Wrong-target edits (the test_run_aside pass clobber, the edit_replace
mangling) were silent: the success message reported counts only, so the
model had no signal it replaced the wrong thing until later.
edit_lineno now reports the first removed line ("first: 'pass'") and
edit_replace reports the matched pattern ('old' -> 'new'), giving the
model an immediate self-correction signal.
The boundary overguard (read offset=50 shows lines 51+, then editing
line 50 fails) forced blind re-reads. The error now reports the read
window ("this turn read lines 51-86") and advises reading with a margin
around the target range; read_file's description says the same.
edit_lineno now rejects edits when the file changed since the numbered
read (mtime recorded at read time), so stale line numbers are caught
even when the mutation came from run_argv / an external process — the
class the explicit invalidations could never cover.
This lets write_file / edit_replace / edit_lineno drop their explicit
invalidate calls (the write itself changes the mtime, and the error is
now the accurate "changed since it was read" instead of a misleading
"not read"). copy/move keep explicit invalidation because shutil
preserves the source mtime, which the freshness check cannot see.
Two fixes for the truncated numbered-read flow:
- read_file(with_lineno) tokens were rebased onto numbered-body chars
(each line carries an N| prefix), so get_truncated over-advanced into
raw text and silently skipped lines. Tokens now advance by raw chars
of the complete lines shown and carry a numbered flag.
- get_truncated resumes numbered tokens as numbered lines (via
read_file with_lineno), marking them readable for edit_lineno, so
read -> get_truncated -> edit_lineno works end-to-end without gaps.
read_file(with_lineno=true) marked the whole requested slice before
applying the max_chars cap, so a truncated read silently unlocked every
line of the file for edit_lineno even though the model never saw them.
Mark only the complete numbered lines actually returned (excluding the
[Truncated] marker); the unseen tail stays unread.
The model picks the representation per call via the format param (no
user config). markdown (default) is a nested bullet list: ASCII-only,
cheapest tokens, indentation-based hierarchy the model reads reliably.
flat lists one relative path per line (dirs with trailing /, empty dirs
included) with max_entries capping the total lines, so paths are directly
usable. decorated keeps the classic box-drawing tree for humans.
New ToolTag.READ_ONLY marks tools that never mutate host state, plus
ToolRegistry.clone(read_only_only=True) to select just those (for safe
side turns / planning). Builtin read-only set: read_file, get_truncated,
glob_paths, grep_files, listdir, tree, todo_list, wait, ask_user_*,
vcs_* and fetch.
fetch is tagged READ_ONLY but can mutate via method; a new
read_only_context ContextVar makes it accept GET only while set.
Denylist hits ask the user (default deny, timeout) instead of only hard
rejecting when a policy hook is installed. Independent of YOLO soft-confirm;
session grants skip re-prompt for the same basename. CLI installs the hook
via install_cli_limit_hooks.
Prompt the human (optional no-echo secret) and write only to the PTY.
Tool results never include the answer so secrets stay off external APIs.
Empty/Ctrl-C cancel without writing; submit defaults to trailing newline.
Default still replaces first match only. Report how many matches were
found, how many replaced, and remaining hits so agents can raise
max_replaces or narrow old_string.
Create scratch dirs under system temp (tempfile), allow absolute paths
under them without rebinding the project workspace or session. Cleanup
owned temps on chat exit. Cap 16 concurrent temps; sanitize prefix.
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