autoresearcher 0.1.3 → 0.1.4

package/README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The `init` command creates `.autoresearcher/config.json`:
 ```
 
 `agentMode: "internal"` is the default. For a fully custom step command, set `agentMode` to `"command"` and edit `agentCommand`.
-In internal mode, backend output is streamed through a white-labeled, status-focused relay so users only see clean `autoresearcher` loop logs.
+In internal mode, backend output is streamed through a status-focused relay so users only see clean `autoresearcher` loop logs.
 
 ## Example Configs
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "autoresearcher",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Benchmark-driven autonomous research CLI for post-quantum and blockchain R&D",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/src/cli.js

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Key config fields:
   agentMode             "internal" (default) or "command"
   agentPromptFile       Markdown objective file (default: program.md)
   agentPrompt           Iteration objective for internal headless agent backend
-  streamAgentOutput     Stream loop output (internal stream is white-labeled)
+  streamAgentOutput     Stream loop output from the internal backend relay
   backendAgent          Optional backend agent override (amp/codex/claude-code/...)
   backendModel          Optional backend model override (provider-specific)
   agentCommand          Shell command when agentMode is "command"

package/src/run-loop.js

@@ -52,11 +52,21 @@ const INTERNAL_OUTPUT_STATUS_PATTERNS = [
   /\bcircuit breaker\b/i,
 ];
 const UNSUPPORTED_RALPH_FLAG_PATTERN = /unknown option\s+['"]--(?:headless|no-auto-skills)['"]/i;
+const NON_FATAL_MAX_ITERATIONS_PATTERN = /(?:\berror:\s*)?max_iterations\b/i;
 
 function stripRalphHeadlessFlags(command) {
   return command.replace(/\s--headless\b/g, '').replace(/\s--no-auto-skills\b/g, '');
 }
 
+function isNonFatalInternalMaxIterations(agentMode, result) {
+  if (agentMode !== 'internal' || result.code === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const combined = `${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`;
+  return NON_FATAL_MAX_ITERATIONS_PATTERN.test(combined);
+}
+
 function isLikelyGlyphNoise(text) {
   const alnumCount = (text.match(/[A-Za-z0-9]/g) || []).length;
   const nonAsciiCount = (text.match(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g) || []).length;
@@ -284,18 +294,14 @@ export async function runResearchLoop(config, cliOverrides = {}) {
     const agentStep = getAgentStepCommand(merged, cwd, i, runId, iterationAgentPrompt);
     const shouldStreamRawCommandOutput =
       agentStep.agentMode === 'command' && merged.streamAgentOutput === true;
-    const shouldStreamWhiteLabeledInternalOutput =
+    const shouldStreamInternalOutput =
       agentStep.agentMode === 'internal' && merged.streamAgentOutput === true;
 
     if (agentStep.agentMode === 'internal') {
-      if (shouldStreamWhiteLabeledInternalOutput) {
-        console.log('Agent step: running (white-labeled stream)...');
-      } else {
-        console.log('Agent step: running...');
-      }
+      console.log('Agent step: running...');
     }
 
-    const internalStdoutRelay = shouldStreamWhiteLabeledInternalOutput
+    const internalStdoutRelay = shouldStreamInternalOutput
       ? createChunkLineRelay((line) => {
           const normalized = normalizeInternalBackendLine(line, 'stdout');
           if (normalized) {
@@ -303,7 +309,7 @@ export async function runResearchLoop(config, cliOverrides = {}) {
           }
         })
       : null;
-    const internalStderrRelay = shouldStreamWhiteLabeledInternalOutput
+    const internalStderrRelay = shouldStreamInternalOutput
       ? createChunkLineRelay((line) => {
           const normalized = normalizeInternalBackendLine(line, 'stderr');
           if (normalized) {
@@ -347,7 +353,13 @@ export async function runResearchLoop(config, cliOverrides = {}) {
       console.log('Agent step: complete');
     }
 
-    if (agentResult.code !== 0) {
+    const nonFatalInternalMaxIterations = isNonFatalInternalMaxIterations(agentStep.agentMode, agentResult);
+
+    if (nonFatalInternalMaxIterations) {
+      console.log('Agent step reached backend max iterations; continuing to benchmark...');
+    }
+
+    if (agentResult.code !== 0 && !nonFatalInternalMaxIterations) {
       console.log(`Agent step failed with code ${agentResult.code}`);
       if (merged.stopOnAgentFailure !== false) {
         await appendRunLog(cwd, runId, {