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Teknium 772cfb6c4e fix: stale agent timeout, uv venv detection, empty response after tools, compression model fallback (#9051, #8620, #9400) (#10093)
Four independent fixes:

1. Reset activity timestamp on cached agent reuse (#9051)
   When the gateway reuses a cached AIAgent for a new turn, the
   _last_activity_ts from the previous turn (possibly hours ago)
   carried over. The inactivity timeout handler immediately saw
   the agent as idle for hours and killed it.

   Fix: reset _last_activity_ts, _last_activity_desc, and
   _api_call_count when retrieving an agent from the cache.

2. Detect uv-managed virtual environments (#8620 sub-issue 1)
   The systemd unit generator fell back to sys.executable (uv's
   standalone Python) when running under 'uv run', because
   sys.prefix == sys.base_prefix. The generated ExecStart pointed
   to a Python binary without site-packages.

   Fix: check VIRTUAL_ENV env var before falling back to
   sys.executable. uv sets VIRTUAL_ENV even when sys.prefix
   doesn't reflect the venv.

3. Nudge model to continue after empty post-tool response (#9400)
   Weaker models sometimes return empty after tool calls. The agent
   silently abandoned the remaining work.

   Fix: append assistant('(empty)') + user nudge message and retry
   once. Resets after each successful tool round.

4. Compression model fallback on permanent errors (#8620 sub-issue 4)
   When the default summary model (gemini-3-flash) returns 503
   'model_not_found' on custom proxies, the compressor entered a
   600s cooldown, leaving context growing unbounded.

   Fix: detect permanent model-not-found errors (503, 404,
   'model_not_found', 'no available channel') and fall back to
   using the main model for compression instead of entering
   cooldown. One-time fallback with immediate retry.

Test plan: 40 compressor tests + 97 gateway/CLI tests + 9 venv tests pass
2026-04-14 22:38:17 -07:00
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