openzoo 0.48.16 → 0.48.18

package/lib/grokui.mjs

@@ -359,7 +359,16 @@ function newGroupThread(names) {
 // sidecar appends to the same bound context instead of starting fresh.
 const BIND_CHUNK_BYTES = 512 * 1024;
 // Chained auto-run commands per user message. Each hop is a paid call.
-const AUTO_MAX_STEPS = Number(process.env.OZ_AUTO_MAX_STEPS || 8);
+// 8 was far too tight. A real task — install a toolchain, read a tree, wire a
+// service — is dozens of directives, so auto kept halting mid-job and telling
+// the user to type "continue", which is the exact thing auto exists to avoid.
+// Still bounded, because every hop is a paid call, but bounded at a number
+// that lets a job finish.
+const AUTO_MAX_STEPS = Number(process.env.OZ_AUTO_MAX_STEPS || 60);
+// An empty completion is a provider hiccup, not an answer. In auto we retry it
+// silently rather than parking the thread behind a "say continue" note the
+// user then has to answer — that turned a transient blip into a manual step.
+const AUTO_EMPTY_RETRIES = Number(process.env.OZ_AUTO_EMPTY_RETRIES || 3);
 // Ceiling on subagents per thread. Spawning is fire-and-forget and each child
 // can spawn too, so without a count it is unbounded — MEASURED as 15+ threads
 // all named tetris-contract, every one of them a live agent making paid calls.
@@ -1308,8 +1317,16 @@ async function runTurn(threadId, userText, onEvent, images) {
     // user a turn and told them nothing. Retry once before giving up, and if
     // it is still empty, say what actually happened instead of "(no
     // response)", which reads like the harness broke.
-    if (!reply) reply = await ask();
-    if (!reply) reply = '(the model returned an empty completion — usually a transient provider hiccup or a stop-sequence firing early. Say "continue" to retry.)';
+    // Retry in place rather than parking the thread behind a note the user has
+    // to answer. In auto especially: a transient blip must not become a manual
+    // step, which is the whole point of auto.
+    for (let i = 0; !reply && i < AUTO_EMPTY_RETRIES; i++) {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 400 * (i + 1)));
+      reply = await ask();
+    }
+    if (!reply) {
+      reply = `(the model returned nothing ${AUTO_EMPTY_RETRIES + 1} times — that is a provider problem, not your input. Try /model to switch, or send anything to retry.)`;
+    }
   } catch (e) {
     reply = `error: ${e.message}`;
   }
@@ -1343,7 +1360,7 @@ async function runTurn(threadId, userText, onEvent, images) {
         bindThread(t).catch(() => {});
         runTurn(threadId, condense('(command output)', output), onEvent).catch(() => {});
       } else {
-        const note = `(auto-run stopped after ${AUTO_MAX_STEPS} chained commands — say "continue" to keep going)`;
+        const note = `(auto-run paused after ${AUTO_MAX_STEPS} chained commands — that is the spend ceiling, not the end of the job. Send anything to carry on, or raise OZ_AUTO_MAX_STEPS.)`;
         t.history.push({ who: 'bot', text: note });
         onEvent?.({ type: 'final', name: t.name, color: t.color, text: note });
         saveThreads();
@@ -1388,7 +1405,7 @@ async function runTurn(threadId, userText, onEvent, images) {
       runTurn(threadId, condense('(directive result)', ack), onEvent).catch(() => {});
       return;
     }
-    const note = `(auto stopped after ${AUTO_MAX_STEPS} steps — say "continue" to keep going)`;
+    const note = `(auto paused after ${AUTO_MAX_STEPS} steps — that is the spend ceiling, not the end of the job. Send anything to carry on, or raise OZ_AUTO_MAX_STEPS.)`;
     t.history.push({ who: 'bot', text: note });
     onEvent?.({ type: 'final', name: t.name, color: t.color, text: note });
     saveThreads();

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openzoo",
-  "version": "0.48.16",
+  "version": "0.48.18",
   "description": "Local x402-paying proxy + MCP server for openzoo.fun — point any OpenAI-compatible harness (Cursor, Claude Code, aider, SDKs) at localhost and it pays per call from a local burner wallet. Solana and Base rails live; Robinhood experimental.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",