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Kyle Carberry 2bdacae5f5 feat(chatd): add LLM stream retry with exponential backoff (#22418)
## Summary

Adds automatic retry with exponential backoff for transient LLM errors
during chat streaming and title generation. Inspired by
[coder/mux](https://github.com/coder/mux)'s retry mechanism.

## Key Behaviors

- **Infinite retries** with exponential backoff: 1s → 2s → 4s → ... →
60s cap
- **Deterministic delays** (no jitter)
- **Error classification**: retryable (429, 5xx, overloaded, rate limit,
network errors) vs non-retryable (auth, quota, context exceeded, model
not found, canceled)
- **Retry status published to SSE stream** so frontend can show
"Retrying in Xs..." UI
- **Title generation** retries silently (best-effort, nil onRetry
callback)

## New Package: `coderd/chatd/chatretry/`

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `classify.go` | `IsRetryable(err)` and `StatusCodeRetryable(code)` |
| `backoff.go` | `Delay(attempt)` — exponential doubling with 60s cap |
| `retry.go` | `Retry(ctx, fn, onRetry)` — infinite loop with
context-aware timer |

## Test Helpers: `coderd/chatd/chattest/errors.go`

Anthropic and OpenAI error response builders for use in chattest
providers:
- `AnthropicErrorResponse()`, `AnthropicOverloadedResponse()`,
`AnthropicRateLimitResponse()`
- `OpenAIErrorResponse()`, `OpenAIRateLimitResponse()`,
`OpenAIServerErrorResponse()`

## SDK Changes: `codersdk/chats.go`

- New `ChatStreamEventType: "retry"`
- New `ChatStreamRetry` struct with `Attempt`, `DelayMs`, `Error`,
`RetryingAt` fields
- TypeScript types auto-generated

## Changed Files

- `coderd/chatd/chatloop/chatloop.go` — wraps `agent.Stream()` in
`chatretry.Retry()`
- `coderd/chatd/chatd.go` — publishes retry events to SSE stream with
logging
- `coderd/chatd/title.go` — wraps `model.Generate()` in silent retry
- `coderd/chatd/chattest/anthropic.go` / `openai.go` — error injection
support

## Tests

42 tests covering classification (33), backoff (9), and retry scenarios
(8).
2026-02-27 18:34:33 -05:00
Kyle Carberry 4b5ec8a9a4 feat: add diff_status_change event to /chats/watch pubsub stream (#22419)
## Summary

Adds a new `diff_status_change` event kind to the `/chats/watch` pubsub
stream so the sidebar can update diff status (PR created, files changed,
branch info) without a full page reload.

### Problem

When a chat's diff status changes (e.g. PR created via GitHub, git
branch pushed), the sidebar didn't update because:
1. The backend `publishChatPubsubEvent` didn't include diff status data
2. The frontend watch handler only merged `status`, `title`, and
`updated_at` from events

### Solution

A **notify-only** approach: a new `ChatEventKindDiffStatusChange` event
kind tells the frontend "diff status changed for chat X" — the frontend
then invalidates the relevant React Query cache entries to re-fetch.

### Backend changes

- **`coderd/pubsub/chatevent.go`**: New `ChatEventKindDiffStatusChange =
"diff_status_change"` constant
- **`coderd/chatd/chatd.go`**: New `PublishDiffStatusChange(ctx,
chatID)` method on `Server`
- **`coderd/chats.go`**: New `publishChatDiffStatusEvent` helper.
Published from:
- `refreshWorkspaceChatDiffStatuses` — after each chat's diff status is
refreshed via GitHub API
- `storeChatGitRef` — after persisting git branch/origin info from
workspace agent

### Frontend changes

- **`AgentsPage.tsx`**: Handle `diff_status_change` event by
invalidating `chatDiffStatusKey` and `chatDiffContentsKey` queries
- **`ChatContext.ts`**: Remove redundant diff status invalidation that
fired on every chat status change (the new event kind handles this
properly)
2026-02-27 18:06:54 -05:00
Kyle Carberry 12083441e0 feat(chats): archive chats instead of hard-deleting them (#22406)
## Summary

The UI has always labeled the action as "Archive agent" but the backend
was performing a hard `DELETE`, permanently destroying chats and all
their messages.

This change replaces the hard delete with a soft archive, consistent
with the pattern used by template versions.

## Changes

### Database
- **Migration 000423**: Add `archived boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL`
column to `chats` table
- Replace `DeleteChatByID` query with `ArchiveChatByID` (`UPDATE SET
archived = true`)
- Add `UnarchiveChatByID` query (`UPDATE SET archived = false`)
- Filter archived chats from `GetChatsByOwnerID` (`WHERE archived =
false`)

### API
- Remove `DELETE /api/experimental/chats/{chat}`
- Add `POST /api/experimental/chats/{chat}/archive` — archives a chat
and all its descendants
- Add `POST /api/experimental/chats/{chat}/unarchive` — unarchives a
single chat (API only, no UI yet)

### Backend
- `archiveChatTree()` recursively archives child chats (replaces
`deleteChatTree()` which hard-deleted)
- Chat daemon's `ArchiveChat()` archives the full chat tree in a
transaction
- Authorization uses `ActionUpdate` instead of `ActionDelete`

### SDK
- Replace `DeleteChat()` with `ArchiveChat()` and `UnarchiveChat()`
- Add `Archived` field to `Chat` struct

### Frontend
- `archiveChat` API call uses `POST .../archive` instead of `DELETE`
- No UI changes — the "Archive agent" button now actually archives
instead of deleting

## Design Decision

This follows the **template version archive pattern** (Pattern B in the
codebase):
- `archived boolean` column (not `deleted boolean`)
- Dedicated `POST .../archive` and `POST .../unarchive` routes (not
repurposing `DELETE`)
- Reversible — users can unarchive via the API (UI for this will come
later)
2026-02-27 16:46:19 -05:00
Kyle Carberry 360df1d84f fix(chatd): publish streaming message_part events during compaction (#22410)
## Problem

Context compaction in chatd persisted durable messages for the
`chat_summarized` tool call and result via `publishMessage`, but never
published `message_part` streaming events via `publishMessagePart`. This
meant connected clients had no streaming representation of the
compaction.

The client's `streamState` (built entirely from `message_part` events in
`streamState.ts`) never saw the compaction tool call, so:

- No **"Summarizing..."** running state was shown to the user during
summary generation (which can take up to 90s).
- The durable `message` events arrived after or interleaved with the
`status: waiting` event, causing the tool to appear as "Summarized" with
the chat appearing to just stop.

## Fix

### 1. `CompactionOptions.OnStart` callback (chatloop)

Added an `OnStart` callback to `CompactionOptions`, called in
`maybeCompact` right before `generateCompactionSummary` (the slow LLM
call). This gives `chatd` a hook to publish the tool-call `message_part`
immediately when compaction begins.

### 2. Tool-result streaming part (chatd)

`persistChatContextSummary` now publishes a tool-result `message_part`
before the durable `message` events, so clients transition from
"Summarizing..." to "Summarized" before the status change arrives.

### Event ordering is now:
1. `message_part` (tool call via `OnStart`) — client shows
"Summarizing..."
2. LLM generates summary (up to 90s)
3. `message_part` (tool result) — client shows "Summarized" in stream
state
4. `message` (assistant) — durable message persisted, stream state
resets
5. `message` (tool) — durable tool result persisted
6. `status: waiting` — chat transitions to idle

## Tests

- **`OnStartFiresBeforePersist`**: Verifies callback ordering is
`on_start` → `generate` → `persist`.
- **`OnStartNotCalledBelowThreshold`**: Verifies `OnStart` is not called
when context usage is below the compaction threshold.
2026-02-27 16:33:39 -05:00
Kyle Carberry f509c841cf fix(chatd): recover stale chats after coderd redeployment (#22405)
## Problem

When coderd instances are redeployed (e.g. rolling deployment on
dogfood), in-flight chats get stuck in `running` status permanently. The
UI shows them as "thinking" with a spinning indicator, but no worker is
actually processing them. They never error or resume.

## Root Cause

Two bugs combine to cause this:

### Bug 1: Shutdown cleanup uses a canceled context

The `processChat` defer block updates the chat status in the DB when
processing completes. But it uses `ctx`, which `Close()` cancels
*before* the defer runs. The DB transaction silently fails with
`context.Canceled`, leaving the chat in `status=running` with a dead
`worker_id`.

```go
// Close() calls p.cancel() which cancels ctx
// Then the defer tries to use the now-canceled ctx:
defer func() {
    err := p.db.InTx(func(tx database.Store) error {
        tx.GetChatByIDForUpdate(ctx, chat.ID) // FAILS
        tx.UpdateChatStatus(ctx, ...)          // FAILS
    }, nil)
}()
```

### Bug 2: Stale recovery runs only once at startup

`recoverStaleChats()` was called only once in `start()`, not
periodically. During a rolling deployment, the new instance starts while
the old one is still alive (fresh heartbeat). By the time the old
instance crashes, no one checks again.

## Fix

1. **Use `context.WithoutCancel(ctx)` in the processChat defer** — the
cleanup transaction now completes even during graceful shutdown.

2. **Run `recoverStaleChats` periodically** — a second ticker in the
`start()` loop checks for stale chats at `inFlightChatStaleAfter / 5`
intervals (default: every 1 minute). This catches orphaned chats even
when the instance that owns them crashes without clean shutdown.

## Tests

- `TestRecoverStaleChatsPeriodically` — Verifies chats orphaned *after*
startup are recovered by the periodic loop (not just the startup check).
- `TestNewReplicaRecoversStaleChatFromDeadReplica` — Verifies a new
replica recovers stale chats on startup.
- `TestWaitingChatsAreNotRecoveredAsStale` — Negative test: `waiting`
chats are not incorrectly modified by recovery.
2026-02-27 15:25:40 -05:00
Kyle Carberry ff687aa780 fix: re-read chat before publishing status event to preserve AI title (#22402)
## Problem

Chat titles revert to the fallback truncated title after briefly showing
the AI-generated title. Even reloading the page doesn't help — the
correct title flashes then gets overwritten.

## Root Cause

Single bug, two symptoms.

In `processChat` (`coderd/chatd/chatd.go`), the `chat` variable is
passed by value. The flow:

1. `processChat(ctx, chat)` receives `chat` with the initial fallback
title (truncated first message).
2. Inside `runChat`, `maybeGenerateChatTitle` generates an AI title,
writes it to the DB via `UpdateChatByID`, and publishes a `title_change`
event. **The DB has the correct title.** The client briefly displays it.
3. `runChat` returns. The **deferred cleanup** in `processChat`
publishes `publishChatPubsubEvent(chat, StatusChange)` — but `chat` here
is the original value copy that still has the **old fallback title**.
4. The frontend receives the `status_change` SSE event and
**unconditionally applies `title` from every event kind** (see
`AgentsPage.tsx` line ~305: `title: updatedChat.title`). This overwrites
the correct AI title with the stale fallback.

**Why reload doesn't help:** If the chat is still processing when the
page reloads, `listChats` loads the correct title from the DB, but then
the deferred `status_change` event arrives moments later and clobbers
it. The title was always in the DB — it was the pubsub event that kept
overwriting it.

## Fix

Re-read the chat from the database in the deferred cleanup before
publishing the final `status_change` event, so it carries the current
(AI-generated) title.
2026-02-27 15:06:36 -05:00
Kyle Carberry 344d11fa22 feat: include OS and working directory in workspace agent prompt injection (#22399)
When injecting system instructions into the chat prompt, include:

1. **Operating system** and **working directory** from the
`workspace_agents` table
2. **Home-level instructions** from `~/.coder/AGENTS.md` (existing
behavior)
3. **Project-level instructions** from `<pwd>/AGENTS.md` (new)

The XML tag is renamed from `<coder-home-instructions>` to
`<system-instructions>` since it now carries more than just the home
instruction file.

### Example output (both files present)

```xml
<system-instructions>
Operating System: linux
Working Directory: /home/coder/coder

Source: /home/coder/.coder/AGENTS.md
... home instructions ...

Source: /home/coder/coder/AGENTS.md
... project instructions ...
</system-instructions>
```

### Example output (no AGENTS.md files)

```xml
<system-instructions>
Operating System: linux
Working Directory: /home/coder/coder
</system-instructions>
```

### Changes

- **`coderd/chatd/instruction.go`**:
- Renamed types: `homeInstructionContext` → `agentContext`, added
`instructionFile` struct
  - Extracted `readInstructionFileAtPath` shared helper
- Added `readWorkingDirectoryInstructionFile` to read `<pwd>/AGENTS.md`
- Replaced `formatHomeInstruction` with `formatInstructions` that
renders both files under `<system-instructions>`
- **`coderd/chatd/chatd.go`**:
- Renamed `resolveHomeInstruction` → `resolveInstructions`; now reads
both home and pwd instruction files
- `resolveAgentContext` returns `agentContext` (renamed from
`homeInstructionContext`)
- pwd file read is skipped gracefully if directory is empty or file
doesn't exist
- **`coderd/chatd/instruction_test.go`**:
- Added `TestReadWorkingDirectoryInstructionFile` (success, not-found,
empty-directory)
- Replaced `TestFormatHomeInstruction` with `TestFormatInstructions`
covering all combinations
- Added ordering test (`AgentContextBeforeFiles`) to verify OS/pwd
appear before file sources
2026-02-27 14:21:23 -05:00
edee917d88 feat: add experimental agents support (#22290)
feat: add AI chat system with agent tools and chat UI

Introduce the chatd subsystem and Agents UI for AI-powered chat
within Coder workspaces.

- Add chatd package with chat loop, message compaction, prompt
  management, and LLM provider integration (OpenAI, Anthropic)
- Add agent tools: create workspace, list/read templates, read/write/
  edit files, execute commands
- Add chat API endpoints with streaming, message editing, and
  durable reconnection
- Add database schema and migrations for chats, chat messages, chat
  providers, and chat model configs
- Add RBAC policies and dbauthz enforcement for chat resources
- Add Agents UI pages with conversation timeline, queued messages
  list, diff viewer, and model configuration panel
- Add comprehensive test coverage including coderd integration tests,
  chatd unit tests, and Storybook stories
- Gate feature behind experiments flag

---------

Co-authored-by: Cian Johnston <cian@coder.com>
Co-authored-by: Danielle Maywood <danielle@themaywoods.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeremy Ruppel <jeremy@coder.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-27 16:50:56 +00:00