"""Pure tool-call loop guardrail primitives. The controller is side-effect free: it tracks per-turn tool-call observations and returns decisions. Runtime code decides whether a decision becomes warning guidance, a synthetic tool result, or a controlled turn halt. """ from __future__ import annotations import hashlib import json from dataclasses import dataclass, field from typing import Any, Mapping from utils import safe_json_loads from agent.tool_result_classification import file_mutation_result_landed IDEMPOTENT_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset({ "read_file", "search_files", "web_search", "web_extract", "session_search", "skill_view", "skills_list", "browser_snapshot", "browser_console", "browser_get_images", "mcp_filesystem_read_file", "mcp_filesystem_read_text_file", "mcp_filesystem_read_multiple_files", "mcp_filesystem_list_directory", "mcp_filesystem_list_directory_with_sizes", "mcp_filesystem_directory_tree", "mcp_filesystem_get_file_info", "mcp_filesystem_search_files", }) MUTATING_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset({ "terminal", "execute_code", "write_file", "patch", "todo_list", "memory", "skill_manage", "browser_click", "browser_type", "browser_press", "browser_scroll", "browser_navigate", "send_message", "cronjob_manage", "delegate_task", "process_manage", }) # Tools legitimately re-invoked with identical args while waiting on external # progress (pollers). The identical-call NOTICE never fires for these. STALL_GUARD_REPEATABLE_TOOLS = frozenset({"process_manage"}) # Poller naming conventions on generated / MCP surfaces (``_get_result``). _STALL_GUARD_REPEATABLE_SUFFIXES = ("_get_result", "_poll") # Notice fires on the Nth consecutive identical (tool, args, result) call; 3 # tolerates one legitimate double-check while catching observed re-issue loops. STALL_GUARD_IDENTICAL_CALL_THRESHOLD = 3 # Result-reference stubbing: from the 2nd consecutive identical call whose fresh # result is byte-identical, the duplicate payload is replaced by a reference # stub. Results under this size aren't worth stubbing; errors are never stubbed. IDENTICAL_RESULT_STUB_MIN_CHARS = 512 # Canonical-args preview kept in the stub so the model still knows WHAT the call # was if compression later evicts the referenced result. _RESULT_STUB_ARGS_PREVIEW_CHARS = 120 # Tools whose "failure" is normal work output (red test run, empty grep, page # timeout). same_tool_failure (DIFFERENT commands) never halts these; only an # exact-args replay with no intervening change, or an identical-result streak, can. FAILURE_TOLERANT_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset({ "terminal", "execute_code", "process_manage", "process", "browser_navigate", "web_extract", }) # A successful call to one of these marks progress for every failing signature # still counted this turn: the next retry is a new experiment (edit -> re-run), not a replay. PROGRESS_RESET_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset({ "write_file", "patch", "terminal", "execute_code", "browser_click", "browser_type", "browser_press", "browser_navigate", "process_manage", "process", "delegate_task", "send_message", "cronjob", "cronjob_manage", "todo", "todo_list", "memory", "skill_manage", }) def is_stall_guard_repeatable(tool_name: str) -> bool: """Whether a tool is exempt from the identical-call loop notice.""" return tool_name in STALL_GUARD_REPEATABLE_TOOLS or tool_name.endswith( _STALL_GUARD_REPEATABLE_SUFFIXES ) @dataclass(frozen=True) class ToolCallGuardrailConfig: """Thresholds for per-turn tool-call loop detection. Warnings never prevent execution. Hard stops are opt-in for interactive platforms but default on for unattended gateway/cron platforms where nobody can interrupt a model that ignores loop warnings. """ warnings_enabled: bool = True hard_stop_enabled: bool = False non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled: bool = True exact_failure_warn_after: int = 2 exact_failure_block_after: int = 5 same_tool_failure_warn_after: int = 3 same_tool_failure_halt_after: int = 8 no_progress_warn_after: int = 2 no_progress_block_after: int = 5 idempotent_tools: frozenset[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: IDEMPOTENT_TOOL_NAMES) mutating_tools: frozenset[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: MUTATING_TOOL_NAMES) loop_caps: "LoopCapConfig" = field(default_factory=lambda: LoopCapConfig()) @classmethod def from_mapping( cls, data: Mapping[str, Any] | None, *, platform: str | None = None, ) -> "ToolCallGuardrailConfig": """Build config from the `tool_loop_guardrails` config.yaml section. Nested ``warn_after`` / ``hard_stop_after`` keys win over the flat legacy keys. """ if not isinstance(data, Mapping): data = {} d = cls() hard_stop_enabled = _as_bool(data.get("hard_stop_enabled"), d.hard_stop_enabled) non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled = _as_bool( data.get("non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled"), d.non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled, ) if _is_non_interactive_platform(platform) and non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled: hard_stop_enabled = True thresholds: dict[str, int] = {} for field_name, (section_name, key) in _THRESHOLD_SOURCES.items(): section = data.get(section_name) if not isinstance(section, Mapping): section = {} thresholds[field_name] = _int_at_least( section.get(key, data.get(field_name)), getattr(d, field_name), 1, ) return cls( warnings_enabled=_as_bool(data.get("warnings_enabled"), d.warnings_enabled), hard_stop_enabled=hard_stop_enabled, non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled=non_interactive_hard_stop_enabled, loop_caps=LoopCapConfig.from_mapping(data.get("loop_caps")), **thresholds, ) # Threshold field -> (nested section, nested key). The flat legacy key is the field name itself. _THRESHOLD_SOURCES: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = { "exact_failure_warn_after": ("warn_after", "exact_failure"), "same_tool_failure_warn_after": ("warn_after", "same_tool_failure"), "no_progress_warn_after": ("warn_after", "idempotent_no_progress"), "exact_failure_block_after": ("hard_stop_after", "exact_failure"), "same_tool_failure_halt_after": ("hard_stop_after", "same_tool_failure"), "no_progress_block_after": ("hard_stop_after", "idempotent_no_progress"), } # Per-turn caps on runaway-prone tools; counters reset in reset_for_turn at the # start of every agent loop, so the limit is per turn, not per session. Dozens # of searches / subagent spawns in one loop is already pathological. _DEFAULT_MAX_WEB_SEARCHES_PER_TURN = 50 _DEFAULT_MAX_SUBAGENTS_PER_TURN = 50 @dataclass(frozen=True) class LoopCapConfig: """Per-turn hard ceilings on web_search calls / subagent spawns. Unlike the loop detector (keyed on repeated identical/failing calls) these count total calls within the turn and fire regardless of ``hard_stop_enabled``. ``0`` disables a cap. """ max_web_searches: int = _DEFAULT_MAX_WEB_SEARCHES_PER_TURN max_subagents: int = _DEFAULT_MAX_SUBAGENTS_PER_TURN @classmethod def from_mapping(cls, data: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> "LoopCapConfig": """Build config from the ``tool_loop_guardrails.loop_caps`` section.""" if not isinstance(data, Mapping): return cls() defaults = cls() return cls( max_web_searches=_int_at_least(data.get("max_web_searches"), defaults.max_web_searches, 0), max_subagents=_int_at_least(data.get("max_subagents"), defaults.max_subagents, 0), ) _INTERACTIVE_PLATFORMS = frozenset({"cli", "tui", "desktop", "acp"}) # Not chat gateways, but bounded supervised task loops (a subagent is stopped by # its parent; api_server has a live client). Both do real edit -> re-run work, # so they keep the interactive warn-only default. _SUPERVISED_TASK_PLATFORMS = frozenset({"subagent", "api_server"}) def _is_non_interactive_platform(platform: str | None) -> bool: """True for gateway/cron sessions where tool loops are unattended.""" if not isinstance(platform, str) or not platform.strip(): return False key = platform.strip().lower() return key not in _INTERACTIVE_PLATFORMS and key not in _SUPERVISED_TASK_PLATFORMS @dataclass(frozen=True) class IdenticalCallObservation: """Outcome of observing one completed call: ``notice`` is appended after the result, ``stub`` replaces a byte-identical duplicate result. Both may be set.""" notice: str | None = None stub: str | None = None @dataclass(frozen=True) class ToolCallSignature: """Stable, non-reversible identity for a tool name plus canonical args.""" tool_name: str args_hash: str @classmethod def from_call(cls, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> "ToolCallSignature": return cls(tool_name=tool_name, args_hash=_sha256(canonical_tool_args(args or {}))) def to_metadata(self) -> dict[str, str]: """Return public metadata without raw argument values.""" return {"tool_name": self.tool_name, "args_hash": self.args_hash} @dataclass(frozen=True) class ToolGuardrailDecision: """Decision returned by the tool-call guardrail controller.""" action: str = "allow" # allow | warn | block | halt code: str = "allow" message: str = "" tool_name: str = "" count: int = 0 signature: ToolCallSignature | None = None @property def allows_execution(self) -> bool: return self.action in {"allow", "warn"} @property def should_halt(self) -> bool: return self.action in {"block", "halt"} def to_metadata(self) -> dict[str, Any]: data: dict[str, Any] = { "action": self.action, "code": self.code, "message": self.message, "tool_name": self.tool_name, "count": self.count, } if self.signature is not None: data["signature"] = self.signature.to_metadata() return data def _canonical_json(value: Any) -> str: return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":"), default=str) def canonical_tool_args(args: Mapping[str, Any]) -> str: """Return sorted compact JSON for parsed tool arguments.""" if not isinstance(args, Mapping): raise TypeError(f"tool args must be a mapping, got {type(args).__name__}") return _canonical_json(args) def classify_tool_failure(tool_name: str, result: str | None) -> tuple[bool, str]: """Fallback classifier used only when callers don't pass ``failed``. Mirrors ``agent.display._detect_tool_failure`` exactly so the guardrail never disagrees with the CLI's user-visible ``[error]`` tag. """ if result is None or file_mutation_result_landed(tool_name, result): return False, "" if tool_name == "terminal": data = safe_json_loads(result) if isinstance(data, dict): exit_code = data.get("exit_code") if exit_code is not None and exit_code != 0: return True, f" [exit {exit_code}]" return False, "" if tool_name == "memory": data = safe_json_loads(result) if isinstance(data, dict) and data.get("success") is False and "exceed the limit" in data.get("error", ""): return True, " [full]" lower = result[:500].lower() if '"error"' in lower or '"failed"' in lower or result.startswith("Error"): return True, " [error]" return False, "" class ToolCallGuardrailController: """Per-turn controller for repeated failed/non-progressing tool calls.""" def __init__(self, config: ToolCallGuardrailConfig | None = None): self.config = config or ToolCallGuardrailConfig() self.reset_for_turn() def reset_for_turn(self) -> None: self._exact_failure_counts: dict[ToolCallSignature, int] = {} self._same_tool_failure_counts: dict[str, int] = {} # signature -> a mutating call succeeded since its last failure self._progress_since_failure: dict[ToolCallSignature, bool] = {} self._no_progress: dict[ToolCallSignature, tuple[str, int]] = {} self._halt_decision: ToolGuardrailDecision | None = None # Identical-call streak: CONSECUTIVE identical (tool, args) calls with # identical results. Any different call or result resets it, so re-reads # after edits and varied polling are never flagged. self._identical_streak_sig: ToolCallSignature | None = None self._identical_streak_result_hash: str = "" self._identical_streak_count: int = 0 # tool_call_id of the streak's FIRST call, so a stub can point at the full payload. self._identical_streak_first_call_id: str = "" # tool_call_id -> spillover path, so a stub referencing a result that # entered context only as a persisted-output preview can't dangle. self._persisted_result_paths: dict[str, str] = {} self._turn_web_search_count = 0 self._turn_subagent_count = 0 @property def halt_decision(self) -> ToolGuardrailDecision | None: return self._halt_decision def _halt( self, action: str, code: str, message: str, tool_name: str, count: int, signature: ToolCallSignature, ) -> ToolGuardrailDecision: """Build a block/halt decision and record it as the turn's halt decision.""" self._halt_decision = ToolGuardrailDecision( action=action, code=code, message=message, tool_name=tool_name, count=count, signature=signature, ) return self._halt_decision def before_call(self, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> ToolGuardrailDecision: args = _coerce_args(args) signature = ToolCallSignature.from_call(tool_name, args) allow = ToolGuardrailDecision(tool_name=tool_name, signature=signature) # Loop caps apply regardless of hard_stop_enabled (which only governs the detector). cap_block = self._check_loop_cap(tool_name, args, signature) if cap_block is not None: return cap_block if not self.config.hard_stop_enabled: return allow exact_count = self._exact_failure_counts.get(signature, 0) if self._progress_since_failure.get(signature): # Something landed since this call last failed — let it run; the # streak restarts in after_call if it fails again. exact_count = 0 if exact_count >= self.config.exact_failure_block_after: return self._halt( "block", "repeated_exact_failure_block", f"Blocked {tool_name}: the same tool call failed {exact_count} " "times with identical arguments. Stop retrying it unchanged; " "change strategy or explain the blocker.", tool_name, exact_count, signature, ) if self._is_idempotent(tool_name): record = self._no_progress.get(signature) if record is not None and record[1] >= self.config.no_progress_block_after: repeat_count = record[1] return self._halt( "block", "idempotent_no_progress_block", f"Blocked {tool_name}: this read-only call returned the same " f"result {repeat_count} times. Stop repeating it unchanged; " "use the result already provided or try a different query.", tool_name, repeat_count, signature, ) return allow def after_call( self, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any] | None, result: str | None, *, failed: bool | None = None, ) -> ToolGuardrailDecision: args = _coerce_args(args) signature = ToolCallSignature.from_call(tool_name, args) if failed is None: failed, _ = classify_tool_failure(tool_name, result) def warn(code: str, message: str, count: int) -> ToolGuardrailDecision: return ToolGuardrailDecision( action="warn", code=code, message=message, tool_name=tool_name, count=count, signature=signature, ) if failed: # An identical failing call is only a REPLAY if nothing landed in # between; a mutation since the last identical failure makes the # retry a new experiment, so the exact-args streak restarts. if self._progress_since_failure.pop(signature, False): self._exact_failure_counts.pop(signature, None) exact_count = self._exact_failure_counts.get(signature, 0) + 1 self._exact_failure_counts[signature] = exact_count self._no_progress.pop(signature, None) same_count = self._same_tool_failure_counts.get(tool_name, 0) + 1 self._same_tool_failure_counts[tool_name] = same_count # same_tool_failure counts DIFFERENT args on one tool; for # failure-tolerant tools a run of distinct red commands is diagnosis, # not a loop — warn, never halt (exact-args replay still applies). if ( self.config.hard_stop_enabled and tool_name not in FAILURE_TOLERANT_TOOL_NAMES and same_count >= self.config.same_tool_failure_halt_after ): return self._halt( "halt", "same_tool_failure_halt", f"Stopped {tool_name}: it failed {same_count} times this turn. " "Stop retrying the same failing tool path and choose a different approach.", tool_name, same_count, signature, ) if self.config.warnings_enabled and exact_count >= self.config.exact_failure_warn_after: return warn( "repeated_exact_failure_warning", f"{tool_name} has failed {exact_count} times with identical arguments. " "This looks like a loop; inspect the error and change strategy " "instead of retrying it unchanged.", exact_count, ) if self.config.warnings_enabled and same_count >= self.config.same_tool_failure_warn_after: return warn( "same_tool_failure_warning", _tool_failure_recovery_hint(tool_name, same_count), same_count, ) return ToolGuardrailDecision(tool_name=tool_name, count=exact_count, signature=signature) self._exact_failure_counts.pop(signature, None) self._same_tool_failure_counts.pop(tool_name, None) # A successful mutation is progress for every failing signature still # counted this turn (next identical retry runs against changed state). # Pure loops never mutate between attempts, so the replay detector keeps its teeth. if tool_name in PROGRESS_RESET_TOOL_NAMES or file_mutation_result_landed(tool_name, result): for sig in list(self._exact_failure_counts): self._progress_since_failure[sig] = True self._same_tool_failure_counts.clear() if not self._is_idempotent(tool_name): self._no_progress.pop(signature, None) return ToolGuardrailDecision(tool_name=tool_name, signature=signature) result_hash = _result_hash(result) previous = self._no_progress.get(signature) repeat_count = previous[1] + 1 if previous is not None and previous[0] == result_hash else 1 self._no_progress[signature] = (result_hash, repeat_count) if self.config.warnings_enabled and repeat_count >= self.config.no_progress_warn_after: return warn( "idempotent_no_progress_warning", f"{tool_name} returned the same result {repeat_count} times. " "Use the result already provided or change the query instead of " "repeating it unchanged.", repeat_count, ) return ToolGuardrailDecision(tool_name=tool_name, count=repeat_count, signature=signature) def _is_idempotent(self, tool_name: str) -> bool: return tool_name not in self.config.mutating_tools and tool_name in self.config.idempotent_tools def observe_call( self, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any] | None, result: str | None, *, tool_call_id: str = "", failed: bool = False, ) -> "IdenticalCallObservation": """Track consecutive identical calls; return notice + dedupe stub info. ``notice`` fires from the ``STALL_GUARD_IDENTICAL_CALL_THRESHOLD``-th consecutive identical (tool, args, result) call; purely observational, pollers exempt. ``stub`` replaces the CURRENT result from the 2nd byte-identical repeat — the tool still executed, only the context representation is deduplicated, so polling semantics survive (a changed result flows through whole and resets the streak). Pollers are NOT exempt from stubbing: an unchanged poll is exactly when the stub saves the most. Short results, failed results and non-string results are never stubbed. Callers substitute at result construction time, which is cache-safe. """ is_plain_str = isinstance(result, str) signature = ToolCallSignature.from_call(tool_name, _coerce_args(args)) result_hash = _result_hash(result) if is_plain_str else "" if ( is_plain_str and self._identical_streak_sig == signature and self._identical_streak_result_hash == result_hash ): self._identical_streak_count += 1 else: # New streak; non-string (multimodal) results never form one. self._identical_streak_sig = signature if is_plain_str else None self._identical_streak_result_hash = result_hash self._identical_streak_count = 1 if is_plain_str else 0 self._identical_streak_first_call_id = tool_call_id or "" count = self._identical_streak_count notice = None if not is_stall_guard_repeatable(tool_name) and count >= STALL_GUARD_IDENTICAL_CALL_THRESHOLD: ordinal = f"{count}{'th' if 11 <= count % 100 <= 13 else {1: 'st', 2: 'nd', 3: 'rd'}.get(count % 10, 'th')}" notice = ( f"[hermes note: this is the {ordinal} consecutive identical call to " f"{tool_name} with identical arguments returning the same result. " "Do not repeat it — change arguments, use a different tool, or " "proceed with what you have.]" ) # The no-progress BLOCK in before_call only covers idempotent_tools; this # streak is tool-agnostic, so with hard stops on, halt at the same threshold # (a model replaying a successful `terminal` call otherwise runs to the budget). if ( self.config.hard_stop_enabled and count >= self.config.no_progress_block_after and self._halt_decision is None ): self._halt( "halt", "identical_call_streak_halt", f"Stopped {tool_name}: the same call with identical arguments " f"returned the same result {count} times in a row. Stop " "repeating it unchanged; use the result already provided or " "change strategy.", tool_name, count, signature, ) stub = None if is_plain_str and count >= 2 and not failed and len(result) >= IDENTICAL_RESULT_STUB_MIN_CHARS: stub = self._build_result_reference_stub(tool_name, args) return IdenticalCallObservation(notice=notice, stub=stub) def record_persisted_result(self, tool_call_id: str, file_path: str) -> None: """Remember the spillover path a persisted result was saved to.""" if tool_call_id and file_path: self._persisted_result_paths[tool_call_id] = file_path def _build_result_reference_stub(self, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> str: """Reference stub for a byte-identical duplicate result (tool + args preview).""" try: args_preview = canonical_tool_args(_coerce_args(args)) except TypeError: args_preview = "{}" if len(args_preview) > _RESULT_STUB_ARGS_PREVIEW_CHARS: args_preview = args_preview[:_RESULT_STUB_ARGS_PREVIEW_CHARS] + "…" first_id = self._identical_streak_first_call_id ref = f" (tool_call_id {first_id})" if first_id else "" stub = ( f"[hermes note: this result is byte-identical to the {tool_name} " f"result earlier this turn{ref}. Refer to that result; it has not " f"changed. Args: {args_preview}]" ) spill_path = self._persisted_result_paths.get(first_id) if first_id else None if spill_path: stub += ( f"\n[The referenced result was persisted to: {spill_path} — " "page through it with read_file if you need the full content.]" ) return stub def _check_loop_cap( self, tool_name: str, args: Mapping[str, Any], signature: ToolCallSignature, ) -> ToolGuardrailDecision | None: """Block once a per-turn cap is reached, else advance the counter and return None. A cap of 0 disables that limit. Blocking happens BEFORE the call when the count is already at the cap, so the (cap+1)-th call is refused. """ caps = self.config.loop_caps if tool_name == "web_search": cap, count, increment = caps.max_web_searches, self._turn_web_search_count, 1 code, message = "loop_web_search_cap", ( f"Blocked web_search: this turn has already made {cap} " "web searches, the per-turn limit. This looks like a " "runaway search loop. Work with the results you already " "have and give the user your answer." ) elif tool_name == "delegate_task": cap, count = caps.max_subagents, self._turn_subagent_count # Control actions (list/steer/stop) spawn nothing and must keep working after the cap is hit. increment = _subagent_spawn_count(args) if cap else 0 if increment == 0: return None code, message = "loop_subagent_cap", ( f"Blocked delegate_task: this turn has already spawned " f"{count} subagents (limit {cap}). " "This looks like a runaway delegation loop. Finish the " "work with the results you have and answer the user." ) else: return None if cap and count >= cap: return self._halt("block", code, message, tool_name, count, signature) if tool_name == "web_search": self._turn_web_search_count += increment else: self._turn_subagent_count += increment return None def toolguard_synthetic_result(decision: ToolGuardrailDecision) -> str: """Build a synthetic role=tool content string for a blocked tool call.""" return json.dumps( {"error": decision.message, "guardrail": decision.to_metadata()}, ensure_ascii=False, ) def append_toolguard_guidance(result: str, decision: ToolGuardrailDecision) -> str: """Append runtime guidance to the current tool result content.""" if decision.action not in {"warn", "halt"} or not decision.message: return result label = "Tool loop hard stop" if decision.action == "halt" else "Tool loop warning" return (result or "") + f"\n\n[{label}: {decision.code}; count={decision.count}; {decision.message}]" def _tool_failure_recovery_hint(tool_name: str, count: int) -> str: """Action-oriented guidance for recovering from repeated tool failures.""" common = ( f"{tool_name} has failed {count} times this turn. This looks like a loop. " "Do not switch to text-only replies; keep using tools, but diagnose before retrying. " "First inspect the latest error/output and verify your assumptions. " ) if tool_name == "terminal": return common + ( "For terminal failures, run a small diagnostic such as `pwd && ls -la` " "in the same tool, then try an absolute path, a simpler command, a different " "working directory, or a different tool such as read_file/write_file/patch." ) return common + ( "Try different arguments, a narrower query/path, an absolute path when relevant, " "or a different tool that can make progress. If the blocker is external, report " "the blocker after one diagnostic attempt instead of repeating the same failing path." ) def _coerce_args(args: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> Mapping[str, Any]: return args if isinstance(args, Mapping) else {} def _result_hash(result: str | None) -> str: parsed = safe_json_loads(result or "") if parsed is not None: try: canonical = _canonical_json(parsed) except TypeError: canonical = str(parsed) else: canonical = result or "" return _sha256(canonical) def _as_bool(value: Any, default: bool) -> bool: if value is None: return default if isinstance(value, bool): return value if isinstance(value, (int, float)): return bool(value) if isinstance(value, str): lowered = value.strip().lower() if lowered in {"1", "true", "yes", "on", "enabled"}: return True if lowered in {"0", "false", "no", "off", "disabled"}: return False return default def _int_at_least(value: Any, default: int, minimum: int) -> int: """Int parser: junk/None/below-minimum fall back to default (caps use minimum 0 so 0 = disabled).""" if value is None: return default try: parsed = int(value) except (TypeError, ValueError): return default return parsed if parsed >= minimum else default def _subagent_spawn_count(args: Mapping[str, Any]) -> int: """Subagents one delegate_task call spawns: batch size when ``tasks`` is a non-empty list, else 1; control actions (list/steer/stop) spawn 0.""" if str(args.get("action") or "").strip().lower() in ("list", "steer", "stop"): return 0 tasks = args.get("tasks") return len(tasks) if isinstance(tasks, list) and tasks else 1 def _sha256(value: str) -> str: # surrogatepass: web-scraped results can carry unpaired UTF-16 surrogates; a # strict encode would raise and take down the conversation loop. return hashlib.sha256(value.encode("utf-8", "surrogatepass")).hexdigest()