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Summary

  • Fix Cursor external-model replay so repeated assistant narration is detected across intervening tool-call/result messages.
  • Detect the same exact tool invocation repeated three times in one user turn even when narration and results differ, then append one strategy-change note without dropping history.
  • Reset repetition state on every user/developer boundary, including empty content, with regressions for both observed loop patterns.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved repeated-content detection during conversations that include tool calls and results.
    • Repeated assistant narration is now consolidated correctly without being reset by intervening tool-result messages.
    • Tool-result entries remain preserved, and the repetition-breaker notification is shown when appropriate.

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The replay breaker now tracks consecutive duplicate entries separately by message role. User and developer messages clear all role-specific state. Tests cover repeated assistant narration across tool-call and tool-result cycles.

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Replay deduplication

Layer / File(s) Summary
Role-specific replay run tracking
src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts lines 301–332, 345
The replay logic stores duplicate runs by message role and normalized text. Replacement entries retain the first message index and update the repetition count. User and developer entries clear the role-specific state.
Tool-history repetition coverage
tests/cursor-repetition-breaker.test.ts lines 44–67, 98–107
The tests build repeated assistant turns with tool calls and matching tool results. Assertions verify one collapsed narration entry, four retained tool-result lines, and one strategy-change note.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cfd74

Cursor replay narration may be incorrectly collapsed across a turn boundary when an intervening user or developer message is empty or whitespace-only. The impact is bounded to this edge case, but the replay state should reset for every such boundary before merge.

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리뷰 · 우선순위 72 / 80

이 PR은 Cursor 외부 모델(full-replay) 경로에서 같은 조수 말이 도구 호출·결과 사이에 끼어 있어도 반복으로 잡히게 고칩니다. 지금 devsrc/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.tsrootPromptMessages 반복 차단기(gap-9, 예전 #2667)는 lastReplayText 하나와 currentRun 하나로 바로 앞 줄만 비교합니다. 실제 사고 패턴은 “같은 설명 → toolCall → toolResult → 또 같은 설명”인데, 중간에 다른 역할 텍스트가 들어오면 카운터가 리셋되어 차단기가 안 걸립니다. 그 상태로 히스토리를 다시 심으면 모델이 같은 말을 또 내고, 도구를 또 돌리고, 루프가 커집니다(본문이 말하는 self-reinforcing command loop).

고치는 방식은 단순합니다. 역할별로 Map에 마지막 정규화 텍스트·엔트리·길이를 두고, 같은 역할 + 같은 텍스트면 새 줄을 넣지 않고 예전 줄을 [note: … N times in a row]로 바꿉니다. 사용자/developer 메시지가 오면 replayRuns.clear()로 턴 경계를 리셋하는 건 예전과 같습니다. 도구 결과가 서로 다르면(result 0, result 1 …) 전부 남고, 조수 말만 하나로 합쳐집니다. 테스트 tests/cursor-repetition-breaker.test.tsrepeatedToolHistory(4)를 넣어, 조수 반복 1개·도구 결과 4개·Take a DIFFERENT action now 노트 1개를 기대한 점이 이 PR의 핵심 회귀 잠금입니다. 기존 “연속 동일 조수 말만” 케이스도 그대로 둡니다.

지금 dev 방향(릴리스 열차, Meta/Muse, CI flake #3351)과 겹치지 않는 독립 버그 픽스입니다. types.ts/config.ts 분할 캠페인과도 무관해서 close-don't-rebase 대상이 아닙니다. 베이스는 dev이고 enforce-target도 통과했습니다. 다만 PR이 draft이고, 작성자 체크리스트에 “전체 CI 로컬 초록 / ready for review”가 아직 비어 있습니다. Windows Clash fake-IP 때문에 .example 픽스처가 SSRF 가드에 걸린다는 설명은 설득력 있고, 그래서 Cursor 관련 집중 테스트(42개)만 먼저 초록인 상태입니다. 저장소 CI의 전체 스위트가 최종 판정이 됩니다.

동작 의미도 한 번 짚을 만합니다. 주석의 “consecutive”는 이제 메시지 스트림上の 바로 옆이 아니라 같은 역할 기준의 반복입니다. 합쳐진 뒤에는 루트 프롬프트에 조수 말이 한 덩어리로만 남으니, 모델에게 보이는 효과는 “같은 말이 N번”이 맞고, maxRunLength >= 3일 때 붙는 strategy-change 노트도 그 길이를 봅니다. 예전 코드의 collapsedRepeats는 세고만 있고 판정에는 안 쓰이던 죽은 변수였는데, 이번 패치에서 같이 빠진 것은 정리로 좋습니다. messageIndex를 첫 등장 쪽으로 유지하는 변경은 히스토리 prune·active tool-result 구간이 messageIndex에 기대는 경로(같은 파일 하단)와 맞물립니다. 나중에 합쳐진 반복을 “마지막 인덱스”로 바꾸면 active run 경계가 어긋날 수 있어서, 첫 인덱스 유지가 더 안전해 보입니다.

라인 단위로 보면 제품 위험은 낮고, “얼마나 공격적으로 합칠지”와 “draft를 언제 ready로 올릴지”가 판단 포인트입니다.

src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts pushDeduped - 역할별 Map으로 바꾸면서, 서로 다른 조수 말 A→B→A는 합치지 않음(B가 A 런을 덮어씀). 의도된 동작이면 OK. 문서/주석에 “동일 텍스트 런만”이라고 더 분명히 적으면 나중에 오해가 줄어듦.
protobuf-request.ts 교체 시 messageIndex - previous.entry.messageIndex ?? opts.messageIndex로 첫 등장 인덱스를 유지. prune/activeMessageIndexes 경로와 맞음. 회귀 테스트에 messageIndex/active run까지 넣으면 더 단단함.
tests/cursor-repetition-breaker.test.ts repeatedToolHistory - 도구 결과는 매번 다른 문자열이라 toolResult 쪽 합치기는 안 검증됨. 같은 tool result 텍스트가 반복되는 경우도 한 케이스 있으면 좋음.
주석 “consecutive same-role duplicates” - 스트림상 비연속인데 “in a row” 마커 문구는 그대로라, 로그/프롬프트를 읽는 사람 입장에선 살짝 과장일 수 있음. 동작 자체는 문제 없음.
PR draft / 체크리스트 - 집중 테스트는 초록, 전체 스위트는 CI 대기. ready 전에 Cross-platform CI가 끝나야 함.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • draft를 CI 초록 직후 ready로 올려 머지할지, 작성자 체크리스트 완료를 기다릴지.
  • 동일 toolResult 텍스트 반복까지 같은 Map 규칙으로 합치는 것이 실제 사고 로그에서 원하는지(지금은 조수 말 루프가 주 타깃).
  • gap-9 후속로 이슈 번호를 본문에 연결할지(추적성).

너의 추천
방향은 맞고 dev에 바로 들어갈 가치가 있습니다. CI(특히 Cursor/전체 테스트 샤드)가 초록이면 draft 해제 후 머지하세요. 머지 전에 본문 체크리스트의 “ready for review”만 맞추고, 가능하면 동일 toolResult 반복 케이스 하나를 테스트에 추가하면 좋습니다. types/config 분할과 무관하니 rebase 강제 없이 이어서 받으면 됩니다.

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huaiqing-afk force-pushed the codex/cursor-tool-cycle-repetition branch from cfd7447 to ebddcf9 Compare September 3, 2026 11:40
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Carried from #3357 onto current dev. Independent of the other carried
fixes, so it ships as its own PR rather than a stack layer.

Co-authored-by: jun <jun@lidge.dev>
Co-authored-by: huaiqing-afk <huaiqing-afk@users.noreply.github.com>
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Landed via #3371 at 53a2adf

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Landed via #3371 at 53a2adf

@lidge-jun lidge-jun closed this Sep 3, 2026
@lidge-jun lidge-jun added the landed-via-maintainer Original PR closed after landing via a maintainer merge train label Sep 3, 2026
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Landed on dev as #3371 (53a2adf), carried onto current dev with your Co-authored-by trailer on the commit. Thanks — tracking narration and tool results independently by role, with the whitespace-boundary reset, was the right fix.

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