Merge #391: fleet_reply refuses a lead, and the role argument is now mandatory
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The permissive 3-arg overload is deleted, so a handler that forgets the role no longer compiles.
This commit was merged in pull request #402.
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2026-09-10 04:18:36 +02:00
2 changed files with 60 additions and 17 deletions
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public final class FleetMcp {
String self = callerTerminal(exchange);
McpSchema.CallToolResult denied = deny(exchange, toolAction("fleet_reply", req.arguments()), self);
if (denied != null) return denied;
return reply(messages, self, str(req.arguments(), "content"));
return reply(messages, self, principal(exchange).role(), str(req.arguments(), "content"));
};
// fleet_ask (CB-205): a worker's mid-turn question — identity from the CONNECTION.
BiFunction<McpSyncServerExchange, McpSchema.CallToolRequest, McpSchema.CallToolResult> askHandler =
@@ -887,19 +887,26 @@ public final class FleetMcp {
/**
* {@code fleet_reply}: the worker returns its structured answer, resolving the awaiting send
* or — when no send is open — queueing the reply in the inbox for later drain (CB-307).
* {@code callerTerminal} is resolved from the connection (never an argument); a {@code null}
* means the caller is not a known worker (e.g. the primary called it by mistake).
* {@code callerTerminal} and {@code callerRole} are resolved from the connection (never an
* argument). A {@code null} terminal means the caller is not a known worker. A PRIMARY with a
* terminal is a lead and must use {@code fleet_send}, because reply has no peer-lead route.
*
* <p>fleetd #365: the result text names which of those actually happened
* ({@link MessageService.ReplyOutcome#description()}) instead of the single word "delivered"
* for both — a queued reply is a real success, but it is not the same fact as one that resolved
* a live waiter, and the caller could not previously tell them apart.
*/
static McpSchema.CallToolResult reply(MessageService messages, String callerTerminal, String content) {
static McpSchema.CallToolResult reply(MessageService messages, String callerTerminal, Role callerRole, String content) {
if (callerTerminal == null) {
return error("fleet_reply is for workers only — could not identify the calling worker "
+ "from the connection");
}
if (callerRole == Role.PRIMARY) {
return error("fleet_reply has no route to a peer lead. Use fleet_send{coordId: ...} for a peer on another "
+ "daemon or fleet_send{sessionId: ...} for a peer on this host. fleet_reply resolves a member's "
+ "blocked fleet_send, and a peer's coord-id message is durable and non-blocking, so there is "
+ "nothing for it to resolve.");
}
// fleetd #302: isBlank, not == null, to match fleet_send's own guard above. MessageService
// .reply now REJECTS blank content, and this handler is a bare BiFunction with no try/catch
// around it — so a whitespace-only fleet_reply would leave here as an uncaught
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package dev.ltms.fleet.mcp;
import dev.ltms.fleet.auth.CallerResolver;
import dev.ltms.fleet.auth.MemberRegistry;
import dev.ltms.fleet.auth.Principal;
import dev.ltms.fleet.auth.Role;
import dev.ltms.fleet.config.FleetConfig;
import dev.ltms.fleet.guard.SubscriptionGuard;
import dev.ltms.fleet.herdr.AgentControl;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import dev.ltms.fleet.placement.BackendQuarantine;
import dev.ltms.fleet.placement.PlacementPolicies;
import io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema;
import dev.ltms.fleet.msg.InMemoryReplyInbox;
import dev.ltms.fleet.msg.ReplyInbox;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
Thread.sleep(5);
}
assertTrue(rendezvous.isWaiting(target), "send should be accepted for " + target);
FleetMcp.reply(messages, target, "received");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, target, Role.WORKER, "received");
assertEquals("received", textOf(send.get(6, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
}
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
// fleetd #365: a resolved live send must read distinctly from a merely-queued reply —
// see replyWithNoPendingSendIsQueuedNotError below for the other case.
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "LGTM");
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "LGTM");
assertEquals(MessageService.ReplyOutcome.RESOLVED_SEND.description(), textOf(reply));
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = send.get(6, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
}
assertTrue(rendezvous.isWaiting("term_a"), "send should have opened its waiter");
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "async LGTM");
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "async LGTM");
assertEquals(MessageService.ReplyOutcome.RESOLVED_SEND.description(), textOf(reply));
// Poll until the async send completes and reports the reply.
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
Thread.sleep(5);
}
assertTrue(rendezvous.isWaiting("term_a"));
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "done");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "done");
assertEquals("done", textOf(answer.get(6, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
McpSchema.CallToolResult done = FleetMcp.poll(messages, ticket, null);
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
// fleet_poll{ticket} stuck PENDING forever and later force-failed with a false "session
// released before it replied" reason. This used to land in the inbox instead (see the old
// assertion this replaced: messages.drainReplies("term_a").getFirst()...) — that was the bug.
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "finished after timeout");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "finished after timeout");
assertEquals("finished after timeout", textOf(FleetMcp.poll(messages, ticket, null)));
assertTrue(messages.drainReplies("term_a").isEmpty(),
"the reply completed its own ticket directly and never touched the inbox");
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
}
assertEquals(MessageService.Phase.FAILED, second.phase());
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "late reply");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "late reply");
assertEquals("late reply", messages.drainReplies("term_a").getFirst().content());
CompletableFuture<McpSchema.CallToolResult> answer = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
while (!rendezvous.isWaiting("term_a") && System.currentTimeMillis() < deadline) {
Thread.sleep(5);
}
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "done");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "done");
assertEquals("done", textOf(answer.get(6, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
}
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
void replyWithNoPendingSendIsQueuedNotError() {
// CB-307: a reply with no open send is now queued in the inbox, not an error.
// fleetd #365: it must also no longer claim "delivered" — nothing was waiting for it.
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "orphan");
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "orphan");
assertNotEquals(Boolean.TRUE, res.isError(), "a queued reply is not an error");
assertEquals(MessageService.ReplyOutcome.QUEUED.description(), textOf(res));
@@ -341,6 +343,40 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
assertEquals("orphan", drained.getFirst().content());
}
@Test
void replyFromLeadIsRefusedBeforeItCanPublishToTheWorkerInbox() {
ReplyInbox inboxThatRejectsPublishes = new ReplyInbox() {
@Override public void own(String target) { }
@Override public void release(String target) { }
@Override public void publish(String target, String msgId, String content) {
fail("a lead fleet_reply must not publish to the worker inbox");
}
@Override public List<InboxMessage> peek(String target) { return List.of(); }
@Override public void ack(String target, String msgId) { }
};
MessageService leadMessages = new MessageService(agents, new Injector(agents), new Rendezvous(),
inboxThatRejectsPublishes);
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = assertDoesNotThrow(
() -> FleetMcp.reply(leadMessages, "term_lead", Role.PRIMARY, "peer reply"));
assertTrue(res.isError());
assertEquals("fleet_reply has no route to a peer lead. Use fleet_send{coordId: ...} for a peer on another "
+ "daemon or fleet_send{sessionId: ...} for a peer on this host. fleet_reply resolves a member's "
+ "blocked fleet_send, and a peer's coord-id message is durable and non-blocking, so there is "
+ "nothing for it to resolve.",
textOf(res));
}
@Test
void replyFromUnidentifiedCallerKeepsItsOwnError() {
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = FleetMcp.reply(messages, null, Role.PRIMARY, "reply");
assertTrue(res.isError());
assertEquals("fleet_reply is for workers only — could not identify the calling worker from the connection",
textOf(res));
}
@Test
void replyWithBlankContentIsACleanToolErrorNotAnUncaughtException() {
// fleetd #302: MessageService.reply now REJECTS blank content by throwing. fleet_reply's
@@ -351,7 +387,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
// has always used isBlank for exactly this reason.
for (String blank : new String[] {null, "", " ", "\n\t"}) {
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = assertDoesNotThrow(
() -> FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", blank),
() -> FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, blank),
"blank content must be refused as a tool error, never thrown out of the handler");
assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, res.isError(), "blank content is an error result");
assertTrue(textOf(res).contains("content is required"),
@@ -364,7 +400,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
@Test
void bridgePollWithTargetDrainsReplies() {
// A reply with no open send queues it in the inbox.
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "queued-msg");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "queued-msg");
// fleet_poll with target drains the inbox.
McpSchema.CallToolResult res = FleetMcp.poll(messages, null, "term_a");
@@ -415,7 +451,7 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
Thread.sleep(5);
}
assertTrue(rendezvous.isWaiting("term_a"), "the answer should have reopened a waiter");
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "done");
McpSchema.CallToolResult reply = FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "done");
assertEquals(MessageService.ReplyOutcome.RESOLVED_SEND.description(), textOf(reply));
assertEquals("done", textOf(answer.get(6, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
}
@@ -1254,13 +1290,13 @@ class FleetMcpTest {
@Test
void bridgeAckRemovesSpecificReply() {
// Queue a reply and capture its msgId.
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "orphan");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "orphan");
var before = messages.drainReplies("term_a");
assertEquals(1, before.size(), "one reply in the inbox");
String msgId = before.getFirst().msgId();
// Publish the same reply again and ack it via fleet_ack surface.
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", "orphan-again");
FleetMcp.reply(messages, "term_a", Role.WORKER, "orphan-again");
var peeked = messages.drainReplies("term_a");
assertEquals(1, peeked.size(), "one fresh reply in the inbox");