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Summary

TASK-017: Python SDK replies refused with 409 unseen_messages (D94 walk, prod 10-26).

• run() never read the pod, so the send guard refused every reply. _post_reply now calls GET .../pods/:podId/context first, then posts, and retries once if a message lands in between.
• Any 4xx raises CommonlyError with the server's message in its text. Before, the text was only the status.
• Docs: WEBHOOK_SDK.md (gotcha) and CAP.md (verb 3) state the read-before-post rule.

Tests

examples/sdk/python/test_commonly.py (6 tests, stdlib unittest): python3 -I -m unittest discover -s examples/sdk/python -p 'test_*.py'. Against the old SDK the file gives 1 failure and 5 errors; against the new one, 6 pass.

Limit, stated plainly: the tests run the real SDK against a local server that copies the guard's contract (read clears the hold; the 409 body shape from agentSendFreshness). They do not call the backend's agentSendFreshness module. Lily's ticket asked for a test against the real guard; that is not done here and needs a backend-side harness.

cli/__tests__/agent-init.test.mjs passes 4/4 (it reads the SDK file).

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The documentation and Python SDK example now describe and implement reading pod context before posting replies. The SDK retries once after a 409 refusal and includes available server reasons in HTTP error messages.

Changes: Reply freshness handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document the read-before-reply contract docs/architecture/CAP.md, docs/agents/WEBHOOK_SDK.md, examples/sdk/python/commonly.py	The documentation and manual-loop example state that agents should read pod context before posting. They describe the 409 unseen_messages response and related handling.
Implement and test context-aware replies examples/sdk/python/commonly.py, examples/sdk/python/test_commonly.py	The SDK adds get_pod_context and routes replies through a helper that reads context before posting and retries once after a 409. HTTP error messages include available server reasons. Tests cover these behaviors.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant Commonly as Commonly SDK
  participant Runtime as Runtime API
  Caller->>Commonly: run reply
  Commonly->>Runtime: get_pod_context
  Runtime-->>Commonly: pod context
  Commonly->>Runtime: post reply
  alt Runtime returns 409
    Commonly->>Runtime: get_pod_context again
    Runtime-->>Commonly: updated pod context
    Commonly->>Runtime: retry reply once
  end

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Possibly related issues

Possibly related PRs

• Team-Commonly/commonly#2696: Both changes reread pod state and retry a reply after 409 unseen_messages; this PR applies that behavior to the Python SDK.
• Team-Commonly/commonly#2580: This PR relies on the freshness hold and context-read behavior introduced there.
• Team-Commonly/commonly#2693: Its integration test rereads messages and retries after 409 unseen_messages, matching the Python SDK reply behavior.

Merge Risk: Low · up to b8d57

The SDK guidance overstates when replies are refused. Correct the wording, but this documentation issue does not appear to block the SDK workflow.

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Title check		The title names the main change: the Python SDK now reads the pod before replying, and 4xx errors now include the server's reason. It follows the conventional commit form and includes the ticket ID. I…
Description check		The description states the problem (replies refused with 409 unseen_messages), the fix (_post_reply reads pod context before posting and retries once), the error-text change, the doc updates, and the …
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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[lilyshen0722]

Gate review of #2800 (TASK-017) at 2ad096b. Run in a detached worktree at that head.

Commands run:

• python3 -I -m unittest discover -s examples/sdk/python -p 'test_*.py': 6 of 6 passed

Read-review findings:

• The freshness contract matches the real backend, which I read rather than ran. GET /api/agents/runtime/pods/:podId/context (routes/agentsRuntime.ts:1736) calls AgentSendFreshness.recordRead (1801–1818). POST /api/agents/runtime/pods/:podId/messages (2261) checks unseenMessages at 2286 and returns 409 with the hold object, which carries message. _describe_http_error reads message, so the server's reason reaches the caller.
• _post_reply reads, posts, and retries once after a 409 with another read. A second 409 propagates with its reason, and the stock loop logs it and continues.
• The 4xx message handling covers dict payloads, string payloads, and bare status.

Non-blocking:

• The test fake copies the guard's contract rather than calling agentSendFreshness, as sprint-review noted. The backend tests for the guard itself exist (agentSendFreshness.test.js, agentSendFreshnessCommitFence.test.js), but nothing runs the SDK against them end to end. A small service-tier run would close that gap.
• The example reads the pod after handle() returns, so the reply is composed from context read before the read the guard checks. The guard still holds the post if anything new arrived, so this is correct but not obvious to a reader.

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140-140: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Qualify when a manual reply is refused.

A manual loop does not have every reply refused when it omits a read on that iteration. The guard refuses only when newer messages remain unread. Replace “or every reply is refused” with a condition about unread messages.

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Review comment at @docs/agents/WEBHOOK_SDK.md at line 140:
Update the manual-loop guidance in the “Read the pod before you reply” paragraph
to say that replies are refused only when newer messages remain unread, rather
than implying every reply is refused when a read is omitted. Preserve the
existing guidance about reading context and logging the server’s reason.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @examples/sdk/python/test_commonly.py:
- Around line 97-98: Add a bounded test in the reply-path tests that drives
run() through the fake server with one event, an accepted acknowledgement, and a
401 on the next poll. Assert the request order is context read, message post,
then acknowledgement, and configure the run to exit after one authentication
error; the test must fail if run() calls post_message directly instead of
_post_reply.
- Around line 119-126: Update the second-refusal test around
self.bot._post_reply so the fake server refuses both POST attempts instead of
raising before it receives them. Track context reads and attempted POSTs
separately from accepted posts, then assert two reads, two attempts, and zero
accepted posts while preserving the final error assertions.

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Other comments:
Review comments at @docs/agents/WEBHOOK_SDK.md:
- Line 140: Update the manual-loop guidance in the “Read the pod before you
reply” paragraph to say that replies are refused only when newer messages remain
unread, rather than implying every reply is refused when a read is omitted.
Preserve the existing guidance about reading context and logging the server’s
reason.

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Add a run() test for the reply path.

The reply-path tests call _post_reply() or post_message() directly. None of them calls run(). Reverting the loop from self._post_reply(pod_id, reply) to self.post_message(pod_id, reply) would therefore leave all six tests passing. That revert restores the unread-message refusal in the stock loop.

Per the repository's review checklist, a test that still passes with the fix reverted does not cover the change. Add a bounded test that drives run() through the fake server:

• Serve GET /api/agents/runtime/events with one event that has _id, podId, and payload.content. Accept the POST /api/agents/runtime/events/<id>/ack request. Without this handler, poll_events() receives a 404, and run() keeps retrying.
• Return 401 on the next poll, and call run(..., interval_s=0.01, max_auth_errors=1) so the loop exits.
• Record the request order. Assert a context read, then a message post, then the ack.

The test must fail when run() calls post_message directly.

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Review comment at @examples/sdk/python/test_commonly.py around lines 97 - 98:
Add a bounded test in the reply-path tests that drives run() through the fake
server with one event, an accepted acknowledgement, and a 401 on the next poll.
Assert the request order is context read, message post, then acknowledgement,
and configure the run to exit after one authentication error; the test must fail
if run() calls post_message directly instead of _post_reply.

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Make the second-refusal test prove the retry.

_post_reply performs a second context read and POST after a 409. However, always_held raises before the fake server sees either POST, and the test checks only the final status and message. Removing the retry would still satisfy the test.

Configure the fake server to refuse both attempts. Count attempted POSTs separately from accepted posts. Assert two context reads, two POST attempts, and no accepted post. The neighboring retry test covers only a refusal followed by a successful retry.

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Review comment at @examples/sdk/python/test_commonly.py around lines 119 - 126:
Update the second-refusal test around self.bot._post_reply so the fake server
refuses both POST attempts instead of raising before it receives them. Track
context reads and attempted POSTs separately from accepted posts, then assert
two reads, two attempts, and zero accepted posts while preserving the final
error assertions.

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[lilyshen0722]

CodeRabbit threads answered, both fixed in b8d57c5:

• discussion_r4374853722 (test_commonly.py): fixed. run() is driven through the fake server with one event, one reply, one ack, then a 401 that exits the loop. The test asserts read -> post -> ack and fails if run() posts directly (checked by mutating run() to call post_message, which reddens the suite).
• discussion_r4374853727 (test_commonly.py): fixed. The fake server refuses both POSTs itself. The test asserts 2 context reads, 2 attempts, 0 accepted posts, and keeps the final 409 reason assertion.

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[lilyshen0722]

Haiku gate on #2800 at b8d57c5. CI is green (merge state CLEAN, no failing checks).

Checked:

• Every reply path reads the pod before posting. run() now calls _post_reply, which does get_pod_context, then post_message, and retries once on 409. A second 409 propagates with its reason.
• _describe_http_error keeps the server's message, error or code on every 4xx. A missing or non-dict payload keeps the bare status line.
• Ran test_commonly.py at this head in isolation (python3 -I): 7/7 pass. This includes the retry-once case, the second-refusal case and the run-reads-then-posts-then-acks case.

Non-blocking: the manual-loop example in the module docstring (commonly.py, around line 22) calls bot.get_pod_context and then bot.post_message directly, not _post_reply. It skips the 409 retry, so a stock bot that copies it can still hit the race. Switching that example to _post_reply or noting the retry would close it.

Not verified: a live run against a server that issues a 409 unseen_messages. The tests use a stub.

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