fix(ulw-loop): retry parent session after failed verification

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>
This commit is contained in:
YeonGyu-Kim
2026-03-07 04:54:37 +09:00
parent ea2585e01a
commit 2d0bb016b2
5 changed files with 300 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ REQUIRED NOW:
Original task:
{{PROMPT}}`
const ULTRAWORK_VERIFICATION_FAILED_PROMPT = `${SYSTEM_DIRECTIVE_PREFIX} - ULTRAWORK LOOP VERIFICATION FAILED {{ITERATION}}/{{MAX}}]
Oracle did not emit <promise>VERIFIED</promise>. Verification failed.
REQUIRED NOW:
- Verification failed. Fix the task until Oracle's review is satisfied
- Oracle does not lie. Treat the verification result as ground truth
- Do not claim completion early or argue with the failed verification
- After fixing the remaining issues, request Oracle review again using task(subagent_type="oracle", load_skills=[], run_in_background=false, ...)
- Only when the work is ready for review again, output: <promise>{{PROMISE}}</promise>
Original task:
{{PROMPT}}`
export function buildContinuationPrompt(state: RalphLoopState): string {
const template = state.verification_pending
? ULTRAWORK_VERIFICATION_PROMPT
@@ -46,3 +60,15 @@ export function buildContinuationPrompt(state: RalphLoopState): string {
return state.ultrawork ? `ultrawork ${continuationPrompt}` : continuationPrompt
}
export function buildVerificationFailurePrompt(state: RalphLoopState): string {
const continuationPrompt = ULTRAWORK_VERIFICATION_FAILED_PROMPT.replace(
"{{ITERATION}}",
String(state.iteration),
)
.replace("{{MAX}}", getMaxIterationsLabel(state))
.replace("{{PROMISE}}", state.completion_promise)
.replace("{{PROMPT}}", state.prompt)
return state.ultrawork ? `ultrawork ${continuationPrompt}` : continuationPrompt
}
@@ -150,5 +150,28 @@ export function createLoopStateController(options: {
return state
},
restartAfterFailedVerification(sessionID: string, messageCountAtStart?: number): RalphLoopState | null {
const state = readState(directory, stateDir)
if (!state || state.session_id !== sessionID || !state.ultrawork || !state.verification_pending) {
return null
}
state.iteration += 1
state.started_at = new Date().toISOString()
state.completion_promise = state.initial_completion_promise ?? DEFAULT_COMPLETION_PROMISE
state.verification_pending = undefined
state.verification_attempt_id = undefined
state.verification_session_id = undefined
if (typeof messageCountAtStart === "number") {
state.message_count_at_start = messageCountAtStart
}
if (!writeState(directory, state, stateDir)) {
return null
}
return state
},
}
}
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
} from "./completion-promise-detector"
import { continueIteration } from "./iteration-continuation"
import { handleDeletedLoopSession, handleErroredLoopSession } from "./session-event-handler"
import { handleFailedVerification } from "./verification-failure-handler"
type SessionRecovery = {
isRecovering: (sessionID: string) => boolean
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type LoopStateController = {
setSessionID: (sessionID: string) => RalphLoopState | null
markVerificationPending: (sessionID: string) => RalphLoopState | null
setVerificationSessionID: (sessionID: string, verificationSessionID: string) => RalphLoopState | null
restartAfterFailedVerification: (sessionID: string, messageCountAtStart?: number) => RalphLoopState | null
}
type RalphLoopEventHandlerOptions = { directory: string; apiTimeoutMs: number; getTranscriptPath: (sessionID: string) => string | undefined; checkSessionExists?: RalphLoopOptions["checkSessionExists"]; sessionRecovery: SessionRecovery; loopState: LoopStateController }
@@ -57,7 +59,13 @@ export function createRalphLoopEventHandler(
return
}
if (state.session_id && state.session_id !== sessionID) {
const verificationSessionID = state.verification_pending
? state.verification_session_id
: undefined
const matchesParentSession = state.session_id === undefined || state.session_id === sessionID
const matchesVerificationSession = verificationSessionID === sessionID
if (!matchesParentSession && !matchesVerificationSession && state.session_id) {
if (options.checkSessionExists) {
try {
const exists = await options.checkSessionExists(state.session_id)
@@ -79,9 +87,6 @@ export function createRalphLoopEventHandler(
return
}
const verificationSessionID = state.verification_pending
? state.verification_session_id
: undefined
const completionSessionID = verificationSessionID ?? (state.verification_pending ? undefined : sessionID)
const transcriptPath = completionSessionID ? options.getTranscriptPath(completionSessionID) : undefined
const completionViaTranscript = completionSessionID
@@ -130,6 +135,27 @@ export function createRalphLoopEventHandler(
return
}
if (state.verification_pending) {
if (verificationSessionID && matchesVerificationSession) {
const restarted = await handleFailedVerification(ctx, {
state,
loopState: options.loopState,
directory: options.directory,
apiTimeoutMs: options.apiTimeoutMs,
})
if (restarted) {
return
}
}
log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Waiting for oracle verification`, {
sessionID,
verificationSessionID,
iteration: state.iteration,
})
return
}
if (
typeof state.max_iterations === "number"
&& state.iteration >= state.max_iterations
@@ -103,6 +103,128 @@ describe("ulw-loop verification", () => {
expect(toastCalls.some((toast) => toast.title === "ULTRAWORK LOOP COMPLETE!")).toBe(true)
})
test("#given ulw loop is awaiting verification #when oracle session idles with VERIFIED #then loop completes without parent idle", async () => {
const hook = createRalphLoopHook(createMockPluginInput(), {
getTranscriptPath: (sessionID) => sessionID === "ses-oracle" ? oracleTranscriptPath : parentTranscriptPath,
})
hook.startLoop("session-123", "Build API", { ultrawork: true })
writeFileSync(
parentTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "done <promise>DONE</promise>" } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
writeState(testDir, {
...hook.getState()!,
verification_session_id: "ses-oracle",
})
writeFileSync(
oracleTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: `verified <promise>${ULTRAWORK_VERIFICATION_PROMISE}</promise>` } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "ses-oracle" } } })
expect(hook.getState()).toBeNull()
expect(toastCalls.some((toast) => toast.title === "ULTRAWORK LOOP COMPLETE!")).toBe(true)
})
test("#given ulw loop is awaiting verification without oracle session #when idle fires again #then loop waits instead of continuing", async () => {
const hook = createRalphLoopHook(createMockPluginInput(), {
getTranscriptPath: (sessionID) => sessionID === "ses-oracle" ? oracleTranscriptPath : parentTranscriptPath,
})
hook.startLoop("session-123", "Build API", { ultrawork: true })
writeFileSync(
parentTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "done <promise>DONE</promise>" } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
const stateAfterDone = hook.getState()
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
expect(hook.getState()?.iteration).toBe(stateAfterDone?.iteration)
expect(promptCalls).toHaveLength(1)
expect(hook.getState()?.verification_pending).toBe(true)
})
test("#given ulw loop is awaiting oracle verification #when oracle has not verified yet #then loop waits instead of continuing", async () => {
const hook = createRalphLoopHook(createMockPluginInput(), {
getTranscriptPath: (sessionID) => sessionID === "ses-oracle" ? oracleTranscriptPath : parentTranscriptPath,
})
hook.startLoop("session-123", "Build API", { ultrawork: true })
writeFileSync(
parentTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "done <promise>DONE</promise>" } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
writeState(testDir, {
...hook.getState()!,
verification_session_id: "ses-oracle",
})
writeFileSync(
oracleTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "still checking" } })}\n`,
)
const stateBeforeWait = hook.getState()
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
expect(hook.getState()?.iteration).toBe(stateBeforeWait?.iteration)
expect(promptCalls).toHaveLength(1)
expect(hook.getState()?.verification_session_id).toBe("ses-oracle")
})
test("#given oracle verification fails #when oracle session idles #then main session receives retry instructions", async () => {
const sessionMessages: Record<string, unknown[]> = {
"session-123": [{}, {}, {}],
}
const hook = createRalphLoopHook({
...createMockPluginInput(),
client: {
...createMockPluginInput().client,
session: {
...createMockPluginInput().client.session,
messages: async (opts: { path: { id: string } }) => ({
data: sessionMessages[opts.path.id] ?? [],
}),
},
},
} as Parameters<typeof createRalphLoopHook>[0], {
getTranscriptPath: (sessionID) => sessionID === "ses-oracle" ? oracleTranscriptPath : parentTranscriptPath,
})
hook.startLoop("session-123", "Build API", { ultrawork: true })
writeFileSync(
parentTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "done <promise>DONE</promise>" } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "session-123" } } })
writeState(testDir, {
...hook.getState()!,
verification_session_id: "ses-oracle",
})
writeFileSync(
oracleTranscriptPath,
`${JSON.stringify({ type: "tool_result", timestamp: new Date().toISOString(), tool_output: { output: "verification failed: missing tests" } })}\n`,
)
await hook.event({ event: { type: "session.idle", properties: { sessionID: "ses-oracle" } } })
expect(hook.getState()?.iteration).toBe(2)
expect(hook.getState()?.completion_promise).toBe("DONE")
expect(hook.getState()?.verification_pending).toBeUndefined()
expect(hook.getState()?.verification_session_id).toBeUndefined()
expect(hook.getState()?.message_count_at_start).toBe(3)
expect(promptCalls).toHaveLength(2)
expect(promptCalls[1]?.sessionID).toBe("session-123")
expect(promptCalls[1]?.text).toContain("Verification failed")
expect(promptCalls[1]?.text).toContain("Oracle does not lie")
expect(promptCalls[1]?.text).toContain('task(subagent_type="oracle"')
})
test("#given ulw loop without max iterations #when it continues #then it stays unbounded", async () => {
const hook = createRalphLoopHook(createMockPluginInput(), {
getTranscriptPath: (sessionID) => sessionID === "ses-oracle" ? oracleTranscriptPath : parentTranscriptPath,
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
import type { PluginInput } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
import { log } from "../../shared/logger"
import { buildVerificationFailurePrompt } from "./continuation-prompt-builder"
import { HOOK_NAME } from "./constants"
import { injectContinuationPrompt } from "./continuation-prompt-injector"
import type { RalphLoopState } from "./types"
type LoopStateController = {
restartAfterFailedVerification: (
sessionID: string,
messageCountAtStart?: number,
) => RalphLoopState | null
}
function getMessageCountFromResponse(messagesResponse: unknown): number {
if (Array.isArray(messagesResponse)) {
return messagesResponse.length
}
if (
typeof messagesResponse === "object"
&& messagesResponse !== null
&& "data" in messagesResponse
) {
const data = (messagesResponse as { data?: unknown }).data
return Array.isArray(data) ? data.length : 0
}
return 0
}
async function getSessionMessageCount(
ctx: PluginInput,
sessionID: string,
directory: string,
): Promise<number> {
const messagesResponse = await ctx.client.session.messages({
path: { id: sessionID },
query: { directory },
})
return getMessageCountFromResponse(messagesResponse)
}
export async function handleFailedVerification(
ctx: PluginInput,
input: {
state: RalphLoopState
directory: string
apiTimeoutMs: number
loopState: LoopStateController
},
): Promise<boolean> {
const { state, directory, apiTimeoutMs, loopState } = input
const parentSessionID = state.session_id
if (!parentSessionID) {
return false
}
let messageCountAtStart: number
try {
messageCountAtStart = await getSessionMessageCount(ctx, parentSessionID, directory)
} catch (error) {
log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Failed to read parent session before verification retry`, {
parentSessionID,
error: String(error),
})
return false
}
const resumedState = loopState.restartAfterFailedVerification(
parentSessionID,
messageCountAtStart,
)
if (!resumedState) {
log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Failed to restart loop after verification failure`, {
parentSessionID,
})
return false
}
await injectContinuationPrompt(ctx, {
sessionID: parentSessionID,
prompt: buildVerificationFailurePrompt(resumedState),
directory,
apiTimeoutMs,
})
await ctx.client.tui?.showToast?.({
body: {
title: "ULTRAWORK LOOP",
message: "Oracle verification failed. Continuing ULTRAWORK loop.",
variant: "warning",
duration: 5000,
},
}).catch(() => {})
return true
}