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feat(ai, ai-harness): signal a run stopped by the agent loop strategy - #2071
chat() and the harness tell you when the agent loop stopped a run. You can tell that run apart from a run the model ended.
The signal is metadata.tanstack.loopStopped: true. It is on the last RUN_FINISHED and on the last assistant message. The harness adds loopStopped: true to the completed settlement.
A stopped run still uses finishReason: tool_calls. The client and StreamProcessor treat loopStopped: true as the end of the stream. sendMessage on a subscribe connection resolves.
🎯 Changes
@tanstack/ai: when the strategy stops the loop while tool results wait for the model, the run ends with metadata.tanstack.loopStopped: true. The last assistant message has the same flag. The cut-answer path (finishReason: length) sets the flag on its existing RUN_FINISHED and does not add a second event. A streamed structured-output finalization puts the flag on its outer RUN_FINISHED.
@tanstack/ai-client: loopStopped: true is not an intermediate tool turn. The stream ends.
@tanstack/ai-harness: InputSettlement for completed gets loopStopped?: true. A later RUN_FINISHED does not clear the flag. aborted and interrupted do not have the field.
Docs: section "Know when the loop stopped the run" in docs/chat/agentic-cycle.md, plus notes in docs/api/ai.md and docs/harness/inputs.md.
Tests: unit tests, a harness test, an SSE spec, and packages/ai-client/tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts.
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Testing
Commands run (all green):
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec vitest run tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec vitest run tests/chat.test.ts -t loopStopped
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-harness exec vitest run tests/loop-stopped.test.ts
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Manual test:
Run pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec vitest run tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts.
Make sure that sendMessage resolves. The last event has finishReason: tool_calls and loopStopped: true.
Run pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec vitest run tests/chat.test.ts -t loopStopped. A maxIterations(2) tool run has the flag on the last chunk. A run the model ends does not.
Run pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-harness exec vitest run tests/loop-stopped.test.ts. The completed settlement has loopStopped: true.
How this PR makes testing easy:packages/ai/tests/chat.test.ts, packages/ai-harness/tests/loop-stopped.test.ts, packages/ai-client/tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts, and testing/e2e/tests/loop-stopped.spec.ts.
Risk / rollback
Low. The flag is optional. Revert the PR to undo it. A subscribe client that ignored loopStopped used to stay loading. It now finishes.
Public API change
Before
forawait(constchunkofchat({
adapter,
messages,agentLoopStrategy: maxIterations(2),})){// no way to know the loop cut the run}
After
forawait(constchunkofchat({
adapter,
messages,agentLoopStrategy: maxIterations(2),})){if(chunk.type==='RUN_FINISHED'&&chunk.metadata?.tanstack?.loopStopped){// the loop stopped the run}}
constsettlement=awaitsession.settledif(settlement.outcome==='completed'&&settlement.loopStopped){// the turn hit the loop limit}
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New Features
Runs stopped by the agent loop while tool results are awaiting another model response are now marked with loopStopped in final run metadata and the last assistant message.
Harness settlements and transcripts now preserve this status, and clients treat these runs as completed rather than waiting for another tool turn.
Documentation
Added guidance on identifying loop-stopped runs in chat events, messages, and harness settlements, including how this differs from a model-finished run.
The chat engine marks runs stopped by the agent loop on terminal events and final assistant messages. Stream consumers treat these runs as complete. The harness carries the marker into completed settlements and settlement records. Tests cover loop-stopped and model-ended runs.
Run and message metadata add loopStopped. The chat engine sets the flag when the agent loop stops while tool results await another model call. Tests check terminal events and assistant messages, including model-ended runs that remain unmarked.
The stream processor and chat client treat loop-stopped tool-call finishes as terminal. Completed harness settlements include loopStopped: true when the terminal event carries the flag, and settlement records preserve it.
Harness and end-to-end coverage packages/ai-harness/tests/loop-stopped.test.ts, testing/e2e/src/routes/api.loop-stopped.ts, testing/e2e/src/routeTree.gen.ts, testing/e2e/tests/loop-stopped.spec.ts
Harness tests check session and client settlements and assistant-message metadata. The E2E route streams scripted cases, and tests check terminal metadata for iteration-limit and model-ended runs.
Documentation and release notes docs/api/ai.md, docs/chat/agentic-cycle.md, docs/harness/inputs.md, docs/config.json, .changeset/loop-stopped-signal.md
Documentation and release notes describe the loop-stop signal, finish-reason behavior, and harness settlement representation. Documentation entry dates are updated.
sequenceDiagram
participant TextEngine
participant StreamProcessor
participant SessionTurn
participant HarnessClient
TextEngine->>StreamProcessor: RUN_FINISHED with loopStopped metadata
StreamProcessor->>HarnessClient: Complete the loop-stopped run
SessionTurn->>HarnessClient: Settlement with loopStopped flag
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TanStack/ai#1902: The Ollama length finish reason is the condition referenced by the loop-stop handling for cut answers.
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Resolve the structured-output terminal ordering and final-message metadata concerns before merging; consumers may otherwise observe an incorrect outcome or inconsistent loop-stop signal.
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Add metadata.tanstack.loopStopped on the last RUN_FINISHED and the last
assistant message when maxIterations or a custom strategy ends the run
before the model is done. The harness marks the completed input
settlement with loopStopped.
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- Around line 1714-1721: Update the finalization path that emits the terminal
RUN_FINISHED event so it carries the loopStopped metadata when this.loopStopped
is true. Do not rely on the earlier synthetic event in the loopStopped block
around createSyntheticFinishedEvent; ensure the final terminal preserves the
flag through pipeThroughMiddleware and into settlement.
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.changeset/loop-stopped-signal.md
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docs/chat/agentic-cycle.md
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docs/harness/inputs.md
packages/ai-harness/src/log.ts
packages/ai-harness/src/session/turn.ts
packages/ai-harness/src/types.ts
packages/ai-harness/tests/loop-stopped.test.ts
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts
packages/ai/src/types.ts
packages/ai/tests/chat.test.ts
testing/e2e/src/routeTree.gen.ts
testing/e2e/src/routes/api.loop-stopped.ts
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With streamed, non-native structured output, the finalization sends the
outer RUN_FINISHED. The synthetic loopStopped RUN_FINISHED went out before
it, so the harness read the flag and then reset it on the finalization
terminal. Skip the synthetic event in that mode and stamp loopStopped on
the finalization RUN_FINISHED instead.
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- Around line 5097-5100: Ensure the final assistant message appended during
streamed, non-native finalization receives loopStopped metadata when
this.loopStopped is true, before onFinish and getMessages expose it; use the
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assistant message after streamed structured-output finalization agrees with the
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Defer the synthetic finish until structured-output finalization succeeds.
If a native-combined run stops after a tool-only turn, the stream can emit RUN_FINISHED before the missing-result RUN_ERROR. A consumer can treat the run as successful and stop reading before the error. Non-streamed finalization can also expose the premature finish to middleware before it fails.
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Update the native-combined finalization flow guarded by
finalizationOwnsLifecycle so it does not emit the synthetic RUN_FINISHED until
structured-output finalization succeeds. Ensure a missing-result failure emits
RUN_ERROR before any finish event, for both streamed consumers and middleware in
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Mark the final assistant message after finalization.
If streamed, non-native finalization appends a separate assistant message, that message lacks loopStopped. The terminal event and the messages exposed to onFinish and getMessages() then disagree.
Mark the final message
this.addTerminalAssistantMessages()
+ if (this.loopStopped) this.markLoopStoppedMessage()
await this.middlewareRunner.runOnFinish(this.middlewareCtx, {
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5100:
Ensure the final assistant message appended during streamed, non-native
finalization receives loopStopped metadata when this.loopStopped is true, before
onFinish and getMessages expose it; use the existing message-marking and
metadata mechanisms. Add a test verifying the last assistant message after
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chat()and the harness tell you when the agent loop stopped a run. You can tell that run apart from a run the model ended.The signal is
metadata.tanstack.loopStopped: true. It is on the lastRUN_FINISHEDand on the last assistant message. The harness addsloopStopped: trueto thecompletedsettlement.A stopped run still uses
finishReason: tool_calls. The client andStreamProcessortreatloopStopped: trueas the end of the stream.sendMessageon a subscribe connection resolves.🎯 Changes
@tanstack/ai: when the strategy stops the loop while tool results wait for the model, the run ends withmetadata.tanstack.loopStopped: true. The last assistant message has the same flag. The cut-answer path (finishReason: length) sets the flag on its existingRUN_FINISHEDand does not add a second event. A streamed structured-output finalization puts the flag on its outerRUN_FINISHED.@tanstack/ai-client:loopStopped: trueis not an intermediate tool turn. The stream ends.@tanstack/ai-harness:InputSettlementforcompletedgetsloopStopped?: true. A laterRUN_FINISHEDdoes not clear the flag.abortedandinterrupteddo not have the field.docs/chat/agentic-cycle.md, plus notes indocs/api/ai.mdanddocs/harness/inputs.md.packages/ai-client/tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.docs/for this change, or this change is not user-facing.pnpm changeset), or this PR does not change a published package.🚀 Release Impact
Testing
Commands run (all green):
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec vitest run tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.tspnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec vitest run tests/chat.test.ts -t loopStoppedpnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-harness exec vitest run tests/loop-stopped.test.tspnpm test:prwas not run for this push.Manual test:
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec vitest run tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts.sendMessageresolves. The last event hasfinishReason: tool_callsandloopStopped: true.pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec vitest run tests/chat.test.ts -t loopStopped. AmaxIterations(2)tool run has the flag on the last chunk. A run the model ends does not.pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-harness exec vitest run tests/loop-stopped.test.ts. The completed settlement hasloopStopped: true.How this PR makes testing easy:
packages/ai/tests/chat.test.ts,packages/ai-harness/tests/loop-stopped.test.ts,packages/ai-client/tests/chat-client-loop-stopped.test.ts, andtesting/e2e/tests/loop-stopped.spec.ts.Risk / rollback
Low. The flag is optional. Revert the PR to undo it. A subscribe client that ignored
loopStoppedused to stay loading. It now finishes.Public API change
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After
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loopStoppedin final run metadata and the last assistant message.