v1.7.2 — Fix acknowledgment deletion, backtick JSON parsing, truncation limits, continuation planning loop

Author: Brendan Gray

main/agenticChat.js

@@ -463,9 +463,8 @@ function register(ctx) {
               if (planningText) {
                 mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-thinking-token', planningText);
               }
-              // Wipe this iteration's content from main chat — the final answer arrives in
-              // the last iteration that produces no tool calls (preserved by iterationStartOffsetRef).
-              mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-replace-last', '');
+              // Keep acknowledgment/planning text visible in the chat bubble — never delete it.
+              mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-replace-last', planningText);
             }
 
             if (!toolResults.hasToolCalls || toolResults.results.length === 0) {
@@ -1714,7 +1713,7 @@ function register(ctx) {
           iteration--; // Continuation is not a new agentic step
           currentPrompt = {
             systemContext: currentPrompt.systemContext, // Unchanged — KV cache preserved
-            userMessage: '[Continue your response exactly where you left off. If you were in the middle of a tool call, call that tool now to complete the task — do not output tool content as raw text. Output only the continuation — no preamble, no summary, no repeated content.]',
+            userMessage: '[Continue your response exactly where you left off. If you were listing steps or planning, STOP — do not add more steps. Call the first tool now to begin execution. If you were in the middle of a tool call, call that tool now to complete the task — do not output tool content as raw text. Output only the continuation — no preamble, no summary, no repeated content.]',
           };
           continue;
         }
@@ -1929,12 +1928,12 @@ function register(ctx) {
           }
           const planningText = responseText.substring(0, splitIdx).trim();
           if (planningText) {
-            // Planning text belongs in the thinking panel, not the main chat bubble
+            // Also send to thinking panel for the reasoning dropdown
             mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-thinking-token', planningText);
           }
-          // Wipe this iteration's streamed content from main chat — the final answer
-          // streams clean in the last iteration that produces no tool calls.
-          mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-replace-last', '');
+          // Keep acknowledgment/planning text visible in the chat bubble — never delete it.
+          // Send planningText (may be empty string) so prior text is preserved in the bubble.
+          mainWindow.webContents.send('llm-replace-last', planningText);
         }
 
         if (!toolResults.hasToolCalls || toolResults.results.length === 0) {

main/tools/mcpToolParser.js

@@ -302,11 +302,13 @@ function parseToolCalls(text) {
         if (start === -1) break;
         let depth = 0;
         let inStr = false;
+        let inBacktick = false;
         let end = -1;
         for (let i = start; i < blockContent.length; i++) {
           const c = blockContent[i];
-          if (c === '"' && (i === 0 || blockContent[i - 1] !== '\\')) inStr = !inStr;
-          if (!inStr) {
+          if (!inBacktick && c === '"' && (i === 0 || blockContent[i - 1] !== '\\')) inStr = !inStr;
+          if (!inStr && c === '`') inBacktick = !inBacktick;
+          if (!inStr && !inBacktick) {
             if (c === '{') depth++;
             if (c === '}') { depth--; if (depth === 0) { end = i; break; } }
           }
@@ -372,15 +374,17 @@ function parseToolCalls(text) {
       // String-aware brace-counting to extract complete JSON
       let depth = 0;
       let inStr = false;
+      let inBacktick = false;
       let endIdx = startIdx;
       for (let i = startIdx; i < cleanedText.length; i++) {
         const c = cleanedText[i];
-        if (c === '"' && (i === 0 || cleanedText[i - 1] !== '\\')) inStr = !inStr;
-        if (!inStr) {
+        if (!inBacktick && c === '"' && (i === 0 || cleanedText[i - 1] !== '\\')) inStr = !inStr;
+        if (!inStr && c === '`') inBacktick = !inBacktick;
+        if (!inStr && !inBacktick) {
           if (c === '{') depth++;
           if (c === '}') depth--;
         }
-        if (depth === 0 && !inStr) {
+        if (depth === 0 && !inStr && !inBacktick) {
           endIdx = i + 1;
           break;
         }

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "guide-ide",
-  "version": "1.7.1",
+  "version": "1.7.2",
   "description": "guIDE - AI-Powered Offline IDE with local LLM, RAG, MCP tools, browser automation, and integrated terminal",
   "author": {
     "name": "Brendan Gray",

src/components/Chat/ChatPanel.tsx

@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ ${e.message}`,
     try {
       const parsed = JSON.parse(content);
       if (parsed.params?.content && typeof parsed.params.content === 'string' && parsed.params.content.length > 500) {
-        const truncated = { ...parsed, params: { ...parsed.params, content: parsed.params.content.substring(0, 200) + '...[truncated]' } };
+        const truncated = { ...parsed, params: { ...parsed.params, content: parsed.params.content.substring(0, 2000) + '...[truncated]' } };
         return JSON.stringify(truncated, null, 2);
       }
     } catch { /* not JSON, truncate raw */ }
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ ${e.message}`,
                               }
                             } catch {}
                             const genLabel = partialDetail ? `${tc.functionName}: ${partialDetail}` : tc.functionName;
-                            const displayText = tc.paramsText.length > 1500 ? tc.paramsText.substring(0, 1500) + '\n\u2026[truncated]' : tc.paramsText;
+                            const displayText = tc.paramsText.length > 5000 ? tc.paramsText.substring(0, 5000) + '\n\u2026[truncated]' : tc.paramsText;
                             return (
                               <CollapsibleToolBlock key={`gen-${tc.callIndex}`} label={genLabel} icon="\u29d7">
                                 <div>