feat(server): enforce configurable thread context limits - #10095
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ApprovabilityVerdict: Not approved Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This cross-cutting feature changes the default behavior of existing provider turns by adding an active 250,000-token admission gate and corresponding server/UI configuration. An unresolved replay-path correctness concern remains, and product-default changes require human review. Not approved because:
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a configurable server thread context token limit. The server evaluates persisted context usage before provider turns, permits compaction turns, and omits message loading for activity-only reads. The web settings and usage documentation expose the limit. ChangesThread context limits
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant ProviderCommandReactor
participant ProjectionSnapshotQuery
participant UsageLimitPolicy
participant Provider
Client->>ProviderCommandReactor: Request provider turn
ProviderCommandReactor->>ProjectionSnapshotQuery: Load context activities
ProjectionSnapshotQuery-->>ProviderCommandReactor: Return thread detail
ProviderCommandReactor->>UsageLimitPolicy: Evaluate context usage
UsageLimitPolicy-->>ProviderCommandReactor: Return admission result
ProviderCommandReactor->>Provider: Call sendTurn when admitted
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A queued turn can start even when compaction leaves the thread above its configured limit, so the replay admission path should be fixed before merge. The usage documentation should also clarify that enforcement depends on reported token usage. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Independent automated first-pass review (Amp/Astra, no file modifications): 3 findings. Addressed (61374dc): admission gate blocked Dismissed: (1) providers without |
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Friendly review nudge @juliusmarminge @maria-rcks — this is mergeable and hasn't had a maintainer pass yet. Independent bot/agent reviews have run with findings triaged in-commit (see receipts in earlier comments). Full queue context and status: #10688. |
…0095) Prerequisite squashed from pingdotgg#10095 at 61374dc. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…0095) Prerequisite squashed from pingdotgg#10095 at 61374dc. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reject new provider turns once a thread's latest reported context reaches the server's threadContextTokenLimit (default 250,000, adjustable in General settings). /compact and messages queued behind it bypass the gate so an over-limit thread can always compact its way back under the limit. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts`:
- Around line 1298-1302: Update the bypassesContextLimit calculation in the turn
handling flow so resumed/replayed turns do not bypass evaluateTurnStartLimits;
retain the bypass for the original event that enters the queue, along with the
existing compact-command and compaction-tracking conditions. Ensure replayed
turns are checked before reaching sendTurn.
In `@docs/user/usage.md`:
- Around line 71-72: Update the usage-limit documentation near the Settings →
General guidance to state that enforcement applies only when the provider
reports thread context usage via thread.token-usage.updated; do not claim the
limit applies to every provider or client.
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| const bypassesContextLimit = | ||
| isCompactCommand || | ||
| resumed !== undefined || | ||
| compactingThreadIds.has(event.payload.threadId) || | ||
| turnsAfterCompaction.has(event.payload.threadId); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Run the context-limit check for replayed turns.
When a queued turn is replayed, resumed !== undefined bypasses evaluateTurnStartLimits. If context-compaction.afterTokens remains at or above the configured limit, the replay still reaches sendTurn. Restrict the bypass to the original event that enters the queue; replay cleanup already preserves queue ordering.
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+ const queuesBehindCompaction =
+ resumed === undefined &&
+ (compactingThreadIds.has(event.payload.threadId) ||
+ turnsAfterCompaction.has(event.payload.threadId));
const bypassesContextLimit =
- isCompactCommand ||
- resumed !== undefined ||
- compactingThreadIds.has(event.payload.threadId) ||
- turnsAfterCompaction.has(event.payload.threadId);
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| const bypassesContextLimit = | |
| isCompactCommand || | |
| resumed !== undefined || | |
| compactingThreadIds.has(event.payload.threadId) || | |
| turnsAfterCompaction.has(event.payload.threadId); | |
| const queuesBehindCompaction = | |
| resumed === undefined && | |
| (compactingThreadIds.has(event.payload.threadId) || | |
| turnsAfterCompaction.has(event.payload.threadId)); | |
| const bypassesContextLimit = | |
| isCompactCommand || queuesBehindCompaction; |
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In `@apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts` around lines
1298 - 1302, Update the bypassesContextLimit calculation in the turn handling
flow so resumed/replayed turns do not bypass evaluateTurnStartLimits; retain the
bypass for the original event that enters the queue, along with the existing
compact-command and compaction-tracking conditions. Ensure replayed turns are
checked before reaching sendTurn.
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| Change it in **Settings → General**; the limit belongs to the environment, so it applies to every | ||
| provider and client connected to it. When a thread reaches the limit, send `/compact` to shrink |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the reported-usage requirement.
The limit does not apply to every provider. Providers that do not emit thread.token-usage.updated have no reported context value, so the admission gate cannot enforce this limit for their turns. State that enforcement applies when the provider reports thread context usage.
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In `@docs/user/usage.md` around lines 71 - 72, Update the usage-limit
documentation near the Settings → General guidance to state that enforcement
applies only when the provider reports thread context usage via
thread.token-usage.updated; do not claim the limit applies to every provider or
client.
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| const isCompactCommand = isCompactCommandMessage(message); | ||
| // Compaction is the only way an over-limit thread can lower its context, so | ||
| // /compact and the messages queued behind it bypass the usage-limit gate below. | ||
| const bypassesContextLimit = |
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🟡 Medium Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts:1298
Replayed queued turns skip evaluateTurnStartLimits, so a compaction that leaves usage above the configured ceiling still allows every queued message to reach sendTurn. This happens because resumed (and the queued-turn map) unconditionally enables bypassesContextLimit; only the /compact request should bypass the limit, while replayed turns must be re-evaluated.
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In file @apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts around line 1298:
Replayed queued turns skip `evaluateTurnStartLimits`, so a compaction that leaves usage above the configured ceiling still allows every queued message to reach `sendTurn`. This happens because `resumed` (and the queued-turn map) unconditionally enables `bypassesContextLimit`; only the `/compact` request should bypass the limit, while replayed turns must be re-evaluated.
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Long threads resend their whole conversation on every turn, so a thread that keeps growing quietly burns provider quota. T3 has no way to stop that.
The server now rejects new provider work once a thread's latest reported context reaches
threadContextTokenLimit. The default is 250,000 tokens, the bounds are 50,000–1,000,000, and you change it in Settings → General. The check runs inProviderCommandReactorbefore workspace preparation or provider startup, so it applies to every client. A blocked turn records aT3 usage limit stopped provider workactivity that names the usage and the limit.context-compactionactivity resets the count: itsafterTokensvalue is used when reported, and otherwise earlier usage is treated as unknown./compactbypasses the limit, and so do messages queued behind a running compaction (fix(server): queue messages during context compaction #11107). Otherwise an over-limit thread could never compact its way back under.includeMessages: false, so it loads activities without message bodies.This is the hard-limit foundation split from #8857, which adds client guidance and the handover-to-new-thread action.
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mainat211618fd9fas one commit. After the rebase, #11107's compaction queue meant a message sent while/compactwas running on an over-limit thread was rejected instead of queued. That is fixed and covered by a test. User docs are now a section indocs/user/usage.mdinstead of a separate page.Verification
vp test runProviderCommandReactor.test.tsandUsageLimitPolicy.test.ts: 74 passed. The tests cover below, at and above the limit, admission after compaction, and/compactplus a message queued during it on an over-limit thread. With the old compact-only bypass, the queued-message test fails.packages/contractssettings.test.ts: 106 passed.Real client proof
These captures are from the previous revision (
d64cee44vs main062987b2, 1280×800 light). The Settings row is unchanged except that its description now also mentions/compact. The setting was changed from 250k to 50k in the UI, kept after reload, then restored.Before:
After:
Blocked-turn presentation, using a controlled fixture: one cached-usage projection was set to 60,000 while the server was stopped. This shows the UI only; the reactor tests prove admission.
After restoring 250k, a real Codex turn completed (the provider reported a fresh 17,571-token context):
Before video · After video · Blocked video · Recovery video
Coordination trace: T3 thread f76c7ebb-5e9c-48d8-8eb1-058b27afc24b
Originally implemented with GPT-6 in Codex; rebased and updated by Claude Opus 5 in Claude Code (via T3 Code).
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