fix(webui): keep answer text outside reasoning shell

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chengyongru
2026-08-23 21:29:42 +08:00
committed by chengyongru
parent 1e9d46fb36
commit ffa58aa5ef
6 changed files with 340 additions and 89 deletions
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@@ -1870,7 +1870,14 @@ def replay_transcript_to_ui_messages(
return None
return str(last.get("id"))
def demote_interrupted_assistant(segment: str) -> None:
def close_interrupted_assistant() -> None:
"""Close an answer segment before tool activity without changing its semantics.
The wire protocol already marks answer, reasoning, and activity phases.
A later tool event does not turn previously emitted answer text into
reasoning; preserving ``content`` also keeps live and replay projections
equivalent.
"""
nonlocal buffer_message_id, buffer_parts
for i in range(len(messages) - 1, -1, -1):
candidate = messages[i]
@@ -1886,19 +1893,7 @@ def replay_transcript_to_ui_messages(
or candidate.get("media")
):
continue
reasoning_parts = [
part
for part in (candidate.get("reasoning"), content)
if isinstance(part, str) and part.strip()
]
messages[i] = {
**candidate,
"content": "",
"reasoning": "\n\n".join(reasoning_parts),
"reasoningStreaming": False,
"isStreaming": False,
"activitySegmentId": candidate.get("activitySegmentId") or segment,
}
messages[i] = {**candidate, "isStreaming": False}
if buffer_message_id == candidate.get("id"):
buffer_message_id = None
buffer_parts = []
@@ -2069,7 +2064,7 @@ def replay_transcript_to_ui_messages(
if not segment:
segment = _new_activity_segment(activate=False)
active_file_edit_segment_id = segment
demote_interrupted_assistant(segment)
close_interrupted_assistant()
strip_covered_file_edit_tool_hints_from_recent_messages(edits, turn_fields)
target_index = find_file_edit_trace_index(segment, edits)
if target_index is not None:
@@ -2363,7 +2358,7 @@ def replay_transcript_to_ui_messages(
if not trace_lines:
continue
segment = _ensure_activity_segment()
demote_interrupted_assistant(segment)
close_interrupted_assistant()
last = messages[-1] if messages else None
if (
last
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@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ def test_replay_keeps_every_file_from_one_apply_patch_call() -> None:
assert [edit["path"] for edit in msgs[0]["fileEdits"]] == ["USER.md", "MEMORY.md"]
def test_replay_keeps_interrupted_pre_tool_text_in_activity() -> None:
def test_replay_keeps_interrupted_pre_tool_text_as_answer() -> None:
msgs = replay_transcript_to_ui_messages([
{"event": "delta", "chat_id": "t-stream", "text": "I will inspect first."},
{"event": "stream_end", "chat_id": "t-stream"},
@@ -1504,8 +1504,10 @@ def test_replay_keeps_interrupted_pre_tool_text_in_activity() -> None:
assert len(msgs) == 3
assert msgs[0]["role"] == "assistant"
assert msgs[0]["content"] == ""
assert msgs[0]["reasoning"] == "I will inspect first."
assert msgs[0]["content"] == "I will inspect first."
assert msgs[0]["turnPhase"] == "answer"
assert "reasoning" not in msgs[0]
assert "activitySegmentId" not in msgs[0]
assert "isStreaming" not in msgs[0]
assert msgs[1]["kind"] == "trace"
assert msgs[1]["traces"] == ['exec({"cmd":"ls"})']
@@ -355,11 +355,15 @@ function activeTurnStartIndex(units: DisplayUnit[], activeTurnId: string | null)
function displayUnitsEqual(previous: DisplayUnit, next: DisplayUnit): boolean {
if (previous.type !== next.type) return false;
if (previous.type === "message" && next.type === "message") {
return shallowMessageEqual(previous.message, next.message);
return (
previous.sourceMessageCount === next.sourceMessageCount
&& shallowMessageEqual(previous.message, next.message)
);
}
if (previous.type !== "activity" || next.type !== "activity") return false;
return (
previous.turnLatencyMs === next.turnLatencyMs
previous.sourceMessageCount === next.sourceMessageCount
&& previous.turnLatencyMs === next.turnLatencyMs
&& previous.startedAtMs === next.startedAtMs
&& previous.messages.length === next.messages.length
&& previous.messages.every((message, index) =>
@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ function unitIndexAfterMessageCount(
let seen = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < units.length; i += 1) {
const unit = units[i];
seen += unit.type === "activity" ? unit.messages.length : 1;
seen += unit.sourceMessageCount;
if (seen >= messageCount) return i;
}
return null;
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@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
import type { UIMessage } from "@/lib/types";
/** A completed turn has two surfaces: one activity container and one final
* answer. An active turn temporarily preserves arrival order so visible
* Markdown never moves when a later tool starts. */
* answer. Answer text is never inferred to be activity merely because a later
* tool event arrived; explicit reasoning/activity fields own that distinction. */
export type TurnUnit =
| {
type: "activity";
messages: UIMessage[];
/** Number of raw UI messages represented by this display unit. */
sourceMessageCount: number;
turnLatencyMs?: number;
startedAtMs?: number;
}
| { type: "message"; message: UIMessage };
| {
type: "message";
message: UIMessage;
/** Number of raw UI messages represented by this display unit. */
sourceMessageCount: number;
};
export function isReasoningOnlyAssistant(message: UIMessage): boolean {
if (message.role !== "assistant" || message.kind === "trace") return false;
if (message.activityKind === "model" || message.content.trim().length > 0) return false;
if (
message.activityKind === "model"
|| message.content.trim().length > 0
|| !!message.media?.length
|| !!message.images?.length
) return false;
return !!(message.reasoning?.length || message.reasoningStreaming || message.isStreaming);
}
@@ -42,10 +54,9 @@ export function hasPendingAgentActivity(messages: UIMessage[]): boolean {
*
* user → [one live/completed activity surface] → [one final answer]
*
* Assistant text that is followed by another activity is an intermediate model
* segment. It remains in the activity timeline, where the renderer keeps its
* normal Markdown surface, but it never creates a second answer bubble. This
* is the same causal model used by Codex-style transcripts.
* A provider may emit multiple answer segments around tool activity. They are
* merged into the one final answer instead of being reclassified as reasoning;
* only explicit reasoning, trace, and model-activity rows enter the fold.
*/
export function normalizeActivityTimeline(
messages: UIMessage[],
@@ -63,50 +74,41 @@ export function normalizeActivityTimeline(
}
const ordered = orderMessagesByTurnSeq(turnMessages);
const lastActivityIndex = ordered.reduce(
(index, message, current) => isRawActivity(message) ? current : index,
-1,
);
const answerIndices = ordered
.map((message, index) => ({ message, index }))
.filter(({ message }) => isAssistantAnswer(message));
const finalAnswerIndex = answerIndices.at(-1)?.index;
// A replay can deliver a completed answer before a late trace row. Keep
// that answer visible, but place the late activity in the single activity
// surface before it. An answer followed by more activity is an
// intermediate model segment and stays in that surface in turn order.
const hasFinalAnswer = finalAnswerIndex !== undefined
&& (finalAnswerIndex > lastActivityIndex || ordered[finalAnswerIndex].isStreaming !== true);
const activity: UIMessage[] = [];
const answers: UIMessage[] = [];
ordered.forEach((message, index) => {
let activitySourceMessageCount = 0;
for (const message of ordered) {
if (isRawActivity(message)) {
activity.push(message);
activitySourceMessageCount += 1;
} else if (isAssistantAnswer(message)) {
if (message.reasoning?.trim() || message.reasoningStreaming) {
// The synthetic reasoning row and answer both come from one raw
// message, so account for that source on the answer unit only.
activity.push(reasoningOnlyMessageFromAnswer(message));
}
if (hasFinalAnswer && index === finalAnswerIndex) {
answers.push(stripInlineReasoning(message));
} else {
activity.push(modelActivitySnippet(message));
}
answers.push(stripInlineReasoning(message));
} else {
activity.push(message);
activitySourceMessageCount += 1;
}
});
}
if (activity.length) {
units.push({
type: "activity",
messages: activity,
sourceMessageCount: activitySourceMessageCount,
turnLatencyMs: activityTurnLatencyMs(activity, ordered),
startedAtMs: activeTurnStartedAtMs,
});
}
if (answers.length) {
units.push({ type: "message", message: mergeAssistantAnswers(answers) });
units.push({
type: "message",
message: mergeAssistantAnswers(answers),
sourceMessageCount: answers.length,
});
}
turnMessages = [];
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ export function normalizeActivityTimeline(
for (const message of messages) {
if (message.role === "user") {
flushTurn();
units.push({ type: "message", message });
units.push({ type: "message", message, sourceMessageCount: 1 });
activeTurnId = message.turnId;
activeTurnStartedAtMs = validCreatedAtMs(message.createdAt);
continue;
@@ -132,15 +134,16 @@ export function normalizeActivityTimeline(
}
/**
* Keep an in-flight turn in arrival order. Until ``turn_end`` there is no
* reliable way to know whether an assistant text segment is the final answer
* or commentary before another tool call. Reclassifying it when that tool
* arrives makes an already-visible Markdown tree jump between containers.
* Keep an in-flight turn in arrival order. Answer, reasoning, and activity
* semantics are explicit, but a later tool event can still arrive after
* already-visible answer Markdown. Reparenting on each event would make that
* Markdown tree jump between containers.
*
* Completed turns still use ``normalizeActivityTimeline`` and collapse into
* one audit surface plus the final answer. While the turn is active, text and
* contiguous activity phases stay in arrival order. A later tool therefore
* appends a Working surface after existing Markdown instead of reparenting it.
* one audit surface plus the merged answer. While the turn is active, answer
* text and contiguous activity phases stay in arrival order. A later tool
* therefore appends a Working surface after existing Markdown instead of
* reparenting it.
*/
export function projectActivityTimeline(
messages: UIMessage[],
@@ -176,23 +179,29 @@ function projectLiveTurn(messages: UIMessage[]): TurnUnit[] {
const prompt = messages[0];
const startedAtMs = prompt?.role === "user" ? validCreatedAtMs(prompt.createdAt) : undefined;
let activity: UIMessage[] = [];
let activitySourceMessageCount = 0;
if (prompt?.role === "user") units.push({ type: "message", message: prompt });
if (prompt?.role === "user") {
units.push({ type: "message", message: prompt, sourceMessageCount: 1 });
}
const flushActivity = () => {
if (!activity.length) return;
units.push({
type: "activity",
messages: activity,
sourceMessageCount: activitySourceMessageCount,
turnLatencyMs: activityTurnLatencyMs(activity, activity),
startedAtMs,
});
activity = [];
activitySourceMessageCount = 0;
};
for (const message of messages.slice(prompt?.role === "user" ? 1 : 0)) {
if (isRawActivity(message)) {
activity.push(message);
activitySourceMessageCount += 1;
continue;
}
if (isAssistantAnswer(message)) {
@@ -200,10 +209,15 @@ function projectLiveTurn(messages: UIMessage[]): TurnUnit[] {
activity.push(reasoningOnlyMessageFromAnswer(message));
}
flushActivity();
units.push({ type: "message", message: stripInlineReasoning(message) });
units.push({
type: "message",
message: stripInlineReasoning(message),
sourceMessageCount: 1,
});
continue;
}
activity.push(message);
activitySourceMessageCount += 1;
}
flushActivity();
@@ -215,7 +229,16 @@ function isRawActivity(message: UIMessage): boolean {
}
function isAssistantAnswer(message: UIMessage): boolean {
return message.role === "assistant" && message.kind !== "trace" && message.content.trim().length > 0;
if (message.role !== "assistant" || message.kind === "trace" || message.activityKind === "model") {
return false;
}
if (message.turnPhase === "reasoning" || message.turnPhase === "activity") return false;
return (
message.turnPhase === "answer"
|| message.content.trim().length > 0
|| !!message.media?.length
|| !!message.images?.length
);
}
function orderMessagesByTurnSeq(messages: UIMessage[]): UIMessage[] {
@@ -248,18 +271,6 @@ function mergeAssistantAnswers(answers: UIMessage[]): UIMessage {
return merged;
}
function modelActivitySnippet(message: UIMessage): UIMessage {
return {
...stripInlineReasoning(message),
id: `${message.id}-activity`,
activityKind: "model",
turnPhase: "activity",
// Keep the source stream state so the activity surface can render this
// segment with the same Markdown streaming semantics as a normal answer.
isStreaming: message.isStreaming,
};
}
function reasoningOnlyMessageFromAnswer(message: UIMessage): UIMessage {
return {
id: `${message.id}-reasoning`,
@@ -595,6 +595,168 @@
"turnSeq": 4
}
]
},
{
"name": "answer_tool_answer_preserves_answer_semantics",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"initial_messages": [
{
"id": "fixture-user-interleaved-answer",
"role": "user",
"content": "Inspect and summarize.",
"turnId": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turnPhase": "user",
"turnSeq": 1,
"createdAt": 1700000004000
}
],
"live_events": [
{
"event": "delta",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "First answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 2
},
{
"event": "stream_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "First answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 3
},
{
"event": "message",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"kind": "tool_hint",
"text": "read_file()",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "activity",
"turn_seq": 4
},
{
"event": "delta",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "Final answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 5
},
{
"event": "stream_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "Final answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 6
},
{
"event": "turn_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"latency_ms": 12,
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "complete",
"turn_seq": 7
}
],
"transcript": [
{
"event": "user",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "Inspect and summarize.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "user",
"turn_seq": 1,
"created_at_ms": 1700000004000
},
{
"event": "delta",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "First answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 2
},
{
"event": "stream_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "First answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 3
},
{
"event": "message",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"kind": "tool_hint",
"text": "read_file()",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "activity",
"turn_seq": 4
},
{
"event": "delta",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "Final answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 5
},
{
"event": "stream_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"text": "Final answer segment.",
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "answer",
"turn_seq": 6
},
{
"event": "turn_end",
"chat_id": "fixture-interleaved-answer",
"latency_ms": 12,
"turn_id": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turn_phase": "complete",
"turn_seq": 7
}
],
"expected": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Inspect and summarize.",
"turnId": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turnPhase": "user",
"turnSeq": 1
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "First answer segment.",
"turnId": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turnPhase": "answer",
"turnSeq": 3
},
{
"role": "tool",
"content": "read_file()",
"kind": "trace",
"traces": [
"read_file()"
],
"activitySegmentId": "segment-1",
"turnId": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turnPhase": "activity",
"turnSeq": 4
},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "Final answer segment.",
"latencyMs": 12,
"turnId": "turn-interleaved-answer",
"turnPhase": "answer",
"turnSeq": 6
}
]
}
]
}
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@@ -334,18 +334,31 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
it("renders a fork boundary divider after the copied history", () => {
const messages: UIMessage[] = [
{ id: "u1", role: "user", content: "original", createdAt: 1 },
{ id: "a1", role: "assistant", content: "answer", createdAt: 2 },
{ id: "u2", role: "user", content: "branch prompt", createdAt: 3 },
{ id: "a1", role: "assistant", content: "first answer", createdAt: 2 },
{
id: "t1",
role: "tool",
kind: "trace",
content: "search()",
traces: ["search()"],
createdAt: 3,
},
{ id: "a2", role: "assistant", content: "second answer", createdAt: 4 },
{ id: "u2", role: "user", content: "branch prompt", createdAt: 5 },
];
render(
const { container } = render(
<ThreadMessages
messages={messages}
forkBoundaryMessageCount={2}
forkBoundaryMessageCount={4}
/>,
);
expect(screen.getByText("Forked from history")).toBeInTheDocument();
const rows = Array.from(container.firstElementChild?.children ?? []);
const dividerIndex = rows.findIndex((row) => row.textContent?.includes("Forked from history"));
const branchPromptIndex = rows.findIndex((row) => row.textContent?.includes("branch prompt"));
expect(dividerIndex).toBeGreaterThan(0);
expect(dividerIndex).toBe(branchPromptIndex - 1);
});
it("keeps turn unit keys stable across replayed ids and mutable turn sequence", () => {
@@ -379,7 +392,6 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
expect(unitKeysForDisplay(liveUnits)).toEqual(unitKeysForDisplay(replayUnits));
expect(unitKeysForDisplay(liveUnits)).toEqual([
"turn-turn-1-user",
"turn-turn-1-activity-1",
"turn-turn-1-answer-1",
]);
});
@@ -764,7 +776,7 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
expect(screen.queryByText("Worked for 3s")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("keeps late activity after the live assistant answer while streaming", () => {
it("keeps a streamed answer outside late activity when the prompt snapshot is absent", () => {
const messages: UIMessage[] = [
{
id: "t0",
@@ -795,17 +807,21 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
const units = buildDisplayUnits(messages, true);
expect(units).toHaveLength(1);
expect(units).toHaveLength(2);
expect(units[0].type === "activity" ? units[0].messages.map((m) => m.id) : []).toEqual([
"t0",
"a1-activity",
"t1",
]);
expect(units[1]).toMatchObject({
type: "message",
message: { id: "a1", content: "partial answer" },
});
render(<ThreadMessages messages={messages} isStreaming />);
const answer = screen.getByText("partial answer");
const liveActivity = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /working/i });
expect(answer.closest("[data-testid='activity-model-message']")).toBeNull();
expect(liveActivity.compareDocumentPosition(answer) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy();
});
@@ -1075,7 +1091,7 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
expect(screen.queryByText("Worked for 0s")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("projects assistant slices into one answer with one action set", () => {
it("keeps all assistant answer slices outside activity with one action set", () => {
const messages: UIMessage[] = [
{
id: "early",
@@ -1099,6 +1115,18 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
},
];
const units = buildDisplayUnits(messages);
expect(units).toHaveLength(2);
expect(units[0].type === "activity" ? units[0].messages.map((m) => m.id) : []).toEqual([
"t1",
]);
expect(units[0].sourceMessageCount).toBe(1);
expect(units[1]).toMatchObject({
type: "message",
message: { id: "early", content: "starting…\n\nfinal reply" },
sourceMessageCount: 2,
});
render(
<ThreadMessages
messages={messages}
@@ -1109,8 +1137,57 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
expect(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: "Copy" })).toHaveLength(1);
expect(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: "Fork" })).toHaveLength(1);
expect(screen.getByText("starting…")).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(screen.getByText("final reply")).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(screen.getByText("starting…").closest("[data-testid='activity-model-message']")).toBeNull();
expect(screen.getByText("final reply").closest("[data-testid='activity-model-message']")).toBeNull();
});
it("keeps a media-only answer slice outside the activity surface", () => {
const messages: UIMessage[] = [
{
id: "early",
role: "assistant",
content: "generated the file",
turnPhase: "answer",
createdAt: 1,
},
{
id: "t1",
role: "tool",
kind: "trace",
content: "write_file()",
traces: ["write_file()"],
turnPhase: "activity",
createdAt: 2,
},
{
id: "attachment",
role: "assistant",
content: "",
media: [{ kind: "file", url: "/api/media/result.csv", name: "result.csv" }],
turnPhase: "answer",
isStreaming: true,
createdAt: 3,
},
];
const units = buildDisplayUnits(messages);
expect(units).toHaveLength(2);
expect(units[0].type === "activity" ? units[0].messages.map((m) => m.id) : []).toEqual([
"t1",
]);
expect(units[1]).toMatchObject({
type: "message",
message: {
id: "early",
content: "generated the file",
media: [{ kind: "file", url: "/api/media/result.csv", name: "result.csv" }],
},
sourceMessageCount: 2,
});
render(<ThreadMessages messages={messages} isStreaming={false} />);
expect(screen.getByText("result.csv")).toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("hides current turn actions until turn_end", () => {
@@ -1340,7 +1417,7 @@ describe("ThreadMessages", () => {
.filter(Boolean);
expect(assistantFlags).toEqual([
["a2", true],
["a1", true],
["a3", true],
]);
});