fix: display shell output as static text instead of spinner #6041

clouatre · 2025-12-10T15:14:18Z

Summary

Shell command output (like device codes from gh auth login) was being displayed as spinner messages, causing critical information to be hidden or lost. This fix extracts the notification type from MCP logging messages and prints shell_output directly as static text, following the same pattern as task_execution notifications.

Type of Change

Bug fix

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Manual testing:

Tested gh auth login - device code now displays correctly as static text
Verified shell output streams line-by-line without spinner corruption

Automated testing:

✅ Unit tests: cargo test --package goose-cli (101/101 passed)
✅ Linter: ./scripts/clippy-lint.sh (clean, no new warnings)
✅ Format: cargo fmt --check (passing)

Changes:

crates/goose-cli/src/session/mod.rs (+16, -2 lines)
- Extract type field from MCP notifications (lines 1089-1093)
- Add shell_output handling to print directly without spinner (lines 1128-1138)

Related Issues

Partial fix for #3196 - addresses shell output streaming during command execution. The original issue requests a hotkey to show full tool output; this fix ensures streaming output displays correctly in real-time.

Screenshots/Demos (for UX changes)

Before: Device code from gh auth login was hidden in spinner animation
After: Device code displays immediately as static text:

─── shell | developer ──────────────────────────
command: gh auth login

! First copy your one-time code: 85A2-6D9A
Open this URL to continue in your web browser: https://github.com/login/device

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a bug where shell command output (like device codes from gh auth login) was being displayed as spinner messages, causing critical information to be hidden. The fix extracts the notification type from MCP logging messages and prints shell_output directly as static text, following the same pattern used for task_execution notifications.

Key changes:

Added notification type extraction for MCP notifications with output field
Implemented dedicated handling for shell_output notification type to display output as static text without spinner interference

clouatre · 2025-12-12T15:52:41Z

Related:

Addresses shell output visibility during execution (related to PR #2613 broke goose cli developer shell tool calls #2767 shell truncation from feat: Handle MCP server notification messages #2613)
See also feat: add hotkey to toggle full tool output display #6067 (proposed hotkey for truncated output) and Add a hotkey to show full tool output #3196 (original truncation request)

Context: This PR fixes streaming shell output being hidden in spinners during command execution.

crates/goose-cli/src/session/mod.rs

alexhancock · 2025-12-12T22:18:10Z

If you can do the DCO check we can merge https://github.com/block/goose/pull/6041/checks?check_run_id=57941985111

Shell command output (like device codes from 'gh auth login') was being displayed as spinner messages, causing critical information to be hidden. This fix extracts the notification type and prints shell_output directly as static text, following the same pattern as task_execution notifications. The conditional logic was simplified to avoid duplicate println calls between interactive and non-interactive modes. Partial fix for block#3196 Signed-off-by: Hugues Clouâtre <[email protected]>

clouatre · 2025-12-12T22:34:38Z

@alexhancock DCO fixed and all checks passing now. Thanks for the quick reviews!

alexhancock · 2025-12-16T20:37:37Z

@clouatre Nice - thanks!

…s-predefined-models * 'main' of github.com:block/goose: (81 commits) fix: display shell output as static text instead of spinner (#6041) fix : Custom providers with empty API keys show as configured in desktop (#6105) Add .agents/skills and ~/.config/agent/skills to skills discovery paths (#6139) fix: use instructions for system prompt and prompt for user message in subagents (#6121) Fix compaction loop for small models or large input (#5803) feat: Centralize theme management with ThemeContext (#6137) OpenRouter & Xai streaming (#5873) fix: resolve mcp-hermit cleanup path expansion issue (#5953) feat: add goose PR reviewer workflow (#6124) perf: Avoid repeated MCP queries during streaming responses (#6138) Fix YAML serialization for recipes with special characters (#5796) Add more posthog analytics (privacy aware) (#6122) docs: add Sugar MCP server to extensions registry (#6077) Fix tokenState loading on new sessions (#6129) bump bedrock dep versions (#6090) Don't persist ephemeral extensions when resuming sessions (#5974) chore(deps): bump mdast-util-to-hast from 13.2.0 to 13.2.1 in /ui/desktop (#5939) chore(deps): bump node-forge from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 in /documentation (#5898) Add Scorecard supply-chain security workflow (#5810) Don't show subagent tool when we're a subagent (#6125) ... # Conflicts: # crates/goose/src/providers/formats/databricks.rs

* main: fix: we don't need to warn about tool count when in code mode (#6149) deps: upgrade agent-client-protocol to 0.9.0 (#6109) fix(providers): fix for gemini-cli on windows to work around cmd's multiline prompt limitations #5911 (#5966) More slash commands (#5858) fix: MCP UI not rendering due to CallToolResult structure change (#6143) fix: display shell output as static text instead of spinner (#6041) fix : Custom providers with empty API keys show as configured in desktop (#6105) Add .agents/skills and ~/.config/agent/skills to skills discovery paths (#6139) fix: use instructions for system prompt and prompt for user message in subagents (#6121) Fix compaction loop for small models or large input (#5803) feat: Centralize theme management with ThemeContext (#6137) OpenRouter & Xai streaming (#5873) fix: resolve mcp-hermit cleanup path expansion issue (#5953) feat: add goose PR reviewer workflow (#6124) perf: Avoid repeated MCP queries during streaming responses (#6138) Fix YAML serialization for recipes with special characters (#5796) Add more posthog analytics (privacy aware) (#6122) docs: add Sugar MCP server to extensions registry (#6077)

* origin/main: (57 commits) docs: create/edit recipe button (#6145) fix(google): Fix 400 Bad Request error with Gemini 3 thought signatures (#6035) fix: we don't need to warn about tool count when in code mode (#6149) deps: upgrade agent-client-protocol to 0.9.0 (#6109) fix(providers): fix for gemini-cli on windows to work around cmd's multiline prompt limitations #5911 (#5966) More slash commands (#5858) fix: MCP UI not rendering due to CallToolResult structure change (#6143) fix: display shell output as static text instead of spinner (#6041) fix : Custom providers with empty API keys show as configured in desktop (#6105) Add .agents/skills and ~/.config/agent/skills to skills discovery paths (#6139) fix: use instructions for system prompt and prompt for user message in subagents (#6121) Fix compaction loop for small models or large input (#5803) feat: Centralize theme management with ThemeContext (#6137) OpenRouter & Xai streaming (#5873) fix: resolve mcp-hermit cleanup path expansion issue (#5953) feat: add goose PR reviewer workflow (#6124) perf: Avoid repeated MCP queries during streaming responses (#6138) Fix YAML serialization for recipes with special characters (#5796) Add more posthog analytics (privacy aware) (#6122) docs: add Sugar MCP server to extensions registry (#6077) ...

…icing * 'main' of github.com:block/goose: (35 commits) docs: skills (#6062) fix: add conditional configuration for GOOSE_BIN_DIR in PATH (#5940) Update dependencies to help in Fedora packaging (#5835) fix: make goose reviewer less bad (#6154) docs: create/edit recipe button (#6145) fix(google): Fix 400 Bad Request error with Gemini 3 thought signatures (#6035) fix: we don't need to warn about tool count when in code mode (#6149) deps: upgrade agent-client-protocol to 0.9.0 (#6109) fix(providers): fix for gemini-cli on windows to work around cmd's multiline prompt limitations #5911 (#5966) More slash commands (#5858) fix: MCP UI not rendering due to CallToolResult structure change (#6143) fix: display shell output as static text instead of spinner (#6041) fix : Custom providers with empty API keys show as configured in desktop (#6105) Add .agents/skills and ~/.config/agent/skills to skills discovery paths (#6139) fix: use instructions for system prompt and prompt for user message in subagents (#6121) Fix compaction loop for small models or large input (#5803) feat: Centralize theme management with ThemeContext (#6137) OpenRouter & Xai streaming (#5873) fix: resolve mcp-hermit cleanup path expansion issue (#5953) feat: add goose PR reviewer workflow (#6124) ...

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Add a hotkey to show full tool output #3196

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clouatre force-pushed the fix/tool-output-user-audience branch from 1afa1c5 to adbaeca Compare December 12, 2025 22:27

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chore(release): release version 1.18.0 (minor) #6194

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CLI shell output streaming too verbose in v1.18.0 #6216

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