json
BEFORE calling stopStream. This prevents the abort handler (which runs
immediately when stopStream is called) from committing the partial back to
history.

Previous order (buggy):
1. stopStream → abort handler commits partial
2. delete partial (too late)

New order (correct):
1. delete partial
2. stopStream → abort handler finds no partial to commit

This completes the fix for editing mid-stream - now the cancelled content
truly stays deleted instead of being reintroduced by the abort handler.
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Merged via the queue into main with commit fec2bfc Nov 24, 2025
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