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WalkthroughThe change adds a configurable soft threshold for repeated identical tool calls. It updates detector outcomes, assistant-message handling, provider settings, task construction, and the settings UI. A migration assigns the default soft limit to existing provider configurations that do not have one. ChangesTool Repetition Limits
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant presentAssistantMessage
participant ToolRepetitionDetector
participant ToolRunner
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presentAssistantMessage->>ToolRepetitionDetector: check(tool call)
ToolRepetitionDetector-->>presentAssistantMessage: return allow, soft_block, or hard_block
alt soft_block
presentAssistantMessage->>presentAssistantMessage: add error tool result
else hard_block
presentAssistantMessage->>User: request guidance
User-->>presentAssistantMessage: provide feedback
else allow
presentAssistantMessage->>ToolRunner: run tool call
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Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The identified settings and repetition-limit concerns are addressed at the current head. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to Early blocking adds a safeguard without granting additional permissions, while the existing hard-stop behavior remains. No introduced security weakness was established in the inspected paths, but interrupted settings persistence and broader execution coverage remain unverified. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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Full details: Regression EvidenceExplanation The PR adds a durable, visible soft-limit slider to the advanced provider settings in
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| "imageWithSize": "Image file ({{size}} KB)" | ||
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| "toolRepetitionLimitReached": "Zoo appears to be stuck in a loop, attempting the same action ({{toolName}}) repeatedly. This might indicate a problem with its current strategy. Consider rephrasing the task, providing more specific instructions, or guiding it towards a different approach.", | ||
| "toolRepetitionSoftBlock": "The tool '{{toolName}}' was blocked because it was just called with identical parameters. Repeating the exact same call is unlikely to produce a different result. If you genuinely need to call it again, first explain why the repeated call is necessary and what you expect to be different this time. Otherwise, try a different approach.", |
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With the defaults (hard 3, soft 2), a repeat after the soft block hits the hard limit, and the tool never runs. Does this text overpromise by saying the model can call it again if it explains why? Could it say that repeating will stop the task and ask the user?
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This is nudging the model to think loudly why it really needs to call this again. I found that if model is forced to think it then will choose a different solution because the repeats themselves didn't make sense in the first place.
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| if (repetitionCheck.action === "soft_block") { |
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This check has no exemptions, so a repeated update_todo_list, attempt_completion, ask_followup_question or execute_command is now rejected from the 3rd identical call. Before this PR the first block came at the hard limit. Is that intended, or should some of these tools be exempt?
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Yes, this is intended. The point is to allow the model to try something different instead of hitting the hard block and then stopping execution waiting for the user to resolve things.
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Replace the single-threshold ToolRepetitionDetector with a two-tier system: - Soft block (default 2nd identical call): the tool is not executed and the model receives an error asking it to justify the repeat. The user is not involved and the counter keeps incrementing toward the hard limit. - Hard stop: execution stops and the user is asked for guidance (previous behavior).
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Related GitHub Issue
Closes: #771
This PR resurrects #772 which was closed due to author inactivity.
Description
Replace the single-threshold ToolRepetitionDetector with a two-tier system:
Test Procedure
Tell a model to call the same command multiple times. See how it can't execute 3rd command and starts to using different variations of it.
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