fix(work): dispatch cursor-agent with stream-json to avoid idle-timeout false positives - #594
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughCursor now receives stream-JSON output, uses Claude-compatible reply parsing, and has regression tests for dispatch arguments and multi-line response extraction. ChangesCursor stream-JSON support
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…ut false positives (#183) cursor-agent was dispatched with its default text output format, same as the pre-#489 Claude Code behavior: run_captured's idle-timeout (default 300s) writes nothing to stdout until the run finishes, so any real, longer cursor-agent task gets killed as a false-positive hang. build_extra_args now also passes --output-format stream-json for Agent::Cursor (without the Claude-Code-only --verbose/--max-turns/ --max-cost-usd flags, unconfirmed for cursor-agent), and clean_agent_reply parses cursor-agent's stream-json transcript the same way as Claude Code's. New test lives in its own file (cli/work/cursor_dispatch_tests.rs) since src/cli/work.rs is frozen at the LOC gate's limit. Agentflare-Agent: claude-code Agentflare-Branch: task/183-fix-cursor-agent-stream-json-idle-timeout Agentflare-Item: 183
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In `@src/cli/work.rs`:
- Around line 223-234: Update the comment near run_captured to replace the stale
“300s default” reference with the actual 21,600-second default or a reference to
the --timeout default; do not change runtime behavior.
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| /// permission-bypass flag, plus — for Claude Code and cursor-agent, the | ||
| /// only agents with a confirmed `--output-format stream-json` headless mode | ||
| /// — that flag (Claude Code also needs `--verbose`, confirmed by hand: | ||
| /// omitting it errors with "--print with stream-json output requires | ||
| /// --verbose", plus any `--max-turns`/`--max-cost-usd` asked for). Others | ||
| /// get only their bypass flag; a caller-supplied cap is dropped with a | ||
| /// warning rather than guessed at. NOT plain `--output-format json`: it | ||
| /// writes nothing until the run finishes (confirmed by hand: 0 bytes for | ||
| /// 54s+ on a trivial task), so `run_captured`'s idle-timeout (300s default) | ||
| /// kills a real, longer task as a false positive — item #43's cause (and | ||
| /// cursor-agent's default `text` format, item #183's). `parse_claude_reply` | ||
| /// reads the reply off stream-json's final line. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Correct the stale idle-timeout value.
This comment says the default is 300 seconds, but DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS resolves to DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS, which is 21,600 seconds. This makes the rationale inconsistent with the actual runtime configuration. Refer to --timeout or state the current 21,600-second default.
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-/// reads the reply off stream-json's final line.
+/// reads the reply off stream-json's final line.Update the earlier phrase from 300s default to 21600s default or same as --timeout.
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In `@src/cli/work.rs` around lines 223 - 234, Update the comment near run_captured
to replace the stale “300s default” reference with the actual 21,600-second
default or a reference to the --timeout default; do not change runtime behavior.
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Fixes item #183.
cursor-agent is dispatched with its default
textoutput format, same as the pre-#489 Claude Code behavior:run_captured's idle-timeout (default 300s) writes nothing to stdout until the run finishes, so any real, longer cursor-agent task gets killed as a false-positive hang.build_extra_args(src/cli/work.rs) already fixed this for Claude Code by forcing--output-format stream-json, andclean_agent_reply/parse_claude_reply(src/agent_launch.rs) strip that transcript back down to the real reply. Neither branched onAgent::Cursorbefore this.Fix
build_extra_argsnow also passes--output-format stream-jsonforAgent::Cursor(without the Claude-Code-only--verbose/--max-turns/--max-cost-usdflags, which are unconfirmed for cursor-agent).clean_agent_replynow parses cursor-agent's stream-json transcript the same way as Claude Code's.src/cli/work/cursor_dispatch_tests.rs(own file sincesrc/cli/work.rsis frozen at the LOC gate's limit).Provenance
This fix was originally written and tested on a stale worktree/branch (
task/145-test7) that got misfiled under a throwaway test item (#145, "test7") and never committed or opened as a PR. Refiled here under a real item (#183) with the diff re-applied cleanly on top of current master.Verified:
cargo build, targetedcargo test(12 passed),cargo fmt --check,cargo clippy(CI's flags), and the repo'sscripts/loc-gate.sh.Summary by CodeRabbit
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