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fix(bridge): keep threads alive after ZCode-side failures - #6
Two ways a ZCode thread got stuck permanently after a provider-side failure:
No ZCode session; start or resume the thread first. — when the ZCode CLI
process exited unexpectedly, the bridge correctly failed the running turn and
dropped the session (session.ended), but bb keeps the stored provider-thread
claim and the daemon keeps its own session map (it cannot see an in-worker
child exit). Every later turn.submit went straight into a missing session
and failed forever; provider-retry skipped it as not-retryable
(observed on thr_8htvmki9xm and thr_d6pdiigxzx, 2026-10-28 / 2026-11-01).
Transient Z.ai account failures (The API key status is not active., account request failed or returned an invalid response.) ended the turn
terminally with no automatic retry.
Fix
On an unexpected CLI exit with a restorable session, the bridge now sends
the unsolicited provider/recovery (restartRecommended, retryable: true)
notification. Verified against the installed bb 0.46 daemon bundle: it reacts
by restarting the bridge worker and resuming the thread (plus idle sibling
threads) from native checkpoints, deferring while a sibling is mid-turn.
The residual No ZCode session-32602 error now carries the same data.recovery hint, so a submit racing the restart triggers the heal and the
next attempt lands on the resumed session. Already-stranded threads recover
by simply sending another message.
Non-restorable sessions (no turn ever started) are unchanged; resume keeps
failing loudly when the checkpoint cannot restore (explicit-failure invariant
preserved — no in-place session substitution was added).
The two transient account failures now emit a provider.error delta with errorInfo.category: "internal" before the failed boundary, letting bb's
Provider retry plugin apply its bounded four-attempt backoff.
Verification
3 new focused regressions in tests/core-features.test.ts: recovery
notification ordering after session.ended, no notification for
non-restorable sessions, and the recovery hint on the no-session error.
npm run typecheck, full suite 254 tests green, format:check, marketplace:check all clean.
Daemon-side behavior verified statically from the bb 0.46 daemon-bundle.mjs
(decodeRecoveryHint → wn → fo: shutdownProvider + resumeThread);
live bb-smoke intentionally not run (disposable-instance-only per repo policy).
Recognized temporary Z.ai account failures can now be retried up to four times with backoff when the Provider retry plugin is enabled. Other authentication and configuration failures remain terminal.
After an unexpected ZCode process exit, restorable threads can resume from a native checkpoint. A submit that races with recovery receives a retryable error.
Documentation
Updated configuration, troubleshooting, and provider guidance to explain retry and recovery behavior.
Two reliability fixes from the 2026-10-29/11-01 incidents:
- Classify the two observed transient Z.ai account failures (inactive
API-key status, account-service request failure) as typed internal
provider errors before the failed boundary, so bb's Provider retry
plugin can apply its bounded four-attempt backoff instead of leaving
the turn terminal.
- Self-heal threads whose ZCode process exits unexpectedly. session.ended
does not clear bb's stored provider-thread claim, so every later
turn.submit failed forever with "No ZCode session; start or resume the
thread first." (observed on thr_8htvmki9xm and thr_d6pdiigxzx). The
bridge now sends an unsolicited provider/recovery restartRecommended
notification for restorable sessions - bb restarts the bridge worker
and resumes the thread plus idle siblings from native checkpoints -
and attaches the same recovery hint to the residual no-session error
for submits that race the restart. Non-restorable sessions still just
end; resume keeps failing loudly when the checkpoint cannot restore.
254 tests green; marketplace:check, typecheck, format clean.
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Review comments at @docs/configuration.md:
- Around line 223-224: Update the recovery guidance in the configuration
documentation and the matching “works on the next attempt” promise in the
zcode-provider skill to tell users to wait until the deferred restart and
recovery complete before resubmitting; preserve the existing fresh-start
guidance for threads without a checkpoint.
Review comments at @knowledge/architecture/session-invariants.md:
- Around line 60-65: Update the session-invariants entry’s sources and verified
metadata to link the recovery handler, focused regression tests, and
daemon-contract evidence, and re-check prior verified records; if this evidence
is not accepted, mark the new process-recovery invariant as draft until
verification is recorded.
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The bridge now emits typed internal errors for two specified Z.ai account failures and sends restart recommendations for restorable sessions after unexpected ZCode process exits. Tests and documentation cover retry classification, checkpoint-based recovery, and racing submits.
The bridge emits an internalprovider.error for two specified account failure messages before the failed turn boundary. Tests cover those errors and verify that a configuration failure does not emit one. Documentation describes the Provider retry plugin’s retry behavior and terminal handling for other authentication and configuration failures.
For a restorable session, the bridge sends a restartRecommended recovery notification after an unexpected process exit. A racing no-session error includes the same recovery hint. Tests cover recoverable and non-restorable crashes and the racing submit case. Documentation describes checkpoint resume and sibling-thread behavior.
sequenceDiagram
participant ZCode
participant Bridge
participant bbDaemon
ZCode->>Bridge: Child process exits
Bridge->>bbDaemon: session.ended
Bridge->>bbDaemon: provider/recovery restartRecommended
bbDaemon->>Bridge: Restart worker and resume named thread from checkpoint
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A crash before a session has a checkpoint can trigger an unnecessary restart and failed resume. These are bounded risks, though the recovery invariant also needs clearer supporting evidence.
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The active-turn recovery case is not covered. The recovery test completes the turn before h.crash(), while the only test that crashes during terminal handling asserts only the failed boundary and does not assert provider/recovery. A regression that suppresses recovery for an in-flight restorable turn can pass these tests.
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Review comment at @tests/core-features.test.ts around lines 690 - 715:
Update the recovery tests around the restorable-session crash scenario to cover
a crash while a turn is still in flight: invoke h.crash() before completing the
turn, then assert that provider/recovery is emitted with the expected
restartRecommended and retryable values. Preserve the existing completed-turn
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- Around line 223-224: Update the recovery guidance in the configuration
documentation and the matching “works on the next attempt” promise in the
zcode-provider skill to tell users to wait until the deferred restart and
recovery complete before resubmitting; preserve the existing fresh-start
guidance for threads without a checkpoint.
Review comments at @knowledge/architecture/session-invariants.md:
- Around line 60-65: Update the session-invariants entry’s sources and verified
metadata to link the recovery handler, focused regression tests, and
daemon-contract evidence, and re-check prior verified records; if this evidence
is not accepted, mark the new process-recovery invariant as draft until
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- Around line 690-715: Update the recovery tests around the restorable-session
crash scenario to cover a crash while a turn is still in flight: invoke
h.crash() before completing the turn, then assert that provider/recovery is
emitted with the expected restartRecommended and retryable values. Preserve the
existing completed-turn recovery coverage and the failed-boundary assertions in
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- Crash the session while the turn is still in flight (the previous test
always completed the turn first), and assert provider/recovery fires
with restartRecommended + retryable from the terminal-usage-refresh
crash path too; the settled-turn path now asserts the restart request
precedes the racing no-session error.
- docs/configuration.md and the zcode-provider skill no longer promise
the next submit works: bb can defer the bridge restart while sibling
threads are mid-turn, so a repeated 'No ZCode session' means recovery
has not finished - wait for the restart, then resubmit.
- session-invariants: record sources and a 2026-11-01 verification entry
for the crash-recovery invariant, with the evidence boundary (synthetic
regressions + statically verified bb 0.46 daemon contract; no live
bb-smoke) stated in the body.
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Problem
Two ways a ZCode thread got stuck permanently after a provider-side failure:
No ZCode session; start or resume the thread first.— when the ZCode CLIprocess exited unexpectedly, the bridge correctly failed the running turn and
dropped the session (
session.ended), but bb keeps the stored provider-threadclaim and the daemon keeps its own session map (it cannot see an in-worker
child exit). Every later
turn.submitwent straight into a missing sessionand failed forever; provider-retry skipped it as not-retryable
(observed on
thr_8htvmki9xmandthr_d6pdiigxzx, 2026-10-28 / 2026-11-01).The API key status is not active.,account request failed or returned an invalid response.) ended the turnterminally with no automatic retry.
Fix
the unsolicited
provider/recovery(restartRecommended,retryable: true)notification. Verified against the installed bb 0.46 daemon bundle: it reacts
by restarting the bridge worker and resuming the thread (plus idle sibling
threads) from native checkpoints, deferring while a sibling is mid-turn.
No ZCode session-32602error now carries the samedata.recoveryhint, so a submit racing the restart triggers the heal and thenext attempt lands on the resumed session. Already-stranded threads recover
by simply sending another message.
failing loudly when the checkpoint cannot restore (explicit-failure invariant
preserved — no in-place session substitution was added).
provider.errordelta witherrorInfo.category: "internal"before the failed boundary, letting bb'sProvider retry plugin apply its bounded four-attempt backoff.
Verification
tests/core-features.test.ts: recoverynotification ordering after
session.ended, no notification fornon-restorable sessions, and the recovery hint on the no-session error.
npm run typecheck, full suite 254 tests green,format:check,marketplace:checkall clean.daemon-bundle.mjs(
decodeRecoveryHint→wn→fo:shutdownProvider+resumeThread);live bb-smoke intentionally not run (disposable-instance-only per repo policy).
Docs/knowledge updated: CHANGELOG,
docs/configuration.md, zcode-providerskill, diagnostics runbook, protocol contracts (new "Crash recovery contract"),
session invariants,
knowledge/log.md.Summary by CodeRabbit