Regression: task directory is not followed on terminal requests

[pwilkin]

App Version

3.26.3

API Provider

Google Gemini

Model Used

gemini-pro-2.5

Roo Code Task Links (Optional)

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🔁 Steps to Reproduce

In a recent patch, the TerminalRegistry was patched to require a terminal that matches the task's directory. However, the registry does not track changes within the task, thus, the following sequence of actions will always fail:

execute_command cd subdir
execute_command command_from_subdir

💥 Outcome Summary

The TerminalRegistry should track the changes in the Task's working directory based on the cwd of the last terminal that was used. Instead, it always assumes the root directory of the project, so the above sequence will always spawn a new terminal on the second execute_command call, reading to failure.

In a wider scope, this means that whenever any cd something && action commands are performed, a new terminal is spawned every time after this happens, since the only matching terminals are the ones that match the root directory of the project.

📄 Relevant Logs or Errors (Optional)

[pwilkin]

@mrubens You might want to look at this since this is a regression caused by #7157

[mrubens]

I actually think that this should fail:

execute_command cd subdir
execute_command command_from_subdir

unless the model passes in a cwd along with the execute_command (cwd=subdir in the case of the second command).

Do you agree @pwilkin ?

[pwilkin]

@mrubens Yeah, the question is how well the model is informed about the cwd after the execution of the command and reminded that it should use the cwd parameter because the directory changed. From my observations, even the stronger models (i.e. Gemini Pro 2.5) have trouble following that one.

I think an added safeguard should be, that in the following case:

• model changed working directory with a previous command
• model performed an execute_command without cwd
• command exited with an error
  the model should get an additional tip "Your command failed - did you perhaps forget to add the cwd parameter after switching directories?"