fix(bot): reword gateway channels error so GitGuardian stops flagging it

GitGuardian's Generic CLI Secret detector reads
'pass --token and/or --set key=value' as '--token <secret>'. Since #6082 merged,
every PR that merges main carries that line and fails the GitGuardian check,
which the merge gate treats as a CI failure.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>

.github/actions/claude-code-action/action.yml

@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ runs:
         # Add allowed tools (include GitHub tools by default)
         TOOLS="mcp__github__get_issue,mcp__github__get_issue_comments,mcp__github__update_issue,mcp__github__search_issues,mcp__github__list_issues,mcp__github__add_issue_comment,mcp__github__get_pull_request,mcp__github__get_pull_request_files,mcp__github__get_pull_request_reviews,mcp__github__get_pull_request_status,Read,Write,Edit,Bash"
         if [[ -n "$INPUT_ALLOWED_TOOLS" ]]; then
-          TOOLS="$TOOLS,$INPUT_ALLOWED_TOOLS"
+          # Callers pass a YAML block (one tool per line). `read` below stops at
+          # the first newline, so join lines with commas or every tool after
+          # the first is silently dropped.
+          EXTRA_TOOLS=$(printf '%s' "$INPUT_ALLOWED_TOOLS" | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,,*/,/g; s/^,//; s/,$//')
+          TOOLS="$TOOLS,$EXTRA_TOOLS"
         fi
         
         # Remove any explicitly disallowed tools from the effective allow-list so

.github/workflows/sync-to-praisonai-js.yml

@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ jobs:
             --head "$branch" \
             --title "$msg" \
             --body "$(cat <<EOF
-Automated sync from [\`MervinPraison/PraisonAI\`](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI) \`${SOURCE_PATH}/\` into the npm mirror repo.
+          Automated sync from [\`MervinPraison/PraisonAI\`](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI) \`${SOURCE_PATH}/\` into the npm mirror repo.
 
-Canonical development is in the monorepo; this PR updates the public \`praisonai-js\` checkout.
+          Canonical development is in the monorepo; this PR updates the public \`praisonai-js\` checkout.
 
-Excludes from rsync source: \`node_modules/\`, \`dist/\`, \`coverage/\`. \`.github/\` on praisonai-js is unchanged.
-EOF
-)"
+          Excludes from rsync source: \`node_modules/\`, \`dist/\`, \`coverage/\`. \`.github/\` on praisonai-js is unchanged.
+          EOF
+          )"
           echo "Opened PR on ${TARGET_REPO} (${branch} → ${TARGET_BRANCH})."

.github/workflows/test-optimized.yml

@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
         "
         /tmp/praisonai-browser-standalone/bin/praisonai-browser --help
         bash "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/scripts/check_c11_browser_imports.sh"
-        python -m pytest src/praisonai-browser/tests/browser/test_protocol_compliance.py -q -m "not network"
+        python -m pytest src/praisonai-browser/tests/browser/test_protocol_compliance.py src/praisonai-browser/tests/browser/test_server.py -q -m "not network"
 
     - name: Standalone praisonai-mcp smoke (C12)
       run: |

api.md

@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ Methods:
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">state</a>()</code>
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">stream</a>() -> bool</code>
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">to_dict</a>() -> Dict[str, Any]</code>
+* <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">to_graph</a>() -> Dict[str, Any]</code>
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">to_mermaid</a>() -> str</code>
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">validate_variables</a>() -> None</code>
 * <code title="class AgentFlow">AgentFlow.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py">verbose</a>() -> bool</code>
@@ -770,6 +771,8 @@ Methods:
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">start</a>(content = None, return_dict = False, output = None, **kwargs)</code>
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">start_for_each</a>(inputs, **kwargs)</code>
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">stream_emitter</a>()</code>
+* <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">to_graph</a>() -> Dict[str, Any]</code>
+* <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">to_mermaid</a>() -> str</code>
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">todo_list</a>()</code>
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">update_plan_step_status</a>(step_id: str, status: str) -> bool</code>
 * <code title="class AgentTeam">AgentTeam.<a href="./src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py">update_state</a>(updates: Dict) -> None</code>
@@ -898,9 +901,13 @@ Methods:
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay context <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay dashboard <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay delete <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
+* <code title="cli">praisonai replay export <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay flow <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay list <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
+* <code title="cli">praisonai replay rerun <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai replay show <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
+* <code title="cli">praisonai replay view <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
+* <code title="cli">praisonai replay watch <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/replay.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai run <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/main.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai schedule add <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/schedule.py">--help</a></code>
 * <code title="cli">praisonai schedule blueprint <a href="./src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/schedule.py">--help</a></code>

docker/Dockerfile.chat

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /root/.praison
 # Install Python packages (using latest versions)
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
     praisonai_tools \
-    "praisonai>=4.7.18" \
+    "praisonai>=4.7.21" \
     "praisonai[chat]" \
     "embedchain[github,youtube]"
 

docker/Dockerfile.dev

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /root/.praison
 # Install Python packages (using latest versions)
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
     praisonai_tools \
-    "praisonai>=4.7.18" \
+    "praisonai>=4.7.21" \
     "praisonai[ui]" \
     "praisonai[chat]" \
     "praisonai[realtime]" \

docker/Dockerfile.ui

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /root/.praison
 # Install Python packages (using latest versions)
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
     praisonai_tools \
-    "praisonai>=4.7.18" \
+    "praisonai>=4.7.21" \
     "praisonai[ui]" \
     "praisonai[crewai]"
 

examples/replay/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# PraisonAI Replay: watch runs live
+
+| Example | What it shows |
+|---|---|
+| `watch_flow.py` | Click **Run** and watch each step light up on the map; **Play** goes through it again. No API key. |
+| `watch_team.py` | The same for two real agents (needs `OPENAI_API_KEY`). |
+| `embed_fastapi.py` | Your own app starts a run and shows its progress in an `<iframe>` (`app.mount("/replay", replay_app())`). |
+
+The same from the command line, for a YAML file:
+
+```bash
+praisonai replay watch agents.yaml
+```
+
+Install: `pip install "praisonai[ui]"`. Keep the page on localhost or behind your app's
+login: anyone who can reach it can read the runs, and with a Run button, start one.

examples/replay/embed_fastapi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""Show agent progress inside your own web app.
+
+Your app starts the run and records it; the Replay view, mounted at /replay,
+draws it live in an <iframe>. No dashboard, no second server.
+
+    pip install "praisonai[ui]" fastapi uvicorn
+    uvicorn embed_fastapi:app --port 8000      # open http://127.0.0.1:8000/
+"""
+
+import threading
+import time
+import uuid
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
+from praisonaiagents import AgentFlow
+from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+from praisonai.replay import record, replay_app
+
+
+def research(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.2)
+    return StepResult(output="notes")
+
+
+def write(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.2)
+    return StepResult(output="article")
+
+
+flow = AgentFlow(name="Article", steps=[research, write])
+
+app = FastAPI()
+app.mount("/replay", replay_app())  # read-only view: /replay/?run=<id> shows one run
+
+
+@app.post("/generate")
+def generate():
+    run_id = f"run-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}"
+
+    def job():
+        with record(run_id, live=True):  # live: the view follows it as it is written
+            flow.start("solar sails")
+
+    threading.Thread(target=job, daemon=True).start()
+    return {"run_id": run_id}
+
+
+@app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+def home():
+    return """<!doctype html><title>My app</title>
+<h1>My app</h1>
+<button id="go">Generate article</button>
+<iframe id="progress" title="Progress" style="width:100%;height:640px;border:1px solid #ccc"></iframe>
+<script>
+  go.onclick = async () => {
+    const { run_id } = await (await fetch('/generate', { method: 'POST' })).json();
+    progress.src = '/replay/?run=' + run_id;
+  };
+</script>"""

examples/replay/watch_flow.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Watch a flow run, step by step: click Run and each step lights up on the map.
+
+No API key needed (the steps are plain Python that take a moment each).
+
+    pip install "praisonai[ui]"
+    python watch_flow.py          # opens http://127.0.0.1:8090/
+
+Map: dashed = not reached, blue = running now, green = done.
+After a run, press Play to go through it again one step at a time.
+"""
+
+import time
+
+from praisonaiagents import AgentFlow
+from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+from praisonai.replay import watch
+
+
+def research(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.5)
+    return StepResult(output=f"3 sources about {ctx.input}")
+
+
+def outline(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.5)
+    return StepResult(output="intro, body, close")
+
+
+def draft(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.5)
+    return StepResult(output="first draft")
+
+
+def review(ctx):
+    time.sleep(1.5)
+    return StepResult(output="approved")
+
+
+flow = AgentFlow(name="Write an article", steps=[research, outline, draft, review])
+watch(flow, input="solar sails")

examples/replay/watch_team.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Watch two agents work together, live (calls the LLM: needs OPENAI_API_KEY).
+
+    python watch_team.py          # opens http://127.0.0.1:8090/, press Run
+"""
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent, AgentTeam, Task
+from praisonai.replay import watch
+
+researcher = Agent(name="Researcher", instructions="Give 3 short facts.", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+writer = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="Write one short paragraph from the facts.", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+team = AgentTeam(
+    agents=[researcher, writer],
+    tasks=[
+        Task(name="research", description="3 facts about solar sails", agent=researcher, expected_output="3 facts"),
+        Task(name="write", description="One paragraph using the facts", agent=writer, expected_output="a paragraph"),
+    ],
+)
+watch(team)

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/agent.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import inspect
 
 # Decomposed agent functionality - real implementations in mixin files
-from .chat_mixin import ChatMixin
+from .chat_mixin import ChatMixin, _deadline_scope
 from .execution_mixin import ExecutionMixin
 from .memory_mixin import MemoryMixin
 from .async_memory_mixin import AsyncMemoryMixin
@@ -463,7 +463,11 @@ class Agent(GoalLoopMixin, SteeringMixin, SandboxMixin, SkillReviewMixin, Unifie
         concurrent turns on a shared agent do not share per-turn counters."""
         if self._loop_guard is None:
             from ..escalation.loop_guard import LoopGuard, LoopGuardConfig
-            self._loop_guard = LoopGuard(LoopGuardConfig(enabled=True))
+            config = LoopGuardConfig(enabled=True)
+            limit = getattr(self, "max_execution_time", None)
+            if limit is not None:
+                config.max_time_per_turn = float(limit) if limit > 0 else float("inf")
+            self._loop_guard = LoopGuard(config)
         from .chat_mixin import _current_turn_loop_guard
         turn_guard = _current_turn_loop_guard(self)
         return turn_guard if turn_guard is not None else self._loop_guard
@@ -1913,6 +1917,17 @@ class Agent(GoalLoopMixin, SteeringMixin, SandboxMixin, SkillReviewMixin, Unifie
                 "Use Agent(policy=PolicyEngine(...)) for tool policy enforcement, "
                 "or pass a validator via GuardrailConfig(validator=...)."
             )
+        # GuardrailConfig.on_fail has a single implemented policy (retry, then
+        # return the blocked message); refuse "skip"/"raise" rather than
+        # silently behaving as "retry".
+        if isinstance(_guardrails_config, GuardrailConfig) and (
+            getattr(_guardrails_config.on_fail, "value", _guardrails_config.on_fail) != "retry"
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"GuardrailConfig.on_fail={_guardrails_config.on_fail!r} is not supported; "
+                "only 'retry' is implemented. Remove on_fail, or handle a blocked "
+                "response via Agent.last_guardrail_error."
+            )
 
         # Fail loud when the value could not be turned into an enforceable
         # guardrail, instead of storing something that never runs. Silently
@@ -3283,6 +3298,12 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}
             if k in ("_db_run_context", "_db_session_init_lock"):
                 # A clone starts outside the source agent's active DB turn.
                 continue
+            elif k == "_tool_executor":
+                # Thread pools can't be copied; the clone lazily builds its own.
+                continue
+            elif k == "_Agent__hook_runner":
+                # Holds locks; rebuilt lazily on first use.
+                object.__setattr__(result, k, None)
             elif k in ("_Agent__cache_lock",):
                 object.__setattr__(result, k, threading.RLock())
             elif k in ("_cost_lock", "_auto_save_lock"):
@@ -4109,7 +4130,9 @@ Summary:"""
         step budget from ``ExecutionConfig.max_steps`` was reached and the run was
         truncated), a provider block/refusal/truncation
         (``"content_filtered" | "refused" | "length_truncated"``) derived from the
-        LLM ``finish_reason``/refusal signal, or ``"error"``. Lets CLI/CI callers
+        LLM ``finish_reason``/refusal signal, ``"timeout"`` (the turn passed
+        ``ExecutionConfig.max_execution_time`` or the ``run_autonomous``
+        deadline), or ``"error"``. Lets CLI/CI callers
         branch on the terminal reason instead of parsing a magic string. Reads
         from whichever backend (OpenAI-native or LiteLLM) executed the last turn.
         """
@@ -4727,7 +4750,7 @@ Summary:"""
             if result.success:
                 print(result.output)
         """
-        from .autonomy import AutonomyResult
+        from .autonomy import AutonomyResult, _timeout_result
         import time as time_module
         from datetime import datetime, timezone
         
@@ -4766,6 +4789,11 @@ Summary:"""
         effective_promise = completion_promise
         if effective_promise is None:
             effective_promise = self.autonomy_config.get("completion_promise")
+        # The promise is the only success signal, so tell the model about it
+        # unless the caller already did (e.g. the `loop` CLI instructions).
+        _promise_tag = f"<promise>{effective_promise}</promise>"
+        if effective_promise and _promise_tag not in prompt and _promise_tag not in (self.instructions or ""):
+            prompt = f"{prompt}\n\nWhen the task is fully complete, include {_promise_tag} in your response."
         
         # Get clear_context from config if not explicitly set
         effective_clear_context = clear_context
@@ -4796,17 +4824,10 @@ Summary:"""
                 )
                 
                 # Check timeout
-                if timeout_seconds and (time_module.time() - start_time) > timeout_seconds:
-                    return AutonomyResult(
-                        success=False,
-                        output="Task timed out",
-                        completion_reason="timeout",
-                        iterations=iterations,
-                        stage=stage,
-                        actions=actions_taken,
-                        duration_seconds=time_module.time() - start_time,
-                        started_at=started_at,
-                    )
+                _timed_out = _timeout_result(
+                    timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at)
+                if _timed_out is not None:
+                    return _timed_out
                 
                 # G2: Check for interrupt request (cooperative cancellation) - sync version
                 if self.interrupt_controller and self.interrupt_controller.is_set():
@@ -4829,9 +4850,17 @@ Summary:"""
                 # Reset the per-turn warning latch and inject any queued nudge.
                 turn_prompt = self._consume_self_correction(prompt)
                 try:
-                    response = self.chat(turn_prompt)
+                    with _deadline_scope(timeout_seconds and timeout_seconds - (time_module.time() - start_time)):
+                        response = self.chat(turn_prompt)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    return AutonomyResult(
+                    # The run deadline cancels an overrunning turn; report it as a timeout.
+                    # A budget stop keeps its typed budget_exhausted result when a cap applies.
+                    return _timeout_result(
+                        timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at
+                    ) or (isinstance(e, BudgetExceededError) and self._autonomy_budget_result(
+                        iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at,
+                        "", spend_baseline
+                    )) or AutonomyResult(
                         success=False,
                         output=str(e),
                         completion_reason="error",
@@ -4843,6 +4872,14 @@ Summary:"""
                         started_at=started_at,
                     )
                 
+                # A turn that overran the run deadline or max_execution_time
+                # must not count as progress.
+                _timed_out = _timeout_result(
+                    timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at,
+                    turn_timed_out=getattr(self, "_last_stop_reason", None) == "timeout")
+                if _timed_out is not None:
+                    return _timed_out
+                
                 response_str = str(response)
                 
                 # Spend kill-switch: halt if cumulative cost/tokens exceed cap.
@@ -5008,7 +5045,7 @@ Summary:"""
                 # the task naturally (model stopped calling tools = done).
                 # This is the same signal the CLI/wrapper path trusts.
                 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-                if self._autonomy_turn_tool_count > 0 and len(response_str) > 100:
+                if not effective_promise and self._autonomy_turn_tool_count > 0 and len(response_str) > 100:
                     # P3/G2: Emit completion callback
                     execute_sync_callback('autonomy_complete',
                         completion_reason="tool_completion",
@@ -5045,7 +5082,8 @@ Summary:"""
                         if obs is not None:
                             obs.emit(_EvtType.STAGE_ESCALATE, {"from": prev_stage, "to": stage})
                 
-                # Check for completion promise FIRST (structured signal)
+                # Completion promise: when configured, it is the only success signal
+                # (heuristic exits above/below are skipped in promise mode)
                 if effective_promise:
                     promise_tag = f"<promise>{effective_promise}</promise>"
                     if promise_tag in response_str:
@@ -5067,7 +5105,7 @@ Summary:"""
                         )
                 
                 # Check for keyword-based completion signals (word-boundary, G-COMPLETION-1 fix)
-                if self._is_completion_signal(response_str):
+                if not effective_promise and self._is_completion_signal(response_str):
                     # P3/G2: Emit completion callback
                     execute_sync_callback('autonomy_complete',
                         completion_reason="goal",
@@ -5086,7 +5124,7 @@ Summary:"""
                     )
                 
                 # For DIRECT stage, complete after first response
-                if stage == "direct":
+                if not effective_promise and stage == "direct":
                     # P3/G2: Emit completion callback
                     execute_sync_callback('autonomy_complete',
                         completion_reason="goal",
@@ -5114,7 +5152,7 @@ Summary:"""
                 # Suppressed when doom recovery is active — once a doom loop
                 # is detected, no_tool_calls (a success exit) should not fire;
                 # the doom loop system manages termination instead.
-                if (self._autonomy_turn_tool_count == 0 and iterations > 1
+                if (not effective_promise and self._autonomy_turn_tool_count == 0 and iterations > 1
                         and not self._doom_recovery_active):
                     self._consecutive_no_tool_turns += 1
                     if self._consecutive_no_tool_turns >= 2:
@@ -5226,7 +5264,7 @@ Summary:"""
             
             asyncio.run(main())
         """
-        from .autonomy import AutonomyResult
+        from .autonomy import AutonomyResult, _timeout_result
         import time as time_module
         from datetime import datetime, timezone
         import asyncio
@@ -5253,6 +5291,11 @@ Summary:"""
         effective_promise = completion_promise
         if effective_promise is None:
             effective_promise = self.autonomy_config.get("completion_promise")
+        # The promise is the only success signal, so tell the model about it
+        # unless the caller already did (e.g. the `loop` CLI instructions).
+        _promise_tag = f"<promise>{effective_promise}</promise>"
+        if effective_promise and _promise_tag not in prompt and _promise_tag not in (self.instructions or ""):
+            prompt = f"{prompt}\n\nWhen the task is fully complete, include {_promise_tag} in your response."
         
         # Get clear_context from config if not explicitly set
         effective_clear_context = clear_context
@@ -5273,17 +5316,10 @@ Summary:"""
                 iterations += 1
                 
                 # Check timeout
-                if timeout_seconds and (time_module.time() - start_time) > timeout_seconds:
-                    return AutonomyResult(
-                        success=False,
-                        output="Task timed out",
-                        completion_reason="timeout",
-                        iterations=iterations,
-                        stage=stage,
-                        actions=actions_taken,
-                        duration_seconds=time_module.time() - start_time,
-                        started_at=started_at,
-                    )
+                _timed_out = _timeout_result(
+                    timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at)
+                if _timed_out is not None:
+                    return _timed_out
                 
                 # G2: Check for interrupt request (cooperative cancellation)
                 if self.interrupt_controller and self.interrupt_controller.is_set():
@@ -5307,9 +5343,17 @@ Summary:"""
                 # Reset the per-turn warning latch and inject any queued nudge.
                 turn_prompt = self._consume_self_correction(prompt)
                 try:
-                    response = await self.achat(turn_prompt)
+                    with _deadline_scope(timeout_seconds and timeout_seconds - (time_module.time() - start_time)):
+                        response = await self.achat(turn_prompt)
                 except Exception as e:
-                    return AutonomyResult(
+                    # The run deadline cancels an overrunning turn; report it as a timeout.
+                    # A budget stop keeps its typed budget_exhausted result when a cap applies.
+                    return _timeout_result(
+                        timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at
+                    ) or (isinstance(e, BudgetExceededError) and self._autonomy_budget_result(
+                        iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at,
+                        "", spend_baseline
+                    )) or AutonomyResult(
                         success=False,
                         output=str(e),
                         completion_reason="error",
@@ -5321,6 +5365,14 @@ Summary:"""
                         started_at=started_at,
                     )
                 
+                # A turn that overran the run deadline or max_execution_time
+                # must not count as progress.
+                _timed_out = _timeout_result(
+                    timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions_taken, start_time, started_at,
+                    turn_timed_out=getattr(self, "_last_stop_reason", None) == "timeout")
+                if _timed_out is not None:
+                    return _timed_out
+                
                 response_str = str(response)
                 
                 # Spend kill-switch: halt if cumulative cost/tokens exceed cap.
@@ -5475,7 +5527,7 @@ Summary:"""
                 # produced a substantive response, the inner loop completed
                 # the task naturally (model stopped calling tools = done).
                 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-                if self._autonomy_turn_tool_count > 0 and len(response_str) > 100:
+                if not effective_promise and self._autonomy_turn_tool_count > 0 and len(response_str) > 100:
                     return AutonomyResult(
                         success=True,
                         output=response_str,
@@ -5498,7 +5550,8 @@ Summary:"""
                         if obs is not None:
                             obs.emit(_EvtType.STAGE_ESCALATE, {"from": stage_order[idx], "to": stage})
                 
-                # Check for completion promise FIRST (structured signal)
+                # Completion promise: when configured, it is the only success signal
+                # (heuristic exits above/below are skipped in promise mode)
                 if effective_promise:
                     promise_tag = f"<promise>{effective_promise}</promise>"
                     if promise_tag in response_str:
@@ -5514,7 +5567,7 @@ Summary:"""
                         )
                 
                 # Check for keyword-based completion signals (word-boundary, G-COMPLETION-1 fix)
-                if self._is_completion_signal(response_str):
+                if not effective_promise and self._is_completion_signal(response_str):
                     return AutonomyResult(
                         success=True,
                         output=response_str,
@@ -5527,7 +5580,7 @@ Summary:"""
                     )
                 
                 # For DIRECT stage, complete after first response
-                if stage == "direct":
+                if not effective_promise and stage == "direct":
                     return AutonomyResult(
                         success=True,
                         output=response_str,
@@ -5548,7 +5601,7 @@ Summary:"""
                 # Suppressed when doom recovery is active — once a doom loop
                 # is detected, no_tool_calls (a success exit) should not fire;
                 # the doom loop system manages termination instead.
-                if (self._autonomy_turn_tool_count == 0 and iterations > 1
+                if (not effective_promise and self._autonomy_turn_tool_count == 0 and iterations > 1
                         and not self._doom_recovery_active):
                     self._consecutive_no_tool_turns += 1
                     if self._consecutive_no_tool_turns >= 2:
@@ -6662,10 +6715,19 @@ Summary:"""
                     if hasattr(self, 'llm_instance') and self.llm_instance:
                         llm = self.llm_instance
                     
+                    # rerank=True without rerank_model has no backend reranker,
+                    # so use the zero-dependency keyword reranker; with
+                    # rerank_model the vector store already reranks.
+                    reranker = None
+                    if rag_config_obj.rerank and not getattr(self._retrieval_config, "rerank_model", None):
+                        from praisonaiagents.rag.retriever import SimpleReranker
+                        reranker = SimpleReranker()
+
                     self._rag_instance = RAG(
                         knowledge=self.knowledge,
                         config=rag_config_obj,
                         llm=llm,
+                        reranker=reranker,
                     )
                 except ImportError:
                     logging.warning("RAG module not available. Install with: pip install 'praisonaiagents[rag]'")
@@ -7091,6 +7153,9 @@ Answer:"""
 
     def _process_handoffs(self):
         """Process handoffs and convert them to tools that can be used by the agent."""
+        if not self.handoffs and not (isinstance(self.tools, list) and self.tools):
+            return
+
         # Import here to avoid circular imports
         from .handoff import Handoff
 

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/autonomy.py

@@ -400,6 +400,26 @@ class AutonomyResult:
         """
         return self.output or ""
 
+
+def _timeout_result(timeout_seconds, iterations, stage, actions, start_time, started_at,
+                    turn_timed_out=False):
+    """Return a ``timeout`` AutonomyResult once a run is past ``timeout_seconds``
+    or the last turn was cut by ``max_execution_time`` (``turn_timed_out``), else None."""
+    import time
+    if not turn_timed_out and (not timeout_seconds or (time.time() - start_time) <= timeout_seconds):
+        return None
+    return AutonomyResult(
+        success=False,
+        output="Task timed out",
+        completion_reason="timeout",
+        iterations=iterations,
+        stage=stage,
+        actions=actions,
+        duration_seconds=time.time() - start_time,
+        started_at=started_at,
+    )
+
+
 class DoomLoopTracker:
     """Tracks actions to detect doom loops with graduated recovery.
     

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/chat_mixin.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and response processing. Extracted from agent.py for maintainability.
 """
 
 import asyncio
+import contextlib
 import contextvars
 import os
 import re
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ _turns_lock = threading.Lock()
 # into tool worker threads with the context, so each turn has its own counters and
 # overlapping turns on a shared agent never exhaust each other's limits.
 _turn_loop_guard = contextvars.ContextVar("praisonai_turn_loop_guard", default=None)
+# Agent whose streamed turn already records agent_start/agent_end, set while its
+# non-streaming chat() fallback runs so that turn is not recorded twice.
+_stream_traced_agent = contextvars.ContextVar("praisonai_stream_traced_agent", default=None)
+
+
+def _agent_end_status(db_status: str) -> str:
+    """``agent_end`` status for replay: completed, failed or cancelled."""
+    return "failed" if db_status == "error" else db_status
 
 
 def _enter_turn(agent, cancel):
@@ -97,20 +106,50 @@ def _sleep_unless_cancelled(seconds: float, cancel_token: Any = None, step: floa
         time.sleep(min(step, remaining))
 
 
+# ``time.monotonic()`` deadline for turns started in this context, set by
+# ``run_autonomous(timeout_seconds=...)`` so a single long turn cannot overrun it.
+_run_deadline = contextvars.ContextVar("praisonai_run_deadline", default=None)
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _deadline_scope(seconds):
+    """Bound every turn started in this block to ``seconds`` from now (no-op when falsy)."""
+    if not seconds:
+        yield
+        return
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + seconds
+    outer = _run_deadline.get()
+    token = _run_deadline.set(deadline if outer is None else min(deadline, outer))
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        _run_deadline.reset(token)
+
+
 class _TurnCancelToken:
-    """Track cancellation observed by one call without shared backend state."""
+    """Track cancellation observed by one call without shared backend state.
+
+    An optional ``deadline`` (``time.monotonic()``) makes the token report set
+    once it passes, so the existing cancel checks also stop an overrunning turn.
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         source: Any,
         *,
         turn_id: Optional[int] = None,
+        deadline: Optional[float] = None,
     ):
         self._source = source
         self._observed = False
         self._turn_id = turn_id
+        self._deadline = deadline
+        self.timed_out = False
 
     def is_set(self) -> bool:
+        if self._deadline is not None and time.monotonic() >= self._deadline:
+            self.timed_out = self._observed = True
+            return True
         turn_checker = getattr(self._source, "_turn_is_cancelled", None)
         if self._turn_id is not None and callable(turn_checker):
             is_set = bool(turn_checker(self._turn_id))
@@ -121,6 +160,8 @@ class _TurnCancelToken:
 
     @property
     def reason(self):
+        if self.timed_out:
+            return "timeout"
         return getattr(self._source, "reason", None)
 
     def check(self) -> None:
@@ -157,13 +198,22 @@ class ChatMixin:
         return get_durable_run()
 
     def _turn_cancel_token(self, source: Any, *, explicit: bool):
-        """Create per-turn cancellation state while consuming default requests once."""
+        """Create per-turn cancellation state while consuming default requests once.
+
+        ``ExecutionConfig.max_execution_time`` and any enclosing
+        ``run_autonomous`` timeout become the token's deadline.
+        """
+        limit = getattr(self, "max_execution_time", None)
+        deadline = time.monotonic() + limit if limit else None
+        outer = _run_deadline.get()
+        if outer is not None:
+            deadline = outer if deadline is None else min(deadline, outer)
         if source is None:
-            return None
+            return None if deadline is None else _TurnCancelToken(None, deadline=deadline)
         begin_turn = getattr(source, "_begin_turn", None)
         if explicit or not callable(begin_turn):
-            return _TurnCancelToken(source)
-        return _TurnCancelToken(source, turn_id=begin_turn())
+            return _TurnCancelToken(source, deadline=deadline)
+        return _TurnCancelToken(source, turn_id=begin_turn(), deadline=deadline)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _notify_tool_call(tool_name, tool_input, tool_result, elapsed_time=None, success=True):
@@ -1912,6 +1962,107 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
             self._openai_client = get_openai_client(api_key=getattr(self, 'api_key', None))
         return create_llm_dispatcher(openai_client=self._openai_client, model=model)
 
+    def _fallback_llm_for(self, model):
+        """Build a throwaway LLM bound to fallback ``model`` for the custom-LLM path.
+
+        Never assigned to ``self.llm_instance``, so concurrent turns keep the
+        primary model. A fallback entry that is already a model object is used
+        as-is. Option params (metrics, max_iter, retries, ...) are inherited;
+        connection settings (base_url, api_key, auth) only when the fallback
+        targets the same provider prefix as the primary.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(model, str):
+            return model
+        from ..llm.llm import LLM
+        params = dict(getattr(self, '_llm_init_params', None) or {})
+        primary = str(params.get('model') or self.llm or '')
+        # Bare names (no "provider/" prefix) share the configured server.
+        prefix = lambda name: name.split('/', 1)[0] if '/' in name else ''
+        if prefix(primary) != prefix(model):
+            for key in ('base_url', 'api_key', 'auth'):
+                params.pop(key, None)
+        params['model'] = model
+        return LLM(**params)
+
+    def _classify_custom_llm_fallback(self, error, failed_model, fallback_index):
+        """Return ``(next_model, category)`` if ``error`` warrants a model fallback."""
+        next_model = self._get_next_fallback_model(fallback_index)
+        if next_model is None:
+            return None, None
+        from ..llm.error_classifier import classify_llm_error
+        model_name = str(failed_model)
+        provider = model_name.split('/', 1)[0] if '/' in model_name else "openai"
+        classification = classify_llm_error(error, provider=provider, model=model_name)
+        if not classification.should_fallback_model:
+            return None, None
+        logging.info(f"[{self.name}] {model_name} unavailable — falling back to {next_model}")
+        return next_model, classification.error_category
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _track_tool_runs(llm_kwargs):
+        """Return ``(llm_kwargs, ran)``; ``ran`` becomes non-empty once a tool executes.
+
+        A fallback replays the whole turn from the original messages, so it is
+        only safe while no tool has run (otherwise side effects would repeat).
+        """
+        import functools
+        import inspect
+        ran = []
+        fn = llm_kwargs.get('execute_tool_fn')
+        if fn is None:
+            return llm_kwargs, ran
+        if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(fn):
+            @functools.wraps(fn)
+            async def tracked(*args, **kwargs):
+                ran.append(True)
+                return await fn(*args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            @functools.wraps(fn)
+            def tracked(*args, **kwargs):
+                ran.append(True)
+                return fn(*args, **kwargs)
+        return {**llm_kwargs, 'execute_tool_fn': tracked}, ran
+
+    def _custom_llm_get_response(self, llm_kwargs):
+        """Call ``llm_instance.get_response`` walking ``fallback_models`` on outage."""
+        llm, index, current = self.llm_instance, 0, self.llm
+        stream_cb = self.stream_emitter.emit if hasattr(self, 'stream_emitter') else None
+        llm_kwargs, tools_ran = self._track_tool_runs(llm_kwargs)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                with self._llm_usage_sink(llm):
+                    return llm.get_response(**llm_kwargs)
+            except (ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError, InterruptedError):
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                if tools_ran:
+                    raise
+                next_model, category = self._classify_custom_llm_fallback(e, current, index)
+                if next_model is None:
+                    raise
+                self._emit_model_fallback(current, next_model, category, index, stream_cb)
+                llm, index, current = self._fallback_llm_for(next_model), index + 1, next_model
+
+    async def _custom_llm_get_response_async(self, llm_kwargs):
+        """Async twin of :meth:`_custom_llm_get_response`."""
+        llm, index, current = self.llm_instance, 0, self.llm
+        stream_cb = self.stream_emitter.emit if hasattr(self, 'stream_emitter') else None
+        llm_kwargs, tools_ran = self._track_tool_runs(llm_kwargs)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                with self._llm_usage_sink(llm):
+                    return await llm.get_response_async(**llm_kwargs)
+            except (ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError, InterruptedError):
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                if tools_ran:
+                    raise
+                next_model, category = self._classify_custom_llm_fallback(e, current, index)
+                if next_model is None:
+                    raise
+                await self._aemit_model_fallback(current, next_model, category, index, stream_cb)
+                llm, index, current = self._fallback_llm_for(next_model), index + 1, next_model
+
     def _get_model_fallback_lock(self):
         """Lazily create the per-instance lock guarding model-fallback swaps.
 
@@ -2075,6 +2226,82 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
             return max_retries
         return 2
 
+    def _extract_llm_usage(self, response, model=None):
+        """Return ``(prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, cost_usd)`` for one LLM response priced as ``model``."""
+        usage = getattr(response, 'usage', None) if response else None
+        if not usage:
+            return 0, 0, 0.0
+        # Chat Completions names, then the Responses API names.
+        prompt_tokens = getattr(usage, 'prompt_tokens', 0) or getattr(usage, 'input_tokens', 0) or 0
+        completion_tokens = getattr(usage, 'completion_tokens', 0) or getattr(usage, 'output_tokens', 0) or 0
+        # Calculate cost using litellm (if available) or fallback pricing
+        cost_usd = self._calculate_llm_cost(prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, response=response, model=model)
+        return prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, cost_usd
+
+    def _record_llm_usage(self, prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, cost_usd):
+        """Add one LLM call to the agent's cost/token totals and enforce ``max_budget``.
+
+        The single accounting point for every path: the OpenAI-native
+        completions call it directly and the custom-LLM (``provider/model``)
+        tool loop reaches it through the LLM usage sink, once per call.
+        """
+        # Thread-safe cost tracking (Gap 1a fix)
+        with self._cost_lock:
+            self._total_cost += cost_usd
+            self._total_tokens_in += prompt_tokens
+            self._total_tokens_out += completion_tokens
+            self._llm_call_count += 1
+            budget_exceeded = self._max_budget and self._total_cost >= self._max_budget
+            current_cost = self._total_cost
+
+        if budget_exceeded:
+            if self._on_budget_exceeded == "stop":
+                raise BudgetExceededError(
+                    f"Agent '{self.name}' exceeded budget: ${current_cost:.4f} >= ${self._max_budget:.4f}",
+                    budget_type="cost",
+                    limit=self._max_budget,
+                    used=current_cost,
+                    agent_id=self.name
+                )
+            elif self._on_budget_exceeded == "warn":
+                logging.warning(
+                    f"[budget] {self.name}: ${current_cost:.4f} exceeded "
+                    f"${self._max_budget:.4f} budget"
+                )
+            elif callable(self._on_budget_exceeded):
+                self._on_budget_exceeded(current_cost, self._max_budget)
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def _llm_usage_sink(self, llm=None):
+        """Route every call ``llm`` (default: the custom LLM) makes in this block into ``_record_llm_usage``.
+
+        Refuses to start when ``max_budget`` is already spent (``"stop"`` mode),
+        so retrying after ``BudgetExceededError`` sends no further paid request.
+        """
+        if self._max_budget and self._on_budget_exceeded == "stop":
+            with self._cost_lock:
+                current_cost = self._total_cost
+            if current_cost >= self._max_budget:
+                raise BudgetExceededError(
+                    f"Agent '{self.name}' exceeded budget: ${current_cost:.4f} >= ${self._max_budget:.4f}",
+                    budget_type="cost",
+                    limit=self._max_budget,
+                    used=current_cost,
+                    agent_id=self.name
+                )
+        from ..llm.llm import _usage_sink
+        llm = llm if llm is not None else self.llm_instance
+        # A fallback model is priced as itself, not as the primary ``self.llm``.
+        model = None if llm is self.llm_instance else getattr(llm, 'model', None)
+        token = _usage_sink.set((
+            llm,
+            lambda response: self._record_llm_usage(*self._extract_llm_usage(response, model)),
+        ))
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            _usage_sink.reset(token)
+
     def _chat_completion(self, messages, temperature=None, tools=None, stream=None, reasoning_steps=False, task_name=None, task_description=None, task_id=None, response_format=None, _retry_depth=0, _fallback_index=0, cancel_token=None):
         start_time = time.time()
 
@@ -2274,19 +2501,8 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
 
             # Emit LLM response trace event with token usage
             _duration_ms = (time.time() - start_time) * 1000
-            _prompt_tokens = 0
-            _completion_tokens = 0
-            _cost_usd = 0.0
-            
-            # Extract token usage from response if available
-            if final_response:
-                _usage = getattr(final_response, 'usage', None)
-                if _usage:
-                    _prompt_tokens = getattr(_usage, 'prompt_tokens', 0) or 0
-                    _completion_tokens = getattr(_usage, 'completion_tokens', 0) or 0
-                    # Calculate cost using litellm (if available) or fallback pricing
-                    _cost_usd = self._calculate_llm_cost(_prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, response=final_response)
-            
+            _prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, _cost_usd = self._extract_llm_usage(final_response)
+
             _trace_emitter.llm_response(
                 self.name,
                 duration_ms=_duration_ms,
@@ -2296,33 +2512,8 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                 cost_usd=_cost_usd,
             )
 
-            # Budget tracking & enforcement (zero overhead when _max_budget is None)
-            # Thread-safe cost tracking (Gap 1a fix)
-            with self._cost_lock:
-                self._total_cost += _cost_usd
-                self._total_tokens_in += _prompt_tokens
-                self._total_tokens_out += _completion_tokens
-                self._llm_call_count += 1
-                budget_exceeded = self._max_budget and self._total_cost >= self._max_budget
-                current_cost = self._total_cost
-            
-            if budget_exceeded:
-                if self._on_budget_exceeded == "stop":
-                    raise BudgetExceededError(
-                        f"Agent '{self.name}' exceeded budget: ${current_cost:.4f} >= ${self._max_budget:.4f}",
-                        budget_type="cost",
-                        limit=self._max_budget,
-                        used=current_cost,
-                        agent_id=self.name
-                    )
-                elif self._on_budget_exceeded == "warn":
-                    logging.warning(
-                        f"[budget] {self.name}: ${current_cost:.4f} exceeded "
-                        f"${self._max_budget:.4f} budget"
-                    )
-                elif callable(self._on_budget_exceeded):
-                    self._on_budget_exceeded(current_cost, self._max_budget)
-            
+            self._record_llm_usage(_prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, _cost_usd)
+
             # Trigger AFTER_LLM hook
             # Only build the input if an AFTER_LLM hook is actually registered
             from ..hooks import HookEvent, AfterLLMInput
@@ -2336,6 +2527,7 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                     messages=messages,
                     response=str(final_response),
                     model=self.llm if isinstance(self.llm, str) else str(self.llm),
+                    tokens_used=_prompt_tokens + _completion_tokens,
                     latency_ms=(time.time() - start_time) * 1000
                 )
                 self._hook_runner.execute_sync(HookEvent.AFTER_LLM, after_llm_input)
@@ -2990,40 +3182,8 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
             )
 
             # Post-call budget accounting (parity with sync _chat_completion).
-            _prompt_tokens = 0
-            _completion_tokens = 0
-            _cost_usd = 0.0
-            if final_response:
-                _usage = getattr(final_response, 'usage', None)
-                if _usage:
-                    _prompt_tokens = getattr(_usage, 'prompt_tokens', 0) or 0
-                    _completion_tokens = getattr(_usage, 'completion_tokens', 0) or 0
-                    _cost_usd = self._calculate_llm_cost(
-                        _prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, response=final_response
-                    )
-            with self._cost_lock:
-                self._total_cost += _cost_usd
-                self._total_tokens_in += _prompt_tokens
-                self._total_tokens_out += _completion_tokens
-                self._llm_call_count += 1
-                budget_exceeded = self._max_budget and self._total_cost >= self._max_budget
-                current_cost = self._total_cost
-            if budget_exceeded:
-                if self._on_budget_exceeded == "stop":
-                    raise BudgetExceededError(
-                        f"Agent '{self.name}' exceeded budget: ${current_cost:.4f} >= ${self._max_budget:.4f}",
-                        budget_type="cost",
-                        limit=self._max_budget,
-                        used=current_cost,
-                        agent_id=self.name
-                    )
-                elif self._on_budget_exceeded == "warn":
-                    logging.warning(
-                        f"[budget] {self.name}: ${current_cost:.4f} exceeded "
-                        f"${self._max_budget:.4f} budget"
-                    )
-                elif callable(self._on_budget_exceeded):
-                    self._on_budget_exceeded(current_cost, self._max_budget)
+            _prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, _cost_usd = self._extract_llm_usage(final_response)
+            self._record_llm_usage(_prompt_tokens, _completion_tokens, _cost_usd)
 
             # Trigger AFTER_LLM hook (parity with sync _chat_completion).
             from ..hooks import AfterLLMInput
@@ -3037,6 +3197,7 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                     messages=messages,
                     response=str(final_response),
                     model=self.llm if isinstance(self.llm, str) else str(self.llm),
+                    tokens_used=_prompt_tokens + _completion_tokens,
                     latency_ms=(time.time() - _achat_start_time) * 1000
                 )
                 await self._hook_runner.execute(HookEvent.AFTER_LLM, after_llm_input)
@@ -3448,7 +3609,9 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
         # Emit context trace event (zero overhead when not set)
         from ..trace.context_events import get_context_emitter
         _trace_emitter = get_context_emitter()
-        _trace_emitter.agent_start(self.name, {"role": self.role, "goal": self.goal})
+        _trace_turn = _stream_traced_agent.get() is not self
+        if _trace_turn:
+            _trace_emitter.agent_start(self.name, {"role": self.role, "goal": self.goal})
         durable_context = None
         durable_token = None
         previous_run_state = self._get_db_run_state()
@@ -3517,12 +3680,15 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                 end_durable_run(durable_token)
                 durable_context.close()
             try:
-                _trace_emitter.agent_end(self.name)
+                if _trace_turn:
+                    _trace_emitter.agent_end(self.name, {"status": _agent_end_status(db_status)})
             finally:
                 if getattr(self, "_active_turn_token", None) is _cancel:
                     self._active_turn_token = None
                 _exit_turn(self, _cancel_ctx)
                 if _cancel is not None:
+                    if getattr(_cancel, "timed_out", False):
+                        self._last_stop_reason = "timeout"
                     _cancel.close()
 
     def _chat_impl(self, prompt, temperature, tools, output_json, output_pydantic, reasoning_steps, stream, task_name, task_description, task_id, config, force_retrieval, skip_retrieval, attachments, _trace_emitter, tool_choice=None, seed=None, cancel_token=None):
@@ -3849,7 +4015,7 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                     if hasattr(self, '_drain_steering_messages') and getattr(self, '_message_steering', None) is not None:
                         llm_kwargs['steering_drain'] = self._drain_steering_messages
 
-                    response_text = self.llm_instance.get_response(**llm_kwargs)
+                    response_text = self._custom_llm_get_response(llm_kwargs)
 
                     self._add_to_chat_history("assistant", response_text)
                     # Persist assistant message to DB
@@ -3880,7 +4046,7 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                         # Rollback chat history on guardrail failure
                         self._rollback_chat_history_to(chat_history_length)
                         return self._guardrail_blocked_message(e)
-                except ToolExecutionError:
+                except (ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError):
                     raise
                 except Exception as e:
                     self._last_stop_reason = "error"
@@ -3888,7 +4054,7 @@ Your Goal: {self.goal}"""
                     self._rollback_chat_history_to(chat_history_length)
                     _get_display_functions()['display_error'](f"Error in LLM chat: {e}")
                     return None
-            except ToolExecutionError:
+            except (ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError):
                 raise
             except Exception as e:
                 self._last_stop_reason = "error"
@@ -4240,11 +4406,17 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Steering check failed, continuing without steering: {e}")
 
-        # Input-side guardrail validation (parity with sync chat()). No-op
-        # unless the guardrail exposes validate_input; runs before any
-        # backend/LLM dispatch so a rejected prompt never reaches the model.
+        # Input-side validators may perform blocking LLM calls. Keep them off
+        # the event loop, before any backend/LLM dispatch, just like tool guards.
         if hasattr(self, '_validate_input_with_guardrail'):
-            _in_ok, _in_prompt, _in_err = self._validate_input_with_guardrail(prompt)
+            _input_guard = self._guardrail_fn
+            if (_input_guard is None or not hasattr(_input_guard, "validate_input")
+                    or getattr(_input_guard, "_praison_output_only", False)):
+                _in_ok, _in_prompt, _in_err = self._validate_input_with_guardrail(prompt)
+            else:
+                _in_ok, _in_prompt, _in_err = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                    self._validate_input_with_guardrail, prompt
+                )
             if not _in_ok:
                 logging.warning(f"Agent {self.name}: input blocked by guardrail: {_in_err}")
                 return None
@@ -4360,12 +4532,14 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
                         await durable_context.aclose()
                 finally:
                     try:
-                        _trace_emitter.agent_end(self.name)
+                        _trace_emitter.agent_end(self.name, {"status": _agent_end_status(db_status)})
                     finally:
                         if getattr(self, "_active_turn_token", None) is _cancel:
                             self._active_turn_token = None
                         _exit_turn(self, _cancel_ctx)
                         if _cancel is not None:
+                            if getattr(_cancel, "timed_out", False):
+                                self._last_stop_reason = "timeout"
                             _cancel.close()
 
     async def _achat_impl(self, prompt, temperature, tools, output_json, output_pydantic, reasoning_steps, stream, task_name, task_description, task_id, config, force_retrieval, skip_retrieval, attachments, _trace_emitter, tool_choice=None, seed=None, cancel_token=None):
@@ -4576,7 +4750,7 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
                     if hasattr(self, '_drain_steering_messages') and getattr(self, '_message_steering', None) is not None:
                         llm_kwargs['steering_drain'] = self._drain_steering_messages
 
-                    response_text = await self.llm_instance.get_response_async(**llm_kwargs)
+                    response_text = await self._custom_llm_get_response_async(llm_kwargs)
 
                     # LLM call succeeded - now it's safe to commit any compacted history
                     if effective_history is not self.chat_history:
@@ -4604,7 +4778,7 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
                         # Rollback chat history on guardrail failure
                         self._rollback_chat_history_to(chat_history_length)
                         return self._guardrail_blocked_message(e)
-                except ToolExecutionError:
+                except (ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError):
                     raise
                 except Exception as e:
                     self._last_stop_reason = "error"
@@ -5118,6 +5292,9 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
         except ToolExecutionError:
             raise
         except Exception as e:
+            # The custom-LLM path raises on an exhausted budget (sync parity).
+            if isinstance(e, BudgetExceededError) and self._using_custom_llm:
+                raise
             self._last_stop_reason = "error"
             _get_display_functions()['display_error'](f"Error in achat: {e}")
             if get_logger().getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
@@ -5319,9 +5496,26 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
         # via _enter_turn) so overlapping streams on a shared agent neither
         # exhaust nor inherit each other's per-turn limits.
         guard_token = _turn_loop_guard.set([self, None])
+        # Record the streamed turn like chat()/achat() do, so a live replay can
+        # show the agent running while its words stream (no-op when tracing is off).
+        from ..trace.context_events import get_context_emitter
+        _trace_emitter = get_context_emitter()
+        status = "completed"
+        if _trace_emitter._enabled:
+            _trace_emitter.agent_start(self.name, {"role": self.role, "goal": self.goal})
         try:
-            yield from self._start_stream_turn(prompt, **kwargs)
+            # _start_stream_turn returns "failed" when a guardrail or hook blocks
+            # the turn, matching chat(), which records a blocked turn as failed.
+            status = (yield from self._start_stream_turn(prompt, **kwargs)) or status
+        except (GeneratorExit, InterruptedError):
+            status = "cancelled"
+            raise
+        except BaseException:
+            status = "failed"
+            raise
         finally:
+            if _trace_emitter._enabled:
+                _trace_emitter.agent_end(self.name, {"status": status})
             try:
                 _turn_loop_guard.reset(guard_token)
             except (ValueError, LookupError):
@@ -5346,7 +5540,7 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
             if not _in_ok:
                 logging.warning(f"Agent {getattr(self, 'name', '')}: input blocked by guardrail: {_in_err}")
                 yield f"[Input blocked by guardrail: {_in_err}]"
-                return
+                return "failed"
             prompt = _in_prompt
 
         # Same pre-turn checks as chat()/achat(): a streamed turn must not
@@ -5367,7 +5561,7 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
             ))
             if self._hook_runner.is_blocked(hook_results):
                 logging.warning(f"Agent {self.name} execution blocked by BEFORE_AGENT hook")
-                return
+                return "failed"
             for res in hook_results:
                 if res.output and res.output.modified_input and "prompt" in res.output.modified_input:
                     prompt = res.output.modified_input["prompt"]
@@ -6187,6 +6381,9 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
         else:
             fallback_kwargs.pop('stream', None)
 
+        # The streamed turn already records agent_start/agent_end; keep chat()
+        # from recording the same turn a second time.
+        _traced = _stream_traced_agent.set(self)
         try:
             return self.chat(prompt, **fallback_kwargs)
         except Exception as fallback_error:
@@ -6199,6 +6396,8 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
             except Exception:
                 pass
             raise fallback_error from streaming_error
+        finally:
+            _stream_traced_agent.reset(_traced)
 
     def _create_llm_summarize_function(self):
         """
@@ -6668,6 +6867,57 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
         raise RuntimeError("Retry loop completed without returning or raising an exception")
 
     async def _achat_completion_with_retry(self, messages, temperature=None, tools=None, stream=None, reasoning_steps=False, task_name=None, task_description=None, task_id=None, response_format=None, stream_callback=None, emit_events=True):
+        """Async model call with retry, recorded as ``llm_request``/``llm_response`` like the sync path.
+
+        ``Agent.astart``/``achat`` recorded no model calls before this, so a replay
+        of an async run showed the agent but never what it asked the model.
+        """
+        from ..trace.context_events import get_context_emitter
+
+        _trace_emitter = get_context_emitter()
+        call = self._achat_completion_with_retry_dispatch(
+            messages, temperature, tools, stream, reasoning_steps, task_name,
+            task_description, task_id, response_format,
+            stream_callback=stream_callback, emit_events=emit_events,
+        )
+        if not _trace_emitter._enabled:  # zero overhead when tracing is off
+            return await call
+        _trace_emitter.llm_request(
+            self.name,
+            messages_count=len(messages),
+            tokens_used=0,
+            model=self.llm if isinstance(self.llm, str) else None,
+            messages=messages,
+        )
+        started = time.time()
+        try:
+            response = await call
+        except Exception as e:
+            _trace_emitter.llm_response(
+                self.name,
+                duration_ms=(time.time() - started) * 1000,
+                finish_reason="error",
+                response_content=str(e),
+            )
+            raise
+        prompt_tokens = completion_tokens = 0
+        cost_usd = 0.0
+        usage = getattr(response, "usage", None)
+        if usage:
+            prompt_tokens = getattr(usage, "prompt_tokens", 0) or 0
+            completion_tokens = getattr(usage, "completion_tokens", 0) or 0
+            cost_usd = self._calculate_llm_cost(prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, response=response)
+        _trace_emitter.llm_response(
+            self.name,
+            duration_ms=(time.time() - started) * 1000,
+            response_content=self._extract_llm_response_content(response),
+            prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
+            completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
+            cost_usd=cost_usd,
+        )
+        return response
+
+    async def _achat_completion_with_retry_dispatch(self, messages, temperature=None, tools=None, stream=None, reasoning_steps=False, task_name=None, task_description=None, task_id=None, response_format=None, stream_callback=None, emit_events=True):
         """
         Async wrapper for _execute_unified_achat_completion that adds jittered exponential backoff retry logic.
         

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/context_agent.py

@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ This report contains all agent interactions and outputs from a complete ContextA
             response_filename = f"{self.interaction_counter:03d}_{safe_agent_name}_{timestamp.replace(':', '_')}.json"
             response_path = os.path.join(self.output_dir, "agent_responses", response_filename)
             
-            with open(response_path, "w") as f:
-                json.dump(interaction_data, f, indent=2)
+            with open(response_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                json.dump(interaction_data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
             
             # Save individual markdown files - debug only
             md_filename = f"{self.interaction_counter:03d}_{safe_agent_name}_{timestamp.replace(':', '_')}"
@@ -1201,20 +1201,20 @@ detailed, actionable implementation steps."""
     def _save_context_engineering_results(self):
         """Save all Context Engineering results following PRD methodology."""
         # Save comprehensive analysis
-        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "comprehensive_analysis.json"), "w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.codebase_analysis, f, indent=2)
+        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "comprehensive_analysis.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(self.codebase_analysis, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
         
         # Save pattern library
-        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "pattern_library.json"), "w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.pattern_library, f, indent=2)
+        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "pattern_library.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(self.pattern_library, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
             
         # Save validation framework
-        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "validation_framework.json"), "w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.validation_framework, f, indent=2)
+        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "validation_framework.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(self.validation_framework, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
             
         # Save all agent interactions summary
-        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "all_agent_interactions.json"), "w") as f:
-            json.dump(self.agent_interactions, f, indent=2)
+        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "all_agent_interactions.json"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(self.agent_interactions, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
         
         print(f"💾 Context Engineering results saved to: {self.output_dir}/")
         print(f"💾 Agent interactions ({len(self.agent_interactions)} total) saved to: agent_responses/")
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ Product Requirements Prompts following PRD template methodology.
 Every agent interaction has been saved for full audit trail and reproducibility.
 """
         
-        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "analysis_summary.md"), "w") as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, "analysis_summary.md"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(summary)
         
         print(f"📋 Analysis summary saved following PRD methodology")
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ Every agent interaction has been saved for full audit trail and reproducibility.
         safe_filename = feature_request.lower().replace(' ', '_').replace('-', '_')[:50]
         prp_path = os.path.join(self.output_dir, "PRPs", f"{safe_filename}.md")
         
-        with open(prp_path, "w") as f:
+        with open(prp_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             f.write(prp)
         
         print(f"📄 Comprehensive PRP following PRD template saved to: {prp_path}")

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/execution_mixin.py

@@ -497,157 +497,111 @@ class ExecutionMixin:
             # The backend's stream method is async, so we need to handle that
             import asyncio
             
-            async def stream_wrapper():
-                async for chunk in self.backend.stream(prompt, **kwargs):
-                    yield chunk
-            
-            # Convert async generator to sync generator
+            import threading
+            import queue
+
+            def _to_text(item):
+                # Managed backends may yield event dicts; convert them to the
+                # string chunks expected by Agent and skip other event types
+                # (session.status_idle, etc.).
+                if isinstance(item, str):
+                    return item
+                if isinstance(item, dict) and item.get('type') == 'agent.message':
+                    content = item.get('content', [])
+                    if isinstance(content, str):
+                        return content
+                    if isinstance(content, list):
+                        text_parts = []
+                        for block in content:
+                            if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get('type') == 'text':
+                                text_parts.append(block.get('text', ''))
+                            elif isinstance(block, str):
+                                text_parts.append(block)
+                        if text_parts:
+                            return ''.join(text_parts)
+                return None
+
+            # Convert async generator to sync generator. The backend's async
+            # generator is always driven on a private loop in a background
+            # thread, whether or not the caller already has a running loop, so
+            # the caller receives chunks incrementally and a backend error
+            # (including RuntimeError) can never re-run the stream.
             def sync_stream():
-                try:
-                    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-                    # Already in async context - need to handle differently
-                    import concurrent.futures
-                    import threading
-                    import queue
-                    
-                    result_queue = queue.Queue()
-                    exception_holder = [None]
-                    
-                    def run_in_thread():
-                        new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-                        asyncio.set_event_loop(new_loop)
+                # Bounded queue so an abandoned consumer applies back-pressure
+                # instead of letting the producer fill memory unbounded.
+                # ``cancel_event`` lets the producer stop early when the caller
+                # closes the generator.
+                bridge_queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=64)
+                cancel_event = threading.Event()
+
+                def run_in_thread():
+                    new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+                    asyncio.set_event_loop(new_loop)
+                    try:
+                        async def pump():
+                            agen = self.backend.stream(prompt, **kwargs)
+                            try:
+                                async for item in agen:
+                                    if cancel_event.is_set():
+                                        break
+                                    # Block until space is available or the
+                                    # consumer signals cancellation, so we
+                                    # never spin nor grow the queue forever.
+                                    while not cancel_event.is_set():
+                                        try:
+                                            bridge_queue.put(('item', item), timeout=0.1)
+                                            break
+                                        except queue.Full:
+                                            continue
+                                if not cancel_event.is_set():
+                                    bridge_queue.put(('done', None))
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                if not cancel_event.is_set():
+                                    bridge_queue.put(('error', e))
+                            finally:
+                                # Run the backend's own cleanup (e.g. stopping
+                                # its producer) when the consumer closes early.
+                                aclose = getattr(agen, 'aclose', None)
+                                if aclose is not None:
+                                    try:
+                                        await aclose()
+                                    except Exception as e:
+                                        logger.debug(f"Backend stream cleanup failed: {e}")
+
+                        new_loop.run_until_complete(pump())
+                    finally:
                         try:
-                            async def collect():
-                                try:
-                                    async for item in self.backend.stream(prompt, **kwargs):
-                                        result_queue.put(('item', item))
-                                    result_queue.put(('done', None))
-                                except Exception as e:
-                                    exception_holder[0] = e
-                                    result_queue.put(('error', e))
-                            
-                            new_loop.run_until_complete(collect())
+                            new_loop.run_until_complete(new_loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
                         finally:
                             new_loop.close()
-                    
-                    thread = threading.Thread(target=run_in_thread)
-                    thread.start()
-                    
+
+                # Daemon thread so a stalled/abandoned producer can never
+                # block interpreter shutdown.
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=run_in_thread, daemon=True)
+                thread.start()
+
+                try:
                     while True:
-                        msg_type, data = result_queue.get()
+                        msg_type, data = bridge_queue.get()
                         if msg_type == 'item':
-                            # For managed backends, we might get event objects
-                            # Convert to string format expected by Agent
-                            if isinstance(data, dict):
-                                if data.get('type') == 'agent.message':
-                                    content = data.get('content', [])
-                                    if isinstance(content, list):
-                                        text_parts = []
-                                        for block in content:
-                                            if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get('type') == 'text':
-                                                text_parts.append(block.get('text', ''))
-                                            elif isinstance(block, str):
-                                                text_parts.append(block)
-                                        if text_parts:
-                                            yield ''.join(text_parts)
-                                    elif isinstance(content, str):
-                                        yield content
-                                # Skip other event types (session.status_idle, etc.)
-                            elif isinstance(data, str):
-                                yield data
+                            text = _to_text(data)
+                            if text is not None:
+                                yield text
                         elif msg_type == 'done':
                             break
                         elif msg_type == 'error':
                             raise data
-                    
-                    thread.join()
-                    
-                except RuntimeError:
-                    # No event loop (the common script/CLI case). Drive the
-                    # backend's async generator from a background thread and
-                    # push each chunk through a queue as it arrives, so the
-                    # caller receives chunks incrementally instead of only
-                    # after the whole response has been buffered. Mirrors the
-                    # running-loop branch above.
-                    import threading
-                    import queue
-                    # Bounded queue so an abandoned consumer applies
-                    # back-pressure instead of letting the producer fill memory
-                    # unbounded. ``cancel_event`` lets the producer stop early
-                    # when the caller closes the generator.
-                    bridge_queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=64)
-                    cancel_event = threading.Event()
-
-                    def run_in_thread_noloop():
-                        new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-                        asyncio.set_event_loop(new_loop)
-                        try:
-                            async def pump():
-                                try:
-                                    async for item in self.backend.stream(prompt, **kwargs):
-                                        if cancel_event.is_set():
-                                            break
-                                        # Block until space is available or the
-                                        # consumer signals cancellation, so we
-                                        # never spin nor grow the queue forever.
-                                        while not cancel_event.is_set():
-                                            try:
-                                                bridge_queue.put(('item', item), timeout=0.1)
-                                                break
-                                            except queue.Full:
-                                                continue
-                                    if not cancel_event.is_set():
-                                        bridge_queue.put(('done', None))
-                                except Exception as e:
-                                    if not cancel_event.is_set():
-                                        bridge_queue.put(('error', e))
-
-                            new_loop.run_until_complete(pump())
-                        finally:
-                            new_loop.close()
-
-                    # Daemon thread so a stalled/abandoned producer can never
-                    # block interpreter shutdown.
-                    thread = threading.Thread(target=run_in_thread_noloop, daemon=True)
-                    thread.start()
-
+                finally:
+                    # Runs on normal completion AND on early generator
+                    # close/GC: signal the producer to stop, drain one slot
+                    # so a blocked put() can observe the cancel, and join.
+                    cancel_event.set()
                     try:
-                        while True:
-                            msg_type, data = bridge_queue.get()
-                            if msg_type == 'item':
-                                item = data
-                                # Same conversion logic as the running-loop branch.
-                                if isinstance(item, dict):
-                                    if item.get('type') == 'agent.message':
-                                        content = item.get('content', [])
-                                        if isinstance(content, list):
-                                            text_parts = []
-                                            for block in content:
-                                                if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get('type') == 'text':
-                                                    text_parts.append(block.get('text', ''))
-                                                elif isinstance(block, str):
-                                                    text_parts.append(block)
-                                            if text_parts:
-                                                yield ''.join(text_parts)
-                                        elif isinstance(content, str):
-                                            yield content
-                                elif isinstance(item, str):
-                                    yield item
-                            elif msg_type == 'done':
-                                break
-                            elif msg_type == 'error':
-                                raise data
-                    finally:
-                        # Runs on normal completion AND on early generator
-                        # close/GC: signal the producer to stop, drain one slot
-                        # so a blocked put() can observe the cancel, and join.
-                        cancel_event.set()
-                        try:
-                            bridge_queue.get_nowait()
-                        except queue.Empty:
-                            pass
-                        thread.join(timeout=5)
-            
+                        bridge_queue.get_nowait()
+                    except queue.Empty:
+                        pass
+                    thread.join(timeout=5)
+
             return sync_stream()
             
         except Exception as e:
@@ -1427,6 +1381,10 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                 _loop_detection.record_tool_outcome(
                     _ld_history, function_name, arguments, _result, _ld_config
                 )
+            # Per-turn tool count for autonomy completion heuristics (sync
+            # parity with tool_execution.py). Counted only once the tool has
+            # actually run, so a BEFORE_TOOL-blocked call cannot count.
+            self._autonomy_turn_tool_count = getattr(self, '_autonomy_turn_tool_count', 0) + 1
             return _result
 
         # Enforce BEFORE_TOOL/AFTER_TOOL security hooks for every async caller,
@@ -1709,6 +1667,7 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
     async def _execute_tool_async_impl(self, function_name: str, arguments: Dict[str, Any], tool_call_id: Optional[str] = None, tools_override: Optional[List] = None) -> Any:
         """Internal async tool execution implementation"""
         from ..errors import ToolExecutionError
+        from .tool_execution import _CALLER_ERROR_TYPES
         try:
             logging.info(f"Executing async tool: {function_name} with arguments: {arguments}")
             
@@ -1940,20 +1899,50 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                         with tool_progress_channel(_progress_sink):
                             return await call_target(**call_arguments)
                     logging.debug(f"Executing sync function in executor: {function_name}")
-                    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
                     from ..trace.context_events import copy_context_to_callable
                     # copy_context_to_callable snapshots the CURRENT context (incl.
                     # the injection contextvar) into the executor thread, so setting
                     # it here propagates cancel_event to the sync tool body too.
                     if _inject_state is not None:
                         with with_injection_context(_inject_state), tool_progress_channel(_progress_sink):
-                            return await loop.run_in_executor(
-                                None, copy_context_to_callable(lambda: call_target(**call_arguments))
-                            )
+                            return await _run_sync(copy_context_to_callable(lambda: call_target(**call_arguments)))
                     with tool_progress_channel(_progress_sink):
-                        return await loop.run_in_executor(
-                            None, copy_context_to_callable(lambda: call_target(**call_arguments))
+                        return await _run_sync(copy_context_to_callable(lambda: call_target(**call_arguments)))
+
+                async def _run_sync(fn):
+                    # With a tool timeout, a timed-out sync tool keeps its thread
+                    # (wait_for cannot stop it). Run it on the bounded per-agent
+                    # pool (sync-path parity) instead of the shared default
+                    # executor, so hung tools cannot starve asyncio.to_thread
+                    # callers elsewhere in the process.
+                    if not (tool_timeout and tool_timeout > 0) or not hasattr(self, "_submit_to_tool_pool"):
+                        return await asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(None, fn)
+                    # spill=True: when every worker is busy the call runs at once
+                    # on a counted overflow thread (executor is None) instead of
+                    # queueing into its timeout; refused once that cap is hit.
+                    future, executor, orphaned = self._submit_to_tool_pool(fn, spill=True)
+                    if future is None:
+                        logging.warning(
+                            f"Tool worker pool exhausted; refusing to queue '{function_name}' "
+                            f"behind {orphaned} hung tool call(s)."
                         )
+                        return {
+                            "error": (
+                                f"Tool worker pool exhausted: {orphaned} earlier tool call(s) "
+                                f"are still running past their timeout. Refusing to queue "
+                                f"'{function_name}'."
+                            ),
+                            "tool_pool_exhausted": True,
+                            "_praison_retryable": False,
+                        }
+                    try:
+                        return await asyncio.wrap_future(future)
+                    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                        # Timed out (or caller cancelled) while still running:
+                        # retire the stuck pool so the next call gets a fresh worker.
+                        if executor is not None and not future.done():
+                            self._retire_tool_executor(executor)
+                        raise
 
                 # Circuit-breaker parity with the sync path (tool_execution.py).
                 # The async tool path previously had no breaker, so a repeatedly
@@ -1973,23 +1962,12 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                 _NeutralOutcome = _CircuitBreakerException
                 try:
                     from ..tools.circuit_breaker import (
-                        get_circuit_breaker,
-                        CircuitBreakerConfig,
                         CircuitBreakerException as _CircuitBreakerException,
                         _NeutralOutcome,
                     )
-                    breaker_name = f"tool_{id(self)}_{function_name}"
-                    breaker = get_circuit_breaker(
-                        breaker_name,
-                        CircuitBreakerConfig(
-                            failure_threshold=5,
-                            recovery_timeout=60.0,
-                            timeout=30.0,
-                            graceful_degradation=True,
-                        ),
-                    )
-                    if hasattr(self, "_register_breaker_finalizer"):
-                        self._register_breaker_finalizer(breaker_name)
+                    # Same per-agent breaker and policy as the sync path.
+                    if hasattr(self, "_get_tool_circuit_breaker"):
+                        breaker = self._get_tool_circuit_breaker(function_name)
                 except ImportError:
                     # Circuit breaker not available - fall back to direct invocation.
                     logging.debug("Circuit breaker not available on async path, executing directly")
@@ -2010,7 +1988,7 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                     # half-open one. Unwrapped in _invoke_guarded.
                     try:
                         r = await _invoke()
-                    except (ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError) as e:
+                    except _CALLER_ERROR_TYPES as e:
                         raise _NeutralOutcome(e)
                     if isinstance(r, dict) and r.get("error") and \
                        r.get("_praison_retryable") is False:
@@ -2051,13 +2029,7 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                     # _execute_tool_async_with_retry treats it as terminal.
                     if loop_guard is not None:
                         loop_guard.record(function_name, arguments, False, result=None)
-                    return {
-                        "error": f"Tool '{function_name}' circuit breaker open - too many recent failures",
-                        "circuit_open": True,
-                        "agent_name": getattr(self, "name", None),
-                        "session_id": getattr(self, "_session_id", None),
-                        "remediation": "Wait for recovery_timeout (60s) or investigate recent tool failures.",
-                    }
+                    return self._circuit_breaker_open_result(function_name)
 
                 # Apply the per-agent tool timeout (ToolConfig.timeout) so the async
                 # path matches the sync path in tool_execution.py. asyncio.wait_for
@@ -2217,7 +2189,7 @@ Write the complete compiled report:"""
                 if isinstance(e, ToolExecutionError):
                     retryable = e.is_retryable
                 else:
-                    retryable = not isinstance(e, (ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError))
+                    retryable = not isinstance(e, _CALLER_ERROR_TYPES)
                 # Private control-plane key: a tool's own result may legitimately
                 # contain "retryable" (common for HTTP-API wrappers) and must not
                 # collide with the framework's verdict nor leak to the model.

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/image_agent.py

@@ -163,10 +163,14 @@ class ImageAgent(Agent):
             # Gemini provider doesn't support response_format parameter
             # Apply this filter if provider is explicitly 'gemini' or as fallback for gemini models
             config.pop('response_format', None)
-        elif custom_llm_provider == "openai" and config.get('response_format') == "url":
-            # "url" is OpenAI's default for DALL-E and is rejected by models that
-            # don't accept response_format (e.g. gpt-image), so don't send it
-            config.pop('response_format', None)
+        elif custom_llm_provider == "openai":
+            if config.get('response_format') == "url":
+                # "url" is OpenAI's default for DALL-E and is rejected by models that
+                # don't accept response_format (e.g. gpt-image), so don't send it
+                config.pop('response_format', None)
+            if 'dall-e-3' not in model_name.lower():
+                # Only dall-e-3 accepts 'style'; other OpenAI image models reject it
+                config.pop('style', None)
         from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, TextColumn
         with Progress(
             SpinnerColumn(),

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/tool_execution.py

@@ -38,10 +38,26 @@ _active_turn_cancel: "contextvars.ContextVar[Optional[tuple]]" = contextvars.Con
     "praisonai_active_turn_cancel", default=None
 )
 
+# Exceptions a tool body raises about its *input* (bad value, missing key or
+# path). They are terminal for the same arguments and say nothing about the
+# tool's health, so they are never retried and never count toward the per-tool
+# circuit breaker. Timeouts, connection errors and other OSErrors still do.
+_CALLER_ERROR_TYPES = (
+    ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError, LookupError,
+    FileNotFoundError, FileExistsError, IsADirectoryError, NotADirectoryError, PermissionError,
+)
+
 # Worker count for the per-agent tool ThreadPoolExecutor. Used both when the
 # pool is created and to decide (with the per-executor in-flight counter)
-# whether a fresh call would have to queue behind hung workers.
-_TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS = 2
+# whether a fresh call would have to queue behind hung workers. Matches the
+# default ParallelToolCallExecutor width so a parallel batch never queues.
+_TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS = 5
+
+# Upper bound on overflow ("spill") threads a single agent may run at once for
+# timed async tool calls that find every pool worker busy. A hung spill thread
+# cannot be reclaimed, so without this cap leaked threads would grow with
+# concurrency instead of staying bounded (#5356).
+_MAX_SPILL_TOOL_THREADS = 8
 
 # Sentinel returned as the "arguments" value when a tool call's argument string
 # cannot be parsed (e.g. truncated by max_tokens or a dropped connection).
@@ -1077,6 +1093,110 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
             from .async_safety import DualLock
             return self.__dict__.setdefault("_tool_executor_lock", DualLock())
 
+    def _submit_to_tool_pool(self, fn, *args, spill=False):
+        """Submit ``fn(*args)`` to the bounded per-agent tool pool.
+
+        Shared by the sync and async tool paths so a timed-out tool never
+        strands a thread in the process-wide default executor. Returns
+        ``(future, executor, orphaned)``; ``future`` is ``None`` when the pool
+        is exhausted by hung calls and the caller must refuse fast. With
+        ``spill=True`` and every worker busy (but not orphan-capped), the call
+        runs immediately on a counted daemon thread instead of waiting for a
+        worker, and ``(future, None, orphaned)`` is returned; once
+        ``_MAX_SPILL_TOOL_THREADS`` spill threads are still running the call is
+        refused like an exhausted pool.
+        """
+        with self._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
+            if getattr(self, '_tool_executor', None) is None:
+                self._tool_executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
+                    max_workers=_TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS,
+                    thread_name_prefix=f"tool-{self.name}"
+                )
+                # Per-executor in-flight counter so a retired pool's
+                # late-finishing future can never corrupt the *new* pool's count.
+                self._tool_executor._inflight = 0
+            executor = self._tool_executor
+            orphaned = getattr(self, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0)
+            inflight = getattr(executor, '_inflight', 0)
+            # Once the orphan cap is hit we can no longer retire a stuck pool,
+            # so we would otherwise queue behind hung workers and time out a
+            # healthy tool that never got to start. Refuse fast and visibly
+            # instead when no worker is free, and let the pool self-heal (the
+            # orphan count drops as hung threads finish).
+            if inflight >= _TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS:
+                if orphaned >= _MAX_ORPHANED_TOOL_EXECUTORS:
+                    return None, executor, orphaned
+                if spill:
+                    spilled = getattr(self, '_tool_spill_inflight', 0)
+                    if spilled >= _MAX_SPILL_TOOL_THREADS:
+                        return None, executor, orphaned + spilled
+                    self._tool_spill_inflight = spilled + 1
+                    return self._start_spill_thread(fn, *args), None, orphaned
+            executor._inflight = inflight + 1
+            future = executor.submit(fn, *args)
+
+        def _on_tool_done(_f, _agent=self, _executor=executor):  # noqa: ANN001
+            with _agent._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
+                _executor._inflight = max(0, getattr(_executor, '_inflight', 1) - 1)
+                # Orphan accounting is per-POOL, not per-future: retiring a pool
+                # adds exactly one to the orphan count, so a pool may return
+                # exactly one slot. Recover it only when this retired pool's
+                # LAST in-flight worker exits (``_inflight`` == 0), and guard
+                # with a one-shot flag so a multi-worker pool can never
+                # decrement more than the single unit it contributed and steal
+                # another orphaned pool's slot.
+                if (
+                    getattr(_agent, '_tool_executor', None) is not _executor
+                    and _executor._inflight == 0
+                    and not getattr(_executor, '_orphan_recovered', False)
+                ):
+                    _executor._orphan_recovered = True
+                    _agent._tool_executor_orphaned = max(
+                        0, getattr(_agent, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0) - 1
+                    )
+
+        future.add_done_callback(_on_tool_done)
+        return future, executor, orphaned
+
+    def _start_spill_thread(self, fn, *args):
+        """Run ``fn(*args)`` on a daemon thread; caller already counted it."""
+        future = concurrent.futures.Future()
+
+        def _target():
+            try:
+                if future.set_running_or_notify_cancel():
+                    try:
+                        future.set_result(fn(*args))
+                    except BaseException as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - re-raised by awaiter
+                        future.set_exception(e)
+            finally:
+                with self._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
+                    self._tool_spill_inflight = max(0, getattr(self, '_tool_spill_inflight', 1) - 1)
+
+        try:
+            threading.Thread(target=_target, daemon=True, name=f"tool-{self.name}-spill").start()
+        except BaseException:
+            self._tool_spill_inflight = max(0, getattr(self, '_tool_spill_inflight', 1) - 1)
+            raise
+        return future
+
+    def _retire_tool_executor(self, executor):
+        """Retire a pool whose worker is stuck past its timeout.
+
+        The timed-out thread cannot be reclaimed. Retire this executor so the
+        next call gets a fresh worker instead of queuing behind a permanently
+        stuck one — but bound how many orphaned (still-blocked) pools we allow
+        to accumulate: once the cap is reached we stop recycling and keep
+        reusing the existing pool so repeated timeouts can't exhaust process
+        resources with an unbounded number of leaked threads.
+        """
+        with self._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
+            orphaned = getattr(self, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0)
+            if getattr(self, '_tool_executor', None) is executor and orphaned < _MAX_ORPHANED_TOOL_EXECUTORS:
+                executor.shutdown(wait=False)
+                self._tool_executor = None
+                self._tool_executor_orphaned = orphaned + 1
+
     def _get_turn_tools_lock(self):
         """Return the DualLock guarding the per-turn tool buffer.
 
@@ -1342,65 +1462,16 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                             with tool_progress_channel(_attempt_sink):
                                 # Use copy_context to preserve injection context in executor thread
                                 ctx = contextvars.copy_context()
+                                started = threading.Event()
 
                                 def execute_with_context():
+                                    started.set()
                                     with with_injection_context(state):
                                         return self._execute_tool_with_circuit_breaker(function_name, arguments)
 
                                 # Use reusable executor to prevent resource leaks
-                                pool_exhausted = False
-                                with self._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
-                                    if not hasattr(self, '_tool_executor') or self._tool_executor is None:
-                                        self._tool_executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
-                                            max_workers=_TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS,
-                                            thread_name_prefix=f"tool-{self.name}"
-                                        )
-                                        # Per-executor in-flight counter so a
-                                        # retired pool's late-finishing future can
-                                        # never corrupt the *new* pool's count.
-                                        self._tool_executor._inflight = 0
-                                    executor = self._tool_executor
-                                    orphaned = getattr(self, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0)
-                                    inflight = getattr(executor, '_inflight', 0)
-                                    # Once the orphan cap is hit we can no longer
-                                    # retire a stuck pool, so we would otherwise
-                                    # queue behind hung workers and time out a
-                                    # healthy tool that never got to start. Refuse
-                                    # fast and visibly instead when no worker is
-                                    # free, and let the pool self-heal (the orphan
-                                    # count drops as hung threads finish).
-                                    if orphaned >= _MAX_ORPHANED_TOOL_EXECUTORS and inflight >= _TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS:
-                                        pool_exhausted = True
-                                    else:
-                                        executor._inflight = inflight + 1
-                                        future = executor.submit(ctx.run, execute_with_context)
-
-                                        def _on_tool_done(_f, _agent=self, _executor=executor):  # noqa: ANN001
-                                            with _agent._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
-                                                _executor._inflight = max(0, getattr(_executor, '_inflight', 1) - 1)
-                                                # Orphan accounting is per-POOL, not
-                                                # per-future: retiring a pool adds
-                                                # exactly one to the orphan count, so
-                                                # a pool may return exactly one slot.
-                                                # Recover it only when this retired
-                                                # pool's LAST in-flight worker exits
-                                                # (``_inflight`` == 0), and guard with
-                                                # a one-shot flag so a multi-worker
-                                                # pool can never decrement more than
-                                                # the single unit it contributed and
-                                                # steal another orphaned pool's slot.
-                                                if (
-                                                    getattr(_agent, '_tool_executor', None) is not _executor
-                                                    and _executor._inflight == 0
-                                                    and not getattr(_executor, '_orphan_recovered', False)
-                                                ):
-                                                    _executor._orphan_recovered = True
-                                                    _agent._tool_executor_orphaned = max(
-                                                        0, getattr(_agent, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0) - 1
-                                                    )
-
-                                        future.add_done_callback(_on_tool_done)
-                                if pool_exhausted:
+                                future, executor, orphaned = self._submit_to_tool_pool(ctx.run, execute_with_context)
+                                if future is None:
                                     logging.warning(
                                         f"Tool worker pool exhausted; refusing to queue '{function_name}' "
                                         f"behind {orphaned} hung tool call(s)."
@@ -1415,6 +1486,13 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                                     }
                                     break
                                 try:
+                                    # Charge tool_timeout from when the body starts,
+                                    # not from submit, so time spent queued for a
+                                    # worker never times out a healthy tool. The
+                                    # queue wait is itself bounded by tool_timeout
+                                    # so a pool stuck behind hung workers still fails.
+                                    if not started.wait(timeout=tool_timeout):
+                                        raise concurrent.futures.TimeoutError()
                                     result = future.result(timeout=tool_timeout)
                                 except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
                                     if _progress_active is not None:
@@ -1427,19 +1505,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                                     # inner budget never saw it, so this one still
                                     # earns an outer retry pass under the single budget.
                                     result = {"error": f"Tool timed out after {tool_timeout}s", "timeout": True, "_outer_timeout": True}
-                                    # The timed-out thread cannot be reclaimed. Retire this
-                                    # executor so the next call gets a fresh worker instead of
-                                    # queuing behind a permanently stuck one — but bound how many
-                                    # orphaned (still-blocked) threads we allow to accumulate:
-                                    # once the cap is reached we stop recycling and keep reusing
-                                    # the existing pool so repeated timeouts can't exhaust process
-                                    # resources with an unbounded number of leaked threads.
-                                    with self._get_tool_executor_lock().sync():
-                                        orphaned = getattr(self, '_tool_executor_orphaned', 0)
-                                        if getattr(self, '_tool_executor', None) is executor and orphaned < _MAX_ORPHANED_TOOL_EXECUTORS:
-                                            executor.shutdown(wait=False)
-                                            self._tool_executor = None
-                                            self._tool_executor_orphaned = orphaned + 1
+                                    self._retire_tool_executor(executor)
                         else:
                             with tool_progress_channel(_progress_sink), with_injection_context(state):
                                 result = self._execute_tool_with_circuit_breaker(function_name, arguments)
@@ -1678,8 +1744,28 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                     # `if artifact_ref:` guards remain valid on short-result paths.
                     artifact_ref = None
 
+                    # ToolConfig.output_max_lines caps lines first, then the
+                    # char limit below applies; output_direction picks the end(s) kept.
+                    _tool_cfg = getattr(self, '_tool_config', None)
+                    direction = getattr(_tool_cfg, 'output_direction', 'both')
+                    max_lines = getattr(_tool_cfg, 'output_max_lines', None)
+                    capped_str = result_str
+                    if max_lines:
+                        lines = result_str.split("\n")
+                        if len(lines) > max_lines:
+                            if direction == "head":
+                                kept_head, kept_tail = lines[:max_lines], []
+                            elif direction == "tail":
+                                kept_head, kept_tail = [], lines[-max_lines:]
+                            else:
+                                n_tail = max_lines // 2
+                                kept_head = lines[:max_lines - n_tail]
+                                kept_tail = lines[-n_tail:] if n_tail else []
+                            marker = f"...[{len(lines):,} lines total, showing {max_lines:,}]..."
+                            capped_str = "\n".join(kept_head + [marker] + kept_tail)
+
                     # Check if we need to spill to artifact store
-                    if len(result_str) > limit:
+                    if len(capped_str) > limit or capped_str is not result_str:
                         # Try to use artifact store if available
                         if hasattr(self, '_artifact_store') and self._artifact_store is not None:
                             try:
@@ -1704,22 +1790,25 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                             except Exception as e:
                                 logging.debug(f"Failed to store artifact: {e}")
                         
-                        # Generate truncated preview
-                        tail_size = min(limit // 5, 2000)
-                        head = result_str[:limit - tail_size]
-                        tail = result_str[-tail_size:] if tail_size > 0 else ""
-                        
+                        if len(capped_str) <= limit:
+                            # Only the line cap applied
+                            truncated = capped_str
+                        else:
+                            # Generate truncated preview
+                            if direction == "head":
+                                head, tail = capped_str[:limit], ""
+                            elif direction == "tail":
+                                head, tail = "", capped_str[-limit:]
+                            else:
+                                tail_size = min(limit // 5, 2000)
+                                head = capped_str[:limit - tail_size]
+                                tail = capped_str[-tail_size:] if tail_size > 0 else ""
+                            total = "chars total" if artifact_ref else "chars"
+                            truncated = f"{head}\n...[{len(result_str):,} {total}, showing first/last portions]...\n{tail}"
+
                         # If we stored an artifact, include reference in the output
                         if artifact_ref:
-                            truncated = (
-                                f"{head}\n"
-                                f"...[{len(result_str):,} chars total, showing first/last portions]...\n"
-                                f"{tail}\n\n"
-                                f"{artifact_ref.to_inline()}"
-                            )
-                        else:
-                            # Fallback to simple truncation
-                            truncated = f"{head}\n...[{len(result_str):,} chars, showing first/last portions]...\n{tail}"
+                            truncated = f"{truncated}\n\n{artifact_ref.to_inline()}"
                     else:
                         truncated = result_str
                     
@@ -1737,10 +1826,15 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                         else:
                             truncated = self._truncate_tool_output(function_name, truncated, tool_call_id)
                     
-                    if len(truncated) < len(result_str):
+                    # A triggered line cap applies even when its marker makes the
+                    # preview no shorter than the original (many short lines).
+                    line_capped = capped_str is not result_str
+                    if line_capped or len(truncated) < len(result_str):
                         logging.debug(f"Truncated {function_name} output from {len(result_str)} to {len(truncated)} chars")
-                        # For dicts, truncate large string fields (e.g., raw_content from search)
-                        if isinstance(result, dict):
+                        # For dicts, truncate large string fields (e.g., raw_content from search).
+                        # Field truncation keeps both ends, so a line cap or a head/tail
+                        # direction uses the string preview instead.
+                        if isinstance(result, dict) and direction == "both" and not line_capped:
                             max_field_chars = getattr(self, 'tool_output_limit', DEFAULT_TOOL_OUTPUT_LIMIT) if not self.context_manager else None
                             result = self._truncate_dict_fields(result, function_name, max_field_chars, tool_call_id)
                             # Per-field truncation only shortens individual fields
@@ -2126,7 +2220,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
 
         return response
 
-    def _calculate_llm_cost(self, prompt_tokens: int, completion_tokens: int, response: any = None) -> float:
+    def _calculate_llm_cost(self, prompt_tokens: int, completion_tokens: int, response: any = None, model: Optional[str] = None) -> float:
         """Calculate estimated cost for LLM call.
         
         Uses litellm for accurate pricing (1000+ models) when available,
@@ -2136,6 +2230,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
             prompt_tokens: Number of tokens in the prompt
             completion_tokens: Number of tokens in the completion
             response: Optional LLM response object for more accurate cost calculation
+            model: Model that answered (e.g. a fallback model); defaults to ``self.llm``
             
         Returns:
             Estimated cost in USD
@@ -2144,7 +2239,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
         return calculate_llm_cost(
             prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
             completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
-            model=self.llm,
+            model=model or self.llm,
             response=response,
         )
 
@@ -3227,23 +3322,28 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
             return None
         breaker_name = f"tool_{id(self)}_{function_name}"
         config = CircuitBreakerConfig(
-            failure_threshold=5,
-            recovery_timeout=60.0,
-            timeout=30.0,
-            graceful_degradation=True,
+            failure_threshold=5,        # Open after 5 failures
+            recovery_timeout=60.0,      # Wait 60s before trying half-open
+            graceful_degradation=True,  # Return error instead of raising exception
         )
         breaker = get_circuit_breaker(breaker_name, config)
+        # Ensure the registry entry is removed the moment this Agent is
+        # actually garbage-collected, regardless of whether close()/aclose()
+        # was ever called. This closes the CPython id-reuse window where a
+        # new Agent at the same address could inherit a stale OPEN breaker.
         self._register_breaker_finalizer(breaker_name)
         return breaker
 
     def _circuit_breaker_open_result(self, function_name):
         """Return the standard ``circuit_open`` error dict for *function_name*."""
+        breaker = self._get_tool_circuit_breaker(function_name)
+        recovery = breaker.config.recovery_timeout if breaker is not None else 60.0
         return {
             "error": f"Tool '{function_name}' circuit breaker open - too many recent failures",
             "circuit_open": True,
             "agent_name": getattr(self, "name", None),
             "session_id": getattr(self, "_session_id", None),
-            "remediation": "Wait for recovery_timeout (60s) or investigate recent tool failures.",
+            "remediation": f"Wait for recovery_timeout ({recovery:g}s) or investigate recent tool failures.",
         }
 
     def _circuit_breaker_precheck(self, function_name):
@@ -3301,7 +3401,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
         """
         # Import circuit breaker components first (lazy import for performance)
         try:
-            from ..tools.circuit_breaker import get_circuit_breaker, CircuitBreakerConfig, CircuitBreakerException, _NeutralOutcome
+            from ..tools.circuit_breaker import CircuitBreakerException, _NeutralOutcome
         except ImportError:
             # Circuit breaker not available - fallback to direct execution
             logging.debug("Circuit breaker not available, falling back to direct tool execution")
@@ -3309,29 +3409,15 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
 
         try:
             
-            # Get or create circuit breaker for this tool.
-            # Scope the key to this Agent instance so one agent's failing tool
-            # cannot trip the breaker for another agent's same-named tool.
-            breaker_name = f"tool_{id(self)}_{function_name}"
-            config = CircuitBreakerConfig(
-                failure_threshold=5,        # Open after 5 failures
-                recovery_timeout=60.0,      # Wait 60s before trying half-open
-                timeout=30.0,               # Tool call timeout
-                graceful_degradation=True   # Return error instead of raising exception
-            )
-            breaker = get_circuit_breaker(breaker_name, config)
-
-            # Ensure the registry entry is removed the moment this Agent is
-            # actually garbage-collected, regardless of whether close()/aclose()
-            # was ever called. This closes the CPython id-reuse window where a
-            # new Agent at the same address could inherit a stale OPEN breaker.
-            self._register_breaker_finalizer(breaker_name)
+            # Get or create this agent's circuit breaker for this tool (shared
+            # with the async path so both use the same key and policy).
+            breaker = self._get_tool_circuit_breaker(function_name)
 
             # Execute tool through circuit breaker with failure detection wrapper
             def _tool_wrapper():
                 result = self._execute_tool_impl(function_name, arguments)
-                # Caller errors (bad input: ValueError/TypeError/AttributeError,
-                # tagged non-retryable) say nothing about the tool's health: record
+                # Caller errors (bad input: _CALLER_ERROR_TYPES, tagged
+                # non-retryable) say nothing about the tool's health: record
                 # them as neither failure nor success, so they can neither open the
                 # breaker for other callers nor close a half-open one.
                 if isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("error") and \
@@ -3367,13 +3453,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
         except CircuitBreakerException as e:
             # Circuit breaker is open - return error dict instead of raising
             logging.warning(f"Tool '{function_name}' circuit breaker open: {e}")
-            return {
-                "error": f"Tool '{function_name}' circuit breaker open - too many recent failures",
-                "circuit_open": True,
-                "agent_name": getattr(self, "name", None),
-                "session_id": getattr(self, "_session_id", None),
-                "remediation": "Wait for recovery_timeout (60s) or investigate recent tool failures.",
-            }
+            return self._circuit_breaker_open_result(function_name)
 
     def _find_declared_tool(self, function_name, tools=None):
         """Return the tool OBJECT named ``function_name``, or ``None``.
@@ -3823,7 +3903,7 @@ class ToolExecutionMixin:
                 # model and cannot collide with a tool's own "retryable" field.
                 return {
                     "error": error_msg,
-                    "_praison_retryable": not isinstance(e, (ValueError, TypeError, AttributeError)),
+                    "_praison_retryable": not isinstance(e, _CALLER_ERROR_TYPES),
                 }
 
         # Unresolved: return a corrective, model-readable message so the model can

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agents/agents.py

@@ -1729,10 +1729,21 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error in on_task_start callback: {e}")
 
-        # Apply global variables to task if not already set. Use a shallow copy so a
-        # task mutating its variables doesn't leak back into the shared AgentTeam state.
+        self._propagate_variables(task, task_id)
+
+    def _propagate_variables(self, task, task_id):
+        """Apply global variables to a task that has none of its own.
+
+        Uses a shallow copy so a task mutating its variables doesn't leak back
+        into the shared AgentTeam state. The copy is remembered so a later fresh
+        ``start()`` can drop it (and re-propagate current values) without
+        touching caller-defined ``Task.variables``.
+        """
         if self.variables and not getattr(task, 'variables', None):
             task.variables = self.variables.copy()
+            if not hasattr(self, "_propagated_variables"):
+                self._propagated_variables = {}
+            self._propagated_variables[task_id] = task.variables
 
     def _run_task_complete_hook(self, task, task_output):
         """Run the on_task_complete hook. Shared by run_task and arun_task."""
@@ -1759,8 +1770,7 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error in on_task_start callback: {e}")
 
-        if self.variables and not getattr(task, 'variables', None):
-            task.variables = self.variables.copy()
+        self._propagate_variables(task, task_id)
 
     async def _arun_task_complete_hook(self, task, task_output):
         """Async-aware on_task_complete hook for arun_task (see _arun_task_start_hook)."""
@@ -1984,18 +1994,20 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
                     if self._depends_on_pending(task, tasks_to_run):
                         await self._gather_with_isolation([c for _, c in tasks_to_run])
                         tasks_to_run = []
-                        # A just-flushed prerequisite may now be failed; don't
-                        # queue a dependent that would run with missing context
-                        # unless it opted into graceful degradation.
-                        if self._deps_failed(task_id) and not self._should_continue_on_dep_failure(task_id):
-                            self.tasks[task_id].status = "failed"
-                            continue
+                    # The predecessor may have run synchronously (no batch),
+                    # or may just have finished in the batch flushed above.
+                    if self._deps_failed(task_id) and not self._should_continue_on_dep_failure(task_id):
+                        task.status = "failed"
+                        continue
                     tasks_to_run.append((task_id, self.arun_task(task_id)))
                 else:
                     # If we encounter a sync task, we must wait for the previous async tasks to finish.
                     if tasks_to_run:
                         await self._gather_with_isolation([c for _, c in tasks_to_run])
                         tasks_to_run = []
+                    if self._deps_failed(task_id) and not self._should_continue_on_dep_failure(task_id):
+                        task.status = "failed"
+                        continue
                     
                     # Run sync task in an executor to avoid blocking the event loop
                     # Use copy_context_to_callable to propagate contextvars (needed for trace emission)
@@ -2258,12 +2270,16 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
         # Re-entrant on the owning thread so batch runs (astart_for_each) can hold
         # the guard across the whole batch while still calling astart() per item.
         with self._guard_execution():
-            from ..trace.context_events import _workflow_scope
-            with _workflow_scope("team", self._replay_name(), self.process,
-                                 graph_fn=self.to_graph, run_id=self.run_id) as _run:
-                result = await self._astart_impl(content=content, return_dict=return_dict, **kwargs)
-                self._mark_run_status(_run)
-                return result
+            self._reset_if_previous_run_finished()
+            try:
+                from ..trace.context_events import _workflow_scope
+                with _workflow_scope("team", self._replay_name(), self.process,
+                                     graph_fn=self.to_graph, run_id=self.run_id) as _run:
+                    result = await self._astart_impl(content=content, return_dict=return_dict, **kwargs)
+                    self._mark_run_status(_run)
+                    return result
+            finally:
+                self._previous_run_finished = True
 
     async def _astart_impl(self, content=None, return_dict=False, **kwargs):
         # Track execution via telemetry
@@ -2277,6 +2293,7 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
                     if not task.context:
                         task.context = []
                     task.context.append(content)
+                    self._injected_content.append((task, content))
 
         if self.planning:
             await self._arun_with_planning()
@@ -2315,13 +2332,11 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
     def save_output_to_file(self, task, task_output):
         if task.output_file:
             try:
-                if task.create_directory:
-                    dir_name = os.path.dirname(task.output_file)
-                    if dir_name:
-                        os.makedirs(dir_name, exist_ok=True)
-                with open(task.output_file, "w") as f:
-                    f.write(str(task_output))
-                if self.verbose >= 1:
+                from ..utils.output_file import write_output_file
+                saved = write_output_file(
+                    task.output_file, str(task_output), create_dirs=task.create_directory
+                )
+                if saved and self.verbose >= 1:
                     logger.info(f"Task output saved to {task.output_file}")
             except Exception as e:
                 display_error(f"Error saving task output to file: {e}")
@@ -2491,6 +2506,9 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
         
         if self.process == "workflow":
             for task_id in process.workflow():
+                if self._deps_failed(task_id) and not self._should_continue_on_dep_failure(task_id):
+                    self.tasks[task_id].status = "failed"
+                    continue
                 self.run_task(task_id)
         elif self.process == "sequential":
             for task_id in process.sequential():
@@ -2608,13 +2626,17 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
         # Re-entrant on the owning thread so batch runs (start_for_each) can hold
         # the guard across the whole batch while still calling start() per item.
         with self._guard_execution():
-            from ..trace.context_events import _workflow_scope
-            with _workflow_scope("team", self._replay_name(), self.process,
-                                 graph_fn=self.to_graph, run_id=self.run_id) as _run:
-                result = self._start_impl(content=content, return_dict=return_dict,
-                                          output=output, **kwargs)
-                self._mark_run_status(_run)
-                return result
+            self._reset_if_previous_run_finished()
+            try:
+                from ..trace.context_events import _workflow_scope
+                with _workflow_scope("team", self._replay_name(), self.process,
+                                     graph_fn=self.to_graph, run_id=self.run_id) as _run:
+                    result = self._start_impl(content=content, return_dict=return_dict,
+                                              output=output, **kwargs)
+                    self._mark_run_status(_run)
+                    return result
+            finally:
+                self._previous_run_finished = True
 
     def _replay_name(self) -> str:
         """Run label for Replay: the team's name, else its agents joined ("A + B")."""
@@ -2659,6 +2681,7 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
                     if not task.context:
                         task.context = []
                     task.context.append(content)
+                    self._injected_content.append((task, content))
         
         # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         # Verbose Mode: Show Rich panels for multi-agent workflow
@@ -2854,14 +2877,19 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
         Captures the fields that ``run_task``/``arun_task`` mutate during a run
         (``status``, ``result``, ``retry_count``) plus caller-defined
         ``variables``, keeping the public Task API backward-compatible.
+        ``propagated`` records whether those variables were copied from the
+        team's ``variables`` so a restore keeps that ownership tracking.
         """
         snapshot = {}
+        propagated = getattr(self, "_propagated_variables", {})
         for task_id, task in getattr(self, "tasks", {}).items():
+            variables = getattr(task, "variables", None)
             snapshot[task_id] = {
                 "status": getattr(task, "status", None),
                 "result": getattr(task, "result", None),
                 "retry_count": getattr(task, "retry_count", None),
-                "variables": getattr(task, "variables", None),
+                "variables": variables,
+                "propagated": variables is not None and propagated.get(task_id) is variables,
             }
         return snapshot
 
@@ -2880,8 +2908,41 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
                 task.retry_count = 0
             task.variables = {}
 
+    def _reset_if_previous_run_finished(self):
+        """Make a repeated ``start()``/``astart()`` a fresh run.
+
+        ``run_task``/``arun_task`` skip tasks whose status is "completed", so
+        without this a second ``start()`` on the same team executed nothing and
+        returned the previous run's output. Resetting only once a previous run
+        has finished keeps ``restore_session_state()`` + ``start()`` resuming,
+        and also drops the ``content`` earlier runs appended to task context.
+        Caller-defined ``Task.variables`` are kept; only copies propagated from
+        the team's ``variables`` are cleared so current values re-propagate.
+        """
+        injected = getattr(self, "_injected_content", [])
+        if getattr(self, "_previous_run_finished", False):
+            propagated = getattr(self, "_propagated_variables", {})
+            for task_id, task in self.tasks.items():
+                task.status = "not started"
+                task.result = None
+                if hasattr(task, "retry_count"):
+                    task.retry_count = 0
+                if task_id in propagated and getattr(task, "variables", None) is propagated[task_id]:
+                    task.variables = {}
+            propagated.clear()
+            for task, item in injected:
+                try:
+                    task.context.remove(item)
+                except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+                    pass
+            injected = []
+        # A resumed run keeps the tracked entries so the next fresh run removes them.
+        self._previous_run_finished = False
+        self._injected_content = injected
+
     def _restore_task_state(self, snapshot):
         """Restore per-task run state captured by ``_snapshot_task_state``."""
+        propagated = {}
         for task_id, state in snapshot.items():
             task = self.tasks.get(task_id)
             if task is None:
@@ -2891,6 +2952,9 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
             if state["retry_count"] is not None:
                 task.retry_count = state["retry_count"]
             task.variables = state["variables"]
+            if state.get("propagated"):
+                propagated[task_id] = task.variables
+        self._propagated_variables = propagated
 
     def _build_batch_result(self, batch_id, items):
         """Aggregate per-item results into a batch summary dict.
@@ -3239,6 +3303,9 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
             if state.get("variables"):
                 task.variables = state["variables"]
             restored += 1
+        if restored:
+            # A restored checkpoint is meant to be resumed, not reset.
+            self._previous_run_finished = False
         return restored
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -4569,7 +4636,10 @@ class AgentTeam(SpawnAnnounceProtocol):
         # Read target agents inside lock to avoid race condition
         with self._spawn_lock:
             target_agents = agent_ids or list(self._spawned_agents.keys())
-        
+            if not target_agents:
+                # Return retained history only for the default target selection.
+                return list(self._completion_events) if agent_ids is None else []
+
         completed_agents = set()
         
         while True:

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/registry.py

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ DEFAULT_DANGEROUS_TOOLS: Dict[str, str] = {
     "acp_edit_file": "high",
     "acp_delete_file": "high",
     "execute_query": "high",
+    "github_create_branch": "high",
+    "github_commit_and_push": "high",
+    "github_create_pull_request": "high",
     "evaluate": "medium",
     "crawl": "medium",
     "scrape_page": "medium",
@@ -76,10 +79,11 @@ DOOM_LOOP_TARGET = "__doom_loop__"
 # or set ``PRAISONAI_TOOL_SAFETY=off``; users who want stricter
 # controls can opt into ``approval="safe"`` or ``"read_only"``.
 PERMISSION_PRESETS = {
-    # "default" — blocks delete + shell/code exec. Allows read/create/edit.
+    # "default" — blocks delete + shell/code exec + git push/PR. Allows read/create/edit.
     "default": frozenset({
         "execute_command", "kill_process", "execute_code", "acp_execute_command",
         "delete_file", "move_file", "copy_file", "acp_delete_file",
+        "github_create_branch", "github_commit_and_push", "github_create_pull_request",
     }),
     # "safe" — blocks all dangerous tools (file writes, shell exec, etc.)
     "safe": frozenset(DEFAULT_DANGEROUS_TOOLS.keys()),

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/config/feature_configs.py

@@ -590,8 +590,11 @@ class GuardrailConfig:
         # With validator function
         Agent(guardrails=my_validator_fn)
         
-        # With string preset
-        Agent(guardrails="strict")  # Uses strict preset
+        # With a string: an LLM-validation prompt (not a preset name)
+        Agent(guardrails="Ensure the response is polite")
+
+        # With a preset (sets max_retries only) plus a validator
+        Agent(guardrails=["strict", {"validator": my_validator_fn}])
 
         # For tool policy enforcement, use the dedicated `policy` param instead:
         Agent(policy=PolicyEngine(...))  # policy strings on guardrails are NOT enforced
@@ -600,7 +603,7 @@ class GuardrailConfig:
         Agent(guardrails=GuardrailConfig(
             validator=my_validator_fn,
             max_retries=3,
-            on_fail="retry",
+            on_fail="retry",  # only "retry" is implemented
         ))
         
         # With LLM-based validation
@@ -909,7 +912,8 @@ class ExecutionConfig:
     # ``rate_limiter`` explicitly for burst/TPM control (it takes precedence).
     max_rpm: Optional[int] = None
     
-    # Time limits
+    # Time limits: per-turn wall-clock seconds for the loop guard.
+    # None = loop-guard default (600s); 0 = no time limit.
     max_execution_time: Optional[int] = None
     
     # Retry settings

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/config/presets.py

@@ -275,9 +275,11 @@ REFLECTION_PRESETS: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {
 # =============================================================================
 
 GUARDRAIL_PRESETS: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {
-    "strict": {"max_retries": 5, "on_fail": "raise"},
-    "permissive": {"max_retries": 1, "on_fail": "skip"},
-    "safety": {"max_retries": 3, "on_fail": "retry"},
+    # Presets only set retry counts; supply a validator alongside them,
+    # e.g. guardrails=["strict", {"validator": fn}].
+    "strict": {"max_retries": 5},
+    "permissive": {"max_retries": 1},
+    "safety": {"max_retries": 3},
 }
 
 

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/escalation/loop_guard.py

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ class LoopGuardConfig:
     mutating_halt_threshold: int = 7
     
     # Time-based limits
-    max_time_per_turn: float = 120.0  # Max seconds per chat turn
+    # Max seconds per chat turn; ExecutionConfig.max_execution_time overrides (0 = no limit there).
+    max_time_per_turn: float = 600.0
     
     # No-progress detection
     no_progress_warn: int = 4

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/eval/utils.py

@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Utility functions for PraisonAI Agents evaluation framework.
-"""
-
-import json
-from praisonaiagents._logging import get_logger
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
-
-logger = get_logger(__name__)
-
-def save_result_to_file(
-    result: Any,
-    file_path: str,
-    eval_id: Optional[str] = None,
-    name: Optional[str] = None
-) -> bool:
-    """
-    Save evaluation result to a file.
-    
-    Args:
-        result: The evaluation result to save
-        file_path: Path to save the result (supports {name}, {eval_id} placeholders)
-        eval_id: Optional eval ID for placeholder substitution
-        name: Optional name for placeholder substitution
-        
-    Returns:
-        True if save was successful, False otherwise
-    """
-    try:
-        formatted_path = file_path.format(name=name or "", eval_id=eval_id or "")
-        path = Path(formatted_path)
-        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        
-        if hasattr(result, 'to_dict'):
-            data = result.to_dict()
-        elif hasattr(result, '__dict__'):
-            data = result.__dict__
-        else:
-            data = {"result": str(result)}
-        
-        path.write_text(json.dumps(data, indent=2, default=str))
-        logger.debug(f"Saved result to: {formatted_path}")
-        return True
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning(f"Failed to save result: {e}")
-        return False
-
-def load_result_from_file(file_path: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """
-    Load evaluation result from a file.
-    
-    Args:
-        file_path: Path to the result file
-        
-    Returns:
-        Dictionary containing the result data, or None if load failed
-    """
-    try:
-        path = Path(file_path)
-        if not path.exists():
-            logger.warning(f"Result file not found: {file_path}")
-            return None
-        
-        data = json.loads(path.read_text())
-        return data
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning(f"Failed to load result: {e}")
-        return None
-
-def format_score(score: float, max_score: float = 10.0) -> str:
-    """
-    Format a score for display.
-    
-    Args:
-        score: The score value
-        max_score: Maximum possible score
-        
-    Returns:
-        Formatted score string
-    """
-    return f"{score:.1f}/{max_score:.0f}"
-
-def format_percentage(value: float) -> str:
-    """
-    Format a value as a percentage.
-    
-    Args:
-        value: Value between 0 and 1
-        
-    Returns:
-        Formatted percentage string
-    """
-    return f"{value * 100:.1f}%"
-
-def format_duration(seconds: float) -> str:
-    """
-    Format a duration in seconds for display.
-    
-    Args:
-        seconds: Duration in seconds
-        
-    Returns:
-        Formatted duration string
-    """
-    if seconds < 0.001:
-        return f"{seconds * 1000000:.0f}μs"
-    elif seconds < 1:
-        return f"{seconds * 1000:.2f}ms"
-    elif seconds < 60:
-        return f"{seconds:.2f}s"
-    else:
-        minutes = int(seconds // 60)
-        secs = seconds % 60
-        return f"{minutes}m {secs:.1f}s"
-
-def format_memory(mb: float) -> str:
-    """
-    Format memory usage for display.
-    
-    Args:
-        mb: Memory in megabytes
-        
-    Returns:
-        Formatted memory string
-    """
-    if mb < 1:
-        return f"{mb * 1024:.1f} KB"
-    elif mb < 1024:
-        return f"{mb:.2f} MB"
-    else:
-        return f"{mb / 1024:.2f} GB"
-
-def calculate_pass_rate(passed: int, total: int) -> float:
-    """
-    Calculate pass rate.
-    
-    Args:
-        passed: Number of passed evaluations
-        total: Total number of evaluations
-        
-    Returns:
-        Pass rate as a float between 0 and 1
-    """
-    if total == 0:
-        return 0.0
-    return passed / total

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/hooks/runner.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import time
 import asyncio
 from praisonaiagents._logging import get_logger
 import subprocess
+import threading
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Any
 
@@ -78,25 +79,14 @@ class HookRunner:
         # misbehaving hook can only exhaust hook capacity, never the loop's
         # shared default executor that guardrails/tools/locks also rely on.
         self._hook_pool: Optional[ThreadPoolExecutor] = None
-        # hook.id -> in-flight Future for a sync hook. The slot is reserved
-        # before submission and only cleared when the worker finishes, so a
-        # still-running (timed-out or cancelled) hook caps new launches at one
-        # thread per hook. Guarded by ``_stuck_lock`` so concurrent invocations
-        # of the same hook cannot both reserve the slot and race past the cap.
+        # hook.id -> worker Future of a sync hook that ran past its timeout.
+        # It is cleared only when that worker finishes, so a stuck hook caps
+        # new launches at one leaked thread per hook. Healthy concurrent calls
+        # (e.g. parallel tool calls) are not tracked and never denied. A
+        # threading lock, because execute_sync() drives each call on its own
+        # event loop in the caller's thread.
         self._stuck: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-        self._stuck_lock_obj: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None
-
-    @property
-    def _stuck_lock(self) -> asyncio.Lock:
-        """Lazily create the in-flight-slot lock on first use.
-
-        Created lazily (not in ``__init__``) because a ``HookRunner`` may be
-        constructed before any event loop exists; the lock is only needed once
-        we are already inside ``async def execute`` / ``_execute_function_hook``.
-        """
-        if self._stuck_lock_obj is None:
-            self._stuck_lock_obj = asyncio.Lock()
-        return self._stuck_lock_obj
+        self._stuck_lock = threading.Lock()
 
     def _release_stuck(self, hook_id: str, fut: Any) -> None:
         """Clear the in-flight slot once the worker Future completes.
@@ -104,8 +94,9 @@ class HookRunner:
         Only removes the entry if it still points at *this* Future, so a newer
         reserved invocation is never clobbered by an older worker draining.
         """
-        if self._stuck.get(hook_id) is fut:
-            self._stuck.pop(hook_id, None)
+        with self._stuck_lock:
+            if self._stuck.get(hook_id) is fut:
+                self._stuck.pop(hook_id, None)
 
     def _get_hook_pool(self) -> ThreadPoolExecutor:
         """Lazily create the dedicated sync-hook executor."""
@@ -439,14 +430,9 @@ class HookRunner:
                     timeout=timeout
                 )
             else:
-                # Reserve the single in-flight slot for this hook *under a lock*
-                # and *before* submitting, so two concurrent invocations can't
-                # both see an empty ``_stuck`` and both launch a worker (which
-                # would exceed the intended one-worker-per-hook cap and double
-                # the side effects). The slot is only cleared once the worker
-                # finishes; a still-running previous worker fails this one
-                # closed immediately instead of leaking another thread.
-                async with self._stuck_lock:
+                # A previous invocation that timed out and is still running
+                # fails this one closed instead of leaking another thread.
+                with self._stuck_lock:
                     prev = self._stuck.get(hook.id)
                     if prev is not None and not prev.done():
                         duration = (time.time() - start_time) * 1000
@@ -463,29 +449,31 @@ class HookRunner:
                             ),
                         )
 
-                    # Execute sync function in the dedicated hook pool with
-                    # timeout. ``copy_context_to_callable`` preserves
-                    # trace/session contextvars across the thread, matching
-                    # other executor sites.
-                    from ..trace.context_events import copy_context_to_callable
-                    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-                    func = hook.func
-                    data = input_data
-                    fut = loop.run_in_executor(
-                        self._get_hook_pool(),
-                        copy_context_to_callable(lambda: func(data)),
-                    )
-                    # Reserve the slot now; a completion callback clears it only
-                    # when the worker actually finishes, so a timeout *or* a
-                    # cancellation leaves the slot held until the thread drains.
-                    self._stuck[hook.id] = fut
-                    fut.add_done_callback(
-                        lambda f, hid=hook.id: self._release_stuck(hid, f)
-                    )
-
-                result = await asyncio.wait_for(
-                    asyncio.shield(fut), timeout=timeout
+                # Execute sync function in the dedicated hook pool with
+                # timeout. ``copy_context_to_callable`` preserves
+                # trace/session contextvars across the thread, matching
+                # other executor sites. A concurrent Future (not a loop-bound
+                # one) so the stuck-slot release works after the loop closes.
+                from ..trace.context_events import copy_context_to_callable
+                func = hook.func
+                data = input_data
+                fut = self._get_hook_pool().submit(
+                    copy_context_to_callable(lambda: func(data))
                 )
+                try:
+                    result = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                        asyncio.shield(asyncio.wrap_future(fut)), timeout=timeout
+                    )
+                except (asyncio.TimeoutError, asyncio.CancelledError):
+                    # The worker cannot be cancelled; hold the slot until it
+                    # actually finishes.
+                    if not fut.done():
+                        with self._stuck_lock:
+                            self._stuck[hook.id] = fut
+                        fut.add_done_callback(
+                            lambda f, hid=hook.id: self._release_stuck(hid, f)
+                        )
+                    raise
             
             duration = (time.time() - start_time) * 1000
             

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/knowledge/query_engine.py

@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ class SubQuestionEngine:
                 # Retrieve for each sub-question
                 try:
                     results = retriever.retrieve(sub_q, top_k=3)
+                    # SmartRetriever returns a RetrievalResult, not a list.
+                    results = getattr(results, "chunks", results)
                     for r in results:
                         if hasattr(r, 'text'):
                             all_contexts.append(r.text)

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/llm/llm.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 import time
 import json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-from ..errors import AgentErrorKind, FailoverDecision, IdleTimeoutBreaker, ToolExecutionError
+from ..errors import AgentErrorKind, BudgetExceededError, FailoverDecision, IdleTimeoutBreaker, ToolExecutionError
 from ..model_harness.guard import check_model_request
 # Gap 2: Tool call execution imports
 from ..tools.call_executor import ToolCall, create_tool_call_executor
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@ except ImportError:
 # API calls per request. This is a DRY/maintenance concern, not a billing issue.
 from ..tools.hosted import is_hosted_tool  # noqa: E402
 
+# ``(llm, callback)`` bound by the owning Agent for one custom-LLM turn. Every
+# tracked call made by that ``llm`` reports its response to ``callback`` so the
+# Agent's cost/token counters and ``max_budget`` cover the whole tool loop.
+_usage_sink = contextvars.ContextVar("praisonai_llm_usage_sink", default=None)
+
 
 class LLMResponseError(Exception):
     """Raised when the LLM tool-calling loop fails and cannot produce a response.
@@ -2016,10 +2021,10 @@ Respond with ONLY a valid JSON tool call in this format:
             return None
         
         if self._claude_memory_tool is None:
-            from ..tools.claude_memory_tool import ClaudeMemoryTool
-            
             if isinstance(self.claude_memory, bool):
-                # Create default memory tool
+                # Only the default implementation needs this dependency.
+                from ..tools.claude_memory_tool import ClaudeMemoryTool
+
                 self._claude_memory_tool = ClaudeMemoryTool()
             else:
                 # Use provided memory tool instance
@@ -3988,7 +3993,9 @@ Respond with ONLY a valid JSON tool call in this format:
                                         # Mark that fallback completed successfully
                                         fallback_completed = True
                                         streaming_success = False
-                                        
+
+                                    except BudgetExceededError:
+                                        raise
                                     except Exception as fallback_error:
                                         # If non-streaming also fails, create a graceful fallback with partial streaming data
                                         logging.warning(f"Non-streaming fallback also failed: {fallback_error}")
@@ -4514,7 +4521,7 @@ Respond with ONLY a valid JSON tool call in this format:
                         final_response_text = response_text.strip() if response_text else ""
                         break
                         
-                except (LLMResponseError, ToolExecutionError):
+                except (LLMResponseError, ToolExecutionError, BudgetExceededError):
                     raise
                 except Exception as e:
                     logging.error(f"Error in LLM iteration {iteration_count}: {e}")
@@ -4861,6 +4868,8 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
                             interaction_displayed = True
                         return _prepare_return_value(response_text)
                     continue
+                except BudgetExceededError:
+                    raise
                 except Exception as e:
                     _get_display_functions()['display_error'](f"Error in LLM response: {str(e)}")
                     return None
@@ -6856,6 +6865,16 @@ Output MUST be JSON with 'reflection' and 'satisfactory'.
 
     def _track_token_usage(self, response: Any, model: str) -> Optional[TokenMetrics]:
         """Extract and track token usage from LLM response."""
+        try:
+            return self._collect_token_metrics(response, model)
+        finally:
+            # Outside the collector's error swallowing so the Agent's budget
+            # check can raise BudgetExceededError and stop the tool loop.
+            sink = _usage_sink.get()
+            if sink is not None and sink[0] is self:
+                sink[1](response)
+
+    def _collect_token_metrics(self, response: Any, model: str) -> Optional[TokenMetrics]:
         if not TokenMetrics or not get_token_collector:
             return None
 

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/mcp/mcp.py

@@ -127,43 +127,42 @@ class MCPToolRunner(threading.Thread):
                     # Signal that initialization is complete
                     self.initialized.set()
                     
-                    # Process requests
-                    while True:
+                    # Process requests. Each request runs as its own task so
+                    # one slow call never serializes the others behind it (the
+                    # session multiplexes requests by id), and the queue is read
+                    # with a short blocking get instead of a busy 10ms poll. The
+                    # bounded get keeps the reader thread from outliving the loop.
+                    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+                    tasks = set()
+
+                    def _next_item():
                         try:
-                            # Check for new requests
-                            try:
-                                item = self.queue.get(block=False)
-                                if item is None:  # Shutdown signal
-                                    break
-                                
-                                response_queue, kind, name, arguments, cancelled = item
-                                if cancelled.is_set():
-                                    # Caller already gave up (timed out); never
-                                    # execute a call it was told did not happen.
-                                    continue
-                                try:
-                                    if kind == "resource":
-                                        result = await asyncio.wait_for(session.read_resource(name), timeout=self.timeout)
-                                    elif kind == "prompt":
-                                        result = await asyncio.wait_for(session.get_prompt(name, arguments or None), timeout=self.timeout)
-                                    else:
-                                        result = await asyncio.wait_for(session.call_tool(name, arguments), timeout=self.timeout)
-                                    response_queue.put((True, result))
-                                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-                                    response_queue.put((False, f"MCP {kind} call timed out after {self.timeout} seconds (server side)"))
-                                except Exception as e:
-                                    if _is_transport_closed(e):
-                                        self._dead = f"MCP server connection lost: {str(e) or type(e).__name__}"
-                                        response_queue.put((False, self._dead))
-                                        break  # leave stdio_client() so the child is reaped
-                                    response_queue.put((False, str(e) or type(e).__name__))
-                            except queue.Empty:
-                                pass
-                            
-                            # Give other tasks a chance to run
-                            await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
-                        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-                            break
+                            return self.queue.get(timeout=0.25)
+                        except queue.Empty:
+                            return queue.Empty
+
+                    try:
+                        while True:
+                            item = await loop.run_in_executor(None, _next_item)
+                            if item is queue.Empty:
+                                if self._dead:
+                                    break  # leave stdio_client() so the child is reaped
+                                continue
+                            if item is None:  # Shutdown signal
+                                break
+                            if self._dead:
+                                self.queue.put(item)  # answered by _fail_pending()
+                                break
+                            task = asyncio.create_task(self._handle_request(session, item))
+                            tasks.add(task)
+                            task.add_done_callback(tasks.discard)
+                    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                        pass
+                    finally:
+                        for task in tasks:
+                            task.cancel()
+                        if tasks:
+                            await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
         except asyncio.CancelledError:
             # stop() cancelled a startup that never completed; leaving the
             # contexts above has already terminated the stdio child.
@@ -197,6 +196,35 @@ class MCPToolRunner(threading.Thread):
                 except Exception:
                     pass
 
+    async def _handle_request(self, session, item):
+        """Run one queued request on the session and post its result."""
+        response_queue, kind, name, arguments, cancelled = item
+        if cancelled.is_set():
+            # Caller already gave up (timed out); never execute a call it was
+            # told did not happen.
+            return
+        try:
+            if kind == "resource":
+                coro = session.read_resource(name)
+            elif kind == "prompt":
+                coro = session.get_prompt(name, arguments or None)
+            else:
+                coro = session.call_tool(name, arguments)
+            result = await asyncio.wait_for(coro, timeout=self.timeout)
+            response_queue.put((True, result))
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            response_queue.put((False, f"MCP {kind} call timed out after {self.timeout} seconds (server side)"))
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            # Report the real cause when a sibling call saw the transport die.
+            response_queue.put((False, self._dead or f"MCP {kind} call cancelled: runner shut down"))
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            if _is_transport_closed(e):
+                self._dead = f"MCP server connection lost: {str(e) or type(e).__name__}"
+                response_queue.put((False, self._dead))
+                return
+            response_queue.put((False, str(e) or type(e).__name__))
+
     async def _discover_resources_and_prompts(self, session):
         """Enumerate server resources, resource templates and prompts.
 
@@ -391,8 +419,8 @@ class MCPToolRunner(threading.Thread):
         Queues the shutdown sentinel and joins the thread so the request loop
         exits and its stdio subprocess is terminated instead of leaking a
         background thread (and its child) across the process lifetime. The
-        request loop polls the queue between async operations, so once any
-        in-flight call unwinds the sentinel is consumed promptly.
+        request loop reads the sentinel promptly and cancels any in-flight
+        calls, which are answered with an error instead of left waiting.
 
         Args:
             timeout: Seconds to wait for the thread to exit. Defaults to the

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/memory/learn/stores.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Each store handles a specific type of learning data:
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class LearnEntry:
     id: str
     content: str
     metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
-    created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.utcnow().isoformat())
-    updated_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.utcnow().isoformat())
+    created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat())
+    updated_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat())
     use_count: int = 0
     last_used: Optional[str] = None
     
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class LearnEntry:
             id=data["id"],
             content=data["content"],
             metadata=data.get("metadata", {}),
-            created_at=data.get("created_at", datetime.utcnow().isoformat()),
-            updated_at=data.get("updated_at", datetime.utcnow().isoformat()),
+            created_at=data.get("created_at", datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()),
+            updated_at=data.get("updated_at", datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()),
             use_count=data.get("use_count", 0),
             last_used=data.get("last_used"),
         )
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
                 # Update metadata if provided, but don't create duplicate
                 if metadata:
                     existing_entry.metadata.update(metadata)
-                    existing_entry.updated_at = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
+                    existing_entry.updated_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
                     self._save()
                     self._was_updated = True
                 return existing_entry
         
         # No duplicate found, create new entry
-        entry_id = f"{self.store_name}_{len(self._entries)}_{datetime.utcnow().timestamp()}"
+        entry_id = f"{self.store_name}_{len(self._entries)}_{datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp()}"
         entry = LearnEntry(
             id=entry_id,
             content=content,
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
         """
         if not entries:
             return
-        now = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
         for entry in entries:
             entry.use_count += 1
             entry.last_used = now
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
         """List all entries."""
         refreshed = self._refresh_for_retrieval()
         entries = list(self._entries.values())
-        entries.sort(key=lambda x: x.updated_at, reverse=True)
+        entries.sort(key=lambda x: self._timestamp_sort_key(x.updated_at), reverse=True)
         entries = entries[:limit]
         if refreshed:
             self._touch(entries)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
         entry.content = content
         if metadata:
             entry.metadata.update(metadata)
-        entry.updated_at = datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
+        entry.updated_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
         self._save()
         self._was_updated = True
         return entry
@@ -308,9 +308,29 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
             ref_dt = datetime.fromisoformat(reference)
         except (ValueError, TypeError):
             return False
+        if ref_dt.tzinfo is None:
+            ref_dt = ref_dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         age_days = (now - ref_dt).total_seconds() / 86400.0
         return age_days > self.retention_days
-    
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _timestamp_sort_key(value: str) -> tuple:
+        """Comparable key that orders ISO timestamps chronologically in UTC.
+
+        Naive values are treated as UTC (matching how older stores were written).
+        Missing or unparseable values sort as the oldest instant, so prune()
+        evicts them first (an entry never used sorts before used ones, as it did
+        under the previous raw-string sort) and list_all() lists them last. A
+        datetime is never compared against a string, so mixed data never raises.
+        """
+        try:
+            parsed = datetime.fromisoformat(value)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            return (-1, value)
+        if parsed.tzinfo is None:
+            parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return (0, parsed.astimezone(timezone.utc))
+
     def prune(self, save: bool = True, protect_id: Optional[str] = None) -> int:
         """Archive stale and least-used/oldest excess entries.
         
@@ -331,7 +351,7 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
         if self.max_entries <= 0 and self.retention_days <= 0:
             return 0
         
-        now = datetime.utcnow()
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
         evicted: List[LearnEntry] = []
         
         # 1. Staleness: archive entries beyond the retention window
@@ -349,7 +369,11 @@ class BaseStore(ABC):
             ]
             remaining = sorted(
                 candidates,
-                key=lambda e: (e.use_count, e.last_used or "", e.created_at),
+                key=lambda e: (
+                    e.use_count,
+                    self._timestamp_sort_key(e.last_used or ""),
+                    self._timestamp_sort_key(e.created_at),
+                ),
             )
             overflow = len(self._entries) - self.max_entries
             for entry in remaining[:overflow]:

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/permissions/doom_loop.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Detects and prevents agents from getting stuck in repetitive loops.
 """
 
 from praisonaiagents._logging import get_logger
+import threading
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -93,8 +94,13 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
         self.max_tool_calls = max_tool_calls
         
         self._records: List[ToolCallRecord] = []
+        # Lifetime per-tool totals, reported by get_stats() only. Loop
+        # decisions use the windowed _records so a slow, healthy tool is
+        # never permanently denied.
         self._call_counts: Dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
         self._session_id: Optional[str] = None
+        # check_doom_loop is reached from concurrent tool execution.
+        self._lock = threading.RLock()
     
     def set_session(self, session_id: str):
         """Set the current session ID."""
@@ -125,19 +131,18 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
         Returns:
             The recorded ToolCallRecord
         """
-        self._cleanup_old_records()
-        
         args_hash = self._hash_arguments(arguments or {})
-        
-        record = ToolCallRecord(
-            tool_name=tool_name,
-            arguments_hash=args_hash,
-            session_id=self._session_id,
-        )
-        
-        self._records.append(record)
-        self._call_counts[tool_name] += 1
-        
+
+        with self._lock:
+            self._cleanup_old_records()
+            record = ToolCallRecord(
+                tool_name=tool_name,
+                arguments_hash=args_hash,
+                session_id=self._session_id,
+            )
+            self._records.append(record)
+            self._call_counts[tool_name] += 1
+
         return record
     
     def check(
@@ -155,13 +160,15 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
         Returns:
             DoomLoopResult indicating if a loop is detected
         """
-        self._cleanup_old_records()
-        
         args_hash = self._hash_arguments(arguments or {})
-        
+
+        with self._lock:
+            self._cleanup_old_records()
+            records = list(self._records)
+
         # Count identical calls in window
         identical_count = sum(
-            1 for r in self._records
+            1 for r in records
             if r.tool_name == tool_name and r.arguments_hash == args_hash
         )
         
@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
             )
         
         # Check for excessive tool calls
-        total_calls = len(self._records)
+        total_calls = len(records)
         if total_calls >= self.max_tool_calls:
             return DoomLoopResult(
                 is_loop=True,
@@ -185,8 +192,8 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
                 recommendation="Reduce tool usage or break task into smaller steps",
             )
         
-        # Check for tool-specific excessive calls
-        tool_count = self._call_counts.get(tool_name, 0)
+        # Check for tool-specific excessive calls (within the window)
+        tool_count = sum(1 for r in records if r.tool_name == tool_name)
         if tool_count >= self.max_tool_calls // 2:
             return DoomLoopResult(
                 is_loop=True,
@@ -219,29 +226,32 @@ class DoomLoopDetector:
         Returns:
             DoomLoopResult indicating if a loop is detected
         """
-        result = self.check(tool_name, arguments)
-        if not result.is_loop:
-            self.record(tool_name, arguments)
+        with self._lock:
+            result = self.check(tool_name, arguments)
+            if not result.is_loop:
+                self.record(tool_name, arguments)
         return result
-    
+
     def get_stats(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Get statistics about tool calls."""
-        self._cleanup_old_records()
-        
-        return {
-            "total_calls": len(self._records),
-            "unique_tools": len(set(r.tool_name for r in self._records)),
-            "call_counts": dict(self._call_counts),
-            "window_seconds": self.window_seconds,
-            "loop_threshold": self.loop_threshold,
-        }
-    
+        with self._lock:
+            self._cleanup_old_records()
+            return {
+                "total_calls": len(self._records),
+                "unique_tools": len(set(r.tool_name for r in self._records)),
+                "call_counts": dict(self._call_counts),
+                "window_seconds": self.window_seconds,
+                "loop_threshold": self.loop_threshold,
+            }
+
     def reset(self):
         """Reset all records."""
-        self._records.clear()
-        self._call_counts.clear()
-    
+        with self._lock:
+            self._records.clear()
+            self._call_counts.clear()
+
     def reset_tool(self, tool_name: str):
         """Reset records for a specific tool."""
-        self._records = [r for r in self._records if r.tool_name != tool_name]
-        self._call_counts.pop(tool_name, None)
+        with self._lock:
+            self._records = [r for r in self._records if r.tool_name != tool_name]
+            self._call_counts.pop(tool_name, None)

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/rag/pipeline.py

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class RAG:
         user_id: Optional[str] = None,
         agent_id: Optional[str] = None,
         run_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        top_k: Optional[int] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
@@ -193,15 +194,27 @@ class RAG:
                     filtered.append(r)
             results = filtered
         
-        # Limit to top_k
-        results = results[:self.config.top_k]
+        # Limit to top_k (per-call value, never written back to shared config)
+        results = results[:self.config.top_k if top_k is None else top_k]
         
         return results
     
+    def _reranked(self, rerank: bool) -> bool:
+        """Whether a reranker actually ran: the local one, or a backend
+        reranker configured on the knowledge (e.g. mem0 with rerank_model)."""
+        if not rerank:
+            return False
+        if self.reranker:
+            return True
+        cfg = getattr(self.knowledge, "config", None)
+        backend = cfg.get("reranker") if isinstance(cfg, dict) else None
+        return bool(isinstance(backend, dict) and backend.get("default_rerank") and backend.get("provider"))
+
     def _rerank(
         self,
         query: str,
         results: List[Dict[str, Any]],
+        rerank: Optional[bool] = None,
     ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """
         Rerank results if reranker is configured.
@@ -213,7 +226,9 @@ class RAG:
         Returns:
             Reranked results
         """
-        if not self.config.rerank or not self.reranker:
+        if rerank is None:
+            rerank = self.config.rerank
+        if not rerank or not self.reranker:
             return results
         
         try:
@@ -354,54 +369,47 @@ class RAG:
         """
         start_time = time.time()
         
-        # Apply overrides
-        original_top_k = self.config.top_k
-        original_rerank = self.config.rerank
+        # Resolve per-call overrides without mutating the shared config:
+        # aretrieve() runs this in an executor, so concurrent calls on one RAG
+        # would otherwise see (and permanently "restore") each other's values.
+        eff_top_k = self.config.top_k if top_k is None else top_k
+        eff_rerank = self.config.rerank if rerank is None else rerank
         
-        if top_k is not None:
-            self.config.top_k = top_k
-        if rerank is not None:
-            self.config.rerank = rerank
+        # 1. Retrieve
+        results = self._retrieve(
+            query=query,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            agent_id=agent_id,
+            run_id=run_id,
+            filters=filters,
+            top_k=eff_top_k,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         
-        try:
-            # 1. Retrieve
-            results = self._retrieve(
-                query=query,
-                user_id=user_id,
-                agent_id=agent_id,
-                run_id=run_id,
-                filters=filters,
-                **kwargs,
-            )
-            
-            # 2. Rerank (optional)
-            results = self._rerank(query, results)
-            
-            # 3. Build context
-            context, used_results = self._build_context(results)
-            
-            # 4. Format citations
-            citations = self._format_citations(used_results)
-            
-            elapsed = time.time() - start_time
-            
-            return ContextPack(
-                context=context,
-                citations=citations,
-                query=query,
-                metadata={
-                    "elapsed_seconds": elapsed,
-                    "num_results": len(results),
-                    "num_citations": len(citations),
-                    "retrieval_strategy": self.config.retrieval_strategy.value,
-                    "reranked": self.config.rerank,
-                    "top_k": self.config.top_k,
-                },
-            )
-        finally:
-            # Restore original config
-            self.config.top_k = original_top_k
-            self.config.rerank = original_rerank
+        # 2. Rerank (optional)
+        results = self._rerank(query, results, rerank=eff_rerank)
+        
+        # 3. Build context
+        context, used_results = self._build_context(results)
+        
+        # 4. Format citations
+        citations = self._format_citations(used_results)
+        
+        elapsed = time.time() - start_time
+        
+        return ContextPack(
+            context=context,
+            citations=citations,
+            query=query,
+            metadata={
+                "elapsed_seconds": elapsed,
+                "num_results": len(results),
+                "num_citations": len(citations),
+                "retrieval_strategy": self.config.retrieval_strategy.value,
+                "reranked": self._reranked(eff_rerank),
+                "top_k": eff_top_k,
+            },
+        )
     
     async def aretrieve(
         self,
@@ -498,7 +506,7 @@ class RAG:
                 "num_results": len(results),
                 "num_citations": len(citations),
                 "retrieval_strategy": self.config.retrieval_strategy.value,
-                "reranked": self.config.rerank,
+                "reranked": self._reranked(self.config.rerank),
             },
         )
     

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/rag/retriever.py

@@ -131,26 +131,44 @@ class SmartRetriever:
         if not self._knowledge:
             return result
         
+        has_filters = bool(include_glob or exclude_glob or path_filter or metadata_filters)
+        if path_filter:
+            import re
+            try:
+                re.compile(path_filter)
+            except re.error as e:
+                # Fail closed: silently dropping the filter would return every
+                # chunk while still reporting the result as filtered.
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid path_filter regex {path_filter!r}: {e}") from e
+        
+        # Filters are applied after the store truncates, so over-fetch when any
+        # is set (same rule as Memory's metadata_filter search) -- otherwise a
+        # filter whose matches sit just below the top_k cut returns nothing.
+        fetch_k = top_k * 3 if strategy in ("reranked", "hybrid") else top_k
+        if has_filters:
+            fetch_k = max(fetch_k, top_k * 10)
+        
         # Get initial results from knowledge store
-        search_results = self._search(
+        search_results, error = self._search(
             query=query,
-            top_k=top_k * 3 if strategy in ("reranked", "hybrid") else top_k,
+            top_k=fetch_k,
             user_id=user_id,
             agent_id=agent_id,
         )
         # Surface a store failure on the result. Without this the caller sees an
         # empty chunk list and cannot tell whether the knowledge base had no
-        # match or was never reached.
-        if getattr(self, "_last_error", None):
+        # match or was never reached. The error is returned rather than stored
+        # on self so concurrent calls on one retriever cannot see each other's.
+        if error:
             result.retrieval_failed = True
-            result.error = self._last_error
-            result.metadata["retrieval_error"] = self._last_error
+            result.error = error
+            result.metadata["retrieval_error"] = error
         
         chunks = self._normalize_results(search_results)
         result.total_found = len(chunks)
         
         # Apply filters
-        if include_glob or exclude_glob or path_filter or metadata_filters:
+        if has_filters:
             chunks = self._apply_filters(
                 chunks,
                 include_glob=include_glob,
@@ -176,23 +194,22 @@ class SmartRetriever:
         top_k: int,
         user_id: Optional[str] = None,
         agent_id: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> Any:
-        """Perform search on knowledge store."""
-        self._last_error = None
+    ) -> tuple:
+        """Perform search on knowledge store. Returns ``(results, error)``."""
         try:
             return self._knowledge.search(
                 query,
                 user_id=user_id,
                 agent_id=agent_id,
                 limit=top_k,
-            )
+            ), None
         except Exception as e:
             # Record the failure rather than returning a bare [] that is
             # indistinguishable from "nothing matched". Knowledge.search itself
             # re-raises, so reaching here means the store really is broken --
             # misconfigured, unreachable, or refusing auth -- and the agent is
             # about to answer with no context at all.
-            self._last_error = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"
+            error = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"
             # Do not log the raw query: it may carry personal data, credentials
             # or proprietary text, and this line lands at ERROR in application
             # logs. The exception text is enough to diagnose the store; the
@@ -200,9 +217,9 @@ class SmartRetriever:
             logger.error(
                 "Knowledge retrieval failed (query length %d): %s. "
                 "Returning no chunks; the answer will not use the knowledge base.",
-                len(query or ""), self._last_error,
+                len(query or ""), error,
             )
-            return []
+            return [], error
     
     def _normalize_results(self, results: Any) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Normalize search results to list of dicts."""
@@ -275,12 +292,8 @@ class SmartRetriever:
                     continue
             
             # Check path filter regex
-            if path_filter:
-                try:
-                    if not re.search(path_filter, filepath):
-                        continue
-                except re.error:
-                    pass
+            if path_filter and not re.search(path_filter, filepath):
+                continue
             
             # Check metadata filters
             if metadata_filters:
@@ -319,7 +332,10 @@ class SimpleReranker:
         
         scored = []
         for result in results:
-            text = result.get('text', '').lower()
+            # Knowledge adapters may return SearchResultItem objects
+            if not isinstance(result, dict) and hasattr(result, 'to_dict'):
+                result = result.to_dict()
+            text = (result.get('text') or result.get('memory') or '').lower()
             text_words = set(text.split())
             
             # Calculate overlap score

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/file_tools.py

@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ DEFAULT_MAX_LINES = 2000
 # cannot dominate the window.
 DEFAULT_MAX_LINE_CHARS = 2000
 
+# Default byte cap for ``download_file`` so an endless or oversized response
+# cannot fill the disk. Override with PRAISONAI_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES.
+_DEFAULT_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES = 100 * 1024 * 1024
+
 
 def _render_with_line_numbers(lines, start_index, max_line_chars):
     """Render ``lines`` with a right-aligned 1-based line-number gutter.
@@ -485,58 +489,63 @@ class FileTools:
             # Validate destination path
             safe_path = self._validate_path(destination)
             
-            # Validate URL to prevent SSRF
+            # Validate URL to prevent SSRF (shared guard used by all HTTP tools)
             from urllib.parse import urlparse
-            import ipaddress
-            import socket
-            
+            from .url_safety import is_safe_http_url
+
             parsed = urlparse(url)
             if parsed.scheme not in ("http", "https"):
                 return {
                     "success": False, "path": "", "size": 0,
                     "error": f"Unsupported URL scheme: {parsed.scheme}. Only http/https allowed."
                 }
-            
-            hostname = parsed.hostname or ""
-            # Resolve hostname and check for private/reserved IPs
-            try:
-                resolved = socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, parsed.port or 443)
-                for family, _, _, _, sockaddr in resolved:
-                    addr = ipaddress.ip_address(sockaddr[0])
-                    if addr.is_private or addr.is_loopback or addr.is_reserved or addr.is_link_local:
-                        return {
-                            "success": False, "path": "", "size": 0,
-                            "error": f"Access to private/internal addresses is blocked: {hostname}"
-                        }
-            except (socket.gaierror, ValueError):
-                pass  # Let httpx handle DNS failures naturally
-            
-            # Block cloud metadata endpoints
-            _blocked_hosts = {"169.254.169.254", "metadata.google.internal", "metadata.google.com"}
-            if hostname in _blocked_hosts:
+
+            # allow_local=False: download_file never had a local-access opt-in,
+            # so ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL must not bypass this check.
+            if not is_safe_http_url(url, allow_local=False):
                 return {
                     "success": False, "path": "", "size": 0,
-                    "error": f"Access to metadata service is blocked: {hostname}"
+                    "error": f"Access to private/internal addresses is blocked: {parsed.hostname or ''}"
                 }
-            
+
+            max_bytes = int(os.environ.get("PRAISONAI_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES", _DEFAULT_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES))
+
             # Create directory if needed
-            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(safe_path) or ".", exist_ok=True)
-            
-            # Download file
-            with httpx.stream("GET", url, timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=False) as response:
-                response.raise_for_status()
-                
-                total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0))
-                downloaded = 0
-                
-                with open(safe_path, "wb") as f:
+            dest_dir = os.path.dirname(safe_path) or "."
+            os.makedirs(dest_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+            # Download into a temp file next to the destination and only
+            # replace the destination on success, so a failed or oversized
+            # download never clobbers an existing file.
+            import tempfile
+            fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=dest_dir, suffix=".part")
+            try:
+                with os.fdopen(fd, "wb") as f, \
+                        httpx.stream("GET", url, timeout=timeout, follow_redirects=False) as response:
+                    response.raise_for_status()
+
+                    total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0))
+                    downloaded = 0
+
                     for chunk in response.iter_bytes(chunk_size=8192):
-                        f.write(chunk)
                         downloaded += len(chunk)
-                        
+                        if downloaded > max_bytes:
+                            break
+                        f.write(chunk)
+
                         if progress_callback and total_size:
                             progress_callback(downloaded, total_size)
-            
+
+                if downloaded > max_bytes:
+                    return {
+                        "success": False, "path": "", "size": 0,
+                        "error": f"Download exceeds {max_bytes} bytes"
+                    }
+                os.replace(tmp_path, safe_path)
+            finally:
+                if os.path.exists(tmp_path):
+                    os.unlink(tmp_path)
+
             return {
                 "success": True,
                 "path": safe_path,

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/github_tools.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import logging
 import secrets
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 from .decorator import tool
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 AGENT_BRANCH_PREFIX = "praisonai/"
 
 
-def _git(*args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
-    """Run a git command capturing output as text."""
-    return subprocess.run(["git", *args], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+def _git(*args: str, cwd: Optional[str] = None) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    """Run a git command (in ``cwd`` when given) capturing output as text."""
+    return subprocess.run(["git", *args], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=cwd)
 
 
-def _default_branch() -> str:
+def _default_branch(cwd: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     """Detect the remote default branch, falling back to main/master."""
     try:
-        ref = _git("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD").stdout.strip()
+        ref = _git("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD", cwd=cwd).stdout.strip()
         # e.g. refs/remotes/origin/main -> main
         return ref.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         pass
     for candidate in ("main", "master"):
         try:
-            _git("show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet", f"refs/remotes/origin/{candidate}")
+            _git("show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet", f"refs/remotes/origin/{candidate}", cwd=cwd)
             return candidate
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             continue
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def _auto_branch_name(commit_message: str) -> str:
     return f"{AGENT_BRANCH_PREFIX}{_slugify(commit_message)}-{secrets.token_hex(3)}"
 
 
-def _divergence_refusal(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
+def _divergence_refusal(branch: str, cwd: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
     """Return a refusal reason if pushing ``branch`` would require a force.
 
     A force push is required when the remote branch exists but is not an
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ def _divergence_refusal(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
     agent-prefixed ones.
     """
     try:
-        _git("show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet", f"refs/remotes/origin/{branch}")
+        _git("show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet", f"refs/remotes/origin/{branch}", cwd=cwd)
         remote_exists = True
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         remote_exists = False
     if remote_exists:
         try:
-            _git("merge-base", "--is-ancestor", f"origin/{branch}", "HEAD")
+            _git("merge-base", "--is-ancestor", f"origin/{branch}", "HEAD", cwd=cwd)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             return (
                 f"refusing to push to '{branch}': the remote branch has "
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def _divergence_refusal(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
     return None
 
 
-def _branch_push_safety(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
+def _branch_push_safety(branch: str, cwd: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
     """Return a refusal reason if pushing ``branch`` is unsafe, else None.
 
     Rules (see github_commit_and_push docstring):
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ def _branch_push_safety(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
         (i.e. would require a force push) are refused.
     """
     # Divergence (force-push) is refused for every branch, agent-prefixed or not.
-    diverged = _divergence_refusal(branch)
+    diverged = _divergence_refusal(branch, cwd=cwd)
     if diverged:
         return diverged
 
     if branch.startswith(AGENT_BRANCH_PREFIX):
         return None
 
-    default = _default_branch()
+    default = _default_branch(cwd=cwd)
     if branch == default:
         return (
             f"refusing to push to '{branch}': it is the repository "
@@ -99,16 +99,16 @@ def _branch_push_safety(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
     # Foreign-author check: commits on this branch since the merge-base with
     # the default branch must all be authored by the configured committer.
     try:
-        committer = _git("config", "user.email").stdout.strip()
+        committer = _git("config", "user.email", cwd=cwd).stdout.strip()
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         committer = ""
     if committer:
         try:
             merge_base = _git(
-                "merge-base", f"origin/{default}", "HEAD"
+                "merge-base", f"origin/{default}", "HEAD", cwd=cwd
             ).stdout.strip()
             authors = _git(
-                "log", "--format=%ae", f"{merge_base}..HEAD"
+                "log", "--format=%ae", f"{merge_base}..HEAD", cwd=cwd
             ).stdout.split()
             foreign = {a for a in authors if a and a != committer}
             if foreign:
@@ -123,25 +123,27 @@ def _branch_push_safety(branch: str) -> Optional[str]:
     return None
 
 @tool
-def github_create_branch(branch_name: str) -> str:
+def github_create_branch(branch_name: str, repo_path: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     """Create and checkout a new git branch.
 
     
     Args:
         branch_name: The name of the branch to create and checkout.
+        repo_path: Repository directory to run git in. Defaults to the
+            current working directory.
     """
     try:
         # Check if we are in a git repository
-        subprocess.run(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"], check=True, capture_output=True)
+        subprocess.run(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"], check=True, capture_output=True, cwd=repo_path)
         # Validate branch name to prevent misinterpretation as git options or invalid refs
         try:
             subprocess.run(
                 ["git", "check-ref-format", f"refs/heads/{branch_name}"],
-                check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
+                check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=repo_path
             )
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             return f"Error: invalid branch name '{branch_name}': {e.stderr.strip() if e.stderr else 'branch name is not a valid git ref'}"
-        subprocess.run(["git", "checkout", "-B", branch_name], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        subprocess.run(["git", "checkout", "-B", branch_name], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=repo_path)
         logger.debug(f"Branch '{branch_name}' checked out successfully.")
         logger.debug(f"Successfully checked out branch '{branch_name}'")
         return f"Successfully created and checked out branch '{branch_name}'"
@@ -154,8 +156,15 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
     commit_message: str,
     branch: Optional[str] = None,
     allow_unsafe_branch: bool = False,
+    repo_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    paths: Optional[List[str]] = None,
 ) -> str:
-    """Stage all changes, commit them, and push to the remote repository safely.
+    """Stage tracked changes, commit them, and push to the remote repository safely.
+
+    Only changes to already-tracked files under the working directory are
+    staged (``git add -u -- .``); new files are committed only when listed in
+    ``paths``. Staging happens after the safety checks below, so a refusal
+    leaves the index untouched.
 
     Pushes are safe by construction. Before pushing, these rules are enforced:
 
@@ -176,25 +185,27 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
         branch: Target branch to push to. Defaults to the current branch.
         allow_unsafe_branch: Opt-in override for the default/foreign-author
             refusals. Divergence (force-push) is never allowed.
+        repo_path: Repository directory to run git in. Defaults to the
+            current working directory.
+        paths: Extra (e.g. untracked) files to stage alongside tracked changes.
     """
     try:
         allow_unsafe = allow_unsafe_branch or os.environ.get(
             "PRAISONAI_GIT_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BRANCH", ""
         ).lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
 
-        # Add all changes
-        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], check=True, capture_output=True)
-
-        # Check if there are changes to commit
-        status = subprocess.run(["git", "status", "--porcelain"], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
-        if not status.stdout.strip():
+        # Check if there are changes to commit (tracked changes or explicit paths)
+        status = _git(
+            "status", "--porcelain", "--untracked-files=no", "--", ".", cwd=repo_path
+        )
+        if not status.stdout.strip() and not paths:
             return "No changes to commit."
 
         # Resolve target branch (defaults to current)
-        current_branch = _git("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD").stdout.strip()
+        current_branch = _git("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD", cwd=repo_path).stdout.strip()
         target_branch = branch or current_branch
 
-        default = _default_branch()
+        default = _default_branch(cwd=repo_path)
         auto_created = False
 
         # Rule 2: default branch is never pushed directly (unless overridden).
@@ -207,7 +218,7 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
         # retry can then succeed). Adding the new commit does not change the
         # divergence/foreign-author verdicts, which are about existing history.
         if not allow_unsafe:
-            reason = _branch_push_safety(target_branch)
+            reason = _branch_push_safety(target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
             if reason:
                 return f"Error: {reason}"
         else:
@@ -217,14 +228,14 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
                     "checks for '%s'", target_branch
                 )
             # Even when overriding, divergence (force) is never permitted.
-            diverged = _divergence_refusal(target_branch)
+            diverged = _divergence_refusal(target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
             if diverged:
                 return f"Error: {diverged}"
 
         # Move to the resolved branch only after passing safety checks.
         if auto_created:
             # Fresh agent branch created from current HEAD.
-            _git("checkout", "-B", target_branch)
+            _git("checkout", "-B", target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
         elif target_branch != current_branch:
             # Switch to the requested branch without discarding its commits:
             # ``-B`` would reset an existing branch to HEAD, so use a plain
@@ -233,17 +244,24 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
             try:
                 _git(
                     "show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet",
-                    f"refs/heads/{target_branch}",
+                    f"refs/heads/{target_branch}", cwd=repo_path,
                 )
-                _git("checkout", target_branch)
+                _git("checkout", target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
             except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                _git("checkout", "-b", target_branch)
+                _git("checkout", "-b", target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
+
+        # Stage tracked changes under cwd plus explicitly listed paths (never
+        # ``git add .``). The ``.`` pathspec keeps ``-u`` from reaching sibling
+        # directories when run from a repository subdirectory.
+        _git("add", "-u", "--", ".", cwd=repo_path)
+        if paths:
+            _git("add", "--", *paths, cwd=repo_path)
 
         # Commit changes on the resolved branch
-        subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", commit_message], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        _git("commit", "-m", commit_message, cwd=repo_path)
 
         # Push to remote (never with --force)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "push", "-u", "origin", target_branch], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        _git("push", "-u", "origin", target_branch, cwd=repo_path)
         if auto_created:
             return (
                 f"Successfully committed and pushed changes to new agent branch "
@@ -255,7 +273,13 @@ def github_commit_and_push(
         return f"Error committing and pushing: {e.stderr}"
 
 @tool
-def github_create_pull_request(title: str, body: str, head_branch: str, base_branch: str = "main") -> str:
+def github_create_pull_request(
+    title: str,
+    body: str,
+    head_branch: str,
+    base_branch: str = "main",
+    repo_path: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> str:
     """Create a Pull Request on GitHub using the gh CLI.
     
     Args:
@@ -267,6 +291,8 @@ def github_create_pull_request(title: str, body: str, head_branch: str, base_bra
                      This is typically the feature branch you've been working on.
         base_branch: The target branch to merge your changes into. Usually the main 
                      development branch like "main", "master", or "develop". Defaults to "main".
+        repo_path: Repository directory to run gh in. Defaults to the current
+                   working directory.
     
     Returns:
         str: Success message with PR URL if created successfully, or error message if failed.
@@ -282,7 +308,7 @@ def github_create_pull_request(title: str, body: str, head_branch: str, base_bra
     """
     try:
         # Verify gh CLI is installed and authenticated
-        subprocess.run(["gh", "auth", "status"], check=True, capture_output=True)
+        subprocess.run(["gh", "auth", "status"], check=True, capture_output=True, cwd=repo_path)
         
         # Create PR
         cmd = [
@@ -292,7 +318,7 @@ def github_create_pull_request(title: str, body: str, head_branch: str, base_bra
             "--head", head_branch,
             "--base", base_branch
         ]
-        result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=repo_path)
         return f"Successfully created Pull Request:\n{result.stdout.strip()}"
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         logger.error(f"Failed to create PR: {e.stderr}")

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/url_safety.py

@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ def is_safe_http_url(
                     continue
                 return False
             if (
-                ip.is_private
+                # is_global also catches shared/CGNAT space (100.64.0.0/10,
+                # e.g. Alibaba Cloud metadata), which is_private misses.
+                not ip.is_global
+                or ip.is_private
                 or ip.is_link_local
                 or ip.is_multicast
                 or ip.is_unspecified

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/trace/context_events.py

@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ def get_context_emitter() -> "ContextTraceEmitter":
         return _default_disabled_emitter
 
 
+def _agent_key(name: Optional[str]) -> str:
+    """The id an agent has in traces and graphs: its name, or "Agent" when unnamed.
+
+    ``Agent(instructions=...)`` has ``name=None``; without this its events had no
+    node id and its tools were recorded as ``tool:None/<tool>``, so nothing
+    matched the ``agent:Agent`` node in its graph.
+    """
+    return name or "Agent"
+
+
 def set_context_emitter(emitter: "ContextTraceEmitter") -> contextvars.Token:
     """
     Set the context trace emitter for the current async context.
@@ -786,7 +796,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
             session_id=self._session_id,
             agent_name=agent_name,
             data=metadata or {},
-            node_id=f"agent:{agent_name}" if agent_name else None,
+            node_id=f"agent:{_agent_key(agent_name)}",
         ))
     
     def agent_end(
@@ -803,7 +813,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
             session_id=self._session_id,
             agent_name=agent_name,
             data=metadata or {},
-            node_id=f"agent:{agent_name}" if agent_name else None,
+            node_id=f"agent:{_agent_key(agent_name)}",
         ))
     
     def message_added(
@@ -853,7 +863,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
                 "tool_name": tool_name,
                 "tool_args": self._redact_dict(tool_args) if tool_args else {},
             },
-            node_id=f"tool:{agent_name}/{tool_name}",
+            node_id=f"tool:{_agent_key(agent_name)}/{tool_name}",
         ))
     
     def tool_call_end(
@@ -901,7 +911,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
                 "duration_ms": duration_ms,
                 "error": error,
             },
-            node_id=f"tool:{agent_name}/{tool_name}",
+            node_id=f"tool:{_agent_key(agent_name)}/{tool_name}",
         ))
     
     def _smart_truncate_result(self, result: str, tool_name: str) -> str:
@@ -1030,7 +1040,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
             tokens_used=tokens_used,
             tokens_budget=tokens_budget,
             data=data,
-            node_id=f"agent:{agent_name}" if agent_name else None,
+            node_id=f"agent:{_agent_key(agent_name)}",
         )
     
     def llm_response(
@@ -1114,7 +1124,7 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
             completion_tokens=actual_completion_tokens,
             cost_usd=cost_usd,
             data=data,
-            node_id=f"agent:{agent_name}" if agent_name else None,
+            node_id=f"agent:{_agent_key(agent_name)}",
         )
     
     def context_snapshot(
@@ -1294,8 +1304,14 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
         route: Optional[str] = None,
         node_id: Optional[str] = None,
         agent: Optional[str] = None,
+        variables: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        """A flow step ends: ``completed``, ``failed``, ``skipped`` or ``cached``."""
+        """A flow step ends: ``completed``, ``failed``, ``skipped`` or ``cached``.
+
+        ``variables`` are the workflow variables the step itself set (a handler's
+        ``StepResult.variables``); recorded redacted so a re-run that reuses the
+        step can restore them.
+        """
         if not self._enabled:
             return
         data: Dict[str, Any] = {
@@ -1306,6 +1322,8 @@ class ContextTraceEmitter:
         }
         if route is not None:
             data["route"] = route
+        if variables:
+            data["variables"] = self._redact_dict(dict(variables))
         self._emit(ContextEvent(
             event_type=ContextEventType.STEP_END,
             timestamp=time.time(),

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/utils/output_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import os
+import stat
+import tempfile
+
+from praisonaiagents._logging import get_logger
+
+from ..tools.path_safety import resolve_within_root
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+def _open_nofollow(path, flags, mode=0o666):
+    return os.open(path, flags | getattr(os, "O_NOFOLLOW", 0), mode)
+
+
+def write_output_file(path: str, content: str, create_dirs: bool = True) -> str | None:
+    """Write *content* to *path* if it resolves inside the project root.
+
+    The root is ``PRAISONAI_PROJECT_ROOT`` or the cwd, matching ``Agent.output_file``.
+    Returns the resolved path, or ``None`` when the path escapes the root.
+    """
+    project_root = os.environ.get("PRAISONAI_PROJECT_ROOT") or os.getcwd()
+    file_path = resolve_within_root(path, project_root)
+    if file_path is None:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Output file %r is outside project root %r; skipping save",
+            path,
+            project_root,
+        )
+        return None
+    if create_dirs:
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file_path), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(file_path, "a", encoding="utf-8", opener=_open_nofollow) as f:
+        st = os.fstat(f.fileno())
+        if st.st_nlink == 1:
+            f.truncate(0)
+            f.write(content)
+            return file_path
+    # A hardlink may share its inode with a file outside the root, so swap in
+    # a new file under the same name instead of truncating the shared one.
+    fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(
+        dir=os.path.dirname(file_path),
+        prefix=os.path.basename(file_path) + ".",
+        suffix=".tmp",
+    )
+    try:
+        mode = stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode)
+        if hasattr(os, "fchown"):
+            try:
+                os.fchown(fd, -1, st.st_gid)
+            except OSError:
+                # Can't keep the original group; don't grant its bits to ours.
+                mode &= ~0o070
+        if hasattr(os, "fchmod"):
+            os.fchmod(fd, mode)
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        os.replace(tmp, file_path)
+    except BaseException:
+        os.unlink(tmp)
+        raise
+    return file_path

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/diagram.py

@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ def _tool_name(tool: Any) -> str:
 
 
 def _is_agent(obj: Any) -> bool:
-    return hasattr(obj, "chat") and isinstance(getattr(obj, "name", None), str)
+    # An unnamed Agent (``Agent(instructions=...)``) has ``name=None``; it is still an agent.
+    return hasattr(obj, "chat") and hasattr(obj, "name")
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -204,8 +205,11 @@ class _Graph:
 
 def _add_agent(g: _Graph, agent: Any, parent: Optional[str] = None, _seen: Optional[set] = None) -> str:
     """Add an agent node with its tools and hand-off targets; return its id."""
-    name = getattr(agent, "name", None) or type(agent).__name__
-    agent_id = f"agent:{name}"
+    from ..trace.context_events import _agent_key
+
+    name = getattr(agent, "name", None) or type(agent).__name__  # label
+    key = _agent_key(getattr(agent, "name", None))  # the id the trace uses
+    agent_id = f"agent:{key}"
     seen = _seen if _seen is not None else set()
     if agent_id in seen:
         return agent_id
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ def _add_agent(g: _Graph, agent: Any, parent: Optional[str] = None, _seen: Optio
         tool_name = _tool_name(tool)
         if tool_name in handoff_tools:
             continue  # drawn as the hand-off edge, not as a tool
-        tool_id = f"tool:{name}/{tool_name}"
+        tool_id = f"tool:{key}/{tool_name}"
         g.node(tool_id, "tool", tool_name, parent=parent)
         g.edge(agent_id, tool_id, "uses")
     for target in targets:

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py

@@ -760,7 +760,24 @@ def _replay_step_begin(flow, step, name=None, pattern=None):
             "started": time.perf_counter()}
 
 
-def _replay_step_end(span, status, output=None):
+def _differs(a: Any, b: Any) -> bool:
+    """``a != b`` that treats a failing or ambiguous comparison as "changed"."""
+    try:
+        return bool(a != b)
+    except Exception:
+        return True
+
+
+def _snapshot_scope(span, variables):
+    """Before a recorded leaf step really runs (not skipped or cached), keep a
+    per-value deep copy of the scope on its span, so a list or dict the step
+    changes in place still counts as set by it; only an uncopyable value is
+    shared by reference."""
+    if span is not None:
+        span["before"] = _isolate_scope(variables)
+
+
+def _replay_step_end(span, status, output=None, variables=None):
     """Emit ``step_end`` for a span from :func:`_replay_step_begin`."""
     if span is None:
         return
@@ -772,6 +789,7 @@ def _replay_step_end(span, status, output=None):
         route=span.get("route"),
         node_id=span["node_id"],
         agent=span["agent"],
+        variables=variables,
     )
 
 
@@ -1720,6 +1738,7 @@ class AgentFlow:
 
     def _notify_step_complete(
         self, span: Optional[dict], step_name: str, step_result: Any, status: str, output: Any = None,
+        variables: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Call ``on_step_complete`` then emit replay ``step_end``."""
         if self.on_step_complete:
@@ -1727,7 +1746,7 @@ class AgentFlow:
                 self.on_step_complete(step_name, step_result)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"on_step_complete callback failed: {e}")
-        _replay_step_end(span, status, output)
+        _replay_step_end(span, status, output, variables)
 
     def _replay_graph(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Graph for ``workflow_start``; also maps step objects to node ids."""
@@ -2034,11 +2053,15 @@ class AgentFlow:
                         step.status = cached_record["status"]
                     if _cached.get("variables"):
                         all_variables.update(_cached["variables"])
+                    # The cache also holds the step's output variable (its full
+                    # output): trace only what the handler set, like a cold run.
+                    _out_var = step.output_variable or f"{step.name}_output"
                     self._notify_step_complete(
                         _replay, step.name, StepResult(
                             output=previous_output or "",
                             stop_workflow=bool(_cached.get("stop")),
                         ), "cached", previous_output,
+                        variables={k: v for k, v in (_cached.get("variables") or {}).items() if k != _out_var},
                     )
                     if _cached.get("stop"):
                         if verbose:
@@ -2059,6 +2082,8 @@ class AgentFlow:
             validation_feedback = None
             guardrail_failed = False
             cached_variable_updates = {} if _cache_key is not None else None
+            # Variables this step set (StepResult.variables), for replay's step_end.
+            step_variable_updates: Dict[str, Any] = {}
             
             while retry_count <= max_retries:
                 step_error = None
@@ -2081,6 +2106,7 @@ class AgentFlow:
                                 # accepted attempt that wrote {a} leaves both
                                 # keys in the live run, so both must be cached.
                                 all_variables.update(result.variables)
+                                step_variable_updates.update(result.variables)
                                 if cached_variable_updates is not None:
                                     cached_variable_updates.update(result.variables)
                         else:
@@ -2337,21 +2363,18 @@ class AgentFlow:
             self._notify_step_complete(
                 _replay, step.name, step_result,
                 "failed" if step_failed else "completed", output,
+                variables=step_variable_updates,
             )
             
             # Handle output_file - save output to file
             if hasattr(step, 'output_file') and step.output_file and output:
                 try:
-                    import os
+                    from ..utils.output_file import write_output_file
                     output_path = step.output_file
                     # Substitute variables in path
                     for key, value in all_variables.items():
                         output_path = output_path.replace(f"{{{{{key}}}}}", str(value))
-                    # Create directory if needed
-                    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path) if os.path.dirname(output_path) else ".", exist_ok=True)
-                    with open(output_path, "w") as f:
-                        f.write(str(output))
-                    if verbose:
+                    if write_output_file(output_path, str(output)) and verbose:
                         print(f"📁 Saved output to: {output_path}")
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error(f"Failed to save output to file: {e}")
@@ -3129,7 +3152,17 @@ Create a brief execution plan (2-3 sentences) describing how to best accomplish
             "skipped" if is_dict and result.get("skipped")
             else "failed" if is_dict and result.get("error") else "completed"
         )
-        _replay_step_end(span, status, result.get("output") if is_dict else None)
+        # Variables this step set, minus its output variable, for replay's step_end.
+        # A cache hit leaves all_variables untouched, so it is its own baseline.
+        before = span.pop("before", all_variables)
+        step_vars = {}
+        if is_dict:
+            step_vars = {
+                k: v for k, v in (result.get("variables") or {}).items()
+                if k not in before or _differs(before[k], v)
+            }
+            step_vars.pop(getattr(step, "output_variable", None) or f"{result.get('step')}_output", None)
+        _replay_step_end(span, status, result.get("output") if is_dict else None, step_vars)
         return result
 
     def _execute_leaf_step(
@@ -3172,6 +3205,7 @@ Create a brief execution plan (2-3 sentences) describing how to best accomplish
                 }
         cache = getattr(self, "_step_cache", None)
         if cache is None:
+            _snapshot_scope(_replay, all_variables)
             return self._execute_single_step_uncached(
                 step, previous_output, input, all_variables, model, verbose, index,
                 stream=stream, depth=depth,
@@ -3198,6 +3232,7 @@ Create a brief execution plan (2-3 sentences) describing how to best accomplish
                 _replay["status"] = "cached"
             # Copy: a caller mutating a returned result must not edit the cache.
             return dict(hit)
+        _snapshot_scope(_replay, all_variables)
         result = self._execute_single_step_uncached(
             step, previous_output, input, all_variables, model, verbose, index,
             stream=stream, depth=depth,
@@ -3570,13 +3605,11 @@ Create a brief execution plan (2-3 sentences) describing how to best accomplish
         # Handle output_file - save output to file
         if hasattr(step, 'output_file') and step.output_file and output and not step_error:
             try:
+                from ..utils.output_file import write_output_file
                 output_path = step.output_file
                 for key, value in all_variables.items():
                     output_path = output_path.replace(f"{{{{{key}}}}}", str(value))
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path) if os.path.dirname(output_path) else ".", exist_ok=True)
-                with open(output_path, "w") as f:
-                    f.write(str(output))
-                if verbose:
+                if write_output_file(output_path, str(output)) and verbose:
                     print(f"📁 Saved output to: {output_path}")
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Failed to save output to file: {e}")

src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/yaml_parser.py

@@ -1077,11 +1077,15 @@ class YAMLWorkflowParser:
         # Build routes dictionary with resolved agents
         routes = {}
         for route_key, agent_ids in route_config.items():
-            if isinstance(agent_ids, list):
-                routes[route_key] = [self._agents[aid] for aid in agent_ids if aid in self._agents]
-            else:
-                if agent_ids in self._agents:
-                    routes[route_key] = [self._agents[agent_ids]]
+            if not isinstance(agent_ids, list):
+                agent_ids = [agent_ids]
+            try:
+                routes[route_key] = [self._agents[aid] for aid in agent_ids]
+            except KeyError as exc:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Agent '{exc.args[0]}' in route '{route_key}' "
+                    "not defined in agents section"
+                ) from exc
         
         return route(routes)
     

src/praisonai-agents/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "praisonaiagents"
-version = "1.7.16"
+version = "1.7.19"
 description = "Praison AI agents for completing complex tasks with Self Reflection Agents"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

src/praisonai-agents/tests/test_workflow_patterns.py

@@ -1274,12 +1274,13 @@ class TestTaskTools:
 class TestMigratedFeatures:
     """Test features migrated from process='workflow'."""
     
-    def test_step_output_file(self):
+    def test_step_output_file(self, monkeypatch):
         """Test Task with output_file parameter."""
         import tempfile
         import os
         
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_PROJECT_ROOT", tmpdir)
             output_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "output.txt")
             
             def generate_content(ctx: WorkflowContext) -> StepResult:

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_autonomy_completion_promise.py

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""A configured completion promise must be the only success signal (#6027)."""
+
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.model_harness import ScriptedModel
+
+NOT_DONE = (
+    "I listed the files and started on the parser, but work remains: the tokenizer "
+    "is still failing two tests and the CLI flag is not wired yet. Continuing next turn."
+)
+DONE_REPLY = "Fixed the tokenizer and wired the flag. <promise>DONE</promise>"
+PROMPT = "Refactor auth module"  # stage=autonomous
+DIRECT_PROMPT = "Implement feature X"  # stage=direct
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _offline(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    for key in ("OPENAI_BASE_URL", "OPENAI_API_BASE", "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL"):
+        monkeypatch.setenv(key, "http://127.0.0.1:9")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+
+
+def list_files(path: str) -> str:
+    """List files in a directory."""
+    return "parser.py tokenizer.py cli.py"
+
+
+def _script(follow_ups=1):
+    return (
+        [ScriptedModel.tool_call("list_files", {"path": "."})]
+        + [NOT_DONE] * follow_ups
+        + [DONE_REPLY] * 3
+    )
+
+
+def _make(model, **autonomy):
+    return Agent(
+        name="worker", instructions="Do the task.", llm=model, tools=[list_files],
+        output="silent", autonomy={"level": "full_auto", **autonomy},
+    )
+
+
+def _assert_promise(result):
+    assert result.success is True
+    assert result.completion_reason == "promise"
+    assert "<promise>DONE</promise>" in result.output
+    assert result.iterations >= 2
+
+
+def test_sync_tool_completion_does_not_preempt_promise():
+    r = _make(ScriptedModel(_script())).run_autonomous(
+        PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=5)
+    _assert_promise(r)
+
+
+def test_async_waits_for_promise():
+    r = asyncio.run(_make(ScriptedModel(_script(2))).run_autonomous_async(
+        PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=5))
+    _assert_promise(r)
+
+
+def test_sync_direct_stage_waits_for_promise():
+    r = _make(ScriptedModel([NOT_DONE, DONE_REPLY])).run_autonomous(
+        DIRECT_PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=5)
+    _assert_promise(r)
+
+
+def test_async_direct_stage_waits_for_promise():
+    r = asyncio.run(_make(ScriptedModel([NOT_DONE, DONE_REPLY])).run_autonomous_async(
+        DIRECT_PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=5))
+    _assert_promise(r)
+
+
+def test_promise_never_emitted_ends_unsuccessfully():
+    r = _make(ScriptedModel([NOT_DONE] * 5)).run_autonomous(
+        PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=3)
+    assert r.success is False
+    assert r.completion_reason == "max_iterations"
+
+
+def test_iterative_mode_start_honours_promise():
+    agent = Agent(
+        name="loop_agent", instructions="Complete the task.", llm=ScriptedModel(_script()),
+        tools=[list_files], output="silent",
+        autonomy={"mode": "iterative", "max_iterations": 10,
+                  "completion_promise": "DONE", "observe": False},
+    )
+    _assert_promise(agent.start(PROMPT))
+
+
+def test_without_promise_tool_completion_unchanged():
+    r = _make(ScriptedModel(_script())).run_autonomous(PROMPT, max_iterations=5)
+    assert r.success is True
+    assert r.completion_reason == "tool_completion"
+    assert r.iterations == 1
+
+
+def test_async_tool_path_counts_tools():
+    r = asyncio.run(_make(ScriptedModel(_script(2))).run_autonomous_async(
+        PROMPT, max_iterations=5))
+    assert r.success is True
+    assert r.completion_reason == "tool_completion"
+    assert r.iterations == 1
+
+
+def test_promise_tag_is_sent_to_model():
+    model = ScriptedModel([DONE_REPLY])
+    _make(model).run_autonomous(PROMPT, completion_promise="DONE", max_iterations=2)
+    assert "<promise>DONE</promise>" in model.requests[0].last_user_message
+
+
+def test_async_blocked_tool_does_not_count_as_tool_completion():
+    from praisonaiagents.hooks import HookEvent, HookRegistry, HookResult
+
+    registry = HookRegistry()
+
+    @registry.on(HookEvent.BEFORE_TOOL)
+    def deny(data):
+        return HookResult.deny("blocked")
+
+    agent = Agent(
+        name="worker", instructions="Do the task.", llm=ScriptedModel(_script(2)),
+        tools=[list_files], output="silent", hooks=registry,
+        autonomy={"level": "full_auto"},
+    )
+    r = asyncio.run(agent.run_autonomous_async(PROMPT, max_iterations=3))
+    assert r.completion_reason != "tool_completion"

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_autonomy_loop_features.py

@@ -154,9 +154,14 @@ class TestPromptReinjection:
                 completion_promise="DONE"
             )
         
-        # All prompts should be the original, not "Continue with the task"
+        # All prompts should be the original (plus the promise instruction),
+        # not "Continue with the task"
+        expected = (
+            "Build a REST API\n\nWhen the task is fully complete, include "
+            "<promise>DONE</promise> in your response."
+        )
         for prompt in prompts_received:
-            assert prompt == "Build a REST API", f"Expected original prompt, got: {prompt}"
+            assert prompt == expected, f"Expected original prompt, got: {prompt}"
     
     def test_prompt_not_continue_with_task(self):
         """Prompt should NOT be 'Continue with the task' after first iteration."""

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_backend_stream_and_tool_pool_hardening.py

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+"""Regression tests for #6072: streaming bridge, async tool pool, breaker neutrality."""
+import asyncio
+import threading
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+
+def _agent(**kw):
+    return Agent(name="t", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", **kw)
+
+
+class _Backend:
+    def __init__(self, fail_first=False):
+        self.produced = 0
+        self.calls = 0
+        self.fail_first = fail_first
+
+    async def stream(self, prompt, **kw):
+        self.calls += 1
+        if self.fail_first and self.calls == 1:
+            yield "a"
+            raise RuntimeError("boom")
+        for i in range(100000):
+            self.produced += 1
+            yield f"c{i}"
+            await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+
+def test_stream_close_in_running_loop_stops_producer():
+    a = _agent()
+    a.backend = _Backend()
+
+    async def main():
+        g = a._delegate_streaming_to_backend("p")
+        next(g)
+        g.close()
+        after_close = a.backend.produced
+        time.sleep(0.3)
+        return a.backend.produced - after_close
+
+    produced = asyncio.run(main())
+    assert produced == 0
+
+
+def test_backend_runtime_error_does_not_rerun_stream():
+    a = _agent()
+    a.backend = _Backend(fail_first=True)
+
+    async def main():
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="boom"):
+            for _ in a._delegate_streaming_to_backend("p"):
+                pass
+
+    asyncio.run(main())
+    assert a.backend.calls == 1
+
+
+def test_async_sync_tool_with_timeout_uses_agent_pool():
+    seen = {}
+
+    def probe() -> str:
+        seen["thread"] = threading.current_thread().name
+        return "ok"
+
+    a = _agent(tools=[probe])
+    a._tool_timeout = 5
+    assert asyncio.run(a.execute_tool_async("probe", {})) == "ok"
+    assert seen["thread"].startswith("tool-t")
+
+
+def test_async_timed_out_tool_does_not_hold_default_executor():
+    def hang() -> str:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        return "ok"
+
+    a = _agent(tools=[hang])
+    a._tool_timeout = 0.1
+
+    async def main():
+        tasks = [asyncio.create_task(a.execute_tool_async("hang", {})) for _ in range(40)]
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+        start = time.monotonic()
+        await asyncio.to_thread(lambda: 1)
+        return time.monotonic() - start
+
+    assert asyncio.run(main()) < 1.0
+
+
+def test_caller_errors_do_not_open_breaker():
+    def read_file(path: str) -> str:
+        raise FileNotFoundError(path)
+
+    a = _agent(tools=[read_file])
+    for i in range(7):
+        result = a._execute_tool_with_circuit_breaker_impl("read_file", {"path": f"/nope{i}"})
+        assert not result.get("circuit_open")
+
+
+def test_open_breaker_remediation_uses_live_config():
+    a = _agent()
+    breaker = a._get_tool_circuit_breaker("x")
+    breaker.config.recovery_timeout = 7
+    assert "(7s)" in a._circuit_breaker_open_result("x")["remediation"]
+
+
+def test_stream_close_runs_backend_cleanup():
+    cleaned = threading.Event()
+
+    class _CleanupBackend:
+        async def stream(self, prompt, **kw):
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    yield "c"
+                    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+            finally:
+                cleaned.set()
+
+    a = _agent()
+    a.backend = _CleanupBackend()
+    g = a._delegate_streaming_to_backend("p")
+    next(g)
+    g.close()
+    assert cleaned.wait(2)
+
+
+def test_parallel_healthy_timed_tools_do_not_queue_into_timeout():
+    def work(i: int) -> str:
+        time.sleep(0.6)
+        return "ok"
+
+    a = _agent(tools=[work])
+    a._tool_timeout = 1
+
+    async def main():
+        return await asyncio.gather(*(a.execute_tool_async("work", {"i": i}) for i in range(5)))
+
+    # Loop-guard may append advisory notes; what matters is no timeout.
+    assert all(isinstance(r, str) and r.startswith("ok") for r in asyncio.run(main()))
+
+
+def test_hung_spill_threads_are_capped_across_bursts():
+    from praisonaiagents.agent import tool_execution as te
+
+    release = threading.Event()
+    a = _agent()
+    started = 0
+    try:
+        for _ in range(5):
+            # A burst of concurrent calls that all hang past their timeout;
+            # each timed-out burst retires the stuck pool as the async path does.
+            for _ in range(20):
+                future, executor, _ = a._submit_to_tool_pool(lambda: release.wait(10), spill=True)
+                started += future is not None
+            a._retire_tool_executor(a._tool_executor)
+            assert a._tool_spill_inflight <= te._MAX_SPILL_TOOL_THREADS
+        cap = (
+            te._MAX_SPILL_TOOL_THREADS
+            + (te._MAX_ORPHANED_TOOL_EXECUTORS + 1) * te._TOOL_POOL_MAX_WORKERS
+        )
+        assert started <= cap
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + 5
+    while a._tool_spill_inflight and time.monotonic() < deadline:
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+    assert a._tool_spill_inflight == 0

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_budget_custom_llm_path.py

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+"""Budget and cost accounting on the custom-LLM (``provider/model``) path (#6029).
+
+That path hands the whole turn, tool loop included, to ``LLM.get_response*``.
+Every call it makes must reach the Agent's cost/token counters so
+``ExecutionConfig.max_budget`` and the autonomy spend caps can fire.
+``litellm.completion`` is stubbed; nothing leaves the machine.
+"""
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("litellm")
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent  # noqa: E402
+from praisonaiagents.config.feature_configs import ExecutionConfig  # noqa: E402
+from praisonaiagents.errors import BudgetExceededError  # noqa: E402
+from praisonaiagents.utils.cost_utils import calculate_llm_cost  # noqa: E402
+
+MODEL = "anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620"
+USAGE = {"prompt_tokens": 1500, "completion_tokens": 1500, "total_tokens": 3000}
+
+
+def _litellm():
+    """The litellm module LLM will import now.
+
+    Other tests evict ``litellm`` from sys.modules, so a module-level binding
+    can go stale and stubbing it would let the real client run.
+    """
+    import litellm
+    return litellm
+
+
+def _text(model):
+    return _litellm().ModelResponse(model=model, usage=USAGE, choices=[{
+        "index": 0, "finish_reason": "stop",
+        "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"}}])
+
+
+def _tool_call(model, n):
+    return _litellm().ModelResponse(model=model, usage=USAGE, choices=[{
+        "index": 0, "finish_reason": "tool_calls",
+        "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [{
+            "id": f"call_{n}", "type": "function",
+            "function": {"name": "step", "arguments": "{}"}}]}}])
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def calls(monkeypatch):
+    """Stub litellm; answer with a tool call while ``tool_rounds`` remain."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "sk-test")
+    # Agent caches its env-derived default model per process; keep the fake
+    # key's Anthropic default from leaking into later tests.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Agent, "_default_model", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Agent, "_default_model_checked", False)
+    state = {"n": 0, "tool_rounds": 0}
+
+    def fake(*a, **k):
+        state["n"] += 1
+        if k.get("tools") and state["tool_rounds"] > 0:
+            state["tool_rounds"] -= 1
+            return _tool_call(k.get("model"), state["n"])
+        return _text(k.get("model"))
+
+    async def afake(*a, **k):
+        return fake(*a, **k)
+
+    litellm = _litellm()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "completion", fake)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "acompletion", afake)
+    return state
+
+
+def _agent(**kw):
+    return Agent(name="p", instructions="x", llm=MODEL, output="silent", **kw)
+
+
+def step() -> str:
+    """One step of work."""
+    return "done"
+
+
+def test_sync_chat_counts_cost_and_tokens(calls):
+    agent = _agent()
+    assert agent.chat("hi") == "ok"
+    summary = agent.cost_summary
+    assert summary["llm_calls"] == 1
+    assert summary["tokens_in"] == 1500 and summary["tokens_out"] == 1500
+    assert agent.total_cost > 0
+
+
+def test_sync_budget_raises_between_turns(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.05))
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        for i in range(5):
+            agent.chat(f"hello {i}")
+    assert calls["n"] < 5
+    assert agent.total_cost >= 0.05
+
+
+def test_async_budget_raises_between_turns(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.05))
+
+    async def run():
+        for i in range(5):
+            await agent.achat(f"hello {i}")
+
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        asyncio.run(run())
+    assert calls["n"] < 5
+    assert agent.total_cost >= 0.05
+
+
+def test_budget_trips_mid_tool_loop(calls):
+    calls["tool_rounds"] = 10  # the model would keep calling tools for 11 calls
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=1.0))
+    agent.chat("price one call")
+    one_call = agent.total_cost
+    calls["n"] = 0
+    # A cap between one and two calls must stop the loop at the second call.
+    agent = _agent(tools=[step], execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=one_call * 1.5))
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        agent.chat("go")
+    assert calls["n"] == 2
+
+
+def test_warn_mode_does_not_raise(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.001, on_budget_exceeded="warn"))
+    assert agent.chat("hi") == "ok"
+    assert agent.total_cost > 0.001
+
+
+def test_autonomy_budget_exhausted_on_provider_path(calls):
+    agent = _agent(autonomy={"max_budget_usd": 0.001})
+    result = agent.run_autonomous("go", max_iterations=3)
+    assert result.completion_reason == "budget_exhausted"
+    assert calls["n"] == 1
+
+
+def test_sink_ignores_other_llm_instances(calls):
+    """A call made by a different LLM object is not billed to this agent."""
+    from praisonaiagents.llm.llm import LLM
+
+    agent = _agent()
+    other = LLM(model=MODEL)
+    with agent._llm_usage_sink():
+        other._track_token_usage(_text(MODEL), MODEL)
+    assert agent.cost_summary["llm_calls"] == 0
+
+
+class _Unavailable(Exception):
+    status_code = 503
+
+
+def test_fallback_model_spend_is_counted(calls, monkeypatch):
+    """A turn answered by a ``fallback_models`` entry is still billed to the agent."""
+    backup = "anthropic/claude-3-haiku-20240307"
+
+    def fake(*a, **k):
+        calls["n"] += 1
+        if k.get("model") != backup:
+            raise _Unavailable("503 overloaded")
+        return _text(backup)
+
+    async def afake(*a, **k):
+        return fake(*a, **k)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_litellm(), "completion", fake)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_litellm(), "acompletion", afake)
+    for run in (lambda a: a.chat("hi"), lambda a: asyncio.run(a.achat("hi"))):
+        agent = _agent(retry=False)  # fail over at once, no backoff sleeps
+        agent.fallback_models = [backup]
+        assert run(agent) == "ok"
+        assert agent.cost_summary["llm_calls"] == 1
+        # Priced as the model that answered, not the (pricier) primary.
+        assert agent.total_cost == pytest.approx(calculate_llm_cost(1500, 1500, backup))
+        assert agent.total_cost != pytest.approx(calculate_llm_cost(1500, 1500, MODEL))
+
+
+def test_retry_after_exhaustion_sends_no_request(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.001))
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        agent.chat("first")
+    sent = calls["n"]
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        agent.chat("retry")
+    with pytest.raises(BudgetExceededError):
+        asyncio.run(agent.achat("retry async"))
+    assert calls["n"] == sent
+
+
+def test_autonomy_budget_error_keeps_budget_exhausted(calls):
+    """A max_budget stop inside the turn still reports the autonomy cap result."""
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.001),
+                   autonomy={"max_budget_usd": 0.001})
+    result = agent.run_autonomous("go", max_iterations=3)
+    assert result.completion_reason == "budget_exhausted"
+    result = asyncio.run(_agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_budget=0.001),
+                                autonomy={"max_budget_usd": 0.001}).run_autonomous_async("go", max_iterations=3))
+    assert result.completion_reason == "budget_exhausted"

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_context_agent_utf8.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from praisonaiagents.agent.context_agent import ContextAgent
+
+NON_ASCII = "日本語 café ☕"
+
+
+def test_context_engineering_results_written_as_readable_utf8(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Every saved Context Engineering result file keeps non-ASCII content as readable UTF-8."""
+    # ContextAgent defaults output to .praisonai/prp under the cwd, so run inside tmp.
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    agent = ContextAgent(llm="gpt-4o-mini", auto_analyze=False)
+    agent.output_dir = str(tmp_path)
+    agent.codebase_analysis = {"summary": NON_ASCII}
+    agent.pattern_library = {"summary": NON_ASCII}
+    agent.validation_framework = {"summary": NON_ASCII}
+    agent.agent_interactions = [{"response": NON_ASCII}]
+
+    agent._save_context_engineering_results()
+
+    for filename in (
+        "comprehensive_analysis.json",
+        "pattern_library.json",
+        "validation_framework.json",
+        "all_agent_interactions.json",
+    ):
+        saved = (tmp_path / filename).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        assert NON_ASCII in saved, filename
+        assert "\\u" not in saved, filename

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_db_run_lifecycle.py

@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ def test_cancellation_during_final_save_finishes_record_and_cleanup(recorded_age
     assert db.starts[0]["run_id"] == db.ends[0]["run_id"]
     assert db.ends[0]["status"] == "completed"
     assert agent._active_turn_token is None
-    emitter.agent_end.assert_called_once_with(agent.name)
+    # The answer came back; only the final save was cancelled.
+    emitter.agent_end.assert_called_once_with(agent.name, {"status": "completed"})
     token.close.assert_called_once()
 
 

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_issue_5795_tool_concurrency.py

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+"""Regression tests for #5795: tool/MCP calls must not be timed out by queue wait."""
+import asyncio
+import concurrent.futures as cf
+import queue
+import threading
+import time
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.hooks import HookEvent, HookRegistry
+
+
+def _allow_all_hooks():
+    """Own registry (no leaked global hooks) with a sync BEFORE_TOOL hook,
+    so parallel tool calls also run the hook concurrently."""
+    registry = HookRegistry()
+    registry.register_function(HookEvent.BEFORE_TOOL, lambda data: None)
+    return registry
+
+
+def test_parallel_sync_tools_not_timed_out_by_queue_wait():
+    def slow(n: int) -> str:
+        """slow tool"""
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        return f"ok{n}"
+
+    agent = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", tools=[slow], llm="gpt-4o-mini", hooks=_allow_all_hooks())
+    agent._tool_timeout = 0.8
+    with cf.ThreadPoolExecutor(5) as ex:
+        results = list(ex.map(lambda i: agent.execute_tool("slow", {"n": i}), range(5)))
+    for i, result in enumerate(results):
+        assert isinstance(result, str) and result.startswith(f"ok{i}"), result
+
+
+def test_parallel_async_sync_tools_not_timed_out_by_queue_wait():
+    def slow(n: int) -> str:
+        """slow tool"""
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        return f"ok{n}"
+
+    agent = Agent(name="a", instructions="x", tools=[slow], llm="gpt-4o-mini", hooks=_allow_all_hooks())
+    agent._tool_timeout = 0.8
+
+    async def main():
+        # Twice the pool size: the second half queues for a worker first.
+        return await asyncio.gather(
+            *(agent.execute_tool_async("slow", {"n": i}) for i in range(10))
+        )
+
+    for i, result in enumerate(asyncio.run(main())):
+        assert isinstance(result, str) and result.startswith(f"ok{i}"), result
+
+
+def test_hung_async_sync_tools_do_not_starve_default_executor():
+    release = threading.Event()
+    tools = []
+    for i in range(10):
+        def hang(x: int = 0) -> str:
+            """hang"""
+            release.wait(10)
+            return "x"
+        hang.__name__ = f"hang{i}"
+        tools.append(hang)
+
+    agent = Agent(name="u", instructions="x", tools=tools, llm="gpt-4o-mini", hooks=HookRegistry())
+    agent._tool_timeout = 0.2
+
+    async def main():
+        for i in range(10):
+            result = await asyncio.wait_for(agent.execute_tool_async(f"hang{i}", {"x": 1}), 5)
+            # Times out, or is refused fast once hung calls hit the pool cap.
+            assert isinstance(result, dict) and (result.get("timeout") or result.get("tool_pool_exhausted")), result
+        # The loop's default executor is still free for other to_thread users.
+        assert await asyncio.wait_for(asyncio.to_thread(lambda: 42), 2) == 42
+
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(main())
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+
+
+def test_transport_wrapper_cancels_call_on_timeout():
+    from praisonaiagents.mcp.mcp_sse import SSEMCPTool
+
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    threading.Thread(target=loop.run_forever, daemon=True).start()
+    finished = threading.Event()
+
+    class _Session:
+        async def call_tool(self, name, kwargs):
+            await asyncio.sleep(1.0)
+            finished.set()
+
+    try:
+        tool = SSEMCPTool("t", "d", _Session(), {}, timeout=0.1)
+        tool._loop = loop
+        result = tool()
+        assert isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("timeout"), result
+        time.sleep(1.3)
+        assert not finished.is_set()
+    finally:
+        loop.call_soon_threadsafe(loop.stop)
+
+
+def test_stdio_runner_runs_requests_concurrently_and_cancels_on_shutdown(monkeypatch):
+    import praisonaiagents.mcp.mcp as mcp_mod
+
+    class _Session:
+        async def initialize(self):
+            pass
+
+        async def list_tools(self):
+            return SimpleNamespace(tools=[])
+
+        async def call_tool(self, name, arguments):
+            await asyncio.sleep(10 if name == "slow" else 0)
+            return name
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _stdio_client(params):
+        yield None, None
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _client_session(read, write):
+        yield _Session()
+
+    async def _no_discovery(self, session):
+        pass
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_mod, "stdio_client", _stdio_client)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_mod, "ClientSession", _client_session)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_mod.MCPToolRunner, "_discover_resources_and_prompts", _no_discovery)
+
+    runner = mcp_mod.MCPToolRunner(None, timeout=30)
+    assert runner.initialized.wait(5) and runner._init_error is None
+
+    slow_q, fast_q = queue.Queue(), queue.Queue()
+    runner.queue.put((slow_q, "tool", "slow", {}, threading.Event()))
+    runner.queue.put((fast_q, "tool", "fast", {}, threading.Event()))
+    # The fast call is not serialized behind the in-flight slow one.
+    assert fast_q.get(timeout=2) == (True, "fast")
+
+    runner.queue.put(None)
+    ok, message = slow_q.get(timeout=2)
+    assert not ok and "shut down" in message
+    runner.join(2)
+    assert not runner.is_alive()
+
+
+def test_agent_deepcopy_after_async_tool_use():
+    import copy
+
+    def echo(x: int) -> int:
+        """echo"""
+        return x
+
+    agent = Agent(name="d", instructions="x", tools=[echo], llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+    assert asyncio.run(agent.execute_tool_async("echo", {"x": 1})) == 1
+    clone = copy.deepcopy(agent)
+    assert "_tool_executor" not in clone.__dict__
+    assert asyncio.run(clone.execute_tool_async("echo", {"x": 2})) == 2

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_loop_guard_time_limit.py

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+"""Loop guard per-turn time limit is configurable via ExecutionConfig (#6026)."""
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+import praisonaiagents.escalation.loop_guard as lg
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.config.feature_configs import ExecutionConfig
+from praisonaiagents.escalation.loop_guard import GuardAction, LoopGuardConfig
+from praisonaiagents.model_harness import ScriptedModel
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def clock(monkeypatch):
+    state = {"t": 1_000_000.0}
+
+    class FakeTime:
+        @staticmethod
+        def time():
+            return state["t"]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(lg, "time", FakeTime)
+    return state
+
+
+def _agent(clock, tool_seconds, execution=None, calls=None):
+    calls = [] if calls is None else calls
+
+    def run_tests(suite: str) -> str:
+        """Run a (slow) test suite."""
+        calls.append(suite)
+        clock["t"] += tool_seconds
+        return f"{suite}: 412 passed"
+
+    model = ScriptedModel([
+        ScriptedModel.tool_call("run_tests", {"suite": "unit"}),
+        ScriptedModel.tool_call("run_tests", {"suite": "integration"}),
+        "All suites passed.",
+    ])
+    kwargs = {"execution": execution} if execution is not None else {}
+    return Agent(name="coder", instructions="Run the tests.", llm=model,
+                 tools=[run_tests], output="silent", **kwargs)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_async", [False, True])
+def test_default_turn_with_130s_tool_completes(clock, use_async):
+    agent = _agent(clock, 130.0)
+    if use_async:
+        out = asyncio.run(agent.achat("Run both suites"))
+    else:
+        out = agent.chat("Run both suites")
+    assert "All suites passed" in str(out)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_async", [False, True])
+def test_configured_limit_halts(clock, use_async):
+    calls = []
+    agent = _agent(clock, 130.0, ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=60), calls)
+    if use_async:
+        asyncio.run(agent.achat("Run both suites"))
+    else:
+        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Turn time limit exceeded"):
+            agent.chat("Run both suites")
+    # The second tool call is refused by the loop guard on both paths.
+    assert calls == ["unit"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_async", [False, True])
+def test_zero_disables_time_halt(clock, use_async):
+    agent = _agent(clock, 10_000.0, ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=0))
+    if use_async:
+        out = asyncio.run(agent.achat("Run both suites"))
+    else:
+        out = agent.chat("Run both suites")
+    assert "All suites passed" in str(out)
+
+
+def test_ensure_loop_guard_reads_max_execution_time():
+    agent = Agent(name="a", instructions="x", llm=ScriptedModel(["ok"]),
+                  output="silent", execution=ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=900))
+    assert agent._ensure_loop_guard().config.max_time_per_turn == 900.0
+
+
+def test_real_loop_still_halts_without_time_limit():
+    guard = lg.LoopGuard(LoopGuardConfig(max_time_per_turn=float("inf")))
+    actions = []
+    for _ in range(20):
+        decision = guard.check("read_file", {"path": "a.txt"})
+        actions.append(decision.action)
+        if decision.action == GuardAction.HALT:
+            break
+        guard.record("read_file", {"path": "a.txt"}, success=True, result="same")
+    assert actions[-1] == GuardAction.HALT

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agent/test_max_execution_time.py

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+"""``ExecutionConfig.max_execution_time`` and ``run_autonomous(timeout_seconds=)`` (#6029).
+
+Both caps become a deadline on the turn's cancel token, so the LLM tool loop
+stops at its next boundary instead of running to completion.
+``litellm.completion`` is stubbed; nothing leaves the machine.
+"""
+import asyncio
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("litellm")
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent  # noqa: E402
+from praisonaiagents.config.feature_configs import ExecutionConfig  # noqa: E402
+from praisonaiagents.escalation.loop_guard import LoopGuardConfig  # noqa: E402
+
+MODEL = "anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620"
+USAGE = {"prompt_tokens": 1, "completion_tokens": 1, "total_tokens": 2}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def calls(monkeypatch):
+    """Stub litellm so the model asks for ``slow_step`` on every call."""
+    # Import here, not at module level: other tests evict ``litellm`` from
+    # sys.modules, and LLM then imports a fresh module object at call time.
+    import litellm
+    from litellm import ModelResponse
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "sk-test")
+    # Agent caches its env-derived default model per process; keep the fake
+    # key's Anthropic default from leaking into later tests.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Agent, "_default_model", None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Agent, "_default_model_checked", False)
+    state = {"n": 0}
+
+    def fake(*a, **k):
+        state["n"] += 1
+        if not k.get("tools"):
+            return ModelResponse(model=k.get("model"), usage=USAGE, choices=[{
+                "index": 0, "finish_reason": "stop",
+                "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "done"}}])
+        return ModelResponse(model=k.get("model"), usage=USAGE, choices=[{
+            "index": 0, "finish_reason": "tool_calls",
+            "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [{
+                "id": f"call_{state['n']}", "type": "function",
+                "function": {"name": "slow_step", "arguments": "{}"}}]}}])
+
+    async def afake(*a, **k):
+        return fake(*a, **k)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "completion", fake)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "acompletion", afake)
+    return state
+
+
+def slow_step() -> str:
+    """A slow step."""
+    time.sleep(0.4)
+    return "ok"
+
+
+def _agent(**kw):
+    return Agent(name="t", instructions="x", llm=MODEL, tools=[slow_step],
+                 output="silent", **kw)
+
+
+def test_max_execution_time_stops_tool_loop(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=1, max_iter=50))
+    t0 = time.time()
+    out = agent.chat("go")
+    elapsed = time.time() - t0
+    assert elapsed < 3
+    assert "timeout" in (out or "")
+    assert agent.last_stop_reason == "timeout"
+    assert calls["n"] < 10
+
+
+def test_max_execution_time_stops_tool_loop_async(calls):
+    agent = _agent(execution=ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=1, max_iter=50))
+    t0 = time.time()
+    out = asyncio.run(agent.achat("go"))
+    assert time.time() - t0 < 3
+    assert "timeout" in (out or "")
+    assert agent.last_stop_reason == "timeout"
+
+
+def test_unset_max_execution_time_creates_no_deadline():
+    agent = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", output="silent")
+    assert agent._turn_cancel_token(None, explicit=False) is None
+
+
+def test_loop_guard_turn_limit_follows_max_execution_time():
+    agent = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", output="silent",
+                  execution=ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=600))
+    assert agent._ensure_loop_guard().config.max_time_per_turn == 600
+    default = Agent(name="d", instructions="x", output="silent")
+    assert default._ensure_loop_guard().config.max_time_per_turn == LoopGuardConfig.max_time_per_turn
+
+
+def test_run_autonomous_timeout_bounds_the_running_turn(calls):
+    agent = _agent(autonomy=True, execution=ExecutionConfig(max_iter=50))
+    t0 = time.time()
+    result = agent.run_autonomous("go", max_iterations=1, timeout_seconds=1)
+    assert time.time() - t0 < 3
+    assert result.completion_reason == "timeout"
+    assert not result.success
+
+
+def test_run_autonomous_async_timeout_bounds_the_running_turn(calls):
+    agent = _agent(autonomy=True, execution=ExecutionConfig(max_iter=50))
+    t0 = time.time()
+    result = asyncio.run(agent.run_autonomous_async("go", max_iterations=1, timeout_seconds=1))
+    assert time.time() - t0 < 3
+    assert result.completion_reason == "timeout"
+
+
+def test_run_autonomous_reports_turn_max_execution_time(calls):
+    """A turn cut by max_execution_time is a failed timeout, not a goal."""
+    agent = _agent(autonomy=True, execution=ExecutionConfig(max_execution_time=1, max_iter=50))
+    result = agent.run_autonomous("go", max_iterations=3)
+    assert result.completion_reason == "timeout"
+    assert not result.success
+    result = asyncio.run(agent.run_autonomous_async("go", max_iterations=3))
+    assert result.completion_reason == "timeout"
+    assert not result.success

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agents/test_completed_subagent_wait.py

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+"""Retained completed events are available to both wait entry points."""
+import asyncio
+
+from praisonaiagents import AgentTeam
+
+
+def test_sync_default_returns_already_completed_events():
+    with AgentTeam(agents=[]) as team:
+        team.announce_completion("finished-a", "task-a", "result-a")
+        team.announce_completion("finished-b", "task-b", "result-b")
+        events = team.wait_for_completions(timeout=0.2)
+    assert [event.agent_id for event in events] == ["finished-a", "finished-b"]
+
+
+def test_explicit_empty_ids_do_not_return_retained_events():
+    """An explicit empty target set retains its previous empty result."""
+    with AgentTeam(agents=[]) as team:
+        team.announce_completion("finished-a", "task-a", "result-a")
+        assert team.wait_for_completions(timeout=0.2, agent_ids=[]) == []
+
+
+def test_explicit_ids_filter_retained_events():
+    with AgentTeam(agents=[]) as team:
+        team.announce_completion("finished-a", "task-a", "result-a")
+        team.announce_completion("finished-b", "task-b", "result-b")
+        events = team.wait_for_completions(timeout=0.2, agent_ids=["finished-b"])
+    assert [event.agent_id for event in events] == ["finished-b"]
+
+
+def test_async_default_returns_already_completed_events():
+    with AgentTeam(agents=[]) as team:
+        team.announce_completion("finished-a", "task-a", "result-a")
+        team.announce_completion("finished-b", "task-b", "result-b")
+        events = asyncio.run(team.await_for_completions(timeout=0.2))
+    assert [event.agent_id for event in events] == ["finished-a", "finished-b"]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/agents/test_workflow_failed_predecessor.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""Workflow dependents must honor failure policy after synchronous predecessors."""
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent, AgentTeam, Task
+
+
+class ScriptedAgent(Agent):
+    """Exercise production task scheduling without provider requests."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, reply):
+        super().__init__(name=name, instructions="test", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+        self.reply = reply
+        self.calls = 0
+
+    def chat(self, prompt, **kwargs):
+        """Record a real dispatch of this task's agent."""
+        self.calls += 1
+        return self.reply
+
+    async def achat(self, prompt, **kwargs):
+        """Record asynchronous dispatch through the same fixture."""
+        return self.chat(prompt, **kwargs)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("entry", ["start", "astart"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("upstream_async", [False, True])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("downstream_async", [False, True])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("policy", ["stop", "continue", "skip"])
+def test_workflow_failed_predecessor_policy(entry, upstream_async, downstream_async, policy):
+    """Default dependents do not execute; explicit degraded-mode ones still do."""
+    upstream = ScriptedAgent("upstream", None)
+    downstream = ScriptedAgent("downstream", "done")
+    first = Task(name="first", description="first", agent=upstream,
+                 is_start=True, next_tasks=["second"], async_execution=upstream_async, max_retries=1)
+    flags = {"on_error": "continue"} if policy == "continue" else {}
+    if policy == "skip":
+        flags["skip_on_failure"] = True
+    second = Task(name="second", description="second", agent=downstream,
+                  async_execution=downstream_async, max_retries=1, **flags)
+    team = AgentTeam(agents=[upstream, downstream], tasks=[first, second], process="workflow")
+    if entry == "astart":
+        asyncio.run(team.astart())
+    else:
+        team.start()
+    assert first.status == "failed"
+    assert upstream.calls == 1
+    assert downstream.calls == (0 if policy == "stop" else 1)

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/approval/test_github_tools_approval.py

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+"""GitHub write tools must go through the approval system (issue #6023)."""
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents.approval import get_approval_registry
+from praisonaiagents.approval.registry import PERMISSION_PRESETS
+
+GITHUB_WRITE_TOOLS = (
+    "github_create_branch",
+    "github_commit_and_push",
+    "github_create_pull_request",
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", GITHUB_WRITE_TOOLS)
+def test_registered_as_high_risk(name):
+    reg = get_approval_registry()
+    assert reg.is_required(name)
+    # high (not critical) so YAML/declarative approve lists still apply
+    assert reg.get_risk_level(name) == "high"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", GITHUB_WRITE_TOOLS)
+def test_in_deny_presets(name):
+    for preset in ("default", "safe", "read_only"):
+        assert name in PERMISSION_PRESETS[preset]
+    assert name not in PERMISSION_PRESETS["full"]
+
+
+def test_unattended_agent_denied_by_default(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("PRAISONAI_TOOL_SAFETY", raising=False)
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(instructions="t", llm="gpt-4o-mini", approval=False)
+    for name in ("github_commit_and_push", "github_create_pull_request"):
+        result = agent._check_tool_approval_sync(name, {})
+        assert isinstance(result, dict) and result.get("permission_denied")
+
+
+def test_explicit_full_preset_allows(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_TOOL_SAFETY", "off")
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(instructions="t", llm="gpt-4o-mini", approval=False)
+    assert "github_commit_and_push" not in (agent._perm_deny or ())

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/config/test_inert_config_options.py

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+"""Config options that were accepted but never read must either work or fail loud.
+
+Covers GuardrailConfig.on_fail, ToolConfig.output_max_lines/output_direction and
+rerank=True on the Agent's RAG pipeline (issue #6042). No network calls.
+"""
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.config import GuardrailConfig, ToolConfig
+from praisonaiagents.config.presets import GUARDRAIL_PRESETS
+
+
+def _ok(task_output):
+    return True, task_output
+
+
+# --- GuardrailConfig.on_fail ------------------------------------------------
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("on_fail", ["skip", "raise"])
+def test_unsupported_on_fail_fails_loud(on_fail):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="on_fail"):
+        Agent(name="g", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini",
+              guardrails=GuardrailConfig(validator=_ok, on_fail=on_fail))
+
+
+def test_retry_on_fail_still_accepted():
+    a = Agent(name="g", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini",
+              guardrails=GuardrailConfig(validator=_ok, max_retries=2, on_fail="retry"))
+    assert a.max_guardrail_retries == 2
+
+
+def test_presets_carry_no_unimplemented_on_fail():
+    assert all("on_fail" not in p for p in GUARDRAIL_PRESETS.values())
+    a = Agent(name="g", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini",
+              guardrails=["strict", {"validator": _ok}])
+    assert a.max_guardrail_retries == 5
+    assert a.guardrail is _ok
+
+
+# --- ToolConfig.output_max_lines / output_direction --------------------------
+
+def many_lines() -> str:
+    """Return 200 short lines."""
+    return "\n".join(f"line {i}" for i in range(200))
+
+
+def _run_tool(cfg):
+    a = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", tools=[many_lines],
+              tool_config=cfg, output="silent")
+    return str(a.execute_tool("many_lines", {}))
+
+
+def test_default_tool_config_does_not_cap_lines():
+    out = _run_tool(ToolConfig())
+    assert out.splitlines()[-1] == "line 199"
+    assert out.count("\n") == 199
+
+
+def test_output_max_lines_head():
+    lines = _run_tool(ToolConfig(output_max_lines=5, output_direction="head")).splitlines()
+    assert lines[:5] == [f"line {i}" for i in range(5)]
+    assert "line 5" not in lines and "line 199" not in lines
+    assert "200 lines total" in lines[5]
+
+
+def test_output_max_lines_tail():
+    lines = _run_tool(ToolConfig(output_max_lines=5, output_direction="tail")).splitlines()
+    assert lines[-5:] == [f"line {i}" for i in range(195, 200)]
+    assert "line 0" not in lines
+
+
+def test_output_max_lines_both():
+    lines = _run_tool(ToolConfig(output_max_lines=4)).splitlines()
+    assert lines[:2] == ["line 0", "line 1"]
+    assert lines[-2:] == ["line 198", "line 199"]
+    assert len(lines) == 5  # 4 kept lines + marker
+
+
+def test_output_direction_applies_to_char_cap():
+    out = _run_tool(ToolConfig(output_limit=50, output_direction="head"))
+    assert out.startswith("line 0\nline 1")
+    assert "line 199" not in out
+
+
+def short_lines() -> str:
+    """Return ten one-character lines."""
+    return "\n".join("abcdefghij")
+
+
+def big_dict() -> dict:
+    """Return a dict with one large field."""
+    return {"body": "START" + "x" * 45000 + "END"}
+
+
+def test_line_cap_applies_to_short_lines():
+    a = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", tools=[short_lines],
+              tool_config=ToolConfig(output_max_lines=5, output_direction="head"), output="silent")
+    lines = str(a.execute_tool("short_lines", {})).splitlines()
+    assert lines[:5] == list("abcde")
+    assert "j" not in lines
+
+
+def test_output_direction_applies_to_dict_results():
+    a = Agent(name="t", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", tools=[big_dict],
+              tool_config=ToolConfig(output_limit=40000, output_direction="head"), output="silent")
+    out = str(a.execute_tool("big_dict", {}))
+    assert "START" in out and "END" not in out
+
+
+# --- rerank=True on Agent.rag -----------------------------------------------
+
+class StubKnowledge:
+    """Minimal Knowledge stand-in: search() returns hits worst-first."""
+
+    def add(self, *a, **k):
+        pass
+
+    def search(self, query, **kw):
+        return {"results": [
+            {"memory": "bananas are yellow", "score": 0.9, "metadata": {"source": "a"}},
+            {"memory": "paris is the capital of france", "score": 0.8, "metadata": {"source": "b"}},
+        ]}
+
+
+def _rag(retrieval_config=None):
+    a = Agent(name="r", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", knowledge=StubKnowledge(),
+              retrieval_config=retrieval_config)
+    return a.rag
+
+
+def test_rerank_true_reranks_and_reports_it():
+    pack = _rag({"rerank": True}).retrieve("capital of france")
+    assert pack.metadata["reranked"] is True
+    assert pack.context.index("paris") < pack.context.index("bananas")
+
+
+def test_rerank_false_reports_not_reranked():
+    rag = _rag()
+    assert rag.reranker is None
+    assert rag.retrieve("capital of france").metadata["reranked"] is False
+
+
+def test_rerank_override_without_reranker_reports_false():
+    assert _rag().retrieve("q", rerank=True).metadata["reranked"] is False
+
+
+def test_rerank_model_leaves_reranking_to_backend():
+    rag = _rag({"rerank": True, "rerank_model": "cohere/rerank-v3"})
+    assert rag.reranker is None
+
+
+def test_rerank_model_backend_reranking_reported():
+    class BackendRerankKnowledge(StubKnowledge):
+        config = {"reranker": {"default_rerank": True, "provider": "cohere"}}
+
+    a = Agent(name="r", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini", knowledge=BackendRerankKnowledge(),
+              retrieval_config={"rerank": True, "rerank_model": "cohere/rerank-v3"})
+    assert a.rag.reranker is None
+    assert a.rag.retrieve("q").metadata["reranked"] is True
+    assert a.rag.retrieve("q", rerank=False).metadata["reranked"] is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_rerank_true_async():
+    pack = await _rag({"rerank": True}).aretrieve("capital of france")
+    assert pack.metadata["reranked"] is True
+    assert pack.context.index("paris") < pack.context.index("bananas")
+
+
+def test_simple_reranker_accepts_search_result_items():
+    from praisonaiagents.knowledge.models import SearchResultItem
+    from praisonaiagents.rag.retriever import SimpleReranker
+    hits = [SearchResultItem(text="bananas are yellow", score=0.9),
+            SearchResultItem(text="paris is the capital of france", score=0.8)]
+    ranked = SimpleReranker().rerank("capital of france", hits)
+    assert ranked[0]["text"].startswith("paris")

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/eval/test_utils.py

@@ -1,222 +0,0 @@
-"""Unit tests for evaluation utility functions."""
-
-import json
-import tempfile
-from pathlib import Path
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-from praisonaiagents.eval.utils import (
-    save_result_to_file,
-    load_result_from_file,
-    format_score,
-    format_percentage,
-    format_duration,
-    format_memory,
-    calculate_pass_rate,
-)
-
-
-class TestSaveResultToFile:
-    """Tests for save_result_to_file function."""
-    
-    def test_save_with_to_dict(self):
-        """Test saving result with to_dict method."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/result.json"
-            result = MagicMock()
-            result.to_dict.return_value = {"score": 8.0, "passed": True}
-            
-            success = save_result_to_file(result, path)
-            
-            assert success is True
-            assert Path(path).exists()
-            with open(path) as f:
-                data = json.load(f)
-            assert data["score"] == 8.0
-    
-    def test_save_with_dict_attr(self):
-        """Test saving result with __dict__ attribute."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/result.json"
-            
-            class SimpleResult:
-                def __init__(self):
-                    self.score = 9.0
-                    self.name = "test"
-            
-            result = SimpleResult()
-            success = save_result_to_file(result, path)
-            
-            assert success is True
-            with open(path) as f:
-                data = json.load(f)
-            assert data["score"] == 9.0
-    
-    def test_save_with_placeholders(self):
-        """Test saving with path placeholders."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/{{name}}_{{eval_id}}.json"
-            result = MagicMock()
-            result.to_dict.return_value = {"score": 8.0}
-            
-            success = save_result_to_file(
-                result, path,
-                eval_id="abc123",
-                name="test_eval"
-            )
-            
-            assert success is True
-            expected_path = f"{tmpdir}/test_eval_abc123.json"
-            assert Path(expected_path).exists()
-    
-    def test_save_creates_directories(self):
-        """Test that save creates parent directories."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/nested/dir/result.json"
-            result = MagicMock()
-            result.to_dict.return_value = {"score": 8.0}
-            
-            success = save_result_to_file(result, path)
-            
-            assert success is True
-            assert Path(path).exists()
-    
-    def test_save_failure_returns_false(self):
-        """Test that save failure returns False."""
-        result = MagicMock()
-        result.to_dict.side_effect = Exception("Test error")
-        
-        success = save_result_to_file(result, "/invalid/path/result.json")
-        
-        assert success is False
-
-
-class TestLoadResultFromFile:
-    """Tests for load_result_from_file function."""
-    
-    def test_load_existing_file(self):
-        """Test loading existing result file."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/result.json"
-            data = {"score": 8.0, "passed": True}
-            with open(path, 'w') as f:
-                json.dump(data, f)
-            
-            loaded = load_result_from_file(path)
-            
-            assert loaded == data
-    
-    def test_load_nonexistent_file(self):
-        """Test loading nonexistent file returns None."""
-        result = load_result_from_file("/nonexistent/path/result.json")
-        assert result is None
-    
-    def test_load_invalid_json(self):
-        """Test loading invalid JSON returns None."""
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            path = f"{tmpdir}/invalid.json"
-            with open(path, 'w') as f:
-                f.write("not valid json")
-            
-            result = load_result_from_file(path)
-            assert result is None
-
-
-class TestFormatScore:
-    """Tests for format_score function."""
-    
-    def test_format_default_max(self):
-        """Test formatting with default max score."""
-        assert format_score(8.5) == "8.5/10"
-    
-    def test_format_custom_max(self):
-        """Test formatting with custom max score."""
-        assert format_score(85.0, 100.0) == "85.0/100"
-    
-    def test_format_zero(self):
-        """Test formatting zero score."""
-        assert format_score(0.0) == "0.0/10"
-
-
-class TestFormatPercentage:
-    """Tests for format_percentage function."""
-    
-    def test_format_full(self):
-        """Test formatting 100%."""
-        assert format_percentage(1.0) == "100.0%"
-    
-    def test_format_half(self):
-        """Test formatting 50%."""
-        assert format_percentage(0.5) == "50.0%"
-    
-    def test_format_zero(self):
-        """Test formatting 0%."""
-        assert format_percentage(0.0) == "0.0%"
-    
-    def test_format_decimal(self):
-        """Test formatting decimal percentage."""
-        assert format_percentage(0.333) == "33.3%"
-
-
-class TestFormatDuration:
-    """Tests for format_duration function."""
-    
-    def test_format_microseconds(self):
-        """Test formatting microseconds."""
-        result = format_duration(0.0001)
-        assert "μs" in result
-    
-    def test_format_milliseconds(self):
-        """Test formatting milliseconds."""
-        result = format_duration(0.5)
-        assert "ms" in result
-    
-    def test_format_seconds(self):
-        """Test formatting seconds."""
-        result = format_duration(5.5)
-        assert "s" in result
-        assert "m" not in result
-    
-    def test_format_minutes(self):
-        """Test formatting minutes."""
-        result = format_duration(90.0)
-        assert "m" in result
-
-
-class TestFormatMemory:
-    """Tests for format_memory function."""
-    
-    def test_format_kilobytes(self):
-        """Test formatting kilobytes."""
-        result = format_memory(0.5)
-        assert "KB" in result
-    
-    def test_format_megabytes(self):
-        """Test formatting megabytes."""
-        result = format_memory(100.0)
-        assert "MB" in result
-    
-    def test_format_gigabytes(self):
-        """Test formatting gigabytes."""
-        result = format_memory(2048.0)
-        assert "GB" in result
-
-
-class TestCalculatePassRate:
-    """Tests for calculate_pass_rate function."""
-    
-    def test_all_passed(self):
-        """Test 100% pass rate."""
-        assert calculate_pass_rate(10, 10) == 1.0
-    
-    def test_none_passed(self):
-        """Test 0% pass rate."""
-        assert calculate_pass_rate(0, 10) == 0.0
-    
-    def test_half_passed(self):
-        """Test 50% pass rate."""
-        assert calculate_pass_rate(5, 10) == 0.5
-    
-    def test_zero_total(self):
-        """Test with zero total."""
-        assert calculate_pass_rate(0, 0) == 0.0

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/hooks/test_after_llm_token_usage.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""AFTER_LLM reports the usage counted by the existing completion path."""
+import asyncio
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
+
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletion
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.config.feature_configs import HooksConfig
+from praisonaiagents.hooks import HookEvent, HookRegistry, HookResult
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("asynchronous", [False, True])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("with_usage", [False, True])
+def test_after_llm_receives_current_completion_usage(asynchronous, with_usage):
+    usage = {"prompt_tokens": 11, "completion_tokens": 7, "total_tokens": 18}
+    completion = ChatCompletion(
+        id="chatcmpl-fixture", created=1, object="chat.completion",
+        model="gpt-4o-mini",
+        choices=[{
+            "index": 0, "finish_reason": "stop",
+            "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Fixture greeting."},
+        }],
+        usage=usage if with_usage else None,
+    )
+    observed = []
+    registry = HookRegistry()
+
+    def after_llm(event):
+        observed.append(event.tokens_used)
+        return HookResult.allow()
+
+    registry.register_function(HookEvent.AFTER_LLM, after_llm)
+    agent = Agent(
+        name="usage-fixture", instructions="Greet.", model="gpt-4o-mini",
+        api_key="synthetic-offline-fixture",
+        hooks=HooksConfig(registry=registry),
+        output={"verbose": False, "stream": False},
+        reflection=False, memory=False, rules=False, retry=False,
+    )
+    agent._unified_dispatcher = SimpleNamespace(
+        chat_completion=Mock(return_value=completion),
+        achat_completion=AsyncMock(return_value=completion),
+    )
+    if asynchronous:
+        result = asyncio.run(agent.achat("Hello", stream=False))
+        agent._unified_dispatcher.achat_completion.assert_awaited_once()
+    else:
+        result = agent.chat("Hello", stream=False)
+        agent._unified_dispatcher.chat_completion.assert_called_once()
+    assert result == "Fixture greeting."
+    assert observed == [18 if with_usage else 0]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/hooks/test_model_fallback.py

@@ -275,3 +275,113 @@ def test_async_fallback_passes_override_and_leaves_shared_state(monkeypatch):
     assert used[0] is not original_dispatcher
     assert agent.llm == "gpt-4o-mini"            # shared model untouched
     assert agent._unified_dispatcher is original_dispatcher  # shared cache untouched
+
+
+# --- Custom-LLM path (Issue #6030) ---------------------------------------------
+
+class _Unavailable(Exception):
+    status_code = 503
+
+
+class _StubLLM:
+    def __init__(self, model, fail, calls):
+        self.model, self._fail, self._calls = model, fail, calls
+
+    def _respond(self):
+        self._calls.append(self.model)
+        if self._fail:
+            raise self._fail
+        return f"answer from {self.model}"
+
+    def get_response(self, **kwargs):
+        return self._respond()
+
+    async def get_response_async(self, **kwargs):
+        return self._respond()
+
+
+class _ToolThenFailLLM(_StubLLM):
+    """Runs a tool, then fails, like a 503 on the follow-up model request."""
+
+    def get_response(self, execute_tool_fn=None, **kwargs):
+        execute_tool_fn("send_email", {})
+        return self._respond()
+
+
+def _custom_agent(primary_error, fallbacks):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    calls = []
+    primary = _StubLLM("primary-model", primary_error, calls)
+    agent = Agent(name="c", instructions="x", llm=primary, output="silent")
+    agent.fallback_models = [_StubLLM(m, None, calls) for m in fallbacks]
+    seen = []
+    agent._hook_runner.registry.register_function(
+        HookEvent.MODEL_FALLBACK, lambda inp: seen.append(inp) or HookResult.allow()
+    )
+    return agent, primary, calls, seen
+
+
+def test_custom_llm_sync_falls_back_on_outage():
+    agent, primary, calls, seen = _custom_agent(_Unavailable("503 overloaded"), ["backup"])
+    assert agent.chat("hello") == "answer from backup"
+    assert calls == ["primary-model", "backup"]
+    assert len(seen) == 1 and seen[0].fallback_index == 0
+    assert agent.llm_instance is primary  # shared state untouched
+
+
+def test_custom_llm_async_falls_back_on_outage():
+    agent, primary, calls, seen = _custom_agent(_Unavailable("503 overloaded"), ["backup"])
+    assert asyncio.run(agent.achat("hello")) == "answer from backup"
+    assert calls == ["primary-model", "backup"]
+    assert len(seen) == 1
+    assert agent.llm_instance is primary
+
+
+def test_custom_llm_non_fallback_error_does_not_walk_chain():
+    err = Exception("401 Unauthorized: invalid api key")
+    err.status_code = 401
+    agent, _, calls, seen = _custom_agent(err, ["backup"])
+    assert agent.chat("hello") is None
+    assert calls == ["primary-model"]
+    assert seen == []
+
+
+def test_fallback_llm_for_drops_connection_settings_across_providers(monkeypatch):
+    import praisonaiagents.llm.llm as llm_mod
+
+    built = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_mod, "LLM", lambda **kw: built.append(kw) or kw)
+    agent = _DummyAgent()
+    agent.llm = "ollama/llama3"
+    agent._llm_init_params = {"model": "ollama/llama3", "base_url": "http://h", "api_key": "k", "max_iter": 3}
+    agent._fallback_llm_for("ollama/qwen")
+    agent._fallback_llm_for("openai/gpt-4o-mini")
+    assert built[0] == {"model": "ollama/qwen", "base_url": "http://h", "api_key": "k", "max_iter": 3}
+    assert built[1] == {"model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini", "max_iter": 3}
+    assert agent._llm_init_params["model"] == "ollama/llama3"
+
+
+def test_fallback_llm_for_keeps_connection_settings_for_bare_names(monkeypatch):
+    import praisonaiagents.llm.llm as llm_mod
+
+    built = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(llm_mod, "LLM", lambda **kw: built.append(kw) or kw)
+    agent = _DummyAgent()
+    agent.llm = "model-a"
+    agent._llm_init_params = {"model": "model-a", "base_url": "http://custom/v1", "api_key": "k"}
+    agent._fallback_llm_for("model-b")
+    assert built[0] == {"model": "model-b", "base_url": "http://custom/v1", "api_key": "k"}
+
+
+def test_custom_llm_does_not_fall_back_after_a_tool_ran():
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    calls, sent = [], []
+    primary = _ToolThenFailLLM("primary-model", _Unavailable("503 overloaded"), calls)
+    agent = Agent(name="c", instructions="x", llm=primary, output="silent")
+    agent.fallback_models = [_StubLLM("backup", None, calls)]
+    agent.execute_tool = lambda name, args, **kw: sent.append(name)
+    assert agent.chat("hello") is None  # existing error handling, no replay
+    assert calls == ["primary-model"]
+    assert sent == ["send_email"]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/llm/test_provided_memory_tool.py

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+"""A supplied memory adapter must not require the default implementation."""
+import copy
+import sys
+import types
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("litellm", reason="optional LLM provider dependency")
+
+from praisonaiagents.llm import LLM
+
+
+class ProvidedMemory:
+    """Side-effect-free implementation of the supplied memory adapter surface."""
+
+    def get_tool_definition(self):
+        """Return the request tool definition without constructing a backend."""
+        return {"type": "memory_20250818", "name": "memory"}
+
+    def get_beta_header(self):
+        """Return a synthetic beta marker for local parameter checks."""
+        return "synthetic-memory-fixture-beta"
+
+    def execute(self, **kwargs):
+        """Provide the adapter execution surface without I/O."""
+        return "fixture memory result"
+
+
+def make_llm(memory, **kwargs):
+    """Construct the real params producer with an explicit synthetic key."""
+    return LLM(
+        model="anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
+        api_key="synthetic-offline-fixture",
+        base_url="http://127.0.0.1:1",
+        claude_memory=memory,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
+
+
+def test_supplied_memory_is_used_without_default_module(monkeypatch):
+    """A supplied instance is reused even if the default cannot be imported."""
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "praisonaiagents.tools.claude_memory_tool", None)
+    supplied = ProvidedMemory()
+    llm = make_llm(supplied)
+    assert llm._get_claude_memory_tool() is supplied
+    assert llm._get_claude_memory_tool() is supplied
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tools, headers", [
+    (None, None),
+    ([], {}),
+    ([{"type": "function", "function": {"name": "fixture", "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}}}}], {"x-fixture": "retained"}),
+])
+def test_real_params_builder_accepts_supplied_memory_without_default_module(monkeypatch, tools, headers):
+    """Supplied memory is included without ordering assumptions or input mutation."""
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "praisonaiagents.tools.claude_memory_tool", None)
+    supplied = ProvidedMemory()
+    llm = make_llm(supplied, web_fetch=True)
+    original_tools, original_headers = copy.deepcopy(tools), copy.deepcopy(headers)
+    first = llm._build_completion_params(tools=tools, extra_headers=headers)
+    second = llm._build_completion_params(tools=tools, extra_headers=headers)
+    assert supplied.get_tool_definition() in first["tools"]
+    assert first["tools"] == second["tools"]
+    assert supplied.get_beta_header() in first["extra_headers"]["anthropic-beta"]
+    assert tools == original_tools
+    assert headers == original_headers
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("memory", [None, False])
+def test_disabled_memory_still_needs_no_implementation(monkeypatch, memory):
+    """Disabled memory never imports an implementation."""
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "praisonaiagents.tools.claude_memory_tool", None)
+    assert make_llm(memory)._get_claude_memory_tool() is None
+
+
+def test_boolean_opt_in_still_constructs_and_caches_default(monkeypatch):
+    """Boolean opt-in retains default factory construction and caching."""
+    calls = []
+
+    class DefaultMemory(ProvidedMemory):
+        """Optional implementation stand-in that records construction."""
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            """Record one default factory invocation."""
+            calls.append(self)
+
+    module = types.ModuleType("praisonaiagents.tools.claude_memory_tool")
+    module.ClaudeMemoryTool = DefaultMemory
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, module.__name__, module)
+    llm = make_llm(True)
+    tool = llm._get_claude_memory_tool()
+    assert isinstance(tool, DefaultMemory)
+    assert llm._get_claude_memory_tool() is tool
+    assert calls == [tool]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/memory/test_learn_store_timestamps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+from praisonaiagents.memory.learn.stores import InsightStore, LearnEntry
+
+
+def test_new_entry_timestamps_are_timezone_aware():
+    """New learn entries carry timezone-aware created_at and updated_at."""
+    entry = LearnEntry(id="e1", content="hello")
+    assert datetime.fromisoformat(entry.created_at).tzinfo is not None
+    assert datetime.fromisoformat(entry.updated_at).tzinfo is not None
+
+
+def test_prune_handles_legacy_naive_timestamps(tmp_path):
+    """Pruning treats legacy naive timestamps as UTC instead of raising on the subtraction."""
+    store = InsightStore(store_path=str(tmp_path / "store.json"), retention_days=1)
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+    # An entry persisted before the timezone-aware change: naive isoformat, no offset.
+    legacy = LearnEntry(
+        id="old",
+        content="old",
+        created_at="2020-01-01T00:00:00",
+        updated_at="2020-01-01T00:00:00",
+    )
+    # Must not raise "can't subtract offset-naive and offset-aware datetimes".
+    assert store._is_stale(legacy, now) is True
+
+    fresh = LearnEntry(id="new", content="new")
+    assert store._is_stale(fresh, now) is False
+
+
+def test_prune_evicts_stale_legacy_entry_end_to_end(tmp_path):
+    """prune() archives a stale legacy (naive-timestamp) entry without raising."""
+    store = InsightStore(store_path=str(tmp_path / "store.json"), retention_days=1)
+    store._entries["old"] = LearnEntry(
+        id="old",
+        content="old",
+        created_at="2020-01-01T00:00:00",
+        updated_at="2020-01-01T00:00:00",
+    )
+
+    assert store.prune(save=False) == 1
+    assert "old" not in store._entries
+
+
+def test_list_all_orders_by_instant_not_raw_string(tmp_path):
+    """list_all() orders by the actual UTC instant, even when offsets differ.
+
+    00:30+01:00 is an earlier instant than 00:00+00:00, but a raw-string sort
+    would order them the other way round.
+    """
+    store = InsightStore(store_path=str(tmp_path / "store.json"))
+    store._entries = {
+        "earlier": LearnEntry(id="earlier", content="e", updated_at="2024-01-01T00:30:00+01:00"),
+        "later": LearnEntry(id="later", content="l", updated_at="2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"),
+    }
+    store._save()  # persist so list_all's refresh reloads these entries
+
+    ordered = [e.id for e in store.list_all()]  # reverse=True: most recent first
+    assert ordered == ["later", "earlier"]
+
+
+def test_prune_evicts_never_used_entry_before_used_one(tmp_path):
+    """At equal use_count, a never-used entry (last_used=None) is evicted first."""
+    store = InsightStore(store_path=str(tmp_path / "store.json"), max_entries=1)
+    store._entries = {
+        "never": LearnEntry(
+            id="never", content="n", use_count=0, last_used=None,
+            created_at="2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        ),
+        "used": LearnEntry(
+            id="used", content="u", use_count=0,
+            last_used="2024-06-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+            created_at="2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        ),
+    }
+
+    store.prune(save=False)
+    assert "never" not in store._entries
+    assert "used" in store._entries

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_async_input_guardrail_offload.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+"""Input validation must not run blocking validators on the achat event loop."""
+import asyncio
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+
+class RecordingInputGuardrail:
+    """Reject before provider dispatch while recording the execution thread."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.thread_id = None
+        self.content = None
+
+    def validate_input(self, content, **kwargs):
+        self.thread_id = threading.get_ident()
+        self.content = content
+        return False, "blocked by test validator"
+
+    def validate_output(self, content, **kwargs):
+        return True, content
+
+
+def test_achat_offloads_sync_input_guardrail():
+    """Public achat invokes a synchronous validator outside its event-loop thread."""
+    guardrail = RecordingInputGuardrail()
+    agent = Agent(name="T", instructions="test", llm="gpt-4o-mini", guardrails=guardrail)
+
+    async def run():
+        loop_thread = threading.get_ident()
+        await agent.achat("blocked prompt")
+        assert guardrail.content == "blocked prompt"
+        assert guardrail.thread_id is not None
+        assert guardrail.thread_id != loop_thread
+
+    asyncio.run(run())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("guardrails", [None, "Check output quality", lambda output: (True, output)])
+def test_achat_disabled_guardrail_keeps_fast_path(monkeypatch, guardrails):
+    """Absent, callable and output-only guards need no worker-thread dispatch."""
+    agent = Agent(name="T", instructions="test", llm="gpt-4o-mini", guardrails=guardrails)
+    guardrail = RecordingInputGuardrail()
+
+    def record(prompt):
+        guardrail.validate_input(prompt)
+        return False, None, "stop before provider dispatch"
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(agent, "_validate_input_with_guardrail", record)
+    asyncio.run(agent.achat("blocked prompt"))
+    assert guardrail.thread_id == threading.get_ident()
+
+
+def test_chat_keeps_sync_input_guardrail_on_caller_thread():
+    """The synchronous public API retains its existing execution context."""
+    guardrail = RecordingInputGuardrail()
+    agent = Agent(name="T", instructions="test", llm="gpt-4o-mini", guardrails=guardrail)
+    agent.chat("blocked prompt")
+    assert guardrail.content == "blocked prompt"
+    assert guardrail.thread_id == threading.get_ident()

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_handoff_lazy_import.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Disabled handoffs do not load their implementation; enabled paths still convert."""
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent
+from praisonaiagents.agent.handoff import Handoff
+
+
+def make_agent(name, **kwargs):
+    """Construct a minimal offline agent for handoff conversion checks."""
+    return Agent(
+        name=name,
+        instructions="Return a short answer.",
+        api_key="synthetic-offline-fixture",
+        reflection=False,
+        memory=False,
+        knowledge=False,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tools", [None, []])
+def test_disabled_handoffs_do_not_require_handoff_module(monkeypatch, tools):
+    """Empty tool/handoff configuration must not load handoff support."""
+    # A blocked import makes an unnecessary local import observable even when
+    # another test has already loaded this module in the same interpreter.
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "praisonaiagents.agent.handoff", None)
+    agent = make_agent("no-handoff", tools=tools)
+    assert agent.tools == []
+    assert agent.handoffs == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("entry", ["tools", "handoffs"])
+def test_handoff_objects_still_convert_to_bound_tools(entry):
+    """Both supported Handoff entry points retain their bound source object."""
+    target = make_agent("target")
+    source = Handoff(target)
+    agent = make_agent("parent", **{entry: [source]})
+    assert len(agent.tools) == 1
+    assert callable(agent.tools[0])
+    assert agent.tools[0]._praison_handoff_source is source
+
+
+def test_direct_agent_handoff_still_converts_to_bound_tool():
+    """A direct Agent handoff still creates a tool for that target."""
+    target = make_agent("target")
+    agent = make_agent("parent", handoffs=[target])
+    assert len(agent.tools) == 1
+    assert callable(agent.tools[0])
+    assert agent.tools[0]._praison_handoff_source.agent is target
+
+
+def test_regular_tool_is_unchanged():
+    """Ordinary callable tools remain unchanged by handoff conversion."""
+    def echo(text: str) -> str:
+        """Return the input text."""
+        return text
+
+    agent = make_agent("regular-tool", tools=[echo])
+    assert agent.tools == [echo]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_image_agent_style.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""OpenAI image calls must only forward style to models that accept it (dall-e-3)."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import ImageAgent
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("llm,kwargs,expected", [
+    ("openai/dall-e-2", {}, None),
+    ("openai/gpt-image-1", {}, None),
+    ("openai/gpt-image-1", {"style": "vivid"}, None),
+    ("openai/dall-e-3", {}, "natural"),
+    ("openai/dall-e-3", {"style": "vivid"}, "vivid"),
+])
+def test_style_forwarding(llm, kwargs, expected):
+    agent = ImageAgent(llm=llm, verbose=False)
+    received = {}
+
+    def fake_image_generation(**call_kwargs):
+        received.update(call_kwargs)
+        return {"data": [{"url": "https://example.com/image.png"}]}
+
+    agent._litellm = fake_image_generation
+    try:
+        agent.generate("A small green square icon", **kwargs)
+        if expected is None:
+            assert "style" not in received
+        else:
+            assert received["style"] == expected
+    finally:
+        agent.close()

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_issue_5957.py

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""Regression tests for issue #5957 (doom-loop window, download_file SSRF/size cap)."""
+
+import socket
+import time
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents.approval import reset_yaml_approved_tools, set_yaml_approved_tools
+from praisonaiagents.permissions.doom_loop import DoomLoopDetector
+from praisonaiagents.tools import url_safety
+
+
+def test_doom_loop_tool_count_is_windowed():
+    detector = DoomLoopDetector(window_seconds=0.05, max_tool_calls=10)
+    # One call per window with fresh arguments is not a loop.
+    for i in range(8):
+        result = detector.record_and_check("read_file", {"path": f"f{i}"})
+        assert not result.is_loop, result.reason
+        time.sleep(0.06)
+    # Lifetime totals are still reported for stats.
+    assert detector.get_stats()["call_counts"]["read_file"] == 8
+
+
+def test_doom_loop_tool_count_still_trips_within_window():
+    detector = DoomLoopDetector(window_seconds=60, max_tool_calls=10)
+    for i in range(5):
+        detector.record("read_file", {"path": f"f{i}"})
+    result = detector.check("read_file", {"path": "new"})
+    assert result.is_loop
+    assert "excessively" in result.reason
+
+
+def _addrinfo(ip):
+    return [(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0, "", (ip, 0))]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("ip", ["100.100.100.200", "100.64.0.1"])
+def test_url_safety_blocks_shared_address_space(ip, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL", raising=False)
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", return_value=_addrinfo(ip)):
+        assert not url_safety.is_safe_http_url(f"http://{ip}/latest/meta-data/")
+
+
+def test_url_safety_allows_public_address(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL", raising=False)
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", return_value=_addrinfo("93.184.216.34")):
+        assert url_safety.is_safe_http_url("https://example.com/")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def file_tools(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    pytest.importorskip("httpx")
+    from praisonaiagents.tools.file_tools import FileTools
+
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL", raising=False)
+    tools = FileTools()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tools, "_require_workspace_access", lambda write=False: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tools, "_validate_path", lambda p: str(tmp_path / p))
+    token = set_yaml_approved_tools(["download_file"])
+    try:
+        yield tools
+    finally:
+        reset_yaml_approved_tools(token)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("url", [
+    "http://localhost./x",
+    "http://169.254.169.254./x",
+    "http://0177.0.0.1/x",
+])
+def test_download_file_uses_shared_ssrf_guard(file_tools, url):
+    with patch("httpx.stream") as stream:
+        result = file_tools.download_file(url, "out.bin")
+    assert not result["success"]
+    stream.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_download_file_ignores_allow_local_crawl(file_tools, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("ALLOW_LOCAL_CRAWL", "true")
+    with patch("httpx.stream") as stream:
+        result = file_tools.download_file("http://127.0.0.1/x", "out.bin")
+    assert not result["success"]
+    stream.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_download_file_fails_closed_on_unresolvable_host(file_tools):
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", side_effect=socket.gaierror), \
+            patch("httpx.stream") as stream:
+        result = file_tools.download_file("http://does-not-resolve.invalid/x", "out.bin")
+    assert not result["success"]
+    stream.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_download_file_enforces_byte_cap(file_tools, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES", "10000")
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.iter_bytes.return_value = iter([b"x" * 8192] * 10)
+    ctx = MagicMock()
+    ctx.__enter__.return_value = response
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", return_value=_addrinfo("93.184.216.34")), \
+            patch("httpx.stream", return_value=ctx):
+        result = file_tools.download_file("https://example.com/big", "big.bin")
+    assert not result["success"]
+    assert "exceeds" in result["error"]
+    assert not (tmp_path / "big.bin").exists()
+
+
+def _stream_ctx(chunks):
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.headers = {}
+    response.iter_bytes.return_value = iter(chunks)
+    ctx = MagicMock()
+    ctx.__enter__.return_value = response
+    return ctx
+
+
+def test_download_file_cap_keeps_existing_file(file_tools, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES", "10000")
+    (tmp_path / "keep.bin").write_bytes(b"original")
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", return_value=_addrinfo("93.184.216.34")), \
+            patch("httpx.stream", return_value=_stream_ctx([b"x" * 8192] * 10)):
+        result = file_tools.download_file("https://example.com/big", "keep.bin")
+    assert not result["success"]
+    assert (tmp_path / "keep.bin").read_bytes() == b"original"
+    assert sorted(p.name for p in tmp_path.iterdir()) == ["keep.bin"]
+
+
+def test_download_file_success_replaces_destination(file_tools, tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "out.bin").write_bytes(b"old")
+    with patch.object(url_safety.socket, "getaddrinfo", return_value=_addrinfo("93.184.216.34")), \
+            patch("httpx.stream", return_value=_stream_ctx([b"new", b"data"])):
+        result = file_tools.download_file("https://example.com/f", "out.bin")
+    assert result["success"]
+    assert result["size"] == 7
+    assert (tmp_path / "out.bin").read_bytes() == b"newdata"
+    assert sorted(p.name for p in tmp_path.iterdir()) == ["out.bin"]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_output_file_containment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+"""Task and Workflow step output_file writes must stay inside the project root."""
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+
+import pytest
+from praisonaiagents import (
+    Agent,
+    AgentTeam,
+    StepResult,
+    Task,
+    Workflow,
+    WorkflowContext,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def root(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    work = tmp_path / "work"
+    work.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.chdir(work)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("PRAISONAI_PROJECT_ROOT", raising=False)
+    return work
+
+
+def _team(output_file, create_directory=True):
+    agent = Agent(name="a", instructions="test")
+    task = Task(
+        description="d",
+        expected_output="e",
+        agent=agent,
+        output_file=output_file,
+        create_directory=create_directory,
+    )
+    return AgentTeam(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]), task
+
+
+def _workflow(output_file):
+    def generate(ctx: WorkflowContext) -> StepResult:
+        return StepResult(output="report")
+
+    return Workflow(steps=[Task(name="gen", handler=generate, output_file=output_file)])
+
+
+def test_task_output_file_traversal_blocked(root):
+    team, task = _team("../escaped/out.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "PWNED")
+    assert not (root.parent / "escaped").exists()
+
+
+def test_task_output_file_symlink_escape_blocked(root, tmp_path):
+    outside = tmp_path / "outside"
+    outside.mkdir()
+    os.symlink(outside, root / "link")
+    team, task = _team("link/out.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "PWNED")
+    assert not (outside / "out.txt").exists()
+
+
+def test_task_output_file_inside_root(root):
+    team, task = _team("sub/out.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "héllo 世界")
+    assert (root / "sub" / "out.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8") == "héllo 世界"
+
+    team, task = _team(str(root / "abs.txt"))
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "ok")
+    assert (root / "abs.txt").read_text() == "ok"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX permission bits")
+def test_task_output_file_overwrite_preserves_permissions(root):
+    target = root / "shared.txt"
+    target.write_text("old")
+    os.chmod(target, 0o644)
+    team, task = _team("shared.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "new")
+    assert target.read_text() == "new"
+    assert target.stat().st_mode & 0o777 == 0o644
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX hardlinks")
+def test_task_output_file_hardlink_does_not_write_outside(root, tmp_path):
+    outside = tmp_path / "outside.txt"
+    outside.write_text("secret")
+    os.link(outside, root / "linked.txt")
+    team, task = _team("linked.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "PWNED")
+    assert (root / "linked.txt").read_text() == "PWNED"
+    assert outside.read_text() == "secret"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX hardlinks")
+def test_task_output_file_hardlink_keeps_mode_under_umask(root, tmp_path):
+    outside = tmp_path / "outside.txt"
+    outside.write_text("secret")
+    os.chmod(outside, 0o664)
+    os.link(outside, root / "linked.txt")
+    team, task = _team("linked.txt")
+    old_umask = os.umask(0o077)
+    try:
+        team.save_output_to_file(task, "new")
+    finally:
+        os.umask(old_umask)
+    assert (root / "linked.txt").stat().st_mode & 0o777 == 0o664
+    assert outside.read_text() == "secret"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt" or os.geteuid() == 0, reason="POSIX permission bits")
+def test_task_output_file_overwrite_in_readonly_directory(root):
+    (root / "ro").mkdir()
+    target = root / "ro" / "out.txt"
+    target.write_text("old")
+    os.chmod(root / "ro", 0o555)
+    try:
+        team, task = _team("ro/out.txt")
+        team.save_output_to_file(task, "new")
+    finally:
+        os.chmod(root / "ro", 0o755)
+    assert target.read_text() == "new"
+
+
+def test_task_output_file_respects_create_directory(root):
+    team, task = _team("missing/out.txt", create_directory=False)
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "ok")
+    assert not (root / "missing").exists()
+
+
+def test_task_output_file_project_root_override(root, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_PROJECT_ROOT", str(tmp_path))
+    team, task = _team(str(tmp_path / "shared" / "out.txt"))
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "ok")
+    assert (tmp_path / "shared" / "out.txt").read_text() == "ok"
+
+
+def test_workflow_output_file_input_traversal_blocked(root):
+    _workflow("reports/{{input}}.md").start("../../x")
+    assert not (root.parent / "x.md").exists()
+
+    _workflow("reports/{{input}}.md").start("ok")
+    assert (root / "reports" / "ok.md").read_text() == "report"
+
+
+def test_workflow_async_output_file_input_traversal_blocked(root):
+    asyncio.run(_workflow("reports/{{input}}.md").arun("../../x"))
+    assert not (root.parent / "x.md").exists()
+
+    asyncio.run(_workflow("reports/{{input}}.md").arun("ok"))
+    assert (root / "reports" / "ok.md").read_text() == "report"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"), reason="OPENAI_API_KEY not set")
+def test_task_output_file_traversal_blocked_real_run(root):
+    team, _ = _team("../escaped.txt")
+    team.start()
+    assert not (root.parent / "escaped.txt").exists()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.name == "nt", reason="POSIX hardlinks")
+def test_task_output_file_hardlink_group_kept_or_bits_dropped(root, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    outside = tmp_path / "outside.txt"
+    outside.write_text("secret")
+    os.chmod(outside, 0o660)
+    os.link(outside, root / "linked.txt")
+
+    def deny(*args):
+        raise PermissionError
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(os, "fchown", deny)
+    team, task = _team("linked.txt")
+    team.save_output_to_file(task, "new")
+    assert (root / "linked.txt").read_text() == "new"
+    assert (root / "linked.txt").stat().st_mode & 0o777 == 0o600
+    assert outside.read_text() == "secret"

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/test_team_rerun_and_retrieval_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+"""Regression tests for #5980.
+
+- A second AgentTeam.start()/astart() must re-execute tasks, not return stale output.
+- RAG.retrieve(top_k=...) must not mutate the shared RAGConfig.
+- SmartRetriever must over-fetch before post-filtering, fail closed on a bad
+  path_filter regex, and not share store errors across calls via instance state.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents import Agent, AgentTeam, Task
+from praisonaiagents.knowledge.query_engine import SubQuestionEngine
+from praisonaiagents.rag.models import RAGConfig
+from praisonaiagents.rag.pipeline import RAG
+from praisonaiagents.rag.retriever import SmartRetriever
+
+
+def _team():
+    calls = []
+    agent = Agent(name="a", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+
+    def chat(prompt, **kw):
+        calls.append(prompt)
+        return f"answer#{len(calls)}"
+
+    async def achat(prompt, **kw):
+        return chat(prompt)
+
+    agent.chat = chat
+    agent.achat = achat
+    task = Task(name="t1", description="Summarise the ticket", expected_output="e", agent=agent)
+    return AgentTeam(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], process="sequential"), task, calls
+
+
+def test_second_start_reexecutes_and_drops_previous_content():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    assert team.start("ticket A", output="silent") == "answer#1"
+    assert team.start("ticket B", output="silent") == "answer#2"
+    assert len(calls) == 2
+    assert task.context == ["ticket B"]
+
+
+def test_second_astart_reexecutes():
+    team, _, calls = _team()
+
+    async def run():
+        return await team.astart(), await team.astart()
+
+    assert asyncio.run(run()) == ("answer#1", "answer#2")
+    assert len(calls) == 2
+
+
+def test_restored_checkpoint_is_resumed_not_reset():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    snapshot = team._serialisable_task_state()
+    assert team._restore_serialised_task_state(snapshot) == 1
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    assert len(calls) == 1  # completed task restored -> skipped
+    assert task.status == "completed"
+
+
+def test_rerun_keeps_caller_defined_task_variables():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    task.description = "Summarise {{ticket}}"
+    task.variables = {"ticket": "T-1"}
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    assert task.variables == {"ticket": "T-1"}
+    assert all("T-1" in str(p) and "{{ticket}}" not in str(p) for p in calls)
+
+
+def test_rerun_repropagates_current_team_variables():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    task.description = "Summarise {{ticket}}"
+    team.variables = {"ticket": "T-1"}
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    team.variables = {"ticket": "T-2"}
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    assert "T-2" in str(calls[1])
+
+
+def test_team_variables_repropagate_after_batch():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    task.description = "Summarise {{ticket}}"
+    team.variables = {"ticket": "T-1"}
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    team.start_for_each([{"ticket": "X"}])
+    team.variables = {"ticket": "T-2"}
+    team.start(output="silent")
+    assert "T-2" in str(calls[-1])
+
+
+def test_fresh_run_after_resume_drops_earlier_content():
+    team, task, calls = _team()
+    team.start("ticket A", output="silent")
+    team._restore_serialised_task_state(team._serialisable_task_state())
+    team.start(output="silent")  # resume: completed task skipped
+    team.start("ticket B", output="silent")
+    assert task.context == ["ticket B"]
+
+
+def test_rag_retrieve_override_does_not_mutate_config():
+    # Hold the top_k=1 call inside search() until a default call has finished,
+    # so the default call is guaranteed to run while the override is active.
+    override_in_search = threading.Event()
+    default_done = threading.Event()
+
+    class Knowledge:
+        def search(self, query, **kw):
+            if query == "override":
+                override_in_search.set()
+                default_done.wait(2)
+            return [{"text": f"d{i}", "score": 1.0, "metadata": {}} for i in range(20)]
+
+    rag = RAG(knowledge=Knowledge(), config=RAGConfig(top_k=5))
+    out = {}
+    ta = threading.Thread(target=lambda: out.setdefault("a", rag.retrieve("override", top_k=1)))
+    ta.start()
+    assert override_in_search.wait(2)
+    out["b"] = rag.retrieve("default")
+    default_done.set()
+    ta.join()
+    assert rag.config.top_k == 5
+    assert out["a"].metadata["top_k"] == 1
+    assert out["b"].metadata["top_k"] == 5
+
+
+class _MixedStore:
+    def search(self, query, limit=5, **kw):
+        docs = [{"text": f"p{i}", "metadata": {"filename": f"p{i}.pdf"}, "score": 1 - i / 100}
+                for i in range(10)]
+        docs += [{"text": f"m{i}", "metadata": {"filename": f"m{i}.md"}, "score": 0.5}
+                 for i in range(3)]
+        return docs[:limit]
+
+
+def test_filters_over_fetch_before_truncation():
+    result = SmartRetriever(_MixedStore()).retrieve("q", top_k=5, include_glob=["*.md"])
+    assert [c["text"] for c in result.chunks] == ["m0", "m1", "m2"]
+
+
+def test_invalid_path_filter_fails_closed():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        SmartRetriever(_MixedStore()).retrieve("q", path_filter="([unclosed")
+
+
+def test_store_error_is_not_shared_across_concurrent_calls():
+    # Hold the good call inside search() until the failing call has fully
+    # recorded its error, the interleaving that leaked it via instance state.
+    good_in_search = threading.Event()
+    bad_done = threading.Event()
+
+    class Store:
+        def search(self, query, **kw):
+            if query == "bad":
+                raise RuntimeError("down")
+            good_in_search.set()
+            bad_done.wait(2)
+            return [{"text": "ok", "metadata": {}, "score": 1.0}]
+
+    retriever = SmartRetriever(Store())
+    out = {}
+    tg = threading.Thread(target=lambda: out.setdefault("good", retriever.retrieve("good")))
+    tg.start()
+    assert good_in_search.wait(2)
+    out["bad"] = retriever.retrieve("bad")
+    bad_done.set()
+    tg.join()
+    assert out["bad"].retrieval_failed is True
+    assert out["good"].retrieval_failed is False
+
+
+def test_sub_question_engine_accepts_smart_retriever():
+    result = SubQuestionEngine().query("what is m?", retriever=SmartRetriever(_MixedStore()))
+    assert result.sources

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/tools/test_github_branch_safety.py

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import pytest
 from praisonaiagents.tools import github_tools
 
 
-def _fake_git_factory(responses, calls):
+def _fake_git_factory(responses, calls, cwds=None):
     """Build a fake subprocess.run that records calls and serves canned output."""
+    cwds = cwds if cwds is not None else []
 
-    def fake_run(cmd, check=False, capture_output=False, text=False):
+    def fake_run(cmd, check=False, capture_output=False, text=False, cwd=None):
         calls.append(cmd)
+        cwds.append(cwd)
         assert cmd[0] == "git"
         key = tuple(cmd[1:])
         # Match on a prefix of the git args
@@ -256,3 +258,50 @@ def test_create_branch_accepts_slash_names(monkeypatch):
     checkouts = [c for c in calls if c[:2] == ["git", "checkout"]]
     assert checkouts, "expected a checkout for a valid branch name"
     assert ["git", "checkout", "-B", "feature/new-thing"] in checkouts
+
+
+def test_repo_path_used_as_cwd_for_every_git_call(monkeypatch):
+    responses = {
+        ("status", "--porcelain"): ("M file\n", 0),
+        ("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"): ("praisonai/work\n", 0),
+        ("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD"): ("refs/remotes/origin/main\n", 0),
+    }
+    calls, cwds = [], []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "run", _fake_git_factory(responses, calls, cwds))
+    result = _run_tool(github_tools.github_commit_and_push, "fix", repo_path="/repo")
+    assert "Successfully" in result
+    assert calls and all(c == "/repo" for c in cwds)
+
+
+def test_never_stages_untracked_with_add_dot(monkeypatch):
+    responses = {
+        ("status", "--porcelain"): ("M file\n", 0),
+        ("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"): ("praisonai/work\n", 0),
+        ("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD"): ("refs/remotes/origin/main\n", 0),
+    }
+    calls = _call(monkeypatch, responses)
+    _run_tool(github_tools.github_commit_and_push, "fix", paths=["new.py"])
+    adds = [c for c in calls if c[:2] == ["git", "add"]]
+    # scoped to cwd so a subdirectory call cannot stage sibling edits
+    assert ["git", "add", "-u", "--", "."] in adds
+    assert ["git", "add", "-u"] not in adds
+    assert ["git", "add", "--", "new.py"] in adds
+    assert ["git", "add", "."] not in adds
+    # untracked files are not considered when checking for changes
+    status = [c for c in calls if c[:2] == ["git", "status"]]
+    assert all("--untracked-files=no" in c for c in status)
+
+
+def test_refusal_leaves_index_untouched(monkeypatch):
+    responses = {
+        ("status", "--porcelain"): ("M file\n", 0),
+        ("rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD"): ("release/v2\n", 0),
+        ("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD"): ("refs/remotes/origin/main\n", 0),
+        ("config", "user.email"): ("[email protected]\n", 0),
+        ("merge-base", "origin/main", "HEAD"): ("abc\n", 0),
+        ("log", "--format=%ae", "abc..HEAD"): ("[email protected]\n", 0),
+    }
+    calls = _call(monkeypatch, responses)
+    result = _run_tool(github_tools.github_commit_and_push, "fix", branch="release/v2")
+    assert "Error" in result
+    assert not [c for c in calls if c[:2] == ["git", "add"]]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/trace/test_run_events.py

@@ -821,3 +821,119 @@ class TestTeamRunLabel:
 
         team = AgentTeam(agents=[Agent(name="Researcher", output="silent")], name="EV brief")
         assert team._replay_name() == "EV brief"
+
+
+class TestStepVariables:
+    """step_end records the variables a step set, so a re-run can restore them."""
+
+    def test_step_end_records_handler_variables_redacted(self, recorder):
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows.workflows import AgentFlow
+
+        def research(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="notes", variables={"customer_id": 42, "api_key": "sk-abcdefghijklmnop1234"})
+
+        def draft(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="draft")
+
+        AgentFlow(name="v", steps=[research, draft]).run("go")
+        ends = {e.node_id: e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end")}
+        assert ends["step:research"]["variables"]["customer_id"] == 42
+        assert "sk-abcdefghijklmnop1234" not in str(ends["step:research"]["variables"])
+        assert "variables" not in ends["step:draft"]
+
+    def test_nested_step_end_records_handler_variables(self, recorder):
+        """Steps run through _execute_single_step_internal (patterns, hierarchical) record them too."""
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows.workflows import AgentFlow, If
+
+        def research(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="notes", variables={"customer_id": 42})
+
+        AgentFlow(name="v", steps=[If(condition="1 > 0", then_steps=[research])]).run("go")
+        ends = {e.node_id: e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end")}
+        variables = next(d["variables"] for n, d in ends.items() if n.endswith("research"))
+        assert variables == {"customer_id": 42}
+
+    def test_cache_hit_step_end_leaves_out_the_output_variable(self, recorder):
+        """The step cache stores the output variable (the full output); a cached
+        step_end must trace only what the handler set, like the cold run."""
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows.workflows import AgentFlow
+
+        def research(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="the full step output " * 50, variables={"customer_id": 42})
+
+        flow = AgentFlow(name="v", steps=[research], cache=True)
+        flow.run("go")
+        flow.run("go")  # cache hit
+        ends = [e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end")]
+        assert [d["status"] for d in ends] == ["completed", "cached"]
+        for d in ends:
+            assert d["variables"] == {"customer_id": 42}
+            assert "the full step output" not in str(d["variables"])
+
+    def test_nested_step_records_a_variable_changed_in_place(self, recorder):
+        """A list the step appends to (same object) still counts as set by it."""
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows.workflows import AgentFlow, If
+
+        def seed(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="s", variables={"items": ["a"]})
+
+        def add(ctx):
+            ctx.variables["items"].append("b")
+            return StepResult(output="m")
+
+        AgentFlow(name="v", steps=[seed, If(condition="1 > 0", then_steps=[add])]).run("go")
+        ends = {e.node_id: e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end")}
+        variables = next(d.get("variables") for n, d in ends.items() if n.endswith("add"))
+        assert variables == {"items": ["a", "b"]}
+
+    def test_uncopyable_variable_does_not_hide_an_in_place_change(self, recorder):
+        """One variable that cannot be deep-copied must not stop the others being compared by value."""
+        import threading
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows.workflows import AgentFlow, If
+
+        def seed(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="s", variables={"items": ["a"]})
+
+        def add(ctx):
+            ctx.variables["items"].append("b")
+            return StepResult(output="m")
+
+        flow = AgentFlow(name="v", steps=[seed, If(condition="1 > 0", then_steps=[add])],
+                         variables={"lock": threading.Lock()})
+        flow.run("go")
+        ends = {e.node_id: e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end")}
+        variables = next(d.get("variables") for n, d in ends.items() if n.endswith("add"))
+        assert variables == {"items": ["a", "b"]}
+
+    def test_skipped_or_cached_nested_step_does_not_copy_the_scope(self, recorder, monkeypatch):
+        """Only a nested step that really runs snapshots the variables; a cache
+        hit still records what the handler set."""
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import StepResult, Task
+        from praisonaiagents.workflows import workflows as wf
+
+        copies = []
+        real = wf._isolate_scope
+        monkeypatch.setattr(wf, "_isolate_scope", lambda v: copies.append(1) or real(v))
+
+        def research(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="notes", variables={"customer_id": 42})
+
+        def never(ctx):
+            return StepResult(output="x")
+
+        steps = [wf.If(condition="1 > 0", then_steps=[
+            research, Task(name="never", handler=never, should_run=lambda ctx: False),
+        ])]
+        flow = wf.AgentFlow(name="v", steps=steps, variables={"items": list(range(1000))}, cache=True)
+        flow.run("go")
+        assert len(copies) == 1  # research ran; the skipped step copied nothing
+        copies.clear()
+        flow.run("go")  # research is a cache hit
+        assert copies == []
+        cached = [e.data for e in _of(recorder, "step_end") if e.data["status"] == "cached"]
+        assert [d.get("variables") for d in cached] == [{"customer_id": 42}]

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/trace/test_unnamed_agent_trace.py

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+"""Unnamed agents in traces and graphs, agent_end status, and async model-call events.
+
+Deterministic: the model call is replaced, so nothing reaches a provider.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents.trace.context_events import (
+    ContextListSink,
+    ContextTraceEmitter,
+    reset_context_emitter,
+    set_context_emitter,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def sink(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-test-not-used")
+    s = ContextListSink()
+    token = set_context_emitter(ContextTraceEmitter(sink=s, session_id="t", enabled=True))
+    yield s
+    reset_context_emitter(token)
+
+
+def _of(sink, kind):
+    return [e for e in sink.get_events() if e.event_type.value == kind]
+
+
+def _fake_completion(text="Solar sails ride sunlight."):
+    message = SimpleNamespace(content=text, tool_calls=None, role="assistant", reasoning_content=None)
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        choices=[SimpleNamespace(message=message, finish_reason="stop", index=0)],
+        usage=SimpleNamespace(prompt_tokens=11, completion_tokens=7, total_tokens=18),
+        model="gpt-4o-mini",
+    )
+
+
+def search(query: str) -> str:
+    """Search the web."""
+    return "result"
+
+
+# --- to_graph and ids ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_to_graph_accepts_an_unnamed_agent(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-test-not-used")
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+    from praisonaiagents.workflows.diagram import to_graph
+
+    graph = to_graph(Agent(instructions="Answer briefly.", tools=[search]))
+    ids = [n["id"] for n in graph["nodes"]]
+    assert ids[:3] == ["start:begin", "agent:Agent", "tool:Agent/search"] or set(ids) >= {
+        "start:begin", "agent:Agent", "tool:Agent/search", "end:done"}
+    assert next(n for n in graph["nodes"] if n["id"] == "agent:Agent")["label"] == "Agent"
+
+
+def test_named_agent_graph_is_unchanged(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-test-not-used")
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+    from praisonaiagents.workflows.diagram import to_graph
+
+    ids = [n["id"] for n in to_graph(Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x", tools=[search]))["nodes"]]
+    assert "agent:Writer" in ids and "tool:Writer/search" in ids
+
+
+def test_emitter_ids_for_an_unnamed_agent():
+    s = ContextListSink()
+    em = ContextTraceEmitter(sink=s, session_id="t", enabled=True)
+    em.agent_start(None)
+    em.tool_call_start(None, "search", {"query": "x"})
+    em.tool_call_end(None, "search", "ok", 1.0)
+    em.agent_end(None)
+    assert [e.node_id for e in s.get_events()] == [
+        "agent:Agent", "tool:Agent/search", "tool:Agent/search", "agent:Agent"]
+
+
+def test_unnamed_agent_run_matches_its_graph(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+    from praisonaiagents.workflows.diagram import to_graph
+
+    agent = Agent(instructions="Answer briefly.")
+    with patch.object(agent, "_chat_completion", return_value=_fake_completion()):
+        agent.chat("Why do solar sails work?")
+    graph_ids = {n["id"] for n in to_graph(agent)["nodes"]}
+    for kind in ("agent_start", "agent_end"):
+        (event,) = _of(sink, kind)
+        assert event.agent_name is None  # the name is not invented on the event
+        assert event.node_id == "agent:Agent" and event.node_id in graph_ids
+
+
+# --- agent_end status ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_agent_end_records_completed(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(agent, "_chat_completion", return_value=_fake_completion()):
+        assert agent.chat("hi")
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "completed"}
+
+
+def test_agent_end_records_failed(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(agent, "_chat_completion", side_effect=RuntimeError("provider down")):
+        try:
+            result = agent.chat("hi")
+        except Exception:
+            result = None
+    assert result is None
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "failed"}
+
+
+# --- async model calls --------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_astart_records_the_model_call(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+
+    async def fake_dispatch(*args, **kwargs):
+        return _fake_completion()
+
+    with patch.object(agent, "_achat_completion_with_retry_dispatch", side_effect=fake_dispatch):
+        answer = asyncio.run(agent.astart("Why do solar sails work?"))
+    assert "sunlight" in str(answer)
+    (req,) = _of(sink, "llm_request")
+    (resp,) = _of(sink, "llm_response")
+    assert req.node_id == resp.node_id == "agent:Writer"
+    assert resp.prompt_tokens == 11 and resp.completion_tokens == 7 and resp.cost_usd > 0
+    assert "sunlight" in (resp.data.get("response_content") or "")
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "completed"}
+
+
+def test_async_model_error_is_recorded(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+
+    async def boom(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise RuntimeError("rate limited")
+
+    with patch.object(agent, "_achat_completion_with_retry_dispatch", side_effect=boom):
+        try:
+            asyncio.run(agent.astart("hi"))
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    responses = _of(sink, "llm_response")
+    assert responses and responses[0].data.get("finish_reason") == "error"
+    assert "rate limited" in (responses[0].data.get("response_content") or "")
+
+
+def test_async_path_records_nothing_when_tracing_is_off(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-test-not-used")
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    s = ContextListSink()
+    token = set_context_emitter(ContextTraceEmitter(sink=s, session_id="t", enabled=False))
+    try:
+        agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
+
+        async def fake_dispatch(*args, **kwargs):
+            return _fake_completion()
+
+        with patch.object(agent, "_achat_completion_with_retry_dispatch", side_effect=fake_dispatch) as d:
+            asyncio.run(agent.astart("hi"))
+        assert d.called and s.get_events() == []
+    finally:
+        reset_context_emitter(token)
+
+
+# --- streamed turns (start(stream=True)) ---------------------------------------
+
+def _fake_stream(self, prompt, **kwargs):
+    yield "Solar "
+    yield "sails."
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_records_agent_start_and_end(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(type(agent), "_start_stream_turn", _fake_stream):
+        text = "".join(agent._start_stream("hi"))
+    assert text == "Solar sails."
+    kinds = [(e.event_type.value, e.node_id, e.data.get("status")) for e in sink.get_events()]
+    assert kinds == [("agent_start", "agent:Agent", None), ("agent_end", "agent:Agent", "completed")]
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_stopped_early_is_cancelled(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(type(agent), "_start_stream_turn", _fake_stream):
+        gen = agent._start_stream("hi")
+        next(gen)
+        gen.close()  # the page stopped reading
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "cancelled"}
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_that_raises_is_failed(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    def boom(self, prompt, **kwargs):
+        yield "x"
+        raise RuntimeError("provider down")
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(type(agent), "_start_stream_turn", boom):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            list(agent._start_stream("hi"))
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "failed"}
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_records_nothing_when_tracing_is_off(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "sk-test-not-used")
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    s = ContextListSink()
+    token = set_context_emitter(ContextTraceEmitter(sink=s, session_id="t", enabled=False))
+    try:
+        agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+        with patch.object(type(agent), "_start_stream_turn", _fake_stream):
+            assert "".join(agent._start_stream("hi")) == "Solar sails."
+        assert s.get_events() == []
+    finally:
+        reset_context_emitter(token)
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_blocked_by_guardrail_is_failed(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(agent, "_validate_input_with_guardrail", return_value=(False, None, "no")):
+        assert "blocked" in "".join(agent._start_stream("hi"))
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "failed"}
+
+
+def test_streamed_turn_fallback_records_the_turn_once(sink):
+    from praisonaiagents import Agent
+
+    def falls_back(self, prompt, **kwargs):
+        yield self._stream_fallback_chat(prompt, kwargs, RuntimeError("stream broke"))
+
+    agent = Agent(name="Writer", instructions="x")
+    with patch.object(type(agent), "_start_stream_impl", falls_back), \
+            patch.object(agent, "_chat_completion", return_value=_fake_completion()):
+        assert "".join(agent._start_stream("hi")) == "Solar sails ride sunlight."
+    kinds = [e.event_type.value for e in sink.get_events() if e.event_type.value.startswith("agent_")]
+    assert kinds == ["agent_start", "agent_end"]
+    assert _of(sink, "agent_end")[0].data == {"status": "completed"}
+    # chat() outside a stream still records its own turn.
+    with patch.object(agent, "_chat_completion", return_value=_fake_completion()):
+        agent.chat("again")
+    assert len(_of(sink, "agent_start")) == 2

src/praisonai-agents/tests/unit/workflows/test_route_target_validation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""Route references must not silently discard undefined agents."""
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents.workflows.yaml_parser import YAMLWorkflowParser
+
+
+PREFIX = """name: route-validation
+agents:
+  known:
+    name: Known
+    instructions: Greet.
+    llm: openai/fixture-model
+steps:
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("target", ["missing", "[known, missing]"])
+def test_route_rejects_undefined_target(target):
+    source = PREFIX + f"  - route:\n      chosen: {target}\n"
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Agent 'missing'.*route 'chosen'"):
+        YAMLWorkflowParser().parse_string(source)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("target", ["known", "[known]"])
+def test_route_keeps_defined_targets(target):
+    source = PREFIX + f"  - route:\n      chosen: {target}\n"
+    flow = YAMLWorkflowParser().parse_string(source)
+    assert [agent.name for agent in flow.steps[0].routes["chosen"]] == ["Known"]

src/praisonai-agents/uv.lock

@@ -3162,7 +3162,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "praisonaiagents"
-version = "1.7.16"
+version = "1.7.19"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },
@@ -3292,8 +3292,8 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'os'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
     { name = "markitdown", extras = ["all"], marker = "extra == 'knowledge'", specifier = ">=0.1.0" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=1.20.0,<2" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'parallel-search'", specifier = ">=1.30.0,<2" },

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/__init__.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ _LAZY_EXPORTS = {
         "praisonai_bot.gateway.admin",
         "provision_gateway_config",
     ),
+    "edit_gateway_channel": ("praisonai_bot.gateway.admin", "edit_gateway_channel"),
 }
 
 
@@ -34,5 +35,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "GatewayRepairResult",
     "repair_gateway_config",
     "provision_gateway_config",
+    "edit_gateway_channel",
     "__version__",
 ]

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.15"
+__version__ = "0.1.18"

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/bots/_outbound_media.py

@@ -468,10 +468,15 @@ async def deliver_media_to_adapter(
             )
             return False
 
-        target_id = thread_id or channel_id
-        channel = client.get_channel(int(target_id))
-        if channel is None and thread_id is not None:
-            channel = client.get_channel(int(channel_id))
+        # Resolve the thread *under* the parent channel (as ``send_message``
+        # does) rather than by global id, so a target's thread segment can
+        # never redirect the upload to an unrelated channel (#6084).
+        channel = client.get_channel(int(channel_id))
+        if channel is not None and thread_id is not None:
+            get_thread = getattr(channel, "get_thread", None)
+            thread = get_thread(int(thread_id)) if callable(get_thread) else None
+            if thread is not None:
+                channel = thread
         if channel is not None:
             await channel.send(
                 content=caption or None, file=discord.File(path)

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/bots/_outbound_messenger.py

@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ class BotOutboundMessenger:
 
         resolved = f"{platform}:{channel_id}"
 
+        # Destination authorization (#6084): the target is model-controlled, so
+        # an explicit "<platform>:<chat_id>" must name a chat this gateway
+        # already knows (the turn's origin, or a home/alias/observed channel)
+        # before anything — text or media — is delivered. Symbolic tokens
+        # ("origin", a platform home, an alias) resolve to known chats by
+        # construction. Operators widen the set via the alias overlay.
+        if not self._is_attested(platform, channel_id):
+            logger.warning(
+                "BotOutboundMessenger: refusing send to unattested destination %s",
+                resolved,
+            )
+            return DeliveryResult(
+                ok=False,
+                target=resolved,
+                summary=f"Refused: {resolved} is not a known destination for this gateway.",
+                detail=(
+                    "destination not attested (not the origin chat, a home "
+                    "channel, an alias, or an observed channel)"
+                ),
+            )
+
         # Idempotency covers the *whole* text+media envelope (issue #2578). A
         # duplicate proactive send must skip both the text and any media upload,
         # otherwise a re-fired job with attachments would double-upload media
@@ -183,6 +204,21 @@ class BotOutboundMessenger:
             detail=detail,
         )
 
+    def _is_attested(self, platform: str, channel_id: str) -> bool:
+        """Whether ``platform:channel_id`` is a chat this gateway knows."""
+        origin = self._origin
+        if (
+            origin is not None
+            and (origin.platform or "").lower() == platform.lower()
+            and str(origin.channel_id) == str(channel_id)
+        ):
+            return True
+        try:
+            return bool(self._router.directory.has_channel(platform, str(channel_id)))
+        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover — defensive, fail closed
+            logger.warning("BotOutboundMessenger: attestation check failed: %s", e)
+            return False
+
     async def _deliver_media(
         self,
         target: str,

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/bots/_streaming.py

@@ -15,12 +15,26 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Protocol, TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from ._chunk import _calculate_length, chunk_message, enforce_hard_cap
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from praisonaiagents.streaming.events import StreamEvent
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _fit_prefix(text: str, limit: int, unit: str) -> str:
+    """Longest prefix of *text* within *limit* in *unit*; single O(limit) pass."""
+    if unit != "utf16":
+        return text[:limit]
+    used = 0
+    for i, ch in enumerate(text):
+        used += 2 if ord(ch) > 0xFFFF else 1
+        if used > limit:
+            return text[:i]
+    return text
+
+
 # Matches <think>...</think> and <reasoning>...</reasoning> spans (case-insensitive,
 # spanning newlines). Also strips a trailing unclosed opening tag so partial
 # reasoning never leaks while a block is still streaming.
@@ -375,7 +389,10 @@ class DraftStreamer:
         self._can_edit = caps.get('live_edit', True)  # Assume true for backward compat
         self._text_limit = caps.get('text_limit', 0) or 0  # 0 = unlimited
         self._edit_rate_limit = caps.get('edit_rate_limit', 0) or 0
-        
+        # Telegram measures its cap in UTF-16 units; default to codepoints.
+        unit = getattr(getattr(adapter, 'platform_capabilities', None), 'length_unit', None)
+        self._length_unit = unit if unit in ("codepoints", "utf16") else "codepoints"
+
         # Per-stream runtime interval. Adaptive backoff mutates this, NOT the
         # shared config, so a flood in one stream never leaks into others.
         self._current_min_interval = self._config.min_interval
@@ -621,8 +638,8 @@ class DraftStreamer:
         content = redact_outbound_text(content, self._adapter)
         
         # Apply text limit if configured
-        if self._text_limit > 0 and len(content) > self._text_limit:
-            content = content[:self._text_limit - 3] + "..."
+        if self._text_limit > 0 and _calculate_length(content, self._length_unit) > self._text_limit:
+            content = _fit_prefix(content, max(1, self._text_limit - 3), self._length_unit) + "..."
         
         return content
     
@@ -715,10 +732,20 @@ class DraftStreamer:
         # still gets the safe-by-default guarantee. The adapter carries any
         # injected redactor / opt-out so one policy governs every outbound seam.
         final_content = redact_outbound_text(final_content, self._adapter)
-        
+
+        # Over-cap answers cannot be delivered as one edit/send (both fail with
+        # "message too long" and the reply is lost). Edit the placeholder with
+        # the first chunk and send the rest as follow-ons (Issue #6078).
+        chunks = [final_content]
+        if self._text_limit > 0 and _calculate_length(final_content, self._length_unit) > self._text_limit:
+            chunks = enforce_hard_cap(
+                chunk_message(final_content, self._text_limit, length_unit=self._length_unit),
+                self._text_limit, length_unit=self._length_unit,
+            )
+
         if self._rate_limiter:
             await self._rate_limiter.acquire(self._channel_id)
-        
+
         # Primary delivery: when progressive edits are still healthy, edit the
         # existing placeholder in place. When they were disabled by flooding, a
         # fresh edit is likely to fail too, so try the placeholder edit first
@@ -726,23 +753,35 @@ class DraftStreamer:
         # new send below.
         delivered = False
         try:
-            await self._adapter.edit_message(self._channel_id, self._message_id, final_content)
+            await self._adapter.edit_message(self._channel_id, self._message_id, chunks[0])
             delivered = True
         except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 - adapter boundary; preserve final delivery
             logger.warning("DraftStreamer final edit failed: %s", e)
-        
+
         # Fallback: if the edit failed (or progressive editing was disabled by
         # flooding), deliver the full answer as a fresh send so the user ALWAYS
         # receives the completed answer regardless of the progressive path taken.
         if not delivered:
             try:
-                await self._adapter.send_message(self._channel_id, final_content)
+                await self._adapter.send_message(self._channel_id, chunks[0])
                 delivered = True
             except Exception as send_exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - last-resort delivery fallback
                 logger.warning(
                     "DraftStreamer final send fallback also failed: %s", send_exc
                 )
-        
+
+        # Follow-on chunks: adapters' send_message already retries and parks
+        # exhausted sends in the DLQ, so do NOT wrap it again (a second retry
+        # layer would re-send a chunk that is already parked -> duplicates).
+        for chunk in chunks[1:]:
+            if self._rate_limiter:
+                await self._rate_limiter.acquire(self._channel_id)
+            try:
+                await self._adapter.send_message(self._channel_id, chunk)
+            except Exception as chunk_exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - keep delivering remaining chunks
+                delivered = False
+                logger.warning("DraftStreamer follow-on chunk send failed: %s", chunk_exc)
+
         logger.debug(
             "DraftStreamer finalized message %s, final_length=%d, progressive=%s, delivered=%s",
             self._message_id, len(final_content), self._progressive, delivered

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/bots/discord.py

@@ -551,27 +551,9 @@ class DiscordBot(OutboundResilienceMixin, ChatCommandMixin, MessageHookMixin):
                                         pass
                                     return
                                 final_content = send_result["content"]
-                                # A streamed answer longer than Discord's hard
-                                # cap cannot be delivered by editing the single
-                                # placeholder (both the edit and the send
-                                # fallback 400 on >2000 chars), which would drop
-                                # the whole reply. Fall back to the chunked
-                                # reply path so long answers are split and keep
-                                # the reply reference (Greptile #3 / #5).
-                                _cap = min(self.config.max_message_length, 2000)
-                                if len(final_content) > _cap:
-                                    try:
-                                        await self.delete_message(
-                                            channel_id, placeholder_message_id
-                                        )
-                                    except Exception:
-                                        pass
-                                    await self._send_long_message(
-                                        message.channel, final_content,
-                                        reference=message,
-                                    )
-                                else:
-                                    await streamer.finalize(final_content)
+                                # Over-cap answers are chunked by the shared
+                                # streamer (Issue #6078).
+                                await streamer.finalize(final_content)
                                 self.fire_message_sent(channel_id, final_content)
                             except Exception:
                                 try:

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/cli/commands/gateway.py

@@ -1553,8 +1553,16 @@ def gateway_test(
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
 
-@app.command("channels")
+channels_app = typer.Typer(
+    help="List, probe and edit channels in gateway.yaml",
+    invoke_without_command=True,
+)
+app.add_typer(channels_app, name="channels")
+
+
+@channels_app.callback()
 def gateway_channels(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
     config: str = typer.Option("gateway.yaml", "--config", "-c", help="Path to gateway.yaml"),
     json_output: bool = typer.Option(False, "--json", help="Output JSON"),
     probe: bool = typer.Option(False, "--probe", help="Probe each channel's credentials"),
@@ -1574,6 +1582,9 @@ def gateway_channels(
     import os
     import yaml
 
+    if ctx.invoked_subcommand is not None:
+        return
+
     if available:
         try:
             from praisonai_bot.bots._registry import list_platforms
@@ -1662,6 +1673,125 @@ def gateway_channels(
             print(f"{name:<20} {platform:<12} {has_token:<12}")
 
 
+def _parse_channel_settings(pairs: Optional[List[str]]) -> dict:
+    """Parse repeated ``--set key=value`` flags; values are YAML-typed."""
+    import yaml
+
+    settings = {}
+    for pair in pairs or []:
+        key, sep, value = pair.partition("=")
+        if not sep or not key.strip():
+            print(f"Error: --set expects key=value, got {pair!r}")
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+        settings[key.strip()] = yaml.safe_load(value) if value else ""
+    return settings
+
+
+def _edit_channel(
+    ctx: typer.Context, config: Optional[str], name: str, settings=None, *, remove=False, must_exist=True
+) -> None:
+    """Run one validated channel edit, mapping failures to CLI exits (#6079)."""
+    import os
+    import yaml
+
+    from praisonai_bot.gateway.admin import _editable_channels, edit_gateway_channel
+
+    # ``gateway channels --config X <cmd>`` applies to the subcommand too.
+    config = _resolve_doctor_config(config or ctx.parent.params.get("config") or "gateway.yaml")
+    if not os.path.exists(config):
+        print(f"Error: Config file not found: {config}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    with open(config) as fh:
+        exists = name in _editable_channels(yaml.safe_load(fh) or {})
+    if must_exist and not exists:
+        print(f"Error: channel {name!r} is not configured in {config}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    if not must_exist and exists:
+        print(f"Error: channel {name!r} already exists in {config}; use 'update'")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    try:
+        edit_gateway_channel(config, name, settings, remove=remove)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        print(f"Error: {exc}\nNo changes written to {config}.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1) from exc
+
+
+@channels_app.command("add")
+def gateway_channels_add(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
+    name: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Channel name, e.g. 'telegram'"),
+    platform: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--platform", help="Platform (default: the channel name)"),
+    token: Optional[str] = typer.Option(
+        None, "--token",
+        help="Channel token (default: ${VAR} reference to the platform's credential env var)",
+    ),
+    set_: Optional[List[str]] = typer.Option(None, "--set", help="Extra setting key=value (repeatable)"),
+    config: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--config", "-c", help="Path to gateway.yaml"),
+):
+    """Add one channel to gateway.yaml without touching the others.
+
+    Examples:
+        praisonai gateway channels add telegram
+        praisonai gateway channels add support --platform discord --set group_policy=mention_only
+    """
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._config_schema import GatewayConfigSchema
+
+    platform = platform or name
+    settings = {"platform": platform}
+    settings["token"] = token if token is not None else GatewayConfigSchema._credential_env_ref(platform)
+    settings.update(_parse_channel_settings(set_))
+    _edit_channel(ctx, config, name, settings, must_exist=False)
+    print(f"Added channel {name!r}.")
+
+
+@channels_app.command("update")
+def gateway_channels_update(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
+    name: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Channel name to update"),
+    token: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--token", help="New channel token"),
+    set_: Optional[List[str]] = typer.Option(None, "--set", help="Setting key=value (repeatable)"),
+    config: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--config", "-c", help="Path to gateway.yaml"),
+):
+    """Update settings of one configured channel.
+
+    Examples:
+        praisonai gateway channels update telegram --set group_policy=mention_only
+    """
+    settings = _parse_channel_settings(set_)
+    if token is not None:
+        settings["token"] = token
+    if not settings:
+        print("Error: nothing to update; pass --set key=value, --token, or both")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    _edit_channel(ctx, config, name, settings)
+    print(f"Updated channel {name!r}.")
+
+
+@channels_app.command("disable")
+def gateway_channels_disable(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
+    name: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Channel name to disable"),
+    config: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--config", "-c", help="Path to gateway.yaml"),
+):
+    """Stop serving a channel but keep its config (sets ``enabled: false``).
+
+    Re-enable with ``praisonai gateway channels update <name> --set enabled=true``.
+    """
+    _edit_channel(ctx, config, name, {"enabled": False})
+    print(f"Disabled channel {name!r}.")
+
+
+@channels_app.command("remove")
+def gateway_channels_remove(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
+    name: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Channel name to remove"),
+    config: Optional[str] = typer.Option(None, "--config", "-c", help="Path to gateway.yaml"),
+):
+    """Delete a channel block from gateway.yaml."""
+    _edit_channel(ctx, config, name, remove=True)
+    print(f"Removed channel {name!r}.")
+
+
 def _resolve_gateway_rest_url(
     url: Optional[str],
     host: Optional[str] = None,

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/gateway/admin.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ one canonical flow (DRY).
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import os
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -201,7 +202,6 @@ def _repair_config_version(config_path: str):
     an interruption, full disk, or I/O error during ``doctor --fix`` can never
     leave the config truncated or half-written.
     """
-    import tempfile
     import yaml
 
     with open(config_path) as fh:
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ def _repair_config_version(config_path: str):
     from praisonaiagents.gateway.config import migrate_config_with_doctor
 
     migrated, reasons = migrate_config_with_doctor(cfg)
+    _atomic_write_yaml(config_path, migrated)
+    return reasons
+
+
+def _atomic_write_yaml(config_path: str, data: dict) -> None:
+    """Serialise ``data`` to a temp file and ``os.replace`` it over the config."""
+    import tempfile
+    import yaml
 
     directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(config_path))
     fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(
@@ -217,9 +225,7 @@ def _repair_config_version(config_path: str):
     )
     try:
         with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as fh:
-            yaml.safe_dump(
-                migrated, fh, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False
-            )
+            yaml.safe_dump(data, fh, default_flow_style=False, sort_keys=False)
             fh.flush()
             os.fsync(fh.fileno())
         os.replace(tmp_path, config_path)
@@ -230,7 +236,127 @@ def _repair_config_version(config_path: str):
             pass
         raise
 
-    return reasons
+
+def edit_gateway_channel(
+    config_path: PathLike,
+    name: str,
+    settings: Optional[Dict] = None,
+    *,
+    remove: bool = False,
+) -> dict:
+    """Add, update or remove one ``channels:`` entry in place (Issue #6079).
+
+    A surgical read-modify-write: ``settings`` is merged into
+    ``channels[name]`` (created if absent, ``platform`` defaulting to ``name``)
+    or, with ``remove=True``, the block is deleted. Other channels and
+    top-level keys are untouched. The edited document is validated against
+    ``GatewayConfigSchema`` before the atomic write, so an invalid mutation is
+    rejected rather than persisted. Disable a channel with
+    ``settings={"enabled": False}``.
+
+    Returns:
+        The resulting channel block (``{}`` when removed).
+
+    Raises:
+        FileNotFoundError: If ``config_path`` does not exist.
+        KeyError: If ``remove=True`` and the channel is not configured.
+        ValueError: If the edited config fails validation.
+    """
+    import yaml
+
+    config_path = os.fspath(config_path)
+    if not os.path.isfile(config_path):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(config_path)
+    # Hold a sidecar lock across read-modify-write so concurrent edits of
+    # different channels cannot overwrite each other.
+    with _config_edit_lock(config_path):
+        with open(config_path) as fh:
+            cfg = yaml.safe_load(fh) or {}
+        return _apply_channel_edit(config_path, cfg, name, settings, remove)
+
+
+def _apply_channel_edit(config_path, cfg, name, settings, remove) -> dict:
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._config_schema import validate_gateway_config
+
+    channels = _editable_channels(cfg)
+    if remove:
+        if name not in channels:
+            raise KeyError(f"channel {name!r} is not configured in {config_path}")
+        channels.pop(name)
+        block: dict = {}
+    else:
+        block = dict(channels.get(name) or {})
+        block.setdefault("platform", name)
+        block.update(settings or {})
+        channels[name] = block
+    cfg["channels"] = channels
+
+    # Check the document itself: the validator may otherwise satisfy its
+    # "at least one channel" rule from env credentials, which are not saved.
+    if not any(
+        not isinstance(b, dict) or b.get("enabled", True) is not False
+        for b in channels.values()
+    ):
+        raise ValueError("at least one enabled channel must remain configured")
+    # Validate an env-resolved copy (as the runtime does; unset ``${VAR}``
+    # refs are left as-is) while the saved file keeps the references.
+    validate_gateway_config(cfg)
+    _atomic_write_yaml(config_path, cfg)
+    return block
+
+
+def _editable_channels(cfg: dict) -> dict:
+    """Return ``cfg``'s ``channels`` map, moving legacy declarations into it.
+
+    Single-bot (top-level ``platform``) and BotOS (``platforms``) files are
+    only honoured by the loader while ``channels`` is empty, so they are
+    converted in place before an edit adds a ``channels:`` block. ``${VAR}``
+    references are copied verbatim.
+    """
+    channels = cfg.get("channels") or {}
+    if channels:
+        return channels
+    platform = cfg.get("platform")
+    if platform:
+        # Mirrors the loader's single-bot migration, which wins over BotOS.
+        from praisonai_bot.bots._config_schema import GatewayConfigSchema
+
+        # Resolve a ``${VAR}`` platform first, as the loader does.
+        raw = str(cfg.pop("platform"))
+        platform = str(_resolve_env_token(raw) or raw).lower().strip()
+        block = {"platform": platform}
+        token = cfg.pop("token", None)
+        block["token"] = token or GatewayConfigSchema._credential_env_ref(platform)
+        if platform == "slack" and cfg.get("app_token") is not None:
+            block["app_token"] = cfg.pop("app_token")
+        for key in ("unknown_user_policy", "owner_user_id"):
+            if cfg.get(key) is not None:
+                block[key] = cfg[key]
+        channels[platform] = block
+    elif cfg.get("platforms"):
+        for pname, pcfg in cfg.pop("platforms").items():
+            channels[pname] = {"platform": pname, **(pcfg or {})}
+    return channels
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _config_edit_lock(config_path: str):
+    """Exclusive OS advisory lock on ``<config>.lock`` (no-op if unsupported)."""
+    with open(config_path + ".lock", "a+") as fh:
+        try:
+            import fcntl
+        except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover - Windows
+            fcntl = None
+        if fcntl is not None:
+            fcntl.flock(fh.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+        else:  # pragma: no cover - Windows
+            try:
+                import msvcrt
+
+                msvcrt.locking(fh.fileno(), msvcrt.LK_LOCK, 1)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        yield  # released when ``fh`` closes
 
 
 def _repair_gateway_secret(dry_run: bool = False, config_path: str = ""):

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/gateway/exec_approval.py

@@ -382,12 +382,16 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
         path: Optional[Union[str, Path]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        # In-memory mirror of grant keys (agent_id, tool_name, arg_signature)
-        self._allowed: Set[tuple] = set()
+        # In-memory mirror: (agent_id, tool_name, arg_signature) -> created_at.
+        # Stamped so the grant TTL holds on the hot path for the whole process
+        # lifetime, not only when the durable store is re-read on restart.
+        self._allowed: Dict[tuple, float] = {}
         self._store: Optional[ScopedAllowlistStore] = None
+        self._ttl_seconds = _DEFAULT_GRANT_TTL_SECONDS
         if durable:
             try:
                 self._store = store or ScopedAllowlistStore(path=path)
+                self._ttl_seconds = self._store.ttl_seconds
                 self._rehydrate()
             except Exception:
                 # Fail-closed on the persistence path: if the store cannot be
@@ -409,13 +413,21 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
                 grant["tool_name"],
                 grant.get("arg_signature") or "",
             )
-            self._allowed.add(key)
+            self._allowed[key] = float(grant.get("created_at") or time.time())
         if self._allowed:
             logger.info(
                 "Rehydrated %d durable allow-list grant(s) from %s",
                 len(self._allowed), self._store.path,
             )
 
+    def _evict_expired_locked(self) -> None:
+        """Drop grants older than the TTL from the in-memory mirror."""
+        if self._ttl_seconds <= 0:
+            return
+        cutoff = time.time() - self._ttl_seconds
+        for key in [k for k, ts in self._allowed.items() if ts <= cutoff]:
+            del self._allowed[key]
+
     # ── Scoped API ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
     def add_scoped(
         self,
@@ -428,7 +440,7 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
         """Add a scoped grant, persisting it when durable."""
         key = (agent_id, tool_name, arg_signature or "")
         with self._lock:
-            self._allowed.add(key)
+            self._allowed[key] = time.time()
         if self._store is not None:
             try:
                 self._store.add(
@@ -457,11 +469,17 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
         (empty signature) covers any arguments.
         """
         sig = arg_signature or ""
+        cutoff = time.time() - self._ttl_seconds if self._ttl_seconds > 0 else None
         with self._lock:
+            # Only the candidate keys are checked (O(1)); expired ones are
+            # evicted lazily. Full sweeps happen in list()/list_scoped().
             for a in (agent_id, ANY_AGENT):
-                if (a, tool_name, "") in self._allowed:
-                    return True
-                if sig and (a, tool_name, sig) in self._allowed:
+                for key in ((a, tool_name, ""), (a, tool_name, sig) if sig else None):
+                    if key is None or key not in self._allowed:
+                        continue
+                    if cutoff is not None and self._allowed[key] <= cutoff:
+                        del self._allowed[key]
+                        continue
                     return True
         return False
 
@@ -478,12 +496,11 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
             if arg_signature is None:
                 for key in list(self._allowed):
                     if key[0] == agent_id and key[1] == tool_name:
-                        self._allowed.discard(key)
+                        del self._allowed[key]
                         removed = True
             else:
                 key = (agent_id, tool_name, arg_signature)
-                if key in self._allowed:
-                    self._allowed.discard(key)
+                if self._allowed.pop(key, None) is not None:
                     removed = True
         if self._store is not None:
             try:
@@ -508,6 +525,7 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Failed to list persisted grants; using memory")
         with self._lock:
+            self._evict_expired_locked()
             items = [
                 {
                     "agent_id": a,
@@ -530,7 +548,7 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
         with self._lock:
             for key in list(self._allowed):
                 if key[1] == tool_name:
-                    self._allowed.discard(key)
+                    del self._allowed[key]
                     removed = True
         if self._store is not None:
             try:
@@ -551,6 +569,7 @@ class PermissionAllowlist:
         grants are exposed via :meth:`list_scoped` / the ``grants`` view.
         """
         with self._lock:
+            self._evict_expired_locked()
             return sorted(
                 {key[1] for key in self._allowed if key[0] == ANY_AGENT}
             )

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/gateway/kanban_dispatcher.py

@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ import logging
 import math
 import os
 import re
+import signal
 import subprocess
+import threading
 import time
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Optional
 
-from .._guarded_subprocess import run_guarded
+from .._guarded_subprocess import _kill_process_group, run_guarded
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -86,6 +88,17 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
         self._task_runs: Dict[str, int] = {}  # task_id -> open run_id
         self.worker_id = f"gateway_{os.getpid()}"
 
+    # Serialises blocking git/SQLite work handed to worker threads, so two
+    # integrations never run git concurrently in the same base checkout.
+    _blocking_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    async def _run_blocking(self, fn, *args):
+        """Run a blocking (git / SQLite) helper off the event loop."""
+        def _locked():
+            with self._blocking_lock:
+                return fn(*args)
+        return await asyncio.to_thread(_locked)
+
     def _close_run_safe(self, store, run_id, outcome, *, summary=None, metadata=None, error=None) -> bool:
         """Close a run, swallowing errors so dispatch stays resilient.
 
@@ -196,8 +209,13 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
         if not store:
             return 0
         
-        # Clean up completed processes first
-        self._cleanup_completed_tasks(store)
+        # Clean up completed processes first. Integration runs several git
+        # commands, so keep it off the event loop.
+        await self._run_blocking(self._cleanup_completed_tasks, store)
+
+        # Prove liveness for our own children before the reclaim sweep runs,
+        # so a healthy long-running worker is never mistaken for a stale one.
+        self._heartbeat_children(store)
 
         # Reclaim stale/crashed claims before dispatching new work so that
         # tasks stranded by dead workers return to 'ready' and get re-dispatched.
@@ -221,6 +239,14 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
         
         spawned = 0
         for task in ready_tasks[:available_slots]:
+            live = self.running_tasks.get(task.id)
+            if live is not None and live.poll() is None:
+                # Never overwrite the handle of a still-running worker.
+                logger.error(
+                    "Task %s is 'ready' but its worker (pid %s) is still running; "
+                    "skipping re-dispatch", task.id, live.pid,
+                )
+                continue
             try:
                 # Try to claim the task atomically with a lease + owner PID.
                 claimed = self._claim_task(store, task)
@@ -245,8 +271,24 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
                         )
                     continue
 
-                # Spawn worker process
-                success = await self._spawn_worker(task, store)
+                # Spawn worker process. If the dispatcher is stopped while the
+                # worktree is being prepared, no worker exists yet: close the
+                # run and hand the claim back before propagating.
+                try:
+                    success = await self._spawn_worker(task, store)
+                except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                    self._close_run_safe(
+                        store, run_id, 'failed',
+                        error='Dispatcher stopped before worker spawn',
+                    )
+                    try:
+                        store.release_claim(task.id, self.worker_id)
+                    except Exception as release_err:
+                        logger.error(
+                            "Failed to release claim for %s on cancel: %s",
+                            task.id, release_err,
+                        )
+                    raise
                 if not success:
                     # Failed to spawn: close run as failed, count it, and only
                     # release the claim for retry when the failure was recorded
@@ -394,6 +436,69 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
                 (pid, datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(), task_id, self.worker_id),
             )
 
+    def _heartbeat_children(self, store: Any):
+        """Renew lease + heartbeat for every child worker that is still alive.
+
+        The spawned worker cannot heartbeat for itself, so the supervisor that
+        holds its ``Popen`` handle does it. If the claim is gone (an operator
+        released or moved the card), the child is terminated rather than left
+        running unowned.
+        """
+        beat = getattr(store, 'heartbeat', None)
+        if beat is None:
+            return
+        for task_id, process in list(self.running_tasks.items()):
+            if process.poll() is not None:
+                continue
+            try:
+                owned = beat(task_id, self.worker_id, ttl_seconds=self.claim_ttl_seconds)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Heartbeat for task {task_id} failed: {e}")
+                continue
+            if not owned:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Lost claim on task {task_id} while worker {process.pid} "
+                    f"was running; terminating it"
+                )
+                self._terminate_unowned(store, task_id, process)
+
+    def _terminate_unowned(self, store: Any, task_id: str, process: subprocess.Popen):
+        """Stop a child whose claim is no longer ours and forget its tracking."""
+        try:
+            process.terminate()
+            process.wait(timeout=5)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            process.kill()
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to terminate worker for task {task_id}: {e}")
+        self.running_tasks.pop(task_id, None)
+        entry = getattr(self, '_worktrees', {}).get(task_id)
+        if entry:
+            # Lossless teardown: keep tracking (and say why) if work remains.
+            preserved = self._remove_worktree(*entry)
+            if preserved is None:
+                self._worktrees.pop(task_id, None)
+            else:
+                try:
+                    store.add_comment(
+                        task_id, self.worker_id,
+                        f"worktree_preserved at {entry[0]}: {preserved}",
+                    )
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+        log_path = getattr(self, '_temp_logs', {}).pop(task_id, None)
+        if log_path:
+            try:
+                os.unlink(log_path)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+        run_id = self._task_runs.get(task_id)
+        if run_id is None or self._close_run_safe(
+            store, run_id, 'failed',
+            error='Claim lost while worker was running; worker terminated',
+        ):
+            self._task_runs.pop(task_id, None)
+
     def _reclaim_stale_claims(self, store: Any):
         """Sweep running tasks and reclaim those stranded by dead/stale workers."""
         reclaim = getattr(store, 'reclaim_stale_claims', None)
@@ -409,6 +514,11 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
 
         for task_id in reclaimed or []:
             logger.warning(f"Reclaimed stale kanban task {task_id} back to 'ready'")
+            # The store closed the abandoned run as 'crashed' atomically with
+            # the reclaim; count the attempt so the circuit breaker sees it.
+            self._record_failure_safe(
+                store, task_id, error='Worker died or went stale; claim reclaimed'
+            )
             # The running -> ready transition is announced as
             # KANBAN_TASK_MOVED (reclaimed=True) by the store itself;
             # 'KANBAN_TASK_RECLAIMED' was never a HookEvent member and so
@@ -584,6 +694,11 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
             return f"worktree removal error: {e}"
         return None
 
+    def _discard_worktree(self, path: str, branch: str) -> None:
+        """Remove a worktree and branch that no worker ever used."""
+        if self._remove_worktree(path, force=True) is None:
+            self._run_git("branch", "-D", branch)
+
     def _commit_worktree_changes(self, path: str, branch: str) -> None:
         """Commit any uncommitted edits the worker left in its worktree.
 
@@ -724,7 +839,22 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
             # cwd so nothing regresses.
             worktree_path = None
             if getattr(task, 'workspace_kind', 'default') == 'worktree':
-                worktree_path = self._prepare_worktree(task, store)
+                prep = asyncio.ensure_future(
+                    self._run_blocking(self._prepare_worktree, task, store)
+                )
+                try:
+                    worktree_path = await asyncio.shield(prep)
+                except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                    # The thread keeps running after cancellation. Let it
+                    # finish, then drop the fresh (unused) worktree and branch
+                    # so a retry can recreate them with `worktree add -b`.
+                    path = await asyncio.shield(prep)
+                    if path:
+                        await self._run_blocking(
+                            self._discard_worktree, path,
+                            f"kanban/{self._safe_task_id(task.id)}",
+                        )
+                    raise
                 if worktree_path:
                     if not hasattr(self, '_worktrees'):
                         self._worktrees = {}
@@ -753,6 +883,9 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
                     stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                     text=True,
                     cwd=worktree_path,
+                    # Own process group so shutdown can stop the worker's
+                    # descendants too (POSIX; ignored on Windows).
+                    start_new_session=(os.name != 'nt'),
                 )
             # parent FD closed here; child still has its duped copy
             
@@ -1005,30 +1138,27 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
             while self.running_tasks and (time.time() - start_time) < timeout:
                 store = self._get_kanban_store()
                 if store:
-                    self._cleanup_completed_tasks(store)
+                    await self._run_blocking(self._cleanup_completed_tasks, store)
                 await asyncio.sleep(1)
             
-            # Force terminate remaining tasks
+            # Force terminate remaining tasks: signal every worker group
+            # first, then wait for them together off the event loop.
             store = self._get_kanban_store()
             for task_id, process in self.running_tasks.items():
                 logger.warning(f"Force terminating task {task_id}")
-                try:
-                    process.terminate()
-                    process.wait(timeout=5)
-                except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+                _terminate_worker(process)
+            await asyncio.gather(*(
+                asyncio.to_thread(_wait_quiet, process, 5)
+                for process in self.running_tasks.values()
+            ))
+            for task_id, process in self.running_tasks.items():
+                if process.poll() is None:
                     logger.warning(f"Task {task_id} did not terminate in 5s; sending SIGKILL")
-                    try:
-                        process.kill()
-                    except OSError as kill_err:
-                        logger.error(f"Failed to kill task {task_id}: {kill_err}")
-                except OSError as os_err:
-                    logger.error(f"OS error while terminating task {task_id}: {os_err}")
-                    try:
-                        process.kill()
-                    except OSError as kill_err:
-                        logger.error(f"Failed to kill task {task_id}: {kill_err}")
-                # KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit, CancelledError now propagate as intended
+                # Even if the worker exited, a descendant may have ignored
+                # SIGTERM, so always finish off the whole group.
+                _kill_worker_group(process)
 
+            for task_id in list(self.running_tasks):
                 # Close any open run for the interrupted attempt so we do not
                 # leave dangling task_runs rows / stale current_run_id pointers.
                 run_id = self._task_runs.pop(task_id, None)
@@ -1044,6 +1174,49 @@ class KanbanDispatcher:
         logger.info("Kanban dispatcher shutdown complete")
 
 
+def _terminate_worker(process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
+    """Ask a worker and its descendants to exit (SIGTERM to its group)."""
+    try:
+        if os.name != 'nt':
+            os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+        else:
+            process.terminate()
+    except OSError:
+        try:
+            process.terminate()
+        except OSError as err:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to terminate worker {process.pid}: {err}")
+
+
+def _kill_worker_group(process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
+    """SIGKILL a worker's group, even after the worker itself was reaped.
+
+    The worker leads its own session, so its group id equals its pid and the
+    group stays addressable while any descendant is alive.
+    """
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        if process.poll() is None:
+            _kill_process_group(process)
+        return
+    try:
+        os.killpg(process.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
+    except OSError:
+        pass  # group already empty
+    if process.poll() is None:
+        try:
+            process.kill()
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+def _wait_quiet(process: subprocess.Popen, timeout: float) -> None:
+    """Wait for a process, ignoring a timeout (the caller escalates)."""
+    try:
+        process.wait(timeout=timeout)
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        pass
+
+
 # Global dispatcher management functions
 
 async def start_kanban_dispatcher(max_concurrent: int = 3, poll_interval: float = 5.0):

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/gateway/server.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
+import inspect
 import logging
 import math
 import os
@@ -4636,17 +4637,29 @@ class WebSocketGateway:
                 except Exception:
                     pass
 
-        async def _call_async(fn: Any) -> Any:
+        def _kwargs_for(fn: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+            # Issue #5884: decide the calling convention *before* invoking, so
+            # an application ``TypeError`` raised inside the entry point is
+            # never mistaken for a missing ``cancel_token`` and replayed.
+            if not _kw:
+                return _kw
             try:
-                result = await fn(content, **_kw)
-            except TypeError:
-                if not _kw:
-                    raise
-                # Entry point predates cancel_token: fall back to the shared
-                # attribute for this turn (best-effort, non-isolated).
-                if hasattr(agent, "interrupt_controller"):
-                    agent.interrupt_controller = interrupt
-                result = await fn(content)
+                params = inspect.signature(fn).parameters.values()
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                return _kw
+            if any(
+                p.name == "cancel_token" or p.kind is inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD
+                for p in params
+            ):
+                return _kw
+            # Entry point predates cancel_token: fall back to the shared
+            # attribute for this turn (best-effort, non-isolated).
+            if hasattr(agent, "interrupt_controller"):
+                agent.interrupt_controller = interrupt
+            return {}
+
+        async def _call_async(fn: Any) -> Any:
+            result = await fn(content, **_kwargs_for(fn))
             # No ``await`` between the turn completing and the snapshot: the
             # single-threaded loop cannot run another turn in between.
             _snapshot()
@@ -4660,14 +4673,7 @@ class WebSocketGateway:
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
 
         def _call_sync() -> Any:
-            try:
-                result = agent.chat(content, **_kw)
-            except TypeError:
-                if not _kw:
-                    raise
-                if hasattr(agent, "interrupt_controller"):
-                    agent.interrupt_controller = interrupt
-                result = agent.chat(content)
+            result = agent.chat(content, **_kwargs_for(agent.chat))
             # Snapshot in *this* worker thread, immediately after the turn
             # produced its result, before the thread returns to the pool and a
             # concurrent turn can overwrite the agent's shared metrics.
@@ -7680,6 +7686,14 @@ class WebSocketGateway:
             return None
 
         cfg = (self._loaded_config or {}).get("scheduler", {}) or {}
+        if not isinstance(cfg, dict):
+            # A malformed (e.g. hot-reloaded) ``scheduler:`` block must not
+            # kill the tick loop — fall back to the fail-closed defaults.
+            logger.warning(
+                "Ignoring non-mapping 'scheduler:' config (%s); using defaults",
+                type(cfg).__name__,
+            )
+            cfg = {}
         denied = cfg.get("denied_toolsets")
         denied_toolsets = (
             set(denied) if isinstance(denied, (list, tuple, set))
@@ -7756,16 +7770,33 @@ class WebSocketGateway:
             # keeps a long-lived gateway from pinning stale unattended-run
             # settings. Falls back to ``run_loop`` when the executor predates
             # per-tick policy refresh.
+            # A tick that raises (store I/O such as EMFILE on the lock file, a
+            # bad config) is logged and retried with capped backoff instead of
+            # ending the task — otherwise scheduling would silently stop for
+            # good while chat channels keep the gateway looking healthy.
+            failures = 0
             try:
                 while True:
-                    executor._run_policy = self._build_run_policy()
-                    await executor.tick_all()
-                    await asyncio.sleep(interval)
+                    try:
+                        executor._run_policy = self._build_run_policy()
+                        await executor.tick_all()
+                        failures = 0
+                    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                        raise
+                    except Exception:
+                        failures += 1
+                        logger.exception(
+                            "Scheduler tick failed (%d in a row)", failures,
+                        )
+                    await asyncio.sleep(
+                        min(interval * 2 ** min(failures, 10), 300.0) if failures
+                        else interval
+                    )
             except asyncio.CancelledError:
                 pass
 
         self._scheduler_task = asyncio.create_task(_run())
-        logger.info("Scheduler tick started (interval=15s)")
+        logger.info("Scheduler tick started (interval=%ss)", interval)
     
     async def _start_session_cleanup(self) -> None:
         """Start periodic cleanup of expired sessions."""

src/praisonai-bot/praisonai_bot/kanban/sqlite_store.py

@@ -1094,7 +1094,8 @@ class SQLiteKanbanStore:
 
         with self._get_connection() as conn:
             cursor = conn.execute("""
-                SELECT id, claim_lock, claim_expires, worker_pid, last_heartbeat_at, version
+                SELECT id, claim_lock, claim_expires, worker_pid, last_heartbeat_at, version,
+                       current_run_id
                 FROM tasks
                 WHERE status = 'running' AND claim_lock IS NOT NULL AND claim_lock != ''
             """)
@@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@ class SQLiteKanbanStore:
                 result = conn.execute("""
                     UPDATE tasks
                     SET claim_lock = NULL, claim_expires = NULL, worker_pid = NULL,
-                        last_heartbeat_at = NULL,
+                        last_heartbeat_at = NULL, current_run_id = NULL,
                         updated_at = ?, status = 'ready', version = version + 1
                     WHERE id = ? AND status = 'running' AND claim_lock = ?
                           AND version = ?
@@ -1136,6 +1137,20 @@ class SQLiteKanbanStore:
                 if result.rowcount > 0:
                     reclaimed.append(row['id'])
                     reason = 'dead' if not worker_alive else 'stale_heartbeat'
+                    # Close the abandoned attempt in the same transaction, so a
+                    # dispatcher that claims the task next can never have its
+                    # own fresh run mistaken for this one.
+                    if row.get('current_run_id') is not None and conn.execute(
+                            "UPDATE task_runs SET outcome = ?, error = ?, ended_at = ? "
+                            "WHERE id = ? AND ended_at IS NULL",
+                            (RunOutcome.CRASHED.value,
+                             f'Worker {reason}; claim reclaimed',
+                             now.isoformat(), row['current_run_id']),
+                    ).rowcount:
+                        self._log_event(conn, row['id'], 'run_closed', {
+                            'run_id': row['current_run_id'],
+                            'outcome': RunOutcome.CRASHED.value,
+                        })
                     reclaim_details[row['id']] = {
                         'worker_id': row['claim_lock'],
                         'worker_pid': pid,

src/praisonai-bot/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "praisonai-bot"
-version = "0.1.15"
+version = "0.1.18"
 description = "Bots, gateway, and channel CLI for PraisonAI — messaging platforms and WebSocket control plane extracted from the praisonai wrapper."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/bots/test_outbound_media.py

@@ -417,3 +417,50 @@ def test_discord_media_transient_error_propagates_for_retry(tmp_path):
     ok = asyncio.run(_run())
     assert ok is True
     assert channel.calls == 2
+
+
+def test_discord_media_thread_is_scoped_to_parent_channel(tmp_path):
+    # #6084: the thread segment of "discord:A:B" must not redirect the upload
+    # to an arbitrary channel B by global id — only a thread under the
+    # (attested) parent A may receive it, otherwise the file lands in A.
+    pytest.importorskip("discord")
+
+    f = tmp_path / "report.pdf"
+    f.write_bytes(b"%PDF-1.4 data")
+
+    class _Channel:
+        def __init__(self, threads=None):
+            self.sent = 0
+            self._threads = threads or {}
+
+        async def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.sent += 1
+
+        def get_thread(self, tid):
+            return self._threads.get(tid)
+
+    real_thread = _Channel()
+    parent = _Channel(threads={555: real_thread})
+    unrelated = _Channel()
+    channels = {42: parent, 999: unrelated}
+
+    class Adapter:
+        platform = "discord"
+
+        class _client:
+            @staticmethod
+            def get_channel(cid):
+                return channels.get(cid)
+
+    def _run(thread_id):
+        return asyncio.run(
+            deliver_media_to_adapter(Adapter(), "42", str(f), thread_id=thread_id)
+        )
+
+    assert _run("999") is True
+    assert unrelated.sent == 0
+    assert parent.sent == 1
+
+    assert _run("555") is True
+    assert real_thread.sent == 1
+    assert parent.sent == 1

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/bots/test_outbound_messenger.py

@@ -88,6 +88,34 @@ def test_send_to_platform_home_channel():
     assert sent == [("999", "Nightly summary")]
 
 
+def test_send_to_unattested_explicit_chat_is_refused():
+    # #6084: a model-supplied "<platform>:<chat_id>" naming a chat the gateway
+    # has no relationship with must fail closed instead of delivering.
+    router, sent = _make_router(home="999")
+    origin = SessionSource(platform="telegram", channel_id="123")
+    messenger = BotOutboundMessenger(router, origin=origin)
+
+    result = asyncio.run(messenger.send("telegram:666", "leak"))
+
+    assert result.ok is False
+    assert "Refused" in result.summary
+    assert sent == []
+
+
+def test_send_to_known_explicit_chat_is_allowed():
+    router, sent = _make_router(home="999", aliases={"ops": "555"})
+    origin = SessionSource(platform="telegram", channel_id="123")
+    messenger = BotOutboundMessenger(router, origin=origin)
+
+    for target, chat in (
+        ("telegram:123", "123"),  # origin chat
+        ("telegram:999", "999"),  # home channel
+        ("telegram:555:42", "555"),  # aliased chat, thread under it
+    ):
+        assert asyncio.run(messenger.send(target, "hi")).ok is True, target
+    assert [c for c, _ in sent] == ["123", "999", "555"]
+
+
 def test_send_unresolvable_target_fails_cleanly():
     router, sent = _make_router()
     messenger = BotOutboundMessenger(router)  # no origin

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/bots/test_streaming_cross_channel.py

@@ -141,53 +141,100 @@ async def test_slack_stream_uploads_media(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_discord_stream_chunks_long_reply(monkeypatch):
-    """A streamed answer over Discord's cap is delivered via the chunked path.
+async def test_discord_stream_chunks_long_reply():
+    """A streamed answer over Discord's cap is chunked by the shared streamer.
 
-    Guards Greptile #3/#5: editing the single placeholder with >2000 chars
-    would 400 and drop the whole reply, so the finalize path must fall back to
-    the reference-preserving ``_send_long_message`` chunker.
+    Editing the single placeholder with >2000 chars would 400 and drop the
+    whole reply, so ``finalize`` edits the placeholder with the first chunk and
+    sends the remainder as follow-ons (Issue #6078).
     """
-    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
-
-    bot = DiscordBot(token="t", config=BotConfig(token="t", streaming=True))
-
-    long_reply = "x" * 5000
-    bot._session.chat = AsyncMock(return_value=long_reply)
-    bot.send_message = AsyncMock(return_value={"message_id": "m1"})
-    bot.edit_message = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
-    bot.delete_message = AsyncMock(return_value=True)
-
-    sent_chunks = []
-
-    long_sender = AsyncMock(
-        side_effect=lambda channel, text, reference=None: sent_chunks.append(text)
-    )
-    monkeypatch.setattr(bot, "_send_long_message", long_sender)
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
     from praisonai_bot.bots._streaming import DraftStreamer
 
+    bot = DiscordBot(token="t", config=BotConfig(token="t", streaming=True))
+    bot.send_message = AsyncMock(return_value={"message_id": "m1"})
+    bot.edit_message = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+
     streamer = DraftStreamer(
-        adapter=bot,
-        channel_id="C1",
-        config=bot._streaming_config,
-        platform="discord",
+        adapter=bot, channel_id="C1", config=bot._streaming_config, platform="discord",
     )
     await streamer.start()
 
-    # Simulate the finalize decision the adapter makes for an over-cap reply.
-    send_result = bot.fire_message_sending("C1", long_reply)
-    final_content = send_result["content"]
-    cap = min(bot.config.max_message_length, 2000)
-    assert len(final_content) > cap
+    long_reply = "\n\n".join(f"Paragraph {i}. " + "x" * 900 for i in range(6))
+    await streamer.finalize(long_reply)
 
-    message = MagicMock()
-    message.channel = MagicMock()
-    if len(final_content) > cap:
-        await bot.delete_message("C1", "m1")
-        await bot._send_long_message(message.channel, final_content, reference=message)
-    else:  # pragma: no cover - defensive
-        await streamer.finalize(final_content)
+    edited = bot.edit_message.await_args.args[2]
+    follow_ons = [c.args[1] for c in bot.send_message.await_args_list[1:]]
+    assert edited.startswith("Paragraph 0.")
+    assert follow_ons, "remainder should be sent as follow-on messages"
+    assert all(len(c) <= 2000 for c in [edited, *follow_ons])
+    assert "".join([edited, *follow_ons]).replace("\n", "") == long_reply.replace("\n", "")
 
-    assert sent_chunks, "long reply should have been routed through the chunker"
-    bot.delete_message.assert_awaited()
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streamer_chunks_by_utf16_and_falls_back_per_chunk():
+    """Telegram-style UTF-16 cap: over-cap reply is chunked, never dropped.
+
+    When the placeholder edit fails, the first chunk falls back to a fresh
+    send, and every chunk stays within the UTF-16 limit (Issue #6078).
+    """
+    from types import SimpleNamespace
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._chunk import _calculate_length
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._streaming import DraftStreamer, StreamingConfig
+
+    adapter = SimpleNamespace(
+        capabilities={"live_edit": True, "text_limit": 100},
+        platform_capabilities=SimpleNamespace(length_unit="utf16"),
+        send_message=AsyncMock(return_value={"message_id": "m1"}),
+        edit_message=AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("message is too long")),
+    )
+    streamer = DraftStreamer(
+        adapter=adapter, channel_id="C1",
+        config=StreamingConfig(mode=StreamingMode.DRAFT), platform="telegram",
+    )
+    await streamer.start()
+
+    reply = "\U0001F600" * 120  # 240 UTF-16 units, 120 codepoints
+    await streamer.finalize(reply)
+
+    sent = [c.args[1] for c in adapter.send_message.await_args_list[1:]]
+    assert len(sent) >= 3
+    assert all(_calculate_length(c, "utf16") <= 100 for c in sent)
+    assert "".join(sent) == reply
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_streamer_follow_on_not_double_retried():
+    """Adapters already retry + park exhausted sends; the streamer must not
+    retry again, or a parked chunk would be re-sent and duplicated (#6078)."""
+    from types import SimpleNamespace
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._streaming import DraftStreamer, StreamingConfig
+
+    send = AsyncMock(side_effect=[{"message_id": "m1"}, ConnectionError("parked"), None])
+    adapter = SimpleNamespace(
+        capabilities={"live_edit": True, "text_limit": 10},
+        send_message=send,
+        edit_message=AsyncMock(return_value=None),
+    )
+    streamer = DraftStreamer(
+        adapter=adapter, channel_id="C1",
+        config=StreamingConfig(mode=StreamingMode.DRAFT), platform="telegram",
+    )
+    await streamer.start()
+    await streamer.finalize("a" * 30)
+
+    # placeholder + exactly one attempt per follow-on chunk (2 chunks)
+    assert send.await_count == 3
+
+
+def test_fit_prefix_utf16_is_bounded():
+    from praisonai_bot.bots._streaming import _fit_prefix
+
+    assert _fit_prefix("\U0001F600" * 5, 5, "utf16") == "\U0001F600" * 2
+    assert _fit_prefix("abc", 10, "utf16") == "abc"
+    assert _fit_prefix("abcdef", 3, "codepoints") == "abc"

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/cli/test_gateway_channels_edit.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""Per-channel config lifecycle: add / update / disable / remove (Issue #6079)."""
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+from typer.testing import CliRunner
+
+from praisonai_bot.cli.commands.gateway import app
+from praisonai_bot.gateway.admin import edit_gateway_channel
+
+BASE = {
+    "agents": {"assistant": {"instructions": "hi"}},
+    "channels": {
+        "telegram": {"platform": "telegram", "token": "${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}"},
+    },
+}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def config(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / "gateway.yaml"
+    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(BASE, sort_keys=False))
+    return path
+
+
+def _load(path):
+    return yaml.safe_load(path.read_text())
+
+
+def _run(*args):
+    return CliRunner().invoke(app, ["channels", *args])
+
+
+def test_add_channel_keeps_others_and_defaults_env_token(config):
+    result = _run("add", "discord", "--config", str(config), "--set", "group_policy=mention_only")
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    channels = _load(config)["channels"]
+    assert channels["telegram"] == BASE["channels"]["telegram"]
+    assert channels["discord"] == {
+        "platform": "discord",
+        "token": "${DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN}",
+        "group_policy": "mention_only",
+    }
+    assert _load(config)["agents"] == BASE["agents"]
+
+
+def test_add_existing_channel_is_rejected(config):
+    result = _run("add", "telegram", "--config", str(config))
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert _load(config) == BASE
+
+
+def test_update_and_disable_channel(config):
+    assert _run("update", "telegram", "--config", str(config), "--token", "${NEW_TOKEN}").exit_code == 0
+    assert _run("add", "discord", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 0
+    assert _run("disable", "telegram", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 0
+    telegram = _load(config)["channels"]["telegram"]
+    assert telegram["token"] == "${NEW_TOKEN}"
+    assert telegram["enabled"] is False
+
+
+def test_invalid_update_is_not_persisted(config):
+    result = _run("update", "telegram", "--config", str(config), "--set", "allowed_users=[1, 2]")
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert _load(config) == BASE
+
+
+def test_unknown_platform_is_rejected(config):
+    assert _run("add", "bogus", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 1
+    assert _load(config) == BASE
+
+
+def test_remove_channel(config):
+    assert _run("add", "discord", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 0
+    assert _run("remove", "discord", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 0
+    assert "discord" not in _load(config)["channels"]
+    assert _run("remove", "discord", "--config", str(config)).exit_code == 1
+
+
+def test_python_helper_matches_cli(config):
+    block = edit_gateway_channel(config, "discord", {"token": "${D}"})
+    assert block == {"platform": "discord", "token": "${D}"}
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+        edit_gateway_channel(config, "nope", remove=True)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        edit_gateway_channel(config, "bogus", {})
+    assert "bogus" not in _load(config)["channels"]
+
+
+def test_list_still_works_without_subcommand(config):
+    result = _run("--config", str(config), "--json")
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert '"telegram"' in result.output
+
+
+def test_parent_config_option_applies_to_subcommand(config, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    other = tmp_path / "other.yaml"
+    other.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(BASE, sort_keys=False))
+    result = _run("--config", str(other), "update", "telegram", "--set", "group_policy=mention_only")
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    assert _load(other)["channels"]["telegram"]["group_policy"] == "mention_only"
+    assert _load(config) == BASE
+
+
+def test_single_bot_platform_is_converted_not_hidden(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / "bot.yaml"
+    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump({"agent": {"instructions": "hi"}, "platform": "telegram", "token": "${T}"}))
+    edit_gateway_channel(path, "discord", {"token": "${D}"})
+    cfg = _load(path)
+    assert "platform" not in cfg and "token" not in cfg
+    assert cfg["channels"]["telegram"] == {"platform": "telegram", "token": "${T}"}
+    assert cfg["channels"]["discord"]["token"] == "${D}"
+
+
+def test_botos_platforms_are_converted(tmp_path):
+    path = tmp_path / "bot.yaml"
+    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump({"agent": {"instructions": "hi"}, "platforms": {"telegram": {"token": "${T}"}}}))
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(app, ["channels", "update", "telegram", "--config", str(path), "--set", "group_policy=mention_only"])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    cfg = _load(path)
+    assert "platforms" not in cfg
+    assert cfg["channels"]["telegram"] == {"platform": "telegram", "token": "${T}", "group_policy": "mention_only"}
+
+
+def test_env_placeholder_in_typed_field_does_not_block_edit(config, monkeypatch):
+    cfg = _load(config)
+    cfg["channels"]["telegram"]["max_inbound_media_bytes"] = "${MEDIA_LIMIT}"
+    config.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(cfg, sort_keys=False))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MEDIA_LIMIT", "1024")
+    edit_gateway_channel(config, "telegram", {"token": "${NEW}"})
+    saved = _load(config)["channels"]["telegram"]
+    assert saved["max_inbound_media_bytes"] == "${MEDIA_LIMIT}"
+    assert saved["token"] == "${NEW}"
+
+
+def test_removing_last_channel_is_rejected_even_with_env_token(config, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN", "x")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        edit_gateway_channel(config, "telegram", remove=True)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        edit_gateway_channel(config, "telegram", {"enabled": False})
+    assert _load(config) == BASE
+
+
+def test_env_platform_reference_is_resolved_before_conversion(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BOT_PLATFORM", "telegram")
+    path = tmp_path / "bot.yaml"
+    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump({"agent": {"instructions": "hi"}, "platform": "${BOT_PLATFORM}", "token": "${T}"}))
+    edit_gateway_channel(path, "discord", {"token": "${D}"})
+    cfg = _load(path)
+    assert cfg["channels"]["telegram"] == {"platform": "telegram", "token": "${T}"}
+    assert cfg["channels"]["discord"]["token"] == "${D}"
+
+
+def test_concurrent_edits_are_not_lost(config):
+    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+    names = [f"ch{i}" for i in range(8)]
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(len(names)) as pool:
+        list(pool.map(lambda n: edit_gateway_channel(config, n, {"platform": "telegram", "token": "${X}"}), names))
+    assert set(_load(config)["channels"]) == {"telegram", *names}
+
+
+def test_missing_config_raises_without_lock_file(tmp_path):
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        edit_gateway_channel(tmp_path / "nope.yaml", "discord", {})
+    assert not list(tmp_path.iterdir())

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/gateway/test_dispatch_cancel_token_signature.py

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Issue #5884: ``_dispatch_agent_turn`` must not replay a turn whose entry
+point raised an internal ``TypeError``; legacy entry points without
+``cancel_token`` are detected from the signature before invoking."""
+
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "src" / "praisonai-agents"))
+
+from praisonai_bot.gateway.server import WebSocketGateway
+
+_dispatch = WebSocketGateway._dispatch_agent_turn
+_TOKEN = object()
+
+
+class _FailingSync:
+    interrupt_controller = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.calls = []
+
+    def chat(self, content, cancel_token=None):
+        self.calls.append(cancel_token)
+        raise TypeError("application failure")
+
+
+class _FailingAsync(_FailingSync):
+    async def achat(self, content, cancel_token=None):
+        self.calls.append(cancel_token)
+        raise TypeError("application failure")
+
+
+class _LegacySync:
+    interrupt_controller = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.calls = 0
+
+    def chat(self, content):
+        self.calls += 1
+        return f"sync:{content}"
+
+
+class _LegacyAsync(_LegacySync):
+    async def achat(self, content):
+        self.calls += 1
+        return f"async:{content}"
+
+
+class _KwargsAsync:
+    async def achat(self, content, **kwargs):
+        return kwargs.get("cancel_token")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cls", [_FailingSync, _FailingAsync])
+async def test_internal_type_error_is_not_replayed(cls):
+    agent = cls()
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="application failure"):
+        await _dispatch(agent, "hi", interrupt=_TOKEN)
+    assert agent.calls == [_TOKEN]
+    assert agent.interrupt_controller is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cls,prefix", [(_LegacySync, "sync"), (_LegacyAsync, "async")])
+async def test_legacy_signature_uses_shared_controller(cls, prefix):
+    agent = cls()
+    assert await _dispatch(agent, "hi", interrupt=_TOKEN) == f"{prefix}:hi"
+    assert agent.calls == 1
+    assert agent.interrupt_controller is _TOKEN
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_var_keyword_receives_cancel_token():
+    assert await _dispatch(_KwargsAsync(), "hi", interrupt=_TOKEN) is _TOKEN

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/gateway/test_exec_approval_durable.py

@@ -378,3 +378,51 @@ def test_gateway_backend_forwards_authorized_reviewers(tmp_path):
         assert decision.approved is True
 
     asyncio.run(go())
+
+
+def test_allowlist_hot_path_enforces_grant_ttl(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """An allow-always grant expires in memory without a process restart."""
+    import time as _time
+
+    from praisonai_bot.gateway.exec_approval import ScopedAllowlistStore
+
+    store = ScopedAllowlistStore(path=tmp_path / "allow.sqlite", ttl_seconds=60)
+    al = PermissionAllowlist(store=store)
+    al.add_scoped(agent_id="a1", tool_name="shell_exec", arg_signature="sig")
+    assert al.allows(agent_id="a1", tool_name="shell_exec", arg_signature="sig")
+
+    now = _time.time()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_time, "time", lambda: now + 61)
+    assert not al.allows(agent_id="a1", tool_name="shell_exec", arg_signature="sig")
+    assert al.list_scoped() == []
+
+
+def test_allowlist_in_memory_grant_ttl(monkeypatch):
+    """Non-durable grants honour the default 90-day cap too."""
+    import time as _time
+
+    al = PermissionAllowlist(durable=False)
+    al.add("shell_exec")
+    assert "shell_exec" in al
+    now = _time.time()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_time, "time", lambda: now + 91 * 86400)
+    assert "shell_exec" not in al
+    assert al.list() == []
+
+
+def test_allowlist_rehydrate_keeps_original_grant_age(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Rehydrated grants keep their persisted created_at, not restart time."""
+    import time as _time
+
+    from praisonai_bot.gateway.exec_approval import ScopedAllowlistStore
+
+    path = tmp_path / "allow.sqlite"
+    PermissionAllowlist(store=ScopedAllowlistStore(path=path, ttl_seconds=60)).add(
+        "shell_exec"
+    )
+    now = _time.time()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_time, "time", lambda: now + 30)
+    al = PermissionAllowlist(store=ScopedAllowlistStore(path=path, ttl_seconds=60))
+    assert "shell_exec" in al
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_time, "time", lambda: now + 61)
+    assert "shell_exec" not in al

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/gateway/test_kanban_dispatcher_heartbeat.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""Regression tests for #6025: the dispatcher heartbeats its own children.
+
+A healthy worker that outlives the claim lease + stale timeout must not be
+reclaimed and re-dispatched while it is still running.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonai_bot.gateway.kanban_dispatcher import KanbanDispatcher
+from praisonai_bot.kanban.sqlite_store import SQLiteKanbanStore
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="uses sleep stub")
+
+
+class _StubDispatcher(KanbanDispatcher):
+    def __init__(self, store, seconds, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._store = store
+        self._seconds = seconds
+
+    def _get_kanban_store(self):
+        return self._store
+
+    def _build_execution_command(self, task):
+        return [sys.executable, "-c", f"import time; time.sleep({self._seconds})"]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def store(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_KANBAN_DB", str(tmp_path / "kanban.db"))
+    return SQLiteKanbanStore()
+
+
+def _run(coro):
+    return asyncio.run(coro)
+
+
+def test_long_running_worker_is_not_reclaimed(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t1", "title": "long job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    d = _StubDispatcher(store, 5, max_concurrent=3, poll_interval=0.5,
+                        claim_ttl_seconds=1, stale_timeout_seconds=2)
+
+    async def drive():
+        handles = []
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        t0 = loop.time()
+        while loop.time() - t0 < 4.5:
+            await d.dispatch_once()
+            proc = d.running_tasks.get("t1")
+            if proc is not None and proc not in handles:
+                handles.append(proc)
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.25)
+        return handles
+
+    handles = _run(drive())
+    try:
+        assert len(handles) == 1
+        runs = store.get_runs("t1")
+        assert len(runs) == 1
+        assert runs[0].ended_at is None
+        assert not [e for e in store.list_events()
+                    if e.task_id == "t1" and e.event_type == "reclaimed"]
+
+        handles[0].wait(timeout=10)
+        _run(d.dispatch_once())
+        runs = store.get_runs("t1")
+        assert len(runs) == 1
+        assert runs[0].outcome == "completed"
+        assert store.get_task("t1").status == "done"
+    finally:
+        for p in handles:
+            if p.poll() is None:
+                p.kill()
+
+
+def test_lost_claim_terminates_child(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t2", "title": "job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    d = _StubDispatcher(store, 30, max_concurrent=1, poll_interval=0.5)
+    _run(d.dispatch_once())
+    proc = d.running_tasks["t2"]
+    try:
+        store.release_claim("t2", d.worker_id)  # operator takes the card back
+        d._heartbeat_children(store)
+        assert "t2" not in d.running_tasks
+        assert proc.wait(timeout=10) is not None
+        runs = store.get_runs("t2")
+        assert len(runs) == 1 and runs[0].outcome == "failed"
+    finally:
+        if proc.poll() is None:
+            proc.kill()
+
+
+def test_reclaim_of_dead_worker_closes_run_and_counts_failure(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t3", "title": "job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    # Simulate another dispatcher whose worker has died.
+    assert store.claim_task("t3", "other", ttl_seconds=0, worker_pid=0)
+    run_id = store.start_run("t3", profile="other")
+    d = KanbanDispatcher(claim_ttl_seconds=1, stale_timeout_seconds=1)
+
+    d._reclaim_stale_claims(store)
+
+    run = [r for r in store.get_runs("t3") if r.id == run_id][0]
+    assert run.outcome == "crashed"
+    assert run.ended_at
+    assert store.get_task("t3").consecutive_failures == 1
+
+
+def test_live_handle_is_never_overwritten(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t4", "title": "job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    d = _StubDispatcher(store, 30, max_concurrent=2)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", "import time; time.sleep(30)"])
+    d.running_tasks["t4"] = proc
+    d._heartbeat_children = lambda _store: None  # isolate the spawn guard
+    try:
+        assert _run(d.dispatch_once()) == 0
+        assert d.running_tasks["t4"] is proc
+    finally:
+        proc.kill()
+        proc.wait()
+
+
+def test_reclaim_closes_run_atomically_so_replacement_run_survives(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t5", "title": "job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    assert store.claim_task("t5", "other", ttl_seconds=0, worker_pid=0)
+    old_run = store.start_run("t5", profile="other")
+
+    assert store.reclaim_stale_claims(stale_timeout_seconds=1) == ["t5"]
+    assert store.get_task("t5").current_run_id is None
+    assert any(e.event_type == "run_closed" and e.task_id == "t5"
+               for e in store.list_events())
+
+    # Another dispatcher wins the reclaimed task before ours reacts.
+    assert store.claim_task("t5", "rival", ttl_seconds=60)
+    new_run = store.start_run("t5", profile="rival")
+    KanbanDispatcher()._reclaim_stale_claims(store)
+
+    runs = {r.id: r for r in store.get_runs("t5")}
+    assert runs[old_run].outcome == "crashed"
+    assert runs[new_run].ended_at is None
+
+
+def test_lost_claim_keeps_worktree_tracking_when_work_is_preserved(store):
+    store.create_task({"id": "t6", "title": "job", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "default"})
+    d = _StubDispatcher(store, 30, max_concurrent=1)
+    _run(d.dispatch_once())
+    proc = d.running_tasks["t6"]
+    d._worktrees = {"t6": ("/tmp/wt-t6", "kanban/t6")}
+    d._remove_worktree = lambda path, branch: "worktree has uncommitted changes"
+    try:
+        store.release_claim("t6", d.worker_id)
+        d._heartbeat_children(store)
+        assert "t6" not in d.running_tasks
+        assert d._worktrees == {"t6": ("/tmp/wt-t6", "kanban/t6")}
+        assert any("worktree_preserved" in c.text for c in store.get_comments("t6"))
+    finally:
+        if proc.poll() is None:
+            proc.kill()

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/gateway/test_kanban_dispatcher_nonblocking.py

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+"""The kanban dispatcher must not run blocking git work on the event loop."""
+
+import asyncio
+import itertools
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+import types
+
+import pytest
+
+import praisonai_bot.gateway.kanban_dispatcher as kd
+from praisonai_bot.kanban.sqlite_store import SQLiteKanbanStore
+
+GIT_DELAY = 0.5
+
+
+class _Stub(kd.KanbanDispatcher):
+    def _build_execution_command(self, task):
+        return ["true"]
+
+
+async def _heartbeat(gaps, stop):
+    last = time.monotonic()
+    while not stop.is_set():
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+        now = time.monotonic()
+        gaps.append(now - last)
+        last = now
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def slow_git(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Patch ``run_guarded`` with a synchronous sleep, recording overlap."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_KANBAN_DB", str(tmp_path / "kanban.db"))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    state = {"active": 0, "max_active": 0, "calls": []}
+    lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def fake(cmd, *, timeout=None, cwd=None, **kw):
+        with lock:
+            state["active"] += 1
+            state["max_active"] = max(state["max_active"], state["active"])
+            state["calls"].append(" ".join(cmd[:3]))
+        try:
+            time.sleep(GIT_DELAY)
+            if list(cmd[1:3]) == ["worktree", "add"]:
+                os.makedirs(cmd[3], exist_ok=True)
+            out = {"rev-parse": "main\n", "rev-list": "0\n"}.get(cmd[1], "")
+            return subprocess.CompletedProcess(cmd, 0, stdout=out, stderr="")
+        finally:
+            with lock:
+                state["active"] -= 1
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(kd, "run_guarded", fake)
+    return state
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="uses the POSIX `true` worker")
+async def test_dispatch_does_not_block_event_loop(slow_git):
+    store = SQLiteKanbanStore()
+    store.create_task({"id": "w1", "title": "isolated", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "worktree"})
+    d = _Stub(max_concurrent=1)
+    gaps, stop = [], asyncio.Event()
+    hb = asyncio.create_task(_heartbeat(gaps, stop))
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+
+    assert await d.dispatch_once() == 1          # spawn: rev-parse + worktree add
+    await asyncio.to_thread(d.running_tasks["w1"].wait)
+    await d.dispatch_once()                      # completion: commit/merge/cleanup
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+    stop.set()
+    await hb
+
+    assert "git worktree add" in slow_git["calls"]
+    assert "git merge --no-ff" in slow_git["calls"]
+    assert max(gaps) < 0.3, f"event loop stalled for {max(gaps):.2f}s"
+
+
+async def test_blocking_work_is_serialised(slow_git):
+    a, b = _Stub(), _Stub()
+    await asyncio.gather(
+        a._run_blocking(a._run_git, "status"),
+        b._run_blocking(b._run_git, "status"),
+    )
+    assert slow_git["max_active"] == 1
+
+
+async def test_cancel_during_worktree_prep_cleans_up(slow_git):
+    store = SQLiteKanbanStore()
+    store.create_task({"id": "w1", "title": "isolated", "status": "ready",
+                       "workspace_kind": "worktree"})
+    d = _Stub(max_concurrent=1)
+    t = asyncio.create_task(d.dispatch_once())
+    await asyncio.sleep(GIT_DELAY + 0.1)         # inside `git worktree add`
+    t.cancel()
+    with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+        await t
+
+    assert "git worktree remove" in slow_git["calls"]
+    assert "git branch -D" in slow_git["calls"]
+    assert not d.running_tasks
+    assert store.get_task("w1").status == "ready"
+    assert all(r.ended_at for r in store.get_runs("w1"))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="POSIX process groups")
+async def test_shutdown_terminates_worker_descendants(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PRAISONAI_KANBAN_DB", str(tmp_path / "kanban.db"))
+    marker = tmp_path / "survived"
+
+    class _Spawner(kd.KanbanDispatcher):
+        def _build_execution_command(self, task):
+            # Worker exits on SIGTERM, but its child ignores SIGTERM and
+            # would leave a marker if it outlived shutdown.
+            return ["sh", "-c",
+                    f"(trap '' TERM; sleep 1; touch {marker}) & wait"]
+
+    class _Task:
+        id, board, title, body = "t1", "default", "t1", ""
+
+    d = _Spawner()
+    assert await d._spawn_worker(_Task(), store=None)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.2)
+
+    # Skip the 30 s graceful window; go straight to force-terminate.
+    ticks = itertools.count(step=1000)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(kd, "time", types.SimpleNamespace(time=lambda: next(ticks)))
+    await d._shutdown()
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(1.5)
+    assert not marker.exists(), "worker's descendant survived shutdown"

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/gateway/test_scheduler_tick_resilience.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""The gateway scheduler tick loop survives a failing tick (issue #6035)."""
+
+import asyncio
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("praisonaiagents.scheduler")
+
+import praisonaiagents.scheduler as sched_pkg
+from praisonaiagents.scheduler.store import FileScheduleStore
+
+from praisonai_bot.gateway.server import WebSocketGateway
+from praisonai_bot.scheduler.executor import ScheduledAgentExecutor
+
+
+def _bare_gateway(config=None):
+    gw = WebSocketGateway.__new__(WebSocketGateway)  # skip heavy __init__
+    gw._agents, gw._loaded_config, gw._scheduler_task = {}, config or {}, None
+
+    async def _deliver(*a, **k):
+        return None
+
+    gw._deliver_scheduled_result = _deliver
+    return gw
+
+
+async def test_tick_loop_survives_exception(monkeypatch):
+    store = FileScheduleStore(store_dir=tempfile.mkdtemp())
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sched_pkg, "get_default_store", lambda: store)
+    calls = {"n": 0}
+    orig = ScheduledAgentExecutor.tick_all
+
+    async def flaky_tick_all(self):
+        calls["n"] += 1
+        if calls["n"] == 1:
+            raise OSError(24, "Too many open files")
+        return await orig(self)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ScheduledAgentExecutor, "tick_all", flaky_tick_all)
+
+    gw = _bare_gateway()
+    gw._start_scheduler_tick(interval=0.01)
+    try:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.3)
+        assert calls["n"] >= 2
+        assert not gw._scheduler_task.done()
+    finally:
+        gw._scheduler_task.cancel()
+        await asyncio.gather(gw._scheduler_task, return_exceptions=True)
+
+
+def test_non_mapping_scheduler_block_uses_defaults():
+    pytest.importorskip("praisonai.scheduler.run_policy")
+    gw = _bare_gateway({"scheduler": ["x"]})
+    policy = gw._build_run_policy()
+    assert policy is not None
+    assert policy.deliver_on_failure is True
+    assert policy.scan_assembled_prompt is True
+    from praisonai.scheduler.run_policy import DEFAULT_DENIED_TOOLSETS
+    assert policy.denied_toolsets == set(DEFAULT_DENIED_TOOLSETS)

src/praisonai-bot/tests/unit/test_group_admission_parity.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Cross-channel group admission parity via the core primitive (Issue #5908)."""
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+import pytest
+
+from praisonaiagents.bots.admission import MentionFacts
+from praisonai_bot.bots._group_policy import decide_group_admission
+
+
+def _admit(chat_type="group", explicit=False, reply_to_bot=False, is_command=False, **cfg):
+    return decide_group_admission(
+        SimpleNamespace(**cfg),
+        chat_type=chat_type,
+        mention=MentionFacts(explicit=explicit, reply_to_bot=reply_to_bot),
+        is_command=is_command,
+    )
+
+
+def test_dm_always_admitted():
+    assert _admit(chat_type="dm", group_policy="command_only").admit
+    assert _admit(chat_type="im", group_policy="command_only").admit
+
+
+def test_mention_only_admits_explicit_and_reply_to_bot():
+    cfg = dict(group_policy="mention_only", mention_required=True)
+    assert _admit(explicit=True, **cfg).admit
+    assert _admit(reply_to_bot=True, **cfg).admit
+    decision = _admit(**cfg)
+    assert not decision.admit
+    assert decision.reason_code == "group_mention_only"
+
+
+def test_command_only_drops_mentions():
+    # Gateway sets mention_required=False for command_only; it must not open
+    # the gate to all group traffic.
+    cfg = dict(group_policy="command_only", mention_required=False)
+    assert not _admit(explicit=True, **cfg).admit
+    assert _admit(is_command=True, **cfg).admit
+
+
+def test_observe_flags_passive_record():
+    decision = _admit(group_policy="observe", mention_required=False)
+    assert not decision.admit and decision.observe
+
+
+def test_legacy_mention_required_false_responds_all():
+    assert _admit(group_policy="mention_only", mention_required=False).admit
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("policy", [None, "bogus"])
+def test_unset_or_unknown_policy_fails_safe(policy):
+    assert not _admit(group_policy=policy).admit

src/praisonai-bot/uv.lock

@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "praisonai-bot"
-version = "0.1.15"
+version = "0.1.18"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ provides-extras = ["gateway", "bot", "bot-whatsapp-web", "all"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "praisonaiagents"
-version = "1.7.16"
+version = "1.7.19"
 source = { directory = "../praisonai-agents" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },
@@ -1539,8 +1539,8 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'os'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
     { name = "markitdown", extras = ["all"], marker = "extra == 'knowledge'", specifier = ">=0.1.0" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=1.20.0,<2" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'parallel-search'", specifier = ">=1.30.0,<2" },

src/praisonai-browser/praisonai_browser/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.15"
+__version__ = "0.1.18"

src/praisonai-browser/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "praisonai-browser"
-version = "0.1.15"
+version = "0.1.18"
 description = "Browser automation for PraisonAI — Chrome extension bridge, CDP, and Playwright agents extracted from the praisonai wrapper."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}

src/praisonai-browser/tests/browser/test_server.py

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class TestRegisterRole:
             {"type": "start_session", "goal": "Test"}, conn
         )
         assert response["code"] == "NO_EXTENSION"
-        conn.websocket.send_text.assert_not_awaited()
+        conn.websocket.send_json.assert_not_awaited()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_ws_no_origin_cli_start_session(self):
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ class TestRegisterRole:
             {"type": "start_session", "goal": "Test"}, cli
         )
         assert response["status"] == "running"
-        ext.websocket.send_text.assert_awaited_once()
-        cli.websocket.send_text.assert_not_awaited()
+        ext.websocket.send_json.assert_awaited_once()
+        cli.websocket.send_json.assert_not_awaited()
         if server._sessions:
             server._sessions.close()
 

src/praisonai-browser/uv.lock

@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "praisonai-browser"
-version = "0.1.15"
+version = "0.1.18"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ provides-extras = ["server", "playwright", "all"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "praisonaiagents"
-version = "1.7.16"
+version = "1.7.19"
 source = { directory = "../praisonai-agents" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp" },
@@ -1005,8 +1005,8 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'os'", specifier = ">=0.115.0" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
-    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'llm'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
+    { name = "litellm", marker = "extra == 'memory'", specifier = ">=1.83.14,<1.106" },
     { name = "markitdown", extras = ["all"], marker = "extra == 'knowledge'", specifier = ">=0.1.0" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'mcp'", specifier = ">=1.20.0,<2" },
     { name = "mcp", marker = "extra == 'parallel-search'", specifier = ">=1.30.0,<2" },

src/praisonai-code/praisonai_code/__init__.py

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ the remaining terminal-agent modules, with PEP 562 shims left behind at the
 old ``praisonai.*`` paths for backward compatibility.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.1.15"
+__version__ = "0.1.18"
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]