fix: close the agent scope on every attempt and stop retrying aborts - #6997
fix: close the agent scope on every attempt and stop retrying aborts#6997lucasgomide wants to merge 3 commits into
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`_check_execution_error` only emitted `AgentExecutionErrorEvent` once the retries were exhausted, but each retry re-enters `execute_task` and opens a new `agent_execution_started` scope. The scopes left open were then popped by the next ending event, so `task_failed` closed an agent scope instead of `task_started` and the task never got its own terminal pairing. Passthrough exceptions keep bubbling untouched, since a HITL pause must leave its scope open for the resume.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughLLM hook cancellations now raise ChangesHook abort and agent error lifecycle
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BeforeLLMHooks
participant LLMCall
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participant EventStream
BeforeLLMHooks->>LLMCall: raise HookAborted(reason)
LLMCall->>AgentExecution: propagate HookAborted(reason)
AgentExecution->>EventStream: emit AgentExecutionErrorEvent
AgentExecution-->>AgentExecution: stop without retry
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A retry reenters `execute_task`, whose own `_finalize_task_execution` already emitted `AgentExecutionCompletedEvent`, and the outer frame then finalized the same result again. The duplicate used to be absorbed by the `agent_execution_started` scope that a failed attempt left open, so closing every attempt exposed it: the extra completed event popped `task_started`, and the task and crew ends paired with the wrong scopes.
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In `@lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_events.py`:
- Around line 417-419: In the test assertion block for agent execution errors,
add a length check ensuring agent_errored and agent_started contain the same
number of events before the existing set comparison. Keep the set comparison to
verify each error references a started event while enforcing exactly one error
event per failed attempt.
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| assert {event.started_event_id for event in agent_errored} == { | ||
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Assert the exact number of agent error events.
The set comparison removes duplicate started_event_id values. This test passes if one attempt emits multiple AgentExecutionErrorEvent instances. Add assert len(agent_errored) == len(agent_started) before this assertion. This verifies exactly one error event closes each failed attempt.
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In `@lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_events.py` around lines 417 - 419, In the
test assertion block for agent execution errors, add a length check ensuring
agent_errored and agent_started contain the same number of events before the
existing set comparison. Keep the set comparison to verify each error references
a started event while enforcing exactly one error event per failed attempt.
A hook raising `HookAborted` states a decision, but the model-call seams flattened it into a boolean and the caller re-raised a generic `ValueError`, so the agent retried the same abort up to `max_retry_limit` times and the reason never reached the failure event. `_invoke_before_llm_call_hooks` and `_setup_before_llm_call_hooks` now let the abort propagate carrying its reason, and `_check_execution_error` re-raises it right after closing the attempt's scope, the way it already treats `litellm` errors. A denial that aborts through this path now fails on the first attempt, with its own message on the span.
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| # A hook abort is a decision, not a transient failure: a retry would only | ||
| # re-run the same abort. | ||
| if isinstance(e, HookAborted) or e.__class__.__module__.startswith("litellm"): |
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Timeout path retries hook aborts
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When max_execution_time is set, _execute_with_timeout wraps HookAborted in a RuntimeError before _check_execution_error can identify it. The new no-retry check then misses the abort, so the agent retries a deliberate block until max_retry_limit is exhausted.
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In `@docs/edge/en/learn/llm-hooks.mdx`:
- Around line 49-51: Synchronize the Arabic, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese
LLM hooks documentation with the English page’s current HookAborted API and
abort behavior, including propagation of the reason and source and the non-retry
semantics. Update only the corresponding localized documentation sections and
preserve each language’s existing style.
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/base_llm.py`:
- Around line 1003-1008: Update the hook invocation example near the
documentation for the LLM call flow to remove the False-result check and
ValueError branch; show the caller invoking the hook without converting an abort
into a generic error, allowing HookAborted to propagate as documented.
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| reason, and the agent does not retry the attempt: an abort is a decision, not a | ||
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Sync the localized LLM hooks documentation.
Update the Arabic, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese files to document the current HookAborted API and abort behavior from the English page.
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In `@docs/edge/en/learn/llm-hooks.mdx` around lines 49 - 51, Synchronize the
Arabic, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese LLM hooks documentation with the
English page’s current HookAborted API and abort behavior, including propagation
of the reason and source and the non-retry semantics. Update only the
corresponding localized documentation sections and preserve each language’s
existing style.
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| True if LLM call should proceed. | ||
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| Raises: | ||
| HookAborted: If a hook aborted the call. The abort carries the | ||
| reason, so callers must let it propagate rather than turning it | ||
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Update the stale hook invocation example.
The example at Lines 1010-1016 still checks for False and raises ValueError. HookAborted now propagates instead. Remove the boolean blocked-call branch and show callers letting HookAborted propagate.
As per coding guidelines, document public APIs and complex logic.
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/base_llm.py` around lines 1003 - 1008, Update the
hook invocation example near the documentation for the LLM call flow to remove
the False-result check and ValueError branch; show the caller invoking the hook
without converting an abort into a generic error, allowing HookAborted to
propagate as documented.
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Each retry opens a new
agent_execution_startedscope, butAgentExecutionErrorEventwas only emitted once the retries were exhausted, so the scopes left open got popped by whatever ended next:task_failedclosed an agent scope instead oftask_started, and the crew's failure closed another one. Every failed attempt now closes its own scope. Passthrough exceptions keep bubbling untouched, since a HITL pause has to leave its scope open for the resume.Closing every attempt exposed a second defect on the path where a retry succeeds: the recursive
execute_taskhad already finalized its result and the outer frame finalized it again, so a duplicateAgentExecutionCompletedEventpoppedtask_started. That duplicate used to be absorbed by the scope a failed attempt left open. The outer frame now returns the retried result as is.The third commit closes the other half of the story. A hook raising
HookAbortedstates a decision, but the model-call seams flattened it into a boolean and the caller re-raised a genericValueError, so the agent retried the same abort up tomax_retry_limittimes and the reason never reached the failure event. The abort now propagates carrying its reason and is re-raised right after the attempt's scope is closed, the waylitellmerrors already were. A hook returningFalseblocks the call the same way, so it stops being retried too.Evidence — agent with
max_retry_limit=2whose executor always raises, ordered byemission_sequence.Before
After
Evidence — same agent, executor raises once and then answers.
Before
After
Evidence — same agent, with a
PRE_MODEL_CALLhook that raisesHookAborted("execution blocked by policy 'Block the Writer agent'").Before
After