fix(server): queue explicit steer between provider turns#23559

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Problem

An explicit Steer sent while a run is starting or between provider turns fails with “No running provider turn found” and leaves the follow-up undelivered. Reproduced on current main by starting a real Claude run and immediately dispatching an explicit Steer through the authenticated web connection.

Change

Apply the existing provider-turn gap check before resolving explicit Steer. Follow-ups in those gaps use the durable queue; steering a running provider turn and explicit Restart retain their existing behavior.

Scope and approval

Fixes #23271 GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/23271 Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. The change is limited to server delivery policy and its existing tests.

Verification

Red: six policy cases failed on main because explicit Steer returned steer_active rather than queue_after_active.
Green: vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts — 106 tests passed across three files on the final head.
Scoped lint and server typechecking passed. Two independent reviews returned MERGE.
Runtime: Linux web dev server, Chrome headless, Claude Code 2.1.303 / claude-opus-5-5. Before, explicit Steer was rejected; after, both requests succeeded, the follow-up queued, and Claude consumed it and returned the expected marker. Both runs completed.

Proof	Before	After
Real server dispatch transcript	Rejected explicit Steer	Accepted, queued, and delivered

Before: 8d3b061121; after: 2d0622b17b. Server-only change; no render paths changed and the capture matrix is empty. Tests cover preparing/starting, absent/pending/completed provider turns, and a running turn from a previous attempt. Controls preserve automatic delivery, Restart, and steering a matching running turn.

The reporter’s native Windows surface was not run; the reproduced failure and fix are in shared server policy. Runtime provider verification covers Claude; other adapters are covered by the shared policy tests and review.

Proof index · Final test output

Models: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1-Sol. Harnesses: Claude Code and Codex through T3 Code.

Proof audit

Independent proof audit: SUFFICIENT (fixture matrix · audit pass 2). Runtime transcripts cover explicit Steer in the early gap (rows 1–3), no active run (row 12), and the new regression control: explicit Steer into a running provider turn still steers the live run on both builds (row 7: before · after). Driver: apps/server/scripts/verify-steer-running-turn.ts (c990ba1b46).

Verification log

Audit pass 1 (claude-opus-5-5): SUFFICIENT; row 7, explicit Steer while the active attempt's provider turn is running, flagged as the uncovered runtime control.
New captures (real server, isolated home, real Claude turns on claude-sonnet-5-5, no tools), same driver for before 8d3b061121 and after 2d0622b17b:
- Row 7: the provider turn was running at dispatch. Steer was accepted and delivered into run 1 (inputIntent: steer), with one run in total and ROW7_STEERED returned. Identical on both builds.
- Row 9: explicit Restart during a running turn was rejected on both builds with "Claude cannot redirect an active run". That is the Claude capability check, which this PR does not change (before · after).
Audit pass 2 (claude-opus-5-5): SUFFICIENT. All SHAs match, and c990ba1b46 changes only the driver script. The auditor rebuilt row 7 from the committed script and got a matching result (rebuild).
Unit-test-only rows: 4, 6, and 8 (a pending provider turn or a previous attempt's running turn needs synthetic projection state or narrow races), 5 (completed turn while the run is still active; the timing window is tight), and 10–11 (auto-delivery controls, path unchanged). Rows 1–3 share one transcript that does not record which gap state the run was in; each row has its own unit test.
Unverified: none. Not covered: a unit test for Restart during a running turn (this gap predates the PR), and providers other than Claude at runtime.
Model/harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, auditors, capturer) through Claude Code in T3 Code; captures ran Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the provider.

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#23271

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test(server): reproduce #23271 explicit steer in a turn gap should queue27d7943
fix(server): explicit steer in a turn gap queues instead of failing2d0622b

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ℹ️ The exact PR base did not have a successful artifact. Baseline uses the latest successful main measurement shown below.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 3e4d449 · PR result: fe6ae8d · Source CI: failure

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

Explicit steering now queues after an active run when the run is preparing or starting, or when its active attempt has no running provider turn. Restart delivery remains unchanged. Tests and a host-side verifier cover delivery behavior.

Changes: Steer delivery policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Steer delivery during active-run gaps `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.test.ts`	The policy checks for an active-run gap before selecting `steer_active`. In preparing or starting states, or when the active attempt has no running provider turn, explicit steering resolves to `queue_after_active`. Tests cover these cases and confirm that restart still resolves to `restart_active`.
Running-turn delivery verifier `apps/server/scripts/verify-steer-running-turn.ts`, `knip.jsonc`	The verifier starts a server in an isolated home, dispatches a second message after observing a running provider turn, and records the dispatch result, final projection, and event timeline. It writes a failed result and exits with a nonzero code on verification errors, then stops the server. Knip includes the verifier script as an entry point.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#23403: Explicit steering can now enter the durable queue when no provider turn is running. The PR does not change queue visibility.
pingdotgg/t3code#26546: The PR routes explicit steering through the queued state described in the issue. It does not add the missing UI label or Send now control.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

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Before merging, preserve verifier cleanup on failure and prevent explicit steering from releasing runs that Stop has held.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: explicit Steer requests now queue between provider turns.
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue `#23271` requires explicit Steer to queue when the active run is preparing or starting, or when its active attempt has no running provider turn. `CommandPolicy.ts` checks those gaps before resolvi…
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The reviewed changes are connected to issue `#23271`. `CommandPolicy.ts` changes delivery policy. `CommandPolicy.test.ts` adds regression coverage. The host-side running-turn verifier and its `knip.json…
Description check	Passed	The description covers the problem and reproduction, the change, the triaged issue and scope, and focused verification results. It also states the runtime and platform coverage limits.

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Explanation

Issue #23271 requires explicit Steer to queue when the active run is preparing or starting, or when its active attempt has no running provider turn. CommandPolicy.ts checks those gaps before resolving steer and returns queue_after_active. The check includes absent, pending, completed, and previous-attempt turns. restart remains resolved before the gap check. CommandPolicy.test.ts covers all required gap states, explicit Steer, Restart, and steering a running turn. The reported 106-test run supports the implementation.

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The reviewed changes are connected to issue #23271. CommandPolicy.ts changes delivery policy. CommandPolicy.test.ts adds regression coverage. The host-side running-turn verifier and its knip.jsonc entry verify preserved Steer and Restart behavior and do not change product behavior. No unrelated render, UI, or server feature change is identified in the supplied change summary.

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	349	+	),
	350	+	);
	351	+	console.log(`Transcript: ${values.out}`);
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	49	+	NodeAssert.ok(values.home && values.port && values.project && values.out, "missing arguments");
	50	+	NodeAssert.ok(values.intent === "steer" \|\| values.intent === "restart", "intent: steer\|restart");
	51	+	NodeAssert.ok(
	52	+	!NodePath.resolve(values.home).startsWith(NodePath.join(NodeOS.homedir(), ".t3")),

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	320	+	};
	321	+	} catch (error) {
	322	+	result = { status: "failed", reason: String(error) };
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Make delivery part of the verifier’s success condition.

The script documents that Steer or Restart must reach the active run. The current completion condition only checks that a dispatch was attempted and that all runs became terminal. A rejected dispatch is converted to { ok: false, error }, so it can still produce status: "finished" and exit zero. The final code also records the run association without validating it.

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1	const steerItem = final.userMessages.find((message) => message.messageId === secondMessageId);
2	const firstRunId = final.runs[0]?.id ?? null;
3	+ const deliveredIntoActiveRun = steerItem?.runId === firstRunId;
4	+ const response = dispatch?.response;
5	+ const dispatchSucceeded =
6	+ typeof response === "object" &&
7	+ response !== null &&
8	+ "ok" in response &&
9	+ response.ok === true;
10	+ const verificationSucceeded = dispatchSucceeded && deliveredIntoActiveRun;
11	+ if (!verificationSucceeded) process.exitCode = 1;
12	result = {
13	- status: "finished",
14	+ status: verificationSucceeded ? "finished" : "failed",
15	+ ...(verificationSucceeded ? {} : { reason: "delivery was not proven" }),
16	intent,
17	dispatch,
18	resolved: {
19	secondMessageInputIntent: steerItem?.inputIntent ?? null,
20	secondMessageRunId: steerItem?.runId ?? null,
21	firstRunId,
22	- deliveredIntoActiveRun: steerItem?.runId === firstRunId,
23	+ deliveredIntoActiveRun,

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1	const last = await Effect.runPromise(program);
2	NodeAssert.ok(last._tag === "Some", "subscription ended without a projection");
3	const final = summarize(last.value.projection);
4	const steerItem = final.userMessages.find((message) => message.messageId === secondMessageId);
5	const firstRunId = final.runs[0]?.id ?? null;
6	const deliveredIntoActiveRun = steerItem?.runId === firstRunId;
7	const response = dispatch?.response;
8	const dispatchSucceeded =
9	typeof response === "object" &&
10	response !== null &&
11	"ok" in response &&
12	response.ok === true;
13	const verificationSucceeded = dispatchSucceeded && deliveredIntoActiveRun;
14	if (!verificationSucceeded) process.exitCode = 1;
15	result = {
16	status: verificationSucceeded ? "finished" : "failed",
17	...(verificationSucceeded ? {} : { reason: "delivery was not proven" }),
18	intent,
19	dispatch,
20	resolved: {
21	secondMessageInputIntent: steerItem?.inputIntent ?? null,
22	secondMessageRunId: steerItem?.runId ?? null,
23	firstRunId,
24	deliveredIntoActiveRun,
25	runCount: final.runs.length,
26	runsWithSecondMessageAsUserMessage: final.runs
27	.filter((run) => run.userMessageId === secondMessageId)
28	.map((run) => run.id),
29	},
30	final,
31	};
32	} catch (error) {
33	result = { status: "failed", reason: String(error) };
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	349	+	),
	350	+	);
	351	+	console.log(`Transcript: ${values.out}`);
	352	+	await stopServer();

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Wrap the transcript write in try/finally so stopServer() always runs.

The finally block runs git(...), uname, and writeFileSync before it calls stopServer(). Each of these calls can throw:

git rev-parse throws when --server-root is not a git checkout.
execFileSync("uname") throws when uname is missing.
writeFileSync throws when the --out directory does not exist.

When one of them throws, stopServer() never runs. The server was started with detached: true and keeps running. It holds the port and the isolated home directory, so the next run can fail on the port or the home directory. The new exception also replaces the original failure, and no transcript is written.

Run stopServer() in a nested finally. Also make the environment probes non-fatal, so a failed probe does not discard the result.

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1	} finally {
2	- const git = (args: Array<string>) =>
3	- NodeChildProcess.execFileSync("git", args, { cwd: serverRoot, encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
4	- NodeFS.writeFileSync(
5	- values.out,
6	- JSON.stringify(
7	- { ...transcript },
8	- null,
9	- 2,
10	- ),
11	- );
12	- console.log(`Transcript: ${values.out}`);
13	- await stopServer();
14	+ const probe = (command: string, args: Array<string>, cwd?: string) => {
15	+ try {
16	+ return NodeChildProcess.execFileSync(command, args, { cwd, encoding: "utf8" }).trim();
17	+ } catch {
18	+ return null;
19	+ }
20	+ };
21	+ try {
22	+ NodeFS.writeFileSync(
23	+ values.out,
24	+ JSON.stringify(
25	+ {
26	+ environment: {
27	+ serverRoot,
28	+ serverSha: probe("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], serverRoot),
29	+ serverDirty: probe("git", ["status", "--porcelain", "--untracked-files=no"], serverRoot),
30	+ node: process.version,
31	+ os: probe("uname", ["-srm"]),
32	+ provider: values.provider,
33	+ model: values.model,
34	+ port,
35	+ },
36	+ // ...keep the remaining transcript fields unchanged
37	+ },
38	+ null,
39	+ 2,
40	+ ),
41	+ );
42	+ console.log(`Transcript: ${values.out}`);
43	+ } finally {
44	+ await stopServer();
45	+ }
46	}

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chore(server): register steer evidence driver as a knip entry1f157b2
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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.tsline 166Outdated · dae2d87Open thread

…	…	@@ -166,6 +163,9 @@ function resolveDeliveryIntent(
166	163		) {
167	164		return { type: "queue_after_active" };
168	165		}
	166	+	if (deliveryIntent === "steer") {

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1	sed -n 120,200p apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.ts
2	rg -n 'stopReachedRun\|dispatchSteerIntoRun\|holdStoppedThread\|queue_after_active' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2 --glob '!*.test.ts'

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1	set -o pipefail
2	printf '%s\n' '--- Orchestrator dispatch flow ---'
3	sed -n '4415,4545p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
4	sed -n '5365,5650p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
5	printf '%s\n' '--- Stop helpers ---'
6	sed -n '10305,10425p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
7	printf '%s\n' '--- Relevant test references ---'
8	rg -n -F --glob '*.test.ts' -e 'stopReachedRun' -e 'Stop' -e 'stop' -e 'failed' -e 'queue_after_active' -e 'steer' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts \|\| test "$?" -eq 1
9	printf '%s\n' '--- Steering completion test structure ---'
10	sed -n '1,280p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts

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1	set -o pipefail
2	printf '%s\n' '--- Queue release and dispatch continuation ---'
3	sed -n '5600,5685p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
4	sed -n '5685,5775p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
5	printf '%s\n' '--- Steering completion references and relevant bodies ---'
6	rg -n -F -- 'during continuation' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts
7	rg -n -F -- 'thread.stop' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts
8	rg -n -F -- 'queueHeld' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts
9	sed -n '250,620p' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts
10	printf '%s\n' '--- Command policy gap and Stop coverage ---'
11	rg -n -F -- -e 'deliveryIntent' -e 'queue_after_active' -e 'stop' -e 'failed' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/CommandPolicy.test.ts \|\| test "$?" -eq 1

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Preserve the Stop guard for explicit gap steering.

When an active run has no running provider turn, explicit steer now resolves to queue_after_active and bypasses dispatchSteerIntoRun’s stopReachedRun check. The queue path sets Stop-held runs to queueHeld: false for client messages, so this steer can resume work after Stop.

Before releasing held runs, reject an explicit steer when its active run satisfies stopReachedRun, using the existing stopping error. Add a regression test for an active run with a failed provider turn, a recorded Stop, and an explicit steer.

SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts covers a failed continuation, but its steer is dispatched while the provider turn is still running and it does not issue Stop. It does not cover this combined state.

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8	In the deliveryIntent === "steer" path, check whether the active run satisfies
9	stopReachedRun before routing an explicit steer to queue_after_active or
10	releasing held runs; reject it with the existing stopping error. Add a
11	regression test for an active run with a failed provider turn, a recorded Stop,
12	and an explicit steer, covering the case not exercised by
13	SteeringCompletion.integration.test.ts.
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Added 3 commits2d ago

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into HEAD15846f6
Merge branch 'main' into fix/issue-23271b7bb71f
Merge branch 'main' into fix/issue-23271fe6ae8d

JJulius Marminge1d ago

Thanks for this. #25749 makes the same change and is the one being kept.

#25749 includes the same fix for explicit Steer being rejected between provider turns. It also remembers the steering intent and delivers the queued message into the turn once it starts, making it the more complete fix.

Your gap check and regression coverage remain part of that solution. Keeping the fixes together avoids accepting a steer only to leave it waiting behind the active run.

Closing as a duplicate.

1	set -o pipefail
2	printf '%s\n' '--- runtime delivery tests ---'
3	nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts \| sed -n '1025,1105p'
4	nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts \| sed -n '3050,3145p'
5	nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts \| sed -n '3180,3250p'
6	printf '%s\n' '--- thread dispatch service contract ---'
7	rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'readonly dispatch' -e 'dispatch: Effect' -e 'dispatch(command' -e 'storedEvents' apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts \| head -180
8	nl -ba apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts \| sed -n '380,530p'
9	printf '%s\n' '--- command and response declarations ---'
10	rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'OrchestrationV2Command' -e 'OrchestrationV2CommandResult' -e 'storedEvents:' packages apps/server/src \| head -180