@ouro.bot/cli 0.1.0-alpha.844 → 0.1.0-alpha.845

package/changelog.json

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
   "_note": "This changelog is maintained as part of the PR/version-bump workflow. Agent-curated, not auto-generated. Agents read this file directly via read_file to understand what changed between versions.",
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "version": "0.1.0-alpha.845",
+      "changes": [
+        "Senses: a turn that errors now tells the person so instead of going silent (naming the step limit when that is the cause). This was the mechanism behind the Butler's answer-then-greet sequence (D-004): a question hit the provider step limit (D-007), nothing was sent, and each prod became its own turn. The engine still refuses to answer without evidence; the private channel stays silent."
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "version": "0.1.0-alpha.844",
       "changes": [

package/deploy/unraid/sanctuary.ouro/bundle-meta.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "runtimeVersion": "0.1.0-alpha.844",
+  "runtimeVersion": "0.1.0-alpha.845",
   "bundleSchemaVersion": 3,
   "lastUpdated": "2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z"
 }

package/deploy/unraid/sanctuary.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <Container version="2">
   <Name>ouro-butler</Name>
-  <Repository>ghcr.io/ourostack/ouroboros-butler:0.1.0-alpha.844</Repository>
+  <Repository>ghcr.io/ourostack/ouroboros-butler:0.1.0-alpha.845</Repository>
   <Registry>https://github.com/ourostack/ouroboros/pkgs/container/ouroboros-butler</Registry>
   <Network>host</Network>
   <Shell>sh</Shell>

package/dist/senses/shared-turn.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 exports.stripThinkBlocks = stripThinkBlocks;
 exports.extractOutwardSenseDeliveryText = extractOutwardSenseDeliveryText;
 exports.getSenseSessionPath = getSenseSessionPath;
+exports.erroredTurnReply = erroredTurnReply;
 exports.runSenseTurn = runSenseTurn;
 const os = __importStar(require("os"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
@@ -333,6 +334,17 @@ function getSenseSessionPath(agentName, friendId, channel, sessionKey, agentRoot
  * Caller provides channel, session key, friend, and message;
  * this function handles all pipeline wiring.
  */
+/**
+ * What an outward sense says when a turn errors and provider failover has nothing to say.
+ * Such turns used to end in silence: the owner saw no reply, prodded, and later got
+ * the late answer followed by a greeting to a prod (D-004); the step-limit stop was the
+ * observed cause (D-007). The engine still refuses to answer without evidence.
+ */
+function erroredTurnReply(errorMessage) {
+    return /iteration limit exhausted/u.test(errorMessage ?? "")
+        ? "I couldn't finish that one: I ran out of steps before I had an answer I could stand behind. Ask me again, or ask something narrower, and I'll take another run at it."
+        : "I couldn't finish that one: something went wrong before I had an answer. Ask me again and I'll retry.";
+}
 async function runSenseTurn(options) {
     return (0, turn_execution_lease_1.withTurnExecutionLease)(async () => {
         const owner = Object.freeze({ agentName: options.agentName, agentRoot: (0, identity_1.getAgentRoot)(options.agentName) });
@@ -453,6 +465,7 @@ async function runSenseTurnExclusive(options, owner) {
             // once the turn completes.
             let committedResponseText = "";
             let pendingResponseText = "";
+            let terminalErrorMessage;
             let terminalDeliveryKind = "text";
             const deliveries = [];
             const deliveryFailures = [];
@@ -535,6 +548,8 @@ async function runSenseTurnExclusive(options, owner) {
                     emitFrontendEvent({ type: "tool_completed", data: { name, summary: _summary, success } });
                 },
                 onError: (error, severity) => {
+                    if (severity === "terminal")
+                        terminalErrorMessage = error.message;
                     emitFrontendEvent({ type: "error", data: { message: error.message, severity } });
                 },
                 onClearText: () => {
@@ -661,7 +676,9 @@ async function runSenseTurnExclusive(options, owner) {
             const eventView = currentTurnEventView(terminalEvents, existingEventIds, userMessage, options.precommittedIngress, options.ingressRelations);
             let finalDeliveryKind = terminalDeliveryKind;
             const acceptedTerminalOutcome = turnResult.turnOutcome === "settled" || turnResult.turnOutcome === "blocked";
-            const failoverText = turnResult.turnOutcome === "errored" ? turnResult.failoverMessage?.trim() : undefined;
+            const failoverText = turnResult.turnOutcome === "errored"
+                ? turnResult.failoverMessage?.trim() || (channel === "inner" ? undefined : erroredTurnReply(terminalErrorMessage))
+                : undefined;
             const expectsOutwardResponse = acceptedTerminalOutcome || turnResult.turnOutcome === "command" || Boolean(failoverText);
             let finalCausalCoordinate;
             if (acceptedTerminalOutcome) {

package/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@ouro.bot/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.844",
+  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.845",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@ouro.bot/cli",
-      "version": "0.1.0-alpha.844",
+      "version": "0.1.0-alpha.845",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.78.0",
         "@azure/identity": "^4.13.0",

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ouro.bot/cli",
-  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.844",
+  "version": "0.1.0-alpha.845",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=22"
   },