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Fixes #13133

Summary of Changes

This pull request addresses assistant message fragmentation and leaked harness telemetry observed during background tool executions in ACP sessions (specifically reproduced and analyzed in Antigravity harness sessions):

  1. Prevent premature assistant segment severing on background tool updates:

    • In AcpSessionRuntime.ts, closeActiveAssistantSegment was previously called unconditionally on every ToolCallUpdated notification.
    • When background commands stream output or transition to completed/failed while the model is actively streaming an assistant response, this severed the assistant segment mid-token and created an unexpected split message bubble with a truncated initial bubble.
    • Fixed by checking whether the tool call is brand new (isNew: previous === undefined) before closing preceding assistant segments.
  2. Normalize assistant message IDs:

    • In ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts, assistantSegmentMessageId prepended assistant: even if baseKey was already prefixed (yielding assistant:assistant:...).
    • Fixed by normalizing the prefix in assistantSegmentMessageId and routing assistant completion and checkpoint IDs through canonicalAssistantMessageId.
  3. Filter leaked harness telemetry from assistant text & thoughts:

    • In AntigravityProtocol.ts, added createAntigravityMessageFilter and makeAntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer to filter <SYSTEM_MESSAGE>...</SYSTEM_MESSAGE> tags and harness notification preambles that the model may inadvertently echo into agent_message_chunk or agent_thought_chunk.
    • In AcpSessionRuntime.ts, empty content deltas resulting from sanitized chunks are skipped without creating phantom segments.
  4. Prompt instructions:

    • In RuntimeInstructions.ts, added instructions informing models that internal <SYSTEM_MESSAGE> tags and task notifications are strictly for internal awareness and should not be quoted back to the user.

Verification

  • Added unit tests for streaming <SYSTEM_MESSAGE> filtering across single and fragmented chunk boundaries in AntigravityProtocol.test.ts.
  • Added unit tests for telemetry guidance in RuntimeInstructions.test.ts.
  • Added unit tests for message ID canonicalization and segment normalization in ProviderRuntimeIngestion.test.ts.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved assistant message handling to prevent duplicate identifiers and unnecessary segment closures during tool-call updates.
    • Prevented empty text updates and system-only content from appearing in streamed assistant messages while preserving surrounding user-facing text.
    • Fixed filtering of system telemetry and status content split across streamed responses, including incomplete or embedded markers.
    • Ensured filtering state resets correctly between prompts, preventing content from one response from affecting the next.

…updates & filter leaked harness telemetry

Fixes pingdotgg#13133

- Only close active assistant segments on new tool calls (isNew: previous === undefined) instead of on every in-flight tool progress or completion event.
- Prevent duplicate `assistant:assistant:` message IDs in ProviderRuntimeIngestion.
- Add streaming filter to strip echoed <SYSTEM_MESSAGE> blocks and harness preambles from Antigravity session chunks.
- Add negative constraint to buildRuntimeInstructions preventing models from quoting harness telemetry.
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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR changes live ACP streaming behavior and the shared default runtime prompt used across multiple providers. Its stateful telemetry filter also has an unresolved High-severity edge case involving delimiters split across chunks, so the production behavior requires human review.

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The changes update ACP assistant segment handling, filter system telemetry from Antigravity session updates, add runtime instructions about system messages, and normalize assistant message IDs.

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ACP stream handling and message cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
ACP segment lifecycle
apps/server/src/provider/acp/AcpSessionRuntime.ts
The runtime resets session-update transforms around prompts, closes assistant segments only for newly observed tool calls, and skips empty content deltas.
Antigravity telemetry filtering
apps/server/src/provider/acp/AntigravityProtocol.ts, apps/server/src/provider/acp/AntigravityAcpSupport.ts, apps/server/src/provider/acp/AntigravityProtocol.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/RuntimeInstructions.ts
A stateful filter removes system-message blocks across chunk boundaries. The transformer resets at prompt boundaries. Tests cover delimiter splits, preambles, and reset behavior. Runtime instructions identify system telemetry as non-user-facing context.
Assistant message ID normalization
apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.test.ts
Assistant message IDs use canonical prefix handling in completion and checkpoint dispatch paths. Segment IDs avoid duplicate assistant or reasoning prefixes. Tests cover canonical and segmented IDs.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AcpSessionRuntime
  participant AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer
  participant MessageFilter
  participant AssistantStream
  AcpSessionRuntime->>AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer: transform session update
  AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer->>MessageFilter: filter assistant or thought chunk
  MessageFilter-->>AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer: return sanitized chunk
  AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer-->>AssistantStream: deliver filtered session update
  AcpSessionRuntime->>AntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer: reset at prompt boundary
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A narrow ACP session-ID edge case can leave duplicate assistant prefixes in message metadata; the PR is otherwise low risk but this should be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in [#13133]. AcpSessionRuntime retains the active assistant segment for existing tool updates and supports state reset at prompt boundaries. Empty assistant …
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In `@apps/server/src/provider/acp/AntigravityProtocol.ts`:
- Around line 282-284: Update the streaming filter branch around nextIndex in
AntigravityProtocol so it retains the longest trailing suffix that could begin a
telemetry preamble or tag instead of emitting it as assistant text. Carry that
suffix into the next chunk for detection, and add regressions covering split
opening tags and split preambles.
- Line 290: Update the `afterPreamble` lookup to search for a separate opening
tag only after `preambleText`, so it does not match the tag embedded in the
preamble. If no separate tag is found, discard only through the next newline and
preserve subsequent assistant text.
- Around line 312-342: Update makeAntigravitySessionUpdateTransformer so both
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- Around line 306-307: Update the filtering logic around SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PREAMBLE
and OPEN_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_TAG so an incomplete preamble containing the embedded
opening tag is buffered rather than treated as a standalone system-message
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Thanks for pinning down the segment-close bug. #13386 carries that part with you as co-author, plus a regression test through the real runtime. The <SYSTEM_MESSAGE> filter, id rename and prompt changes are left out: the bridge only streams model-to-user steps as chunks, so a text filter would be guessing over model prose.

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Superseded by #13386 (takes the segment change; rest not carried).

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