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fix: make agent delivery receipts trustworthy #404

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fix: make agent delivery receipts trustworthy
EtanHey Aug 13, 2026
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fix: unify truthful send compatibility paths
EtanHey Aug 13, 2026
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fix: avoid false terminal surface receipts
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59 changes: 53 additions & 6 deletions src/agent-engine.ts
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Expand Up @@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ export interface AgentDeliveryReceipt {
submission_started_at?: string | null;
/** Earliest wall-clock time at which a known pre-mutation rejection may retry. */
next_attempt_at?: string | null;
/** The receiving TUI visibly accepted this into its own queue; never replay it. */
composer_accepted?: boolean;
}

/** A known pre-mutation delivery rejection that is safe to retry. */
Expand All @@ -210,7 +212,11 @@ export class RetryableDeliveryError extends Error {

type DeliverySubmitter = (
receipt: AgentDeliveryReceipt,
) => Promise<{ retry_count: number; submit_verified: boolean | null }>;
) => Promise<{
retry_count: number;
submit_verified: boolean | null;
delivery?: "submitted" | "queued";
}>;

export interface SpawnAgentParams {
repo: string;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5057,7 +5063,8 @@ export class AgentEngine {
};
if (
receipt.delivery_state === "queued" &&
receipt.submission_started_at
receipt.submission_started_at &&
receipt.composer_accepted !== true
) {
receipt.delivery_state = "failed";
receipt.terminal = true;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5127,6 +5134,37 @@ export class AgentEngine {
return { ...receipt };
}

acceptComposerQueue(input: {
delivery_id: string;
agent_id: string;
text: string;
press_enter: boolean;
source_event: DeliveryEventType;
retry_count: number;
}): AgentDeliveryReceipt {
const acceptedAt = new Date().toISOString();
const receipt: AgentDeliveryReceipt = {
...input,
delivery_state: "queued",
terminal: false,
created_at: acceptedAt,
resolved_at: null,
submit_verified: null,
error: null,
submission_started_at: acceptedAt,
next_attempt_at: null,
composer_accepted: true,
};
this.deliveryReceipts.set(receipt.delivery_id, receipt);
try {
this.persistDeliveryReceipts();
} catch (error) {
this.deliveryReceipts.delete(receipt.delivery_id);

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🟠 High src/agent-engine.ts:5162

acceptComposerQueue deletes the receipt and throws when persistDeliveryReceipts() fails, even though the TUI has already accepted the input; this removes the no-replay marker and lets a caller or restart submit the same delivery again. The same issue occurs when drainDeliveryQueue persists queue acceptance: an in-memory composer_accepted receipt is skipped forever, while a restart reloads the stale receipt and marks the accepted delivery as uncertain. Preserve and report the accepted-but-not-durable outcome, and retry or otherwise durably record the marker before treating persistence as complete.

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In file @src/agent-engine.ts around line 5162:

`acceptComposerQueue` deletes the receipt and throws when `persistDeliveryReceipts()` fails, even though the TUI has already accepted the input; this removes the no-replay marker and lets a caller or restart submit the same delivery again. The same issue occurs when `drainDeliveryQueue` persists queue acceptance: an in-memory `composer_accepted` receipt is skipped forever, while a restart reloads the stale receipt and marks the accepted delivery as uncertain. Preserve and report the accepted-but-not-durable outcome, and retry or otherwise durably record the marker before treating persistence as complete.

throw error;
}
return { ...receipt };
}

resolveDelivery(
input: Omit<AgentDeliveryReceipt, "created_at" | "resolved_at"> & {
created_at?: string;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5157,6 +5195,7 @@ export class AgentEngine {
try {
for (const receipt of this.deliveryReceipts.values()) {
if (receipt.delivery_state !== "queued") continue;
if (receipt.composer_accepted === true) continue;

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P2 Badge Check for a vanished target before skipping accepted queues

When an agent is removed after its TUI visibly accepted a message into its internal queue, this early continue runs before the existing missing-agent check, so the receipt remains nonterminal queued forever even though its destination no longer exists and the message cannot progress. Check target existence first and terminalize the receipt as failed when the agent has disappeared, while still avoiding replay for a live accepted composer queue.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L11-L16

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const agent = this.getAgentState(receipt.agent_id);
if (!agent) {
receipt.delivery_state = "failed";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5195,13 +5234,21 @@ export class AgentEngine {
]).finally(() => {
if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
});
receipt.delivery_state = "submitted";
receipt.terminal = true;
receipt.resolved_at = new Date().toISOString();
receipt.retry_count += result.retry_count;
receipt.submit_verified = result.submit_verified;
receipt.error = null;
receipt.next_attempt_at = null;
if (result.delivery === "queued") {
receipt.delivery_state = "queued";
receipt.terminal = false;
receipt.resolved_at = null;
receipt.submit_verified = null;
receipt.composer_accepted = true;
} else {
receipt.delivery_state = "submitted";
receipt.terminal = true;
receipt.resolved_at = new Date().toISOString();
receipt.submit_verified = result.submit_verified;
}
} catch (error) {
if (error instanceof RetryableDeliveryError) {
receipt.submission_started_at = null;
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions src/agent-health.ts
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Expand Up @@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ function issueSeverity(
) {
return "info";
}
if (code === "inbox_monitor_not_alive" && context.autoDiscovered) {
return "info";
}
if (
code === "inbox_monitor_not_alive" &&
!context.inboxMonitorWithinBootGrace
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion src/format.ts
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🟡 Medium

cmuxlayer/src/format.ts

Line 303 in bb4ce3f

else if (info.submit_verified === null)

formatDelivery produces a contradictory receipt when submit_attempted is true and submit_verified is null: the head says submission was attempted but not verified, while the suffix says not attempted. This occurs for send_input with press_enter: true when verification is disabled. Only append the null suffix when submit_attempted is false or absent.

-  else if (info.submit_verified === null)
+  else if (info.submit_verified === null && !info.submit_attempted)
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In file @src/format.ts around line 303:

`formatDelivery` produces a contradictory receipt when `submit_attempted` is true and `submit_verified` is null: the head says submission was attempted but not verified, while the suffix says `not attempted`. This occurs for `send_input` with `press_enter: true` when verification is disabled. Only append the null suffix when `submit_attempted` is false or absent.

Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ export function formatDelivery(
// instead of the delivered/failed binary, so the line never contradicts a
// pending status.
pending?: boolean;
typed?: boolean;
submit_attempted?: boolean;
submit_verified?: boolean | null;
},
): string {
Expand All @@ -280,8 +282,15 @@ export function formatDelivery(
);
const parens = meta.length > 0 ? ` (${meta.join(" \u00b7 ")})` : "";
let head: string;
if (info.pending) {
if (info.typed) {
head = `typed into ${label}${parens} (not submitted)`;
} else if (info.pending) {
head = `delivering to ${label}${parens}`;
} else if (
info.submit_attempted &&
info.submit_verified === null
) {
head = `submission attempted to ${label}${parens} (not verified)`;
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep null verification wording consistent.

When submit_attempted is true and submit_verified is null, these lines render “not verified”. Lines 303-304 then append “not attempted”. Render the null suffix from submit_attempted so one response does not report both states.

Proposed fix 
-  else if (info.submit_verified === null)
-    submit = " · submit_verified=null (not attempted)";
+  else if (info.submit_verified === null)
+    submit = info.submit_attempted
+      ? " · submit_verified=null (not verified)"
+      : " · submit_verified=null (not attempted)";
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@src/format.ts` around lines 285 - 293, Update the null-verification suffix
logic in the formatting flow so it derives the wording from
info.submit_attempted, preventing an attempted submission with
info.submit_verified === null from also receiving “not attempted”; preserve the
existing wording for genuinely unattempted submissions.

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P2 Badge Keep the submission-attempt text internally consistent

When send_to(mode="surface") presses Enter on an untracked or non-interactive surface, verification is skipped and this branch renders submission attempted ... (not verified), but the same formatted line then appends submit_verified=null (not attempted). This gives the caller two contradictory explanations for one delivery; use submit_attempted when selecting the null-verification suffix.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L41-L42

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} else if (info.delivered) {
head = `delivered to ${label}${parens}`;
} else {
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