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fix(kiro): resubmit a finished answer on the completion retry - #8070
On a trivial request such as "Reply with exactly: OK", Kiro's claude-sonnet-5 gave the right answer, but the client received "There's no active task in this conversation for me to continue" instead. This reproduced on every attempt through Claude Code (tools present, so the completion tool is required). claude-opus-5.5 and claude-sonnet-5.5 were not affected.
Captured upstream frames show the sequence:
First send: assistantResponseEvent "O", "K", then metadataEvent {"stopReason":"END_TURN"}, with no call to the private completion tool. In required mode plain text with END_TURN is deliberately not trusted as a final answer (Kiro turns sometimes stop after a progress message #531), so the one bounded retry fires (recoveryKinds: ["empty-completion"]).
Retry send: the history replays the assistant "OK", followed by KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGE, which began "Continue the existing task…". The model read that as the user's next message and called codex_kiro_final_answer with "There's no active task…". That valid completion replaced the held "OK", as designed.
The 5.5 models call the completion tool on the first send and never reach the retry. Thinking is not the trigger: it reproduces with no effort at all.
The fix only rewords KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGE in src/adapters/kiro-constants.ts. The new message states that ordinary text has not reached the user, and asks for an already complete reply to be resubmitted unchanged through the completion tool. The blocking-question clause, the "next real tool call" clause and "do not solicit a new task" are kept. The resubmit sentence is conditional, because when nothing was replayed (reasoning only) the instruction is appended to the original user turn and there is no previous reply. The empty-completion classification is unchanged.
structure/providers/kiro.md documents the case.
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Review follow-ups (CodeRabbit):
The retry instruction keeps a direct completion route for a retry with no previous reply: "If the task is complete, call codex_kiro_final_answer now with the complete final answer; if your previous reply already was that answer, submit it unchanged." Re-checked live on claude-sonnet-5 with this wording: plain-text "OK" → "OK"; reasoning-only → "OK"; progress text → Bash tool call; real end to end → "OK".
docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md documents the instruction and the resubmit behavior.
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Result
New regression tests
bun test tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-retry-wording.test.ts
3 pass; the message-text test fails on the old wording
Kiro provider tests
bun scripts/test.ts --parallel=1 ./tests/providers/kiro
689 pass, 0 fail
Kiro server end-to-end and empty-completion guard
bun scripts/test.ts --parallel=1 ./tests/server/server-kiro-completion-e2e.test.ts ./tests/server/server-kiro-refusal-e2e.test.ts ./tests/server/server-kiro-usage-log-e2e.test.ts ./tests/responses/empty-completion-guard.test.ts
102 pass, 0 fail
Layout and file-size ratchet
bun test tests/test-layout.test.ts tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts
38 pass, 0 fail
Typecheck
bun run typecheck
pass
Structure SSOT
bun run structure:check
pass
Privacy scan
bun run privacy:scan
pass
The new test file is registered in scripts/test-layout/layout.json on an existing line, so the file stays at its 1,999-line cap.
Live checks against the Kiro runtime, using a probe that runs this branch's adapter directly (about 10 tiny requests):
Case
Old wording
New wording
First reply "OK" as plain text
"no active task"
"OK" (3 of 3)
End to end, no effort, Claude Code-style system prompt
wrong answer
"OK" after the retry
End to end, effort high
n/a
completion tool called on the first send, no retry
Progress text ("I'll list the files…")
Bash ls -la
Bash ls -la (unchanged)
Reasoning only, nothing replayed
n/a
"OK"
The new wording was checked live only on claude-sonnet-5, with short system prompts. The 5.5 models rarely reach this retry.
Full-suite scope exception:bun run test was not run locally. The machine (WSL2, 16 GB shared with other work) runs out of memory on the full suite, so only the domains above were run. The rest of the suite is left to CI.
Checklist
Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
Docs or release notes were updated when needed. (structure/providers/kiro.md; no user-facing docs change.)
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Bug Fixes
Improved Kiro’s completion retries so ordinary assistant text is not treated as delivered before final submission. A finished plain-text answer is resubmitted unchanged and delivered to the user. When a task is blocked on user input, Kiro submits the relevant question; when more work is needed, it continues with a tool call.
Documentation
Clarified how Kiro handles completed answers, requests for user input, and continued work during completion retries.
On a trivial request claude-sonnet-5 answers in plain text with END_TURN instead of calling the private completion tool, so the bounded retry fires. Its instruction began "Continue the existing task", which the model read as the user's next message: it called the completion tool with "there is no active task to continue", and that replaced the correct answer.
The retry instruction now states that ordinary text has not reached the user and asks for an already complete reply to be resubmitted unchanged. The empty-completion classification is unchanged.
No actionable comments were generated in the recent review.
Walkthrough
Kiro’s completion-retry instruction now explains how to handle a complete held answer, a question blocked on user input, or a retry that needs another tool call. Tests cover the instruction and retry behavior.
Changes: Kiro completion retry
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Retry instruction and documentation src/adapters/kiro-constants.ts, structure/providers/kiro.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md
The retry message directs the model to resubmit a complete prior answer unchanged, submit a question when blocked on user input, or continue with a real tool call. The documentation describes the plain-text END_TURN case and the completion-tool request.
Retry behavior tests and shard mapping tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-retry-wording.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Tests check the retry wording, replay of a held OK answer, and a reasoning-only retry without replay history. The test-layout mapping and fixture include the new test.
The supplied documentation and test-layout changes show no actionable merge-blocking issue.
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The title "fix(kiro): resubmit a finished answer on the completion retry" matches the main change. The PR rewords KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGE so the model resubmits an already-complete reply unchanged through the completion tool. The title names the Kiro scope, the fix type, and the specific behavior. It is concise and specific, so a teammate scanning history would understand the primary change.
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Review comments at @src/adapters/kiro-constants.ts:
- Line 49: Update KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGE to add a direct-completion
route: when the request can be answered without another work tool, instruct the
model to call KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME with that answer. Preserve the existing
routes for a prior complete reply, a blocking question, and continuing with a
necessary tool call.
- Line 49: Update the Kiro completion-semantics documentation near
KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME to state that when held plain text is already a
complete answer, the completion retry resubmits that answer unchanged. Preserve
the documented behavior for progress-only text and continuation through a real
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Review follow-up. The reworded retry instruction offered only a resubmitted reply, a blocking question, or another tool call. On a reasoning-only retry there is no previous reply, so a request the model can answer directly had no completion route in the message itself. It now says: if the task is complete, call the completion tool with the final answer, submitting the previous reply unchanged when that already was the answer. Documented in the adapter reference.
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Maintainer integration into dev (account lidge-jun) at head bdc288b35b73e7c2f1ef39262d531d3d0a49be1b. Moved out of draft by a maintainer for this integration (the checklist gate re-drafted it after a maintainer dev-merge push).
fix(kiro): resubmit a finished answer on the completion retry. The retry instruction keeps a direct completion route, and the docs-site reference is updated.
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Summary
On a trivial request such as "Reply with exactly: OK", Kiro's
claude-sonnet-5gave the right answer, but the client received "There's no active task in this conversation for me to continue" instead. This reproduced on every attempt through Claude Code (tools present, so the completion tool isrequired).claude-opus-5.5andclaude-sonnet-5.5were not affected.Captured upstream frames show the sequence:
assistantResponseEvent"O", "K", thenmetadataEvent {"stopReason":"END_TURN"}, with no call to the private completion tool. Inrequiredmode plain text withEND_TURNis deliberately not trusted as a final answer (Kiro turns sometimes stop after a progress message #531), so the one bounded retry fires (recoveryKinds: ["empty-completion"]).KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGE, which began "Continue the existing task…". The model read that as the user's next message and calledcodex_kiro_final_answerwith "There's no active task…". That valid completion replaced the held "OK", as designed.The 5.5 models call the completion tool on the first send and never reach the retry. Thinking is not the trigger: it reproduces with no effort at all.
The fix only rewords
KIRO_COMPLETION_RETRY_MESSAGEinsrc/adapters/kiro-constants.ts. The new message states that ordinary text has not reached the user, and asks for an already complete reply to be resubmitted unchanged through the completion tool. The blocking-question clause, the "next real tool call" clause and "do not solicit a new task" are kept. The resubmit sentence is conditional, because when nothing was replayed (reasoning only) the instruction is appended to the original user turn and there is no previous reply. The empty-completion classification is unchanged.structure/providers/kiro.mddocuments the case.Verification
All results below are for head
8ab946427.Review follow-ups (CodeRabbit):
codex_kiro_final_answernow with the complete final answer; if your previous reply already was that answer, submit it unchanged." Re-checked live onclaude-sonnet-5with this wording: plain-text "OK" → "OK"; reasoning-only → "OK"; progress text →Bashtool call; real end to end → "OK".docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.mddocuments the instruction and the resubmit behavior.bun test tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-retry-wording.test.tsbun scripts/test.ts --parallel=1 ./tests/providers/kirobun scripts/test.ts --parallel=1 ./tests/server/server-kiro-completion-e2e.test.ts ./tests/server/server-kiro-refusal-e2e.test.ts ./tests/server/server-kiro-usage-log-e2e.test.ts ./tests/responses/empty-completion-guard.test.tsbun test tests/test-layout.test.ts tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.tsbun run typecheckbun run structure:checkbun run privacy:scanThe new test file is registered in
scripts/test-layout/layout.jsonon an existing line, so the file stays at its 1,999-line cap.Live checks against the Kiro runtime, using a probe that runs this branch's adapter directly (about 10 tiny requests):
highBash ls -laBash ls -la(unchanged)The new wording was checked live only on
claude-sonnet-5, with short system prompts. The 5.5 models rarely reach this retry.Full-suite scope exception:
bun run testwas not run locally. The machine (WSL2, 16 GB shared with other work) runs out of memory on the full suite, so only the domains above were run. The rest of the suite is left to CI.Checklist
structure/providers/kiro.md; no user-facing docs change.)Review readiness checklist
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