@nexus-cortex/core 4.131.1 → 4.131.2

package/.env.defaults

@@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ CORTEX_ENDTURN_RESOLVER_ABSTAIN=true
 #   t4w3m/n: true, source env) since the stdb-bench clean-launch formula (cell-m-r1, 09-10) put it in EXTRA_COMMON, and ON in product since
 #   10-17 via CORTEX_PROFILE=standard (the R219 "safe set"; decision recorded in the CORTEX_PROFILE block, not here). Code default unchanged
 #   (false). Its own efficacy A/B was never run — it has been background in every cell since (audit: .bench/cells/lever-writeback-check.py).
+# [LEDGER 2026-11-06 in tree] empty_active: a COMPLETELY empty turn (no text, no reasoning, no tool call) with budget left now continues with
+#   tools too (was: terminal "write your answer, do NOT call any tools"). Evidence: holdout-8 harness runs (.bench/eval/om2w/holdout-harness-*)
+#   — gemini-3.8-flash's Browse sub-agent returned an empty FIRST turn on 106/107, got the terminal nudge and invented results it never read
+#   (audited). Same bounded ×3 as reasoning_only_active; budget spent → the old terminal nudge. Flag off = unchanged.
 #CORTEX_EMPTY_TURN_CONTINUE=true
 #
 #   CORTEX_DEADLINE_EXIT_MENTOR — the "smart deadline". At the WARN rung (~0.9 of the per-turn

package/dist/orchestrator/CortexOrchestrator.js

@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ export class CortexOrchestrator {
                         ? classifyEmptyResponse(currentAssistantCanonicalMessage.content, lastStopReason, loopHasBudget)
                         : null;
                     const isEmptyContinueKind = EMPTY_TURN_CONTINUE && !!emptyClass
-                        && (emptyClass.kind === 'truncated' || emptyClass.kind === 'reasoning_only_active');
+                        && (emptyClass.kind === 'truncated' || emptyClass.kind === 'reasoning_only_active' || emptyClass.kind === 'empty_active');
                     const canRetryEmpty = isEmptyContinueKind
                         ? emptyContinueCount < EMPTY_CONTINUE_MAX
                         : !emptyResponseRetryUsed;
@@ -5075,7 +5075,7 @@ export class CortexOrchestrator {
                     ? classifyEmptyResponse(currentAssistantCanonicalMessage.content, lastStopReason, loopHasBudget)
                     : null;
                 const isEmptyContinueKind = EMPTY_TURN_CONTINUE && !!emptyClass
-                    && (emptyClass.kind === 'truncated' || emptyClass.kind === 'reasoning_only_active');
+                    && (emptyClass.kind === 'truncated' || emptyClass.kind === 'reasoning_only_active' || emptyClass.kind === 'empty_active');
                 const canRetryEmpty = isEmptyContinueKind
                     ? emptyContinueCount < EMPTY_CONTINUE_MAX
                     : !emptyResponseRetryUsed;