fix(server): show when Stop leaves a Claude steer unconfirmed#23807

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Problem

Stopping Claude while a foreground Bash command holds a steer can discard that steer while its message still looks delivered. Reproduced on current main with Claude 2.1.303 / Sonnet 5.5: send a codeword after the foreground task starts, press Stop, and the next turn answers NO_CODEWORD.

Change

Give steers prompt UUIDs and track their acknowledgments on assistant, stream, and result frames. When Stop ends a turn with unconfirmed steers, emit an existing system notice quoting each steer and asking the user to resend it if needed. The notice describes unconfirmed delivery because older Claude versions may omit acknowledgments. Failed sends remove their tracking entry. Finalization closes steer admission before taking the pending-steer snapshot, so a concurrent steer is either included or rejected through the existing ended-turn error path.

Scope and approval

Fixes #15708

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. This fixes the silent loss reported in #15708 using the existing notice format.

Verification

  • Red proof: the unread-steer case failed on main with expected an undelivered-steer notice, got [].
  • Focused adapter suite, at 080b9ab60e: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts in apps/server: 211 passed. Cases cover unread, assistant-, stream-, and result-acknowledged steers. Removing the corresponding acknowledgment makes the result and stream regressions fail.
  • Server typecheck passed; targeted format/lint passed with one existing unused layer warning.
  • Real app controls: releasing the foreground command without Stop recalls the codeword; consuming the steer before Stop during a later tool produces no warning. Consumed-steer transcript.
  • Final-round independent reviews assess the complete revised diff. The narrow finalization interleaving has no deterministic failing test: a coarse scheduler sweep missed the window, and the finest setting exhausted the test worker. The experimental test was removed; no red-proof claim is made for that guard.

Evidence

Real app before e54e71d725, after 20749b942a. Full manifest, environment, chronology, pixel counts, and limitations. Ubuntu/Chrome154, DPR2; CSS1440×900 and390×844, light/dark. Wide PNG output is downscaled1280×800; narrow output780×1688. Diff0 is absolute RGB delta amplified4; Diff16 marks maximum channel delta>16.

Same interaction in both recordings: submit foreground held curl, wait for foreground task_started, send the codeword as Steer, press Stop, retain the interrupted state, then resize to390 light. The after recording also expands the new notice. Before full interaction · After full interaction. Exported tails were inspected. Natural provider latency differs; these are not precision latency measurements.

After: expanded notice quotes the steer and asks for resend

Visible differences: the after adds the amber notice and disclosure; the interrupted divider moves down by the new row. Independent runs also differ in generated thread titles, sidebar ordering, relative ages, and environment artwork pixels. All differences are included in the image counts; clocks were not frozen. The portable recipe is committed at scripts/issue-15708-repro.md.

Unverified: native iOS notice summary/detail and expansion. Device access was disabled; fresh EAS simulator development build 0d64b057-66fc-4e34-a223-3919e4e6fc94 remained in progress and usable remote backend transport was unavailable. Web/desktop share the existing renderer; no Electron shell or native-client source changed.

Proof audit independently reproduced all eight image diff outputs/counts, inspected both complete recordings, and rebuilt the final web warning content. The full matrix verdict was INSUFFICIENT V2 solely for the explicitly unverified native row. Captures precede the merge of current main; that merge brings unrelated server/dependency and sidebar navigation updates and leaves the notice rendering unchanged. Later revisions add stream-acknowledgment coverage, correct structured error causes, and close finalizing-turn steer admission; the displayed notice text is unchanged.

Recovery proof audit: all four web cells and eight diff outputs/counts reproduced; the final-head notice block matches the captured revision. The changed web-path proof is sufficient. Native execution and a fresh final-head runtime capture remain unverified.

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 through Claude Code (implementation/tests); GPT-6.1-Sol through Codex and Claude Opus 5.5 through Claude Code (review and verification). Harness: T3 Code.

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#15708

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  • Merge main into fix/issue-157081405c02
  • test(server): add portable interrupted steer reproduction recipe20749b9
  • fix(server): Stop warns about a Claude steer the model never read3e25e3f
  • test(server): issue 15708 expects a notice for a steer Stop never delivered41d6892
  • test(server): reproduce issue 15708, Stop drops an unread Claude steer67edb02
  • fix(server): a steer echoed only on the result no longer warns on Stopc984f4f
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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at d3471b1

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Claude turns now report steers whose delivery was not confirmed before Stop, with safeguards against warnings for rejected or acknowledged messages. The change is limited to delivery tracking and turn feedback, without automatically resending messages or changing product defaults.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ProviderMetricMain baselineThis PRImpactPR ceiling
CodexTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
CodexThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded21.5 KiB21.5 KiB0 B (0.0%)24.4 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages110 (0.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB0 B (0.0%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.9 KiB21.9 KiB0 B (0.0%)24.4 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages110 (0.0%)8✅

Baseline: 3a8c250 · PR result: d3471b1 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

ClaudeAdapterV2 assigns UUIDs to steers and tracks them until a matching frame acknowledges them. When an interrupted turn ends, it can emit a notice for eligible unconfirmed steers. Regression tests cover acknowledgment and notice behavior.

Changes: Claude steer delivery confirmation

Layer / File(s)Summary
Track and confirm steers
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
Steers receive validated UUIDs and remain tracked until an assistant, stream, or result frame echoes the UUID. Turn finalization closes steer admission.
Report unconfirmed steers
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
On interruption, finalization emits a completed notice for each unconfirmed steer when its query uses early or result_only prompt-echo mode. Tests cover echoed UUIDs and cases where the CLI does not echo them.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#23948 — Describes the same unacknowledged steer being dropped by Stop; this change tracks UUID acknowledgments and emits a notice.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#22423 — Describes lost steers after provider failure; this change addresses unconfirmed steers at interrupted-turn finalization.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24785 — Both changes track Claude steer delivery and surface outcomes, though this change reports unconfirmed steers after Stop.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#18641 — Both involve steers sent while a foreground Bash command runs; that PR backgrounds the command, while this change reports steers that remain unconfirmed when Stop ends the turn.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: External image Minimal · up to d3471

Stop now surfaces a notice when a Claude steer was not confirmed, and the earlier concurrency concern is handled. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title checkPassedThe title clearly and concisely describes the main change: showing when Stop leaves a Claude steer unconfirmed.
Description checkPassedThe description includes all required sections: Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification. It explains the bug, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, observed results, and known ver…
Linked Issues checkPassedThe PR meets the coding requirements in [#15708]. ClaudeAdapterV2.ts assigns UUIDs to steers, tracks unread steers, removes tracking when offering fails, and clears tracking when assistant, stream, …
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe adapter changes directly address the silent Stop-related steer loss in [#15708]. The regression tests verify the required delivery notice and acknowledgment behavior. The reproduction documentatio…
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The PR meets the coding requirements in [#15708]. ClaudeAdapterV2.ts assigns UUIDs to steers, tracks unread steers, removes tracking when offering fails, and clears tracking when assistant, stream, or result frames echo the UUID. Stop finalization closes steer admission before taking the unread snapshot and emits the existing resend notice for unconfirmed steers when the query supports UUID echo. ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts covers unread, non-echoing, assistant, stream, and result acknowledgment cases.

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The adapter changes directly address the silent Stop-related steer loss in [#15708]. The regression tests verify the required delivery notice and acknowledgment behavior. The reproduction documentation and structured error-cause correction support the same steer-delivery fix. No unrelated product or infrastructure change is shown.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts: 1

3067-3213: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a stream-only acknowledgment case.

ClaudeAdapterV2 clears unread steers from stream_event frames. The Stop regression covers only assistant and result acknowledgments, so it can miss a regression in the stream-only path.

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1 { readBy: "assistant", title: "does not warn about a steer Claude read before Stop" },
2+ {
3+ readBy: "stream",
4+ title: "does not warn about a steer only a stream frame echoed before Stop",
5+ },
6 {
7 readBy: "result",
8 title: "does not warn about a steer only a steering result echoed before Stop",
9@@
10 if (readBy === "assistant") {
11 yield* harness.offerAndWait(
12 claudeSdkFrame({
13@@
14 }),
15 );
16 }
17+ if (readBy === "stream") {
18+ yield* harness.offerAndWait(
19+ claudeSdkFrame({
20+ type: "stream_event",
21+ event: { type: "message_start", message: { id: "msg_unread_steer_stream" } },
22+ parent_tool_use_id: null,
23+ session_id: WAKE_NATIVE_SESSION,
24+ uuid: "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000015705",
25+ user_message_uuids: [steerUuid],
26+ }),
27+ );
28+ }
29 const noticesBefore = harness.events.length;
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9Add a `readBy: "stream"` case to the `ClaudeAdapterV2` Stop regression test and
10send a `stream_event` frame carrying the steer UUID in `user_message_uuids`
11before interrupting the turn. Ensure the assertion verifies that this
12stream-only acknowledgment produces no undelivered-steer notice.

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8- Line 21: Update the No-Stop control in the reproduction instructions so curl’s
9timeout exceeds the endpoint hold, or shorten the hold while keeping curl’s
10timeout longer than it; ensure the control can receive the response before curl
11times out.
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18- Around line 3067-3213: Add a `readBy: "stream"` case to the `ClaudeAdapterV2`
19Stop regression test and send a `stream_event` frame carrying the steer UUID in
20`user_message_uuids` before interrupting the turn. Ensure the assertion verifies
21that this stream-only acknowledgment produces no undelivered-steer notice.
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  • test(server): cover stream_event steer acknowledgment before Stopaa0203d

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  • fix(server): keep the steer uuid allocation failure as the error cause276b86c

Addressed the error-cause finding in 276b86cc09: the steer UUID allocation failure now uses the structured error’s cause field. Server typecheck passed; targeted lint passed with the existing unused-layer warning. No delivery or rendering behavior changed.

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🟠 Major · Block steer admission during turn finalization. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:6763-6765

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:6763-6765 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Block steer admission during turn finalization.

finalizeActiveTurn clears unreadSteers here, but activeTurn remains set until later in the function. A concurrent steerTurn can finish backgroundForegroundSubagents, pass the active-turn check, and add a new entry after this snapshot. The offer can then target a turn that is already being finalized, while the new steer is never reported if Claude does not echo it.

Mark the context as finalizing before any yielding work and reject new steers in that state, or serialize steer admission with finalization. Add a regression test for this interleaving.

Also applies to: 10009-10015

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6Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
7around lines 6763 - 6765:
8Update finalizeActiveTurn and steerTurn to prevent steer admission once turn
9finalization begins: mark the context as finalizing before any yielding work and
10reject new steers in that state, or serialize steer admission with finalization.
11Add a regression test covering a steer that completes
12backgroundForegroundSubagents after finalization starts and ensure it is not
13offered to the finalized turn.

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9- Around line 6763-6765: Update finalizeActiveTurn and steerTurn to prevent
10steer admission once turn finalization begins: mark the context as finalizing
11before any yielding work and reject new steers in that state, or serialize steer
12admission with finalization. Add a regression test covering a steer that
13completes backgroundForegroundSubagents after finalization starts and ensure it
14is not offered to the finalized turn.
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  • fix(server): a steer admitted while Stop finalizes fails instead of losing its warning080b9ab

Addressed the finalization race in 080b9ab60e: finalization closes steer admission before any yield, and the last admission check and pending-map insertion execute without a yield between them. Earlier admissions enter the warning snapshot; later admissions use the existing ended-turn failure path. Both fresh final-round reviewers approved the complete diff and independently passed all 211 adapter tests. Server typecheck passes. No deterministic red test forces this narrow scheduler interleaving; the unsuccessful experimental test was removed. The earlier core regression and runtime evidence remain valid; notice rendering is unchanged.

Fresh independent source reviews of 080b9ab60e by GPT-6.1-Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 found no production blocker. The prior bot findings are addressed; all 35 checks pass on this head. Native iOS notice rendering remains unverified as recorded in Verification.

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  • fix(server): steer uuid uses the adapter's SecureRandom after main merged7ae4b9
  • fix(server): no unconfirmed-steer notice on a CLI that never echoes prompt uuidsd3471b1
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8130-8131: External image Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Quoted steer text is not bounded in the notice.

The notice embeds the full text of the steer. A steer can carry a long message, so the system notice can become very large. The notice is persisted and rendered in the UI. Truncate the quoted text to a fixed length. Mobile views already truncate the notice, but the stored message stays unbounded.

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1- const notice = `Claude did not confirm reading your steer before Stop. It may not have been delivered. Resend it if needed: "${text}"`;
2+ const quoted = text.length > 500 ? `${text.slice(0, 497)}...` : text;
3+ const notice = `Claude did not confirm reading your steer before Stop. It may not have been delivered. Resend it if needed: "${quoted}"`;
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3Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 8130 - 8131:
4Bound the quoted steer text used to create the notice near nativeItemId so persisted notices cannot grow with arbitrarily long messages. Truncate text to a fixed maximum length, adding an ellipsis when truncated, and interpolate the bounded value into notice while preserving the existing notice wording.

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9- Around line 8130-8131: Bound the quoted steer text used to create the notice
10near nativeItemId so persisted notices cannot grow with arbitrarily long
11messages. Truncate text to a fixed maximum length, adding an ellipsis when
12truncated, and interpolate the bounded value into notice while preserving the
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Evidence

Real web app, Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, separate fresh databases, real Claude CLI, synthetic data.

With Follow-up behavior set to Steer, run foreground curl against a response held for four minutes. Wait for foreground task_started, send Codeword: PELICAN. Remember it, I will ask for it later., then press Stop before curl completes. Expand the warning on head. Both sessions subsequently answered NO_CODEWORD; head explains the unconfirmed delivery and preserves the text for resending.

Reproduction steps · Hold endpoint · Seed script · Sanitized protocol milestones

Runtime identifiers were hidden; the head recording contains an opaque redaction over a model-transition label. Reproduction content is unchanged.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

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  • CLI variants that never echo UUIDs or echo only on results were not exercised; the installed CLI demonstrated early UUID echoes.
  • Desktop and mobile clients were not separately exercised.