Merge branch 'main' into speed-up-extract-thought

src/crewai/agents/parser.py

@@ -124,14 +124,15 @@ class CrewAgentParser:
             )
 
     def _extract_thought(self, text: str) -> str:
-        regex = r"(.*?)(?:\n\nAction|\n\nFinal Answer)"
+        thought_index = text.find("\n\nAction")
-        thought_match = re.search(regex, text, re.DOTALL)
+        if thought_index == -1:
-        if thought_match:
+            thought_index = text.find("\n\nFinal Answer")
-            thought = thought_match.group(1).strip()
+        if thought_index == -1:
-            # Remove any triple backticks from the thought string
+            return ""
-            thought = thought.replace("```", "").strip()
+        thought = text[:thought_index].strip()
-            return thought
+        # Remove any triple backticks from the thought string
-        return ""
+        thought = thought.replace("```", "").strip()
+        return thought
 
     def _clean_action(self, text: str) -> str:
         """Clean action string by removing non-essential formatting characters."""