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No tracking issue. This ports three turn-resilience mechanisms identified by an architecture comparison against our internal reference design (blackbox/src agentic core) into packages/agent-core-v2, following the phased enhancement plan produced earlier in .tmp/ultraplan-agentic-core.md (Phases 1 + 3 of 8).

Problem

The v2 agent loop has exactly one recovery path for provider errors: bounded step retries (step-retry). Compared to the reference design it lacks:

  1. Truncated-output recovery — a response cut off at the output-token limit (finish reason truncated, no tool calls) simply ends the turn truncated.
  2. Model fallback — persistent provider failures fail the turn even when an alternate model is available.
  3. Turn budget continuation — long tasks cannot be kept working toward a token target across natural stops.

What changed

All three land as Agent-scope services behind experimental flags (default: false), so default CLI behavior is unchanged:

  • outputTokenRecovery (PYTHINKER_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_OUTPUT_TOKEN_RECOVERY): on a truncated finish with no tool calls, injects a resume nudge user message (origin kind: 'retry') via a dedicated StepRequest and continues the same turn; capped at 3 attempts/turn, reset on TurnStarted.
  • modelFallback (PYTHINKER_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_MODEL_FALLBACK): invoked by stepRetryService at retry exhaustion; switches the profile to the new loop_control.fallback_model once per turn and retries the failed driver head-of-queue. Emits observable turn.model_fallback.switched + telemetry. (A standalone loop error handler does not work here: the handler chain consults only the first match, which is always step-retry for retryable errors.)
  • turnBudget (PYTHINKER_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_TURN_BUDGET_CONTINUATION): with the new loop_control.turn_budget_tokens set, keeps naturally-stopping turns working toward the output-token target (90% threshold) until diminishing returns (≥3 continuations with <500-token deltas).

Supporting changes: two new loop_control fields (fallback_model, turn_budget_tokens) with env binding, registered telemetry events (output_token_recovery, model_fallback_triggered, budget_continuation), regenerated config/state manifests, barrel exports.

Checklist

  • I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
  • I have linked a related issue, or explained the problem above.
  • I have added tests that prove my feature works. (12 new tests across test/agent/turnRecovery/ + test/agent/turnBudget/, incl. resume-determinism checks; package suite 5261 passing.)
  • Ran gen-changesets skill, or this PR needs no changeset. (No changeset: all behavior is behind default-off flags — not user-perceivable until enabled.)
  • Ran gen-docs skill, or this PR needs no doc update. (Same reason.)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added optional turn-budget continuations to help complete responses within a configured token budget.
    • Added automatic recovery for truncated outputs, with up to three continuation attempts.
    • Added optional model fallback when retryable generation errors occur.
    • Added configuration controls and experimental feature flags for these capabilities.
    • Added telemetry for continuations, output recovery, and model switches.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for budgets, recovery limits, fallback behavior, feature flags, and per-turn resets.

…esign

Add two flag-gated Agent-scope recovery domains and a token-budget
continuation service:

- outputTokenRecovery: when a response ends truncated at the output
  token limit with no tool calls, inject a resume nudge (origin
  kind 'retry') and continue the same turn, capped at three attempts.
- modelFallback: when step retries are exhausted on persistent
  retryable provider errors, switch the profile to the configured
  loop_control.fallback_model once per turn and retry the failed step;
  emits ModelFallbackSwitched plus telemetry.
- turnBudget: with loop_control.turn_budget_tokens set, keep a
  naturally-stopping turn working toward the output-token target with
  continuation nudges until threshold or diminishing returns.

New loop_control fields (fallback_model, turn_budget_tokens) with env
binding, three experimental flags, registered telemetry events, and
regenerated config/state manifests.
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The agent core adds configurable turn-budget continuation, output-token recovery, and one-time model fallback. Each feature has scoped state, feature flags, telemetry events, public exports, and integration tests.

Turn controls and recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration, contracts, and registration
packages/agent-core-v2/docs/config-manifest.toml, packages/agent-core-v2/docs/state-manifest.d.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/configSection.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnBudget/*, packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnRecovery/*, packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/telemetry/events.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/index.ts
Adds loop configuration, feature flags, service contracts, state keys, telemetry definitions, and public exports.
Turn-budget continuation
packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnBudget/turnBudgetService.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/turnBudget/turnBudget.test.ts
Tracks token usage and continuations, enqueues eligible continuation requests, applies completion and diminishing-output limits, and tests reset and flag behavior.
Model fallback after retry exhaustion
packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/stepRetry/stepRetryService.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnRecovery/modelFallbackService.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/turnRecovery/modelFallback.test.ts
Switches once to a configured fallback model after retry exhaustion, retries the step when successful, and tests fallback, failure, configuration, abort, and flag paths.
Output-token recovery
packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnRecovery/outputTokenRecoveryService.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/turnRecovery/outputTokenRecovery.test.ts
Retries eligible truncated responses with a recovery request, limits attempts to three per turn, and tests enabled, disabled, capped, and reset behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 42cff

The new fallback recovery cannot be enabled through the promised environment configuration, and cancellation/rollback behavior is not validated after an actual model switch. Operators may be unable to configure fallback as documented, while cancellation regressions could leave model state incorrect; merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AgentStepRetryService
  participant AgentModelFallbackService
  participant AgentOutputTokenRecoveryService
  participant AgentTurnBudgetService
  participant LLMDriver
  AgentStepRetryService->>AgentModelFallbackService: tryFallbackSwitch(context) after retry exhaustion
  AgentModelFallbackService-->>AgentStepRetryService: switch result
  AgentStepRetryService->>LLMDriver: retry step after successful fallback
  LLMDriver-->>AgentOutputTokenRecoveryService: completed step with truncation
  AgentOutputTokenRecoveryService->>LLMDriver: enqueue recovery request with resume nudge
  LLMDriver-->>AgentTurnBudgetService: completed step with token usage
  AgentTurnBudgetService->>LLMDriver: enqueue continuation request within budget
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9-41: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The fallback_model environment binding is missing from the runtime contract and generated manifest.

  • packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/configSection.ts#L9-L41: add the environment constant and fallbackModel binding.
  • packages/agent-core-v2/docs/config-manifest.toml#L198-L211: regenerate the manifest so it documents that binding.
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In `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/configSection.ts` around lines 9 - 41,
Add a fallback-model environment constant and bind it to fallbackModel in
loopControlEnvBindings, using the existing EnvBindings and LoopControlSchema
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In `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnBudget/turnBudgetService.ts`:
- Around line 109-121: Update the turn budget logic around the lastDeltaTokens
assignment to preserve the previous delta before replacing it, then compare that
saved value with the current delta when evaluating diminishing continuations.
Add coverage for three continuations where a large response is followed by a
small response, ensuring diminishing behavior requires both deltas below the
configured minimum.

In `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnRecovery/modelFallbackService.ts`:
- Around line 58-72: Make modelFallbackService.ts lines 58-72 cancellation-aware
in tryFallbackSwitch: reject cancellation during profile.setModel(target), and
restore fromModel if cancellation occurs after the mutation. In
stepRetryService.ts lines 124-130, reject an already-aborted step before
invoking the fallback switch.

In `@packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/turnRecovery/modelFallback.test.ts`:
- Around line 141-173: Update the test case around runTurn and the
fallbackFlags(false) configuration to assert the exact expected invocation count
with calls equal to 2 instead of allowing additional calls, while preserving the
existing completion result and mock-model assertions.

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In `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/configSection.ts`:
- Around line 9-41: Add a fallback-model environment constant and bind it to
fallbackModel in loopControlEnvBindings, using the existing EnvBindings and
LoopControlSchema conventions. Regenerate
packages/agent-core-v2/docs/config-manifest.toml for lines 198-211 so the
generated manifest includes this binding.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/configSection.ts`
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Comment thread packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/turnBudget/turnBudgetService.ts Outdated
- turnBudget: compare the preceding step delta (not the just-stored one)
  when evaluating diminishing returns; covers large-response-then-small
  sequences after the continuation cap.
- modelFallback: reject an already-aborted step before switching and roll
  the profile back if cancellation lands after setModel; once-per-turn
  latch is released on rollback.
- tests: exact call count in flag-off fallback case; aborted-switch
  regression test.
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All findings addressed in a4d1ec1: (1) diminishing-returns now compares the preceding delta; (2) fallback switch is cancellation-aware with pre-check + post-setModel rollback; (3) flag-off call count asserted exactly; (4) PR title shortened to ≤72 chars. Docstring coverage: JSDoc added to exported contract symbols per repo policy (agent-core-v2 is a comment-free zone — JSDoc only on exports); remaining coverage gap dismissed as repo-policy-bound.

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In `@packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/turnBudget/turnBudget.test.ts`:
- Around line 112-134: Update the test case “keeps continuing when only the
current delta is small after the cap” to assert that retryOriginTriggers()
contains four token_budget trigger values, rather than checking only its length.
Preserve the existing completion and call-count assertions.

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Assert exact token_budget trigger values in the mixed-delta continuation
test, and cover the current-step abort guard separately from the
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- Around line 218-261: Extend the model fallback tests around tryFallbackSwitch
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Add a deferred-setModel profile subclass test asserting the switch
returns false and rolls back to the previous model when the step aborts
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elkaix added 3 commits August 21, 2026 20:40
The deferred setModel now applies the switch after its await resolves,
so the post-abort rollback assertion verifies a real state change
instead of passing vacuously.
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