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Render one assistant message per turn, and make the request timeout a setting
Two setup failures found while calibrating the new benchmark tasks,
both of which would also fail real milestones.

Devstral's chat template (Mistral) rejected any turn in which the model
wrote some text before a tool call: the OpenAI renderer made one message
per event, so the turn became a text message and a tool-call message in
a row, and llama.cpp answered 500. The renderer now folds consecutive
user or assistant messages into one, which is the OpenAI format for a
turn anyway. Checked against the live server: the captured failing
request no longer occurs, over six real runs.

LiteLLMClient gave up on any request after a fixed 120 s. A dense 27B
model writing a whole module in one turn takes longer, so the executor
escalated work that was going well. llm.request_timeout_s now sets it
for both clients, default 600.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-27 22:15:30 +00:00

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"""Agent configuration (spec A5: nothing hardcoded).
Configuration is a YAML file: roles, connections, and the tuning knobs (see
docs/Tuning-Guide.md). It holds no secrets. A credential is written as a
reference, ``token: ${NISSE_LLM_TOKEN}``, and resolved from the environment,
so the file can be reviewed, shared, or committed without leaking. The
environment supplies those references and nothing else: every setting has
exactly one home.
Every value is collected and validated **before** anything is built, and a
single error names every problem at once. The alternative — failing at first
use — surfaces a missing token twenty minutes into a milestone, on the call
that mattered. Unknown keys are errors too: a misspelt tuning knob that was
silently ignored would look exactly like a knob that has no effect.
"""
import os
import re
from collections.abc import Mapping
from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any
import yaml
from nisse_dev.llm import DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS, DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S, RoleMap
from nisse_dev.matrix import MatrixConfig
DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = "nisse-dev.yaml"
REQUIRED_KEYS = (
"state_db",
"workspace",
"project",
"llm.base_url",
"llm.token",
"roles.executor",
"roles.planner",
"roles.delegate",
"roles.consultant",
"matrix.homeserver",
"matrix.user_id",
"matrix.token",
"matrix.room_id",
"matrix.operators",
"gitea.url",
"gitea.token",
"gitea.repo",
"gitea.operators",
)
OPTIONAL_KEYS = ("llm.max_output_tokens", "llm.request_timeout_s", "gitea.base_branch")
_REFERENCE = re.compile(r"\$\{([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\}")
class ConfigError(RuntimeError):
pass
# --- tuning ----------------------------------------------------------------
# The defaults are the values the agent ran with before they were
# configurable, so an absent `tuning:` section changes nothing.
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ExecutorTuning:
max_turns: int = 24
failure_limit: int = 2
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ExpertTuning:
consult_budget: int = 3
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class DelegationTuning:
max_turns: int = 30
max_tokens: int = 200_000
wall_clock_s: float = 900.0
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ToolsTuning:
command_timeout_s: int = 120
max_output_chars: int = 4000
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ContextTuning:
keep_recent_turns: int = 6
safety_margin: float = 0.1
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Tuning:
executor: ExecutorTuning = field(default_factory=ExecutorTuning)
expert: ExpertTuning = field(default_factory=ExpertTuning)
delegation: DelegationTuning = field(default_factory=DelegationTuning)
tools: ToolsTuning = field(default_factory=ToolsTuning)
context: ContextTuning = field(default_factory=ContextTuning)
_TUNING_SECTIONS: dict[str, type] = {
f.name: f.default_factory # type: ignore[misc]
for f in fields(Tuning)
}
def _parse_tuning(raw: Any, errors: list[str]) -> Tuning:
if raw is None:
return Tuning()
if not isinstance(raw, dict):
errors.append("tuning: must be a mapping")
return Tuning()
sections: dict[str, Any] = {}
for name, section in raw.items():
cls = _TUNING_SECTIONS.get(name)
if cls is None:
errors.append(f"tuning.{name}: unknown section")
continue
if not isinstance(section, dict):
errors.append(f"tuning.{name}: must be a mapping")
continue
known = {f.name: f for f in fields(cls)}
values: dict[str, Any] = {}
for key, value in section.items():
spec = known.get(key)
if spec is None:
errors.append(f"tuning.{name}.{key}: unknown setting")
continue
number = _positive(value, float if spec.type in (float, "float") else int)
if number is None:
errors.append(f"tuning.{name}.{key}: must be a positive number")
continue
values[key] = number
sections[name] = cls(**values)
margin = sections.get("context", ContextTuning()).safety_margin
if margin >= 1:
errors.append("tuning.context.safety_margin: must be less than 1")
return Tuning(**sections)
def _positive(value: Any, kind: type) -> int | float | None:
# bool is an int in Python; `true` for a turn limit is a mistake.
if isinstance(value, bool) or not isinstance(value, int | float):
return None
if kind is int and not float(value).is_integer():
return None
if value <= 0:
return None
return kind(value)
# --- loading ---------------------------------------------------------------
def _people(raw: Any) -> frozenset[str]:
"""Operator allowlists: a YAML list, or comma-separated in the
environment. Blanks are dropped so a trailing comma cannot admit an empty
identity."""
parts = raw if isinstance(raw, list) else str(raw).split(",")
return frozenset(str(part).strip() for part in parts if str(part).strip())
def _flatten(tree: Mapping[str, Any], prefix: str = "") -> dict[str, Any]:
flat: dict[str, Any] = {}
for key, value in tree.items():
dotted = f"{prefix}{key}"
if isinstance(value, dict) and dotted != "tuning":
flat.update(_flatten(value, f"{dotted}."))
else:
flat[dotted] = value
return flat
def _resolve(value: Any, key: str, env: Mapping[str, str], errors: list[str]) -> Any:
"""Replace ${VAR} references with the environment's value. A reference to
an unset variable is an error, never an empty string: an empty token would
pass for a value and fail at the first request."""
if not isinstance(value, str):
return value
def lookup(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
name = match.group(1)
found = (env.get(name) or "").strip()
if not found:
errors.append(f"{key}: references ${{{name}}}, which is unset or empty")
return found
return _REFERENCE.sub(lookup, value)
def _read_file(path: Path, errors: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
try:
loaded = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text())
except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
errors.append(f"{path}: not valid YAML ({exc})")
return {}
if loaded is None:
return {}
if not isinstance(loaded, dict):
errors.append(f"{path}: must be a mapping at the top level")
return {}
return loaded
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class AgentConfig:
state_db: Path
workspace: Path
project: str
llm_base_url: str
llm_token: str
roles: RoleMap
matrix: MatrixConfig
operators: frozenset[str]
gitea_url: str
gitea_token: str
gitea_repo: str
gitea_operators: frozenset[str]
base_branch: str = "main"
max_output_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS
request_timeout_s: float = DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S
tuning: Tuning = field(default_factory=Tuning)
config_file: Path | None = None
@classmethod
def load(cls, env: Mapping[str, str] = os.environ) -> "AgentConfig":
"""The file named by NISSE_CONFIG, or ./nisse-dev.yaml."""
path = Path(env.get("NISSE_CONFIG") or DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE).expanduser()
if not path.is_file():
raise ConfigError(
f"cannot start: no config file at {path}; create it from "
"nisse-dev.example.yaml, or point NISSE_CONFIG at one"
)
return cls.from_file(path, env)
@classmethod
def from_file(
cls, path: Path, env: Mapping[str, str] = os.environ
) -> "AgentConfig":
errors: list[str] = []
tree = _read_file(path, errors)
return cls._build(tree, env, errors, config_file=path)
@classmethod
def from_tree(
cls, tree: Mapping[str, Any], env: Mapping[str, str] = os.environ
) -> "AgentConfig":
"""From an already-parsed config, as the file would give it."""
return cls._build(tree, env, [], config_file=None)
@classmethod
def _build(
cls,
tree: Mapping[str, Any],
env: Mapping[str, str],
errors: list[str],
*,
config_file: Path | None,
) -> "AgentConfig":
tuning = _parse_tuning(tree.get("tuning"), errors)
flat = _flatten(tree)
flat.pop("tuning", None)
known = set(REQUIRED_KEYS) | set(OPTIONAL_KEYS)
for key in sorted(set(flat) - known):
errors.append(f"{key}: unknown setting")
values = {
key: _resolve(value, key, env, errors)
for key, value in flat.items()
if key in known
}
# Whitespace-only counts as missing: a token of spaces would pass a
# truthiness check and fail at the first request instead.
missing = [
key
for key in REQUIRED_KEYS
if values.get(key) is None
or (isinstance(values[key], str) and not values[key].strip())
or (isinstance(values[key], list) and not _people(values[key]))
]
if missing:
errors.append("unset or empty — " + ", ".join(missing))
max_output = values.get("llm.max_output_tokens", DEFAULT_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS)
try:
max_output = int(max_output)
if max_output <= 0:
raise ValueError
except (TypeError, ValueError):
errors.append("llm.max_output_tokens: must be a positive integer")
request_timeout = values.get("llm.request_timeout_s", DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_S)
try:
request_timeout = float(request_timeout)
if request_timeout <= 0:
raise ValueError
except (TypeError, ValueError):
errors.append("llm.request_timeout_s: must be a positive number of seconds")
if errors:
raise ConfigError("cannot start: " + "; ".join(errors))
config = cls(
state_db=Path(values["state_db"]).expanduser(),
workspace=Path(values["workspace"]).expanduser(),
project=str(values["project"]),
llm_base_url=str(values["llm.base_url"]),
llm_token=str(values["llm.token"]),
roles=RoleMap(
executor=str(values["roles.executor"]),
planner=str(values["roles.planner"]),
delegate=str(values["roles.delegate"]),
consultant=str(values["roles.consultant"]),
),
matrix=MatrixConfig(
homeserver=str(values["matrix.homeserver"]).rstrip("/"),
user_id=str(values["matrix.user_id"]),
token=str(values["matrix.token"]),
room_id=str(values["matrix.room_id"]),
),
operators=_people(values["matrix.operators"]),
gitea_url=str(values["gitea.url"]),
gitea_token=str(values["gitea.token"]),
gitea_repo=str(values["gitea.repo"]),
gitea_operators=_people(values["gitea.operators"]),
base_branch=str(values.get("gitea.base_branch") or "main"),
max_output_tokens=max_output,
request_timeout_s=request_timeout,
tuning=tuning,
config_file=config_file,
)
config._refuse_secrets_inside_the_clone(env)
return config
def _refuse_secrets_inside_the_clone(self, env: Mapping[str, str]) -> None:
"""The workspace is a git clone the agent commits with ``git add -A``
and pushes. Anything inside it reaches the project repository, so a
state store or an env file placed there would publish credentials as a
side effect of the agent working correctly — silently, and once. The
config file holds no secrets itself, but it names where they come
from and how the agent is deployed, which is not the project's
business either.
"""
workspace = self.workspace.expanduser().resolve()
candidates = [
("state_db", self.state_db),
("NISSE_ENV", Path(env.get("NISSE_ENV", ".env"))),
]
if self.config_file is not None:
candidates.append(("NISSE_CONFIG", self.config_file))
offenders = []
for label, path in candidates:
resolved = path.expanduser().resolve()
if resolved == workspace or workspace in resolved.parents:
offenders.append(f"{label} ({resolved})")
if offenders:
raise ConfigError(
"refusing to start: these sit inside the workspace clone at "
f"{workspace} and would be committed and pushed to the project "
"repository — " + ", ".join(offenders)
)
def redacted(self) -> dict[str, str]:
"""What the agent may safely announce about how it is configured."""
return {
"project": self.project,
"workspace": str(self.workspace),
"repo": self.gitea_repo,
"planner": self.roles.planner,
"executor": self.roles.executor,
"delegate": self.roles.delegate,
}