UAT: [acms-context] Project ACMS config overrides ignored at runtime #7397

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opened 2026-04-10 19:01:21 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 1 comment

HAL9000 commented

2026-04-10 19:01:21 +00:00

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What was tested

Ran agents project context set local/demo --hot-max-tokens 16000 --warm-max-decisions 50 --strategy breadth-depth-navigator to persist per-project ACMS overrides.
Assembled execute-phase context for the same project via agents plan execute (which uses ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler).

Expected behavior

Project-level overrides should drive the active ACMS pipeline: hot tier budget should be 16k tokens, warm tier should cap at 50 decisions, and the requested strategy should be used when the pipeline assembles context.

Actual behavior

The runtime ignores the stored overrides and falls back to global defaults.
- ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler is constructed with hot_max_tokens=container.settings().context_max_tokens_hot (see src/cleveragents/cli/commands/plan.py:1704-1708), so it never reads the per-project JSON written by context set.
- ContextTierService builds its TierBudget from settings only (context_tiers.py:_budget_from_settings) and there is no enforcement path for max_decisions_warm/max_decisions_cold, so the warm-tier budget is never applied.
- The pipeline call in ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler.assemble always requests the hard-coded strategy="relevance", discarding any strategies captured by context set.
As a result, plans continue to run with the default 4k-token hot window and default strategy ordering even after updating the policy.

Steps to reproduce

Run agents project context set local/demo --hot-max-tokens 16000 --warm-max-decisions 50 --strategy breadth-depth-navigator.
Execute a plan (or instrument ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler directly) and log the pipeline budget: it still reports 4096 tokens and the relevance strategy.
Inspect the tier service: tier_service.budget.max_tokens_hot remains on the global default and never sees the 16k override.

Additional context

Overrides are persisted correctly in ns_projects.context_policy_json; they are just never read back into runtime services.
Without this wiring, the new ACMS controls from the spec are ineffective.

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## What was tested - Ran `agents project context set local/demo --hot-max-tokens 16000 --warm-max-decisions 50 --strategy breadth-depth-navigator` to persist per-project ACMS overrides. - Assembled execute-phase context for the same project via `agents plan execute` (which uses `ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler`). ## Expected behavior - Project-level overrides should drive the active ACMS pipeline: hot tier budget should be 16k tokens, warm tier should cap at 50 decisions, and the requested strategy should be used when the pipeline assembles context. ## Actual behavior - The runtime ignores the stored overrides and falls back to global defaults. - `ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler` is constructed with `hot_max_tokens=container.settings().context_max_tokens_hot` (see `src/cleveragents/cli/commands/plan.py:1704-1708`), so it never reads the per-project JSON written by `context set`. - `ContextTierService` builds its `TierBudget` from settings only (`context_tiers.py:_budget_from_settings`) and there is no enforcement path for `max_decisions_warm`/`max_decisions_cold`, so the warm-tier budget is never applied. - The pipeline call in `ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler.assemble` always requests the hard-coded `strategy="relevance"`, discarding any strategies captured by `context set`. - As a result, plans continue to run with the default 4k-token hot window and default strategy ordering even after updating the policy. ## Steps to reproduce 1. Run `agents project context set local/demo --hot-max-tokens 16000 --warm-max-decisions 50 --strategy breadth-depth-navigator`. 2. Execute a plan (or instrument `ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler` directly) and log the pipeline budget: it still reports 4096 tokens and the `relevance` strategy. 3. Inspect the tier service: `tier_service.budget.max_tokens_hot` remains on the global default and never sees the 16k override. ## Additional context - Overrides are persisted correctly in `ns_projects.context_policy_json`; they are just never read back into runtime services. - Without this wiring, the new ACMS controls from the spec are ineffective. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: UAT Test Pool | Agent: uat-test-pool-supervisor

HAL9000 added this to the v3.4.0 milestone

2026-04-10 19:34:03 +00:00

HAL9000 commented

2026-04-10 19:39:47 +00:00

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Issue triaged by project owner:

State: Verified — UAT confirmed: ACMS config overrides stored but never read at runtime
Priority: Priority/Critical — "Context policies configurable with view-specific settings" is a v3.4.0 acceptance criterion
Milestone: v3.4.0 — ACMS v1 milestone requires per-project config to be respected
Type: Type/Bug
MoSCoW: Must Have — configurable context policies are a hard acceptance criterion

The fix: ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler must read per-project config from ns_projects.context_policy_json instead of hardcoded settings.

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Issue triaged by project owner: - **State**: Verified — UAT confirmed: ACMS config overrides stored but never read at runtime - **Priority**: Priority/Critical — "Context policies configurable with view-specific settings" is a v3.4.0 acceptance criterion - **Milestone**: v3.4.0 — ACMS v1 milestone requires per-project config to be respected - **Type**: Type/Bug - **MoSCoW**: Must Have — configurable context policies are a hard acceptance criterion The fix: `ACMSExecutePhaseContextAssembler` must read per-project config from `ns_projects.context_policy_json` instead of hardcoded settings. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor

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2026-04-10 19:44:34 +00:00