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[WRONG BRANCH] fix(responses): repair MiMo tool-call envelope corruption causing infinite retry loops - #7214

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Problem

Xiaomi MiMo models (mimo-v2.5/v2.6 generations) intermittently serialize function-call arguments with their proprietary </function></tool_call> closing tags inside the JSON string value, replacing the JSON string's closing quote and the object's closing brace.

Raw arguments from a live capture look like:

{"input": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Add File: build_archive_manifest.ps1\n+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'\n...*** End Patch\n</function></tool_call>

Note the tail: the tags occupy the position where "}\n should be. JSON.parse fails, functionCallArgumentsFromText tolerates the text as {}, and the routed model replays the same corrupted call forever. In the reporting user's service log this appeared 7,221 times as an unbounded "Thinking" retry loop on a single call ID.

Fix

Add repairMimoToolCallEnvelope() to src/responses/parser.ts, called before the existing repairJsonObjectEnvelope fallback in functionCallArgumentsFromText:

  • Triggers only when the exact </function></tool_call> suffix is present AND the text starts with { — both conditions required.
  • Strips the tag suffix, then restores what is missing based on how the stripped text ends:
    • ends with } → already closed, use as-is
    • ends with " → append } only
    • otherwise → append "}
  • Requires the repaired candidate to parse into an object; any failure falls through to the existing tolerated-{} path.

Valid JSON, freeform text, and tag-containing non-JSON text are untouched — the repair cannot rewrite a payload that was not this exact corruption.

Evidence

Unit checks against the live 6,113-byte corrupted payload and regression cases:

Case Input Result
Exact live corruption {"input": "…*** End Patch\n</function></tool_call> repaired, input key recovered
Tags inside closed string {"input": "value</function></tool_call>"} repaired
Closed object + trailing tags {"input": "value"}</function></tool_call> repaired
Freeform text plain text no tags {} (unchanged fallback)
Valid JSON {"cmd": "dir"} parsed normally, untouched

End-to-end on the patched proxy:

  • Codex CLI + XioamiMimo/mimo-v2.6-pro + apply_patch tool call: file created, read-back verified.
  • Service log changed from repeating defaulting to {} to repaired MiMo tool-call envelope (tags inside string) on every replay of the previously stuck call ID.
  • Regression: tokenbom/glm-5.3 shell tool call unaffected.

Notes

This is the responses-parser sibling of the MiMo tool-call grammar issue referenced in command-code.ts (restoreMiMoTools, patlux/pi-commandcode-provider#110): the model family sometimes emits its XML tool grammar where structured JSON is expected. The existing code already tolerates one lost-brace corruption; this adds the second observed envelope corruption with the same bounded-repair philosophy.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved recovery of malformed AI tool-call arguments when generated JSON is missing a closing quote or brace, or contains trailing markers. This helps supported tool calls continue instead of failing due to these formatting issues. When arguments cannot be repaired, existing fallback behavior remains unchanged.

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📝 Walkthrough

Function-call argument parsing now attempts a bounded MiMo envelope repair when JSON parsing fails. If the repair fails, the parser continues to its existing repair and fallback paths. The fallback warning now includes the argument length and truncated text from both ends.

Changes: Function-call argument parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
MiMo envelope repair and fallback
src/responses/parser.ts (lines 69–101, 116–133)
The parser strips a trailing MiMo closing-tag suffix and tries closing delimiters to parse an object. On success, it logs and returns the repaired arguments. On failure, it continues to the existing lost-opening-brace repair and {} fallback. The fallback warning now includes argument length and truncated head and tail.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cdf16

The new warning can write credentials embedded in tool-call arguments to logs, which should be removed before merging. Separately, some corrupted MiMo calls whose value ends in an escaped quote are not repaired. Those calls still fall back to empty arguments and can keep retrying.

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Review comments at @src/responses/parser.ts:
- Around line 130-133: Update the warning in the function_call argument parsing
path to retain rawArgs.length but remove the head and tail slices so raw tool
arguments cannot enter logs; preserve the existing non-JSON warning context.
- Around line 88-89: Update the repair branch that checks stripped.endsWith('"')
to distinguish an escaped terminal quote from an unescaped one; when the quote
is escaped, append the closing quote and brace, and preserve the existing
brace-only repair for an unescaped quote.

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Comment thread src/responses/parser.ts
Comment on lines +88 to +89
} else if (stripped.endsWith('"')) {
candidate = `${stripped}}`;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Detect an escaped quote before selecting the repair.

If the argument value ends with an escaped quote before </function></tool_call>, stripped.endsWith('"') is true even though the JSON string remains open. For example, a value ending in \" takes this branch. Appending only } leaves invalid JSON, so the call falls through to {} and can repeat the retry loop this repair targets. Check whether the terminal quote is escaped before deciding whether to append } or "}.

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Review comment at @src/responses/parser.ts around lines 88 - 89:
Update the repair branch that checks stripped.endsWith('"') to distinguish an
escaped terminal quote from an unescaped one; when the quote is escaped, append
the closing quote and brace, and preserve the existing brace-only repair for an
unescaped quote.

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Comment thread src/responses/parser.ts
Comment on lines +130 to +133
console.warn(
`[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}. ` +
`len=${rawArgs.length} head=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(0, 200))} tail=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(-100))}`
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not log raw tool arguments.

When JSON parsing fails, this warning writes the first 200 and last 100 characters of rawArgs to the log. Tool arguments can contain tokens or other credentials, including near either end. Keep the length and a non-sensitive error classification, but remove the argument slices. As per path instructions, “tokens and OAuth material must never be logged or serialized into responses.” Based on learnings, raw argument strings can embed secrets that must not enter a persistent log.

Proposed change
--- "a/src/responses/parser.ts"
+++ "b/src/responses/parser.ts"
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@
       // routed model can still see and retry, instead of replaying {} forever.
       const repaired = repairJsonObjectEnvelope(rawArgs);
       if (repaired === undefined) {
         console.warn(
           `[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}. ` +
-          `len=${rawArgs.length} head=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(0, 200))} tail=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(-100))}`
+          `len=${rawArgs.length}`
         );
       } else {
         args = repaired;
         console.warn(`[parser] function_call ${callId} arguments lost the JSON opening brace; repaired from history`);
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console.warn(
`[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}. ` +
`len=${rawArgs.length} head=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(0, 200))} tail=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(-100))}`
);
console.warn(
`[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}. ` +
`len=${rawArgs.length}`
);
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Review comment at @src/responses/parser.ts around lines 130 - 133:
Update the warning in the function_call argument parsing path to retain
rawArgs.length but remove the head and tail slices so raw tool arguments cannot
enter logs; preserve the existing non-JSON warning context.

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Being carried into #7218 with your authorship preserved; this PR will be closed when the bundle lands. This source targets main; the bundle carries it onto dev. Credited follow-ups remove raw argument logging and cover bounded repairs, including escaped terminal quotes.

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Thanks for carrying this into #7218 — glad the bounded-repair approach fit the existing parser philosophy. Your refinements are strictly better: endsWith over includes, the three-candidate loop over my if/else chain, and dropping the raw argument logging (which was my temporary diagnostic addition) all address the CodeRabbit findings cleanly. The dedicated test file is much appreciated too.

Happy to help verify anything on the Xiaomi MiMo routing side if useful — the corruption reproduces readily with mimo-v2.5/v2.6 tool-heavy sessions.

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…inite retry loops (carry #7214)

Carried from #7214; source targets main, carried onto dev.

Co-authored-by: shirruy <shirruy@users.noreply.github.com>
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Reviewed the complete one-file diff at cdf1690. Please address the two concrete parser/logging regressions below and add focused regression coverage; the current hygiene failure correctly reports that no test changed. This source targets main, whereas integration belongs on dev. The owner is carrying the intent with separate repairs and tests in #7218; neither an open carry nor this review means the original implementation is safe to land. This was ordinary static correctness review; no local workload, live request or security scan was run.

Comment thread src/responses/parser.ts
console.warn(`[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}`);
console.warn(
`[parser] function_call ${callId} has non-JSON arguments; defaulting to {}. ` +
`len=${rawArgs.length} head=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(0, 200))} tail=${JSON.stringify(rawArgs.slice(-100))}`

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[P1] Keep malformed tool arguments out of service logs

Every malformed function-call replay that reaches this fallback now prints the first 200 and last 100 characters of raw tool arguments. Tool arguments can contain file content, shell commands and credentials; JSON.stringify escapes syntax but does not redact any of that content. Previously this warning was content-free. Remove the head/tail payload and retain only bounded non-content diagnostics. Add a regression with a synthetic secret/content marker that asserts it never reaches console output.

Comment thread src/responses/parser.ts
// that already closes keeps nothing, a closed string value needs only `}`,
// and an unterminated string value needs `"}`.
let candidate: string;
if (stripped.endsWith("}")) {

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[P2] Distinguish string contents from JSON delimiters during repair

An unterminated string whose final content character is } (for example the truncated prefix {"command":"printf }) enters this branch, is treated as a closed object, then fails JSON.parse and falls back to {}. A string ending in an escaped quote has the same problem in the next branch: endsWith(quote) does not mean that the string closed. Both are instances of the envelope corruption this helper claims to repair and lose otherwise recoverable arguments. Use a bounded string/escape-aware envelope check and add cases for braces inside strings, escaped terminal quotes, valid JSON containing literal tag text, and irreparable inputs.

lidge-jun added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 16, 2026
…continuation tests and MiMo envelope repair (#7122, #7152, #7068, #7214) (#7218)

Carried from #7122, #7152, #7068, #7214 (one commit per source PR, original authors preserved). #7095 held out.

Remote exact-head validation (hosted GitHub Actions stalled; local tests not run by maintainer rule): union candidate codex/prr-integ-6 (368006f, tree 27fdc37) on mini (Windows) and lidge (Linux), typecheck + full suite, compared with base-dev 4ae4936 on each host.

Co-authored-by: Bortlesboat <169967362+Bortlesboat@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: AK <info@atelier-sai.jp>
Co-authored-by: Aditya Rawat <adirwt852@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: shirruy <shirruy@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Landed on dev in 3785915 via #7218 (your change is its own commit in that bundle, and the squash keeps your authorship as Co-authored-by). Thank you!

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