[FIX] Double open_kitchen Context Cost — Pre-Reveal / Deferred-Recall Architectural Immunity#4092
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…munity Pre-reveal state (Codex backend) sets gate.enabled=True but leaves recipe_name="". The first open_kitchen(name="X") call failed the _is_deferred_recall guard, re-executing _open_kitchen_handler() and re-sending the full ~100KB recipe payload. This fix adds a gate_infrastructure_ready boolean to ToolContext that tracks whether gate infrastructure has been initialized (by either _pre_reveal_kitchen or _open_kitchen_handler). The handler is now skipped when this flag is True, decoupled from recipe name matching. Changes: - Add gate_infrastructure_ready field to ToolContext - Set flag in _open_kitchen_handler and _pre_reveal_kitchen - Replace _is_deferred_recall handler-skip with gate_infrastructure_ready check - Reset flag in _close_kitchen_handler and on all gate.disable() rollback sites - Start quota_refresh_loop conditionally after handler-skip - Apply ingredients_only stripping in deferred-recall path - Guard _skip_notify block with _skip_handler (Step 3a) - Add tests: pre-reveal skip, ingredients_only strip, double no-name, rollback reset, backend parametrize, close-then-reopen Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The gate_infrastructure_ready implementation added 29 lines to tools_kitchen.py, shifting the atomic_write+json.dumps sites from lines 918/978 to 947/1007. Update the _LEGACY_JSON_WRITES allowlist to match. Bump tools_kitchen.py line-limit exemption from 1200 to 1250 lines and improve the close-then-reopen test to drain each task independently. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…paths When enable_components or _redisable_subsets fails after _open_kitchen_handler succeeds, gate_infrastructure_ready must be reset to False so the next open_kitchen call re-runs the handler instead of silently skipping it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
test_cold_open_kitchen_runs_handler patched _open_kitchen_handler with MagicMock, but production code awaits it. await None raises TypeError. Switch to AsyncMock so the mock returns an awaitable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…t_tool_list_changed Structural duplicate of test_pre_reveal_then_open_does_not_re_execute_handler with no distinguishing mock setup — same helper, patches, and assertions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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[warning] defense: The except Exception block swallows the failure after logging. If create_background_task or resolve_provider raises, the quota refresh loop silently does not start and no caller-visible signal is surfaced beyond this log line. The deferred-recall path proceeds without quota guard protection.
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Valid observation — flagged for design decision. The non-deferred path treats quota-refresh startup failure as fatal (disables gate, returns failure envelope), while the deferred-recall path logs silently. The asymmetry is intentional: by the time deferred-recall runs, the kitchen is already open. Whether to escalate this to a non-fatal warning in the response JSON is a product-level trade-off.
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Observation from local review round 0:
gate_infrastructure_ready is server-lifecycle state placed in ToolContext (IL-1). Consider housing in server-layer singleton.
Evidence: gate_infrastructure_ready is exclusively set/read in src/autoskillit/server/ (tools_kitchen.py and _lifespan.py). The established pattern houses all kitchen lifecycle state (kitchen_id, active_recipe_packs, etc.) in ToolContext. Moving to a server-layer singleton would require duplicating session-scoped state management or creating a downward IL violation.
…_ctx All six rollback sites for gate_infrastructure_ready now use the same tool_ctx accessor style instead of mixing _get_ctx() and tool_ctx. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Switch new_callable=MagicMock to AsyncMock at L241 and L303 so a regression that invokes the handler produces a clean assertion failure rather than a TypeError from awaiting a non-awaitable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
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open_kitchenMCP tool lacks a unified gate-infrastructure / content-delivery separation. When the Codex backend pre-reveals kitchen tools at lifespan boot (_pre_reveal_kitchen), it opens the gate and performs side effects (hook config, quota prime, registry) but does NOT setctx.recipe_name. When the agent subsequently callsopen_kitchen(name="X"), the_is_deferred_recallguard fails (recipe_name == ""!="X"), causing the full_open_kitchen_handler()to re-execute — redundantly re-opening the gate, generating a newkitchen_id, re-writing hook config, re-priming quota, and restarting the quota refresh loop. Then the recipe is loaded and the full ~100KB payload is returned. The pre-reveal work is wasted and the gate infrastructure is initialized twice.Additionally, the
_is_deferred_recallpath (lines 595-683 oftools_kitchen.py) returns the fullLoadRecipeResultincluding thecontentfield (~72-102KB recipe YAML), with noingredients_onlystripping applied. This means every deferred recall re-sends the entire recipe.The architectural weakness is that
open_kitchenconflates three concerns into a single code path: (1) gate infrastructure setup, (2) recipe content loading, and (3) response payload assembly. The_is_deferred_recallflag is a boolean that either skips or runs the handler wholesale, with no intermediate state for "gate already open, just load recipe."Closes #4089
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