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Colin McDonnell d6de1c369a learnings: edit-in-place tmpfile (drop update_learnings tool) (#635)
* learnings: edit-in-place tmpfile (drop update_learnings tool)

learnings now follow the PR-summary file pattern: server seeds
`pullfrog-learnings.md` from `Repo.learnings` at startup, agent reads
it as part of context, may edit in place during the post-run reflection
turn, server reads back at end-of-run and PATCHes if changed.

motivation: `update_learnings` required the agent to pass the FULL
merged list as a string parameter — an output-token tax that grew
linearly with the learnings size, and a constant prompt-context
expansion since the contents were also inlined into the LEARNINGS
section. for repos with mature learnings the prompt was getting
visibly noisy in CI logs.

key changes:
- new `action/utils/learnings.ts` (seed/read helpers + 10k cap)
- `main.ts`: always seed; `persistLearnings` mirrors `persistSummary`
  (success path, error path, exit-signal handler, idempotent guard,
  byte-trim equality skip); forwards `model` for `LearningsRevision.model`
- `LEARNINGS` prompt section now contains only the file path + a
  one-line "read it" instruction (no contents inlined)
- `update_learnings` MCP tool deleted; `action/mcp/learnings.ts` removed
- reflection turn (`buildLearningsReflectionPrompt`) reframed around
  file editing with explicit prune-stale + leave-alone-if-nothing-new
  framing
- `learningsStep` removed from every mode checklist — surface lives only
  in the LEARNINGS prompt section + the reflection turn now

* learnings: harden seed step + refresh stale docs (review feedback)

Three findings from PR review, all implemented:

1. wrap learnings seed in best-effort try/catch (action/main.ts) —
   the always-on seed block ran unconditionally and an unwrapped
   `seedLearningsFile` (mkdir + writeFile) failure (ENOSPC, EACCES,
   hostile sandbox) would unwind into the outer main() catch and flip
   an otherwise-successful run to " Pullfrog failed" before the
   agent even started. asymmetric with `persistLearnings`'s own
   best-effort contract. wrap and log on failure; downstream
   consumers (`persistLearnings`, agent harnesses, `resolveInstructions`)
   already handle `learningsFilePath: undefined` cleanly.

2. refresh wiki/main.md — `resolveInstructions` parameter renamed
   from `learnings` to `learningsFilePath` in this PR; the data-flow
   diagram and the resolver dependency table both still showed the
   pre-refactor signature.

3. drop deleted `learnings.ts` from ROADMAP.md + RESEARCH.md
   "missing MCP tool tests" bullets — `action/mcp/learnings.ts` was
   removed in this PR; the bullets are otherwise still accurate.
2026-05-08 22:45:26 +00:00

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import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import { SPAWN_TIMEOUT_CODE, SpawnTimeoutError } from "../utils/subprocess.ts";
import type { AgentResult } from "./shared.ts";
vi.mock("./shared.ts", async (importOriginal) => {
const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("./shared.ts")>();
return {
...actual,
getGitStatus: vi.fn(() => ""),
};
});
vi.mock("../utils/subprocess.ts", async (importOriginal) => {
const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../utils/subprocess.ts")>();
return {
...actual,
spawn: vi.fn(),
};
});
const { runPostRunRetryLoop, executeStopHook } = await import("./postRun.ts");
const { getGitStatus } = await import("./shared.ts");
const { spawn } = await import("../utils/subprocess.ts");
const mockedGetGitStatus = vi.mocked(getGitStatus);
const mockedSpawn = vi.mocked(spawn);
const successResult = (overrides: Partial<AgentResult> = {}): AgentResult => ({
success: true,
output: "ok",
...overrides,
});
describe("runPostRunRetryLoop — reflection turn", () => {
beforeEach(() => {
mockedGetGitStatus.mockReset();
mockedGetGitStatus.mockReturnValue("");
mockedSpawn.mockReset();
});
afterEach(() => {
vi.restoreAllMocks();
});
it("does not flip a successful run to failed when reflection returns success:false", async () => {
// the reflection turn is a best-effort nudge (edit the learnings
// tmpfile). if it fails — e.g. the model API errors mid-turn — the
// underlying task has already completed and been gated cleanly, so the
// run as a whole must still be reported as successful.
const initial = successResult({ output: "task done" });
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue({ success: false, error: "model API transient failure" });
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "REFLECTION: edit learnings file if anything is worth saving",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.output).toBe("task done");
expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
expect(resume).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
expect(resume.mock.calls[0]?.[0].prompt).toMatch(/REFLECTION/);
});
it("still aggregates usage from a failed reflection turn", async () => {
// the reflection consumed tokens even if it didn't produce useful output;
// the run total must reflect that so billing/reporting stays accurate.
const initial = successResult({
usage: { agent: "claude", inputTokens: 100, outputTokens: 50 },
});
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue({
success: false,
error: "model API transient failure",
usage: { agent: "claude", inputTokens: 10, outputTokens: 5 },
});
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: initial.usage,
stopScript: null,
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "reflect",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.usage?.inputTokens).toBe(110);
expect(result.usage?.outputTokens).toBe(55);
});
it("falls back to the reflection's output when the pre-reflection output is empty", async () => {
// the preservation fix must only kick in when the task actually produced
// meaningful output. runs that communicate exclusively through MCP tools
// (e.g. report_progress) leave result.output = "" — using `??` here kept
// the empty string and dropped the reflection's reply, leaving the
// fallback `handleAgentResult` path with nothing to show. prefer the
// reflection's output (even a trivial "done") over no output at all.
const initial = successResult({ output: "" });
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult({ output: "done" }));
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "REFLECTION: consider editing learnings",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.output).toBe("done");
});
it("preserves the pre-reflection task output when a trivial reflection ('done') succeeds", async () => {
// the reflection turn is a meta-ask — its literal reply ("done" or a
// short "updated learnings with N bullets") is not the task summary the
// caller wants to see. before this fix, `result = reflectionResult`
// clobbered the task's output on the returned AgentResult, so downstream
// consumers (handleAgentResult's fallback path when toolState is empty,
// programmatic callers of main()) saw "done" instead of the real
// summary. assert the task's output survives a successful reflection.
const initial = successResult({ output: "Implemented feature X; tests pass; pushed PR #42" });
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult({ output: "done" }));
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "REFLECTION: consider editing learnings",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.output).toBe("Implemented feature X; tests pass; pushed PR #42");
});
it("skips reflection entirely when canResume returns false", async () => {
const initial = successResult();
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult());
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
canResume: () => false,
reflectionPrompt: "reflect",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(resume).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("catches a reflection turn that dirties the tree via the dirty-tree gate on the next iteration", async () => {
// PR claims: "if the reflection turn dirties the tree, the loop picks
// that up on the next iteration via the normal dirty-tree gate." lock
// it in — without this invariant the reflection prompt could bypass the
// commit-before-you-finish contract whenever the agent misbehaves.
//
// three getGitStatus calls in sequence:
// 1. clean (triggers reflection)
// 2. reflection left the tree dirty
// 3. retry committed the changes — now clean, loop exits
mockedGetGitStatus
.mockReturnValueOnce("")
.mockReturnValueOnce(" M scratch/notes.md")
.mockReturnValueOnce("");
const initial = successResult();
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult({ output: "resumed" }));
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "REFLECTION: consider editing learnings",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
// call 0: reflection; call 1: dirty-tree retry
expect(resume).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
expect(resume.mock.calls[0]?.[0].prompt).toContain("REFLECTION");
expect(resume.mock.calls[1]?.[0].prompt).toContain("UNCOMMITTED CHANGES");
expect(resume.mock.calls[1]?.[0].prompt).toContain("scratch/notes.md");
});
it("surfaces a persistent stop hook failure as AgentResult.error after MAX_POST_RUN_RETRIES", async () => {
// PR test plan item #1: "confirm the agent is resumed with the hook
// output and the run fails after 3 attempts if never resolved."
//
// stop the hook from passing on every invocation, have `resume` always
// return success (the agent tried but couldn't fix the issue), and
// verify: (a) the loop exhausts all retries, (b) the final result is
// success=false, (c) the error mentions the retry count and the hook
// output verbatim so the GitHub comment surfaces what actually failed.
const hookFailure = {
stdout: "lint: 3 issues in src/foo.ts",
stderr: "",
exitCode: 7,
durationMs: 5,
};
mockedSpawn.mockResolvedValue(hookFailure);
const initial = successResult({ output: "agent done" });
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult({ output: "retry done" }));
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: "pnpm lint",
resume,
reflectionPrompt: undefined,
});
expect(result.success).toBe(false);
expect(result.error).toContain("stop hook failed");
expect(result.error).toContain("exit code 7");
expect(result.error).toContain("3 retry attempts");
expect(result.error).toContain("lint: 3 issues in src/foo.ts");
// each retry feeds the hook output back into the agent as the resume prompt
expect(resume).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
for (const call of resume.mock.calls) {
expect(call[0].prompt).toContain("STOP HOOK FAILED");
expect(call[0].prompt).toContain("lint: 3 issues in src/foo.ts");
}
});
it("treats a persistently dirty tree (no stop hook failure) as a soft-fail", async () => {
// the PR documents: "dirty-tree-only failures preserve prior behavior:
// they're logged but don't fail the run." a regression that started
// surfacing dirty-tree as AgentResult.error would make every run that
// leaves untracked test fixtures around fail spuriously. guard it.
mockedGetGitStatus.mockReturnValue(" M src/foo.ts");
const initial = successResult();
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult({ output: "tried but tree still dirty" }));
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: null,
resume,
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.error).toBeUndefined();
// retries were attempted (the loop fed the dirty-tree prompt back to the agent)
expect(resume).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
for (const call of resume.mock.calls) {
expect(call[0].prompt).toContain("UNCOMMITTED CHANGES");
}
});
it("surfaces a stop hook failure even when canResume is false (no retry budget, still fails the run)", async () => {
// the retry loop is best-effort. when canResume says no (e.g. claude
// without a sessionId), we still need the failure gate to fire so the
// user sees WHY the run failed instead of an opaque success. covers the
// "checks still ran even if we can't resume" comment in postRun.ts.
mockedSpawn.mockResolvedValue({
stdout: "typecheck: 2 errors",
stderr: "",
exitCode: 1,
durationMs: 1,
});
const initial = successResult();
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult());
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: "pnpm typecheck",
resume,
canResume: () => false,
});
expect(result.success).toBe(false);
expect(result.error).toContain("stop hook failed");
expect(result.error).toContain("typecheck: 2 errors");
// no retries were attempted because canResume said no — error lists no
// retry count (that would be a lie).
expect(result.error).not.toContain("retry attempt");
expect(resume).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("short-circuits the loop when the initial result is already failed", async () => {
// if the agent already failed (timeout, model error) there's no point
// running gates or a reflection — the run is toast. preserve the original
// error verbatim so triage is straightforward.
const initial: AgentResult = {
success: false,
error: "agent died mid-turn",
output: "partial",
};
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue(successResult());
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: undefined,
stopScript: "pnpm lint",
resume,
reflectionPrompt: "reflect",
});
expect(result.success).toBe(false);
expect(result.error).toBe("agent died mid-turn");
expect(resume).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(mockedSpawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(mockedGetGitStatus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
it("aggregates usage across every gate retry", async () => {
// billing/reporting rely on the usage summary reflecting the full run,
// not just the final retry's slice. regression gate.
mockedSpawn.mockResolvedValue({
stdout: "fail",
stderr: "",
exitCode: 1,
durationMs: 1,
});
const initial = successResult({
usage: { agent: "claude", inputTokens: 100, outputTokens: 50 },
});
const resume = vi
.fn<(ctx: { prompt: string; previousResult: AgentResult }) => Promise<AgentResult>>()
.mockResolvedValue({
success: true,
output: "retry",
usage: { agent: "claude", inputTokens: 10, outputTokens: 5 },
});
const result = await runPostRunRetryLoop({
initialResult: initial,
initialUsage: initial.usage,
stopScript: "flaky",
resume,
});
// 100 initial + 10 * 3 retries = 130
expect(result.usage?.inputTokens).toBe(130);
expect(result.usage?.outputTokens).toBe(65);
});
});
describe("executeStopHook — output capture", () => {
beforeEach(() => {
mockedSpawn.mockReset();
});
afterEach(() => {
vi.restoreAllMocks();
});
it("includes both stdout and stderr in the failure output when both are populated", async () => {
// hooks that wrap other tools commonly emit a benign warning to stderr
// (e.g. "config file not found, using defaults") and the actionable error
// to stdout. a `(stderr || stdout)` heuristic drops stdout entirely
// whenever stderr is non-empty, starving the agent of the information it
// needs to fix the issue.
mockedSpawn.mockResolvedValue({
stdout: "ERROR: lint check failed at path/to/file.ts:42",
stderr: "Warning: config file not found, using defaults",
exitCode: 1,
durationMs: 5,
});
const failure = await executeStopHook("run-lint");
expect(failure).not.toBeNull();
expect(failure?.output).toContain("ERROR: lint check failed at path/to/file.ts:42");
expect(failure?.output).toContain("Warning: config file not found, using defaults");
});
it("returns null (treated as passed) when spawn throws a timeout", async () => {
// infra-level failures can't be fixed by the agent. surfacing them as a
// hook failure would put the loop into a retry cycle that never
// terminates. soft-fail and let the run succeed.
mockedSpawn.mockRejectedValue(
new SpawnTimeoutError("hook exceeded 10 minutes", SPAWN_TIMEOUT_CODE)
);
const failure = await executeStopHook("slow-hook");
expect(failure).toBeNull();
});
it("returns null (treated as passed) on spawn ENOENT (command not found)", async () => {
// if the user misconfigures the hook (wrong binary, typo), the spawn
// itself throws. same rationale as timeouts: soft-fail, don't retry.
mockedSpawn.mockRejectedValue(
Object.assign(new Error("spawn nosuchbin ENOENT"), { code: "ENOENT" })
);
const failure = await executeStopHook("nosuchbin");
expect(failure).toBeNull();
});
it("truncates oversize output, keeping the tail", async () => {
// the error is embedded in AgentResult.error and flows into GitHub
// comments (65535-char cap). the 4096-char truncation is our guardrail;
// lock it in so a well-meaning refactor can't blow the comment budget.
const longTail = "LAST_LINE_IS_ACTIONABLE";
const longOutput = "x".repeat(10_000) + longTail;
mockedSpawn.mockResolvedValue({
stdout: longOutput,
stderr: "",
exitCode: 1,
durationMs: 1,
});
const failure = await executeStopHook("noisy");
expect(failure?.output).toContain(longTail);
expect(failure?.output).toContain("truncated");
expect(failure?.output.length).toBeLessThan(longOutput.length);
});
});