feat(task): orchestrator new_task thinking_effort - #1355
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…nd adaptive effort envelope DTE series 2/5 (part of Zoo-Code-Org#1329). - ApiHandlerCreateMessageMetadata.reasoningEffort: per-request override channel - resolveEffectiveReasoningEffort: single shared resolution point (override > settings > model default) - AnthropicHandler: adaptive output_config.effort envelope in both requestParams branches (in-range only) - Task: setRuntimeThinkingEffort/getRuntimeThinkingEffort with in-memory apiConfiguration merge/restore, per-request metadata at all four createMessage sites, dispose() reset; never persisted
DTE series 2/5 — addresses the CodeRabbit review finding on Zoo-Code-Org#1338: when a task-local thinking-effort override is active, updateApiConfiguration() now re-captures the incoming profile's reasoningEffort as the restore value and re-applies the override on top of the new in-memory copy, so clearing the override restores the NEW profile value instead of the stale one. Additive: activation and clearing semantics are otherwise unchanged. Adds two regression tests (override active + profile switch restores new value; inactive updateApiConfiguration unchanged behavior).
DTE series 2/5 — addresses the CodeRabbit docstring-coverage warning on Zoo-Code-Org#1338 (33.33% < 80% across the functions touched by the diff): - AnthropicHandler.createMessage: documents the shared effective-effort resolution and the adaptive output_config.effort envelope (in-range only). - Task.dispose: documents centralized teardown incl. the transient task-local override reset. - Task.updateApiConfiguration: documents the override-preservation behavior (re-captured restore value + re-applied override on the new in-memory copy). Comment-only change: 30/30 patch lines and 10/10 branches unchanged; 317/317 tests and tsc --noEmit re-verified green.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds dynamic thinking-effort handling for delegated tasks. It validates optional ChangesDynamic thinking effort
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new task-effort flow can submit a different level than the one shown, mishandle models that advertise reasoning support, or apply a level unsupported by the selected child model, causing rejected requests or incorrect subtask behavior. Merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant NativeNewTask
participant NewTaskTool
participant ChatView
participant WebviewMessageHandler
participant Task
participant ClineProvider
NativeNewTask->>NewTaskTool: provide optional thinking_effort
NewTaskTool->>ChatView: send supported effort levels
ChatView->>WebviewMessageHandler: submit selected effort
WebviewMessageHandler->>Task: forward ask response and effort
Task->>ClineProvider: delegate child with resolved effort
ClineProvider->>Task: initialize child override
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In `@src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts`:
- Around line 67-83: Update the capability normalization in the NewTaskTool flow
around modelCapabilities so a true supportsReasoningEffort value becomes
NEW_TASK_EFFORT_LEVELS, while false and undefined remain unsupported. Reuse the
normalized levels consistently for thinking_effort validation,
supportedThinkingEfforts, and askEffortSupported.
In `@src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts`:
- Around line 3870-3875: Update NewTaskTool.execute() so thinking_effort is
validated against the target mode’s resolved child model after the mode switch,
then revalidate it immediately before child.setRuntimeThinkingEffort(). Preserve
valid effort behavior and reject or handle levels unsupported by the child
model. Add a regression test covering a target mode whose model supports
different effort levels.
In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx`:
- Around line 1803-1815: Normalize newTaskAskEffort during the ask prefill flow
by replacing unsupported or unset values with the first entry in
newTaskAskSupportedEfforts, so component state matches the displayed selection.
Simplify the Thinking effort select to bind directly to the normalized state and
preserve its change handler. Add focused tests covering unchanged unsupported
prefills, posted thinkingEffort, and getStateToPostToWebview() behavior for
true, false, and unset defaults.
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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx`:
- Around line 363-368: Refresh the visual baselines for the new-task approval
layout by running the Docker visual test command, then update baselines only if
the layout change is expected; commit only the Docker-generated baseline files.
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| const modelCapabilities = task.api.getModel().info.supportsReasoningEffort | ||
| let validatedEffort: ReasoningEffortExtended | undefined | ||
| if (thinking_effort !== undefined && thinking_effort !== "") { | ||
| const supportedLevels = Array.isArray(modelCapabilities) ? modelCapabilities : [] | ||
| if (!isNewTaskEffortLevel(thinking_effort) || !supportedLevels.includes(thinking_effort)) { | ||
| const reason = !isNewTaskEffortLevel(thinking_effort) | ||
| ? `must be one of: ${NEW_TASK_EFFORT_LEVELS.join(", ")}` | ||
| : supportedLevels.length > 0 | ||
| ? `the target model only supports: ${ | ||
| supportedLevels.filter((level) => level !== "disable").join(", ") || "none" | ||
| }` | ||
| : "the target model does not support thinking_effort" | ||
| pushToolResult(formatResponse.toolError(`Invalid thinking_effort '${thinking_effort}'. ${reason}`)) | ||
| return | ||
| } | ||
| validatedEffort = thinking_effort | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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Handle boolean supportsReasoningEffort capabilities.
When the capability is true, normalize it to NEW_TASK_EFFORT_LEVELS and reuse the normalized levels for validation, supportedThinkingEfforts, and askEffortSupported. Keep false and undefined unsupported.
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In `@src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts` around lines 67 - 83, Update the capability
normalization in the NewTaskTool flow around modelCapabilities so a true
supportsReasoningEffort value becomes NEW_TASK_EFFORT_LEVELS, while false and
undefined remain unsupported. Reuse the normalized levels consistently for
thinking_effort validation, supportedThinkingEfforts, and askEffortSupported.
| // DTE series 5/5: apply the subtask start effort as a task-local override before | ||
| // the child's first request so the child header shows it from the start. | ||
| // Source "parent" — set by the orchestrator, not the child's own settings. | ||
| if (thinkingEffort !== undefined) { | ||
| child.setRuntimeThinkingEffort(thinkingEffort, "parent") | ||
| } |
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Validate effort against the child model after the mode switch.
NewTaskTool.execute() validates thinking_effort against the parent model. This method switches to the target mode before it creates the child. A mode-specific provider profile can change the model. For example, "high" can be valid for the parent model but invalid for the child model. Lines 3873-3875 then apply it without a child capability check.
Resolve the target model capabilities before approval, and revalidate before child.setRuntimeThinkingEffort(). Add a regression test where the target mode uses a model with different supported levels.
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In `@src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts` around lines 3870 - 3875, Update
NewTaskTool.execute() so thinking_effort is validated against the target mode’s
resolved child model after the mode switch, then revalidate it immediately
before child.setRuntimeThinkingEffort(). Preserve valid effort behavior and
reject or handle levels unsupported by the child model. Add a regression test
covering a target mode whose model supports different effort levels.
| <select | ||
| aria-label="Thinking effort" | ||
| value={ | ||
| newTaskAskEffort && | ||
| newTaskAskSupportedEfforts.includes(newTaskAskEffort) | ||
| ? newTaskAskEffort | ||
| : newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0] | ||
| } | ||
| onChange={(event) => | ||
| // The select only offers model-supported levels (rendered below), so the | ||
| // raw value is a ReasoningEffortExtended. | ||
| setNewTaskAskEffort(event.target.value as ReasoningEffortExtended) | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Normalize the selection state instead of only the rendered value.
The value expression falls back to newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0] when newTaskAskEffort is not in the supported list, but it does not update newTaskAskEffort. The rendered value and the submitted value then differ.
Reproduce: the ask payload carries thinkingEffort: "xhigh" with supportedThinkingEfforts: ["low", "high"]. The select shows low. If the user approves without changing the select, Line 834 posts thinkingEffort: "xhigh". NewTaskTool rejects that unsupported value and falls back to the validated or parent effort, so the child starts with an effort the user never saw.
Normalize at prefill time so state and display always agree.
🐛 Proposed fix: normalize on prefill
Apply this diff at Lines 365-368:
if (tool.tool === "newTask") {
- setNewTaskAskEffort(tool.thinkingEffort)
- setNewTaskAskSupportedEfforts(tool.supportedThinkingEfforts)
+ const supported = tool.supportedThinkingEfforts
+ setNewTaskAskSupportedEfforts(supported)
+ // Keep state and the rendered selection identical, so approving
+ // without touching the select submits the displayed level.
+ setNewTaskAskEffort(
+ supported && supported.length > 0
+ ? tool.thinkingEffort && supported.includes(tool.thinkingEffort)
+ ? tool.thinkingEffort
+ : supported[0]
+ : tool.thinkingEffort,
+ )
}Then simplify the select at Lines 1805-1810:
- value={
- newTaskAskEffort &&
- newTaskAskSupportedEfforts.includes(newTaskAskEffort)
- ? newTaskAskEffort
- : newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0]
- }
+ value={newTaskAskEffort ?? newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0]}Add a test that changes nothing in the select for an unsupported prefill and asserts the posted thinkingEffort equals the displayed level.
As per path instructions: "Add focused tests for UI binding and save behavior, persistence or normalization, and the value returned by getStateToPostToWebview(), including true and false/unset cases when defaults could hide omissions."
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| <select | |
| aria-label="Thinking effort" | |
| value={ | |
| newTaskAskEffort && | |
| newTaskAskSupportedEfforts.includes(newTaskAskEffort) | |
| ? newTaskAskEffort | |
| : newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0] | |
| } | |
| onChange={(event) => | |
| // The select only offers model-supported levels (rendered below), so the | |
| // raw value is a ReasoningEffortExtended. | |
| setNewTaskAskEffort(event.target.value as ReasoningEffortExtended) | |
| } | |
| if (tool.tool === "newTask") { | |
| const supported = tool.supportedThinkingEfforts | |
| setNewTaskAskSupportedEfforts(supported) | |
| // Keep state and the rendered selection identical, so approving | |
| // without touching the select submits the displayed level. | |
| setNewTaskAskEffort( | |
| supported && supported.length > 0 | |
| ? tool.thinkingEffort && supported.includes(tool.thinkingEffort) | |
| ? tool.thinkingEffort | |
| : supported[0] | |
| : tool.thinkingEffort, | |
| ) | |
| } |
| <select | |
| aria-label="Thinking effort" | |
| value={ | |
| newTaskAskEffort && | |
| newTaskAskSupportedEfforts.includes(newTaskAskEffort) | |
| ? newTaskAskEffort | |
| : newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0] | |
| } | |
| onChange={(event) => | |
| // The select only offers model-supported levels (rendered below), so the | |
| // raw value is a ReasoningEffortExtended. | |
| setNewTaskAskEffort(event.target.value as ReasoningEffortExtended) | |
| } | |
| <select | |
| aria-label="Thinking effort" | |
| value={newTaskAskEffort ?? newTaskAskSupportedEfforts[0]} | |
| onChange={(event) => | |
| // The select only offers model-supported levels (rendered below), so the | |
| // raw value is a ReasoningEffortExtended. | |
| setNewTaskAskEffort(event.target.value as ReasoningEffortExtended) | |
| } |
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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx` around lines 1803 - 1815,
Normalize newTaskAskEffort during the ask prefill flow by replacing unsupported
or unset values with the first entry in newTaskAskSupportedEfforts, so component
state matches the displayed selection. Simplify the Thinking effort select to
bind directly to the normalized state and preserve its change handler. Add
focused tests covering unchanged unsupported prefills, posted thinkingEffort,
and getStateToPostToWebview() behavior for true, false, and unset defaults.
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Closes #1332
DTE series 5/5 (final):
feat(orchestrator): new_task thinking_effort — subtask start effort, switchable before entering.What
new_taskgains the optionalthinking_effortparameter (string; schemarequiredunchanged).task.api.getModel().info.supportsReasoningEffort) — invalid level, unsupported level, or a model with no capability array all short-circuit with atoolErrorresult before the approval ask.reasoningEffort→ model default; the settings"disable"sentinel maps toundefined).new_taskask payload pre-fills the webview effort selector (effort + supported levels, with"disable"filtered out); the webview forwards the selection via the newWebviewMessage.thinkingEffortfield; Task stores it (handleWebviewAskResponse4th arg) and NewTaskTool consumes it once (takeNewTaskAskThinkingEffort). Ask-block selection wins over the model-specified value, which wins over the parent effective effort; an unsupported ask selection falls back the same way.delegateParentAndOpenChildacceptsthinkingEffortand applies it to the fresh child viasetRuntimeThinkingEffort(effort, "parent")(PR-2 API) before the child's first request — never persisted.Stacking
setRuntimeThinkingEffort/getRuntimeThinkingEffort, still OPEN) — the branch base includes dte-290b47b053+ the upstream/main refresh (merge commitcce1aea64).cce1aea64; this PR adds one commit146c5c826+ the upstream/main refresh mergef6410bb68(upstream/main advanced87077e1b1→78c712ac4during the refresh; merge was clean).cce1aea64...146c5c826, 15 files, +1041/−16).Pre-submission checklist
newTaskThinkingEffort.spec.ts) covering schema param, validation branches, ask payload pre-fill, and effort precedence — plus Task-level plumbing spec (Task.new-task-effort.spec.ts: resolve/take/askResponse capture/dispose), handler ask pass-through, and provider child-init teststhinkingEffortargumenttsc --noEmitgreen for src, webview-ui, and packages/types (repo-wide turbo check-types via pre-push also green)eslint --prune-suppressions --max-warnings=0green on all touched src files (suppression budgets unchanged;src/eslint-suppressions.jsonnever staged)node scripts/find-missing-translations.jsgreen (no new i18n keys)git fetch upstream && git merge upstream/main(clean;87077e1b1→78c712ac4)Draft until CI green, then ready for review.
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