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core: signature-only responses complete successfully with no visible output #46880

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Description

V2 treats a provider response containing only empty reasoning metadata as successful user-visible output.
packages/core/src/session/runner/publish-llm-event.ts sets outputStarted = true on reasoning-start, even if no non-empty reasoning delta arrives. If the provider subsequently emits a clean step-finish (stop / raw end_turn), packages/core/src/session/runner/llm.ts records Step.Ended successfully without checking for text, readable reasoning, or a tool call.
The resulting assistant message can contain only:
{
"finish": "stop",
"rawFinish": "end_turn",
"content": [
{ "type": "reasoning", "text": "", "state": { "signature": "..." } }
]
}
The TUI renders no answer and no error, so the operation appears to have silently done nothing.
Expected: a clean finish with no non-empty text/reasoning and no tool call is surfaced as a no-output provider failure or otherwise handled explicitly. A metadata-only reasoning event should not count as visible output.
Actual: the step succeeds and the session becomes idle with no renderable response.

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OpenCode version

opencode2 v0.0.0-dev-18900; current V2 source af332a2 remains affected.

Steps to reproduce

  1. In a runner test, stream step-start.
  2. Stream reasoning-start with provider metadata containing a signature.
  3. Stream an empty reasoning delta and reasoning-end.
  4. Stream step-finish with normalized stop and raw end_turn.
  5. Read the projected assistant message and session outcome.
  6. Observe a successful assistant step with no visible content or error.

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Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Linux 5.15.0-91-generic, x86_64

Terminal

TERM=xterm-256color; shell /usr/bin/fish

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  1. github-actions commented on Sep 2, 2026

    @github-actions
    Contributor

    This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

    • v2: empty reasoning-only response is recorded as successful completion #37372: v2: empty reasoning-only response is recorded as successful completion — same root cause (reasoning-only step with no text or tool call recorded as session.execution.succeeded), same V2 event model. Your report adds useful specifics about publish-llm-event.ts setting outputStarted = true on reasoning-start and the exact content shape with a signature-only reasoning block.

    You may also want to check:

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