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Misleading truncation error labels in agent output

Cluster 91717 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #121639 on 26 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #121639. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and fixes address the agent incorrectly reporting transport or network-related truncation as an output-length limit error. The work involves making truncation and stream-drop labels more accurate and distinguishing clean EOF, network drops, and finish reasons.

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  • #121639 fix(agent): honest truncation/stream-drop labels (clean EOF vs network, finish_reason gate, 1-indexed attempts)

    merged to main

    files: agent/chat_completion_helpers.py, agent/stream_diag.py, agent/turn_failure_copy.py, agent/turn_tool_validation.py, agent/turn_truncation.py, contributors/emails/[email protected], tests/agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_stream_drop_logging.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #91738 fix(agent): stop reporting transport/router truncation as an output-length limit · done elsewhere → 1f04155, #121639, #91717
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#91717[Bug]: Misleading "Response truncated due to output length limit" in cronjob after transport timeout
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26 Sep 2026

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