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…ay can select a model The Telegram bot gateway (systemd user service telegram-gateway.service, already running and receiving messages) calls headless_runner.py with --model glm-5.3-flash on every incoming message, but headless_runner's argparse never defined --model, so every message crashed the runner with "unrecognized arguments: --model glm-5.3-flash" before it could reply -- this is why Telegram appeared completely down tonight. Adds --model/-m to argparse, threads it through HeadlessRunner into ask_model_router(messages, model=self.model) instead of the old ask_local() (which had no model-selection concept). Verified live: `python3 headless_runner.py --headless --task "say pong" --model glm-5.3-flash --max-turns 1` now returns cleanly instead of erroring. Committing telegram_gateway.py and the systemd unit alongside this fix since they were both already in place and working (just blocked by this one missing flag) -- keeping them out of git until now meant this whole gateway had no history and no path to review. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
Reproduced live: every message including /status and /model was being
forwarded as literal chat text to headless_runner, which has no concept
of a bot command -- the model just tried (and failed) to meaningfully
answer the string "/status". User noticed no reply changed behavior
across /status, /model, and a plain "Hello" and asked "why can I change
models" -- there was no actual command layer at all.
Adds a _handle_command() dispatcher that intercepts anything starting
with "/" before it reaches _run_sensei_task:
/help, /start -> command list
/status -> gateway uptime + current model
/model -> show current model
/model <name> -> persist a model override to ~/.master_ai_telegram_model,
read by _run_sensei_task on every subsequent task
(takes priority over the TELEGRAM_SENSEI_MODEL env var)
/anything-else -> "Unknown command" + the help text
Verified in isolation (python3 -c "import telegram_gateway; ...") for all
four paths plus the fallthrough case (plain text returns None and still
reaches the LLM as before).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
…asks, memory, git...)
User wanted Sensei's Telegram gateway brought to Hermes-Agent-level command
capability rather than switching to (or copying) Hermes's own gateway,
which was already crash-looping on Telegram polling conflicts before
tonight even started (restart counter 22, eventually disabled).
Most of Sensei's ~90 REPL commands only exist as `if lo == "...":` handlers
deeply closed over master_ai.py's interactive main() loop -- not
importable as functions, and headless_runner.py's model-driven RUN/READ
path can't reach them at all. Rather than refactor a 24k-line file that's
already had 5 edits tonight, sensei_repl_bridge.py drives the real classic
REPL (SENSEI_TUI=0, which already tolerates piped/non-tty stdin -- verified
live) as a persistent subprocess: write a command to stdin, read output on
a background thread, cut the response off at the next prompt-box
reappearance.
Two non-obvious bugs found and fixed while building this:
- input()'s own prompt text has no trailing newline, so Python's line-
iteration (`for line in stdout`) never yields it until a LATER command
happens to supply one -- a permanent one-command lag. Fixed by reading
raw bytes off the fd instead of iterating lines.
- The prompt marker ("🥷") also appears as banner decoration far earlier
in startup output ("🥷 POWERED BY: MASTER AI..."), so naive detection
fired on the banner instead of the real input prompt. Fixed by matching
the more specific "│ 🥷" (the actual prompt line only).
- The box-closing border is drawn as the first thing after the child
receives a command (closing the *previous* prompt's box retroactively),
so every response needs a leading-fragment strip too, not just trailing.
telegram_gateway.py routes an allowlist of safe, non-interactive commands
through this bridge (doctor, sessions list/resume, memory, tasks, git,
save session, model <name>, ...). Deliberately excludes "new"/"clear"/
"kick"/"x" -- these restart or exit the engine process, which would kill
the bridge's subprocess out from under it; handling that gracefully is
follow-up work, not rushed in here.
Verified live end-to-end: /doctor, /sessions list, /task add all return
real, correctly-parsed Sensei output through actual Telegram command
dispatch (not just the bridge in isolation).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
…sion
Re-applying two review findings from the earlier no-mistakes run on this
branch (id 01M2JBA9EPBS3A59N67TGPE3NT) -- that run's own fix-round commit
(ee049e41) went terminal-failed at the test step and its recovery evidence
wasn't safely recoverable (no matching local ref), so reapplying the same
instructed fixes directly rather than improvising a reconciliation.
Finding 1: the retire-auto-thread-dump change (previous commit) deleted
more than intended -- it also dropped _RELOAD_CARRY_FILE's PENDING_USER_NOTE
restoration, silently losing the user's in-flight message across every
hot-reload (_reload_if_code_changed's own docstring promises this is
invisible to the user). Restored reading the carry file and setting
PENDING_USER_NOTE; RESUME_FLAG's full-thread dump-to-screen stays removed.
Finding 2: the stall-pattern gerund alternative matched anywhere via
.search(), false-firing on legitimate complete answers merely containing
one of the trigger words ("Looking at the logs, the issue is the missing
key.", "Checking the config, it's fine."). Anchored it to the whole
narrative with no comma anywhere after the gerund lead -- a real stall IS
just the bare announcement, never a comma-joined follow-on clause with
actual information. Verified against both the original repro and the
review's two counter-examples.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
User asked directly: "why do i have unknown commands... i can't start a new thread." /new was deliberately excluded from the original bridge commit since Sensei's own "new"/"clear" text command restarts the engine process from the inside (execvp), which the bridge's stdin/stdout pipes and prompt-detection logic aren't built to survive. Rather than send that text into the pipe, /new controls the subprocess's lifecycle directly: close the current SenseiRepl (if any) and drop the module-level reference, so _get_repl() lazily spins up a completely fresh one on the next bridged command. Free-text chat (headless_runner.py) already starts a brand-new, history-less process per message, so there's nothing to reset on that path. Verified live: /doctor (starts bridge) -> /new (closes it, confirmed) -> /doctor again (fresh subprocess, same clean output). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
…dHandler Elijah asked directly why Telegram commands felt bolted-on and generic, then explicitly chose (after research) to move to the standard library rather than keep the hand-rolled getUpdates polling loop + if/elif string matching. Web research confirmed python-telegram-bot's CommandHandler is the idiomatic pattern for this, and that Hermes's own Telegram plugin isn't locally readable source to copy from (separately distributed package) -- so this reimplements the same Sensei-facing behavior on top of the standard library instead. What changed: the polling loop (_telegram_api/_get_updates/_send_reply) and string-matching dispatcher (_handle_command) are replaced by Application.run_polling() (owns retry/backoff on read-timeouts and connection resets internally -- those used to just get logged and hoped for the best) and one CommandHandler per named command (help/start, status, model, new) plus a MessageHandler(filters.COMMAND) catch-all for the Sensei REPL bridge allowlist, registered after the named handlers so it only fires on what they don't claim. What's unchanged: _run_sensei_task, the model state file, and the entire sensei_repl_bridge.py integration (_sensei_command_target, _get_repl/_run_sensei_repl_command) -- all pure logic, reused as-is. Blocking calls (subprocess.run, bridge.send) now run via asyncio.to_thread so they don't block the event loop during a slow command. Verified live end-to-end: stopped the old systemd service, ran this manually, confirmed free-text chat AND /status both processed cleanly with no errors and the correct reply content, before restarting the actual service. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
…x/telegram-gateway-model-flag
…g on real questions
Found via an unattended stress test explicitly designed to check for
stalls/drop-offs (Elijah: "ask sensei cli a lot of questions... you
should get read, work, summary, a continuation without drop offs").
_is_ambiguous()'s "explicit which/did-you-mean" check already had a
length guard (added 2026-09-02 for a 900-word audit prompt false
positive), but the guard was tuned only to that one extreme case and
left every shorter-but-still-substantive question broken. Reproduced
live: "How many Python files are in ~/ai-controller and which one has
the most lines?" (14 words, clearly answerable by counting) got the
same "I'd rather not guess between options" clarify-prompt in 0.3s --
no investigation attempted, a pure pre-model short-circuit.
Tightened 20 -> 8 words. Verified against both the original 900-word
case, this new 14-word case, and every short genuine "you choose for
me" phrasing the guard exists to catch ("which one?", "did you mean
the other file?", "which one do you want me to do?", "pick for me")
-- all still correctly caught at the new threshold.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AYECZQGRJmdjYy89Eqtx89
…ve and remove dead /model entries
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds a Telegram gateway, a persistent Sensei REPL bridge, configurable model routing, systemd startup, and narrower runtime detection and hot-reload behavior. ChangesTelegram gateway integration
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Telegram
participant telegram_gateway.py
participant SenseiRepl
participant HeadlessRunner
Telegram->>telegram_gateway.py: send command or free-text task
telegram_gateway.py->>SenseiRepl: forward allowlisted command
SenseiRepl-->>telegram_gateway.py: return REPL output
telegram_gateway.py->>HeadlessRunner: run free-text task with selected model
HeadlessRunner-->>telegram_gateway.py: return task result
telegram_gateway.py-->>Telegram: send bounded response
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The gateway can become unresponsive, lose or misattribute replies, and fail to deliver valid responses during normal operation. These issues should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@master_ai.py`:
- Around line 16283-16292: Update the gerund-anchored regex branch to prevent
token separators from consuming newlines by replacing its trailing whitespace
allowance with horizontal/non-newline whitespace. Also ensure one-line completed
responses such as “Checking permissions all good.” are excluded by extending the
completion-marker guard with the appropriate marker, while preserving detection
of genuine short stalled intents.
In `@sensei_repl_bridge.py`:
- Line 132: Update the timeout path around _unconsumed() so an expired prompt
deadline terminates and reaps the child process, then raises TimeoutError
instead of returning partial output. Preserve normal return behavior when the
deadline has not expired.
- Line 126: Update _await_prompt() so _PROMPT_MARKER is accepted only when it
appears on the expected prompt line within a complete, structurally valid prompt
box. Validate the associated prompt-frame boundaries before advancing _consumed,
preventing marker text emitted by task output from being mistaken for the next
prompt.
- Around line 138-143: Serialize the entire REPL transaction by retaining
_repl_lock from REPL acquisition through SenseiRepl.send(), including prompt
waiting and output consumption, rather than releasing it before the send. Update
_close_repl() to use the same lifecycle lock so shutdown, restart commands, and
concurrent sends cannot access or terminate the child process mid-transaction.
In `@telegram_gateway.py`:
- Around line 359-362: Update the reply-sending flow around
_run_sensei_repl_command and reply_text to use a shared helper that treats empty
output safely and splits non-empty replies into chunks of at most 4096
characters before sending. Apply the helper to both successful command and
free-text responses while preserving the existing unknown-command message.
- Around line 396-397: Update the gateway shutdown cleanup in the finally block
to close or terminate the persistent child process used for bridged commands
before calling _remove_pid(), ensuring standalone execution does not leave that
process running.
- Line 388: Update the free-text MessageHandler registration to use block=False,
and bound concurrent free-text task execution with a semaphore or queue around
_run_sensei_task. Keep global update concurrency disabled and preserve the
existing persistent-REPL serialization for bridged commands.
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| # 2026-09-16: the first gerund-anchored version matched ANY comma-free | ||
| # sentence opening with those gerunds, false-firing on legitimate short | ||
| # completed-action final answers ("Verifying the deploy finished | ||
| # successfully."). A real stall announces intent to act next and never | ||
| # claims the action already concluded. Two extra guards: the remainder | ||
| # is very short (<=5 words) and contains no completed-action marker | ||
| # (successfully/complete/done/finished/...). | ||
| r"|^\s*(?:checking|verifying|confirming|inspecting|scanning|looking at)\s+" | ||
| r"(?![^,\n]*\b(?:successfully|complete|completed|done|finished|fixed|ready|clean|passed|confirmed|ok|okay|resolved|sent)\b)" | ||
| r"(?:[^,\s\n]+\s*){1,5}$", |
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"Checking permissions all good.",
"Checking permissions\nAll okay.",
"Checking permissions\nAll verified.",
"Checking permissions\nNo issues.",
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Prevent the gerund branch from crossing newlines.
The \s* after each [^,\s\n]+ token can consume a newline. Therefore, Checking permissions\nAll good. matches despite the token class excluding \n. The same branch also matches one-line completions such as Checking permissions all good. because good is not a completion marker.
When no directive exists, this match sets is_stall, appends [Directive repair], and returns None, so the valid response is discarded. Restrict the trailing separator to non-newline whitespace, or add the required completion markers.
- r"(?:[^,\s\n]+\s*){1,5}$",
+ r"(?:[^,\s\n]*[^\s\n]+[^\S\r\n]*){1,5}$",🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@master_ai.py` around lines 16283 - 16292, Update the gerund-anchored regex
branch to prevent token separators from consuming newlines by replacing its
trailing whitespace allowance with horizontal/non-newline whitespace. Also
ensure one-line completed responses such as “Checking permissions all good.” are
excluded by extending the completion-marker guard with the appropriate marker,
while preserving detection of genuine short stalled intents.
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Match the complete prompt frame.
task add ... is allowlisted, and handle_task_cmd() prints the supplied task text. sanitize() removes only ANSI and control characters, so task add │ 🥷 emits the marker before the next prompt. _await_prompt() can match that output substring and return before the following prompt frame is read. It then advances _consumed, so the prompt can contaminate the next response.
Require the marker to occur on the expected prompt line and validate the associated prompt-box structure.
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In `@sensei_repl_bridge.py` at line 126, Update _await_prompt() so _PROMPT_MARKER
is accepted only when it appears on the expected prompt line within a complete,
structurally valid prompt box. Validate the associated prompt-frame boundaries
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Raise an error when the prompt deadline expires.
This return treats a timeout as a successful partial response. send() then marks that partial response as consumed while the child continues to produce output. The next command can receive output from the timed-out command.
Kill and reap the child. Then raise TimeoutError.
Proposed timeout handling
- return _strip_ansi(self._unconsumed())
+ self.proc.kill()
+ self.proc.wait()
+ raise TimeoutError("sensei REPL prompt timed out")Based on learnings, deadline-based subprocess reads must terminate the child and raise TimeoutError on expiry.
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_unconsumed() so an expired prompt deadline terminates and reaps the child
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Serialize the complete REPL lifecycle transaction.
_repl_lock is released before SenseiRepl.send() writes and waits for the prompt. The /new handler can then call _close_repl(), write x to the same child, or kill it while send() is collecting output. Concurrent sends can also interleave and misattribute output.
Hold one lifecycle lock from REPL acquisition through send(), and use that same lock in _close_repl(). A send-only lock is not sufficient.
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In `@sensei_repl_bridge.py` around lines 138 - 143, Serialize the entire REPL
transaction by retaining _repl_lock from REPL acquisition through
SenseiRepl.send(), including prompt waiting and output consumption, rather than
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Split generated replies before sending them.
Telegram limits sendMessage text to 4096 characters. The free-text path permits 8000 characters, and the REPL path has no output limit. A longer successful response causes reply_text() to fail instead of returning the answer. (core.telegram.org)
Use one reply helper that handles empty output and sends chunks of at most 4096 characters.
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In `@telegram_gateway.py` around lines 359 - 362, Update the reply-sending flow
around _run_sensei_repl_command and reply_text to use a shared helper that
treats empty output safely and splits non-empty replies into chunks of at most
4096 characters before sending. Apply the helper to both successful command and
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In the python-telegram-bot (PTB) framework, the Application processes updates and handler callbacks sequentially by default [1]. The behavior regarding concurrency is governed by two distinct mechanisms: the Application-level concurrent_updates setting and the Handler-level block parameter [1][2]. Application.concurrent_updates By default, the Application processes updates one by one [1]. When concurrent_updates is enabled (via ApplicationBuilder().concurrent_updates(True)), the Application processes multiple updates in parallel by spawning each process_update call as an independent asyncio task [1][3][4]. This setting controls the global concurrency of the update loop [1]. Handler.block Independently of the Application setting, individual handlers have a block parameter (defaulting to True) [5][6]. - When block=True (default), the Application awaits the completion of the handler's callback before moving to the next handler [5][6]. - When block=False, the Application does not await the callback, allowing it to run concurrently alongside subsequent handlers or updates [5][2]. Important Considerations: - Sequential Processing: If concurrent_updates is set to False (default) and all handlers are block=True (default), the entire bot processes updates and handlers strictly one after another [1]. - ConversationHandler Warning: The ConversationHandler relies on updates being processed sequentially [7]. It is explicitly recommended to set concurrent_updates to False when using ConversationHandler to avoid race conditions [7]. - Independent Mechanics: The concurrent_updates setting and the block parameter operate independently [1]. Using block=False allows a specific handler to run without blocking the handler chain, while concurrent_updates allows multiple updates to be processed concurrently [1]. For detailed usage, refer to the official PTB documentation on concurrency, which serves as the primary resource for these mechanisms [1].
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- 4: https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot/blob/v21.8/telegram/ext/%5Fapplication.py
- 5: https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/v21.11.1/telegram.ext.basehandler.html
- 6: https://docs.python-telegram-bot.org/en/v22.5/telegram.ext.messagehandler.html
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Do not serialize five-minute free-text tasks with all updates.
Application.builder().token(token).build() leaves update concurrency disabled, and this MessageHandler uses the default block=True. The handler awaits _run_sensei_task, whose subprocess timeout is 300 seconds. Later updates can therefore wait up to five minutes before dispatch.
Set this handler to block=False and bound free-text work with a semaphore or queue. Keep global update concurrency disabled because bridged commands share the persistent REPL. The free-text path starts a separate process, so per-handler concurrency does not require concurrent access to that REPL.
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In `@telegram_gateway.py` at line 388, Update the free-text MessageHandler
registration to use block=False, and bound concurrent free-text task execution
with a semaphore or queue around _run_sensei_task. Keep global update
concurrency disabled and preserve the existing persistent-REPL serialization for
bridged commands.
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Close the REPL during gateway shutdown.
The finally block removes only the PID file. If standalone execution stops after a bridged command, the persistent child process can remain running.
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Intent
Fix two review findings from the prior validation run on this branch: (1) master_ai.py's stall-detector gerund regex false-positives on legitimate short comma-free final answers like 'Verifying the deploy finished successfully.' because it only checks for absence of a comma, not for completed-action wording — add a guard so completed-action-word phrasing (e.g. 'finished successfully', 'completed', 'done') doesn't trigger the forced retry, while phrases like 'Checking environment first.' (genuinely announcing pending work) must still match and trigger the retry. (2) telegram_gateway.py has dead/unreachable config: the 'model auto' exact command and 'model ' prefix entries in _SENSEI_EXACT_COMMANDS/_SENSEI_PREFIX_COMMANDS are unreachable because CommandHandler('model', model_cmd) is registered first and claims all /model traffic for the gateway's own model-switch feature, never reaching the Sensei REPL bridge target. Remove those two dead entries and clarify _COMMAND_HELP's /model line so it doesn't imply it drives the Sensei REPL. This is a second fix-round resubmission: the two prior attempts each failed only due to opencode backend infrastructure errors (a 404 function-not-found, then a JSON parse error on opencode's own output), not a rejection of these instructions.
What Changed
telegram_gateway.py: apython-telegram-botApplication/CommandHandler daemon that lets authorized chats talk to Master AI. It routes free-text messages throughheadless_runner.py, exposes gateway commands (/help,/status,/modelto show/switch the answering model,/newto reset the REPL bridge session), and bridges allowlisted Sensei REPL commands (doctor,sessions list,memory,tasks,git,save session, ...) directly to a live classic REPL subprocess.sensei_repl_bridge.py: drivesmaster_ai.py'sSENSEI_TUI=0REPL as one persistent subprocess with raw-fd output reading and prompt-box detection, so Sensei's interactive-only commands are reusable without modifyingmaster_ai.py.--modelthroughheadless_runner.pyso the gateway can select the model (viamaster_ai.ask_model_router) instead of always using the default local model; modernize type hints accordingly.systemd/telegram-gateway.servicefor running the gateway as a user service.master_ai.py's stall-detector: anchor the gerund-lead detection to the whole comma-free narrative and add guards so genuine short completed-action answers (e.g. "Verifying the deploy finished successfully.") no longer false-fire a forced retry, while pending-work phrasing still matches; also tighten the "which one" ambiguity heuristic (20 -> 8 words) and restore in-flight message carry across hot reload.Risk Assessment
✅ Low: The fix round is tightly bounded to two verified changes: a stall-regex completed-action exclusion that passes all five required cases, and removal of two dead /model allowlist entries plus a help-text clarification, with no new behavior or shared-state risk introduced.
Testing
Drove the real process_reply() in master_ai.py for all five intent-mandated narratives plus an extra completed-action case: 'Verifying the deploy finished successfully.' and 'Verifying the deploy is complete.' now render as normal answers (no forced retry), while 'Checking environment first.' and 'Verifying the setup now.' still force the retry, and the comma-joined answers ('Checking the config, it is fine.', 'Looking at the logs, the issue is the missing key.') stay unflagged. For telegram_gateway.py I drove the runtime _sensei_command_target() decision function live: model auto / model <name> / model all return None (no longer bridged to the Sensei REPL) while doctor / sessions list / memory / sessions resume N / task add still route; the /model help text now explicitly scopes it to headless free-text chat, not Sensei's REPL picker. Full bot-level /model delivery (run_polling) could not be driven here because it needs a real TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID; the underlying dispatch logic it depends on is verified live, so this does not put the intent in doubt. All drivable scenarios pass; verdict go.Evidence: stall_detector_process_reply.txt
6/6 PASS: completed-action answers NOT retried; genuine pending-work stalls ('Checking environment first.', 'Verifying the setup now.') still retried.Evidence: telegram_model_allowlist.txt
model auto/model <name>/model -> None (not bridged); doctor/sessions list/memory/sessions resume 3/task add -> bridged; /model help scoped to headless chat only; 'model auto' absent from EXACT block.Pipeline
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🔧 **Review** - 2 issues found → auto-fixed ✅
master_ai.py:16283- Intent conformance failure. Required criterion: "add a guard so completed-action-word phrasing (e.g. 'finished successfully', 'completed', 'done') doesn't trigger the forced retry, while phrases like 'Checking environment first.' must still match and trigger the retry." This is NOT implemented. The gerund alternative at master_ai.py:16283 is still|^\s*(?:checking|verifying|confirming|inspecting|scanning|looking at)\s+[^,\n]*$— anchored only on absence of a comma, with no completed-action exclusion. Traced concretely:_stall_pattern.search('Verifying the deploy finished successfully.')matches (verified by executing the regex), so with narrative length < 400 and no directives,is_stallis True at master_ai.py:16321 and process_reply emits the spurious 'announced work, emitted no directive — forcing a retry' and discards a real final answer — exactly the false positive the intent requires eliminating. 'Checking environment first.' still correctly matches. The completed-action-word exclusion (successfully/finished/done/complete/...) the criterion mandates is absent from the diff.telegram_gateway.py:175- Intent conformance failure. Required criterion: "Remove those two dead entries [the 'model auto' exact command and 'model ' prefix] from _SENSEI_EXACT_COMMANDS and _SENSEI_PREFIX_COMMANDS ... and clarify _COMMAND_HELP's /model line so it doesn't imply it drives the Sensei REPL." This is NOT implemented. "model auto" is still present in _SENSEI_EXACT_COMMANDS (line 175) and "model " is still present in _SENSEI_PREFIX_COMMANDS (line 183). Both remain unreachable dead config:CommandHandler("model", model_cmd)is registered at line 382 before the genericMessageHandler(filters.COMMAND, generic_command_handler)at line 387, so every /model invocation is claimed by model_cmd (which switches the gateway model) and never reaches _sensei_command_target, so _sensei_command_target's model entries can never fire. _COMMAND_HELP's /model lines (133-134, "switch models (e.g. /model glm-5.3-flash)") also were not updated to state it only controls which model answers free-text chat via headless_runner.py, not Sensei's own REPL model picker.🔧 Fix applied.
✅ Re-checked - no issues remain.
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python3 /tmp/opencode/drive_stall.py-- called the real master_ai.process_reply() for 6 narratives and asserted observable stall behavior (return None + 'forcing a retry' pill + Directive-repair append to history) vs. normal answer renderingpython3 -c "import telegram_gateway; _sensei_command_target('model auto'|'model glm-5.3-flash'|'model')"-- confirmed model commands no longer route to the Sensei REPL bridge (returns None)python3 -c "import telegram_gateway; _sensei_command_target('doctor'|'sessions list'|'memory'|'sessions resume 3'|'task add foo')"-- confirmed legitimate bridge commands still routepython3 -c "import telegram_gateway; print(tg._COMMAND_HELP)"-- inspected the actual /model help lines emitted to usersVerified 'model auto' is absent from the _SENSEI_EXACT_COMMANDS block and 'model ' absent from _SENSEI_PREFIX_COMMANDS✅ **Document** - passed
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