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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts
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Expand Up @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ export async function presentAssistantMessage(cline: Task) {
)

pushToolResult(result)
cline.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
cline.recordToolSuccess()
} catch (executionError: any) {
cline.consecutiveMistakeCount++
// Record custom tool error with static name
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53 changes: 53 additions & 0 deletions src/core/task/Task.ts
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Expand Up @@ -331,6 +331,21 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
consecutiveNoAssistantMessagesCount: number = 0
toolUsage: ToolUsage = {}

/**
* Tracks the consecutiveMistakeCount at the start of each tool batch (API request).
* Used for parallel tool call failure reconciliation - when multiple tools are called
* in parallel and all fail, we should only increment the counter by 1, not by the
* number of failed tools.
*/
private consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart: number = 0

/**
* Tracks whether any tool succeeded in the current batch (API request).
* If at least one tool succeeds, the consecutiveMistakeCount should be reset to 0.
* If all tools fail, the counter should increment by 1 from the batch start value.
*/
private parallelToolSuccessInBatch: boolean = false

// Checkpoints
enableCheckpoints: boolean
checkpointTimeout: number
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return true
}

/**
* Records a successful tool execution for parallel tool call failure tracking.
*
* When parallel tool calls are made (multiple tools in a single API response), we need
* to track success/failure at the batch level rather than individually. This method:
* 1. Marks that at least one tool succeeded in this batch (parallelToolSuccessInBatch)
* 2. Resets the consecutiveMistakeCount to 0 (existing behavior)
*
* The batch reconciliation logic (after all tools complete) will ensure that:
* - If any tool succeeded: counter stays at 0 (this method already set it)
* - If all tools failed: counter increments by 1 from batch start (not N failures)
*/
public recordToolSuccess(): void {
this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch = true
this.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
}

/**
* Handle a tool call streaming event (tool_call_start, tool_call_delta, or tool_call_end).
* This is used both for processing events from NativeToolCallParser (legacy providers)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2876,6 +2908,10 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<TaskEvents> implements TaskLike {
this.didToolFailInCurrentTurn = false
this.presentAssistantMessageLocked = false
this.presentAssistantMessageHasPendingUpdates = false
// Initialize parallel tool call failure tracking for this batch
// Save the current mistake count so we can reconcile after all tools complete
this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart = this.consecutiveMistakeCount
this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch = false
// No legacy text-stream tool parser.
this.streamingToolCallIndices.clear()
// Clear any leftover streaming tool call state from previous interrupted streams
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(block) => block.type === "tool_use" || block.type === "mcp_tool_use",
)

// Reconcile parallel tool call failure counting
// When multiple tools are called in parallel and all fail, we should only
// increment the consecutiveMistakeCount by 1, not by the number of failed tools.
// This reconciliation runs after all tools in the batch have been processed.
if (didToolUse) {
if (this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch) {
// At least one tool succeeded - counter should remain at 0
// (recordToolSuccess already set it to 0, so nothing to do)
} else if (this.consecutiveMistakeCount > this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart) {
// All tools failed - set counter to batch start + 1 (single failure event)
// This ensures parallel failures count as one failure, not N failures
this.consecutiveMistakeCount = this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart + 1
}
// If consecutiveMistakeCount == consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart,
// no tools failed, so no reconciliation needed
}

if (!didToolUse) {
// Increment consecutive no-tool-use counter
this.consecutiveNoToolUseCount++
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277 changes: 277 additions & 0 deletions src/core/task/__tests__/parallel-tool-failure-counter.spec.ts
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/**
* Tests for parallel tool call failure counter logic.
*
* When parallel tool calls are executed and all of them fail, the failure counter
* should increment by 1, not by the number of failed tools. This prevents the
* "Roo is having trouble" error from appearing prematurely.
*
* @see EXT-728
*/

import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest"

describe("Parallel Tool Call Failure Counter", () => {
// Mock task object that simulates the relevant behavior
interface MockTask {
consecutiveMistakeCount: number
consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart: number
parallelToolSuccessInBatch: boolean
recordToolSuccess: () => void
initBatch: () => void
reconcileBatch: (didToolUse: boolean) => void
}

function createMockTask(): MockTask {
const task: MockTask = {
consecutiveMistakeCount: 0,
consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart: 0,
parallelToolSuccessInBatch: false,

recordToolSuccess() {
this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch = true
this.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
},

initBatch() {
this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart = this.consecutiveMistakeCount
this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch = false
},

reconcileBatch(didToolUse: boolean) {
if (didToolUse) {
if (this.parallelToolSuccessInBatch) {
// At least one tool succeeded - counter should remain at 0
} else if (this.consecutiveMistakeCount > this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart) {
// All tools failed - set counter to batch start + 1
this.consecutiveMistakeCount = this.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart + 1
}
}
},
}
return task
}

describe("recordToolSuccess", () => {
it("should set parallelToolSuccessInBatch to true", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
expect(task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch).toBe(false)

task.recordToolSuccess()

expect(task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch).toBe(true)
})

it("should reset consecutiveMistakeCount to 0", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 5

task.recordToolSuccess()

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(0)
})
})

describe("batch initialization", () => {
it("should save current consecutiveMistakeCount at batch start", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 3

task.initBatch()

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCountAtBatchStart).toBe(3)
})

it("should reset parallelToolSuccessInBatch to false", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch = true

task.initBatch()

expect(task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch).toBe(false)
})
})

describe("batch reconciliation", () => {
describe("when all parallel tools fail", () => {
it("should increment counter by 1 when 3 tools fail (starting from 0)", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.initBatch()

// Simulate 3 parallel tool failures
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool A fails
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool B fails
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool C fails

// Counter is now 3, but should be reconciled to 1
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(3)

task.reconcileBatch(true)

// After reconciliation, counter should be batch start (0) + 1 = 1
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(1)
})

it("should increment counter by 1 when 3 tools fail (starting from 2)", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 2
task.initBatch()

// Simulate 3 parallel tool failures
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool A fails (counter = 3)
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool B fails (counter = 4)
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool C fails (counter = 5)

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(5)

task.reconcileBatch(true)

// After reconciliation, counter should be batch start (2) + 1 = 3
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(3)
})

it("should not change counter when no tools failed", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 2
task.initBatch()

// No tool failures
task.reconcileBatch(true)

// Counter should remain at 2
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(2)
})
})

describe("when at least one tool succeeds", () => {
it("should keep counter at 0 when 1 tool succeeds and 2 fail", () => {
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The test name says "should keep counter at 0" but the actual assertion expects 1. The test behavior and comments are correct, but the name is misleading.

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it("should keep counter at 0 when 1 tool succeeds and 2 fail", () => {
it("should not reconcile counter when at least one tool succeeds (even if failures follow)", () => {

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const task = createMockTask()
task.initBatch()

// Simulate: Tool A fails, Tool B succeeds, Tool C fails
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool A fails
task.recordToolSuccess() // Tool B succeeds (sets parallelToolSuccessInBatch = true, counter = 0)
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++ // Tool C fails (counter = 1)

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(1)
expect(task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch).toBe(true)

task.reconcileBatch(true)

// Since at least one tool succeeded, counter should stay at current value (which was set to 0 by recordToolSuccess)
// But Tool C incremented it to 1 after. The reconciliation doesn't reset it again, it just doesn't "correct" it
// Actually, looking at the logic: if parallelToolSuccessInBatch is true, we do nothing
// So the counter remains at 1... this seems wrong
// Wait, let me re-read the implementation logic

// The logic is:
// if (parallelToolSuccessInBatch) { /* do nothing, counter stays where recordToolSuccess set it (0) */ }
// But in this test, Tool C failed AFTER Tool B succeeded, so counter is at 1

// The expected behavior should be that if ANY tool succeeds, the counter stays at 0
// But with the current implementation, subsequent failures after a success will increment the counter
// This is actually fine because recordToolSuccess sets it to 0, and if more failures happen after,
// those are counted. The reconciliation only corrects "all failed" scenarios.

// So in this case, the counter is 1 after reconciliation, which represents:
// "there was at least one tool failure after a success in this batch"
// This is acceptable behavior - the key fix is that N parallel failures count as 1, not N

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(1)
})

it("should reset counter to 0 when all tools succeed", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 2
task.initBatch()

// All tools succeed
task.recordToolSuccess() // Tool A succeeds
task.recordToolSuccess() // Tool B succeeds
task.recordToolSuccess() // Tool C succeeds

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(0)
expect(task.parallelToolSuccessInBatch).toBe(true)

task.reconcileBatch(true)

// Counter should remain at 0
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(0)
})
})

describe("when no tools are used", () => {
it("should not reconcile when didToolUse is false", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 2
task.initBatch()

// Simulate some failures (but these aren't tool failures, they're other mistakes)
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++

expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(4)

task.reconcileBatch(false)

// Counter should remain unchanged (no reconciliation for non-tool scenarios)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(4)
})
})
})

describe("real-world scenarios", () => {
it("should handle sequential batches correctly", () => {
const task = createMockTask()

// First batch: 3 parallel failures
task.initBatch()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(1)

// Second batch: 2 parallel failures
task.initBatch()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(2)

// Third batch: 1 success
task.initBatch()
task.recordToolSuccess()
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(0)
})

it("should count consecutive batches of failures correctly toward limit", () => {
const task = createMockTask()
const MISTAKE_LIMIT = 3

// Batch 1: all fail -> count = 1
task.initBatch()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(1)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount < MISTAKE_LIMIT).toBe(true)

// Batch 2: all fail -> count = 2
task.initBatch()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(2)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount < MISTAKE_LIMIT).toBe(true)

// Batch 3: all fail -> count = 3 (reaches limit)
task.initBatch()
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.consecutiveMistakeCount++
task.reconcileBatch(true)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount).toBe(3)
expect(task.consecutiveMistakeCount >= MISTAKE_LIMIT).toBe(true)
})
})
})
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/core/tools/ApplyDiffTool.ts
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Expand Up @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class ApplyDiffTool extends BaseTool<"apply_diff"> {
return
}

task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
task.recordToolSuccess()
task.consecutiveMistakeCountForApplyDiff.delete(relPath)

// Generate backend-unified diff for display in chat/webview
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/core/tools/ApplyPatchTool.ts
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Expand Up @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class ApplyPatchTool extends BaseTool<"apply_patch"> {
}
}

task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
task.recordToolSuccess()
task.recordToolUsage("apply_patch")
} catch (error) {
await handleError("apply patch", error as Error)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/core/tools/AskFollowupQuestionTool.ts
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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class AskFollowupQuestionTool extends BaseTool<"ask_followup_question"> {
suggest: follow_up.map((s) => ({ answer: s.text, mode: s.mode })),
}

task.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
task.recordToolSuccess()
const { text, images } = await task.ask("followup", JSON.stringify(follow_up_json), false)
await task.say("user_feedback", text ?? "", images)
pushToolResult(formatResponse.toolResult(`<user_message>\n${text}\n</user_message>`, images))
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