Relocate the entire new_chat/middleware/ package to the shared kernel as one
cohesive unit (it is live shared infrastructure: the multi-agent stack wraps
nearly every middleware via multi_agent_chat/middleware/main_agent/*, and
anonymous_agent consumes it too). Flip 69 live importers across both the
package-path and submodule-path forms.
Shims left for the frozen single-agent stack: a package __init__ re-export plus
submodule shims for permission, skills_backends, and scoped_model_fallback
(the three imported via submodule path by chat_deepagent/subagents).
Cycle break: importing shared.middleware previously reached back into
new_chat.tools at module load, which dragged in new_chat.__init__ ->
chat_deepagent -> the middleware shim -> half-initialized shared.middleware.
Made action_log's ToolDefinition import TYPE_CHECKING-only and
tool_call_repair's INVALID_TOOL_NAME import function-local. These tools-package
back-edges fully resolve in slice 6.
Asset note: skills_backends._default_builtin_root now walks to
app/agents/new_chat/skills/builtin (the skills/ tree migrates in slice 7).
Relocate the permission evaluator (wildcard matcher + rule evaluation) to the
shared kernel and flip 43 non-frozen importers. A re-export shim remains at
new_chat/permissions.py for the frozen single-agent stack (chat_deepagent and
subagents/{config,providers/linear,providers/slack}); it will be removed when
that stack is retired.
First slice of promoting the shared agent toolkit out of the misnamed
`new_chat` package into the cross-agent `app/agents/shared` kernel.
`errors.py` is a leaf module (no intra-package deps) consumed by the
multi-agent chat, the chat streaming flows/monolith, and tests — i.e. it is
shared infrastructure, not single-agent code. Moved it verbatim to
`app.agents.shared.errors` and flipped all 12 importers. No re-export shim
remains since zero importers needed it.
Behavior-preserving: identical class/enum definitions; only the import path
changes. 1208 agent + chat-task tests green.
- Added new environment variables for controlling task execution limits, including `SURFSENSE_SUBAGENT_INVOKE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`, `SURFSENSE_TASK_BATCH_CONCURRENCY`, and `SURFSENSE_TASK_BATCH_MAX_SIZE`.
- Updated documentation to reflect new batch processing capabilities for `task` calls, allowing for concurrent execution of multiple subagent tasks.
- Improved error handling and receipt generation for deliverables, ensuring consistent feedback on task status.
- Refactored middleware to incorporate search space ID for better task management.
Renames the SurfSense HITL extension decision-type from "always" to
"approve_always" so it sits in the same verb-first family as "approve",
"reject", and "edit". The Python constant is now SURFSENSE_DECISION_APPROVE_ALWAYS;
the wire value, the permission-domain decision_type, and the FE union members
all match (no wire/internal mismatch).
Both the multi_agent_chat permission middleware and the legacy new_chat one
accept the new wire value; the FE types.ts union is updated accordingly.
The "context.always" payload key is intentionally left untouched - it's the
patterns-to-promote field, semantically distinct from the decision type.
