[BUG]: Plugin tool context.metadata() is never executed, so live updates are dropped #50313

Description

Plugin tools cannot publish metadata while they are still running. A call to context.metadata(...) from inside a custom tool has no effect, and the metadata only appears once the tool finishes and returns it as part of its final result.

The cause is a missing bridge in fromPlugin(). The host tool context declares metadata() as Effect-returning:

while the public plugin API declares it as a plain synchronous void call:

fromPlugin() bridges ask() but spreads metadata() straight through, so the plugin gets handed an Effect that nobody runs:

This breaks anything that relies on live tool metadata. The case I hit is a foreground task plugin that publishes its child sessionId before starting the child prompt: the client cannot subscribe to the child session while the task runs, and the id only shows up once the task is already over.

The fix is one line, bridging metadata() the same way ask() already is, forked rather than awaited because the public signature is synchronous:

metadata: (input) => {
  bridge.fork(toolCtx.metadata(input))
},

#47486 has that plus a regression test in packages/opencode/test/tool/registry.test.ts that fails on dev and passes with the fix. wulart independently reproduced the bug and confirmed the patch against 9a53565.

Previously reported in #37877, which the stale bot closed after 60 days of inactivity with a note to open a new one if it is still relevant. It was never fixed and still reproduces on dev at cf494c2. #12527 is related but different, it fixed metadata preservation in the completed result rather than live calls.

Plugins

Any custom tool under .opencode/tools/ that calls context.metadata() mid-execution.

OpenCode version

1.18.31, and current dev.

Steps to reproduce

Drop this in .opencode/tools/progress.ts:

import { tool } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"

export default tool({
  description: "Test live plugin metadata",
  args: {},
  async execute(_input, context) {
    context.metadata({ title: "Running", metadata: { phase: "running" } })
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000))
    return { title: "Done", metadata: { phase: "done" }, output: "done" }
  },
})

1. Invoke the tool.
2. Inspect the ToolPart during the five second delay. Expected: title Running and phase: running. Actual: still pending, no metadata.
3. Wait for completion. The final returned title and metadata appear normally.

Screenshot and/or share link

Not applicable, this is a server-side plugin bridge.

Operating System

Linux

Terminal

N/A