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Plan/execute can miss an edit when a Responses client sends previous_response_id instead of repeating the conversation. For example, SY receives the result of write_file but no longer sees the call itself, so it stays on the planner.

This restores the locally saved conversation before routing. The existing edit detector can then switch to the executor and give it the history it needs. Streamed history is saved before response.completed is returned, so the caller can safely stop reading there.

This support lives in SY's supplied LLM client. Apps embedding libsy directly still need to provide conversation history. Responses with store: false are not cached.

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  • New Features
    • Plan-and-execute requests can continue from locally stored conversation history, including prior tool interactions, when using a Responses continuation. This supports handoffs across providers and response formats, including completed streamed responses.
    • Stored history is unavailable after a restart and is not retained for responses marked store: false.
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    • Clarified routing behavior for continuations with provider-managed conversation IDs or no locally stored history. Direct library users must provide conversation history, including prior tool calls and results.

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The change adds algorithm-controlled history replay for Responses continuations. The client records canonical history from eligible completed buffered responses and valid completed streams, then restores stored history before routing eligible continuations.

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Responses History Replay

Layer / File(s) Summary
History replay policy
crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/plan_execute.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/subagent.rs
The Algorithm trait adds needs_history_replay. PlanExecute always requests replay, while SubagentRouter delegates to the parent algorithm except for sub-agent work.
Record completed Responses history
crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs
The client router recognizes Responses requests and records canonical history for completed buffered responses and valid completed streams. The response’s store value takes precedence when present.
Restore stored continuation history
crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs, docs/routing_algorithms/plan_execute_routing.md
run and decide prepare eligible continuations before routing. Preparation can restore stored history, clear preserved Responses requests, and remove previous_response_id. Tests cover buffered and streamed continuations. The documentation describes cache behavior and direct libsy caller requirements.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 64bb5

Continuations using stored Responses history may expose another caller's history when a router is shared. Routing-time model calls may send a conflicting provider response ID. Cache growth may become quadratic across long conversations. These should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merging.

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Review comments at @crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs:
- Line 741: Update prepare_completion_request and remember_state_owner so
removing previous_response_id from the provider-facing request does not discard
the matched parent history needed by canonical_input. Carry that history
separately into state-owner storage, preserving the existing prefix check when
routing rewrites it.
- Around line 727-728: On the replay path in `run`, clear `previous_response_id`
from `request.llm_request.preservation` when replay begins, alongside clearing
`preservation.requests`. Ensure subsequent routing-time calls use the replayed
messages without the original response ID; do not limit this change to
`prepare_completion_request`.
- Line 704: Update stored_state_owner in the replay path to scope stored-history
lookup by an authenticated caller identity, either by partitioning StateOwners
or checking ownership before replay; do not rely on a caller-supplied session ID
alone. Ensure a caller cannot replay another caller’s history or tool results.

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algorithm: &dyn Algorithm,
request: &mut Request,
) -> Option<StateOwner> {
let owner = self.stored_state_owner(request);

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Scope stored-history lookup to its authorized caller.

If one ClientRouter serves multiple callers, a caller with another caller’s response ID can select that stored history here. The new replay path then sends the prior messages, including tool results, to the model selected for the new request. StateOwners keys history only by response ID and retains no caller scope to check. Partition the cache by an authenticated caller identity, or enforce that identity before replay. Do not use a caller-supplied session ID as the sole authorization check.

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Review comment at @crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs at line 704:
Update stored_state_owner in the replay path to scope stored-history lookup by
an authenticated caller identity, either by partitioning StateOwners or checking
ownership before replay; do not rely on a caller-supplied session ID alone.
Ensure a caller cannot replay another caller’s history or tool results.

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Comment on lines +727 to +728
request.llm_request.preservation.requests.clear();
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove previous_response_id when replay begins.

If an opted-in algorithm makes a routing-time call_model after replay, prepare_routing_request sends the replayed messages with the original previous_response_id. A different provider cannot use that ID; the original provider can interpret the messages as additional history. Remove the ID on the replay path, not only in prepare_completion_request.

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Review comment at @crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs around lines 727 - 728:
On the replay path in `run`, clear `previous_response_id` from
`request.llm_request.preservation` when replay begins, alongside clearing
`preservation.requests`. Ensure subsequent routing-time calls use the replayed
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.get("previous_response_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.and_then(|id| self.inner.state_owners.lock().owner(id)?.history.clone());
.and_then(|id| self.inner.state_owners.lock().owner(id)?.history.clone())

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Retain the parent history link after removing the provider ID.

For a replayed continuation, prepare_completion_request removes previous_response_id before remember_state_owner calls canonical_input. This lookup then returns no parent, so each stored response contains another complete copy of the conversation. Repeated continuations consume quadratic cache space and copying work. Carry the matched parent history separately from the provider-facing field; keep the existing prefix check when routing rewrites that history.

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Review comment at @crates/libsy-llm-client/src/run.rs at line 741:
Update prepare_completion_request and remember_state_owner so removing
previous_response_id from the provider-facing request does not discard the
matched parent history needed by canonical_input. Carry that history separately
into state-owner storage, preserving the existing prefix check when routing
rewrites it.

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