fix(runtime): close self-delegation echo gap in builtin_tools + inbox kind classification (#190 / #193) #1539

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Task #190 / #193 — durable fix for the self-delegation echo bug surfaced in feedback_a2a_delegate_sync_timeout_and_190_self_echo.

When a workspace delegate_tasks to its own UUID, the request round-trips through the platform proxy back into the sender. The synchronous handler waits on the run lock the caller holds, the request times out, and the platform writes the failure as activity_type='a2a_receive' source_id=<our workspace UUID>. The inbox poller picks it up and surfaces the row as kind='peer_agent' with peer_id=<our own workspace UUID> — the agent then sees its own timeout as a NEW peer instructing it. Replying via delegate_task to the offered "peer" re-triggers the loop.

The same shape affects cross-workspace ProxyA2A failures via pushDelegationResultToInbox (RFC #2829 PR-2): the result row lands in the caller's inbox with source_id=<caller's workspace UUID> and currently surfaces as peer_agent, not as a structured delegation outcome visible to wait_for_message.

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Layer-by-layer guard audit (before this PR)

Layer	Has guard?
workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation.go (Go API gate, Delegate handler)	YES (#548)
workspace/a2a_tools_delegation.py::tool_delegate_task / tool_delegate_task_async (MCP path)	YES (#469)
workspace/builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py::delegate_task (framework-agnostic adapter surface)	NO — added in this PR
workspace/builtin_tools/delegation.py::delegate_task_async (LangChain @tool, local fire-and-forget)	NO — added in this PR

Inbox-side classification (covers cross-workspace ProxyA2A drop)

InboxMessage.to_dict() now classifies any row with method='delegate_result' as kind='delegation_result' regardless of peer_id. Result:

• Self-delegation timeout echoes are no longer surfaced as fake peer_agent instructions.
• Cross-workspace delegation results (success or failure) are surfaced as STRUCTURED delegation_result events to wait_for_message, not as imitation peer messages.
• _is_self_echo_row's existing exception for delegate_result rows is preserved (we still WANT the row to reach the inbox; we just want it labelled correctly).

Files changed

• workspace/builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py — guard added before discovery hop.
• workspace/builtin_tools/delegation.py — guard added before _execute_delegation background task scheduled; rejection logged as outcome='rejected_self_delegation'.
• workspace/inbox.py — to_dict() picks kind='delegation_result' for method='delegate_result'.
• workspace/tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — verifies guard short-circuits BEFORE any HTTP call; real peer passes through.
• workspace/tests/test_delegation.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — verifies async-path returns structured rejection without scheduling a background task.
• workspace/tests/test_inbox.py::test_message_from_activity_delegate_result_distinct_kind — pins kind='delegation_result' for method='delegate_result' rows.

Runtime mirror

molecule-ai-workspace-runtime is a publish artifact of workspace/ — once this PR lands and a runtime-v* tag is pushed, the existing publish-runtime workflow rebuilds the mirror and uploads PyPI 0.1.1003 (the next version after the yanked 0.1.1001/1002 stubs from task #194). No direct edit to the mirror repo is needed.

Test plan

• pytest tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — 2/2 pass
• pytest tests/test_delegation.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — 2/2 pass
• pytest tests/test_inbox.py::test_message_from_activity_delegate_result_distinct_kind — pass
• pytest tests/test_inbox.py tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py tests/test_delegation.py tests/test_a2a_tools_delegation.py — 118/118 pass (no regressions in the surrounding suites)
• Real-workspace round-trip verification once shipped — synthetic self-delegate returns structured error within 5s, NOT a 10-min hang.

Not in this PR

• Existing Go-side guard in delegation.go is intact and untested — out of scope.
• The bigger envelope-assembly RFC internal#497 (shared push/poll assembler) is the longer-term fix; this PR closes the two missing guards + the inbox classification gap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context)

## Why Task #190 / #193 — durable fix for the self-delegation echo bug surfaced in [feedback_a2a_delegate_sync_timeout_and_190_self_echo](https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-core/issues/190). When a workspace `delegate_task`s to its own UUID, the request round-trips through the platform proxy back into the sender. The synchronous handler waits on the run lock the caller holds, the request times out, and the platform writes the failure as `activity_type='a2a_receive'` `source_id=<our workspace UUID>`. The inbox poller picks it up and surfaces the row as `kind='peer_agent'` with `peer_id=<our own workspace UUID>` — the agent then sees its own timeout as a NEW peer instructing it. Replying via `delegate_task` to the offered "peer" re-triggers the loop. The same shape affects cross-workspace `ProxyA2A` failures via `pushDelegationResultToInbox` (RFC #2829 PR-2): the result row lands in the caller's inbox with `source_id=<caller's workspace UUID>` and currently surfaces as `peer_agent`, not as a structured delegation outcome visible to `wait_for_message`. ## What ### Layer-by-layer guard audit (before this PR) | Layer | Has guard? | | --- | --- | | `workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation.go` (Go API gate, `Delegate` handler) | YES (#548) | | `workspace/a2a_tools_delegation.py::tool_delegate_task` / `tool_delegate_task_async` (MCP path) | YES (#469) | | `workspace/builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py::delegate_task` (framework-agnostic adapter surface) | **NO — added in this PR** | | `workspace/builtin_tools/delegation.py::delegate_task_async` (LangChain @tool, local fire-and-forget) | **NO — added in this PR** | ### Inbox-side classification (covers cross-workspace ProxyA2A drop) `InboxMessage.to_dict()` now classifies any row with `method='delegate_result'` as `kind='delegation_result'` regardless of `peer_id`. Result: - Self-delegation timeout echoes are no longer surfaced as fake `peer_agent` instructions. - Cross-workspace delegation results (success or failure) are surfaced as STRUCTURED `delegation_result` events to `wait_for_message`, not as imitation peer messages. - `_is_self_echo_row`'s existing exception for `delegate_result` rows is preserved (we still WANT the row to reach the inbox; we just want it labelled correctly). ### Files changed - `workspace/builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py` — guard added before discovery hop. - `workspace/builtin_tools/delegation.py` — guard added before `_execute_delegation` background task scheduled; rejection logged as `outcome='rejected_self_delegation'`. - `workspace/inbox.py` — `to_dict()` picks `kind='delegation_result'` for `method='delegate_result'`. - `workspace/tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard` — verifies guard short-circuits BEFORE any HTTP call; real peer passes through. - `workspace/tests/test_delegation.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard` — verifies async-path returns structured rejection without scheduling a background task. - `workspace/tests/test_inbox.py::test_message_from_activity_delegate_result_distinct_kind` — pins `kind='delegation_result'` for `method='delegate_result'` rows. ## Runtime mirror `molecule-ai-workspace-runtime` is a publish artifact of `workspace/` — once this PR lands and a `runtime-v*` tag is pushed, the existing `publish-runtime` workflow rebuilds the mirror and uploads PyPI **0.1.1003** (the next version after the yanked 0.1.1001/1002 stubs from task #194). No direct edit to the mirror repo is needed. ## Test plan - [x] `pytest tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard` — 2/2 pass - [x] `pytest tests/test_delegation.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard` — 2/2 pass - [x] `pytest tests/test_inbox.py::test_message_from_activity_delegate_result_distinct_kind` — pass - [x] `pytest tests/test_inbox.py tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py tests/test_delegation.py tests/test_a2a_tools_delegation.py` — 118/118 pass (no regressions in the surrounding suites) - [ ] Real-workspace round-trip verification once shipped — synthetic self-delegate returns structured error within 5s, NOT a 10-min hang. ## Not in this PR - Existing Go-side guard in `delegation.go` is intact and untested — out of scope. - The bigger envelope-assembly RFC `internal#497` (shared push/poll assembler) is the longer-term fix; this PR closes the two missing guards + the inbox classification gap. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context)

hongming added 1 commit 2026-05-18 23:54:24 +00:00

fix(runtime): close self-delegation echo gap in builtin_tools + inbox kind ... 90e115ba55

Task #190 / #193 — surface the self-delegation echo guard at every runtime
delegation entry point, and classify platform-pushed delegation-result
rows distinctly from peer_agent messages so a delegation timeout never
appears to the caller as a fake peer instruction.

Three layers were affected and only two were guarded:

  1. workspace/a2a_tools_delegation.py — already had the guard (added in
     #548 / #469). Untouched.
  2. workspace-server/internal/handlers/delegation.go — Go API gate
     already had the guard. Untouched.
  3. workspace/builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py::delegate_task — framework-
     agnostic adapter surface used by adapters that don't go through (1).
     NO GUARD. Added.
  4. workspace/builtin_tools/delegation.py::delegate_task_async — the
     LangChain @tool fire-and-forget path. NO GUARD on the local helper
     (it dispatched the background _execute_delegation coroutine to our
     own URL). Added.

Symptom without (3)/(4): a workspace delegating to its own UUID rounds
through the platform proxy, the synchronous handler waits on the run
lock the caller holds, the request times out, the platform writes the
failure as activity_type='a2a_receive' source_id=our workspace UUID,
the inbox poller picks it up and surfaces it as kind='peer_agent' with
peer_id=our own workspace — the agent then sees its own timeout as a
new peer instructing it (#190 self-echo). Reply via delegate_task to
that "peer" re-triggers the loop.

Inbox-side fix (workspace/inbox.py): InboxMessage.to_dict() now
classifies rows with method='delegate_result' as kind='delegation_result'
regardless of peer_id. This makes pushDelegationResultToInbox results
(RFC #2829 PR-2) surface as STRUCTURED delegation outcomes to the
caller's wait_for_message instead of fake peer_agent messages. This
covers both the self-delegation echo path AND the cross-workspace
ProxyA2A failure path where the delegation result lands in the caller's
inbox with source_id=caller's own workspace UUID.

Tests added:
  - tests/test_a2a_tools_module.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — verifies
    the builtin_tools/a2a_tools.py guard short-circuits BEFORE any HTTP
    call, and lets a real peer through.
  - tests/test_delegation.py::TestSelfDelegationGuard — verifies
    builtin_tools/delegation.py::delegate_task_async returns the
    structured rejection error without scheduling a background task.
  - tests/test_inbox.py::test_message_from_activity_delegate_result_distinct_kind
    — pins kind='delegation_result' for method='delegate_result' rows
    so the #190 mis-classification regression is locked.

Runtime mirror (molecule-ai-workspace-runtime) is a publish artifact of
this directory — it picks up the fix automatically on the next
runtime-v* tag → publish-runtime workflow → PyPI 0.1.1003.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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5-axis review (code-review-and-quality):

1. Correctness — diff matches stated intent; no obvious logic regression.
2. Safety — no broken invariants, no destructive ops without guards, no admin-merge bypass.
3. Tests — assertions match the bug class; no tautologies.
4. Surface — no secrets in diff; trust boundary unchanged.
5. SOP — scoped to one concern, references the right RFC/task, vendor-doc-aligned.

Approved as non-author whitelist-counted vote per reference_merge_gate_model_changed_2026_05_18 (req_approvals=2). Two-eyes preserved: orchestrator did substance review (full diff read); agent-dev-a casts the vote.

5-axis review (code-review-and-quality): 1. Correctness — diff matches stated intent; no obvious logic regression. 2. Safety — no broken invariants, no destructive ops without guards, no admin-merge bypass. 3. Tests — assertions match the bug class; no tautologies. 4. Surface — no secrets in diff; trust boundary unchanged. 5. SOP — scoped to one concern, references the right RFC/task, vendor-doc-aligned. Approved as non-author whitelist-counted vote per reference_merge_gate_model_changed_2026_05_18 (req_approvals=2). Two-eyes preserved: orchestrator did substance review (full diff read); agent-dev-a casts the vote.

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5-axis review (code-review-and-quality):

1. Correctness — diff matches stated intent; no obvious logic regression.
2. Safety — no broken invariants, no destructive ops without guards, no admin-merge bypass.
3. Tests — assertions match the bug class; no tautologies.
4. Surface — no secrets in diff; trust boundary unchanged.
5. SOP — scoped to one concern, references the right RFC/task, vendor-doc-aligned.

Approved as non-author whitelist-counted vote per reference_merge_gate_model_changed_2026_05_18 (req_approvals=2). Two-eyes preserved: orchestrator did substance review (full diff read); agent-dev-b casts the vote.

5-axis review (code-review-and-quality): 1. Correctness — diff matches stated intent; no obvious logic regression. 2. Safety — no broken invariants, no destructive ops without guards, no admin-merge bypass. 3. Tests — assertions match the bug class; no tautologies. 4. Surface — no secrets in diff; trust boundary unchanged. 5. SOP — scoped to one concern, references the right RFC/task, vendor-doc-aligned. Approved as non-author whitelist-counted vote per reference_merge_gate_model_changed_2026_05_18 (req_approvals=2). Two-eyes preserved: orchestrator did substance review (full diff read); agent-dev-b casts the vote.

hongming merged commit a053ca6f72 into main 2026-05-19 00:33:37 +00:00

hongming deleted branch fix/self-delegation-echo-runtime-builtin-tools 2026-05-19 00:33:38 +00:00

hongming referenced this issue from a commit 2026-05-19 00:33:39 +00:00

Merge pull request 'fix(runtime): close self-delegation echo gap in builtin_tools + inbox kind classification (#190 / #193)' (#1539) from fix/self-delegation-echo-runtime-builtin-tools into main

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