fix(grok): classify prompt connection failures as transport errors by trevoedwards · Pull Request #30638 · pingdotgg/t3code

trevoedwards · 2026-11-04T04:55:56Z

Problem

Grok's ACP prompt-failure mapper distinguishes request errors, but classifies an actual AcpTransportError as provider_error. Its cause is intentionally hidden by the shared formatter, leaving only Provider turn failed. even though T3 knows the connection failed.

Change

Recognize the structured ACP transport-error type and return transport_error with the fixed message Grok connection failed. Retry the turn. Keep arbitrary detail/cause text private and retryability unknown. Usage-limit and generic-error handling keep their existing behavior.

Scope and approval

This is a small focused obvious-bug fix at an existing error translation boundary. It adds no retries, settings, contracts or client-specific behavior. The same terminal failure reaches web, desktop, mobile, remote clients and delegated runs.

Open #25693 concerns ACP process-exit diagnostics and stderr retention, not transport-error classification in Grok's prompt mapper. Open #29800 concerns one-shot Grok text generation. Neither fixes this path; no exact open match was found.

Verification

Extend the existing Grok failure-classification test with an actual AcpTransportError carrying synthetic private detail and cause text. It fails on upstream main with the generic provider error, then passes with the specific class and fixed safe message. The assertion verifies that private diagnostic text is not copied into the failure.

Before: provider_error / Provider turn failed.
After:  transport_error / Grok connection failed. Retry the turn.
retryable: null

Docker, Node 26.12.1, upstream base 567a105705bc.
vp run check:changed upstream/main --concurrency 2: passed format, lint, both knip passes, server GraphQL generation, all 10 affected/dependent package typechecks, and 11 tests across the Grok adapter and required agent-context check.

No live Grok call or interactive client was used. This finding was validated independently of the earlier Cursor/Grok incident; selecting a Grok model in Cursor does not use this adapter.

Implemented with GPT-6.1 Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

macroscopeapp · 2026-11-04T04:58:37Z

Approvability

Verdict: Approved at e353b10

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Grok connection failures now receive a transport-error classification and clear retry guidance. The change is limited to failure reporting, with existing request-error and rate-limit handling preserved.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-04T05:01:07Z

Walkthrough

The Grok adapter now classifies ACP transport errors and ended input streams as transport_error, with a generic retry message. Tests check that private diagnostic details are not returned and that the result has a null code and unspecified retryability.

Changes: Grok transport error classification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Map and verify transport errors `packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/GrokAdapterV2.test.ts`	The adapter identifies ACP transport errors and ended input streams, then maps them to `transport_error` with a generic message. Other non-request errors remain `provider_error`. Tests check the message, null code and retryability, and omission of private diagnostic details.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#10607: Handles Grok ACP process connection loss in a different adapter layer.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Low · up to b06f0

If Grok exits mid-prompt, the user may see a generic provider failure instead of the connection-failure retry message. This does not affect data or availability, so it is a small follow-up rather than a merge blocker.

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Review comments at @packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts:
- Around line 318-320: Update the error-classification guard using
isAcpTransportError so AcpInputStreamEndedError is classified as transport_error
alongside existing ACP transport failures, and add coverage for the
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If Grok closes stdout while a prompt is pending, the prompt fails with AcpInputStreamEndedError. Treat it like AcpTransportError so the turn fails as a transport error with retry guidance instead of a provider error. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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- Line 90: Update the connection-error predicate in the Schema.Union to include
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coderabbitai · 2026-11-11T19:10:56Z

 const DEFAULT_GROK_SETTINGS = Schema.decodeSync(GrokSettings)({});
 const isAcpRequestError = Schema.is(EffectAcpErrors.AcpRequestError);
+const isAcpConnectionError = Schema.is(
+  Schema.Union([EffectAcpErrors.AcpTransportError, EffectAcpErrors.AcpInputStreamEndedError]),


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#!/bin/bash rg -n -C 4 'terminationError|AcpInputStreamEndedError|AcpTransportError' \ packages/effect-acp/src packages/provider-grok/src packages/provider-acp/src

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cat -n packages/effect-acp/src/_internal/stdio.ts | sed -n '1,120p' cat -n packages/effect-acp/src/client.ts | sed -n '1380,1420p' cat -n packages/effect-acp/src/protocol.ts | sed -n '745,840p' cat -n packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts | sed -n '1,115p;270,350p' rg -n -C 4 -e 'promptFailure' -e 'makeChildProcess' -e 'layerFrom' -e 'AcpClient' -e 'restartRuntimeAfterPromptError' -- packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts packages/provider-acp/src/server/AcpSessionRuntime.ts packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts packages/effect-acp/src/client.ts rg -n -C 3 -e 'AcpProcessExitedError' -e 'prompt failure' -e 'transport_error' -- packages/provider-grok/src/server

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Classify process exits as connection failures.

If Grok exits during a prompt and its exit status arrives within the diagnostic window, AcpProcessExitedError can reach promptFailure. The mapper classifies it as provider_error and omits the retry guidance. Add it to the connection predicate and cover it in the failure-classification test.

Suggested fix

--- "a/packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts" +++ "b/packages/provider-grok/src/server/adapter.ts" @@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ const DEFAULT_GROK_SETTINGS = Schema.decodeSync(GrokSettings)({}); const isAcpRequestError = Schema.is(EffectAcpErrors.AcpRequestError); const isAcpConnectionError = Schema.is( - Schema.Union([EffectAcpErrors.AcpTransportError, EffectAcpErrors.AcpInputStreamEndedError]), + Schema.Union([ + EffectAcpErrors.AcpTransportError, + EffectAcpErrors.AcpInputStreamEndedError, + EffectAcpErrors.AcpProcessExitedError, + ]), ); const GrokProviderCapabilitiesV2 = {

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Schema.Union([EffectAcpErrors.AcpTransportError, EffectAcpErrors.AcpInputStreamEndedError]),

Schema.Union([

EffectAcpErrors.AcpTransportError,

EffectAcpErrors.AcpInputStreamEndedError,

EffectAcpErrors.AcpProcessExitedError,

]),

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