fix(cursor): normalize empty and failure-state Computer Use tool results (#1920) - #2038
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…lts (#1920) Scoped re-implementation of PR #1920 per the campaign disposition (REDESIGN-SMALL: apply formatted text at the native toolResultPart plus a decode test). Resolves the #1866 empty/truncated Computer Use results. - New tool-result-normalize.ts: blank or empty-exec-wrapper output on node_repl / Computer Use tools becomes an actionable error; known runtime failure states reported as plain text (SkyComputerUseError, sky is not defined, redeclared identifier, unsupported import) are marked isError with one-line recovery guidance. Everything else passes byte-identical. - Wired at all four wire sites: toolResultContentItems (native McpText), toolResultPart (McpSuccess.isError), toolResultToText (replay text), and the two sites that bypass it — the externalModel branch of conversationTurns (the cursor/grok-4.6 repro path) and the root-prompt prefix. - Decode test proves the native ConversationStep wire carries the normalized text and isError via fromBinary, plus unit rows per failure state and byte-identical passes for non-computer-use tools. Out of scope (deferred, disclosed on the issue): screenshot stripping and AXTree text compaction from the original PR — the native path already bounds step size by real serialized bytes, dropping images oldest-first. Credit: original PR #1920.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Cursor adapter adds shared normalization for Computer Use and ChangesCursor tool-result normalization
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Text-only tool results can still reach Cursor without the intended empty-result error or failure recovery guidance, producing inconsistent behavior for users. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed and covered by native-wire tests before merging. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CursorToolResult
participant normalizeCursorToolResultText
participant CursorProtobufRequest
participant CursorReplayTurn
CursorToolResult->>normalizeCursorToolResultText: Provide text, tool identity, and error state
normalizeCursorToolResultText->>CursorProtobufRequest: Return normalized text and error state
CursorProtobufRequest->>CursorReplayTurn: Emit normalized replay and native wire results
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In `@src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts`:
- Around line 493-515: Normalize all-text OcxContentPart[] results consistently
with raw-string results before native serialization, while preserving encrypted,
image-bearing, and undecodable content unchanged. Update the shared
normalizedToolResult flow and the native serialization paths at
src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts lines 433-437, 493-515, and 570-578 to
reuse both normalized text and isError. Extend
tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts lines 47-73 with a content-part helper
and add native-wire regressions at lines 120-145 for empty and known-failure
text-only parts.
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| const normalized = normalizedToolResult(message, contentToText(message.content)); | ||
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| "[tool_result]", | ||
| `call_id: ${message.toolCallId}`, | ||
| `name: ${namespacedToolName(message.toolNamespace, message.toolName)}`, | ||
| `is_error: ${message.isError}`, | ||
| `is_error: ${normalized.isError}`, | ||
| "output:", | ||
| contentToText(message.content), | ||
| normalized.text, | ||
| ].join("\n"); | ||
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| /** | ||
| * Shared #1920 normalization entry: pure-text results only. Image-bearing or | ||
| * encrypted results pass through untouched (their content is not plain text). | ||
| */ | ||
| function normalizedToolResult(message: OcxToolResultMessage, text: string): { text: string; isError: boolean } { | ||
| if (message.containsEncryptedContent) return { text, isError: message.isError }; | ||
| return normalizeCursorToolResultText(text, { | ||
| toolName: message.toolName, | ||
| toolNamespace: message.toolNamespace, | ||
| isError: message.isError, | ||
| }); | ||
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Normalize text-only content-part results before native serialization.
OcxToolResultMessage.content permits OcxContentPart[]. When that array contains only text, decodeResultParts() returns an array. Lines 433-437 then bypass normalization, and Lines 570-578 retain message.isError.
A node_repl result with content: [{ type: "text", text: "" }] and isError: false therefore reaches the native McpSuccessSchema as blank non-error output. A text-part result containing ReferenceError: sky is not defined also reaches native Cursor without recovery guidance. Root and fallback replay paths normalize contentToText(message.content), so the same logical result has different text and error state by encoding path.
src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts#L493-L515: Classify content as normalizable when it is a raw string or an all-text part sequence. Preserve encrypted, image-bearing, and undecodable content.src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts#L433-L437: Use the shared normalized text for all normalizable content forms.src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts#L570-L578: Use the same normalizedisErrorvalue for all normalizable content forms.tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts#L47-L73: Extend the request helper, or add a helper, to constructOcxContentPart[]tool results.tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts#L120-L145: Add native-wire regressions for empty and known-failure text-only content parts.
As per path instructions, “A behavior change in src/ should come with a focused regression test near the existing tests for that subsystem.”
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In `@src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts` around lines 493 - 515, Normalize
all-text OcxContentPart[] results consistently with raw-string results before
native serialization, while preserving encrypted, image-bearing, and undecodable
content unchanged. Update the shared normalizedToolResult flow and the native
serialization paths at src/adapters/cursor/protobuf-request.ts lines 433-437,
493-515, and 570-578 to reuse both normalized text and isError. Extend
tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts lines 47-73 with a content-part helper
and add native-wire regressions at lines 120-145 for empty and known-failure
text-only parts.
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The narrow redesign is valuable and the string-result path is correctly covered, but the current exact head still has one merge blocker: text-only structured content bypasses the normalization entirely.
decodeResultParts() returns an array for OcxContentPart[], so toolResultContentItems() takes the parts branch and emits each text part without calling normalizedToolResult(). toolResultPart() also keeps message.isError whenever parts exists. Therefore an empty or known-failure node_repl result represented as [{ type: "text", text: "..." }] reaches the native Cursor wire unchanged with isError: false, even though the byte-equivalent raw string is repaired.
Please normalize an all-text content array through the same shared { text, isError } result before native serialization. Preserve image-bearing, encrypted, and undecodable content exactly as today. Add native-wire regressions for both an empty text-part array and a known failure marker, plus a control proving image-bearing content is untouched. Once that is fixed and exact-head CI remains green, this should stay a strong merge candidate for #1920.
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Follow-up #2044 covers the remaining exact-head gap from this merge: pure-text The follow-up shares the normalization result between native protobuf text and |
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Summary
Scoped re-implementation of PR #1920 per the 260818 campaign disposition matrix (REDESIGN-SMALL: apply formatted text at the native toolResultPart + decode test). Resolves #1866 (Cursor Computer Use / node_repl tool results come back empty or truncated).
src/adapters/cursor/tool-result-normalize.ts: blank or empty-exec-wrapper output on node_repl / Computer Use tools becomes an actionable error ("verify application state with get_app_state"); known runtime failure states reported as plain text (SkyComputerUseError, sky is not defined, redeclared identifier, unsupported import in exec) are marked isError with one-line recovery guidance. All other text passes through byte-identical.toolResultContentItems(native McpText),toolResultPart(McpSuccess.isError),toolResultToText(replay text), the externalModel branch ofconversationTurns(the cursor/grok-4.6 repro path), and the root-prompt prefix.Deferred (disclosed on #1866 at close): screenshot stripping and AXTree text compaction from the original 867-line PR — the native path already bounds step size by real serialized bytes, dropping images oldest-first.
Supersedes and credits #1920. Campaign unit: devlog/_plan/260818_bug_pr_resolution (020 doc).
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bun test ./tests/cursor-toolresult-normalize.test.ts— 12 pass (incl. 3 native-wire decode tests)bun test tests/cursor-glob — 650 pass / 0 fail across 36 filesbun x tsc --noEmitexit 0Checklist
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