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fix(agents): stop agents at max_tool_calls / max_iterations - #2365
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max_tool_calls / max_iterations = N must allow exactly N tool calls; the never-exceed cases run N+1 on develop. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
recursion_limit=(N+1)*2 cannot both allow N tool calls plus a final answer and block call N+1, so the ReAct and Tool Calling graphs now count tool calls per invocation and raise GraphRecursionError before call N+1. Each workflow keeps its existing handling of that error. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
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866-869: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winType the scripted model overrides. Both new model classes define
bind_toolsand_generatewithout parameter or return type hints.
packages/nvidia_nat_langchain/tests/agent/test_tool_calling.py#L866-L869: annotate bothScriptedToolCallLLMmethods.packages/nvidia_nat_langchain/tests/agent/test_responses_api_agent.py#L161-L164: annotate bothAlwaysToolCallLLMmethods.
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- Line 385: Update the max_iterations decision in the agent graph and the
streaming path in register.py so tool-call deltas are buffered or suppressed
until the graph approves the request; never emit a tool call rejected at the
iteration limit. Add a streaming assertion that checks tool-call deltas as well
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The scripted model now streams like a real one, so the tests see the tool-call deltas the client gets. The Responses API test checks the limit is what stopped the agent. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
At max_iterations the graph rejects the next tool request after the model has streamed it, so the Tool Calling stream_fn now sends a turn's tool-call chunks once the tool node has run, and drops them when the limit stops the run. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
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… runs A tool call that ran must reach the client even if the next model request fails before its first token, and tool-call chunks for a call the graph never runs must not. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
Stream graph updates alongside messages and send a turn's held tool-call chunks on the tool node's update, instead of on the next model chunk or at the end of the run. Chunks for calls the tool node never runs are dropped. Signed-off-by: Somay-kousis <[email protected]>
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`per_user_react_agent_workflow` built `ReActAgentGraph` without `raise_on_parsing_failure` and `use_native_tool_calling`, though `PerUserReActAgentWorkflowConfig` inherits both from `ReActAgentWorkflowConfig`. Setting either had no effect: native tool calls were never bound to the LLM, and a parsing failure always raised. Both are now passed from the config, as `react_agent` does. Tests in `tests/agent/test_react.py`, each run for `react_agent` and `per_user_react_agent`: - `raise_on_parsing_failure: false` returns the parsing error as the answer - `use_native_tool_calling: true` runs the model's structured tool call and returns the final answer The `per_user_react_agent` cases fail on develop; the `react_agent` cases pass and keep both paths in step. `nvidia_nat_langchain/tests`: 766 passed, 13 skipped. yapf and ruff pass. This touches the same `ReActAgentGraph(...)` call as #2365 (which adds `max_tool_calls`) on different lines; the two merge cleanly. Closes #2366 ## By Submitting this PR I confirm: - I am familiar with the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Agent-Toolkit/blob/develop/docs/source/resources/contributing/index.md). - We require that all contributors "sign-off" on their commits. This certifies that the contribution is your original work, or you have rights to submit it under the same license, or a compatible license. - Any contribution which contains commits that are not Signed-Off will not be accepted. - When the PR is ready for review, new or existing tests cover these changes. - When the PR is ready for review, the documentation is up to date with these changes. ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **New Features** * Per-user ReAct workflows now honor configuration for handling unparseable model output and using native tool calling. When enabled, structured tool calls can invoke configured tools, while parsing behavior follows the selected setting. This brings per-user workflows in line with the corresponding options available in standard ReAct workflows. Authors: - Somay kousis (https://github.com/Somay-kousis) Approvers: - Will Killian (https://github.com/willkill07) URL: #2367
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When no `Final Answer:` marker was streamed, ReAct's `stream_fn` fell back to the text it had buffered across every agent turn. After a tool call, a direct answer was streamed behind the earlier `Thought:`, `Action:` and `Action Input:` text, and with `raise_on_parsing_failure: false` a parsing failure streamed the raw reply instead of the parsing error. `single_fn` returns the agent node's `final_answer` in both cases.
`stream_fn` now streams with `stream_mode=["messages", "updates"]`, as the tool-calling agent's `stream_fn` already does, keeps the `final_answer` from the agent node's update, and yields it in that fallback. Token streaming after a `Final Answer:` marker is unchanged, and the buffered text is still the fallback when the graph sets no answer.
Behavior change for streaming clients: in those two cases they now get the same text as `single_fn`, including the parsing error that `react-agent.md:96` describes, instead of the raw reply.
Tests in `tests/agent/test_react.py`:
- A parametrized test runs the same scripted replies through `single_fn` and `stream_fn` and requires the same answer: a direct answer (also wrapped in `<think>`), a tool call then a direct answer, and a parsing failure on the first turn and after a tool call. The last three fail on develop; the first two pass there and guard the fallback.
- The `_stream_fn` tests that mock `graph.astream` now yield `("messages", (chunk, metadata))` pairs, the shape `astream` yields for a list of stream modes. Only the mocks' event shape changed; their assertions are unchanged.
- `_run_react_agent` (from #2365) takes `raise_on_parsing_failure`, with the default unchanged.
`nvidia_nat_langchain` tests: 827 passed, 13 skipped on Python 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13. yapf and ruff pass.
Follow-up to #2380, which left this out of scope.
Closes #2432
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* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved streamed agent responses when they don’t include a “Final Answer” marker. The completed answer is now returned when available, with buffered text used as a fallback, helping streamed results match single-response answers across direct replies, tool calls, and parsing failures.
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URL: #2433
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max_tool_calls(ReAct) andmax_iterations(Tool Calling, Responses API) let an agent that keeps calling tools run N+1 of them. The cap was only LangGraph'srecursion_limit=(N + 1) * 2, and norecursion_limitcan both allow N calls plus a final answer and block call N+1 (each call costs two steps; both need 2N+2).The graphs now count tool calls themselves:
ReActAgentGraph(max_tool_calls=...): countsstate.tool_responses, which starts empty on every invocation.ToolCallAgentGraph(max_iterations=...): new state fieldtool_iterations, incremented intool_node.messagescan't be used because it carries chat history.conditional_edge, when the agent asks for another tool and the count has reached the cap, the graph raisesGraphRecursionError. Each workflow already handles that error, so the result at the limit is the same as before: Tool Calling returns "could not produce a final answer within N iterations", ReAct streaming yields its limit message, ReActsingle_fnre-raises, Responses API returns its generic error.stream_fnnow holds a turn's tool-call chunks and sends them on the tool node's update (it also streams graph updates), so calls the graph never runs, such as the one rejected at the limit, are dropped. Without that, the client would get the tool call the graph rejects at the limit. ReAct streaming only sends text afterFinal Answer:, so it never sent the rejected request.react_agent,per_user_react_agent,tool_calling_agentandresponses_api_agent. The cap defaults toNone(no cap) for other callers.recursion_limitis unchanged and stays as a backstop; the three comments that said it stops the second tool call now say what it does.Choices I made, happy to change either:
parallel_tool_calls, one model turn can ask for several tools; they run together and count once, as on develop. The docs say "tool calls", so if you want each call counted, the round that would cross the cap needs a rule for the calls left over (drop them, or run none).tool_nodeand appends an error totool_responses, and it used recursion budget on develop too.Tests (all fail on develop with N+1 calls, except the guards):
test_react.py: never exceedsmax_tool_calls(N = 1, 2, 5) viasingle_fn,stream_fnand the per-user agent; guard: N calls then a final answer still returns the answertest_tool_calling.py: never exceedsmax_iterationsviasingle_fnandstream_fn, and the stream carries only the tool calls that ran; same guards for streaming and nottest_responses_api_agent.py: never exceedsmax_iterations, and the error namesmax_iterationsRemoving the cap from any one of the four workflows makes its tests fail (checked each).
nvidia_nat_langchain/tests: 791 passed, 13 skipped. yapf and ruff pass.Closes #2364
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