fix(write-to-file): capture streaming failure once, report it once (split 3/6 of #1066) by easonLiangWorldedtech · Pull Request #1930 · Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

easonLiangWorldedtech · 2026-10-05T17:12:22Z

U5 — streaming failure capture + single error reporting

Part of the PR #1066 split (tracking issue #703). Own issue: #1935. Content source of record: 72143527fd33306e5541116093c2cbf803cce9e0..pr-1066-audit).

Why this unit exists: handlePartial captures the streaming failure once and reports it once - no duplicate error bubble; the authoritative execute() error is the one surfaced.

Boundaries

base: 52699c6cd
head: 4b23b6a27
content source: 72143527fd33306e5541116093c2cbf803cce9e0..pr-1066-audit (local)

Fidelity (machine-verified)

zdt split verify --contract U5.json --worktree <wt> --head 4b23b6a27

Result: PASS — standalone 283 a+d / 2 files (UNDER-SOFT)

src/core/tools/WriteToFileTool.ts: OK (content subset of source)
src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool.spec.ts: OK (content subset of source)

Design contract

issue: [BUG] Agent loop stalls permanently when write_to_file partial streaming hits a filesystem error (EROFS/EACCES) #703

Chain position

Merge order is fixed: U12 (#1927) -> U4 -> U5 -> U3 -> U6 -> U7 -> FINAL (#1928). This PR is opened against main because the split branches live on the fork; the diff GitHub shows is therefore cumulative through this unit. The unit's own content is the delta from the previous unit head (U4), listed under Fidelity above. The sole merge target of the series is the FINAL integration PR (#1928); merging the chain in order keeps every bot-visible diff clean.

Verification (this unit, as pushed)

Tests: 239 passed / 5 skipped
changed-line coverage: 13 covered / 0 uncovered — PASS
ESLint: clean on every touched file; suppression counts unchanged
No .changeset file, no CHANGELOG edit.

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Linked issue

Closes #1935 (unit U5 of the #1066 split). Split plan and tracking issue: #703.

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src/__tests__/removeClineFromStack-delegation.spec.ts
src/core/assistant-message/__tests__/presentAssistantMessage-custom-tool.spec.ts
src/core/task/Task.ts
src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts
src/core/tools/BaseTool.ts
src/core/tools/WriteToFileTool.ts
src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool-partial-state-cleanup.spec.ts
src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool.spec.ts
src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

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Bug Fixes
- Improved streamed file edits: failures now stop further streaming attempts, revert partial changes, and reset the diff view without generating duplicate errors.
- Partial tool requests are finalized and saved before the webview is updated.
- Task cleanup clears streaming state and removes abort listeners, preventing state from carrying over between tasks.
- Streaming file edits no longer create parent directories; directories are created when the file is written normally.

Walkthrough

The write-to-file tool now tracks partial-stream state per task, handles diff-view streaming failures, and clears task state during cleanup. Task message persistence distinguishes message-write failures from later metadata failures, and partial tool asks can be finalized and sent to the webview.

Changes

Partial streaming lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Task persistence and partial-ask finalization `src/core/task/Task.ts`, `src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts`, `src/core/assistant-message/__tests__/presentAssistantMessage-custom-tool.spec.ts`	`saveClineMessages` returns `false` when writing the message array fails. Later metadata or task-history failures are logged without changing a successful result. `finalizePartialToolAsk` marks the matching ask complete and answered, saves it, and updates the webview after message persistence succeeds.
Per-task streaming and failure handling `src/core/tools/WriteToFileTool.ts`, `src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool.spec.ts`	The tool tracks path stabilization and streaming failures per task. A failed diff-view open or update finalizes the partial ask, reverts changes, resets the diff view, and prevents further streaming for that task. Partial streaming no longer creates parent directories.
Task state cleanup `src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts`, `src/__tests__/removeClineFromStack-delegation.spec.ts`, `src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool-partial-state-cleanup.spec.ts`	The tool removes task state and abort listeners during cleanup. Failed-history cleanup clears the tool state before disposing the task. Tests cover cleanup and logged cleanup failures.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WriteToFileTool
  participant DiffView
  participant Task
  WriteToFileTool->>DiffView: Open or update partial diff
  DiffView-->>WriteToFileTool: Streaming failure
  WriteToFileTool->>Task: Finalize partial tool ask
  WriteToFileTool->>DiffView: Revert changes and reset diff

Suggested reviewers: hannesrudolph

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6906c

After a malformed write, later writes in the same task may lose their streaming preview. This is a bounded issue, but task-specific cleanup should be added before merging.

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❌ Failed checks (1 error, 2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Persistence Integrity	❌ Error	The new streaming-error cleanup can leave a failed new-file write on disk. `WriteToFileTool.handlePartial()` now catches an `open()` failure and calls `revertChanges()` before `reset()` (changed lines…	Make cleanup remove a newly created target and its newly created directories even when `open()` fails before `activeDiffEditor` is assigned. Do not clear the directory-tracking state before that cleanup completes. Also ensure the final `exe…
Regression Evidence	⚠️ Warning	Focused tests cover swallowed streaming errors and repeated-delta suppression separately from execute errors. They do not cover a streaming failure followed by a failed final parse. `WriteToFileTool` …	Add a focused `writeToFileTool` test that triggers a streaming filesystem failure and then sends a final block that cannot be parsed. Wire the captured `streamError` into the actual final-parse-failure path, or remove the unsupported captur…
Lifecycle Resource Cleanup	⚠️ Warning	`handlePartial()` creates and stores per-task state and registers a `TaskAborted` listener at `WriteToFileTool.ts:365-367`. A completed block whose parameters fail to parse returns from `BaseTool.hand…	Run per-task cleanup whenever a write_to_file invocation terminates, including parameter-parse failures and every early return in execute(). Ensure cleanup removes only that task's state and abort listener, and also runs when execute() thro…

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	[`#1935`] `WriteToFileTool.handlePartial()` records a streaming failure, marks that task’s stream failed, and suppresses later partial retries. It logs and swallows the streaming error instead of callin…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The `Task.finalizePartialToolAsk()` method, message-persistence handling, and provider cleanup hook support the partial-ask finalization and per-task state lifecycle required by [`#1935`]. The related t…
Security Boundaries	✅ Passed	No changed path introduces a secret or PII leak, unvalidated execution, or approval/allowlist bypass. `WriteToFileTool.execute()` still checks `rooIgnoreController.validateAccess()` and calls `askAppr…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly states the main change: capture streaming failures once and report them once. The split reference adds context but does not obscure the purpose.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the change, links the related issues, defines the unit's scope, and reports verification results. It does not complete the template checklist or give detailed steps to reprodu…

Full details: Regression Evidence

Explanation

Focused tests cover swallowed streaming errors and repeated-delta suppression separately from execute errors. They do not cover a streaming failure followed by a failed final parse. WriteToFileTool stores that failure in streamError (lines 431–435) for onParameterParseFailure(), but repository search finds no such handler or any read of streamError. BaseTool.handle() instead reports a generic parameter-parse error (lines 135–163). Thus the changed parse-failure path has no focused evidence that it reports the captured error once, as the new code comments intend.

Resolution

Add a focused writeToFileTool test that triggers a streaming filesystem failure and then sends a final block that cannot be parsed. Wire the captured streamError into the actual final-parse-failure path, or remove the unsupported capture behavior and define the intended reporting path. Assert that the failure is reported once, that no duplicate streaming error is emitted, and that partial state is cleaned up.

Full details: Persistence Integrity

Explanation

The new streaming-error cleanup can leave a failed new-file write on disk. WriteToFileTool.handlePartial() now catches an open() failure and calls revertChanges() before reset() (changed lines 420–440). But DiffViewProvider.open() creates parent directories and writes an empty file before awaiting openDiffEditor() (lines 128–134, 173). If openDiffEditor() then rejects, activeDiffEditor was never assigned, so revertChanges() returns without deleting the file or directories (lines 516–519); the following reset() clears the created-directory tracking (lines 1111–1118). When the final tool call executes, it sees the empty file and treats the requested new file as an existing file. If the user rejects the write, the modify-file rollback preserves that empty file. This is a changed failure path with no effective rollback.

Resolution

Make cleanup remove a newly created target and its newly created directories even when open() fails before activeDiffEditor is assigned. Do not clear the directory-tracking state before that cleanup completes. Also ensure the final execute() treats a file created by the failed partial open as a new-file write, so rejection removes it rather than preserving an empty file.

Full details: Lifecycle Resource Cleanup

Explanation

handlePartial() creates and stores per-task state and registers a TaskAborted listener at WriteToFileTool.ts:365-367. A completed block whose parameters fail to parse returns from BaseTool.handle() at BaseTool.ts:157-163 without calling execute() or resetPartialState(). The new state therefore retains the task and listener until a later abort; the same cleanup gap exists for early returns in execute() before its success/catch cleanup at WriteToFileTool.ts:190-211. This is a changed lifecycle path that leaves partial-stream state and its listener behind after the tool call ends.

Resolution

Run per-task cleanup whenever a write_to_file invocation terminates, including parameter-parse failures and every early return in execute(). Ensure cleanup removes only that task's state and abort listener, and also runs when execute() throws before entering its current try/catch.

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…rtial-path case The core project passes locally at this head (174 files, 3274 tests) and the case passes in isolation and with the whole core/tools directory. The ubuntu run reported 0 calls to createDirectoriesForFile on the stabilized-path assertion, which does not reproduce; re-running to confirm.

… no-filesystem contract platform-unit-test (ubuntu-latest) fails on this branch while it passes locally, because the failing case is it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32"): Windows CI and every local run skip it. The case predates this unit. It asserted that the second streaming delta calls createDirectoriesForFile, which is exactly the call this unit removes: an unguarded mkdir in handlePartial threw EROFS up into BaseTool.handle(), which never set didRejectTool/didAlreadyUseTool, so presentAssistantMessage's advancement gate was never reached and the agent loop stalled. The unit's own regression test ("EROFS in handlePartial does not stall agent loop") pins the new contract; this older case still asserted the old one, so the two contradicted and only Linux CI noticed. Rewritten as "defers parent directory creation to execute() while streaming": no filesystem work during streaming, and the directories are still created by the authoritative non-partial execute(). Same intent, new contract. Local run: 34 passed / 5 skipped in the file; the rewritten case also passes when the win32 skip is lifted temporarily, so the flow is verified on this machine too.

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- Around line 162-183: Add task-scoped cleanup after each completed
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src/__tests__/removeClineFromStack-delegation.spec.ts
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src/core/tools/WriteToFileTool.ts
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