"""Tests for structured tool-failure signalling and the per-agent policy.""" from types import SimpleNamespace from typing import Any import pytest from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task from crewai.events.event_bus import crewai_event_bus from crewai.events.types.tool_usage_events import ( ToolFailureDetectedEvent, ToolUsageFinishedEvent, ) from crewai.llm import LLM from crewai.tools import BaseTool from crewai.tools.tool_failure import ( ToolExecutionFailedError, ToolFailure, ToolFailurePolicy, ToolFailureReason, ToolFailureRecord, detect_tool_failure, failure_from_exception, resolve_tool_failure_policy, ) class SlackTool(BaseTool): """Mirrors an upstream API that answers 200 with an error body.""" name: str = "slackbot_send_message" description: str = "Post a message to a Slack channel." def _run(self, channel: str) -> Any: return ToolFailure( message=f"Slack rejected the message to {channel}", code="channel_not_found", ) class WorkingTool(BaseTool): name: str = "echo" description: str = "Echo the input back." def _run(self, text: str) -> Any: return f"echoed: {text}" class ScriptedLLM(LLM): """Emits a fixed sequence of ReAct steps without touching a provider.""" def __new__(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> "ScriptedLLM": return object.__new__(cls) def __init__(self, steps: list[str]) -> None: super().__init__(model="gpt-4o") self._steps = steps self._index = 0 def call(self, messages, tools=None, callbacks=None, available_functions=None, **kw): # noqa: ANN001, ANN003 step = self._steps[min(self._index, len(self._steps) - 1)] self._index += 1 return step def supports_function_calling(self) -> bool: return False def _slack_steps() -> list[str]: call_step = ( "Thought: posting\n" + "Action: slackbot_send_message\n" + 'Action Input: {"channel": "#joao-message"}' ) return [ call_step, "Thought: it failed\nFinal Answer: I could not post the message.", ] def _build_crew(policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = None, **task_kwargs: Any): agent_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = { "role": "Slack Messenger", "goal": "post a message", "backstory": "b", "llm": ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), "tools": [SlackTool()], } if policy is not None: agent_kwargs["tool_failure_policy"] = policy agent = Agent(**agent_kwargs) task = Task( description="post to slack", expected_output="confirmation", agent=agent, **task_kwargs, ) return Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]), agent class TestToolFailureModel: def test_as_agent_message_includes_code(self) -> None: failure = ToolFailure(message="nope", code="channel_not_found") assert failure.as_agent_message() == "nope (code: channel_not_found)" def test_as_agent_message_without_code(self) -> None: assert ToolFailure(message="nope").as_agent_message() == "nope" def test_default_reason_is_tool_reported(self) -> None: assert ToolFailure(message="x").reason is ToolFailureReason.TOOL_REPORTED def test_detection_is_declarative_only(self) -> None: """A string that merely looks like an error is not a failure.""" assert detect_tool_failure("Error: something went wrong") is None assert detect_tool_failure({"ok": False}) is None assert detect_tool_failure(ToolFailure(message="x")) is not None def test_failure_from_exception(self) -> None: failure = failure_from_exception(ValueError("bad input")) assert failure.reason is ToolFailureReason.EXCEPTION assert failure.code == "ValueError" assert "bad input" in failure.message def test_record_summary_mentions_tool_and_task(self) -> None: record = ToolFailureRecord( tool_name="slackbot_send_message", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope", code="channel_not_found"), task_name="post to slack", ) summary = record.summary() assert "slackbot_send_message" in summary assert "post to slack" in summary assert "channel_not_found" in summary class TestPolicyResolution: def test_defaults_to_warn(self) -> None: assert resolve_tool_failure_policy() is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN def test_agent_policy_used_when_no_narrower_scope(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) assert resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent) is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE def test_task_overrides_agent(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.WARN, ) task = Task( description="d", expected_output="e", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent, task=task) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE def test_unset_task_policy_falls_through_to_agent(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) task = Task(description="d", expected_output="e") resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent, task=task) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE def test_crew_policy_used_when_agent_inherits(self) -> None: from crewai import Crew agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE ) resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent, crew=crew) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE def test_agent_overrides_crew(self) -> None: from crewai import Crew agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE ) resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent, crew=crew) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE def test_full_precedence_chain(self) -> None: """tool > task > agent > crew > warn.""" from crewai import Crew class ScopedTool(SlackTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = None tool = ScopedTool() agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") task = Task(description="d", expected_output="e") crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[]) def resolved() -> ToolFailurePolicy: return resolve_tool_failure_policy( tool=tool, agent=agent, task=task, crew=crew ) assert resolved() is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN crew.tool_failure_policy = ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE assert resolved() is ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE agent.tool_failure_policy = ToolFailurePolicy.WARN assert resolved() is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN task.tool_failure_policy = ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE assert resolved() is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE tool.tool_failure_policy = ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE assert resolved() is ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE def test_invalid_policy_is_ignored_rather_than_raising(self) -> None: """A bad policy value must never take down a tool call.""" class Bogus: tool_failure_policy = "not-a-policy" assert resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=Bogus()) is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN def test_invalid_policy_falls_through_to_next_scope(self) -> None: class Bogus: tool_failure_policy = object() agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(tool=Bogus(), agent=agent) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE def test_tool_overrides_everything(self) -> None: class StrictTool(WorkingTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy = ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) resolved = resolve_tool_failure_policy(tool=StrictTool(), agent=agent) assert resolved is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE class TestDefaults: """Every scope defaults to None ('inherit'); the resolver owns 'warn'.""" def test_agent_defaults_to_inherit(self) -> None: assert Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b").tool_failure_policy is None def test_task_defaults_to_inherit(self) -> None: assert Task(description="d", expected_output="e").tool_failure_policy is None def test_crew_defaults_to_inherit(self) -> None: from crewai import Crew agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") assert Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[]).tool_failure_policy is None def test_tool_defaults_to_inherit(self) -> None: assert SlackTool().tool_failure_policy is None def test_effective_default_is_warn(self) -> None: agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") assert resolve_tool_failure_policy(agent=agent) is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN class TestEndToEndPolicies: def test_warn_records_and_emits_without_stopping(self) -> None: crew, agent = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) events: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: events.append(event) result = crew.kickoff() assert len(events) == 1 assert events[0].tool_name == "slackbot_send_message" assert events[0].failure.code == "channel_not_found" assert events[0].policy is ToolFailurePolicy.WARN assert result.has_tool_failures assert len(result.tool_failures) == 1 assert result.tool_failures[0].failure.code == "channel_not_found" assert result.tasks_output[0].has_tool_failures def test_ignore_restores_previous_behaviour(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE) events: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: events.append(event) result = crew.kickoff() assert events == [] assert not result.has_tool_failures assert result.tool_failures == [] def test_raise_aborts_the_run(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError) as exc_info: crew.kickoff() record = exc_info.value.record assert record.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message" assert record.failure.code == "channel_not_found" def test_event_is_emitted_before_raise(self) -> None: """Subscribers must observe the failure even on an aborting run.""" crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE) events: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: events.append(event) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): crew.kickoff() assert len(events) == 1 def test_task_policy_overrides_agent_end_to_end(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew( ToolFailurePolicy.WARN, tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): crew.kickoff() def test_default_agent_warns(self) -> None: """No explicit policy anywhere still records the failure.""" crew, _ = _build_crew() result = crew.kickoff() assert result.has_tool_failures def test_finished_event_carries_the_failure(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) finished: list[ToolUsageFinishedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolUsageFinishedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolUsageFinishedEvent) -> None: finished.append(event) crew.kickoff() slack_events = [e for e in finished if e.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message"] assert slack_events assert slack_events[0].failure is not None assert slack_events[0].failure.code == "channel_not_found" def test_agent_sees_the_failure_message_as_plain_text(self) -> None: """Model-facing behavior is unchanged: it still reads prose.""" crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) result = crew.kickoff() tool_messages = [ m for m in result.tasks_output[0].messages if "Slack rejected the message" in str(m.get("content", "")) ] assert tool_messages class TestToolScopedPolicyReachesTheExecutor: """A tool-scoped policy must survive the CrewStructuredTool wrapper. Executors pass the wrapper, not the authored BaseTool, so a tool-scoped policy used to be silently dropped. """ def test_policy_survives_to_structured_tool(self) -> None: class StrictSlack(SlackTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE wrapper = StrictSlack().to_structured_tool() assert wrapper.tool_failure_policy is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE assert resolve_tool_failure_policy(tool=wrapper) is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE def test_policy_resolves_through_original_tool_reference(self) -> None: """Even a wrapper that never copied the field resolves via _original_tool.""" class StrictSlack(SlackTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE wrapper = StrictSlack().to_structured_tool() wrapper.tool_failure_policy = None assert resolve_tool_failure_policy(tool=wrapper) is ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE def test_tool_policy_aborts_a_warn_agent_end_to_end(self) -> None: class StrictSlack(SlackTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[StrictSlack()], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.WARN, ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() def test_tool_policy_can_exempt_a_raising_agent(self) -> None: class ChattySlack(SlackTool): tool_failure_policy: ToolFailurePolicy | None = ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[ChattySlack()], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert not result.has_tool_failures def test_plain_tools_default_to_inheriting(self) -> None: assert SlackTool().tool_failure_policy is None class TestConsolePanels: """Exactly one panel per failed call, and never a green one. A failed call used to print the green "Completed" panel. """ @staticmethod def _formatter(): from crewai.events.utils.console_formatter import ConsoleFormatter return ConsoleFormatter(verbose=True) def test_success_panel_suppressed_when_the_call_failed(self) -> None: failure = ToolFailure(message="nope", code="channel_not_found") assert self._formatter().should_render_success_panel(failure) is False def test_success_panel_still_shown_for_a_working_call(self) -> None: assert self._formatter().should_render_success_panel(None) is True def test_exception_failures_do_not_double_print(self) -> None: """ToolUsageErrorEvent already prints; the failure panel must not repeat it.""" failure = failure_from_exception(ValueError("kaboom")) assert self._formatter().should_render_failure_panel(failure) is False def test_tool_reported_failures_do_print(self) -> None: failure = ToolFailure(message="nope", code="channel_not_found") assert self._formatter().should_render_failure_panel(failure) is True def test_mcp_failures_do_print(self) -> None: failure = ToolFailure(message="nope", reason=ToolFailureReason.MCP_ERROR) assert self._formatter().should_render_failure_panel(failure) is True def test_failure_panel_renders_without_raising(self) -> None: """The real formatter must handle the payload it is given.""" self._formatter().handle_tool_failure_detected( "slackbot_send_message", ToolFailure(message="nope", code="channel_not_found"), ToolFailurePolicy.WARN, ) def test_listener_consults_the_predicates(self) -> None: """The listener must route through the predicates, not its own logic.""" import inspect from crewai.events.event_listener import EventListener source = inspect.getsource(EventListener.setup_listeners) assert "should_render_success_panel" in source assert "should_render_failure_panel" in source class TestUnknownToolOnNativePaths: """The ReAct path reported unknown tools; the native paths did not.""" def test_native_path_records_unknown_tool(self) -> None: from crewai.utilities.agent_utils import execute_single_native_tool_call agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") recorded: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] tool_call = SimpleNamespace( id="call_1", function=SimpleNamespace(name="does_not_exist", arguments="{}"), ) with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: recorded.append(event) execute_single_native_tool_call( tool_call, available_functions={}, original_tools=[], structured_tools=[], tools_handler=None, agent=agent, task=None, crew=None, event_source=agent, printer=None, verbose=False, ) # emit() dispatches on a thread pool; drain before asserting. crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) # The record is written synchronously, before the event is emitted. assert len(agent.last_tool_failures) == 1 record = agent.last_tool_failures[0] assert record.tool_name == "does_not_exist" assert record.failure.reason is ToolFailureReason.UNKNOWN_TOOL assert record.failure.code == "does_not_exist" assert len(recorded) == 1 assert recorded[0].failure.reason is ToolFailureReason.UNKNOWN_TOOL def test_unknown_tool_can_abort_under_raise(self) -> None: from crewai.utilities.agent_utils import execute_single_native_tool_call agent = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) tool_call = SimpleNamespace( id="call_1", function=SimpleNamespace(name="does_not_exist", arguments="{}"), ) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): execute_single_native_tool_call( tool_call, available_functions={}, original_tools=[], structured_tools=[], tools_handler=None, agent=agent, task=None, crew=None, event_source=agent, printer=None, verbose=False, ) class TestExceptionFailuresStillRecorded: def test_raised_tool_produces_a_failure_record(self) -> None: class BoomTool(BaseTool): name: str = "boom" description: str = "Always explodes." def _run(self, x: str) -> Any: raise ValueError("kaboom") agent = Agent( role="Breaker", goal="break", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM( [ 'Thought: go\nAction: boom\nAction Input: {"x": "1"}', "Thought: it broke\nFinal Answer: it broke.", ] ), tools=[BoomTool()], ) task = Task(description="break it", expected_output="e", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert result.has_tool_failures reasons = {f.failure.reason for f in result.tool_failures} assert ToolFailureReason.EXCEPTION in reasons class TestLiteAgentOutputParity: def test_has_tool_failures_exists_on_all_output_types(self) -> None: from crewai.crews.crew_output import CrewOutput from crewai.lite_agent_output import LiteAgentOutput from crewai.tasks.task_output import TaskOutput record = ToolFailureRecord( tool_name="t", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope") ) assert LiteAgentOutput(agent_role="r").has_tool_failures is False assert ( LiteAgentOutput(agent_role="r", tool_failures=[record]).has_tool_failures is True ) assert TaskOutput(description="d", agent="a").has_tool_failures is False assert CrewOutput().has_tool_failures is False class TestRaisePolicySurvivesEveryWrapper: """`raise` must abort, not get downgraded by an enclosing handler.""" def test_timeout_wrapper_preserves_the_error_type(self) -> None: """max_execution_time wraps failures in RuntimeError; not this one.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, max_execution_time=30, ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() def test_retry_limit_does_not_swallow_the_abort(self) -> None: """A deliberate stop must not be retried as a transient error.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, max_retry_limit=3, ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert agent._times_executed == 0, "the abort must not trigger retries" def test_crew_policy_aborts_end_to_end(self) -> None: """Crew scope must actually reach the executor, not just the resolver.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[task], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.RAISE, ) with pytest.raises(ToolExecutionFailedError): crew.kickoff() def test_crew_ignore_suppresses_recording_end_to_end(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[task], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ).kickoff() assert not result.has_tool_failures def test_every_broad_handler_around_tool_execution_lets_it_through(self) -> None: """Guard against a new `except Exception` quietly downgrading an abort. Five separate handlers have swallowed this exception during review of this PR, so assert the passthrough at each site rather than trusting that the next one will be spotted. """ import inspect from crewai.agent.core import Agent as AgentCls from crewai.agents.crew_agent_executor import CrewAgentExecutor from crewai.agents.step_executor import StepExecutor from crewai.experimental.agent_executor import AgentExecutor sites = [ (AgentCls._execute_with_timeout, "_passthrough_exceptions"), (StepExecutor.execute, "ToolExecutionFailedError"), (AgentExecutor.execute_tool_action, "ToolExecutionFailedError"), (AgentExecutor.execute_native_tool, "ToolExecutionFailedError"), (CrewAgentExecutor._invoke_loop_react, "ToolExecutionFailedError"), (CrewAgentExecutor._ainvoke_loop_react, "ToolExecutionFailedError"), ] for func, expected in sites: source = inspect.getsource(func) assert expected in source, f"{func.__qualname__} lost its passthrough" def test_passthrough_tuple_includes_the_error(self) -> None: from crewai.agent.core import _passthrough_exceptions assert ToolExecutionFailedError in _passthrough_exceptions class TestFailureRecordsResetAndAccumulate: def test_kickoff_resets_between_runs(self) -> None: """Agent.kickoff() goes through _prepare_kickoff, not task execution.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) first = agent.kickoff("post it") assert len(first.tool_failures) == 1 assert first.has_tool_failures agent.llm = ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()) second = agent.kickoff("post it again") assert len(second.tool_failures) == 1, "records must not accumulate" def test_kickoff_output_sees_failures_recorded_on_the_agent(self) -> None: """The LiteAgent under kickoff records against the owning Agent.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) result = agent.kickoff("post it") assert [f.failure.code for f in result.tool_failures] == ["channel_not_found"] def test_last_tool_failures_returns_a_copy(self) -> None: agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") agent._tool_failures.append( ToolFailureRecord(tool_name="t", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope")) ) snapshot = agent.last_tool_failures snapshot.clear() assert len(agent.last_tool_failures) == 1 def test_guardrail_retry_preserves_earlier_failures(self) -> None: """A blocked attempt's failures must survive into the final output. The retry resets the agent's record, so without accumulation this would report zero failures despite one demonstrably happening. """ attempts: list[int] = [] def guardrail(output: Any) -> tuple[bool, Any]: attempts.append(1) if len(attempts) == 1: return (False, "needs another pass") return (True, output.raw) agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) task = Task( description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent, guardrail=guardrail, ) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert len(attempts) == 2, "guardrail should have blocked once" # The scripted LLM answers directly on the retry, so the survivor is # the blocked first attempt's record. assert len(result.tool_failures) == 1 assert result.tool_failures[0].failure.code == "channel_not_found" class TestIgnoreSurfacesNothing: """`ignore` must suppress the flag on the finished event too. Leaving `failure` set made traces treat the call as failed and left the console with no panel at all: green suppressed, red skipped. """ def test_finished_event_carries_no_failure_under_ignore(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE) finished: list[ToolUsageFinishedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolUsageFinishedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolUsageFinishedEvent) -> None: finished.append(event) crew.kickoff() crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) slack = [e for e in finished if e.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message"] assert slack, "the tool call should still report as finished" assert all(e.failure is None for e in slack) def test_finished_event_carries_failure_under_warn(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) finished: list[ToolUsageFinishedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolUsageFinishedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolUsageFinishedEvent) -> None: finished.append(event) crew.kickoff() crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) slack = [e for e in finished if e.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message"] assert any(e.failure is not None for e in slack) def test_reportable_failure_helper(self) -> None: from crewai.tools.tool_failure import reportable_failure failure = ToolFailure(message="nope") ignoring = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) warning = Agent( role="r", goal="g", backstory="b", tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.WARN, ) assert reportable_failure(failure, agent=ignoring) is None assert reportable_failure(failure, agent=warning) is failure assert reportable_failure(None, agent=warning) is None def test_ignore_still_shows_a_console_panel(self) -> None: """With no failure flag, the ordinary green panel is restored.""" from crewai.events.utils.console_formatter import ConsoleFormatter formatter = ConsoleFormatter(verbose=True) assert formatter.should_render_success_panel(None) is True class TestFailuresAreNotCached: """A cached failure would make a transient error permanent.""" def test_cache_handler_refuses_to_store_a_failure(self) -> None: from crewai.agents.cache.cache_handler import CacheHandler cache = CacheHandler() cache.add(tool="t", input="{}", output=ToolFailure(message="nope")) assert cache.read(tool="t", input="{}") is None def test_cache_handler_still_stores_successes(self) -> None: from crewai.agents.cache.cache_handler import CacheHandler cache = CacheHandler() cache.add(tool="t", input="{}", output="fine") assert cache.read(tool="t", input="{}") == "fine" def test_repeated_failures_are_recorded_once_each(self) -> None: """Two failing calls give two records, not a replayed cache hit.""" agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM( [ 'Thought: a\nAction: slackbot_send_message\nAction Input: {"channel": "#c"}', 'Thought: b\nAction: slackbot_send_message\nAction Input: {"channel": "#c"}', "Thought: done\nFinal Answer: could not post.", ] ), tools=[SlackTool()], cache=True, ) task = Task(description="post twice", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task], cache=True).kickoff() assert len(result.tool_failures) >= 1 assert all( f.failure.code == "channel_not_found" for f in result.tool_failures ) class TestUsageLimitIsStructured: """A spent max_usage_count must be a ToolFailure, not a bare string.""" def test_claim_usage_returns_a_failure(self) -> None: tool = WorkingTool(max_usage_count=1) assert tool.run(text="first") == "echoed: first" second = tool.run(text="second") assert isinstance(second, ToolFailure) assert second.reason is ToolFailureReason.USAGE_LIMIT assert "usage limit" in second.message def test_spent_limit_is_recorded_on_every_path(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="Echoer", goal="echo", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM( [ 'Thought: a\nAction: echo\nAction Input: {"text": "one"}', 'Thought: b\nAction: echo\nAction Input: {"text": "two"}', "Thought: done\nFinal Answer: done.", ] ), tools=[WorkingTool(max_usage_count=1)], ) task = Task(description="echo twice", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() reasons = {f.failure.reason for f in result.tool_failures} assert ToolFailureReason.USAGE_LIMIT in reasons class TestGuardrailReturningTaskOutput: def test_replacement_output_keeps_earlier_failures(self) -> None: """A guardrail may return a whole new TaskOutput; failures must survive.""" from crewai.tasks.task_output import TaskOutput attempts: list[int] = [] def guardrail(output: TaskOutput) -> tuple[bool, Any]: attempts.append(1) replacement = TaskOutput( description=output.description, raw="rewritten by guardrail", agent=output.agent, ) return (True, replacement) agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) task = Task( description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent, guardrail=guardrail, ) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert attempts, "guardrail should have run" assert result.raw == "rewritten by guardrail" assert len(result.tool_failures) == 1 assert result.tool_failures[0].failure.code == "channel_not_found" class TestMergeToolFailures: def test_deduplicates_equivalent_records(self) -> None: from crewai.tools.tool_failure import merge_tool_failures record = ToolFailureRecord( tool_name="t", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope", code="c") ) same = ToolFailureRecord( tool_name="t", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope", code="c") ) other = ToolFailureRecord(tool_name="t2", failure=ToolFailure(message="nope")) merged = merge_tool_failures([record], [same, other]) assert len(merged) == 2 assert merged[0] is record def test_preserves_order(self) -> None: from crewai.tools.tool_failure import merge_tool_failures first = ToolFailureRecord(tool_name="a", failure=ToolFailure(message="1")) second = ToolFailureRecord(tool_name="b", failure=ToolFailure(message="2")) assert merge_tool_failures([first], [second]) == [first, second] class TestHookBlockDoesNotInheritCachedFailure: """A blocked call must not be attributed a failure it did not produce. CacheHandler no longer stores failures, so this is unreachable through the built-in cache -- the guard covers a custom cache handler that does. """ def test_blocked_call_reports_no_failure(self) -> None: from crewai.agents.tools_handler import ToolsHandler from crewai.hooks import ( clear_before_tool_call_hooks, register_before_tool_call_hook, ) from crewai.utilities.agent_utils import execute_single_native_tool_call class FailureReplayingCache: """Stands in for a custom cache that does retain failures.""" def read(self, tool: str, input: str) -> Any: return ToolFailure(message="stale cached failure", code="cached") def add(self, tool: str, input: str, output: Any) -> None: pass agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") recorded: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] tool = SlackTool() structured = tool.to_structured_tool() handler = ToolsHandler() handler.cache = FailureReplayingCache() # type: ignore[assignment] tool_call = SimpleNamespace( id="c1", function=SimpleNamespace( name="slackbot_send_message", arguments='{"channel": "#c"}' ), ) register_before_tool_call_hook(lambda ctx: False) try: with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: recorded.append(event) result = execute_single_native_tool_call( tool_call, available_functions={"slackbot_send_message": tool.run}, original_tools=[tool], structured_tools=[structured], tools_handler=handler, agent=agent, task=None, crew=None, event_source=agent, printer=None, verbose=False, ) crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) finally: clear_before_tool_call_hooks() assert "blocked by hook" in str(result.result) assert recorded == [], "a blocked call must not report a tool failure" assert agent.last_tool_failures == [] class TestCrewScopeReachesTheFinishedEvent: """`ToolUsage` needs the crew, or crew-level ignore only half applies.""" def test_crew_ignore_suppresses_the_finished_event_flag(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[SlackTool()], ) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) crew = Crew( agents=[agent], tasks=[task], tool_failure_policy=ToolFailurePolicy.IGNORE, ) finished: list[ToolUsageFinishedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolUsageFinishedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolUsageFinishedEvent) -> None: finished.append(event) crew.kickoff() crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) slack = [e for e in finished if e.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message"] assert slack assert all(e.failure is None for e in slack) def test_tool_usage_accepts_and_stores_crew(self) -> None: from crewai.tools.tool_usage import ToolUsage agent = Agent(role="r", goal="g", backstory="b") crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[]) usage = ToolUsage( tools_handler=None, tools=[], task=None, function_calling_llm=None, # type: ignore[arg-type] agent=agent, crew=crew, ) assert usage.crew is crew class TestFailedToolIsNotTheFinalAnswer: """result_as_answer must not turn an error into the task's output.""" @staticmethod def _agent(policy: ToolFailurePolicy) -> Agent: class AnswerSlack(SlackTool): result_as_answer: bool = True return Agent( role="Slack Messenger", goal="post a message", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()), tools=[AnswerSlack()], tool_failure_policy=policy, ) def test_failure_does_not_short_circuit_under_warn(self) -> None: agent = self._agent(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) task = Task(description="post to slack", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert "Slack rejected the message" not in result.raw assert result.raw == "I could not post the message." assert result.has_tool_failures def test_successful_result_as_answer_still_short_circuits(self) -> None: class AnswerEcho(WorkingTool): result_as_answer: bool = True agent = Agent( role="Echoer", goal="echo", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM( [ 'Thought: go\nAction: echo\nAction Input: {"text": "hi"}', "Thought: done\nFinal Answer: unused.", ] ), tools=[AnswerEcho()], ) task = Task(description="echo", expected_output="c", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert result.raw == "echoed: hi" assert not result.has_tool_failures class TestDeliberateStopIsNotAnUnknownError: def test_executor_loops_do_not_route_it_to_handle_unknown_error(self) -> None: """Verbose runs must not print 'An unknown error occurred' for a stop.""" import inspect from crewai.agents.crew_agent_executor import CrewAgentExecutor for func in (CrewAgentExecutor.invoke, CrewAgentExecutor.ainvoke): source = inspect.getsource(func) if "handle_unknown_error" not in source: continue assert "ToolExecutionFailedError" in source, ( f"{func.__qualname__} would report a deliberate stop as unknown" ) class TestEventCarriesCorrelationIds: """The failure event must be correlatable with the call it describes.""" def test_agent_and_task_ids_are_populated(self) -> None: crew, agent = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) events: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: events.append(event) crew.kickoff() crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) assert events event = events[0] assert event.agent_id == str(agent.id) assert event.agent_role == agent.role assert event.task_id is not None assert event.task_name == "post to slack" def test_ids_match_the_paired_finished_event(self) -> None: crew, _ = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) failures: list[ToolFailureDetectedEvent] = [] finished: list[ToolUsageFinishedEvent] = [] with crewai_event_bus.scoped_handlers(): @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolFailureDetectedEvent) def _f(source: Any, event: ToolFailureDetectedEvent) -> None: failures.append(event) @crewai_event_bus.on(ToolUsageFinishedEvent) def _d(source: Any, event: ToolUsageFinishedEvent) -> None: if event.tool_name == "slackbot_send_message": finished.append(event) crew.kickoff() crewai_event_bus.flush(timeout=10.0) assert failures and finished assert failures[0].agent_id == finished[0].agent_id assert failures[0].task_id == finished[0].task_id class TestMalformedArgumentsAreReported: """A tool call with unparseable JSON args is a failure, not a silent skip.""" @staticmethod def _parse_error() -> dict[str, Any]: from crewai.utilities.agent_utils import parse_tool_call_args args, error = parse_tool_call_args("{not json", "echo", "call_1") assert args is None assert error is not None return error def test_parse_error_carries_an_invalid_input_failure(self) -> None: error = self._parse_error() failure = error["tool_failure"] assert isinstance(failure, ToolFailure) assert failure.reason is ToolFailureReason.INVALID_INPUT assert failure.code == "json_decode_error" def test_valid_args_carry_no_failure(self) -> None: from crewai.utilities.agent_utils import parse_tool_call_args args, error = parse_tool_call_args('{"text": "hi"}', "echo", "call_1") assert args == {"text": "hi"} assert error is None def test_reason_enum_member_is_used(self) -> None: """INVALID_INPUT was declared but unreferenced before this.""" import inspect from crewai.utilities import agent_utils assert "INVALID_INPUT" in inspect.getsource(agent_utils.parse_tool_call_args) class TestMCPIsErrorPlumbing: """An MCP server flags a failed tool with isError on a 200 response.""" @staticmethod def _tool(is_error: bool) -> Any: from unittest.mock import AsyncMock from crewai.mcp.client import _MCPToolResult from crewai.tools.mcp_native_tool import MCPNativeTool client = AsyncMock() client.connect = AsyncMock() client.disconnect = AsyncMock() client.call_tool_result = AsyncMock( return_value=_MCPToolResult("channel not found", is_error) ) return MCPNativeTool( client_factory=lambda: client, tool_name="post", tool_schema={"description": "post a message"}, server_name="slack", ) def test_is_error_becomes_a_tool_failure(self) -> None: result = self._tool(is_error=True).run() assert isinstance(result, ToolFailure) assert result.reason is ToolFailureReason.MCP_ERROR assert result.message == "channel not found" assert result.details["server"] == "slack" def test_successful_call_still_returns_plain_text(self) -> None: assert self._tool(is_error=False).run() == "channel not found" class TestPlatformActionTool: """CrewAI AMP agentic-app actions -- the Slack case from the bug report.""" @staticmethod def _tool() -> Any: import crewai_tools.tools.crewai_platform_tools.crewai_platform_action_tool as mod return mod.CrewAIPlatformActionTool( description="Send a Slack message", action_name="slackbot_send_message", action_schema={ "function": { "name": "slackbot_send_message", "parameters": { "properties": {"channel": {"type": "string"}}, "required": [], }, } }, ) def test_non_ok_response_becomes_a_tool_failure(self, monkeypatch) -> None: # noqa: ANN001 from unittest.mock import Mock import crewai_tools.tools.crewai_platform_tools.crewai_platform_action_tool as mod response = Mock() response.ok = False response.status_code = 500 response.json.return_value = { "error": "Failed to execute action: Slack API error: channel_not_found" } monkeypatch.setattr(mod.requests, "post", Mock(return_value=response)) monkeypatch.setenv("CREWAI_PLATFORM_INTEGRATION_TOKEN", "t") result = self._tool()._run(channel="#joao-message") assert isinstance(result, ToolFailure) assert "channel_not_found" in result.message assert result.retryable is True def test_ok_response_still_returns_json(self, monkeypatch) -> None: # noqa: ANN001 from unittest.mock import Mock import crewai_tools.tools.crewai_platform_tools.crewai_platform_action_tool as mod response = Mock() response.ok = True response.json.return_value = {"ts": "1234.5678"} monkeypatch.setattr(mod.requests, "post", Mock(return_value=response)) monkeypatch.setenv("CREWAI_PLATFORM_INTEGRATION_TOKEN", "t") result = self._tool()._run(channel="#general") assert not isinstance(result, ToolFailure) assert "1234.5678" in result class TestSuccessfulToolsUnaffected: def test_no_failure_recorded_for_a_working_tool(self) -> None: agent = Agent( role="Echoer", goal="echo", backstory="b", llm=ScriptedLLM( [ 'Thought: echo\nAction: echo\nAction Input: {"text": "hi"}', "Thought: done\nFinal Answer: echoed: hi", ] ), tools=[WorkingTool()], ) task = Task(description="echo hi", expected_output="hi", agent=agent) result = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task]).kickoff() assert not result.has_tool_failures assert result.tool_failures == [] def test_failures_reset_between_executions(self) -> None: crew, agent = _build_crew(ToolFailurePolicy.WARN) crew.kickoff() assert len(agent.last_tool_failures) == 1 agent.llm = ScriptedLLM(_slack_steps()) crew.kickoff() assert len(agent.last_tool_failures) == 1, "records must not accumulate"