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.

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

use a2a_protocol_types::events::{StreamResponse, TaskStatusUpdateEvent};
use a2a_protocol_types::params::{MessageSendParams, SendMessageConfiguration};
use a2a_protocol_types::push::TaskPushNotificationConfig;
use a2a_protocol_types::responses::SendMessageResponse;
use a2a_protocol_types::task::{ContextId, Task, TaskId, TaskState, TaskStatus};

use crate::error::{ServerError, ServerResult};
use crate::request_context::RequestContext;
use crate::streaming::EventQueueWriter;

use super::helpers::{build_call_context, validate_id, validate_metadata_object};
use super::{CancellationEntry, RequestHandler, SendMessageResult};

mod decisions;
pub use decisions::MAX_TASK_HISTORY_MESSAGES;
use decisions::{
    evict_aged_token, json_byte_len, second_send_blocked, shape_response_history, token_aged,
    token_still_evictable,
};
impl RequestHandler {
    /// Handles `SendMessage` / `SendStreamingMessage`.
    ///
    /// The optional `headers` map carries HTTP request headers for
    /// interceptor access-control decisions (e.g. `Authorization`).
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns [`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
    }

    /// Registers a push notification config carried inline on a `SendMessage`.
    ///
    /// The schema is explicit that this is how a client subscribes at send
    /// time: *"Task id should be empty when sending this configuration in a
    /// `SendMessage` request"* (`a2a.proto`, `SendMessageConfiguration`), so
    /// the id is filled in from the task just created rather than required
    /// from the caller. The reference implementation registers it at the same
    /// point — before the executor starts — so the very first status
    /// transition is already covered.
    ///
    /// Must run *after* the task is saved, because the config store rejects a
    /// config for a task that does not exist, and *before* the executor is
    /// spawned, so no event can be produced while the webhook is unroutable.
    ///
    /// A no-op when the request carried no config.
    async fn register_inline_push_config(
        &self,
        configuration: Option<&SendMessageConfiguration>,
        task_id: &TaskId,
    ) -> ServerResult<()> {
        let Some(inline) = configuration.and_then(|c| c.task_push_notification_config.clone())
        else {
            return Ok(());
        };
        // Shares the standalone create's validation — capability check, task
        // existence, SSRF screening, quotas — so this cannot become an
        // unguarded back door into the push config store.
        self.validate_and_store_push_config(TaskPushNotificationConfig {
            task_id: Some(task_id.0.clone()),
            ..inline
        })
        .await?;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Inner implementation of `on_send_message`, extracted so that the outer
    /// method can uniformly track success/error metrics.
    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
    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)?;

        // 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()?;
        }

        // Validate incoming IDs: reject empty/whitespace-only and excessively long values (AP-1).
        if let Some(ref ctx_id) = params.message.context_id {
            validate_id(&ctx_id.0, "context_id", self.limits.max_id_length)?;
        }
        if let Some(ref task_id) = params.message.task_id {
            validate_id(&task_id.0, "task_id", self.limits.max_id_length)?;
        }

        // SC-4: Reject messages with no parts.
        if params.message.parts.is_empty() {
            return Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(
                "message must contain at least one part".into(),
            ));
        }

        // Cross-binding portability: every client-supplied `metadata` field must
        // be a JSON object so the resulting task is representable over gRPC
        // (google.protobuf.Struct), not just over JSON-RPC/REST. Reject arrays
        // and scalars at ingress rather than storing a task that one binding can
        // serve and another cannot.
        validate_metadata_object(params.message.metadata.as_ref(), "message")?;
        validate_metadata_object(params.metadata.as_ref(), "request")?;
        for (i, part) in params.message.parts.iter().enumerate() {
            validate_metadata_object(part.metadata.as_ref(), &format!("message part {i}"))?;
        }

        // PR-8: Reject oversized metadata to prevent memory exhaustion.
        // Use a byte-counting writer to avoid allocating a throwaway String.
        let max_meta = self.limits.max_metadata_size;
        if let Some(ref meta) = params.message.metadata {
            let meta_size = json_byte_len(meta).map_err(|_| {
                ServerError::InvalidParams("message metadata is not serializable".into())
            })?;
            if meta_size > max_meta {
                return Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(format!(
                    "message metadata exceeds maximum size ({meta_size} bytes, max {max_meta})"
                )));
            }
        }
        if let Some(ref meta) = params.metadata {
            let meta_size = json_byte_len(meta).map_err(|_| {
                ServerError::InvalidParams("request metadata is not serializable".into())
            })?;
            if meta_size > max_meta {
                return Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(format!(
                    "request metadata exceeds maximum size ({meta_size} bytes, max {max_meta})"
                )));
            }
        }

        // Resolve context ID from the message per proto SendMessageRequest
        // definition. SPEC §3.4.3: "Agents MUST infer contextId from the task
        // if only taskId is provided" — so a taskId-only continuation looks up
        // the referenced task's context instead of being rejected. A message
        // with neither id starts a fresh context.
        let context_id = if let Some(ref ctx) = params.message.context_id {
            ctx.0.clone()
        } else if let Some(ref msg_task_id) = params.message.task_id {
            match self.task_store.get(msg_task_id).await? {
                Some(task) => task.context_id.0.clone(),
                // SPEC §3.4.2: a client-supplied taskId MUST reference an
                // existing task.
                None => return Err(ServerError::TaskNotFound(msg_task_id.clone())),
            }
        } else {
            uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string()
        };

        // Acquire a per-context lock to serialize the find + save sequence for
        // the same context_id, preventing two concurrent SendMessage requests
        // from both creating new tasks for the same context.
        let context_lock = {
            let mut locks = self.context_locks.write().await;
            // Prune stale entries when the map exceeds the configured limit.
            // A lock is "stale" when no other task holds a reference to it
            // (strong_count == 1 means only the map itself owns it).
            if locks.len() >= self.limits.max_context_locks {
                locks.retain(|_, v| Arc::strong_count(v) > 1);
            }
            locks.entry(context_id.clone()).or_default().clone()
        };
        let context_guard = context_lock.lock().await;

        // Look up existing task for continuation.
        let stored_task = self.find_task_by_context(&context_id).await?;

        // Determine task_id: reuse the client-provided task_id when it matches
        // a stored non-terminal task (e.g. input-required continuations per
        // A2A spec §3.4.3), otherwise generate a new one.
        let task_id = if let Some(ref msg_task_id) = params.message.task_id {
            if let Some(ref stored) = stored_task {
                if msg_task_id != &stored.id {
                    return Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(
                        "message task_id does not match task found for context".into(),
                    ));
                }
                // SPEC CORE-SEND-002: Reject messages explicitly targeting a
                // task in terminal state. Tasks in Completed, Failed, Canceled,
                // or Rejected state cannot accept further messages.
                if stored.status.state.is_terminal() {
                    return Err(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation(format!(
                        "task {} is in terminal state '{}' and cannot accept new messages",
                        stored.id, stored.status.state
                    )));
                }
                // Reuse the existing task_id for non-terminal continuations.
            } else {
                // SPEC §3.4.2: When a client includes a taskId in a Message, it
                // MUST reference an existing task. Return TaskNotFound if the
                // task does not exist at all (not just absent from this context).
                let exists = self.task_store.get(msg_task_id).await?.is_some();
                if !exists {
                    return Err(ServerError::TaskNotFound(msg_task_id.clone()));
                }
                // Task exists but under a different context — this is a mismatch.
                return Err(ServerError::InvalidParams(
                    "task_id exists but belongs to a different context".into(),
                ));
            }
            msg_task_id.clone()
        } else {
            // No explicit task_id from client. If the found stored task is
            // terminal, a new task will be created on this context — this is
            // allowed (new conversation round on same context).
            TaskId::new(uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string())
        };

        // Check return_immediately mode.
        let return_immediately = params
            .configuration
            .as_ref()
            .and_then(|c| c.return_immediately)
            .unwrap_or(false);
        let response_history_length = params.configuration.as_ref().and_then(|c| c.history_length);

        // 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.
        let use_background = streaming || return_immediately;

        // Reject a second send that targets a task already being processed. A
        // live (non-cancelled) cancellation token means an executor is in
        // flight for this `task_id`; a concurrent send would spawn a *second*
        // executor and overwrite the first's token, leaving the original work
        // uncancelable and racing on store writes. Only reachable when a client
        // explicitly reuses a `task_id` (continuations); fresh sends generate a
        // unique id. Checked under the still-held per-context lock so it is
        // atomic with the token insert below.
        {
            let tokens = self.cancellation_tokens.read().await;
            if let Some(entry) = tokens.get(&task_id) {
                if second_send_blocked(entry) {
                    return Err(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation(format!(
                        "task {task_id} is already being processed; \
                         wait for it to reach input-required or a terminal state before sending again"
                    )));
                }
            }
        }

        // Create initial task.
        trace_debug!(
            task_id = %task_id,
            context_id = %context_id,
            "creating task"
        );
        // A continuation carries the stored task's accumulated history,
        // artifacts, and metadata forward — only the status returns to
        // Submitted for the new turn. The incoming message is appended to
        // `history` in both cases: Task.history is the conversation record
        // that GetTask's historyLength truncates, and multi-turn executors
        // read prior turns from it via RequestContext::stored_task.
        let mut history = stored_task
            .as_ref()
            .and_then(|s| s.history.clone())
            .unwrap_or_default();
        history.push(params.message.clone());
        // Unguarded: at or under the cap `excess` is 0 and `drain(..0)` costs
        // nothing — `Drain::drop` skips its memmove when the tail does not
        // move, so this is O(1), not an O(n) shift of the whole history. The
        // `if` it replaces guarded only that no-op, which is precisely what
        // made weakening it to `>=` an equivalent mutant: both arms did
        // nothing at `len == MAX`.
        let excess = history.len().saturating_sub(MAX_TASK_HISTORY_MESSAGES);
        history.drain(..excess);
        let task = Task {
            id: task_id.clone(),
            context_id: ContextId::new(&context_id),
            status: TaskStatus::with_timestamp(TaskState::Submitted),
            history: Some(history),
            artifacts: stored_task.as_ref().and_then(|s| s.artifacts.clone()),
            metadata: stored_task.as_ref().and_then(|s| s.metadata.clone()),
        };

        // Build request context BEFORE saving to store so we can insert the
        // cancellation token atomically with the task save.
        let mut ctx = RequestContext::new(params.message, task_id.clone(), context_id);
        if let Some(stored) = stored_task {
            ctx = ctx.with_stored_task(stored);
        }
        if let Some(meta) = params.metadata {
            ctx = ctx.with_metadata(meta);
        }

        // Create the event queue FIRST, so hitting the concurrent-stream cap is
        // detected *before* any side effect is committed. Leasing distinguishes
        // capacity exhaustion from an already-existing queue (see
        // [`QueueLease`]); the old `get_or_create` collapsed both to a `None`
        // reader, so a cap rejection was misreported as an internal error and
        // left the task orphaned in `Submitted` with a leaked token.
        let (writer, reader, persistence_rx) = match self
            .event_queue_manager
            .lease(&task_id, use_background)
            .await
        {
            crate::streaming::QueueLease::Created {
                writer,
                reader,
                persistence_rx,
            } => (writer, reader, persistence_rx),
            crate::streaming::QueueLease::Existing => {
                // A queue already exists for this task_id even though the
                // in-flight token check above passed. That means either a
                // concurrent send is racing us, or a previous executor's queue
                // outlived its cancelled/swept token. Proceeding down the old
                // `Existing` path spawned a SECOND executor sharing the queue
                // with NO persistence channel — silently dropping every state
                // transition and push notification for the resent task (it was
                // stuck in `Submitted`) while racing the original executor on
                // store writes. Reject instead of corrupting state.
                return Err(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation(format!(
                    "task {task_id} is already being processed; wait for it to reach \
                     input-required or a terminal state before sending again"
                )));
            }
            crate::streaming::QueueLease::CapacityExhausted => {
                let cap = self
                    .event_queue_manager
                    .max_concurrent_queues()
                    .map_or_else(String::new, |n| format!(" ({n})"));
                return Err(ServerError::Overloaded(format!(
                    "server at maximum concurrent stream capacity{cap}; retry later"
                )));
            }
        };

        // FIX(#8): Insert the cancellation token BEFORE saving the task to
        // the store. This eliminates the race window where a task exists in
        // the store but has no cancellation token — a concurrent CancelTask
        // during that window would silently fail to cancel.
        {
            // Phase 1: Collect stale entries under READ lock (non-blocking for
            // other readers). This avoids holding a write lock during the O(n)
            // sweep of all cancellation tokens.
            //
            // Cancelled tokens are always evictable. An *aged* but not-cancelled
            // token may still belong to a live, long-running executor; evicting
            // it would make that task uncancelable, so aged candidates are only
            // evicted once we confirm (below) their event queue is gone.
            let (cancelled_ids, aged_candidates): (Vec<TaskId>, Vec<TaskId>) = {
                let tokens = self.cancellation_tokens.read().await;
                if tokens.len() >= self.limits.max_cancellation_tokens {
                    let now = Instant::now();
                    let mut cancelled = Vec::new();
                    let mut aged = Vec::new();
                    for (id, entry) in tokens.iter() {
                        if entry.token.is_cancelled() {
                            cancelled.push(id.clone());
                        } else if token_aged(
                            now.duration_since(entry.created_at),
                            self.limits.max_token_age,
                        ) {
                            aged.push(id.clone());
                        }
                    }
                    drop(tokens);
                    (cancelled, aged)
                } else {
                    (Vec::new(), Vec::new())
                }
            };

            // Only evict aged tokens whose event queue is no longer registered —
            // i.e. the executor has finished but the token lingered. A token
            // whose queue is still live is left in place so the task remains
            // cancelable.
            let mut stale_ids = cancelled_ids;
            for id in aged_candidates {
                let queue_live = self.event_queue_manager.has_queue(&id).await;
                if evict_aged_token(queue_live) {
                    stale_ids.push(id);
                }
            }

            // Phase 2: Remove stale entries under WRITE lock (brief).
            // Re-validate each candidate at removal time: a concurrent send
            // may have replaced the entry with a fresh live token since the
            // read-lock scan (see `token_still_evictable`).
            if !stale_ids.is_empty() {
                let now = Instant::now();
                let mut tokens = self.cancellation_tokens.write().await;
                for id in &stale_ids {
                    let evict = tokens
                        .get(id)
                        .is_some_and(|e| token_still_evictable(e, now, self.limits.max_token_age));
                    if evict {
                        tokens.remove(id);
                    }
                }
            }

            // Phase 3: Insert the new token under WRITE lock.
            let mut tokens = self.cancellation_tokens.write().await;
            tokens.insert(
                task_id.clone(),
                CancellationEntry {
                    token: ctx.cancellation_token.clone(),
                    created_at: Instant::now(),
                },
            );
        }

        // Persist the initial task. If this fails, roll back the queue and
        // token we just created so a store error does not leak either.
        if let Err(e) = self.task_store.save(&task).await {
            self.event_queue_manager.destroy(&task_id).await;
            self.cancellation_tokens.write().await.remove(&task_id);
            return Err(e.into());
        }

        // Release the per-context lock now that the task is saved. Subsequent
        // requests for this context_id will find the task via find_task_by_context.
        drop(context_guard);

        // Register an inline push notification config, if the request carried
        // one — see `register_inline_push_config`. A failure rolls back the
        // queue and token exactly as a store failure does: a client that asked
        // for push and did not get it must not receive a task that silently
        // never notifies.
        //
        // Boxed, and with every local confined to the helper, so this cold
        // branch does not enlarge `send_message_inner`'s future for every
        // send — inline it pushed all three dispatch futures past clippy's
        // `large_futures` threshold.
        if let Err(e) =
            Box::pin(self.register_inline_push_config(params.configuration.as_ref(), &task_id))
                .await
        {
            self.event_queue_manager.destroy(&task_id).await;
            self.cancellation_tokens.write().await.remove(&task_id);
            return Err(e);
        }

        // Spawn executor task. The spawned task owns the only writer clone
        // needed; drop the local reference and the manager's reference so the
        // channel closes when the executor finishes.
        let executor = Arc::clone(&self.executor);
        let task_id_for_cleanup = task_id.clone();
        let event_queue_mgr = self.event_queue_manager.clone();
        let cancel_tokens = Arc::clone(&self.cancellation_tokens);
        let executor_timeout = self.executor_timeout;
        let executor_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
            trace_debug!(task_id = %ctx.task_id, "executor started");

            // FIX(L5): Use a cleanup guard so that the event queue and
            // cancellation token are cleaned up even if the task is aborted
            // or panics. The guard runs on drop, which Rust guarantees
            // during normal unwinding and when the JoinHandle is aborted.
            #[allow(clippy::items_after_statements)]
            struct CleanupGuard {
                task_id: Option<TaskId>,
                queue_mgr: crate::streaming::EventQueueManager,
                tokens: std::sync::Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<HashMap<TaskId, CancellationEntry>>>,
            }
            #[allow(clippy::items_after_statements)]
            impl Drop for CleanupGuard {
                fn drop(&mut self) {
                    if let Some(tid) = self.task_id.take() {
                        let qmgr = self.queue_mgr.clone();
                        let tokens = std::sync::Arc::clone(&self.tokens);
                        tokio::task::spawn(async move {
                            qmgr.destroy(&tid).await;
                            tokens.write().await.remove(&tid);
                        });
                    }
                }
            }
            let mut cleanup_guard = CleanupGuard {
                task_id: Some(task_id_for_cleanup.clone()),
                queue_mgr: event_queue_mgr.clone(),
                tokens: Arc::clone(&cancel_tokens),
            };

            // Wrap executor call to catch panics, ensuring cleanup always runs.
            let result = {
                let exec_future = if let Some(timeout) = executor_timeout {
                    tokio::time::timeout(timeout, executor.execute(&ctx, writer.as_ref()))
                        .await
                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                            Err(a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aError::internal(format!(
                                "executor timed out after {}s",
                                timeout.as_secs()
                            )))
                        })
                } else {
                    executor.execute(&ctx, writer.as_ref()).await
                };
                exec_future
            };

            if let Err(ref e) = result {
                trace_error!(task_id = %ctx.task_id, error = %e, "executor failed");
                // Write a failed status update on error.
                let fail_event = StreamResponse::StatusUpdate(TaskStatusUpdateEvent {
                    task_id: ctx.task_id.clone(),
                    context_id: ContextId::new(ctx.context_id.clone()),
                    status: TaskStatus::with_timestamp(TaskState::Failed),
                    metadata: Some(serde_json::json!({ "error": e.to_string() })),
                });
                if let Err(_write_err) = writer.write(fail_event).await {
                    trace_error!(
                        task_id = %ctx.task_id,
                        error = %_write_err,
                        "failed to write failure event to queue"
                    );
                }
            }
            // Drop the writer so the channel closes and readers see EOF.
            drop(writer);
            // Perform explicit cleanup, then defuse the guard so it does not
            // double-clean on normal exit.
            event_queue_mgr.destroy(&task_id_for_cleanup).await;
            cancel_tokens.write().await.remove(&task_id_for_cleanup);
            cleanup_guard.task_id = None;
        });

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

        if use_background {
            // ARCHITECTURAL FIX: Spawn a background event processor that runs
            // independently of any SSE consumer. This ensures that, for BOTH
            // streaming and fire-and-forget (`return_immediately`) sends:
            // 1. The task store is updated with state transitions.
            // 2. Push notifications fire for every event.
            // 3. State transition validation occurs.
            //
            // 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).
            //
            // H5 FIX: The persistence channel is a dedicated mpsc channel that
            // is not affected by SSE consumer backpressure, so the background
            // processor never misses state transitions.
            self.spawn_background_event_processor(
                task_id.clone(),
                executor_handle,
                persistence_rx,
                task.clone(),
            );

            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;
                let mut snapshot = task.clone();
                shape_response_history(&mut snapshot, response_history_length);
                reader.set_first_event(StreamResponse::Task(snapshot));
                Ok(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);
                let mut task = task;
                shape_response_history(&mut task, response_history_length);
                Ok(SendMessageResult::Response(SendMessageResponse::Task(task)))
            }
        } else {
            // Blocking mode: poll reader until the final event. Pass the
            // executor handle so collect_events can detect executor
            // completion/panic (CB-3).
            let collected = self
                .collect_events(reader, task_id.clone(), 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;