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Summary

This PR addresses issue #6461 by implementing comprehensive connection reliability improvements for enterprise environments where firewalls disconnect long-running connections after ~2 minutes.

Changes Made

🔗 Connection Keep-Alive Mechanism

  • Added automatic keep-alive heartbeats to maintain connections during long-running tasks
  • Configurable keep-alive interval (default: 30 seconds, range: 5s-5min)
  • Prevents enterprise firewalls from dropping idle connections

🔄 Automatic Reconnection with Exponential Backoff

  • Intelligent retry logic for connection-related errors (502, 503, 504, timeouts)
  • Exponential backoff strategy with configurable base delay and max retries
  • Graceful degradation when max retries are reached

🏢 Enterprise Network Configuration

  • New provider settings for enterprise environments:
    • connectionKeepAliveEnabled: Enable/disable keep-alive (default: true)
    • connectionKeepAliveInterval: Keep-alive interval in ms (default: 30000)
    • connectionRetryEnabled: Enable/disable auto-retry (default: true)
    • connectionMaxRetries: Maximum retry attempts (default: 3)
    • connectionRetryBaseDelay: Base delay for exponential backoff (default: 2000ms)

💾 Enhanced Task State Preservation

  • Improved task state saving for better resumption after connection interruptions
  • Connection health monitoring and recovery
  • Better error messages and user feedback during connection issues

🧪 Comprehensive Testing

  • Added extensive test suite for connection management functionality
  • Tests for keep-alive, retry logic, error detection, and configuration validation
  • Provider settings schema validation tests

Technical Implementation

Core Changes

  • Task.ts: Added connection management methods and integration with streaming logic
  • provider-settings.ts: Extended schema with enterprise network configuration options
  • global-settings.ts: Updated default settings to include connection properties

Error Handling

  • Detects retryable connection errors (502/503/504, timeouts, network errors)
  • Preserves task state before retry attempts
  • Provides clear user feedback during connection recovery

Backward Compatibility

  • All new settings are optional with sensible defaults
  • Existing configurations continue to work without changes
  • No breaking changes to existing APIs

Testing

  • ✅ Provider settings validation tests pass
  • ✅ Connection management unit tests created
  • ✅ TypeScript compilation successful
  • ✅ Linting passes

Fixes

Closes #6461

User Impact

Enterprise users will experience:

  • Fewer task interruptions due to firewall timeouts
  • Automatic recovery from temporary connection issues
  • Configurable settings to match their network environment
  • Better visibility into connection status and recovery attempts

Important

Enhances connection reliability in enterprise environments with keep-alive and auto-reconnection features, including comprehensive testing and configuration options.

  • Connection Management:
    • Added keep-alive heartbeats in Task.ts to prevent idle disconnections, configurable via connectionKeepAliveEnabled and connectionKeepAliveInterval.
    • Implemented automatic reconnection with exponential backoff for errors like 502/503/504 in Task.ts, configurable via connectionRetryEnabled, connectionMaxRetries, and connectionRetryBaseDelay.
  • Configuration:
    • Updated provider-settings.ts and global-settings.ts to include new enterprise network settings.
    • Default settings added to EVALS_SETTINGS in global-settings.ts.
  • Testing:
    • Added Task.connection.spec.ts for testing connection management features.
    • Added provider-settings.spec.ts for validating new configuration options.
  • Backward Compatibility:
    • Ensured existing configurations remain unaffected by new settings.

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feat: add connection keep-alive and auto-reconnection for enterprise …
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…environments

- Add connection keep-alive mechanism to prevent firewall timeouts
- Implement automatic reconnection with exponential backoff for 502/503/504 errors
- Add enterprise network configuration options in provider settings
- Enhance task state preservation for better resumption after interruptions
- Add comprehensive tests for connection handling functionality

Fixes #6461
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fix: add missing connection properties to EVALS_SETTINGS
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- Add connectionKeepAliveEnabled, connectionKeepAliveInterval, connectionRetryEnabled, connectionMaxRetries, and connectionRetryBaseDelay to EVALS_SETTINGS
- Fixes TypeScript compilation error in global-settings.ts
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fix: make connection properties optional in provider settings schema
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- Remove default values from connection properties to make them truly optional
- Fixes TypeScript compilation errors in e2e tests that use partial RooCodeSettings objects
- Connection properties will use fallback defaults in Task.ts implementation
@roomote roomote bot requested review from cte, jr and mrubens as code owners July 31, 2025 02:44
@dosubot dosubot bot added size:XL This PR changes 500-999 lines, ignoring generated files. enhancement New feature or request labels Jul 31, 2025
@hannesrudolph hannesrudolph added the Issue/PR - Triage New issue. Needs quick review to confirm validity and assign labels. label Jul 31, 2025
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Thank you for this comprehensive implementation of enterprise connection reliability features! This addresses a real pain point for enterprise users. I have reviewed the changes and found several areas that need attention before this can be merged safely.

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Critical Issues Found

1. Missing default values in provider settings schema (packages/types/src/provider-settings.ts:82)
The schema defines validation ranges but does not provide default values. This could cause issues when these settings are undefined. Consider adding .default() to each field:

connectionKeepAliveEnabled: z.boolean().default(true).optional(),
connectionKeepAliveInterval: z.number().min(5000).max(300000).default(30000).optional(),

2. Incomplete keep-alive implementation (src/core/task/Task.ts:2246-2250)
The keep-alive mechanism only updates lastConnectionTime but does not send actual heartbeat requests. Enterprise firewalls need real network activity to keep connections alive. Consider implementing actual lightweight HTTP requests.

3. Potential infinite recursion in retry logic (src/core/task/Task.ts:2298)
The retry logic could lead to infinite recursion if the retry callback keeps failing intermittently. Consider adding a circuit breaker pattern or maximum total retry time.

4. Missing global-settings.ts file
The PR description mentions updates to global-settings.ts but this file does not exist in the current codebase, suggesting incomplete implementation.

Additional Suggestions

  • Error detection could be more specific (src/core/task/Task.ts:2314-2330)
  • Consider making MAX_EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_SECONDS configurable
  • Add integration tests for keep-alive and retry interaction

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daniel-lxs commented Aug 1, 2025

The issue is not properly scoped, Closing

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