@yemi33/minions 0.1.469 → 0.1.471

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.469 (2026-04-07)
+## 0.1.471 (2026-04-07)
 
 ### Fixes
+-  steering resume improvements — better error logging, heartbeat restart
+-  prevent slow work item modal on large descriptions
 -  only cache sessionId for steering when actually resuming same branch
 
 ## 0.1.468 (2026-04-07)

package/dashboard/js/render-work-items.js

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ function openWorkItemDetail(id) {
     '<span class="dispatch-type ' + (item.type || 'implement') + '">' + escHtml(item.type || 'implement') + '</span>' +
     '<span class="prd-item-priority ' + (item.priority || '') + '">' + escHtml(item.priority || 'medium') + '</span>' +
     '</div>';
-  html += field('Description', '<div style="font-size:12px">' + renderMd((item.description || item.title || '—').slice(0, 3000)) + '</div>');
+  html += field('Description', '<div style="font-size:12px">' + renderMd((item.description || item.title || '—').slice(0, 1000)) + '</div>');
   html += field('Agent', escHtml(item.dispatched_to || item.agent || 'Auto'));
   html += field('Source', escHtml(item._source || 'central'));
   if (item.created) html += field('Created', escHtml(new Date(item.created).toLocaleString()));

package/dashboard/js/utils.js

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ function copyLlmText(btn) {
  */
 function renderMd(s) {
   if (!s) return '';
+  // Truncate excessively long inputs to prevent regex backtracking
+  if (s.length > 10000) s = s.slice(0, 10000) + '\n\n…(truncated)';
   let html = escHtml(s);
 
   // 1. Extract code blocks and inline code into placeholders (protect from other transforms)

package/engine.js

@@ -602,13 +602,19 @@ function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
       });
 
       // Re-attach to existing tracking
-      activeProcesses.set(id, { proc: resumeProc, agentId, startedAt: procInfo.startedAt, sessionId: steerSessionId });
+      activeProcesses.set(id, { proc: resumeProc, agentId, startedAt: procInfo.startedAt, sessionId: steerSessionId, _steeringAt: Date.now() });
 
       // Reset output buffers so post-completion parsing only sees the resumed session
       stdout = '';
       stderr = '';
       lastOutputAt = Date.now();
 
+      // Restart heartbeat for the resumed process
+      if (heartbeatTimer) clearInterval(heartbeatTimer);
+      heartbeatTimer = setInterval(() => {
+        try { fs.appendFileSync(liveOutputPath, `\n[heartbeat] running — no output for ${Math.round((Date.now() - lastOutputAt) / 1000)}s\n`); } catch {}
+      }, 30000);
+
       // Re-wire stdout/stderr handlers (same as original)
       resumeProc.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
         const chunk = data.toString();
@@ -626,11 +632,9 @@ function spawnAgent(dispatchItem, config) {
       // Re-wire close handler for the resumed process
       resumeProc.on('close', (resumeCode) => {
         if (resumeCode !== 0) {
-          // Resume failed — don't burn a retry slot. Complete the dispatch as success
-          // (the original work was already done up to the kill point) and let the
-          // work item be re-discovered on the next tick if still pending.
-          log('warn', `Steering resume for ${agentId} exited with code ${resumeCode} — completing dispatch without error`);
+          log('warn', `Steering resume for ${agentId} exited with code ${resumeCode} | stderr: ${stderr.slice(-300).replace(/\n/g, ' ')}`);
           activeProcesses.delete(id);
+          // Don't burn a retry slot — complete as success so work item stays done/dispatched
           completeDispatch(id, DISPATCH_RESULT.SUCCESS, 'Steering resume failed but original work completed', '', { processWorkItemFailure: false });
           return;
         }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.469",
+  "version": "0.1.471",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"