* fix: strip <think> tags from LLM output to prevent thinking text leakage (#781)
Some models (e.g. DeepSeek-R1, QwQ via ollama) embed reasoning in
content using <think>...</think> tags instead of the separate
reasoning_content field. This causes thinking text to leak into
both streamed messages and the final report.
Fix at two layers:
- server/app.py: strip <think> tags in _create_event_stream_message
so ALL streamed content is filtered (coordinator, planner, etc.)
- graph/nodes.py: strip <think> tags in reporter_node before storing
final_report (which is not streamed through the event layer)
The regex uses a fast-path check ("<think>" in content) to avoid
unnecessary regex calls on normal content.
* refactor: add defensive check for think tag stripping and add reporter_node tests (#781)
- Add isinstance and fast-path check in reporter_node before regex, consistent with app.py
- Add TestReporterNodeThinkTagStripping with 5 test cases covering various scenarios
* chore: re-trigger review
* fix: handle greetings without triggering research workflow (#733)
* test: update tests for direct_response tool behavior
* fix: address Copilot review comments for coordinator_node - Extract locale from direct_response tool_args - Fix import sorting (ruff I001)
* fix: remove locale extraction from tool_args in direct_response
Use locale from state instead of tool_args to avoid potential side effects. The locale is already properly passed from frontend via state.
* fix: only fallback to planner when clarification is enabled
In legacy mode (BRANCH 1), no tool calls should end the workflow gracefully instead of falling back to planner. This fixes the test_coordinator_node_no_tool_calls integration test.
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Add a new "analysis" step type to handle reasoning and synthesis tasks
that don't require code execution, addressing the concern that routing
all non-search tasks to the coder agent was inappropriate.
Changes:
- Add ANALYSIS enum value to StepType in planner_model.py
- Create analyst_node for pure LLM reasoning without tools
- Update graph routing to route analysis steps to analyst agent
- Add analyst agent to AGENT_LLM_MAP configuration
- Create analyst prompts (English and Chinese)
- Update planner prompts with guidance on choosing between
analysis (reasoning/synthesis) and processing (code execution)
- Change default step_type inference from "processing" to "analysis"
when need_search=false
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* fix: Missing Required Fields in Plan Validation
* fix: the exception of plan validation
* Fixed the test errors
* Addressed the comments of the PR reviews
* fix: multiple web_search ToolMessages only showing last result
* fix: Missing Required Fields in Plan Validation
* fix: the exception of plan validation
* Fixed the test errors
* Addressed the comments of the PR reviews
* fix: the validation Error with qwen-max-latest Model
- Added comprehensive unit tests in tests/unit/graph/test_nodes.py for the new extract_plan_content function
- Tests cover various input types: string, AIMessage, dictionary, other types
- Includes a specific test case for issue #703 with the qwen-max-latest model
- All tests pass successfully, confirming the function handles different input types correctly
* feat: address the code review concerns
* fix: ensure researcher agent uses web search tool instead of generating URLs (#702)
- Add enforce_researcher_search configuration option (default: True) to control web search requirement
- Strengthen researcher prompts in both English and Chinese with explicit instructions to use web_search tool
- Implement validate_web_search_usage function to detect if web search tool was used during research
- Add validation logic that warns when researcher doesn't use web search tool
- Enhance logging for web search tools with special markers for easy tracking
- Skip validation during unit tests to avoid test failures
- Update _execute_agent_step to accept config parameter for proper configuration access
This addresses issue #702 where the researcher agent was generating URLs on its own instead of using the web search tool.
* fix: addressed the code review comment
* fix the unit test error and update the code
* fix: presever the local setting between frontend and backend
* Added unit test for the state preservation
* fix: passing the locale to the agent call
* fix: apply the fix after code review
* fix: handle [ACCEPTED] feedback gracefully without TypeError in plan review (#607)
- Add explicit None/empty feedback check to prevent processing None values
- Normalize feedback string once using strip().upper() instead of repeated calls
- Replace TypeError exception with graceful fallback to planner node
- Handle invalid feedback formats by logging warning and returning to planner
- Maintain backward compatibility for '[ACCEPTED]' and '[EDIT_PLAN]' formats
- Add test cases for None feedback, empty string feedback, and invalid formats
- Update existing test to verify graceful handling instead of exception raising
* Update src/graph/nodes.py
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* fix: resolve issue #650 - repair missing step_type fields in Plan validation
- Add step_type repair logic to validate_and_fix_plan() to auto-infer missing step_type
- Infer as 'research' when need_search=true, 'processing' when need_search=false
- Add explicit CRITICAL REQUIREMENT section to planner.md emphasizing step_type mandatory for every step
- Include validation checklist and examples showing both research and processing steps
- Add 23 comprehensive unit tests for validate_and_fix_plan() covering all scenarios
- Add 4 integration tests specifically for Issue #650 with actual Plan validation
- Prevents Pydantic ValidationError: 'Field required' for missing step_type
* Update tests/unit/graph/test_plan_validation.py
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* Update tests/unit/graph/test_plan_validation.py
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* update the planner.zh_CN.md with recent changes of planner.md
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* fix: resolve issue #467 - message content validation and Tavily search error handling
This commit implements a comprehensive fix for issue #467 where the application
crashed with 'Field required: input.messages.3.content' error when generating reports.
## Root Cause Analysis
The issue had multiple interconnected causes:
1. Tavily tool returned mixed types (lists/error strings) instead of consistent JSON
2. background_investigation_node didn't handle error cases properly, returning None
3. Missing message content validation before LLM calls
4. Insufficient error diagnostics for content-related errors
## Changes Made
### Part 1: Fix Tavily Search Tool (tavily_search_results_with_images.py)
- Modified _run() and _arun() methods to return JSON strings instead of mixed types
- Error responses now return JSON: {"error": repr(e)}
- Successful responses return JSON string: json.dumps(cleaned_results)
- Ensures tool results always have valid string content for ToolMessages
### Part 2: Fix background_investigation_node Error Handling (graph/nodes.py)
- Initialize background_investigation_results to empty list instead of None
- Added proper JSON parsing for string responses from Tavily tool
- Handle error responses with explicit error logging
- Always return valid JSON (empty list if error) instead of None
### Part 3: Add Message Content Validation (utils/context_manager.py)
- New validate_message_content() function validates all messages before LLM calls
- Ensures all messages have content attribute and valid string content
- Converts complex types (lists, dicts) to JSON strings
- Provides graceful fallback for messages with issues
### Part 4: Enhanced Error Diagnostics (_execute_agent_step in graph/nodes.py)
- Call message validation before agent invocation
- Add detailed logging for content-related errors
- Log message types, content types, and lengths when validation fails
- Helps with future debugging of similar issues
## Testing
- All unit tests pass (395 tests)
- Python syntax verified for all modified files
- No breaking changes to existing functionality
* test: update tests for issue #467 fixes
Update test expectations to match the new implementation:
- Tavily search tool now returns JSON strings instead of mixed types
- background_investigation_node returns empty list [] for errors instead of None
- All tests updated to verify the new behavior
- All 391 tests pass successfully
* Update src/graph/nodes.py
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* fix: support local models by making thought field optional in Plan model
- Make thought field optional in Plan model to fix Pydantic validation errors with local models
- Add Ollama configuration example to conf.yaml.example
- Update documentation to include local model support
- Improve planner prompt with better JSON format requirements
Fixes local model integration issues where models like qwen3:14b would fail
due to missing thought field in JSON output.
* feat: Add intelligent clarification feature for research queries
- Add multi-turn clarification process to refine vague research questions
- Implement three-dimension clarification standard (Tech/App, Focus, Scope)
- Add clarification state management in coordinator node
- Update coordinator prompt with detailed clarification guidelines
- Add UI settings to enable/disable clarification feature (disabled by default)
- Update workflow to handle clarification rounds recursively
- Add comprehensive test coverage for clarification functionality
- Update documentation with clarification feature usage guide
Key components:
- src/graph/nodes.py: Core clarification logic and state management
- src/prompts/coordinator.md: Detailed clarification guidelines
- src/workflow.py: Recursive clarification handling
- web/: UI settings integration
- tests/: Comprehensive test coverage
- docs/: Updated configuration guide
* fix: Improve clarification conversation continuity
- Add comprehensive conversation history to clarification context
- Include previous exchanges summary in system messages
- Add explicit guidelines for continuing rounds in coordinator prompt
- Prevent LLM from starting new topics during clarification
- Ensure topic continuity across clarification rounds
Fixes issue where LLM would restart clarification instead of building upon previous exchanges.
* fix: Add conversation history to clarification context
* fix: resolve clarification feature message to planer, prompt, test issues
- Optimize coordinator.md prompt template for better clarification flow
- Simplify final message sent to planner after clarification
- Fix API key assertion issues in test_search.py
* fix: Add configurable max_clarification_rounds and comprehensive tests
- Add max_clarification_rounds parameter for external configuration
- Add comprehensive test cases for clarification feature in test_app.py
- Fixes issues found during interactive mode testing where:
- Recursive call failed due to missing initial_state parameter
- Clarification exited prematurely at max rounds
- Incorrect logging of max rounds reached
* Move clarification tests to test_nodes.py and add max_clarification_rounds to zh.json
* fix: add max_clarification_rounds parameter passing from frontend to backend
- Add max_clarification_rounds parameter in store.ts sendMessage function
- Add max_clarification_rounds type definition in chat.ts
- Ensure frontend settings page clarification rounds are correctly passed to backend
* fix: refine clarification workflow state handling and coverage
- Add clarification history reconstruction
- Fix clarified topic accumulation
- Add clarified_research_topic state field
- Preserve clarification state in recursive calls
- Add comprehensive test coverage
* refactor: optimize coordinator logic and type annotations
- Simplify handoff topic logic in coordinator_node
- Update type annotations from Tuple to tuple
- Improve code readability and maintainability
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* fix: ensure web search is performed for research plans to fix#535
When using certain models (DeepSeek-V3, Qwen3, or local deployments), the
agent framework failed to trigger web search tools, resulting in hallucinated
data. This fix implements multiple safeguards:
1. Add enforce_web_search configuration flag:
- New config option to mandate web search in research plans
- Defaults to False for backward compatibility
2. Add plan validation function validate_and_fix_plan():
- Validates that plans include at least one research step with web search
- Enforces web search requirement when enabled
- Adds default research step if plan has no steps
3. Enhance coordinator_node fallback logic:
- When model fails to call tools, fallback to planner instead of __end__
- Ensures workflow continues even when tool calling fails
- Logs detailed diagnostic info for debugging
4. Update prompts for stricter requirements:
- planner.md: Add MANDATORY web search requirement and clear warnings
- coordinator.md: Add CRITICAL tool calling requirement
- Emphasize consequences of missing web search (hallucinated data)
5. Update tests to reflect new behavior:
- test_coordinator_node_no_tool_calls: Expect planner instead of __end__
- test_coordinator_empty_llm_response_corner_case: Same expectation
Fixes#535 by ensuring:
- Web search is always performed for research tasks
- Workflow doesn't terminate on tool calling failures
- Models with poor tool calling support can still proceed
- No hallucinated data without real information gathering
* Update src/graph/nodes.py
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* Update src/graph/nodes.py
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* accept the review suggestion of getting configuration
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* fix: add missing RunnableConfig parameter to human_feedback_node
This fixes issue #569 where interrupt() was being called outside of a runnable context.
The human_feedback_node was missing the config: RunnableConfig parameter that all other
node functions have, which caused RuntimeError when interrupt() tried to access the config.
- Add config: RunnableConfig parameter to function signature
- Add State type annotation to state parameter for consistency
- Maintains LangGraph execution context required by interrupt()
* test: update human_feedback_node tests to pass RunnableConfig parameter
Update all test functions that call human_feedback_node to include the new
required config parameter. These tests were failing because they were not
providing the RunnableConfig argument after the fix to add proper LangGraph
execution context.
Tests updated:
- test_human_feedback_node_auto_accepted
- test_human_feedback_node_edit_plan
- test_human_feedback_node_accepted
- test_human_feedback_node_invalid_interrupt
- test_human_feedback_node_json_decode_error_first_iteration
- test_human_feedback_node_json_decode_error_second_iteration
- test_human_feedback_node_not_enough_context
All tests now pass the mock_config fixture to human_feedback_node.
* fix: support local models by making thought field optional in Plan model
- Make thought field optional in Plan model to fix Pydantic validation errors with local models
- Add Ollama configuration example to conf.yaml.example
- Update documentation to include local model support
- Improve planner prompt with better JSON format requirements
Fixes local model integration issues where models like qwen3:14b would fail
due to missing thought field in JSON output.
* feat: Add intelligent clarification feature for research queries
- Add multi-turn clarification process to refine vague research questions
- Implement three-dimension clarification standard (Tech/App, Focus, Scope)
- Add clarification state management in coordinator node
- Update coordinator prompt with detailed clarification guidelines
- Add UI settings to enable/disable clarification feature (disabled by default)
- Update workflow to handle clarification rounds recursively
- Add comprehensive test coverage for clarification functionality
- Update documentation with clarification feature usage guide
Key components:
- src/graph/nodes.py: Core clarification logic and state management
- src/prompts/coordinator.md: Detailed clarification guidelines
- src/workflow.py: Recursive clarification handling
- web/: UI settings integration
- tests/: Comprehensive test coverage
- docs/: Updated configuration guide
* fix: Improve clarification conversation continuity
- Add comprehensive conversation history to clarification context
- Include previous exchanges summary in system messages
- Add explicit guidelines for continuing rounds in coordinator prompt
- Prevent LLM from starting new topics during clarification
- Ensure topic continuity across clarification rounds
Fixes issue where LLM would restart clarification instead of building upon previous exchanges.
* fix: Add conversation history to clarification context
* fix: resolve clarification feature message to planer, prompt, test issues
- Optimize coordinator.md prompt template for better clarification flow
- Simplify final message sent to planner after clarification
- Fix API key assertion issues in test_search.py
* fix: Add configurable max_clarification_rounds and comprehensive tests
- Add max_clarification_rounds parameter for external configuration
- Add comprehensive test cases for clarification feature in test_app.py
- Fixes issues found during interactive mode testing where:
- Recursive call failed due to missing initial_state parameter
- Clarification exited prematurely at max rounds
- Incorrect logging of max rounds reached
* Move clarification tests to test_nodes.py and add max_clarification_rounds to zh.json
* test: added unit test of builder
* test: Add unit tests for nodes.py
* test: add more unit tests in test_nodes
* test: try to fix the unit test error on GitHub
* test: reformate the code of test_nodes.py
* Fix the test error of reset the local argument
* Fixed the test error by setup args
* reformat the code
* test: add background node unit test
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* test: add background node unit test
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* test: fix test error
Change-Id: I3997dc53a2cfaa35501a1fbda5902ee15528124e
* test: fix unit test error
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* test: fix unit test error
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