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fix: parse Rehoboam SSE responses (#18)
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions mcp-tools.public.json
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"environment_variable": "AUTH0_JWT_TOKEN",
"type": "bearer"
},
"generated_at": "2026-07-28T16:40:28-04:00",
"generated_at": "2026-08-31T23:21:36-04:00",
"manifest_version": 1,
"source": {
"repository": "Subconscious-ai/ghostshell",
"revision": "c445240ebc06b172244c106f44ff3373d880c9eb"
"revision": "17cb7d9e2ee860d3fabe0f3740a1a6b2d41a925e"
},
"tool_count": 15,
"tools": [
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31 changes: 30 additions & 1 deletion server/tools/_core/handlers.py
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"""Unified tool handlers shared between local and remote modes."""

import json
import logging
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, cast
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# =============================================================================


def _parse_response_payload(response: httpx.Response) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Parse regular JSON or Rehoboam's progress-plus-result SSE envelope."""
content_type = response.headers.get("content-type", "").lower()
if "text/event-stream" not in content_type:
try:
return cast(Dict[str, Any], response.json())
except ValueError as exc:
raise ValidationError("Backend returned a non-JSON response") from exc

result: Any = None
for line in response.text.splitlines():
if not line.startswith("data:"):
continue
raw_event = line[len("data:") :].strip()
if not raw_event:
continue
try:
event = json.loads(raw_event)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu

knowledge_root=/tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/subconscious-ai-ghostshell-ea4a8325

printf '%s\n' '--- available scoped knowledge ---'
find "$knowledge_root" -maxdepth 2 -type f -name '*.md' -print | sort

printf '%s\n' '--- applicable convention files ---'
for f in "$knowledge_root"/*/*.md; do
  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
  case "$f" in
    *guideline*|*convention*|*review*) head -80 "$f";;
  esac
done

printf '%s\n' '--- target file outline ---'
ast-grep outline server/tools/_core/handlers.py 2>/dev/null || true

printf '%s\n' '--- target file lines 1-180 ---'
sed -n '1,180p' server/tools/_core/handlers.py

printf '%s\n' '--- direct references to parser/request symbols ---'
rg -n -C 3 '_parse_response_payload|_api_request|data:|text/event-stream|response\.text|response\.json' server/tools server 2>/dev/null | head -240

printf '%s\n' '--- focused diff summary and target diff ---'
git diff --stat -- server/tools/_core/handlers.py
git diff -- server/tools/_core/handlers.py

Repository: Subconscious-ai/ghostshell

Length of output: 26488

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WHATWG Server-sent events specification multiple data fields joined by newline blank line event dispatch

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Under the WHATWG Server-sent events (SSE) specification, the dispatching of events and the handling of multiple data fields are governed by specific parsing rules [1]. Event Dispatching Events are dispatched only when a blank line is encountered in the event stream [1][2][3]. A blank line is defined as a line that is empty, meaning it consists of no characters or is simply a line terminator (U+000A LINE FEED, U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN, or the CRLF pair) [1][4]. When the parser reaches such a blank line, it triggers the dispatch of the accumulated event [1][2]. Handling Multiple Data Fields When a message contains multiple consecutive lines that begin with the field name data, the following process occurs: 1. Concatenation: The specification dictates that for every line beginning with data:, the field value is appended to the event's data buffer [1][3]. 2. Newline Insertion: A single U+000A LINE FEED character is appended to the data buffer after each individual data field value [3][4]. This effectively joins multiple data lines with a newline character [5][4]. 3. Final Processing: When the event is ultimately dispatched, the trailing newline character (the one added after the final data field) is removed from the data buffer [5][4]. For example, a stream formatted as: data: Line 1 data: Line 2 will result in an event with a data attribute containing the string "Line 1\nLine 2" [5][6]. The specification treats U+000A, U+000D, and the U+000D U+000A sequence as valid line terminators [1][4]. Consequently, a blank line can be formed by two consecutive line terminators of any of these types [1][4]. The parser reads these lines sequentially, ignoring comment lines (lines starting with a U+003A COLON character) and processing non-blank, non-comment lines to update the event's internal buffers (data, event type, and last event ID) before dispatching upon encountering the blank line [1][2].

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Parse complete SSE events before decoding JSON.

_api_request sends text/event-stream responses to _parse_response_payload, which decodes each data: line separately. Standard SSE joins consecutive data: lines until a blank-line separator. A multiline JSON event can therefore raise ValidationError("Backend returned malformed SSE data"). Buffer each event, join its data: fields, and decode the complete payload. Add a fixture that splits one result JSON object across two data: lines.

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In `@server/tools/_core/handlers.py` around lines 48 - 55, The SSE parser in
_parse_response_payload must buffer consecutive data: lines as one event, join
their payloads with the SSE-defined separator, and only then decode JSON at the
blank-line event boundary; preserve existing handling for empty or non-data
lines and malformed payload errors. Add a fixture covering a single result JSON
object split across two data: lines.

except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
raise ValidationError("Backend returned malformed SSE data") from exc
if isinstance(event, dict) and event.get("type") == "result":
result = event.get("data")

if not isinstance(result, dict):
raise ValidationError("Backend SSE response did not include a final result")
return cast(Dict[str, Any], result)


@with_retry(max_retries=MAX_RETRIES, base_delay=RETRY_DELAY)
async def _api_request(
method: str,
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raise ValidationError(f"Request failed: {response.status_code}")

response.raise_for_status()
return cast(Dict[str, Any], response.json())
return _parse_response_payload(response)

except httpx.ConnectError as e:
logger.error(f"Connection error: {e}")
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41 changes: 41 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_response_parsing.py
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import httpx
import pytest

from server.tools._core.exceptions import ValidationError
from server.tools._core.handlers import _parse_response_payload


def test_parse_response_payload_preserves_json():
response = httpx.Response(200, json={"is_causal": True})

assert _parse_response_payload(response) == {"is_causal": True}


def test_parse_response_payload_returns_final_sse_result_data():
body = "\n\n".join(
[
'data: {"type":"progress","step":"checking"}',
'data: {"type":"result","data":{"is_causal":true,"suggestions":[]}}',
]
)
response = httpx.Response(
200,
text=body,
headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8"},
)

assert _parse_response_payload(response) == {
"is_causal": True,
"suggestions": [],
}


def test_parse_response_payload_rejects_sse_without_result():
response = httpx.Response(
200,
text='data: {"type":"progress","step":"checking"}\n\n',
headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"},
)

with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="final result"):
_parse_response_payload(response)
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