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Bug fix

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Summary

WatsonX openai/gpt-oss-120b can return choices[].message.reasoning. The locked langchain-ibm==1.0.7 drops that field, and CUGA only reads reasoning_content, so reasoning disappears before it reaches the agent and trajectory tracker.

  • Require and lock langchain-ibm==1.1.1 (minimum >=1.1.1), which includes upstream reasoning support.

  • Read reasoning_content first, falling back to reasoning, in both the shared Core adapter used by Supervisor and the Lite adapter.

  • Cover both fields, precedence, empty/None legacy fields, and real offline WatsonX response conversion through to the Assistant_reasoning trajectory step.

  • Enable the existing CugaLite natural-language auto-continue classifier so interim narration can resume execution instead of becoming the final answer. This recovery applies to CugaLite across providers; Supervisor does not use it.

This fixes reasoning preservation and enables recovery from interim CugaLite responses. WatsonX inference latency remains a separate issue; the successful live validation still took 51.55 seconds.

Testing

  • After enabling auto continue: all 58 classifier tests and commit hooks passed.
  • Verified fix locally; tests pass
  • Core graph suite: 192 passed.
  • Lite suite: 545 passed, 3 skipped initially; its two existing fake-model receipt tests passed on rerun with a placeholder OPENAI_API_KEY required for client construction (547 passed in total).
  • Supervisor suite: 56 passed.
  • WatsonX async-loop compatibility suite: 7 passed.
  • Live WatsonX call through LLMManager.get_model() with include_reasoning=True: answer 391, provider key reasoning, and all 100 reasoning characters preserved in CUGA's Assistant_reasoning tracker step.
  • Repository-wide uv run --frozen ruff check, uv run --frozen ruff format --check, uv lock --check, and commit hooks passed.
  • Independent code review found no critical or important issues.

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  • Improvements
    • Reasoning is captured from either supported response field, with a nonempty preferred value taking precedence.
    • When a model responds in natural language without code, the app now automatically classifies the response and continues the interaction when needed by default.
  • Maintenance
    • Updated the minimum supported langchain-ibm version.

- Require langchain-ibm 1.1.1 and refresh its lockfile entry so WatsonX reasoning is preserved.

Signed-off-by: Sami Marreed <sami.marreed@ibm.com>
- Accept reasoning as a fallback to reasoning_content in the shared adapter used by Supervisor.

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- Normalize reasoning when reasoning_content is absent or empty, preserving the existing field precedence.

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- Cover both provider field names, precedence, and empty legacy fields with unit-marked cases.

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- Cover both reasoning fields and verify the installed ChatWatsonx response conversion reaches Assistant_reasoning offline.

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Both graph adapters now use reasoning when reasoning_content is absent or falsey. The default for Cuga Lite natural-language auto-continue changes to true. The minimum langchain-ibm dependency version increases to 1.1.1.

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Reasoning field fallback

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reasoning selection and response validation
src/cuga/backend/cuga_graph/nodes/cuga_agent_core/graph/graph_nodes.py, src/cuga/backend/cuga_graph/nodes/cuga_lite/adapter/graph_adapter.py, src/cuga/backend/cuga_graph/nodes/cuga_agent_core/tests/graph/test_graph_adapter_hooks.py, src/cuga/backend/cuga_graph/nodes/cuga_lite/tests/test_agent_graph_adapter.py
Both adapters prefer a truthy reasoning_content value and otherwise use reasoning. Tests cover both fields, response content, and WatsonX tracker steps.

Cuga Lite defaults

Layer / File(s) Summary
Auto-continue default and dependency version
src/cuga/settings.toml, pyproject.toml
The default for cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue changes to true. The minimum langchain-ibm version changes to 1.1.1.

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Unconfigured Cuga Lite deployments may incur extra model calls, cost, and delay, while the shared adapter applies WatsonX-specific reasoning behavior to Supervisor. Resolve or explicitly accept these bounded changes before merging.

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- Enable the existing natural-language continuation classifier by default so interim narration can resume agent execution.

- Validate with the existing classifier suite: 58 tests passed.

Signed-off-by: Sami Marreed <sami.marreed@ibm.com>
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PR Review: #796 — fix(llm): preserve WatsonX reasoning with langchain-ibm 1.1.1

is this behavior (finding 1) set to true on purpose?

Merge with fixes. The WatsonX fix looks correct, but the PR also enables unrelated behavior for every Cuga Lite user.
Approve once 1 is removed or moved into a separate, clearly documented change.

# Severity Risk Where Impact
1 Major Unrelated auto-continuation becomes the global default src/cuga/settings.toml:56 Cuga Lite may make extra model calls and continue after a text answer, increasing response time and cost for every user.

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1 — Unrelated auto-continuation becomes the global default (Major)

src/cuga/settings.toml:56

This line turns automatic continuation on for everyone. After Cuga Lite returns a normal text answer, it may ask the model a second time whether the task is finished. If the classifier says to continue, Cuga adds a synthetic user message saying continue and runs the model again. That changes cost, response time, and when tasks stop, but the PR is described only as a WatsonX reasoning fix.


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  1. Remove this setting change from the WatsonX fix, or move it into a separate PR that clearly explains and tests the new default?

- Revert ab44e05 to restore the existing auto-continue default.

Signed-off-by: Sami Marreed <sami.marreed@ibm.com>
- Include the merged revert of filesystem helper gating from PR #799.

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content = strip_harmony_tokens(response.content or "")
reasoning = (getattr(response, "additional_kwargs", None) or {}).get("reasoning_content")
additional_kwargs = getattr(response, "additional_kwargs", None) or {}
reasoning = additional_kwargs.get("reasoning_content") or additional_kwargs.get("reasoning")

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Keep the WatsonX reasoning fallback behind an adapter hook.

AgentGraphAdapter already handles this provider field explicitly, but SupervisorGraphAdapter inherits the fallback from CoreGraphAdapter. Add a no-op hook to the base adapter and override it only for WatsonX adapters. Update the default-adapter test so it does not require the WatsonX-specific key.

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- Enable the existing continuation classifier for natural-language responses that still require execution.

- Live validation reproduced premature completion with both old and updated WatsonX integrations.

Signed-off-by: Sami Marreed <sami.marreed@ibm.com>
@sami-marreed sami-marreed changed the title fix(llm): preserve WatsonX reasoning with langchain-ibm 1.1.1 fix(llm): preserve WatsonX reasoning and enable CugaLite auto continue Sep 29, 2026
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@offerakrabi Re-enabled cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue in d34f995 after validating the WatsonX change against raw live responses.

The reasoning fix works: across 9 captured live calls, visible content stayed identical through the old and new converters. All 8 responses containing provider reasoning were preserved by the updated CUGA adapters and recorded as Assistant_reasoning; the old adapter dropped that field.

The remaining failure is premature completion. WatsonX sometimes returns narration without extractable code and ends with finish_reason="stop". I reproduced Graph should be interrupted waiting for approval with the original langchain-ibm==1.0.7 stack as well as the updated stack, both with auto continue disabled. The old stack's failing response was: "Fetching all my accounts (up to 100) from Digital Sales." This demonstrates that the failure can occur without this PR's reasoning fix; it does not prove an IBM deployment change.

Enabling the existing classifier lets CugaLite recognize an interim response and request another model turn instead of returning that narration as the final answer. This applies across CugaLite providers and can add a classifier call on text-only turns; existing step limits still apply. It does not change Supervisor continuation or establish a fix for the separate zero-delegation failure.

Validation after this commit: 58 classifier tests passed; commit hooks passed. Live CI validation on the new commit is pending.

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# Pad shortlister output to fill the cap. Off by default for code-execution mode.
cuga_lite_bind_tools_pad_to_cap = false
cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue = false # When model returns NL with no code, LLM-classify interim vs final; if interim, simulate user "continue" and re-call model
cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue = true # When model returns NL with no code, LLM-classify interim vs final; if interim, simulate user "continue" and re-call model

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Keep NL auto-continuation opt-in unless this default change is deliberate.

The new default enables cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue for deployments without an override. Planning text can trigger another model turn without classification, and other NL responses can add a classifier call before another model turn. This can increase cost and latency and change when Cuga Lite completes.

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cuga_lite_nl_auto_continue = true # When model returns NL with no code, LLM-classify interim vs final; if interim, simulate user "continue" and re-call model
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