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fix(cursor): normalize text-part tool results #2044

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48 changes: 35 additions & 13 deletions src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts
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Expand Up @@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ type DecodedResultPart =
| { kind: "image"; bytes: Uint8Array; mimeType: string }
| { kind: "undecodable" };

type NormalizedToolResult = { text: string; isError: boolean };

/**
* Decode a tool result's parts ONCE. `toolCallStep` may re-serialize a step several times while
* shrinking it to fit blob admission, and decoding base64 on every attempt made that loop
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -427,17 +429,24 @@ function toolResultContentItems(
message: OcxToolResultMessage,
decoded?: DecodedResultPart[],
maxImages = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
normalizedText?: NormalizedToolResult,
) {
const parts = decoded ?? decodeResultParts(message);
const textItem = (text: string) => [create(McpToolResultContentItemSchema, {
content: { case: "text" as const, value: create(McpTextContentSchema, { text }) },
})];
if (!parts) {
const raw = typeof message.content === "string" ? message.content : "";
const normalized = normalizedText
?? normalizedToolResult(message, typeof message.content === "string" ? message.content : "");
return textItem(normalized.text);
}
const normalized = normalizedText ?? normalizedDecodedTextResult(message, parts);
if (normalized) {
// #1920/#1866: empty or failure-state Computer Use / node_repl results are
// normalized before they reach the native wire (isError is applied in
// toolResultPart via normalizedToolResult below).
const { text } = normalizedToolResult(message, raw);
return [create(McpToolResultContentItemSchema, {
content: { case: "text" as const, value: create(McpTextContentSchema, { text }) },
})];
// normalized before they reach the native wire. Pure-text part arrays use
// the same newline-joined representation this serializer already emitted;
// image-bearing and undecodable results stay on the lossless part path.
return textItem(normalized.text);
}
// Images are dropped OLDEST first when the step must shrink: the most recent screenshot is the
// one the model is reasoning about, so it is the last to go.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -505,7 +514,7 @@ function toolResultToText(message: OcxToolResultMessage): string {
* Shared #1920 normalization entry: pure-text results only. Image-bearing or
* encrypted results pass through untouched (their content is not plain text).
*/
function normalizedToolResult(message: OcxToolResultMessage, text: string): { text: string; isError: boolean } {
function normalizedToolResult(message: OcxToolResultMessage, text: string): NormalizedToolResult {
if (message.containsEncryptedContent) return { text, isError: message.isError };
return normalizeCursorToolResultText(text, {
toolName: message.toolName,
Expand All @@ -514,6 +523,19 @@ function normalizedToolResult(message: OcxToolResultMessage, text: string): { te
});
}

/**
* A content-part result is plain text only when every decoded part is text (the empty array is the
* empty text result). Join it exactly as toolResultContentItems already did, then share the string
* normalization contract. Any image or undecodable part keeps the existing part-preserving path.
*/
function normalizedDecodedTextResult(
message: OcxToolResultMessage,
parts: DecodedResultPart[],
): NormalizedToolResult | undefined {
if (parts.some(part => part.kind !== "text")) return undefined;
return normalizedToolResult(message, parts.map(part => part.kind === "text" ? part.text : "").join("\n"));
}

function argBytes(value: unknown): Uint8Array {
try {
return toBinary(ValueSchema, fromJson(ValueSchema, value as JsonValue));
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -568,15 +590,15 @@ function toolCallStep(

function toolResultPart(message: OcxToolResultMessage, decoded?: DecodedResultPart[], maxImages?: number) {
const parts = decoded ?? decodeResultParts(message);
const normalizedIsError = parts
? message.isError
: normalizedToolResult(message, typeof message.content === "string" ? message.content : "").isError;
const normalized = parts
? normalizedDecodedTextResult(message, parts)
: normalizedToolResult(message, typeof message.content === "string" ? message.content : "");
return create(McpToolResultSchema, {
result: {
case: "success",
value: create(McpSuccessSchema, {
isError: normalizedIsError,
content: toolResultContentItems(message, decoded, maxImages),
isError: normalized?.isError ?? message.isError,
content: toolResultContentItems(message, parts, maxImages, normalized),
}),
},
});
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54 changes: 52 additions & 2 deletions tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
GetBlobArgsSchema,
KvServerMessageSchema,
} from "../src/adapters/cursor/gen/agent_pb";
import type { OcxMessage } from "../src/types";
import type { OcxMessage, OcxToolResultMessage } from "../src/types";

function blobData(blobId: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
const reply = fromBinary(AgentClientMessageSchema, handleCursorNativeKv(create(KvServerMessageSchema, {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ function decodedToolResult(bytes: Uint8Array) {
return undefined;
}

function requestWith(resultContent: string, toolOverrides: Partial<{ toolName: string; toolNamespace?: string; isError: boolean }> = {}) {
function requestWith(
resultContent: OcxToolResultMessage["content"],
toolOverrides: Partial<{
toolName: string;
toolNamespace?: string;
isError: boolean;
containsEncryptedContent: boolean;
}> = {},
) {
const rawMessages: OcxMessage[] = [
{ role: "user", content: "run it", timestamp: 1 },
{
Expand All @@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ function requestWith(resultContent: string, toolOverrides: Partial<{ toolName: s
toolNamespace: "toolNamespace" in toolOverrides ? toolOverrides.toolNamespace : "mcp__node_repl",
content: resultContent,
isError: toolOverrides.isError ?? false,
containsEncryptedContent: toolOverrides.containsEncryptedContent,
timestamp: 3,
},
];
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -135,6 +144,47 @@ describe("native wire decode (#1920 disposition: formatted text at toolResultPar
expect(first.content.case === "text" ? first.content.value.text : "").toContain("recovery");
});

test("an empty text-part result receives the same normalization as an empty string", () => {
const result = decodedToolResult(requestWith([{ type: "text", text: "" }]));
expect(result).toBeDefined();
expect(result!.isError).toBe(true);
const first = result!.content[0];
expect(first.content.case === "text" ? first.content.value.text : "").toContain("[empty output");
});
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for a literal empty content-part array.

This test uses one empty text part. It does not test requestWith([]).

normalizedDecodedTextResult treats an empty OcxContentPart[] as an empty text result. Add a separate assertion for requestWith([]) that verifies the normalized empty-output text and isError === true. This protects the empty-array branch from regression.

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In `@tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts` around lines 147 - 153, Add a
separate test for decodedToolResult(requestWith([])) covering the empty
OcxContentPart[] branch in normalizedDecodedTextResult; assert the result is
defined, isError is true, and its first text content includes the existing
“[empty output” normalization.


test("a failure-state text-part result receives recovery guidance and isError=true", () => {
const result = decodedToolResult(requestWith([{ type: "text", text: "ReferenceError: sky is not defined" }]));
expect(result).toBeDefined();
expect(result!.isError).toBe(true);
const first = result!.content[0];
expect(first.content.case === "text" ? first.content.value.text : "").toContain("recovery");
});

test("image-bearing results keep their text and image parts without failure normalization", () => {
const failureText = "ReferenceError: sky is not defined";
const result = decodedToolResult(requestWith([
{ type: "text", text: failureText },
{ type: "image", imageUrl: "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgo=" },
]));
expect(result).toBeDefined();
expect(result!.isError).toBe(false);
expect(result!.content).toHaveLength(2);
expect(result!.content[0]?.content.case === "text" ? result!.content[0].content.value.text : "").toBe(failureText);
expect(result!.content[1]?.content.case).toBe("image");
});

test("encrypted text-part results remain unmodified", () => {
const failureText = "ReferenceError: sky is not defined";
const result = decodedToolResult(requestWith(
[{ type: "text", text: failureText }],
{ containsEncryptedContent: true },
));
expect(result).toBeDefined();
expect(result!.isError).toBe(false);
const first = result!.content[0];
expect(first.content.case === "text" ? first.content.value.text : "").toBe(failureText);
});

test("a normal tool result decodes byte-identical (no normalization side effects)", () => {
const result = decodedToolResult(requestWith("plain output", { toolName: "read_file", toolNamespace: undefined }));
expect(result).toBeDefined();
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