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fix(ai-sandbox): don't declare projection capability when no workspace - #2039
withSandbox throws on the first chat() when the sandbox has no workspace. The middleware lists sandbox-projection, and setup does not call provide(). This PR lists that capability only when the definition has a workspace.
withSandbox builds its provides list from definition.workspace. No workspace: the list is SandboxCapability only, so chat() does not throw. A workspace: the list also has ProjectionCapability, and setup still calls provide(). A later middleware that requires the projection still passes the check.
No docs page describes this list. The changeset states the corrected behavior.
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Root cause
Issue. A sandbox with no workspace cannot start a chat. Callers that resume an existing provider sandbox hit this error.
Cause.withSandbox put ProjectionCapability in provides. provideWorkspaceProjection runs only inside if (workspace !== undefined). MiddlewareRunner.runSetup then throws.
Fix. The provides list includes ProjectionCapability only when definition.workspace is set. That is the same moment setup calls provide(). chat() checks requires against this list before setup.
Possible alternatives
Omit projection from provides for every sandbox. That removes the throw. It also makes requires: [ProjectionCapability] fail when a workspace is present. This PR does not take that path.
Always call provide() with an empty projection. Adapters then project files and write a marker. This PR does not take that path.
Make workspace required on the type. That blocks a resume of a sandbox that already holds its files. This PR does not take that path.
Testing
Commands run.vitest run tests/tool-capability.test.ts in packages/ai-sandbox: 2 tests passed. pnpm test:pr was not run.
An agent-written repro on 48cbc66 (main) failed with declares it provides "sandbox-projection" but never called provide() in setup(). The same command on this branch passed.
Manual test.
On main, call chat() with withSandbox on a defineSandbox that has no workspace. The call throws declares it provides "sandbox-projection" but never called provide() in setup().
On this branch, run pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-sandbox exec vitest run tests/tool-capability.test.ts. Both tests pass.
The workspace test adds a middleware with requires: [ProjectionCapability]. That test fails if the list omits the capability.
How this PR makes testing easy.packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.ts covers both the no-workspace path and the requires path.
Risk is low. Revert the PR to restore the old provides list.
Public API change
withSandbox still has the same arguments. The static capability list now follows the workspace.
Before
constsandbox=defineSandbox({id: 'no-workspace',
provider,})chat({
adapter,threadId: 'thread-1',messages: [{role: 'user',content: 'hi'}],middleware: [withSandbox(sandbox)],})// throws: declares it provides "sandbox-projection" but never called provide()
After
constsandbox=defineSandbox({id: 'no-workspace',
provider,})chat({
adapter,threadId: 'thread-1',messages: [{role: 'user',content: 'hi'}],middleware: [withSandbox(sandbox)],})// the run starts, and no projection is provided
A sandbox that has a workspace still provides sandbox-projection. A middleware with requires: [ProjectionCapability] still passes.
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Bug Fixes
Sandbox middleware provides projection capability only when a workspace is configured. Sandboxes without a workspace provide sandbox capability, while workspace-backed sandboxes retain projection support.
Tests
Added coverage for sandbox behavior with and without a workspace, including middleware that requires projection capability and checks which capabilities are available to tools.
withSandbox now declares ProjectionCapability only when the sandbox definition includes a workspace. Tests cover projection availability with a workspace and its absence without one.
Changes: Sandbox capabilities
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Capability declaration and capability tests packages/ai-sandbox/src/middleware.ts, packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.ts, .changeset/sandbox-no-workspace-provides.md
withSandbox allows a sandbox-only capability tuple and conditionally declares ProjectionCapability. Tests check that projection-requiring middleware receives the capability when a workspace exists, and that a sandbox without a workspace remains available without projection. The changeset describes this behavior.
TanStack/ai#1981: Updates sandbox examples to declare a no-projection workspace. This PR omits ProjectionCapability when no workspace is declared.
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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 2438f
The conditional capability behavior is covered by the updated tests, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.
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The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: omitting the projection capability when no workspace exists.
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[#2034] The issue requires that a sandbox without workspace completes the first chat() call. The issue accepts either no projection for that case, or a required workspace type. The PR takes the …
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Every changed file relates to #2034. (1) packages/ai-sandbox/src/middleware.ts: the conditional provides list fixes the reported throw. The return-type union in the withSandbox signature matches…
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[#2034] The issue requires that a sandbox without workspace completes the first chat() call. The issue accepts either no projection for that case, or a required workspace type. The PR takes the first option. At the reviewed head, withSandbox in packages/ai-sandbox/src/middleware.ts sets provides to [SandboxCapability, ProjectionCapability] when definition.workspace !== undefined, and to [SandboxCapability] otherwise. setup calls provideWorkspaceProjection only inside the workspace branch. Therefore the no-workspace middleware no longer declares a capability that setup does not provide, and the MiddlewareRunner.runSetup error from the issue no longer applies. The test runs setup when the definition has no workspace (no projection provided) in packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.ts checks that setup runs, the sandbox is reachable from a server tool, and ProjectionCapability is absent. The workspace-backed test adds a middleware with requires: [ProjectionCapability] and checks that it passes and that the projection is present. The changeset .changeset/sandbox-no-workspace-provides.md states the same behavior. No coding requirement from #2034 is unmet. Limits: the test run result is taken from the PR description; I did not run the tests. The failing-case evidence from the issue is taken from the issue text and the PR's repro note, not from a run at this head.
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Every changed file relates to #2034. (1) packages/ai-sandbox/src/middleware.ts: the conditional provides list fixes the reported throw. The return-type union in the withSandbox signature matches the two possible provides tuples. The comment block was rewritten to describe the new rule. No other runtime behavior changed in the hunk shown. (2) packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.ts: the new imports (defineChatMiddleware, ProjectionCapability) support the requires check and the projection assertions. The added no-workspace test covers the reported case. (3) .changeset/sandbox-no-workspace-provides.md: a patch changeset for the published package @tanstack/ai-sandbox, which the PR's release section requires. No unrelated file or unrelated logic change appears in the reviewed diff.
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Assert that no projection is provided for a sandbox without a workspace.
The test runs setup when the definition has no workspace (no projection provided) asserts only the sandbox count and the SandboxCapability identity. Neither assertion depends on the projection. If withSandbox provided an empty projection for a definition without a workspace, both assertions would still pass.
Add an assertion that ProjectionCapability is absent from the capability context that the tool receives. This makes the test detect that regression. The mock adapter does not read the projection, so this context-level check is the guard this test can provide.
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Review comment at @packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.ts around
lines 136 - 137:
Update the test “runs setup when the definition has no workspace (no projection
provided)” to inspect the capability context received by the tool and assert
that it does not contain ProjectionCapability. Keep the existing sandbox-count
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bump and document the migration for middleware using ProjectionCapability: move
it from requires to optionalRequires and read the projection using the optional
form of getWorkspaceProjection. Keep the sandbox middleware’s existing provides
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- Around line 136-137: Update the test “runs setup when the definition has no
workspace (no projection provided)” to inspect the capability context received
by the tool and assert that it does not contain ProjectionCapability. Keep the
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Classify the removed ProjectionCapability requirement as breaking, and document the migration.
Middleware that lists ProjectionCapability in requires worked with workspace-backed sandboxes before this change. It now fails chat() before setup runs, because ProjectionCapability is no longer in the static provides set. A patch update therefore breaks those configurations.
CONTRIBUTING.md defines major as a breaking change to a published API surface and asks that maintainers be consulted first. Update the changeset bump, and add the migration path to its body: move the entry to optionalRequires and read the projection optionally.
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-'@tanstack/ai-sandbox': patch+'@tanstack/ai-sandbox': major
+Middleware that declares `requires: [ProjectionCapability]` now fails `chat()` for workspace-backed sandboxes. Move that entry to `optionalRequires` and read the projection with the optional form of `getWorkspaceProjection`.
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Update the changeset for @tanstack/ai-sandbox to a major bump and document the
migration for middleware using ProjectionCapability: move it from requires to
optionalRequires and read the projection using the optional form of
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chat() checks requires against the static provides list before setup.
Omit sandbox-projection when the definition has no workspace, and keep
it when setup will call provide().
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Thanks for the fix. I checked the no-workspace throw on main and on this branch: chat() no longer fails when there is no workspace, and provides still includes sandbox-projection when a workspace is set so requires keeps working. The tool-capability tests cover both paths.
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withSandboxthrows on the firstchat()when the sandbox has noworkspace. The middleware listssandbox-projection, andsetupdoes not callprovide(). This PR lists that capability only when the definition has a workspace.Fixes #2034.
🎯 Changes
withSandboxbuilds itsprovideslist fromdefinition.workspace. No workspace: the list isSandboxCapabilityonly, sochat()does not throw. A workspace: the list also hasProjectionCapability, andsetupstill callsprovide(). A later middleware thatrequiresthe projection still passes the check.No docs page describes this list. The changeset states the corrected behavior.
✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.docs/for this change, or this change is not user-facing.pnpm changeset), or this PR does not change a published package.🚀 Release Impact
Root cause
Issue. A sandbox with no workspace cannot start a chat. Callers that resume an existing provider sandbox hit this error.
Cause.
withSandboxputProjectionCapabilityinprovides.provideWorkspaceProjectionruns only insideif (workspace !== undefined).MiddlewareRunner.runSetupthen throws.Fix. The
provideslist includesProjectionCapabilityonly whendefinition.workspaceis set. That is the same momentsetupcallsprovide().chat()checksrequiresagainst this list beforesetup.Possible alternatives
providesfor every sandbox. That removes the throw. It also makesrequires: [ProjectionCapability]fail when a workspace is present. This PR does not take that path.provide()with an empty projection. Adapters then project files and write a marker. This PR does not take that path.workspacerequired on the type. That blocks a resume of a sandbox that already holds its files. This PR does not take that path.Testing
Commands run.
vitest run tests/tool-capability.test.tsinpackages/ai-sandbox: 2 tests passed.pnpm test:prwas not run.An agent-written repro on
48cbc66(main) failed withdeclares it provides "sandbox-projection" but never called provide() in setup(). The same command on this branch passed.Manual test.
chat()withwithSandboxon adefineSandboxthat has noworkspace. The call throwsdeclares it provides "sandbox-projection" but never called provide() in setup().pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-sandbox exec vitest run tests/tool-capability.test.ts. Both tests pass.requires: [ProjectionCapability]. That test fails if the list omits the capability.How this PR makes testing easy.
packages/ai-sandbox/tests/tool-capability.test.tscovers both the no-workspace path and therequirespath.Linked issues
Fixes #2034.
Risk / rollback
Risk is low. Revert the PR to restore the old
provideslist.Public API change
withSandboxstill has the same arguments. The static capability list now follows the workspace.Before
After
A sandbox that has a workspace still provides
sandbox-projection. A middleware withrequires: [ProjectionCapability]still passes.Summary by CodeRabbit