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Part 3 of 3 splitting #330. Stacked on #383 (base: acp/2-interactive-runner-coding-agent). Wires the ACP server onto the core session store (part 1) and the CLI local agent runner (part 2). With this merged, the tree is byte-identical to the fully tested squash of #330 plus its review fixes.

What's in it

  • server — sessions created and resumed through nooa.sessions; drops the private nooa_acp._runtime copy. Agent-class mismatch is detected before a snapshot is restored. Orphaned session claims from provably-dead processes are listed with a _meta marker instead of hidden forever. A None turn result can no longer deadlock the turn lock (bounded cancel-confirmation wait).
  • dispatcher / event bridge — delegated worker activity is forwarded to the client; MCP trace capture.
  • docs — README, CHANGELOG, skill note; pyproject dependency.

Test plan

  • Full suite on this branch (incl. bench agent doc test): 2477 passed, 0 failed
  • ruff check clean

Updates since opening

  • Confirmed, reproduced, fixed: a prompt cancelled within one scheduling tick of submission was permanently lost from the transcript (admission ran in a fresh task that could be cancelled before its first run). prompt() now records synchronously, with a same-text dedup so the runtime's own dequeue recording (still used by markdown-skill turns) doesn't double-record. A delegated worker's LLM usage no longer overwrites the context-window display (cost still summed).
  • Readiness comes from the pool (add(available=False) / publish(), feat(core): queue cancellation semantics, session claims, event aliases, shell-tool anchors #382); _ACPSession.ready and the manual check in _get_runtime() are gone.
  • Typed turn outcomes (feat(cli): local agent runner, coding agent delegation, and interactive controls #383): prompt() branches on TurnCancelled / TurnAbandoned. The 30 s cancel-confirmation timeout, its confirmed flag and the neutral-text guess are removed; a cancel from the cancel() RPC still waits for that RPC's cancel_complete (detected by its held cancel_lock), one from session close has nothing to wait for.
  • Refactors: one _SlashRequest parse instead of two; _close_in_order() replaces both nested try/finally teardown chains (same semantics); _lock_status() is a tri-state.
  • Also: agent-identity precedence matched to create_session_agent(); list_sessions()'s per-session filesystem probe and the opt-in MCP trace write run off the event loop (trace keeps arrival order via one writer thread); second SIGTERM installs SIG_DFL; worker unsubscribers are tracked; updated_at is UTC-aware everywhere.
  • The bench prompt-budget hunk moved down to feat(core): queue cancellation semantics, session claims, event aliases, shell-tool anchors #382. All commits carry Signed-off-by.

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  • New Features
    • ACP sessions now support configurable agent selection, saved workspace preferences for skills, MCP servers, and default models, plus MCP approval controls.
    • Session titles and status updates are reflected in ACP clients.
  • Improvements
    • Session lists exclude empty or active sessions and can identify sessions left by confirmed-dead processes.
    • Cancelling or abandoning a turn now has a clear outcome, and user input is preserved when cancellation interrupts dispatch.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Trace Explorer safely displays malformed Python tool calls.
  • Documentation
    • Added guidance on session ownership, workspace preferences, and ACP behavior.

…hosts

Part 3 of 3 splitting the ACP shared-agent work (PR #330). Wires the ACP
server onto the core session store and the CLI local agent runner.

- server: sessions created and resumed through nooa.sessions (drops the
  private nooa_acp._runtime copy and the origin= alias shim from part 1);
  agent-class mismatch detected before a snapshot is restored; orphaned
  session claims from provably-dead processes are listed with a _meta
  marker instead of hidden forever; a None turn result can no longer
  deadlock the turn lock (bounded cancel-confirmation wait).
- dispatcher/event bridge: delegated worker activity forwarded to the
  client; MCP trace capture.
- docs: README, CHANGELOG, skill note; pyproject dependency.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Furgale <pfurgale@nvidia.com>
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This PR changes ACP to use shared interactive-agent and session APIs, updates workspace settings and session lifecycle handling, and adds MCP handoff tracing. Trace Explorer changes how it renders malformed Python tool arguments. Documentation and changelog entries describe related behavior and operational details.

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ACP shared sessions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Agent selection and shared setup
packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/cli.py, packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/dispatcher.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_cli.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/fixtures/fake_agent.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_shared_sessions.py, packages/nooa-acp/README.md, CHANGELOG.md
The ACP CLI accepts --agent and --legacy-agent and passes supplied values through session options. ACP imports the shared dispatcher. Documentation, changelog entries, fixtures, and tests cover agent selection, turn results, and ignored legacy settings.
Workspace settings and MCP controls
packages/nooa-acp/README.md, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_shared_sessions.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_protocol.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_server.py, CHANGELOG.md
Workspace preferences cover skills, MCP definitions, and default models. Tests cover saved settings, MCP approval and revocation, client-supplied servers, name collisions, and built-in controls.
Session readiness and lifecycle
packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa-acp/..., packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_protocol.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_server.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_coding_agent.py, src/nooa/sessions/store.py, skills/nooa-context-and-state/SKILL.md, pyproject.toml, CHANGELOG.md
The ACP adapter handles session creation, replay, listing, turn handling, cancellation, and cleanup. Tests cover session release, replay failures, cancellation, input recording, and orphaned ownership claims. Session storage removes the origin parameter, and the documentation describes SQLite ownership recovery.
MCP handoff tracing
packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/_mcp_trace.py, packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/server.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/fixtures/mcp_probe.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_mcp_trace.py, packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_protocol.py
An opt-in trace records MCP field state, server names, and recognized transports for incoming session/new and session/load requests. Tests cover filtering, privacy exclusions, asynchronous writes, and write failures.

Trace Explorer Python tool rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Python tool argument and execution matching
src/nooa/trace_explorer/explorer.py, tests/trace_explorer/test_explorer.py
Concise previews format Python tool arguments when the decoded code value is not a string. Tests cover malformed values and execution-name matching when a call ID is absent.

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  participant ACPClient
  participant serve
  participant MCPHandoffTrace
  participant JSONLFile
  ACPClient->>serve: Send session/new or session/load request
  serve->>MCPHandoffTrace: Pass incoming stream event
  MCPHandoffTrace->>JSONLFile: Append MCP field state, names, and transports
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- Around line 489-496: Track whether session.cancel_complete is confirmed while
awaiting it in the TimeoutError handling path, and set that flag false on
timeout. Use it when calling session.agent.message so confirmed cancellation
records “Stopped at your request.” while an unconfirmed timeout records neutral
text indicating the turn ended without a result.
- Around line 832-836: Update terminate so that after handling the first
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handler; a second SIGTERM must use the default process-termination action.

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- Around line 3292-3293: Update the malformed-code fallback near the Python
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Comment on lines +489 to +496
except TimeoutError:
logger.warning(
"Session %s: turn ended with no result and no cancel "
"confirmation within %ss; releasing the turn lock anyway.",
session_id,
_CANCEL_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
)
session.cancel_complete.set()

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Record neutral text when cancellation is not confirmed.

A None result can reach this branch without a cancel request. A cancellation request can also remain unconfirmed while cancel() awaits its cleanup. The timeout does not prove that the user stopped the turn, but the code always records "Stopped at your request." for the transcript.

Suggested fix
+                    confirmed = True
                     try:
                         async with asyncio.timeout(_CANCEL_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS):
                             await session.cancel_complete.wait()
                     except TimeoutError:
+                        confirmed = False
                         logger.warning(
                             "Session %s: turn ended with no result and no cancel "
                             "confirmation within %ss; releasing the turn lock anyway.",
                             session_id,
                             _CANCEL_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
                         )
                         session.cancel_complete.set()
-                    session.agent.message("Stopped at your request.")
+                    session.agent.message(
+                        "Stopped at your request."
+                        if confirmed
+                        else "The turn ended without a result."
+                    )
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/server.py` around lines 489 - 496, Track
whether session.cancel_complete is confirmed while awaiting it in the
TimeoutError handling path, and set that flag false on timeout. Use it when
calling session.agent.message so confirmed cancellation records “Stopped at your
request.” while an unconfirmed timeout records neutral text indicating the turn
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def terminate() -> None:
nonlocal terminating
if not terminating and task is not None:
terminating = True
task.cancel()

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Make the second SIGTERM use the default termination action.

The first SIGTERM can leave cleanup blocked in SessionRuntime._close_once() while it waits for the turn lock. Restoring previous_sigterm does not guarantee termination because the inherited handler can be SIG_IGN or a custom handler. Install SIG_DFL after the first signal so a second SIGTERM terminates the process.

Proposed fix
     def terminate() -> None:
         nonlocal terminating
         if not terminating and task is not None:
             terminating = True
             task.cancel()
+            # A second SIGTERM must terminate a server whose cleanup hangs.
+            loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM)
+            signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_DFL)
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def terminate() -> None:
nonlocal terminating
if not terminating and task is not None:
terminating = True
task.cancel()
def terminate() -> None:
nonlocal terminating
if not terminating and task is not None:
terminating = True
task.cancel()
# A second SIGTERM must terminate a server whose cleanup hangs.
loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGTERM)
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_DFL)
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/server.py` around lines 832 - 836, Update
terminate so that after handling the first SIGTERM, it restores SIG_DFL for
SIGTERM rather than relying on the previous handler; a second SIGTERM must use
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if not isinstance(code, str):
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep malformed code visible in the concise preview.

If a Python tool call has {"code": 7} or {"code": [1]}, these lines produce an empty preview. The concise session view then hides the invalid argument that the detailed views show. Format the decoded arguments as a short preview when code is not a string.

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 if not isinstance(code, str):
-    code = ""
+    code = _pformat(args, max_string=60, max_length=5, max_depth=2)
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In `@src/nooa/trace_explorer/explorer.py` around lines 3292 - 3293, Update the
malformed-code fallback near the Python tool-call preview so non-string code
uses the existing _pformat(args, max_string=60, max_length=5, max_depth=2)
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…ring PR

Confirmed empirically (not just by inspection) before fixing:

- server.py: prompt() could permanently drop the user's message from the
  durable transcript. dispatcher.submit() wraps admission in a freshly
  created asyncio.Task; a cancel() arriving before the event loop ever
  schedules that task's first run cancels it without running any of its
  body, so the text never even reached the queue to be dequeued and
  recorded later -- reproduced via direct in-process repro (100% loss at
  one specific scheduling tick, non-deterministic zero-day races either
  side of it). Now recorded synchronously in prompt() before admission,
  with a small same-text dedup (_pending_synced_text) so the runtime's own
  dequeue-triggered recording (still used by other admission paths, e.g. a
  markdown skill's prepared next turn) doesn't double-record the same turn.
- event_bridge.py: a delegated/spawned worker's own LLM usage was wired to
  the same _on_llm_response handler as the controller's, so a worker's
  small, unrelated token count overwrote the ACP client's context-window
  display (cost stayed correctly summed; only used/size were wrong).
  Worker-sourced LLMResponse events still add to cost, but no longer
  publish a UsageUpdate. Also: agent._on_worker_spawned discarded the
  worker's unsubscribe callables instead of extending self._unsubscribers,
  so close() never detached a still-alive worker's handlers; and
  watch_session()'s title timestamp used naive local time while
  list_sessions() reports UTC-aware timestamps for the same field.
- server.py: new_session() persisted the agent identity with
  `agent_spec or (...)` while create_session_agent() actually selects the
  class with `agent_spec and not legacy_agent`, so the two disagreed
  whenever both --agent and --legacy-agent were set. Matched precedence.
- server.py: list_sessions() ran a synchronous per-session filesystem probe
  (is_sqlite_database_active + claim_owner_is_confirmed_dead) over every
  non-empty session inline on the single event loop, blocking every other
  open session's prompt/cancel/response delivery for the scan's duration
  (measured ~192ms at 300 sessions). Offloaded to a worker thread.
  _mcp_trace.py's write is opt-in-only but had the same blocking-write
  problem on every session/new and session/load; also offloaded.
- server.py: minor cleanups -- _locked_state() now reuses storage.sqlite's
  own _claim_path() instead of re-deriving it inline; the reserved-command
  rejection message now lists CONTROL_TYPES's actual keys instead of a
  hardcoded "/skills, /mcp" that would silently go stale.
- server.py / SIGTERM handling: a second SIGTERM during a hung cleanup now
  installs SIG_DFL immediately so it can still kill the process, instead of
  only restoring whatever handler was inherited (which could be SIG_IGN).
- server.py: a None turn result that timed out waiting for cancel
  confirmation (an ambiguous, non-cancel completion path) no longer claims
  "Stopped at your request." in the transcript.
- trace_explorer/explorer.py: a malformed tool-call code argument (e.g.
  {"code": 7}) now still shows something in the concise session preview
  instead of silently rendering empty.

Left deliberately unaddressed (documented, not silently dropped):
- Duplicate slash-command parsing/lookup in prompt() vs _slash_invocation(),
  and the two independent teardown try/finally chains in _create_runtime()
  vs _ACPSession.close() -- both real duplication, but refactoring either
  touches exception-safety-critical paths and deserves its own reviewed
  change, not a bundled fix.
- _locked_state()'s (bool, bool) return could be a tighter tri-state type;
  cosmetic, no behavior change either way.
- The 30s cancel-confirmation timeout papers over an ambiguity that
  actually lives in the shared LocalAgentRunner (not part of this PR's
  diff): it can settle a turn with result=None via more than one internal
  path with nothing distinguishing which one fired. Documented in the
  existing comment; fixing it at the source is a separate change.
- SessionInfoUpdate.ready re-implements a "registered but not yet usable"
  concept the shared SessionRuntimePool briefly had before an earlier
  commit in the stack dropped it -- an architectural question for that
  shared pool, not this PR.

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In `@packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_server.py`:
- Around line 1812-1829: In the orphaned-claim test, check
`sqlite_storage._owner_identity()` before creating the claim; if it returns
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import nooa.storage.sqlite as sqlite_storage

store = adapter._store(tmp_path.resolve())
claim_path = store.path_for(created.session_id).with_suffix(".active")
claim_path.mkdir(mode=0o755)
(claim_path / "owner-orphan-test.json").write_text(
json.dumps(
{
"token": "orphan-test",
"pid": dead_pid,
"identity": sqlite_storage._owner_identity(),
}
)
)
try:
listed = await adapter.list_sessions(str(tmp_path))
assert [s.session_id for s in listed.sessions] == [created.session_id]
assert listed.sessions[0].field_meta == {"dev.nooa/orphaned_claim": True}

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Skip the orphaned-claim test when _owner_identity() is unavailable.

claim_owner_is_confirmed_dead returns False when _owner_identity() returns None. list_sessions then filters out the active session, so the assertion that expects created.session_id fails.

Suggested fix
     import nooa.storage.sqlite as sqlite_storage
 
+    identity = sqlite_storage._owner_identity()
+    if identity is None:
+        await adapter.close()
+        pytest.skip("Claim owner identity is unavailable on this platform")
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     store = adapter._store(tmp_path.resolve())
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+                "identity": identity,
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import nooa.storage.sqlite as sqlite_storage
store = adapter._store(tmp_path.resolve())
claim_path = store.path_for(created.session_id).with_suffix(".active")
claim_path.mkdir(mode=0o755)
(claim_path / "owner-orphan-test.json").write_text(
json.dumps(
{
"token": "orphan-test",
"pid": dead_pid,
"identity": sqlite_storage._owner_identity(),
}
)
)
try:
listed = await adapter.list_sessions(str(tmp_path))
assert [s.session_id for s in listed.sessions] == [created.session_id]
assert listed.sessions[0].field_meta == {"dev.nooa/orphaned_claim": True}
import nooa.storage.sqlite as sqlite_storage
identity = sqlite_storage._owner_identity()
if identity is None:
await adapter.close()
pytest.skip("Claim owner identity is unavailable on this platform")
store = adapter._store(tmp_path.resolve())
claim_path = store.path_for(created.session_id).with_suffix(".active")
claim_path.mkdir(mode=0o755)
(claim_path / "owner-orphan-test.json").write_text(
json.dumps(
{
"token": "orphan-test",
"pid": dead_pid,
"identity": identity,
}
)
)
try:
listed = await adapter.list_sessions(str(tmp_path))
assert [s.session_id for s in listed.sessions] == [created.session_id]
assert listed.sessions[0].field_meta == {"dev.nooa/orphaned_claim": True}
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/tests/test_server.py` around lines 1812 - 1829, In the
orphaned-claim test, check `sqlite_storage._owner_identity()` before creating
the claim; if it returns `None`, close `adapter` and skip the test. Reuse the
captured identity when writing the claim so the test only asserts orphan
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Closes out the three review findings deliberately deferred from the
previous fix pass; no behavior change intended.

- prompt() parsed "/name args" and looked the command up twice: once in
  _slash_invocation() (which then discarded the command) and again inline
  to decide the reserved-command rejection. _slash_invocation() now returns
  a _SlashRequest(name, raw_args, command) parsed once; an unregistered
  name comes back with command=None so the reserved check reuses the same
  parse instead of a second copy of the algorithm.
- _ACPSession._close_resources() and _create_runtime()'s partial-
  construction cleanup were two independently hand-written nested
  try/finally chains for the same "close each in order, tolerate failures,
  re-raise" policy. Both now call _close_in_order(), which keeps the exact
  nested-finally semantics (every closer runs; the last failure propagates
  with earlier ones chained as __context__).
- list_sessions()'s _locked_state() returned (active, orphaned) where
  orphaned was only meaningful when active was already True; it is now
  _lock_status() -> "free" | "active" | "orphaned", so the impossible
  combination no longer exists in the type.

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Follows the two contract changes lower in the stack:

- Session readiness: _ACPSession.ready and the manual check in
  _get_runtime() are gone. new/load register the runtime with
  add(available=False) so the id is reserved while bootstrap/replay runs,
  publish() it once ready, and the load failure path removes it with
  include_unavailable=True. Unpublished runtimes are simply absent from the
  pool's get()/ids(), which is the same resource_not_found the adapter
  produced by hand.
- Turn outcomes: dispatcher.submit()/invoke_slash() now raise TurnCancelled
  or TurnAbandoned instead of returning None, so prompt() branches on the
  type. The 30s _CANCEL_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS wait-and-guess, its
  "confirmed" flag and the neutral-text fallback are removed. A cancel that
  came from the cancel() RPC still waits for that RPC's cancel_complete
  (detected by its held cancel_lock); one driven by session close has
  nothing to wait for. An abandoned turn releases the lock immediately,
  logs the runner's reason and records it in the transcript. The slash
  path's third-party-code catch-all now lets both outcomes through, like
  it already did for GenerationError, instead of reporting "/x failed".

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…ped outcomes

The trace's offloaded writes went to the default executor, so two events
could land out of order. Give the trace one dedicated writer thread so the
journal keeps arrival order (the test that caught this also now waits for
the file to exist before reading it). The nooa-acp dispatcher tests
asserted the pre-typed-outcome contract (cancel -> None); they now expect
TurnCancelled.

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🟡 Minor · Exclude options.agent_spec from the accepted identities when legacy_agent… · server.py:609-611

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Exclude options.agent_spec from the accepted identities when legacy_agent is set.

new_session() stores the identity using the precedence of create_session_agent(): agent_spec applies only when legacy_agent is false. Line 611 accepts options.agent_spec without checking options.legacy_agent.

Example trigger: a session was created with agent_spec="pkg.mod:Custom". It is resumed with the same agent_spec from saved settings and with --legacy-agent. The built agent is then CodingAgent. saved still equals options.agent_spec, so no warning is added. The Custom snapshot is restored into CodingAgent without any message to the user. The PR objective is to detect this mismatch before the restore.

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                 saved = canonical_agent_spec(handle.info.agent)
                 current = f"{type(agent).__module__}:{type(agent).__qualname__}"
-                if saved not in {current, type(agent).__name__, options.agent_spec}:
+                accepted = {current, type(agent).__name__}
+                # Same precedence as create_session_agent(): legacy_agent overrides agent_spec.
+                if options.agent_spec and not options.legacy_agent:
+                    accepted.add(options.agent_spec)
+                if saved not in accepted:
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/server.py` around lines 609 - 611, Update the
accepted-identity check in the resume flow around `canonical_agent_spec` so
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/_mcp_trace.py`:
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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/server.py`:
- Around line 609-611: Update the accepted-identity check in the resume flow
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Prefer keyword calls when invoking connection helpers; keyword calls are stable across field-order changes. ### Client methods¶ Update client implementations from the 0.10 positional order: ```python async def request_permission(self, options, session_id, tool_call, **kwargs): ... async def write_text_file(self, content, path, session_id, **kwargs): ... async def read_text_file(self, path, session_id, limit=None, line=None, **kwargs): ... async def create_terminal(self, command, session_id, args=None, cwd=None, env=None, **kwargs): ... ``` to the 0.11 order: ```python async def request_permission(self, session_id, tool_call, options, **kwargs): ... async def write_text_file(self, session_id, path, content, **kwargs): ... async def read_text_file(self, session_id, path, line=None, limit=None, **kwargs): ... async def create_terminal(self, session_id, command, args=None, env=None, cwd=None, **kwargs): ... ``` ### Agent methods¶ Update agent implementations from the 0.10 prompt and mode signatures: ```python async def set_session_mode(self, mode_id, session_id, **kwargs): ... async def prompt(self, prompt, session_id, message_id=None, **kwargs): ... ``` to the 0.11 signatures: ```python async def set_session_mode(self, session_id, mode_id, **kwargs): ... async def prompt(self, session_id, prompt, **kwargs): ... ``` The `message_id` field was removed from `PromptRequest`. If your client generated a user message ID before calling `conn.prompt(...)`, stop passing it there. Message IDs now belong to streamed content chunks such as `UserMessageChunk` and `AgentMessageChunk`. ## 3. Remove `session/model` handling¶ The generated `SetSessionModelRequest` and `SetSessionModelResponse` types are no longer exported, and the `Agent.set_session_model(...)` protocol method is gone. If your agent used this endpoint to switch models, move that behavior into session modes or configuration options exposed through `set_session_mode(...)` and `set_config_option(...)`. ## 4. Handle elicitation if your agent or client advertises it¶ 0.11 adds schema and connection support for the unstable `elicitation/create` request and `elicitation/complete` notification. Clients that advertise elicitation support should implement: ```python from typing import Any from acp import AcceptElicitationResponse, Client, CreateElicitationResponse, ElicitationMode class MyClient(Client): async def create_elicitation( self, message: str, mode: ElicitationMode, **kwargs: Any, ) -> CreateElicitationResponse: return AcceptElicitationResponse(content={}) async def complete_elicitation(self, elicitation_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ... ``` Agents can request structured input through the connected client: ```python from acp import ( ElicitationFormSessionMode, ElicitationSchema, ElicitationStringPropertySchema, ) response = await client_conn.create_elicitation( message="Choose a deployment target", mode=ElicitationFormSessionMode( session_id=session_id, requested_schema=ElicitationSchema( properties={"target": ElicitationStringPropertySchema(type…[truncated] <title>0.10.1...0.11.0</title> https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/compare/0.10.1...0.11.0 # 0.10.1...0.11.0 - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk - Status: ahead - Ahead by: 8 - Behind by: 0 - Total commits: 8 - Files changed: 37 ## Commits - d6e5def chore(deps): bump uv in the uv group across 1 directory (`#107`) - 50a27ef feat: update ACP schema to v0.13.3 (`#106`) - 3756c28 feat: update ACP schema to v0.13.6 (`#110`) - 6bcf11a fix: recover from oversized JSON-RPC frames (`#111`) - fe643ab fix: close run_agent connection on cancellation (`#113`) - f8431a9 feat(schema): bump ACP schema to v1.16.0 (`#114`) - b2db256 docs: fix quickstart prompt signature - 0f2859a docs: add 0.11 migration guide ## Changed Files | File | Status | + | - | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | docs/index.md | modified | 2 | 0 | | docs/migration-guide-0.11.md | added | 144 | 0 | | docs/quickstart.md | modified | 4 | 6 | | docs/releasing.md | modified | 2 | 2 | | examples/agent.py | modified | 3 | 4 | | examples/client.py | modified | 19 | 7 | | examples/echo_agent.py | modified | 2 | 3 | | examples/gemini.py | modified | 23 | 5 | | mkdocs.yml | modified | 1 | 0 | | pyproject.toml | modified | 1 | 1 | | schema/VERSION | modified | 1 | 1 | | schema/meta.json | modified | 33 | 29 | | schema/schema.json | modified | 7173 | 6030 | | scripts/gen_all.py | modified | 46 | 4 | | scripts/gen_schema.py | modified | 264 | 26 | | scripts/gen_signature.py | modified | 22 | 5 | | src/acp/__init__.py | modified | 53 | 4 | | src/acp/agent/connection.py | modified | 59 | 6 | | src/acp/agent/router.py | modified | 0 | 9 | | src/acp/client/connection.py | modified | 12 | 29 | | src/acp/client/router.py | modified | 87 | 1 | | src/acp/connection.py | modified | 19 | 1 | | src/acp/core.py | modified | 5 | 1 | | src/acp/interfaces.py | modified | 29 | 26 | | src/acp/meta.py | modified | 31 | 27 | | src/acp/schema.py | modified | 3558 | 2744 | | src/acp/utils.py | modified | 1 | 1 | | tests/conftest.py | modified | 38 | 11 | | tests/real_user/test_permission_flow.py | modified | 2 | 2 | | tests/real_user/test_stdio_limits.py | modified | 48 | 30 | | tests/test_compatibility.py | modified | 0 | 5 | | tests/test_connection_recovery.py | added | 123 | 0 | | tests/test_core.py | added | 55 | 0 | | tests/test_gen_all.py | added | 119 | 0 | | tests/test_rpc.py | modified | 85 | 27 | | tests/test_unstable.py | modified | 0 | 12 | | uv.lock | modified | 23 | 23 | <title>run_agent leaks MessageSender / MessageDispatcher tasks when cancelled</title> GitHub issue 108 in agentclientprotocol/python-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # run_agent leaks MessageSender / MessageDispatcher tasks when cancelled - State: open - Author: yurishkuro - Created: 2026-06-08T03:34:23Z - Updated: 2026-06-08T03:34:23Z - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk - Number: `#108` --- ## Summary `run_agent` wraps `AgentSideConnection.listen()` with no `try/finally`. When the calling task is cancelled mid-`listen()`, `Connection.close()` is never invoked, leaving the `MessageSender._loop` and `MessageDispatcher._run` tasks the Connection&`#39`;s `TaskSupervisor` registered orphaned on the event loop. Python&`#39`;s GC later destroys them while still pending and reports: ``` ERROR asyncio: Task was destroyed but it is pending! task: <Task pending name=&`#39`;acp.Sender.loop&`#39`; …> ERROR asyncio: Task was destroyed but it is pending! task: <Task pending name=&`#39`;acp.Dispatcher.loop&`#39`; …> ERROR root: Send loop failed RuntimeError: cannot reuse already awaited coroutine ``` ## Reproduction Any pattern where the caller cancels `run_agent` mid-flight reproduces this. The minimal case I have is a WebSocket bridge that schedules `run_agent` as a task and races it against peer tasks via `asyncio.wait(FIRST_COMPLETED)`. When the peer closes the WebSocket, my bridge cancels `agent_task` — straightforward cancellation that ought to result in clean shutdown but instead leaks the Connection&`#39`;s internal tasks. (Real-world trigger: a backend health-checker that opens a fresh WebSocket every N seconds, sends `initialize`, and closes.) I verified the chain by tracing through the package: 1. `run_agent` (in `acp/core.py:38-72`) constructs `AgentSideConnection(..., listening=False)` then does a bare `await conn.listen()`. 2. `AgentSideConnection.listen` (in `acp/agent/connection.py`) is just `await self._conn.main_loop()`. 3. `Connection.main_loop` (in `acp/connection.py:119`) is `await self._receive_loop()`. 4. None of the layers between `run_agent` and `_receive_loop` has a `try/finally`. A cancellation propagates straight through. 5. The Connection&`#39`;s `__init__` (line 88, 105 in `acp/connection.py`) registered `MessageSender._loop` and `MessageDispatcher._run` with `TaskSupervisor`. These are orphaned by the cancellation because `Connection.close()` (line 109) — which would call `_dispatcher.stop()`, `_sender.close()`, and `_tasks.shutdown()` — is never reached. ## Proposed fix Two options, in order of preference: ### Option 1: fix `run_agent` itself Wrap the `await conn.listen()` in `acp/core.py:38-72`: ```python async def run_agent(agent, input_stream=None, output_stream=None, *, …): … conn = AgentSideConnection(agent, input_stream, output_stream, listening=False, …) try: await conn.listen() finally: await asyncio.shield(conn._conn.close()) ``` `asyncio.shield` keeps the close coroutine running even if `run_agent` itself is being cancelled — without it, the awaits in `Connection.close()` would re-raise `CancelledError` before the supervised tasks finish shutting down. ### Option 2: expose a public close API on `AgentSideConnection` Add `close()` / `__aexit__` to `AgentSideConnection` that delegates to `self._conn.close()`, then either (a) keep `run_agent` as-is and let callers use `async with AgentSideConnection(...)`, or (b) apply Option 1 too. Either way, callers who don&`#39`;t want `run_agent`&`#39`;s convenience can do their own cleanup without reaching into `_conn`. I&`#39`;d argue for both: Option 1 keeps `run_agent` self-contained, and Option 2 unblocks callers that want to construct the connection manually. ## My downstream workaround In `jaegertracing/jaeger` (commit) I&`#39`;m shipping a wrapper that re-implements `run_agent`&`#39`;s essentials: ```python async def _run_agent_with_cleanup(agent, agent_writer, agent_reader): conn = AgentSideConnection(agent, agent_writer, agent_reader, listening=False) try: await conn.listen() finally: try: await asyncio.shield(conn._conn.close()) # noqa: SLF001 except asyncio.CancelledError: raise ``` This works but reaches into …[truncated] <title>examples/echo_agent.py at main · agentclientprotocol/python-sdk</title> https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/blob/main/examples/echo_agent.py # File: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/examples/echo_agent.py - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk | Python SDK for ACP clients and agents. | 252 stars | Python - Branch: main ```py # /// script # requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.15" # dependencies = [ # "agent-client-protocol", # ] # /// import asyncio from typing import Any from uuid import uuid4 from acp import ( Agent, InitializeResponse, NewSessionResponse, PromptResponse, run_agent, text_block, update_agent_message, ) from acp.interfaces import Client from acp.schema import ( AudioContentBlock, ClientCapabilities, EmbeddedResourceContentBlock, HttpMcpServer, ImageContentBlock, Implementation, McpServerStdio, ResourceContentBlock, SseMcpServer, TextContentBlock, ) class EchoAgent(Agent): _conn: Client def on_connect(self, conn: Client) -> None: self._conn = conn async def initialize( self, protocol_version: int, client_capabilities: ClientCapabilities | None = None, client_info: Implementation | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> InitializeResponse: return InitializeResponse(protocol_version=protocol_version) async def new_session( self, cwd: str, additional_directories: list[str] | None = None, mcp_servers: list[HttpMcpServer | SseMcpServer | McpServerStdio] | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> NewSessionResponse: return NewSessionResponse(session_id=uuid4().hex) async def prompt( self, prompt: list[ TextContentBlock | ImageContentBlock | AudioContentBlock | ResourceContentBlock | EmbeddedResourceContentBlock ], session_id: str, message_id: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any, ) -> PromptResponse: for block in prompt: text = block.get("text", "") if isinstance(block, dict) else getattr(block, "text", "") chunk = update_agent_message(text_block(text)) chunk.field_meta = {"echo": True} chunk.content.field_meta = {"echo": True} await self._conn.session_update(session_id=session_id, update=chunk, source="echo_agent") return PromptResponse(stop_reason="end_turn", user_message_id=message_id) async def main() -> None: await run_agent(EchoAgent()) if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) ```

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<title>agentclientprotocol/python-sdk</title> https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/ # agentclientprotocol/python-sdk Python SDK for ACP clients and agents. - Stars: 307 - Forks: 37 - Watchers: 307 - Open issues: 3 - License: Apache License 2.0 - Homepage: https://agentclientprotocol.github.io/python-sdk/ - Default branch: main - Created: 2025-09-06T02:34:49Z ## Languages - Makefile - Python ## Topics - acp - agent-client-protocol - ai - llm - python - zed ## Top Contributors - PsiACE (37 contributions) - dependabot[bot] (14 contributions) - frostming (13 contributions) - yihong0618 (3 contributions) - jacoblee93 (2 contributions) - kemingy (2 contributions) - ftnext (2 contributions) - Nemtecl (2 contributions) - michelTho (2 contributions) - observerw (1 contributions) --- ## README # Agent Client Protocol (Python) Build ACP-compliant agents and clients in Python with generated schema models, asyncio transports, helper builders, and runnable demos. > Releases track the upstream ACP schema; contributions that tighten coverage or tooling are always welcome. ## Install ```bash pip install agent-client-protocol # or uv add agent-client-protocol ``` ## At a glance - **Spec parity:** Generated Pydantic models in `acp.schema` track every ACP release so payloads stay valid. - **Runtime ergonomics:** Async base classes, stdio JSON-RPC plumbing, and lifecycle helpers keep custom agents tiny. - **Examples ready:** Streaming, permissions, Gemini bridge, and duet demos live under `examples/`. - **Helper builders:** `acp.helpers` mirrors the Go/TS SDK APIs for content blocks, tool calls, and session updates. - **Contrib utilities:** Session accumulators, tool call trackers, and permission brokers share patterns from real deployments. ## Who benefits - Agent authors who need typed models, helper builders, and event-stream ergonomics for ACP-compatible assistants. - Client integrators embedding ACP parties inside Python applications or wrapping existing CLIs via stdio. - Tooling teams experimenting with permission flows, streaming UX, or Gemini bridges without re-implementing transports. See real adopters like kimi-cli in the Use Cases list. ## How to get started - Follow the Quickstart guide for installation, echo-agent validation, editor wiring (e.g. Zed), and programmatic launch recipes. - Browse the example gallery to see progressively richer integrations you can copy or extend. - Skim the docs hub for focused references on contrib helpers, releasing, and transport details. ## Quick links | Need | Link | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Docs hub | | | Quickstart | | | Use cases | | | Contrib helpers | | | Releasing workflow | | | Examples | | | Tests | | | PyPI | | ## Project layout - `src/acp/`: runtime package (agents, clients, transports, helpers, schema bindings, contrib utilities) - `schema/`: upstream JSON schema sources (regenerate via `make gen-all`) - `docs/`: MkDocs content backing the published documentation - `examples/`: runnable scripts covering stdio orchestration patterns - `tests/`: pytest suite with golden fixtures and optional Gemini coverage ## Developer commands - `make install` provisions the `uv` virtualenv and installs pre-commit hooks. - `make check` runs Ruff formatting/linting, type analysis, dependency hygiene, and lock verification. - `make test` executes `pytest` (with doctests) inside the managed environment. - `ACP_SCHEMA_VERSION= make gen-all` refreshes protocol artifacts when the schema advances. Keep docs and examples current whenever you ship public API or transport changes, and prefer Conventional Commits (`feat:`, `fix:`, etc.) when submitting patches. ## Community & support - File issues or feature requests at. - Discuss ideas or get help via GitHub Discussions:. - Join the broader ACP conversations at, the Zed community channels, or the community Zulip:. - Shared learnings, integrations, or third-party transports are welcome additions to the documentation—open a PR! <title>docs/quickstart.md</title> https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/blob/main/docs/quickstart.md # docs/quickstart.md - Branch: main - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk --- # Quickstart Spin up a working ACP agent/client loop in minutes. Keep this page beside the terminal and check off each section as you go. Want inspiration? Hop to the Use Cases list to see how teams like kimi-cli or Zed apply the SDK in production. ## Quick checklist | Goal | Command / Link | | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Install the SDK | `pip install agent-client-protocol` or `uv add agent-client-protocol` | | Run the echo agent | `python examples/echo_agent.py` | | Point Zed (or another client) at it | Update `settings.json` as shown below | | Programmatically drive an agent | Copy the `spawn_agent_process` example | | Run tests before hacking further | `make check && make test` | ## Before you begin - Python 3.10–3.14 with `pip` or `uv` - An ACP-capable client such as Zed (recommended for validation) - Optional: the Gemini CLI (`gemini --acp`; use `--experimental-acp` for older versions) for the bridge example ## Step 1 — Install the SDK _Install the library from PyPI or add it to your uv workspace._ ```bash pip install agent-client-protocol # or uv add agent-client-protocol ``` ## Step 2 — Launch the Echo agent _Run the provided streaming agent so clients have something to talk to._ Start the ready-made echo example; it streams text blocks back to any ACP client. Leave it running in a terminal: ```bash python examples/echo_agent.py ``` ## Step 3 — Connect from an ACP-aware client _Point a client at the script and confirm you can exchange streamed updates._ ### Zed Add an Agent Server entry in `settings.json` (Zed → Settings → Agents panel): ```json { "agent_servers": { "Echo Agent (Python)": { "type": "custom", "command": "/abs/path/to/python", "args": [ "/abs/path/to/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/examples/echo_agent.py" ] } } } ``` Or, if using `uv`: ```json { "agent_servers": { "Echo Agent (Python)": { "type": "custom", "command": "uv", "args": [ "run", "/abs/path/to/agentclientprotocol/python-sdk/examples/echo_agent.py" ] } } } ``` Open the Agents panel and start the session. Each message you send should be echoed back via streamed `session/update` notifications. ### Other clients Any ACP client that communicates over stdio can spawn the same script; no additional transport configuration is required. ### Programmatic launch Prefer to drive agents directly from Python? The `spawn_agent_process` helper wires stdio and lifecycle management for you: ```python import asyncio import sys from pathlib import Path from typing import Any from acp import PROTOCOL_VERSION, spawn_agent_process, text_block from acp.interfaces import Client class SimpleClient(Client): async def request_permission( self, session_id, tool_call, options, **kwargs: Any ): return {"outcome": {"outcome": "cancelled"}} async def session_update(self, session_id, update, **kwargs): print("update:", session_id, update) async def main() -> None: script = Path("examples/echo_agent.py") async with spawn_agent_process(SimpleClient(), sys.executable, str(script)) as (conn, _proc): await conn.initialize(protocol_version=PROTOCOL_VERSION) session = await conn.new_session(cwd=str(script.parent), mcp_servers=[]) await conn.prompt( session_id=session.session_id, prompt=[text_block("Hello from spawn!")], ) asyncio.run(main()) ``` `spawn_agent_process` manages the child process, wires its stdio into ACP framing, and closes everything when the block exits. The mirror helper `spawn_client_process` lets you drive an ACP client from Python as well. ## Step 4 — Extend the agent _Swap the echo demo for your own `Agent` subclass._ Create your own agent by subclass…[truncated] <title>Agent Client Protocol (Python) - v0.0.1 · agentclientprotocol python-sdk · Discussion `#2` · GitHub</title> GitHub discussion 2 in agentclientprotocol/python-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) Agent Client Protocol (Python) - v0.0.1 · agentclientprotocol python-sdk · Discussion `#2` · GitHub # Agent Client Protocol (Python) - v0.0.1 `#2` PsiACE announced in Announcements Agent Client Protocol (Python) - v0.0.1 `#2` Return to top ## PsiACE Sep 6, 2025 Maintainer | A minimal Python SDK for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). Build agents that talk to ACP clients (e.g. Zed) over stdio. Package:`agent-client-protocol`(import as`acp`) Docs: https://psiace.github.io/agent-client-protocol-python/ Install pip install agent-client-protocol Minimal agent import asyncio from acp import Agent, AgentSideConnection, Client, InitializeRequest, InitializeResponse, PromptRequest, PromptResponse, SessionNotification, stdio_streams, PROTOCOL_VERSION from acp.schema import ContentBlock1, SessionUpdate2 class EchoAgent(Agent): def __init__(self, client: Client): self.client = client async def initialize(self, _p: InitializeRequest) -> InitializeResponse: return InitializeResponse(protocolVersion=PROTOCOL_VERSION) async def prompt(self, p: PromptRequest) -> PromptResponse: await self.client.sessionUpdate(SessionNotification( sessionId=p.sessionId, update=SessionUpdate2(sessionUpdate="agent_message_chunk", content=ContentBlock1(type="text", text="Hello from ACP")), )) return PromptResponse(stopReason="end_turn") async def main() -> None: reader, writer = await stdio_streams() AgentSideConnection(lambda c: EchoAgent(c), writer, reader) await asyncio.Event().wait() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) Use this executable from your ACP client. More Quickstart: docs/quickstart.md Mini SWE Agent bridge: examples/mini_swe_agent/README.md Details: docs/mini-swe-agent.md This discussion was created from the release Agent Client Protocol (Python) - v0.0.1. | | --- | 1 ## Replies: 0 comments Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment Category Labels None yet 1 participant <title>run_agent leaks MessageSender / MessageDispatcher tasks when cancelled</title> GitHub issue 108 in agentclientprotocol/python-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # run_agent leaks MessageSender / MessageDispatcher tasks when cancelled - State: open - Author: yurishkuro - Created: 2026-06-08T03:34:23Z - Updated: 2026-06-08T03:34:23Z - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk - Number: `#108` --- ## Summary `run_agent` wraps `AgentSideConnection.listen()` with no `try/finally`. When the calling task is cancelled mid-`listen()`, `Connection.close()` is never invoked, leaving the `MessageSender._loop` and `MessageDispatcher._run` tasks the Connection&`#39`;s `TaskSupervisor` registered orphaned on the event loop. Python&`#39`;s GC later destroys them while still pending and reports: ``` ERROR asyncio: Task was destroyed but it is pending! task: <Task pending name=&`#39`;acp.Sender.loop&`#39`; …> ERROR asyncio: Task was destroyed but it is pending! task: <Task pending name=&`#39`;acp.Dispatcher.loop&`#39`; …> ERROR root: Send loop failed RuntimeError: cannot reuse already awaited coroutine ``` ## Reproduction Any pattern where the caller cancels `run_agent` mid-flight reproduces this. The minimal case I have is a WebSocket bridge that schedules `run_agent` as a task and races it against peer tasks via `asyncio.wait(FIRST_COMPLETED)`. When the peer closes the WebSocket, my bridge cancels `agent_task` — straightforward cancellation that ought to result in clean shutdown but instead leaks the Connection&`#39`;s internal tasks. (Real-world trigger: a backend health-checker that opens a fresh WebSocket every N seconds, sends `initialize`, and closes.) I verified the chain by tracing through the package: 1. `run_agent` (in `acp/core.py:38-72`) constructs `AgentSideConnection(..., listening=False)` then does a bare `await conn.listen()`. 2. `AgentSideConnection.listen` (in `acp/agent/connection.py`) is just `await self._conn.main_loop()`. 3. `Connection.main_loop` (in `acp/connection.py:119`) is `await self._receive_loop()`. 4. None of the layers between `run_agent` and `_receive_loop` has a `try/finally`. A cancellation propagates straight through. 5. The Connection&`#39`;s `__init__` (line 88, 105 in `acp/connection.py`) registered `MessageSender._loop` and `MessageDispatcher._run` with `TaskSupervisor`. These are orphaned by the cancellation because `Connection.close()` (line 109) — which would call `_dispatcher.stop()`, `_sender.close()`, and `_tasks.shutdown()` — is never reached. ## Proposed fix Two options, in order of preference: ### Option 1: fix `run_agent` itself Wrap the `await conn.listen()` in `acp/core.py:38-72`: ```python async def run_agent(agent, input_stream=None, output_stream=None, *, …): … conn = AgentSideConnection(agent, input_stream, output_stream, listening=False, …) try: await conn.listen() finally: await asyncio.shield(conn._conn.close()) ``` `asyncio.shield` keeps the close coroutine running even if `run_agent` itself is being cancelled — without it, the awaits in `Connection.close()` would re-raise `CancelledError` before the supervised tasks finish shutting down. ### Option 2: expose a public close API on `AgentSideConnection` Add `close()` / `__aexit__` to `AgentSideConnection` that delegates to `self._conn.close()`, then either (a) keep `run_agent` as-is and let callers use `async with AgentSideConnection(...)`, or (b) apply Option 1 too. Either way, callers who don&`#39`;t want `run_agent`&`#39`;s convenience can do their own cleanup without reaching into `_conn`. I&`#39`;d argue for both: Option 1 keeps `run_agent` self-contained, and Option 2 unblocks callers that want to construct the connection manually. ## My downstream workaround In `jaegertracing/jaeger` (commit) I&`#39`;m shipping a wrapper that re-implements `run_agent`&`#39`;s essentials: ```python async def _run_agent_with_cleanup(agent, agent_writer, agent_reader): conn = AgentSideConnection(agent, agent_writer, agent_reader, listening=False) try: await conn.listen() finally: try: await asyncio.shield(conn._conn.close()) # noqa: SLF001 except asyncio.CancelledError: raise ``` This works but reaches into …[truncated] <title>Connection._receive_loop EOF does not reject pending requests, causing infinite hang</title> GitHub issue 85 in agentclientprotocol/python-sdk (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Connection._receive_loop EOF does not reject pending requests, causing infinite hang - State: closed - Author: simonrosenberg - Created: 2026-04-01T18:15:28Z - Updated: 2026-04-19T12:07:31Z - Repository: agentclientprotocol/python-sdk - Number: `#85` --- ## Summary When the remote ACP subprocess crashes or closes its stdout, `Connection._receive_loop` exits cleanly on EOF without rejecting pending outgoing requests. Any in-flight `send_request()` futures hang **forever**. This means a subprocess crash during `initialize()`, `new_session()`, or `prompt()` is silently converted into an infinite hang instead of raising an error. ## Reproduction 1. Spawn an ACP subprocess that crashes immediately on startup (e.g., `claude-agent-acp` on Node.js < 20 which crashes with `SyntaxError`) 2. Call `conn.initialize()` — it sends the JSON-RPC request and awaits the response future 3. The subprocess exits with code 1, stdout closes 4. `_filter_jsonrpc_lines` reads EOF → feeds EOF to `filtered_reader` 5. `_receive_loop` reads empty line → breaks normally (no exception) 6. `TaskSupervisor._on_done` calls `task.result()` → returns `None` (clean exit) 7. `_on_receive_error` is **never called** (only fires on exceptions) 8. `_state.reject_all_outgoing()` is **never called** 9. The `initialize()` future **hangs forever** ## Root Cause In `connection.py`: ```python async def _receive_loop(self) -> None: try: while True: line = await self._reader.readline() if not line: break # EOF — exits cleanly, no exception raised ... except asyncio.CancelledError: return ``` The `_on_receive_error` callback is registered via `TaskSupervisor.create(..., on_error=self._on_receive_error)`, but `_on_done` only calls `on_error` when `task.result()` raises an exception. A clean EOF exit does not raise, so `reject_all_outgoing` is never invoked. ## Suggested Fix Reject all pending requests when the receive loop exits on EOF: ```python async def _receive_loop(self) -> None: try: while True: line = await self._reader.readline() if not line: break ... except asyncio.CancelledError: return # EOF: remote end closed. Reject any in-flight requests so callers # get an exception instead of hanging forever. self._state.reject_all_outgoing( ConnectionError("Connection closed: remote end sent EOF") ) ``` ## Impact We discovered this while debugging why ACP evals (SWE-bench Multimodal) hang indefinitely for certain repos. The ACP subprocess crashed on startup due to incompatible Node.js versions, but instead of getting an error, the SDK hung forever at `conn.initialize()`. This affected ~65% of eval instances. ## Environment - `agent-client-protocol` version: 0.8.1 - Python: 3.12/3.13 - OS: Linux (K8s pods) ## Timeline **PsiACE** commented on 2026-04-01T18:22:46Z: > Hi `@simonrosenberg` thanks for report it. I don&`#39`;t have permission to view the linked issue. Would you mind submitting a pull request? I think if you&`#39`;re already running benchmarks, it should be easy to verify the patch&`#39`;s effectiveness, and then we can resolve this. - simonrosenberg mentioned - simonrosenberg subscribed - Referenced in commit 65b1e80 - Referenced by PR `#86`: fix: reject pending requests on EOF to prevent infinite hang - PsiACE closed - Referenced in commit 88621c5

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Bound pending diagnostic writes.

When NOOA_ACP_MCP_TRACE is enabled, MCPHandoffTrace submits every incoming session/new and session/load record to a single ThreadPoolExecutor. Its pending work queue is unbounded. ACP 0.11.0 notifies observers before dispatch and schedules request handlers without waiting, so the MCP and agent setup work does not provide backpressure to trace submission. A normal serialized record is about 81 bytes without servers or 127 bytes with one short server, but sustained input faster than the filesystem can write will retain records without limit and add memory pressure. Use a bounded pending-write queue and drop diagnostic records when it is full.

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In `@packages/nooa-acp/src/nooa_acp/_mcp_trace.py` at line 82, Update
MCPHandoffTrace’s pending-write submission so the queue has a finite capacity
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Closed in favour of #388: the ACP adapter is rebuilt from scratch over the new Session layer rather than ported. The reviewed fixes carried here are routed into the new build; the routing table is in the implementation plan on that issue.

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