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Agent truncation retry loop fixes and logging

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1 open item. Fix merged in #121543 on 24 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address bugs in the agent's truncated tool-call retry loop, specifically that the max_tokens budget boost was incorrectly capped and that the give-up path was not being recorded in agent.log.

Open issues1

  • Issue#105771Truncated tool-call retry loop: max_tokens boost is capped at the requested cap (retries are no-ops), and the give-up path is invisible in agent.log

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  • #121543 fix(agent): truncation retries grow the output budget (clamped to model limit); tools-available continuation; refund fallback call

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    files: agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/turn_context_compaction.py, agent/turn_empty_response.py, agent/turn_final_response.py, agent/turn_iteration_prep.py, agent/turn_truncation.py, tests/agent/test_empty_response_fallback_refund.py, tests/agent/test_partial_stream_continuation_prompt.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_truncated_tool_call_boost.py

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  • #105789 fix(agent): log the truncated tool-call give-up path to agent.log · superseded by another PR → 3ac22a3, #121543, #72770
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