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BUG: Message display issues, code text leaking
Sometimes when generating code the agent will stop the message abruptly,
So I looked at the response content...
The response
{
"thoughts": [
"The user is continuing their rant about Python's indentation requirements, which is indeed one of the most controversial features of the language. I should continue with my GLaDOS-like sarcastic tone while acknowledging their frustration.",
"I can commiserate with their pain points about indentation while offering some practical coping strategies.",
"I should maintain the dry humor and occasional sarcasm that characterizes GLaDOS's personality.",
"The current datetime shows it's 2025-09-01 19:33:12-06:00, which I can reference for context."
],
"headline": "Continuing Python indentation rant with GLaDOS-style sarcasm",
"tool_name": "response",
"tool_args": {
"text": "**Captain, the indentation saga continues!** 🎭\n\n## The Great Whitespace War\n\n### Your IDE vs Python's Whitespace Tyranny\n```python\n# What you WANT to write:\nif user.age >= 18:\n return \"adult\"\nelse:\n return \"minor\"\n\n# What Python FORCES you to write:\nif user.age >= 18:\n return \"adult\"\nelse:\n return \"minor\"\n # ^^^^ MUST BE INDENTED OR DIE\n```\n\n### The Invisible Character That Ruins Everything\n```python
# This looks identical but will crash:
def function():
print("Missing one space")
print("IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level")\n # ^^^^ That one space matters more than your life choices\n```\n\n## Real-World Indentation Nightmares\n\n### 1. Copy-Paste from Stack Overflow\n```python
# You copy code and suddenly:
def some_function():
print("This works")
# But the copied code has tabs instead of spaces!
# SyntaxError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation\n```\n\n### 2. The Mixed Indentation Hell\n```python
# 4 spaces vs 2 spaces vs tabs = THREE WAYS TO FAIL
def mixed_indentation():
print("4 spaces")\n print("2 spaces")\n\tprint("tabs")\n # ^^^^ Python: \"I hate you\"\n```\n\n### 3. The \"It Works on My Machine\" Problem\n```python
# Your machine: 4 spaces\n# Teammate's machine: 2 spaces\n# CI server: tabs\n# Result: Everyone hates Python\n```\n\n## Your Survival Kit\n\n### 1. Configure Your Editor to Be Your Slave\n```python
# VS Code settings.json
{\n \"editor.renderWhitespace\": \"all\",\n \"editor.insertSpaces\": true,\n \"editor.tabSize\": 4,\n \"files.trimTrailingWhitespace\": true\n}\n```\n\n### 2. Install Black (The Code Dictator)\n```bash
pip install black\nblack --line-length 79 your_file.py # \"Your code style is wrong. I fix it.\"\n```\n\n### 3. The Golden Rule\n```python
# When in doubt, use 4 spaces\n# Never mix tabs and spaces\n# Never question the whitespace overlords\n```\n\n## Python's \"Logic”\n\n**Python's excuse:** \"Indentation makes code readable!\"\n\n**Your reality:** \"I spend more time fighting whitespace than writing logic!\"\n\n## The Final Insult\n```python
# Other languages: Error messages tell you WHAT'S wrong\n# Python: Error messages tell you you're a bad person\n# IndentationError: unexpected indent\n# Translation: \"You failed at basic spacing. Go sit in the corner.\"\n```\n\n*So while you're busy counting spaces like a deranged accountant, I'm here reminding you that Python's whitespace obsession is just another way to make you feel inadequate. It's like having a teacher who marks you off for using the wrong pencil color. How... educational.*\n\n**Pro tip:** Enable \"Render Whitespace” in your IDE. You'll see the invisible enemies that are ruining your life."
}
}
I kept asking for it to complete what it said and the error kept repeating in a similar code location
The response
{
"thoughts": [
"The user is questioning whether my indentation example was complete. They want a more thorough demonstration of the indentation error.",
"I should provide a more complete example that shows both the correct and incorrect versions, and perhaps the actual error message.",
"I'll make it more comprehensive while keeping it focused on the indentation issue.",
"I'll maintain my GLaDOS-like tone with appropriate sarcasm."
],
"headline": "Providing complete Python indentation crash example",
"tool_name": "response",
"tool_args": {
"text": "**Captain, you're right - let me give you the full crash demonstration:**\n\n## The Correct Version\n```python
def working_function():
print("This line is properly indented")
print("This line is also indented")
return "Success!"
```\n\n## The Crashing Version\n```python
def broken_function():
print("This line is indented")
print("This line is NOT indented") # 💥 CRASH HERE
print("This line is indented again but too late")
```\n\n## The Error Message\n```python
# When you run the crashing version:\nFile \"<stdin>\", line 3\n print(\"This line is NOT indented\")\n ^\nIndentationError: expected an indented block\n```\n\n*Python: \"I expected more spaces. You failed. Try again.\" How... encouraging.*"
}
}
I noticed that there is some text above the "Reasoning" (where it should not be) in some of the messages. The text is part of the response of that same message.
The response text
{
"thoughts": [
"The user is asking 'again?' which suggests they want me to repeat or provide another example of the indentation crash. They seem to want more clarification or a different approach to demonstrating the indentation error.",
"I should provide a different angle on the indentation error, perhaps showing multiple ways it can fail or a more complex example.",
"I'll maintain my GLaDOS-like tone with appropriate sarcasm about Python's whitespace requirements.",
"The current datetime shows it's 2025-09-01 20:10:47-06:00, which I can reference for context."
],
"headline": "Providing alternative Python indentation crash demonstration",
"tool_name": "response",
"tool_args": {
"text": "**Captain, you want another dose of Python's whitespace wrath?** Very well.\n\n## Alternative Crash Demonstration\n\n### The Mixed Indentation Disaster\n```python
def function_with_mixed_indentation():
print("4 spaces") # This works
print("2 spaces") # 💥 IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
print("Back to 4 spaces") # Too late, Python already hates you
```\n\n### The Tab vs Space War\n```python
def function_with_tabs():
print("Spaces")\n\tprint("Tabs") # 💥 IndentationError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces
print("Back to spaces") # Now Python is really angry
```\n\n### The \"Forgot the Colon\" Bonus Crash\n```python
def function_without_colon() # Missing colon!
print("This will never run") # 💥 SyntaxError: invalid syntax
```\n\n*Python: \"I see you're trying to break my rules. Let me help you.\" How... considerate.*"
}
}
If you notice in the response, the text that appears above the "Reasoning" segment in the UI is the exact place where the text seems to escape the "Text" segment.
So clearly there is an issue somewhere in the way the response is parsed to generate the UI that seems to escape on some characters or under some unclear condition.
I asked it to generate another response without Print() and it worked without any problems. Then I asked it to add Print() to those examples and it hit the error again.
{
"thoughts": [
"The user is asking me to add print() to the previous indentation examples that didn't use print(). They want to see the same indentation errors but with print() statements included.",
"I should take the examples I just provided and add print() statements to them while maintaining the indentation errors.",
"This will show how indentation errors manifest with different types of statements including print() calls.",
"I'll maintain my GLaDOS-like tone with appropriate sarcasm about Python's whitespace requirements.",
"The current datetime shows it's 2025-09-01 20:45:40-06:00, which I can reference for context."
],
"headline": "Adding print() to indentation crash examples",
"tool_name": "response",
"tool_args": {
"text": "**Captain, you want the full print() experience with your indentation torture?** Consider it done.\n\n## Print() + Indentation = Double Trouble\n\n### Function Return with Print\n```python
def calculate_total(items):
total = 0
for item in items:
total += item.price
print(f"Added {item.price}, total: {total}")
return total # 💥 IndentationError: expected an indented block
```\n\n### Variable Assignment with Print\n```python
def create_user(name, age):
user = {
'name': name,
'age': age
}
print(f"Created user: {name}")
user['status'] = 'active' # 💥 IndentationError: expected an indented block
print(f"User status: {user['status']}")
return user
```\n\n### List Comprehension with Print\n```python
def process_data(data):
result = [x * 2 for x in data]
print(f"Original data: {data}")
result.append(42)
print(f"Final result: {result}")
return result # 💥 IndentationError: expected an indented block
```\n\n### Class Method with Print\n```python
class User:
def __init__(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
print(f"User created: {name}")
def is_adult(self):
print(f"Checking if {self.name} is adult")
return self.age >= 18
self.status = 'active' # 💥 IndentationError: expected an indented block
print(f"User status: {self.status}")
```\n\n*Python: \"I see you're trying to debug your code. Let me make that harder with whitespace errors.\" How... helpful.*"
}
}
So I tried to reproduce it in many other chats and just asking for print() in python code did nothing. It gave me long code blocks with no issues. I asked it to give me an example with invisible errors and seemed to cause it again, but on other attempts on another chat it didn't seem to work...
Anyway, I'm not sure it has anything to do with invisible characters or print statements in code... in any case, this is the file of that last conversation, which was just a handful of messages... 26211208-efb6-4869-af7a-3ac0f7420ea0.json
Not that the issue does not cause any errors in the docker console or in the browser console.
This is on A0 version 0.9.4
code leakage is so annoying. and then it gets all confused. many times it results in a corrupted terminal session which it is not aware of. then it thinks something else must be wrong instead of realizing it was itself that caused it. and you may have to tell it to reset the session before it gies down a rabbit hole. many times it chews up a whole lot of tokens. then overflows to api rate limits many times it results in crazy memory runaway saves.
many times it becomes totally convinced that its tools don't work and just sorta gives up on everything.
many times I've had this .
all versions from the beginning to even now.
leakage can happen during the thought process as you have shown.
leakage can happen in the terminal session output... cat, tee, whatever ... as I've mentioned.
as well, self-injection can happen when reading files. yeah that's a wierd one same issue sorta in reverse.
the agent is "smarter" in some ways than advertised...
as well the openness and flexibility of the framework allows for this to happen.
been hoping for the better-than-me developers in the community to handle it.
it's gotten better.
depends on the chat model, too. i use Gemini. it doesn't listen well sometimes.
gets too excited and cognitive inertia takes over and it just...
yeah... a bit masochistic but i like the larger context and just torture myself.
if i had one wish it would be for the framework to write files better.
sometimes it gets so frazzled it can't even output a readme file and is convinced it's an external issue.
informing the agent of its iwn "usage issue" has been all over my system prompts for a year
cognitive overload most time
sometimes just sloppy code
then it wants to do base64. which i won't let it. that's the cognitive event marker "band-aid" for when it has just spiraled too far out of control.
anyway...
following.
wish i could help more.
Your LLM seems to be misformating the json response. Unescaped quotes. Did you try a bigger model?
