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fix(ai): preserve server chat reasoning - #1147
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe chat activity now preserves reasoning from explicit reasoning events and completed steps in server message history. Terminal messages and interrupt snapshots include thinking parts. Unit and end-to-end tests cover tool-call continuation and terminal reasoning. ChangesReasoning preservation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk:🔵 Low · up to The change preserves reasoning across client-tool interruptions, but reasoning may be duplicated for one event ordering; this is a bounded correctness issue requiring owner awareness before merge. Possibly related PRs
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747-808: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winPlace the new unit coverage beside the source module.
The new unit coverage is in
packages/ai/tests/chat.test.ts. The coding guideline requires unit tests in*.test.tsfiles alongside source. Move this reasoning coverage to a test file besidepackages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts.As per coding guidelines, “Unit tests in
*.test.tsfiles alongside source”.Also applies to: 3101-3143, 3221-3234
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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts`:
- Around line 1664-1685: Update the reasoning-content handling in the
chunk-processing method and handleReasoningMessageContentEvent so matching
delta/content is deduplicated regardless of whether STEP_FINISHED or
REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT arrives first, preserving each reasoning segment only
once. Add a reversed-order regression test in the stream processor tests
covering REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT followed by STEP_FINISHED.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/ai/tests/chat.test.ts`:
- Around line 747-808: Move the reasoning coverage test from the centralized
chat.test.ts file into a colocated *.test.ts file beside the chat source module
at activities/chat/index.ts, preserving the test behavior and required
imports/setup. Apply the same relocation to the related coverage referenced in
the comment.
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| if (!this.hasSeenReasoningEvents) { | ||
| if (chunk.delta) { | ||
| this.currentThinkingContent += chunk.delta | ||
| } else if (chunk.content) { | ||
| if (chunk.content.startsWith(this.currentThinkingContent)) { | ||
| this.currentThinkingContent = chunk.content | ||
| } else if (!this.currentThinkingContent.startsWith(chunk.content)) { | ||
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| if (chunk.signature) { | ||
| this.currentThinkingSignature = chunk.signature | ||
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| private handleReasoningMessageContentEvent( | ||
| chunk: Extract<StreamChunk, { type: 'REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT' }>, | ||
| ): void { | ||
| this.hasSeenReasoningEvents = true | ||
| this.currentThinkingContent += chunk.delta | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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In the AG-UI protocol, the interaction between reasoning events (REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT) and legacy step events (STEP_FINISHED) has evolved toward a canonical event-based structure [1][2][3]. The AG-UI protocol defines dedicated REASONING_* events to replace older, generic STEP_* events for handling model chain-of-thought or "thinking" processes [1][4][3]. While some legacy implementations may still emit STEP_STARTED and STEP_FINISHED events alongside or instead of these reasoning events, the modern standard and recommended approach is to use the dedicated reasoning sequence [2][3][5]. Standard Event Ordering for Reasoning: 1. REASONING_START: Marks the beginning of the reasoning/thinking phase [4][3]. 2. REASONING_MESSAGE_START: Initiates the streaming reasoning message [4][3]. 3. REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT: Delivers accumulated content chunks [4][3][6]. This event type is used to stream the "thinking" text incrementally [4][2]. 4. REASONING_MESSAGE_END: Completes the reasoning message [4][3]. 5. REASONING_END: Signals the completion of the entire reasoning phase [4][3]. Legacy Context: Older implementations often wrapped reasoning within generic STEP_STARTED and STEP_FINISHED events [2][3]. In these cases, frontends had to reconcile these generic markers with the reasoning content [2][5]. Modern AG-UI protocol specifications (>= 0.1.15) treat the REASONING_* events as the primary, canonical way to represent this lifecycle [3]. Stream processors or adapters may still reconcile both types into a single interface (such as a ThinkingPart in a UI message) to ensure backward compatibility and deduplication of content, but new integrations should rely on the dedicated reasoning event flow [2][3]. Events should always be processed in the order they are received, and events sharing the same ID (e.g., messageId) belong to the same logical stream [1].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.ag-ui.com/concepts/events
- 2: https://tanstack.com/ai/latest/docs/chat/thinking-content
- 3: fix: emit reasoning events in AGUI interface agno-agi/agno#7429
- 4: https://github.com/ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui/blob/d53c4ef6/docs/concepts/reasoning.mdx
- 5: [Bug] AGUI integration does not emit reasoning events agno-agi/agno#7216
- 6: https://docs.ag-ui.com/sdk/js/core/events
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Deduplicate reasoning content regardless of event order.
A STEP_FINISHED event followed by matching REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT currently produces duplicate thinking content. Deduplicate both event types and add a reversed-order regression test in packages/ai/tests/stream-processor.test.ts.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts` around lines 1664 - 1685, Update
the reasoning-content handling in the chunk-processing method and
handleReasoningMessageContentEvent so matching delta/content is deduplicated
regardless of whether STEP_FINISHED or REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT arrives first,
preserving each reasoning segment only once. Add a reversed-order regression
test in the stream processor tests covering REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT followed
by STEP_FINISHED.
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Fixes#1145
🎯 Changes
Preserves reasoning in the server-side Chat accumulator across client-tool interrupts and continuations.
Matches the existing client-side StreamProcessor implementation by consuming REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT, incorporating STEP_FINISHED.content, and preventing duplicate reasoning parts.
Includes persisted thinking parts in MESSAGES_SNAPSHOT payloads so clients retain reasoning after continuation.
Adds unit and end-to-end regression coverage for reasoning-bearing client-tool flows.
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