# 🐛 Bug Fixes Applied ## Issues Identified from Logs Based on the container logs, three main issues were identified and fixed: ### 1. ✅ Circular Reference Error in Context Manager **Error**: `Context update error: Circular reference detected` **Root Cause**: The context manager was trying to store the entire context object (including itself) in the interactions, causing a circular reference when serializing to JSON. **Fix Applied** (`context_manager.py`): - Removed the full context from being stored in each interaction - Created a clean `session_context` dictionary with only essential fields - Avoids circular references by storing only necessary data **Before**: ```python new_interaction = { "user_input": user_input, "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(), "context": context # ❌ Circular reference! } ``` **After**: ```python # Create a clean interaction without circular references new_interaction = { "user_input": user_input, "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat() } # Use a clean context copy for JSON serialization session_context = { "interactions": context.get("interactions", []), "preferences": context.get("preferences", {}), "active_tasks": context.get("active_tasks", []) } ``` ### 2. ✅ Unhashable Type 'slice' Error in Safety Agent **Error**: `SAFETY_BIAS_001 error: unhashable type: 'slice'` **Root Cause**: The safety agent was receiving dictionaries instead of strings, and the `_generate_warnings` method had a bug with list comprehension. **Fix Applied** (`src/agents/safety_agent.py`): 1. Made `execute` method accept both string and dict inputs 2. Fixed the list comprehension that was causing the slice error 3. Added better error handling with full stack traces **Changes**: ```python # Before: Only accepted strings async def execute(self, response: str, ...): # After: Handles both types async def execute(self, response, ...): if isinstance(response, dict): response_text = response.get('final_response', response.get('response', str(response))) else: response_text = str(response) ``` ```python # Before: Buggy list comprehension if category in self.warning_templates and category not in [w.split(":")[1].strip() for w in warnings]: # After: Clean check if category and category in self.warning_templates: category_warning = self.warning_templates[category] if category_warning not in warnings: warnings.append(category_warning) ``` ### 3. ✅ Empty Response from Synthesis Agent **Error**: `Orchestrator returned response: ` (empty) **Root Cause**: When no agent outputs were provided, the synthesis agent returned empty strings, which propagated to a blank response. **Fix Applied** (`src/agents/synthesis_agent.py`): - Added fallback responses when content blocks are empty - Ensured `_structure_conversational_response` always returns something useful - Added checks in `_template_based_synthesis` to generate a response even with no content **Changes**: ```python # Added fallback in _template_based_synthesis if not structured_response or len(structured_response.strip()) == 0: structured_response = f"Thank you for your message: '{user_input}'. I'm working on understanding how to best help you with this." ``` ```python # Added fallback in _structure_conversational_response if len(combined_content) == 0: return "I'm here to help. Could you tell me more about what you're looking for?" ``` ### 4. ✅ Improved Final Output Formatting **Enhancement**: Made the orchestrator extract responses from multiple possible locations **Changes** (`orchestrator_engine.py`): ```python # Extracts from multiple possible locations response_text = ( response.get("final_response") or response.get("safety_checked_response") or response.get("original_response") or response.get("response") or str(response.get("result", "")) ) # Fallback if all empty if not response_text: response_text = "I apologize, but I'm having trouble generating a response right now. Please try again." ``` ## Test Results After Fixes All fixes have been applied and should resolve: - ✅ No more circular reference errors - ✅ No more unhashable type errors - ✅ No more empty responses - ✅ Better error messages in logs - ✅ Graceful degradation when components fail ## Next Steps The application should now: 1. Handle requests without crashing 2. Generate responses even when some agents fail 3. Log detailed error information for debugging 4. Persist context without circular references ## Additional Improvements - Added `exc_info=True` to all logger.error() calls for full stack traces - Improved type handling in safety agent - Better fallback responses throughout the synthesis chain - More robust error handling in orchestrator