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Guardrail misclassifying refusals as tool failures

Cluster 113895. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114848 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where the guardrail system incorrectly counts its own refusals (such as read-dedup or harness refusals) as tool failures, causing unwarranted escalation to repeated_exact_failure_block. Fixes aim to distinguish genuine tool failures from guardrail-initiated refusals.

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#114848 fix(guardrails): file-tool loop refusals no longer count as failures or escalate to repeated_exact_failure_block (#113895, salvage #113897)

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files: agent/display.py, agent/tool_guardrails.py, agent/tool_result_classification.py, tests/agent/test_tool_guardrails.py, tools/file_tools.py

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#113897 fix(guardrails): a harness refusal is not a tool failure · merged via another change → 9814fb9, #114848, #113895, #113897

Closed issues · 1

Closed#113895Guardrail counts its own read-dedup refusal as a tool failure, escalating to repeated_exact_failure_block over calls that never failed

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Merged PRs: #114848
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 18 Sep 2026

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