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fix(pi-fff): drop stale mode tool names on reload (#855) - #856

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Closes #855

Root cause

registerPendingTools was purely additive (packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts:659-665), while pi hands the pre-reload active list straight back to the rebuilt tool registry (dist/core/agent-session.js:2063: activeToolNames: this.getActiveToolNames()). A /reload after a mode switch therefore keeps the previous mode's names active, and both directions are affected on main.

Relevant detail: pi's default active set is ["read", "bash", "edit", "write"] (dist/core/sdk.js:132) — builtin grep/find are registered but inactive. A leftover grep/find in a FFF-named mode is genuinely the extension's stale activation.

Fix

registerPendingTools now takes the names the final mode did not register and drops them from the active set. FFF names (ffgrep/fffind/fff-multi-grep) are pruned unconditionally — no one else registers them. Override names (grep/find/multi_grep) are pruned only when this session actually ran in override mode, determined from the startup-resolved mode plus every persisted /fff-mode entry, so a builtin grep/find the user enabled via defaultTools survives.

Steps to reproduce

cd packages && bun install --frozen-lockfile
git checkout triage-bot/issue-855 -- pi-fff/test/extension.test.ts
cd pi-fff && bun test test/extension.test.ts

On pre-fix main:

(fail) pi-fff mode switch across /reload > drops override tool names when switching back to a FFF-named mode
(fail) pi-fff mode switch across /reload > drops FFF tool names when switching to override
 26 pass
 2 fail

Expected active tools after override -> tools-and-ui + /reload: ["read","bash","edit","write","ffgrep","fffind"].
Actual on main: ["read","bash","edit","write","grep","find","ffgrep","fffind"] — four search tools, duplicated in pairs.

Manual equivalent (TUI):

pi -e packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts --fff-mode=override
/fff-mode tools-and-ui
/reload
/tool          # main: grep, find, ffgrep, fffind active. fixed: ffgrep, fffind

How verified

cd packages/pi-fff && bun test test/     # 85 pass, 0 fail
cd packages && bun run format:check      # all matched files use the correct format
cd packages && bun run lint              # oxlint clean
cd packages/pi-fff && bun run typecheck  # no new errors

Three tests added modelling pi's real cross-reload behaviour (active list and session entries survive, extension instance does not): both switch directions, plus a guard that a user-enabled builtin grep/find is not pruned when override was never used. typecheck still reports the two pre-existing TS7006 in src/index.ts and the unbuilt @ff-labs/fff-node resolution errors — identical on main.

@dmtrKovalenko one judgment call worth your eyes: telling the extension's grep/find from pi's builtins is impossible by name, so the prune leans on mode history as the evidence. If you would rather have hard provenance, the alternative is persisting the activated names in a session entry.

Overlaps #854, which touches the same function — the prune there becomes redundant with this one.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed /reload mode switches so tools from a previous mode no longer remain active.
    • Preserved user-enabled built-in tools, including grep and find, when reloading sessions or opting out of home-directory scanning.
    • Improved restoration of persisted session modes to keep the active tool list accurate.
    • Added clearer warnings when scanning is unavailable because a directory has opted out.

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The change restores persisted modes, removes stale FFF and override tool names during /reload, and preserves user-enabled built-in tools when scanning is disabled for the home directory or filesystem root.

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Reload tool reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Persisted mode tracking
packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts
sessionModes collects valid persisted fff-mode entries. prepareSession restores the latest mode and tracks FFF and override tool names.
Active tool reconciliation and regression coverage
packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts, packages/pi-fff/test/extension.test.ts
registerPendingTools removes stale names before registering the current mode. Reload tests cover mode switches and preservation of user-enabled built-in tools during home-directory opt-out fallback.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: dmtrkovalenko

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f5603

Some reload sequences unexpectedly disable user-enabled builtin grep and find, although equivalent FFF search tools remain available. Fixing mode ownership tracking is recommended before merge.

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@gustav-fff rebase this PR

Pi carries the active tool list across /reload, and registerPendingTools
only added names, so the previous mode's search tools stayed active.

Prune the names the final mode did not register: FFF names unconditionally
(only this extension registers them), override names only when the session
actually ran in override mode, so a user-enabled builtin grep/find is kept.

Skip the override prune when #857's opted-out-cwd fallback keeps pi's
built-ins, otherwise the prune deactivates the tools that fallback preserves.

Closes #855
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[triage-bot] DIRECTED: rebased onto main (e542d8a), force-pushed as f56030f. mergeStateStatus: CLEAN.

One conflict, in prepareSession (packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts), against #858. Both sides kept, but they fight:

Composed naively that prune deactivates exactly the builtins #858 just preserved:

override + $HOME + FFF_ENABLE_HOME_SCAN=0
  before: read bash edit write grep find
  after:  read bash edit write ffgrep fffind     # grep/find gone, nothing searches

Resolution: prune override names only when FFF actually takes those names.

const keepBuiltins = currentMode === "override" && scanOptOutReason(activeCwd) !== null;
if (keepBuiltins) toolNames = FFF_TOOL_NAMES;
if (usedOverride && !keepBuiltins) staleNames.push(...toolNameList(OVERRIDE_TOOL_NAMES));

Added one test pinning it (test/extension.test.ts:499); drop the !keepBuiltins and it fails with the diff above.

bun test test/ 93 pass 0 fail, format:check clean, lint clean, typecheck unchanged from main.

#854 is still not on main, so the overlap note in the PR body stands.

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if (modes.length > 0) {
const restored = modes[modes.length - 1];
if (restored !== currentMode) setMode(restored);
usedOverride = usedOverride || modes.includes("override");

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Track the previously applied mode, not every historical mode.

sessionModes() returns requested modes, including an override request that was saved but never applied. After a later tools-only request, modes.includes("override") can still remove user-enabled builtin grep and find on reload.

Users still retain FFF's equivalent ffgrep and fffind tools. The bug removes the builtin names and implementations unexpectedly, but it does not remove workspace search entirely.

Persist the mode actually applied by each extension instance with the existing session-entry mechanism. Prune builtin names only when the immediately previous applied mode was override. Add regressions for a cancelled override request and a second reload after switching away from a real override.

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In `@packages/pi-fff/src/index.ts` at line 761, Update the mode tracking around
sessionModes() and the usedOverride calculation to persist each extension
instance’s actually applied mode through the existing session-entry mechanism,
rather than checking every historically requested mode. Prune builtin grep and
find only when the immediately previous applied mode was override; preserve them
for cancelled override requests and after switching away from a real override.
Add regressions covering both cancellation and the subsequent reload.

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dmtrKovalenko merged commit e8d80e4 into main Sep 20, 2026
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dmtrKovalenko added a commit to RunMintOn/fff that referenced this pull request Sep 21, 2026
Resolve overlap with dmtrKovalenko#856 (stale tool-name pruning) by keeping main's
staleNames-based registerPendingTools; it already drops the FFF names
unconditionally, which covers the eager ffgrep/fffind registrations.

Adapt to dmtrKovalenko#852 (compact rendering): renderCall needs `context` again for
getRenderToolName, and the renderer tests assert on render(80) since
CollapsedText has no `.text`.
nguyentamdat pushed a commit to nguyentamdat/fff that referenced this pull request Sep 21, 2026
…dmtrKovalenko#856)

Pi carries the active tool list across /reload, and registerPendingTools
only added names, so the previous mode's search tools stayed active.

Prune the names the final mode did not register: FFF names unconditionally
(only this extension registers them), override names only when the session
actually ran in override mode, so a user-enabled builtin grep/find is kept.

Skip the override prune when dmtrKovalenko#857's opted-out-cwd fallback keeps pi's
built-ins, otherwise the prune deactivates the tools that fallback preserves.

Closes dmtrKovalenko#855

Co-authored-by: Dmitriy Kovalenko <dmitriy@iusevimbtw.com>
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