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Hidden assistant placeholder messages trigger repeated sanitizer calls

Cluster 88955 · agent. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

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Empty hidden assistant messages left after interrupted turns in Bot Mode group chat cause the pre-call sanitizer to re-run on them every subsequent turn. Fixes address how these placeholders are represented on the wire and prevent them from re-healing or re-triggering sanitization.

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#89544 fix(agent): interrupted-turn hidden placeholder no longer re-heals every call (#88955, salvage #89525)

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files: agent/conversation_loop.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/run_agent/test_steer.py

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#88996 fix(agent): align empty hidden assistant placeholders on wire to eliminate sanitizer spam (#88955) · superseded by another PR → #89544, #89525

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Closed#88955Bot Mode group chat: interrupted member turns persist empty display_kind=hidden assistant messages that re-trigger the pre-call sanitizer every turn

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Subsystem: agent
Merged PRs: #89544
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 18 Aug 2026

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