a2a_protocol_server/handler/messaging/

mod.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
//
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//! `SendMessage` / `SendStreamingMessage` handler implementation.
//!
//! [`RequestHandler::send_message_inner`] is the send path as a sequence of
//! phases; each phase lives in the submodule named for what it does:
//!
//! | Module | Phase |
//! |---|---|
//! | `validation` | ids, parts and metadata checked at ingress |
//! | `continuation` | which context and task the message belongs to |
//! | `admission` | in-flight rejection and the event-queue lease |
//! | `eviction` | the stale-token sweep and the token insert |
//! | `create` | the initial task, its request context, the store write, the inline push config |
//! | `execute` | the spawned executor and the guard that releases its resources |
//! | `decisions` | the pure predicates the phases above decide with |

use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::time::Instant;

use a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aResult;
use a2a_protocol_types::events::StreamResponse;
use a2a_protocol_types::params::MessageSendParams;
use a2a_protocol_types::responses::SendMessageResponse;
use a2a_protocol_types::task::Task;
use tokio::sync::OwnedSemaphorePermit;
use tokio::task::JoinHandle;

use crate::error::ServerResult;
use crate::streaming::InMemoryQueueReader;

use super::helpers::build_call_context;
use super::{RequestHandler, SendMessageResult};

mod admission;
mod continuation;
mod create;
mod decisions;
mod eviction;
mod execute;
mod validation;

pub use decisions::MAX_TASK_HISTORY_MESSAGES;
use decisions::shape_response_history;

/// How the send is driven and shaped, read once from the request.
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct SendMode {
    /// Both streaming and fire-and-forget (`return_immediately`) drive the
    /// task asynchronously and therefore need the background event processor
    /// to persist state transitions and fire push notifications. Only the
    /// default blocking mode collects events in the foreground.
    use_background: bool,
    /// `SendMessageConfiguration.historyLength`, applied to the response.
    response_history_length: Option<u32>,
}

impl SendMode {
    fn of(params: &MessageSendParams, streaming: bool) -> Self {
        let configuration = params.configuration.as_ref();
        let return_immediately = configuration
            .and_then(|c| c.return_immediately)
            .unwrap_or(false);
        Self {
            use_background: streaming || return_immediately,
            response_history_length: configuration.and_then(|c| c.history_length),
        }
    }
}

/// A task whose executor is running: what `commit_task` hands the response
/// phase.
struct Started {
    /// The task as saved, `Submitted`.
    task: Task,
    /// The first reader on the task's event queue.
    reader: InMemoryQueueReader,
    /// The background processor's channel, present when one was requested.
    persistence_rx: Option<tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<A2aResult<StreamResponse>>>,
    /// The spawned executor.
    executor_handle: JoinHandle<()>,
}

impl RequestHandler {
    /// Handles `SendMessage` / `SendStreamingMessage`.
    ///
    /// The optional `headers` map carries HTTP request headers for
    /// interceptor access-control decisions (e.g. `Authorization`).
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError`](crate::error::ServerError) if task creation
    /// or execution fails.
    pub async fn on_send_message(
        &self,
        params: MessageSendParams,
        streaming: bool,
        headers: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
    ) -> ServerResult<SendMessageResult> {
        let method_name = if streaming {
            "SendStreamingMessage"
        } else {
            "SendMessage"
        };
        let start = Instant::now();
        trace_info!(method = method_name, streaming, "handling send message");
        self.metrics.on_request(method_name);

        let tenant = self
            .resolve_tenant(method_name, headers, params.tenant.as_deref())
            .await?;
        let result = crate::store::tenant::TenantContext::scope(tenant, async {
            self.send_message_inner(params, streaming, method_name, headers)
                .await
        })
        .await;
        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
        match &result {
            Ok(_) => {
                self.metrics.on_response(method_name);
                self.metrics.on_latency(method_name, elapsed);
            }
            Err(e) => {
                self.metrics.on_error(method_name, e.metric_label());
                self.metrics.on_latency(method_name, elapsed);
            }
        }
        result
    }

    /// The send path, phase by phase. Extracted from `on_send_message` so
    /// that the outer method can uniformly track success/error metrics.
    async fn send_message_inner(
        &self,
        params: MessageSendParams,
        streaming: bool,
        method_name: &str,
        headers: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
    ) -> ServerResult<SendMessageResult> {
        let call_ctx = build_call_context(method_name, headers);
        self.interceptors.run_before(&call_ctx).await?;
        // SPEC §3.3.4: reject clients that do not declare support for
        // extensions the agent card marks required.
        self.ensure_required_extensions(&call_ctx)?;

        let (mode, started) = self.validate_and_commit(params, streaming).await?;

        self.interceptors.run_after(&call_ctx).await?;

        if mode.use_background {
            Ok(self.respond_in_background(started, streaming, mode.response_history_length))
        } else {
            self.respond_blocking(started, mode.response_history_length)
                .await
        }
    }

    /// Takes the tenant's concurrency slot, validates the request, and
    /// commits the task.
    ///
    /// Nothing with a side effect happens before validation is through, so
    /// a refused request leaves no queue, no task row and no cancellation
    /// token behind; [`commit_task`](Self::commit_task) is where side effects
    /// begin, and it releases what it admitted on every failure.
    ///
    /// The slot is taken first: a refused request must not cost the tenant
    /// the very resources the limit protects. The permit is moved into the
    /// spawned executor and released when that task ends, however it ends —
    /// which is why the commit is this method's tail expression.
    async fn validate_and_commit(
        &self,
        mut params: MessageSendParams,
        streaming: bool,
    ) -> ServerResult<(SendMode, Started)> {
        let tenant_slot = self.acquire_tenant_slot().await?;

        // SPEC §3.3.4: a streaming send is only permitted when the configured
        // agent card advertises `capabilities.streaming == true`. Reject with
        // UnsupportedOperationError otherwise. (No-op when no card is configured.)
        if streaming {
            self.ensure_streaming_supported()?;
        }

        self.validate_send_params(&mut params)?;

        let mode = SendMode::of(&params, streaming);
        self.commit_task(params, mode.use_background, tenant_slot)
            .await
            .map(|started| (mode, started))
    }

    /// Resolves the task the message belongs to and commits it: the queue
    /// lease, the cancellation token, the store row, the inline push config,
    /// and finally the executor. Every failure after the lease releases the
    /// queue and token (see `create`), so nothing outlives a refused send.
    async fn commit_task(
        &self,
        params: MessageSendParams,
        use_background: bool,
        tenant_slot: Option<OwnedSemaphorePermit>,
    ) -> ServerResult<Started> {
        let context_id = self.resolve_context_id(&params.message).await?;

        // The per-context lock serializes the find + save sequence for one
        // context_id, so two concurrent sends cannot both create a new task
        // for it. Held until the task is saved.
        let context_lock = self.keyed_lock(&context_id).await;
        let context_guard = context_lock.lock().await;

        let stored_task = self.find_task_by_context(&context_id).await?;
        let task_id = self
            .resolve_task_id(&params.message, stored_task.as_ref())
            .await?;
        // Under the still-held per-context lock, so it is atomic with the
        // token insert below.
        self.reject_in_flight_send(&task_id).await?;

        trace_debug!(
            task_id = %task_id,
            context_id = %context_id,
            "creating task"
        );
        let task = create::build_initial_task(
            &task_id,
            &context_id,
            stored_task.as_ref(),
            &params.message,
        );
        let ctx = create::build_request_context(
            params.message,
            task_id.clone(),
            context_id,
            stored_task,
            params.metadata,
        );

        // From here on there is something to release on failure: the queue
        // first, then the token, then the row.
        let (writer, reader, persistence_rx) =
            self.lease_event_queue(&task_id, use_background).await?;
        self.register_cancellation_token(&task_id, ctx.cancellation_token.clone())
            .await;
        self.persist_initial_task(&task).await?;

        // Subsequent requests for this context_id will now find the task via
        // find_task_by_context.
        drop(context_guard);

        // Boxed, and with every local confined to the helper, so this cold
        // branch does not enlarge the send future for every send — inline it
        // pushed all three dispatch futures past clippy's `large_futures`
        // threshold.
        Box::pin(self.register_inline_push_config(params.configuration.as_ref(), &task_id)).await?;

        let executor_handle = self.spawn_executor(ctx, writer, tenant_slot);
        Ok(Started {
            task,
            reader,
            persistence_rx,
            executor_handle,
        })
    }

    /// The response for a streaming or fire-and-forget send, after spawning
    /// the background event processor that drives the task to completion.
    ///
    /// That processor runs independently of any SSE consumer, so for BOTH
    /// modes the task store is updated with state transitions, push
    /// notifications fire for every event, and state transitions are
    /// validated. Fire-and-forget previously spawned neither this processor
    /// nor a persistence channel, so the executor's writes went to a dropped
    /// reader: nothing was persisted and the task was stuck in `Submitted`
    /// forever (no completion, no push). The persistence channel is a
    /// dedicated mpsc channel that is not affected by SSE consumer
    /// backpressure, so the processor never misses a transition (H5).
    fn respond_in_background(
        &self,
        started: Started,
        streaming: bool,
        response_history_length: Option<u32>,
    ) -> SendMessageResult {
        let Started {
            task,
            reader,
            persistence_rx,
            executor_handle,
        } = started;
        self.spawn_background_event_processor(
            task.id.clone(),
            executor_handle,
            persistence_rx,
            task.clone(),
        );

        let mut snapshot = task;
        shape_response_history(&mut snapshot, response_history_length);
        if streaming {
            // SPEC §3.1.2: The first event in a streaming response MUST be a
            // Task object representing the current state.
            let mut reader = reader;
            reader.set_first_event(StreamResponse::Task(snapshot));
            SendMessageResult::Stream(reader)
        } else {
            // return_immediately: hand back the initial snapshot; the
            // background processor drives the task to completion and clients
            // poll `tasks/get` or rely on push.
            drop(reader);
            SendMessageResult::Response(SendMessageResponse::Task(snapshot))
        }
    }

    /// The response for a blocking send: the reader is polled to the final
    /// event, with the executor handle passed so `collect_events` can detect
    /// executor completion/panic (CB-3).
    async fn respond_blocking(
        &self,
        started: Started,
        response_history_length: Option<u32>,
    ) -> ServerResult<SendMessageResult> {
        let Started {
            task,
            reader,
            executor_handle,
            ..
        } = started;
        let collected = self
            .collect_events(reader, task.id, executor_handle)
            .await?;

        // SPEC §3.1.1: SendMessage returns "a `Task` object representing
        // the processing of the message, OR a `Message` — a direct
        // response message (for simple interactions that don't require
        // task tracking)". An agent that emitted a message and nothing
        // else is doing exactly that, so answer with the message. The task
        // row still exists and is still fetchable by `GetTask`.
        if let Some(message) = collected.direct_message {
            return Ok(SendMessageResult::Response(SendMessageResponse::Message(
                message,
            )));
        }

        let mut final_task = collected.task;
        shape_response_history(&mut final_task, response_history_length);
        Ok(SendMessageResult::Response(SendMessageResponse::Task(
            final_task,
        )))
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;