feat(acp): stream ACPToolCallEvents live from session_update#2868
feat(acp): stream ACPToolCallEvents live from session_update#2868simonrosenberg merged 5 commits intomainfrom
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Emit ACPToolCallEvents from _OpenHandsACPBridge.session_update as each ToolCallStart / ToolCallProgress notification arrives instead of batching them into a single end-of-turn fan-out. Consumers dedupe by tool_call_id and treat the last-seen event as authoritative. ACPAgent.step() now just wires on_event onto the bridge and handles bookkeeping (usage totals, FinishAction, execution-status transition) once prompt() returns. The final MessageEvent / FinishAction shape is unchanged. Closes #2866 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟡 Acceptable - Solid design with minor duplication. Flag: changes event timing, verify agent-server integration before merge.
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✅ QA Report: PASS WITH ISSUES
Live event streaming verified end-to-end; functionality works as claimed but pre-commit formatting needs fixing.
Does this PR achieve its stated goal?
Yes. The PR successfully transforms ACPToolCallEvent emission from end-of-turn batching to live streaming. On main, 0 events are emitted during session_update (all arrive after prompt() completes). On this PR branch, events are emitted synchronously as each ToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress notification arrives, with time gaps matching subprocess delays (~0.1s). The implementation correctly wires on_event through retry paths and handles callback errors gracefully.
| Phase | Result |
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| Environment Setup | ✅ Dependencies synced, all packages installed |
| CI & Tests | |
| Functional Verification | ✅ Live streaming confirmed via before/after timing test |
Functional Verification
Test 1: Baseline behavior on main branch
Step 1 — Establish baseline (without the fix):
Checked out main branch and ran simulation script:
git checkout main
uv run python /tmp/test_live_events.pyOutput:
Simulating ACP subprocess streaming notifications...
T+0.000s: Sending ToolCallStart tc-1
T+0.000s: session_update returned
T+0.101s: Sending ToolCallProgress tc-1
T+0.101s: session_update returned
T+0.202s: Sending ToolCallStart tc-2
T+0.202s: session_update returned
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Event emission timeline:
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Analysis:
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Traceback...
AssertionError: Expected 3 events, got 0
This confirms the baseline: 0 events emitted during session_update. Events were only emitted in a batch after prompt() completed.
Step 2 — Apply the PR's changes:
Checked out PR branch:
git checkout ea808bd922050cd554041d30116cfa6ae145cd2aStep 3 — Re-run with the fix in place:
Ran the same simulation:
uv run python /tmp/test_live_events.pyOutput:
Simulating ACP subprocess streaming notifications...
T+0.000s: Sending ToolCallStart tc-1
T+0.000s: session_update returned
T+0.101s: Sending ToolCallProgress tc-1
T+0.101s: session_update returned
T+0.203s: Sending ToolCallStart tc-2
T+0.203s: session_update returned
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Event emission timeline:
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T+0.000s: event - tc-1:in_progress
T+0.101s: event - tc-1:completed
T+0.203s: event - tc-2:in_progress
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Analysis:
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Time between event 0 and 1: 0.101s
Time between event 1 and 2: 0.101s
Batched events (< 0.01s apart): 0
Live events (>= 0.05s apart): 2
✅ PASS: Events are being emitted LIVE as they arrive
(time gaps between events reflect subprocess delays)
This proves events are now streamed live with timing that reflects real subprocess progress, not batched at turn end.
Test 2: Comprehensive test suite
Ran all ACP agent tests:
uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py -vResult: 125 passed in 6.31s — including 5 new live emission tests covering:
- Synchronous
on_eventfiring onToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress - Interleaved tool-call/text-chunk arrival order preservation
- Safe
on_event=Nonehandling - Callback error swallowing
- Reset clearing
on_event
Ran full agent suite:
uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/ -qResult: 365 passed, 102 warnings in 13.93s — no regressions.
Test 3: Implementation review
Verified on_event is wired correctly:
grep -n "self._client.on_event = on_event" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.pyResult:
955: self._client.on_event = on_event
1016: self._client.on_event = on_event
1043: self._client.on_event = on_event
Wired in initial setup + both retry paths ✓
Verified _emit_tool_call_event is called from session_update:
grep -B 2 -A 1 "_emit_tool_call_event" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.pyCalled on both ToolCallStart (line 398) and ToolCallProgress (line 421) ✓
Verified end-of-turn fan-out removed:
grep -A 5 "ACPToolCallEvents were already emitted live" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.pyComment confirms old loop removed ✓
Issues Found
- 🟡 Minor: Pre-commit formatting check fails — Ruff wants to reformat test tuples. Run
uv run pre-commit run --files tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.pyand commit the auto-formatted result.
- Factor the reset + callback-rewire pattern into _reset_client_for_turn(); used by step() entry and both retry paths. - Replace ``on_event: Any`` with ``on_event: ConversationCallbackType | None`` so the type matches the intent of the callback. - Apply ruff formatting to test tuple literal so pre-commit passes. Review feedback from PR #2868. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟡 Acceptable - Well-executed implementation with excellent test coverage. However, this changes event emission timing (behavioral change) which requires human validation with evals before merge.
Implementation Quality: ✅ Good
_reset_client_for_turn()extraction properly addresses code duplication- Type annotation improved to
ConversationCallbackType | None - Exception handling in
_emit_tool_call_event()is appropriately defensive - Tests are comprehensive and test real behavior (not just mocks)
Eval Risk Flag:
This PR changes when ACPToolCallEvents are emitted (live streaming vs end-of-turn batching). While the event shape remains unchanged, the timing shift could affect:
- Agent-server integration expectations
- Downstream consumers (companion frontend PR mentioned)
- Benchmark/eval behavior
Recommendation: Run lightweight evals to validate no performance regression before merge.
[RISK ASSESSMENT]
🟡 MEDIUM - Behavioral change with downstream dependencies. Well-tested implementation, but event timing changes could affect integration points. The companion frontend PR (OpenHands/OpenHands#13991) indicates coordinated changes across repositories. Validate with evals that this doesn't introduce timing-related issues or affect benchmark performance.
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✅ QA Report: PASS
Tool-call events now stream live as ACP subprocess notifications arrive, instead of batching at turn end.
Does this PR achieve its stated goal?
Yes. The PR successfully delivers live event streaming for ACP tool calls. Events now arrive DURING prompt() execution (as session_update processes them) rather than in a single burst AFTER prompt() returns. This matches the stated goal of improving UX by showing tool cards appearing and updating in real-time instead of all at once.
| Phase | Result |
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| Environment Setup | ✅ Dependencies installed, 125 tests pass |
| CI & Tests | ✅ 26/28 checks pass (1 unrelated review thread check) |
| Functional Verification | ✅ Live streaming confirmed, before/after behavior validated |
Functional Verification
Test 1: Verify events arrive DURING prompt(), not after
Step 1 — Establish baseline (understand old behavior):
The old code had a loop in step() that emitted all events AFTER prompt() returned:
# OLD CODE (removed in this PR):
for tc in self._client.accumulated_tool_calls:
tc_event = ACPToolCallEvent(...)
on_event(tc_event)This caused all tool cards to appear in a single burst at turn end.
Step 2 — Apply the PR's changes:
Checked out branch feat/acp-agent-live-events at commit fb60defa.
Step 3 — Verify new behavior with functional test:
Created test simulating ACP subprocess sending tool-call updates during prompt():
→ prompt() started
[ACP subprocess] Starting tool call tc-1...
Event arrived: tc-1 status=in_progress (+0.001s, DURING prompt)
[ACP subprocess] Tool call tc-1 completed...
Event arrived: tc-1 status=completed (+0.052s, DURING prompt)
[ACP subprocess] Starting tool call tc-2...
Event arrived: tc-2 status=in_progress (+0.103s, DURING prompt)
[ACP subprocess] Tool call tc-2 completed...
Event arrived: tc-2 status=completed (+0.154s, DURING prompt)
← prompt() finished (+0.154s)
✓ PASS: All 4 events arrived DURING prompt() (live streaming)
This confirms events are emitted as session_update processes them, not batched at the end.
Test 2: Verify tool_call_id stability for consumer deduplication
Checked test: test_session_update_fires_on_event_live
# First event: in_progress, no output
assert events[0].tool_call_id == "tc-1"
assert events[0].status == "in_progress"
assert events[0].raw_output is None
# Second event: same ID, completed, with output
assert events[1].tool_call_id == "tc-1" # Same ID
assert events[1].status == "completed"
assert events[1].raw_output == "hello"Result: ✅ Same tool_call_id across multiple events, consumers can dedupe.
Test 3: Before/after UX comparison
OLD behavior (batched):
User: 'Read /tmp/data.txt and analyze it'
Agent: *thinking for 5 seconds...*
[After prompt() returns, batch-emit all events:]
t+0.000s: Tool card 'Read file' status=completed
t+0.000s: Tool card 'Analyze data' status=completed
✓ All 2 tool cards appeared in a burst (+0.000s)
UX: User sees nothing for 5s, then everything at once
NEW behavior (live streaming):
User: 'Read /tmp/data.txt and analyze it'
Agent: *starting to work...*
[Events arrive live as session_update processes them:]
t+0.051s: Tool card 'Read file' status=in_progress
t+0.153s: Tool card 'Read file' status=completed
t+0.204s: Tool card 'Analyze data' status=in_progress
t+0.305s: Tool card 'Analyze data' status=completed
✓ 4 events streamed over 0.305s
UX: User sees tool cards appear and update in real-time
Result: ✅ Confirms UX improvement — progressive updates vs single burst.
Test 4: Full test suite validation
Ran all ACP agent tests:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py -q
125 passed in 6.32sNew tests added (all passing):
test_session_update_fires_on_event_live— events fire synchronouslytest_session_update_preserves_interleaved_order— tool/text chunks maintain arrival ordertest_session_update_no_on_event_when_unset— safe no-op when callback unsettest_on_event_errors_are_swallowed— raising callback doesn't break pipelinetest_reset_clears_on_event— reset() clears callback for next turn
Result: ✅ All tests pass, including 5 new live emission tests.
Test 5: Code structure verification
Confirmed implementation details:
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_OpenHandsACPBridge.on_eventcallback added (line 300) - ✅
session_updatecalls_emit_tool_call_event()on ToolCallStart (line 398) and ToolCallProgress (line 421) - ✅
_emit_tool_call_event()creates ACPToolCallEvent and fires callback immediately (lines 426-450) - ✅ Old batched loop removed from
step()(replaced with comment at lines 1067-1071) - ✅
_reset_client_for_turn()wireson_eventalongsideon_tokenandon_activity(line 939) - ✅ Retry paths call
_reset_client_for_turn()to maintain callback wiring (lines 1027, 1051) - ✅ Error handling: callback failures are logged and swallowed (line 449-450)
Result: ✅ Implementation matches design — live emission from session_update, no batching.
Issues Found
None.
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Left a comment about a possible race condition.
Perhaps also the following can also happen:
When the ACP subprocess hits a transient error (connection glitch, -32603 from Gemini), step() retries the whole prompt() call. Here's what happens around the retry (acp_agent.py:1027 and :1051):
- First attempt starts. Claude (the ACP server) begins a turn and fires tool-call notifications: ToolCallStart("toolu_AAA", status=pending), ToolCallProgress("toolu_AAA", status=pending, title='Read file').
- With this PR, each of those notifications immediately emits an ACPToolCallEvent through on_event, which gets appended to state.events. So state.events now contains two entries for toolu_AAA, both with
status=pending — nothing with status=completed yet. - The server throws a retriable error before the tool call finishes. The code lands at line 1027 / 1051 and calls _reset_client_for_turn(...), which calls self._client.reset() (clearing the in-memory
accumulated_tool_calls dict). - Retry attempt starts. The server runs the turn again from scratch. ACP servers typically mint new tool-call ids on the retried turn — so now we get toolu_BBB for the same logical "read the file" tool call.
- The retry succeeds, toolu_BBB goes through pending → completed, final MessageEvent fires, turn ends cleanly.
What's wrong
_client.reset() wipes the in-memory accumulator, but it does not reach into state.events to remove or supersede the toolu_AAA events that were already emitted and appended during step 2.
The result:
- state.events contains toolu_AAA with status=pending forever. No later event ever carries that id, so the consumer's "last-seen status wins" dedup logic sees pending as the final word.
- UIs that render per-tool_call_id will show a ghost tool card stuck spinning forever next to the successful toolu_BBB card.
- Event-log replay, trajectory export, and anything that walks state.events will report a non-terminal tool call that never actually existed in the final turn.
Why this is new
Under the old batched-at-end-of-turn emission, tool-call events were only fanned out after prompt() succeeded — so a retried first attempt produced zero events. Nothing from the aborted attempt ever reached
state.events. The live-emission change makes the partial first attempt user-visible and unrecoverable.
Fix shape
Either (a) emit a synthetic terminal ACPToolCallEvent(..., status="failed", superseded_by_retry=True) for every id in accumulated_tool_calls just before calling _client.reset() in the retry branches, or (b) track ids emitted per-attempt and, on retry, emit a cancellation event for each so consumers can close the cards.
ACP servers mint fresh ``tool_call_id``s on a retried prompt(), so live-emitted pending events from the failed attempt would otherwise be orphaned on state.events — consumers that dedupe by tool_call_id and take the last-seen status as authoritative would keep those cards spinning forever. Introduces ``_cancel_inflight_tool_calls(on_event)`` which walks the accumulator and emits a terminal ``ACPToolCallEvent(status="failed", is_error=True)`` for every entry that hasn't reached a terminal status. Called before ``_reset_client_for_turn`` in both retry branches, and also before the error MessageEvent in the TimeoutError and outer-exception paths so aborted turns don't leave ghost cards behind either. Also documents the concurrency model on the bridge: on_event / on_token / on_activity all fire synchronously from the portal thread while the caller thread is blocked in portal.call(), so they do not race with the final MessageEvent / FinishAction emitted by the caller thread. Review feedback from VascoSch92 on PR #2868. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🟡 Acceptable - Well-designed implementation with excellent testing. Flagging for human review due to (1) unresolved thread-safety concern and (2) eval risk category per repo policy. See inline comments.
🎯 Review SummaryOverall Assessment: This is a well-engineered change with excellent test coverage and compelling E2E validation. The core implementation is sound. Why NOT Auto-ApprovingPer the repository's custom review guidelines, I cannot approve because:
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✅ QA Report: PASS
This PR successfully delivers live ACPToolCallEvent streaming, replacing the end-of-turn batch emission with synchronous event firing as ACP notifications arrive.
Does this PR achieve its stated goal?
Yes. The PR's goal was to stream ACPToolCallEvents live from session_update rather than batching them at the end of the turn. Testing confirms:
- Tool-call events are now emitted synchronously during
session_update, not afterprompt()returns - The same
tool_call_idevolves through multiple statuses (pending → in_progress → completed) in real time - Events span measurable time intervals (0.4s in controlled tests) rather than sub-millisecond bursts
- The batched emission loop that ran after
prompt()returned has been removed and replaced with live_emit_tool_call_event()calls insidesession_update
| Phase | Result |
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| Environment Setup | ✅ Dependencies installed, uv 0.11.7, Python 3.13.13 |
| CI & Tests | ✅ 129/129 pass (18 new tests for live emission + cancellation), CI green except review-threads |
| Functional Verification | ✅ Live emission demonstrated with timing tests, before/after comparison confirms behavior change |
Functional Verification
Test 1: Live Emission Timing
Baseline (main branch behavior):
On the main branch, step() accumulated tool calls in memory during prompt() and emitted them all at once after prompt() returned:
# OLD: openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.py (main branch)
# Emit ACPToolCallEvents for each accumulated tool call
for tc in self._client.accumulated_tool_calls:
tc_event = ACPToolCallEvent(...)
on_event(tc_event)This meant:
- All events arrived in a sub-millisecond burst
- Each
tool_call_idappeared only once with its final status - No visibility into progress during execution
With PR changes:
Ran timing test /tmp/test_live_emission_timing.py which simulates ACP subprocess notifications with realistic delays:
=== Testing Live ACPToolCallEvent Emission ===
[327.354s] Starting test
Simulating: ToolCallStart for tc-1...
[327.355s] Event received: tc-1 status=pending
-> session_update returned at 327.355s
-> events collected so far: 1
Simulating: ToolCallProgress for tc-1 (title update)...
[327.457s] Event received: tc-1 status=in_progress
-> session_update returned at 327.457s
-> events collected so far: 2
Simulating: ToolCallProgress for tc-1 (completion)...
[327.558s] Event received: tc-1 status=completed
-> session_update returned at 327.558s
-> events collected so far: 3
Simulating: ToolCallStart for tc-2...
[327.660s] Event received: tc-2 status=pending
-> session_update returned at 327.660s
-> events collected so far: 4
Simulating: ToolCallProgress for tc-2 (completion)...
[327.761s] Event received: tc-2 status=completed
-> session_update returned at 327.761s
-> events collected so far: 5
Timeline Summary:
Total events received: 5
Time span: 0.406s
Event Timeline:
1. [0.001s] tc-1 status=pending
2. [0.102s] tc-1 status=in_progress
3. [0.204s] tc-1 status=completed
4. [0.305s] tc-2 status=pending
5. [0.406s] tc-2 status=completed
Interpretation: Events are emitted synchronously as each session_update call happens. The 5 events span 0.406 seconds rather than arriving in a single burst. Tool call tc-1 evolves through three states visible to consumers.
Test 2: Code Structure Verification
Checked diff to confirm architectural change:
$ git diff main..feat/acp-agent-live-events openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.py | grep -A 3 "self._emit_tool_call_event"Result shows _emit_tool_call_event(entry) is now called directly in session_update for both ToolCallStart and ToolCallProgress cases, and the old batched loop is removed from step().
Test 3: Retry/Cancellation Behavior
Ran cancellation tests:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls -vResult: 4/4 tests pass, including:
test_emits_failed_event_for_pending_entries— pending tool calls get terminalfailedstatustest_retry_cancels_pending_events_before_reset— full retry path closes orphaned cards
Interpretation: The PR correctly handles the case where a retry generates new tool_call_ids. Without cancellation, pending events from the failed attempt would be orphaned. The new _cancel_inflight_tool_calls() method closes these before reset.
Test 4: No Regressions
Ran full test suite:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py --tb=line -q
============================= 129 passed in 6.33s ==============================Interpretation: All 129 tests pass, including 18 new tests for live emission and cancellation. No existing tests broke.
Test 5: Interleaved Order Preservation
Ran interleaving test:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_session_update_preserves_interleaved_order -vResult: PASSED. Test verifies that tool-call events and text chunks reach callbacks in the exact arrival order from the ACP subprocess.
Issues Found
None.
Summary: This PR changes when events are emitted (live vs batched) without changing what events are emitted or the agent's behavior. The accumulated tool-call data, text, thoughts, token usage, and final MessageEvent/FinishAction remain identical to the old code path — only the timing of on_event callbacks changes. The comprehensive unit tests (129 passing, 18 new) and functional timing tests confirm the live emission contract holds. CI is green. Ready to merge.
This QA report was created by an AI assistant (OpenHands) on behalf of the reviewer.
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🟡 Acceptable - Clean implementation with comprehensive tests, but flagging for human review due to unresolved thread safety concern and eval risk policy.
| ``MessageEvent`` / ``FinishAction`` emitted by the caller thread after | ||
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🟠 Important: Unresolved Thread Safety Concern
VascoSch92's concern about concurrent writes to state.events remains unaddressed. The docstring claims safety because "the caller thread... is blocked inside portal.call() for the entire prompt() round-trip", but this needs verification:
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on_eventdirectly append tostate.events, or does it queue through a synchronized mechanism? - If the callback writes directly to a list without synchronization, there's a race between:
- Portal thread: fires
on_eventwith live ACPToolCallEvents duringsession_update - Caller thread: appends final MessageEvent/FinishAction after
prompt()returns
- Portal thread: fires
The Python GIL provides some protection for individual list operations, but the ordering guarantee you're claiming ("consumers can treat each callback as sequential within a single turn") may not hold if both threads are appending to the same list.
Action needed: Verify the callback mechanism provides proper serialization, or add explicit synchronization if needed.
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🟡 Suggestion: Docstring doesn't match usage
The docstring says on_event is "passed as a parameter because the bridge's on_event attribute is about to be cleared by reset()".
But all call sites (lines 1082, 1107, 1204, 1214) call this method BEFORE reset(), not after, so self._client.on_event should still be valid. The parameter seems unnecessary.
Either:
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self._client.on_eventdirectly inside the method, or - Update the docstring to explain the real reason for the parameter (maybe for testability?)
| on_token: ConversationTokenCallbackType | None, | ||
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| """Reset per-turn client state and (re)wire live callbacks. |
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🟢 Good: The _reset_client_for_turn extraction addresses the code duplication from previous reviews. Clean refactoring.
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🟢 Good: Comprehensive test coverage. The live emission tests verify synchronous emission, interleaved ordering, safe no-op behavior, and error handling against real ACP schema types. Well done.
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✅ QA Report: PASS
Successfully verified that ACPToolCallEvents are now streamed live from session_update instead of batched at end-of-turn.
Does this PR achieve its stated goal?
Yes. The PR successfully transforms tool-call event emission from end-of-turn batching to live streaming. Verified through:
- Code review confirms the end-of-turn fan-out loop is removed
- New
_emit_tool_call_eventmethod fires synchronously fromsession_update - Live timing test shows events spread over 1.2+ seconds (vs. sub-millisecond batch)
- Base branch comparison confirms no events emitted from
session_updatebefore this PR
| Phase | Result |
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| Environment Setup | ✅ Dependencies installed, 129 tests pass |
| CI & Tests | ✅ All checks green (sdk-tests, tools-tests, pre-commit, API validation) |
| Functional Verification | ✅ Live emission confirmed, retry cancellation verified |
Functional Verification
Test 1 — Live Event Emission Behavior
Baseline (main branch):
Created test script that calls _OpenHandsACPBridge.session_update with mock ToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress updates spread over 1.2 seconds.
$ git checkout origin/main
$ uv run python /tmp/test_live_events.pyResult:
✅ Total events emitted: 0
IndexError: list index out of range
Interpretation: Base branch has no on_event support in the bridge — session_update does NOT emit events. This confirms the old behavior: events were accumulated and emitted in a batch from step() after prompt() returned.
With PR changes:
$ git checkout feat/acp-agent-live-events
$ uv run python /tmp/test_live_events.pyResult:
Simulating ACP subprocess streaming tool calls...
[ 0.001s] ACPToolCallEvent id=tc-alpha status=pending
[ 0.503s] ACPToolCallEvent id=tc-alpha status=completed
[ 0.804s] ACPToolCallEvent id=tc-beta status=in_progress
[ 1.205s] ACPToolCallEvent id=tc-beta status=completed
✅ Total events emitted: 4
✅ Time span: 1.204s
Interpretation: Events now arrive spread over 1.2 seconds, proving live emission. Each session_update call triggers on_event synchronously. The old behavior would have shown all 4 events arriving in a sub-millisecond burst.
Test 2 — Integration with step() and Retry Logic
Ran the full test suite for ACP agent:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py -v
============================= 129 passed in 6.26s ===============================Key test coverage verified:
Live emission (5 tests in TestACPToolCallLiveEmission):
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test_session_update_fires_on_event_live— Events emitted synchronously, not batched - ✅
test_session_update_preserves_interleaved_order— Tool/text/thought updates stay in arrival order - ✅
test_session_update_no_on_event_when_unset— Safe no-op when callback is None - ✅
test_on_event_errors_are_swallowed— Raising callback doesn't break pipeline - ✅
test_reset_clears_on_event— Callback cleared on reset
Retry cancellation (4 tests in TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls):
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test_emits_failed_event_for_pending_entries— Pending/in_progress cards get terminalfailedstatus - ✅
test_skips_already_terminal_entries— Completed/failed cards are not re-emitted - ✅
test_callback_errors_are_swallowed— Raising callback during cancellation doesn't break retry - ✅
test_retry_cancels_pending_events_before_reset— Full integration: first attempt emitstoolu_AAA(pending), fails, agent emitstoolu_AAA(failed)before retry, retry emits freshtoolu_BBB(completed)
Existing tests (120 tests, no regressions):
- ✅ All pre-existing ACP agent tests pass, including
TestACPToolCallEmissionwhich was updated to work with the new live emission model
Test 3 — Code Review of Key Changes
Removed: End-of-turn fan-out loop in step() (lines ~1023-1034 in old code):
# OLD CODE (removed):
for tc in self._client.accumulated_tool_calls:
tc_event = ACPToolCallEvent(...)
on_event(tc_event)Replaced with: Comment noting events are already emitted live:
# NEW CODE:
# ACPToolCallEvents were already emitted live from
# _OpenHandsACPBridge.session_update as each ToolCallStart /
# ToolCallProgress notification arrived — no end-of-turn fan-out
# here.Added: _emit_tool_call_event method in _OpenHandsACPBridge that fires on_event from session_update:
def _emit_tool_call_event(self, tc: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
if self.on_event is None:
return
try:
event = ACPToolCallEvent(...)
self.on_event(event)
except Exception:
logger.debug("on_event callback failed", exc_info=True)Called from both ToolCallStart and ToolCallProgress handlers in session_update.
Added: _cancel_inflight_tool_calls method that closes pending cards before retry/error:
def _cancel_inflight_tool_calls(self, on_event: ConversationCallbackType) -> None:
for tc in self._client.accumulated_tool_calls:
if tc.get("status") not in {"completed", "failed"}:
on_event(ACPToolCallEvent(..., status="failed", is_error=True))Called before every reset() on retry/timeout/error paths.
Issues Found
None.
- Drop the redundant ``on_event`` parameter from ``_cancel_inflight_tool_calls``; it's always called with the bridge's own on_event, and always before ``_reset_client_for_turn`` (which is what would have cleared it), so reading ``self._client.on_event`` directly matches every call site and kills a stale docstring claim. No-op if the callback was never wired. - Expand the bridge's concurrency docstring to cite the actual serialization mechanism: ``LocalConversation.run()`` calls ``agent.step(...)`` while holding the reentrant ``ConversationState`` FIFOLock, so no other thread can touch ``state.events`` during the turn; within the turn the caller thread is parked in ``portal.call()`` while live emissions run on the portal thread, so the live phase and the final-event phase never overlap. Adds a ``test_noop_when_on_event_unset`` case and updates the existing cancel tests to wire ``on_event`` on the bridge rather than passing it as an argument. Review feedback on PR #2868 (pullrequestreview-4130070804). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks — addressed both in 94c5e0e. Thread-safety (unresolved → resolved). You're right that the previous docstring hand-waved it. The actual mechanism is in The guarantee is two-layered and I've expanded the bridge docstring to cite both:
The default conversation callback comments this explicitly (
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Clean implementation with comprehensive test coverage. Flagging for human review due to unresolved thread-safety concern and eval risk policy (event timing changes). See inline comments.
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✅ QA Report: PASS
Live streaming of ACPToolCallEvents verified working as described; events arrive in real-time during session_update instead of batched at end-of-turn.
Does this PR achieve its stated goal?
Yes. The PR's goal is to stream ACPToolCallEvents live from _OpenHandsACPBridge.session_update as each ACP notification arrives, rather than batching them at the end of the turn. This is fully achieved:
- Before (main branch): Tool-call events are accumulated during
session_updateand emitted in a single sub-millisecond burst at the end ofstep()via a fan-out loop. - After (this PR):
session_updatefireson_eventsynchronously on eachToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress, emitting liveACPToolCallEvents with the sametool_call_idand evolving status/output fields. The old fan-out loop is removed. - Timing verification: A test simulating ACP notifications with 50ms delays between them shows events arrive spread across 153ms on this branch vs. 0 events during
session_updateon main (all batched for later). - Edge cases covered: New unit tests verify live emission, interleaved ordering with text chunks, error swallowing, and the
_cancel_inflight_tool_callsmechanism that closes orphaned pending events on retry/abort.
| Phase | Result |
|---|---|
| Environment Setup | ✅ make build succeeded, dependencies installed |
| CI & Tests | ✅ 130/130 unit tests pass (10 new), CI green (sdk-tests, tools-tests, pre-commit all pass) |
| Functional Verification | ✅ Live emission confirmed via timing test; before/after comparison validates batched → live transition |
Functional Verification
Test 1: Live Emission Timing (PR branch)
Step 1 — Verify baseline (main branch without the fix):
Checked out main and ran a test that simulates ToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress notifications arriving with 50ms delays:
$ git checkout main
$ OPENHANDS_SUPPRESS_BANNER=1 uv run python /tmp/qa_timing_test.py=== Live Emission Timeline ===
Total events: 0
Event arrival times (relative to start):
Interpretation: On main, session_update does NOT fire on_event — the tool calls are only accumulated internally. The old code would emit all events in a single batch at the end of step(), after prompt() returns. This confirms the baseline batched behavior.
Step 2 — Apply the PR's changes:
Checked out feat/acp-agent-live-events (this PR branch).
Step 3 — Re-run with the fix in place:
$ git checkout feat/acp-agent-live-events
$ OPENHANDS_SUPPRESS_BANNER=1 uv run python /tmp/qa_timing_test.py=== Live Emission Timeline ===
Total events: 4
Event arrival times (relative to start):
[0.001s] tc-alpha: pending - Read file
[0.052s] tc-alpha: completed - Read file
[0.103s] tc-beta: in_progress - Execute bash
[0.154s] tc-beta: completed - Execute bash
Time spread between first and last event: 0.153s
✓ Events are streamed live (not batched)
Interpretation: Events now arrive spread across 153ms, matching the simulated delays. Each session_update call triggers _emit_tool_call_event synchronously, so on_event fires immediately rather than waiting for the turn to complete. This confirms the live-streaming behavior.
Test 2: Unit Tests — Live Emission Suite
Ran the new TestACPToolCallLiveEmission test suite:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission -vtests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_session_update_fires_on_event_live PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_session_update_preserves_interleaved_order PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_session_update_no_on_event_when_unset PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_on_event_errors_are_swallowed PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPToolCallLiveEmission::test_reset_clears_on_event PASSED
5 passed in 0.42s
Interpretation: All 5 live-emission tests pass, covering:
- Synchronous
on_eventfiring on eachToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress - Preservation of interleaved order across tool-call and text-chunk arrivals
- Safe no-op when
on_eventis unset - Error swallowing in callbacks
- Callback lifecycle (reset clears
on_event)
Test 3: Unit Tests — Cancel Inflight Tool Calls
Ran the new TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls test suite:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls -vtests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls::test_emits_failed_event_for_pending_entries PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls::test_skips_already_terminal_entries PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls::test_callback_errors_are_swallowed PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls::test_noop_when_on_event_unset PASSED
tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py::TestACPCancelInflightToolCalls::test_retry_cancels_pending_events_before_reset PASSED
5 passed in 0.04s
Interpretation: All 5 cancellation tests pass, verifying that the new _cancel_inflight_tool_calls() mechanism correctly:
- Emits terminal
failedevents for pending/in-progress tool calls - Skips already-terminal (completed/failed) entries
- Swallows callback errors
- No-ops safely when
on_eventis unset - Fires before retry resets, so ghost cards are closed before fresh tool-call IDs appear
Test 4: Full ACP Agent Test Suite
Ran all ACP agent tests to verify no regressions:
$ uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py -q130 passed in 6.28s
Interpretation: All 130 tests pass (including the 10 new tests). No regressions in existing functionality.
Test 5: Code Structure Verification
Confirmed the expected code changes are present:
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session_updatecalls_emit_tool_call_eventon eachToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress:$ grep -A 2 "self._emit_tool_call_event" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.pyself._emit_tool_call_event(entry) self._maybe_signal_activity() ... self._emit_tool_call_event(target) self._maybe_signal_activity() -
Old fan-out loop removed from
step(), replaced with comment:$ grep -B 2 -A 5 "ACPToolCallEvents were already emitted" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.py# ACPToolCallEvents were already emitted live from # _OpenHandsACPBridge.session_update as each ToolCallStart / # ToolCallProgress notification arrived — no end-of-turn fan-out # here. The final MessageEvent + FinishAction still close out # the turn below. -
_cancel_inflight_tool_callscalled before retries and on errors:$ grep -n "_cancel_inflight_tool_calls" openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/acp_agent.py973: def _cancel_inflight_tool_calls(self) -> None: 1102: self._cancel_inflight_tool_calls() 1127: self._cancel_inflight_tool_calls() 1225: self._cancel_inflight_tool_calls() 1233: self._cancel_inflight_tool_calls()
Interpretation: All three core changes are present and match the PR description.
Issues Found
None.
Summary: This PR successfully delivers live streaming of ACPToolCallEvents. The implementation is clean, well-tested (10 new unit tests, 130 total passing), and the before/after timing comparison confirms the behavioral change. No regressions detected. The changes are scoped exactly as described — only event timing changes, not agent decisions or final event shapes.
Prevents a trailing ACP session_update arriving between turns from firing a stale on_event on the portal thread with no FIFOLock held by anyone. Also documents two invariants callers rely on: on_event handlers must not acquire the state lock, and tool-call→final-message ordering assumes the server drains session_update notifications before the prompt response. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
_OpenHandsACPBridge.session_updatenow fireson_eventsynchronously on eachToolCallStart/ToolCallProgress, emitting anACPToolCallEventwith evolvingstatus+raw_output/contentunder the sametool_call_id. Consumers dedupe by id and treat the last-seen state as authoritative.ACPAgent.step()drops the end-of-turn fan-out loop; it now just wireson_eventonto the bridge and handles bookkeeping (usage totals,FinishAction, execution-status transition) onceprompt()returns.on_eventrides the sameAsyncExecutorboundary that already shuttleson_token/on_activityacross the portal thread, so no new thread-safety surface is introduced.MessageEvent/FinishActionshape is unchanged — only the ACP tool-call stream becomes live.Closes #2866. Companion frontend work: OpenHands/OpenHands#13991 (out of scope here).
Why this does not need eval validation
This PR changes when
on_eventis called, not what the agent does or decides. Specifically:ACPToolCallEvent/MessageEvent/FinishAction/ObservationEventare still constructed with the same field values and in the same relative order per turn.ACPToolCallEvents that used to be emitted in a sub-millisecond burst right before theMessageEventare now emitted synchronously as each ACP notification arrives.Evals measure task-completion quality (correctness, tool-use strategy, cost), which is a function of the ACP subprocess's decisions. Those decisions do not depend on
on_eventtiming: the bridge's live emission is fire-and-forget into the OpenHands event stream, and the ACPsession_updatehandler never blocks on or observes anything the event sink does. Running SWE-bench or Commit0 against this change would measure noise (LLM sampling variance on the subprocess side) at a meaningful compute cost, with nothing to attribute a regression or win to. The behavior this PR is responsible for is exactly what unit tests and a timing probe can verify deterministically; evals would not.Validation
Unit tests (deterministic)
uv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/test_acp_agent.py— 125 passed. Includes newTestACPToolCallLiveEmissioncases covering:on_eventlive with evolving statuson_event+on_tokenstreamon_event=Nonestaying a safe no-op; a raising callback not breakingsession_updatereset()clearingon_eventuv run pytest tests/sdk/agent/— full agent suite green (365 tests, no regressions).uv run pre-commit run --files …— ruff format / ruff lint / pycodestyle / pyright / import-dependency / tool-registration all pass.Live end-to-end against real
@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp@0.29.0Two runs against Anthropic's Claude via
claude-agent-acp, with a callback that records the wall-clock offset at which every event hiton_event.Run 1 — focused verification script. Seeded two
.pyfiles in/tmp/…/workspace, prompted "List the Python files in the cwd, read both of them, and summarize each function".ACPToolCallEvent(Glob start)ACPToolCallEvent(Read beta.py completed)MessageEventUnder the old batched-at-end behavior all 13 of those
ACPToolCallEvents would have arrived in the same sub-millisecond tick right before theMessageEvent. Here they span 4.25 s of real time, and the last tool-call lands 2.5 s before the final message.Run 2 — the shipped example
examples/01_standalone_sdk/40_acp_agent_example.py. Main turn ("list python files under openhands-sdk/openhands/sdk/agent/, read__init__.py, summarize exports") +ask_agentside-question. Main turn timeline:Tool-call spread 3.873 s, last tool-call → message gap 4.961 s; 8/8 tool-call events arrive before the first agent message.
ask_agentfork side-question also runs to completion.Together, the unit tests pin the live-emission contract (ordering, id stability, error-swallow, callback lifecycle) and the live runs prove the contract holds against a real ACP subprocess streaming real LLM tool calls.
SWE-Bench ACP Evaluation (2026-04-17)
Branch validated against live SWE-Bench benchmark with ACP Claude agent.
cid:BADAD8A8eval-24588371825-claude-son-infer(evaluation-jobs namespace)acp-claude)Results:
Logs:
kubectl logs job/eval-24588371825-claude-son-infer -n evaluation-jobs --tail=100shows steady progress with no ACP-layer errors.The live event streaming is transparent to the benchmark — it doesn't change agent task completion behavior, but the evaluation validates that the code changes (event bridge refactoring, invoke_skill removal, skill location exposure) don't introduce instabilities under sustained load.
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