thincoder 0.12.7 → 0.12.8

package/README.md

@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ Code conventions: pure `.mjs`, no semicolons, no npm dependencies allowed (inclu
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### 0.12.8 (2026-08)
+- **Fix: pending-task pushback fires at most once** — the completion guard that reminds the model to update pending tasks before finishing could loop forever when a pending item could not be resolved. Now each task-list state earns exactly one reminder; if the model insists on finishing anyway, it is allowed to (updating the list via the task tool resets the budget). VS Code extension synced.
+
 ### 0.12.7 (2026-08)
 - **Fix: long replies and thinking are never folded** — the long-message folding feature (0.12.6) collapsed main output and reasoning behind a click when they exceeded 12 lines, hurting readability. Folding now applies to secondary dim-colored content (tool summaries/status) only; expanded blocks are exempt from the consecutive-dim folding so nothing folds twice.
 - **Fix: wide tables misaligned in narrow terminals** — a many-column table that still exceeded the terminal width after column shrinking (e.g. 8 columns at 40 cols) wrapped at the terminal and misaligned. Table rows are now clipped with an ellipsis instead of ever exceeding the width.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thincoder",
-  "version": "0.12.7",
+  "version": "0.12.8",
   "description": "Thin coding agent - zero dependencies, no build step, Node.js native. Sharp code, zero bloat.",
   "keywords": [
     "ai",

package/src/agent/completion.mjs

@@ -54,13 +54,18 @@ export function handleCompletion(agent, response, depth, turn, guardPushbacks, h
     )
   }
 
-  // Pending tasks: remind the model before it declares itself done
-  if (depth === 0 && agent.tasks.some((t) => t.status === "pending")) {
+  // Pending tasks: remind the model ONCE before it declares itself done.
+  // Deliberately capped at one pushback (reported pain: unbounded looping when a
+  // pending item can't be resolved). After the single reminder the model is free
+  // to finish — updating the task list (task tool) resets the budget, so a fresh
+  // list state earns one fresh reminder.
+  if (depth === 0 && agent.tasks.some((t) => t.status === "pending") && (agent._taskPushbacks ?? 0) < 1) {
+    agent._taskPushbacks = (agent._taskPushbacks ?? 0) + 1
     const pending = agent.tasks.filter((t) => t.status === "pending").map((t) => t.title).join(", ")
     pushReal(agent, { role: "assistant", content: response.content })
     agent.history.push({
       role: "user",
-      content: `[System reminder: you still have pending tasks: ${pending}. Update their status with the task tool before finishing — if they're done, mark them done; if they're not applicable, remove them.]`,
+      content: `[System reminder: you still have pending tasks: ${pending}. Update their status with the task tool before finishing — if they're done, mark them done; if they're not applicable, remove them. (This is your only reminder — if you choose not to, finish anyway.)]`,
     })
     callbacks.onTurnEnd?.(agent, turn)
     return { action: "continue", guardPushbacks, honestReminderInjected, advisorPushbacks }

package/src/agent-tools/task.mjs

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export const taskTool = {
     const recentDone = raw.filter((t) => t.status === "done").slice(-3)
     const items = [...pending, ...recentDone].slice(0, 20)
     ctx.agent.tasks = items
+    ctx.agent._taskPushbacks = 0 // task list changed — the completion gate earns a fresh reminder
     ctx.agent._onTaskUpdate?.(items)
     const done = items.filter((i) => i.status === "done").length
     const open = items.length - done