Resolve agent/request and prepareCall inside the accepted open step before committing system and user input. Preserve prompt-assembly model selection, bind capability and dispatch to the same prepared adapter, then log the envelope and derive the request synchronously. Preparation cancellation leaves a balanced empty step with no admitted input.
Normalize incapable-route retained prompt versions with logged per-node empty replacements and a current head, including unchanged rendering and resumed history. Dormant empty tails do not override the effective prompt. No new event or delete operation.
Tests: 389 agent-loop cases pass with exact agent.ts/runtime-context.ts coverage at 100% for all metrics; tsc -b packages/core/agent-loop/tsconfig.json passes. Seven actual-loop MockAdapter cases exercise pi-ai conversion, source-event reconstruction, both route transitions, resume, cancellation barriers, and bound selection. Stale-capability negative control fails all three transition regressions. Update EN/ZH request visibility, lifecycle generator, and owning rationale. Broad catalogs, recorded SDK/GUI and aggregate gates remain parent-owned.
Tianyi Cui
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