fix(codex): priority-steer mid-turn user messages + friendly placeholder #71

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Approach B for the codex 'My Chat' priority problem: a message arriving while a turn is in flight (e.g. during a continuous autonomous tick) was steered into the running turn and the agent often kept doing self-directed work without surfacing a reply — the canvas user saw the cryptic '[steered into in-flight turn ...]' placeholder and no answer.

Change (executor.py turn/steer path)

1. Prepend an explicit priority directive to the steered input: if the arrival is from the user, reply promptly via send_message_to_user before continuing; if it is a delegated/peer request, address it appropriately.
2. Replace the internal placeholder with a human-readable line: 'Got your message — I'm mid-task right now and will reply here shortly.'

The directive is phrased to be correct for both user and peer arrivals (the platform does not yet reliably tag canvas_user on inbound — RFC#637 is blocked).

Test

tests/test_executor.py::test_steer_injects_priority_directive_and_friendly_placeholder — holds the turn lock to simulate an in-flight turn, asserts the steered turn/steer input carries the directive + the user text, and that the friendly placeholder (not the old jargon) reaches the canvas.

Follow-up: will verify live that a reply lands during an active autonomous tick before closing the task.

## What Approach B for the codex 'My Chat' priority problem: a message arriving while a turn is in flight (e.g. during a continuous autonomous tick) was steered into the running turn and the agent often kept doing self-directed work without surfacing a reply — the canvas user saw the cryptic '[steered into in-flight turn ...]' placeholder and no answer. ## Change (executor.py turn/steer path) 1. Prepend an explicit priority directive to the steered input: if the arrival is from the user, reply promptly via send_message_to_user before continuing; if it is a delegated/peer request, address it appropriately. 2. Replace the internal placeholder with a human-readable line: 'Got your message — I'm mid-task right now and will reply here shortly.' The directive is phrased to be correct for both user and peer arrivals (the platform does not yet reliably tag canvas_user on inbound — RFC#637 is blocked). ## Test tests/test_executor.py::test_steer_injects_priority_directive_and_friendly_placeholder — holds the turn lock to simulate an in-flight turn, asserts the steered turn/steer input carries the directive + the user text, and that the friendly placeholder (not the old jargon) reaches the canvas. Follow-up: will verify live that a reply lands during an active autonomous tick before closing the task.

devops-engineer added 2 commits 2026-06-01 04:02:38 +00:00

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devops-engineer added 1 commit 2026-06-01 04:02:39 +00:00

fix(codex): priority-steer mid-turn messages + friendly placeholder 9519c0e49d

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devops-engineer reopened this pull request 2026-06-01 05:04:56 +00:00

core-lead approved these changes 2026-06-01 08:17:17 +00:00

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Approve: chat-priority steer + friendly placeholder; adapter unit test + all substantive CI passed on eb6d5c1c (push-event); orphaned pull_request-event duplicates reconciled.

Approve: chat-priority steer + friendly placeholder; adapter unit test + all substantive CI passed on eb6d5c1c (push-event); orphaned pull_request-event duplicates reconciled.

core-be approved these changes 2026-06-01 08:17:18 +00:00

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Approve: chat-priority steer + friendly placeholder; adapter unit test + all substantive CI passed on eb6d5c1c (push-event); orphaned pull_request-event duplicates reconciled.

Approve: chat-priority steer + friendly placeholder; adapter unit test + all substantive CI passed on eb6d5c1c (push-event); orphaned pull_request-event duplicates reconciled.

devops-engineer merged commit f384a15af2 into main 2026-06-01 08:17:22 +00:00

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Reference: molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-codex#71