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Summary

Fixes #6439 — four error-handling defects in Crew config-based construction and callback execution that produced cryptic runtime failures.

Before: a task referencing an unknown agent role raised a bare StopIteration; reusing the same config dict across two Crew(config=...) constructions raised KeyError: 'agent'; a side-effect after_kickoff_callbacks function that didn't return the result replaced the crew result with None; and an async task callback on the synchronous execution path crashed with asyncio.run() cannot be called from a running event loop inside Jupyter/akickoff().

After: the unknown-role case raises a ValueError naming the missing role and available roles; the caller's config dict is no longer mutated; a None-returning after_kickoff_callbacks preserves the crew result; and async task callbacks run safely from the sync path, using a worker thread when an event loop is already running. Loop-bound Task/Future returns are rejected with a clear TypeError (mirroring utilities/agent_utils.py), so the crash class the fix targets cannot resurface.

Changes

  • _create_task: helpful ValueError on unknown agent role; config dict copied before removing agent.
  • kickoff / akickoff: after_kickoff_callbacks returning None no longer overwrites the result; a returned value still replaces it.
  • _execute_core: async task callbacks routed through a worker-thread fallback when a loop is running (with contextvars copied), otherwise asyncio.run directly.
  • Regression tests for each bug, including the running-loop and no-loop async callback branches and the crew-level task_callback path.

Test Plan

  • uv run pytest lib/crewai/tests/task/ lib/crewai/tests/crew/test_async_crew.py lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py — 169 passed, 1 skipped; the single failure (test_crew_kickoff_streaming_usage_metrics) is a pre-existing environment issue (LiteLLM not installed) confirmed on the base commit.
  • uv run ruff check on changed files — clean.
  • uv run mypy on crew.py and task.py — clean.

Fixes #6439

SomSamantray and others added 5 commits August 17, 2026 23:13
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Replace the bare `next()` lookup with an explicit role match that raises a
ValueError naming the missing role and the available roles, instead of the
cryptic StopIteration. Also build Task kwargs from a copy of the config dict
so reusing the same dict across Crew constructions no longer raises
KeyError on the second use.

Closes crewAIInc#6439 (bugs 1 and 4).

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A side-effect after_kickoff callback that does not return the result used to
replace the crew result with None, crashing downstream code. Guard both the
sync kickoff and akickoff loops so a None return leaves the prior result
untouched while a returned value still replaces it.

Closes crewAIInc#6439 (bug 2).

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An async task callback on the synchronous execution path called asyncio.run()
unconditionally, crashing with "asyncio.run() cannot be called from a running
event loop" when execute_sync ran inside an already-running loop (Jupyter,
akickoff). Route awaitable callback results through the same worker-thread
pattern as agent_utils.py: run them in a thread with their own loop and a
copied context when a loop is already running; otherwise asyncio.run directly.

Closes crewAIInc#6439 (bug 3).

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A task callback returning an asyncio.Task or Future already bound to the
running loop passed the isawaitable check and the worker-thread handoff,
then crashed on the worker loop with a cross-loop RuntimeError - the same
crash class crewAIInc#6439(3) was meant to fix. Mirror the guard in
utilities/agent_utils.py: reject asyncio.Future values with a clear
TypeError before the thread hop.

Also add missing async coverage: akickoff after_kickoff result-replace
branch, and the crew.task_callback async path on the sync execution route.

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The PR improves Crew task configuration errors, preserves kickoff results when callbacks return None, and supports awaitable callbacks during synchronous execution. Regression tests cover configuration reuse, callback behavior, and event-loop contexts.

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Crew error handling

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Crew configuration and callback results
lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py, lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py, lib/crewai/tests/crew/test_async_crew.py
_create_task copies task configuration and raises a descriptive ValueError for unknown agent roles. Synchronous and asynchronous kickoff callbacks preserve the existing result when they return None. Tests cover result replacement, configuration reuse, and invalid roles.
Synchronous awaitable callbacks
lib/crewai/src/crewai/task.py, lib/crewai/tests/task/test_async_task.py, docs/residual-review-findings/fix-crew-error-handling-6439.md
Synchronous task and crew callbacks now execute awaitables with or without an active event loop. Tests cover both contexts, loop-bound task and future rejection, and both callback sources. Review metadata records the applied fixes and deferred maintainability finding.

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In `@lib/crewai/tests/task/test_async_task.py`:
- Around line 236-346: The callback regression coverage only tests successful
coroutine results; extend the async callback tests around Task.execute_sync to
cover callbacks returning an asyncio.Task and an asyncio.Future, with one test
for each result type asserting that execute_sync raises TypeError. Reuse the
existing callback and mock setup while preserving the current success-path
tests.

In `@lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py`:
- Around line 2222-2235: Update the replacement callback tests so each callback
returns a distinct adjusted CrewOutput without mutating its input, then assert
kickoff returns that distinct output with the adjusted content. Apply this to
lib/crewai/tests/test_crew.py lines 2222-2235 and
lib/crewai/tests/crew/test_async_crew.py lines 262-300; both sites require the
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Address CodeRabbit feedback on PR crewAIInc#7028:

- Add regression tests asserting execute_sync raises TypeError when a task
  callback returns a loop-bound asyncio.Task or asyncio.Future, covering the
  guard added in the sync-path callback fix.
- Make the after_kickoff result-replacement tests return a distinct CrewOutput
  instead of mutating the callback input, so they fail if production ignores
  the callback return value.

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Bug: Multiple error handling issues in Crew config, callbacks, and async task execution

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