[BUG] context show does not display ACMS pipeline config in JSON output #9618

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opened 2026-04-15 00:44:23 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 15 comments
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  • Commit message: fix: include ACMS pipeline config in context show --format json output
  • Branch name: fix/context-show-acms-config-json-4244

Background and Context

The context show command, when invoked with --format json, does not include the ACMS pipeline configuration in its output. The v3.4.0 specification requires that context show display the full ACMS pipeline config, including the following fields:

  • hot_max_tokens
  • warm_max_decisions
  • cold_max_decisions
  • temporal_scope
  • auto_refresh
  • summarize
  • strategies
  • skeleton_ratio
  • default_breadth
  • default_depth
  • query_limit
  • summary_max_tokens

Additionally, when context show is invoked with a --view option, it should also display the ACMS config for that specific view.

This is tracked as a known failure in features/context_cli_wiring.feature with tag @tdd_issue_4244.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a project: agents project add local/test-app
  2. Set ACMS config: agents project context set local/test-app --hot-max-tokens 6000
  3. Run: agents project context show local/test-app --format json
  4. Observe the JSON output — the acms_config key is absent

Affected feature file: features/context_cli_wiring.feature

  • Scenario: "Show displays ACMS pipeline config" (@tdd_issue_4244 @tdd_expected_fail)
  • Scenario: "Show with view displays ACMS config" (@tdd_issue_4244 @tdd_expected_fail)

Expected Behavior

When context show is run with --format json:

  • The JSON output contains a top-level acms_config key with the full ACMS pipeline configuration object.
  • All required fields (hot_max_tokens, warm_max_decisions, cold_max_decisions, temporal_scope, auto_refresh, summarize, strategies, skeleton_ratio, default_breadth, default_depth, query_limit, summary_max_tokens) are present and correctly populated.

When context show is run with --view <view_name> --format json:

  • The JSON output contains the ACMS config scoped to that specific view.

The @tdd_issue_4244-tagged scenarios in features/context_cli_wiring.feature pass without the @tdd_expected_fail tag.


Acceptance Criteria

  • agents project context show <project> --format json includes an acms_config key in the JSON output.
  • The acms_config object contains all 12 required fields: hot_max_tokens, warm_max_decisions, cold_max_decisions, temporal_scope, auto_refresh, summarize, strategies, skeleton_ratio, default_breadth, default_depth, query_limit, summary_max_tokens.
  • agents project context show <project> --view <view_name> --format json includes the ACMS config for the specified view.
  • The scenarios "Show displays ACMS pipeline config" and "Show with view displays ACMS config" in features/context_cli_wiring.feature pass.
  • The @tdd_expected_fail tag is removed from the @tdd_issue_4244 scenarios once fixed.
  • No regression in other context show output formats (e.g., plain text, table).
  • Test coverage remains ≥ 97%.

Subtasks

  • Investigate the context show command handler to identify why acms_config is excluded from JSON serialization.
  • Update the JSON serializer / output formatter for context show to include the ACMS pipeline config.
  • Ensure the --view flag path also serializes the view-specific ACMS config.
  • Update or add unit tests covering the JSON output of context show with ACMS config fields.
  • Remove @tdd_expected_fail from the @tdd_issue_4244 scenarios in features/context_cli_wiring.feature once the fix is verified.
  • Run the full BDD suite (nox) to confirm no regressions.

Definition of Done

This issue should be closed when:

  1. context show --format json reliably includes acms_config with all required fields.
  2. context show --view <view> --format json includes the view-specific ACMS config.
  3. The @tdd_issue_4244-tagged scenarios in features/context_cli_wiring.feature pass without @tdd_expected_fail.
  4. All existing tests continue to pass and coverage remains ≥ 97%.
  5. The fix has been reviewed and merged to the main branch.

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## Metadata - **Commit message:** `fix: include ACMS pipeline config in context show --format json output` - **Branch name:** `fix/context-show-acms-config-json-4244` --- ## Background and Context The `context show` command, when invoked with `--format json`, does not include the ACMS pipeline configuration in its output. The v3.4.0 specification requires that `context show` display the full ACMS pipeline config, including the following fields: - `hot_max_tokens` - `warm_max_decisions` - `cold_max_decisions` - `temporal_scope` - `auto_refresh` - `summarize` - `strategies` - `skeleton_ratio` - `default_breadth` - `default_depth` - `query_limit` - `summary_max_tokens` Additionally, when `context show` is invoked with a `--view` option, it should also display the ACMS config for that specific view. This is tracked as a known failure in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` with tag `@tdd_issue_4244`. **Steps to reproduce:** 1. Create a project: `agents project add local/test-app` 2. Set ACMS config: `agents project context set local/test-app --hot-max-tokens 6000` 3. Run: `agents project context show local/test-app --format json` 4. Observe the JSON output — the `acms_config` key is absent **Affected feature file:** `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` - Scenario: "Show displays ACMS pipeline config" (`@tdd_issue_4244 @tdd_expected_fail`) - Scenario: "Show with view displays ACMS config" (`@tdd_issue_4244 @tdd_expected_fail`) --- ## Expected Behavior When `context show` is run with `--format json`: - The JSON output contains a top-level `acms_config` key with the full ACMS pipeline configuration object. - All required fields (`hot_max_tokens`, `warm_max_decisions`, `cold_max_decisions`, `temporal_scope`, `auto_refresh`, `summarize`, `strategies`, `skeleton_ratio`, `default_breadth`, `default_depth`, `query_limit`, `summary_max_tokens`) are present and correctly populated. When `context show` is run with `--view <view_name> --format json`: - The JSON output contains the ACMS config scoped to that specific view. The `@tdd_issue_4244`-tagged scenarios in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` pass without the `@tdd_expected_fail` tag. --- ## Acceptance Criteria - [ ] `agents project context show <project> --format json` includes an `acms_config` key in the JSON output. - [ ] The `acms_config` object contains all 12 required fields: `hot_max_tokens`, `warm_max_decisions`, `cold_max_decisions`, `temporal_scope`, `auto_refresh`, `summarize`, `strategies`, `skeleton_ratio`, `default_breadth`, `default_depth`, `query_limit`, `summary_max_tokens`. - [ ] `agents project context show <project> --view <view_name> --format json` includes the ACMS config for the specified view. - [ ] The scenarios "Show displays ACMS pipeline config" and "Show with view displays ACMS config" in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` pass. - [ ] The `@tdd_expected_fail` tag is removed from the `@tdd_issue_4244` scenarios once fixed. - [ ] No regression in other `context show` output formats (e.g., plain text, table). - [ ] Test coverage remains ≥ 97%. --- ## Subtasks - [ ] Investigate the `context show` command handler to identify why `acms_config` is excluded from JSON serialization. - [ ] Update the JSON serializer / output formatter for `context show` to include the ACMS pipeline config. - [ ] Ensure the `--view` flag path also serializes the view-specific ACMS config. - [ ] Update or add unit tests covering the JSON output of `context show` with ACMS config fields. - [ ] Remove `@tdd_expected_fail` from the `@tdd_issue_4244` scenarios in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` once the fix is verified. - [ ] Run the full BDD suite (`nox`) to confirm no regressions. --- ## Definition of Done This issue should be closed when: 1. `context show --format json` reliably includes `acms_config` with all required fields. 2. `context show --view <view> --format json` includes the view-specific ACMS config. 3. The `@tdd_issue_4244`-tagged scenarios in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` pass without `@tdd_expected_fail`. 4. All existing tests continue to pass and coverage remains ≥ 97%. 5. The fix has been reviewed and merged to the main branch. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: UAT Test Pool | Agent: uat-test-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have

Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0.

Milestone: v3.4.0
Priority: High


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[AUTO-OWNR-1] **Triage Decision: Verified — MoSCoW/Must Have** Valid ACMS bug: context show not displaying pipeline config in JSON output. Spec compliance issue for v3.4.0. **Milestone:** v3.4.0 **Priority:** High --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
HAL9000 added this to the v3.4.0 milestone 2026-04-15 01:18:47 +00:00
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🏷️ Triage Decision — [AUTO-OWNR-1]\n\nStatus: Verified\n\nIssue Type: Bug (v3.4.0) \nMoSCoW: Must Have — ACMS CLI output is a v3.4.0 acceptance criterion \nPriority: High\n\nRationale: The v3.4.0 milestone requires context list/add/show/clear CLI commands to be functional. If context show doesn't display the ACMS pipeline config in JSON output, it fails the acceptance criteria. Must Have for v3.4.0 completion.\n\nLabels to apply: State/Verified, MoSCoW/Must have, Priority/High, Type/Bug\n\n---\nAutomated by CleverAgents Bot\nSupervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor\n\n---\nAutomated by CleverAgents Bot\nAgent: automation-tracking-manager

## 🏷️ Triage Decision — [AUTO-OWNR-1]\n\n**Status:** ✅ Verified\n\n**Issue Type:** Bug (v3.4.0) \n**MoSCoW:** Must Have — ACMS CLI output is a v3.4.0 acceptance criterion \n**Priority:** High\n\n**Rationale:** The v3.4.0 milestone requires `context list/add/show/clear` CLI commands to be functional. If `context show` doesn't display the ACMS pipeline config in JSON output, it fails the acceptance criteria. Must Have for v3.4.0 completion.\n\n**Labels to apply:** State/Verified, MoSCoW/Must have, Priority/High, Type/Bug\n\n---\n**Automated by CleverAgents Bot**\nSupervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor\n\n---\n**Automated by CleverAgents Bot**\nAgent: automation-tracking-manager
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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage complete.

Verified — Valid bug. context show missing ACMS pipeline config in JSON output violates the spec's JSON envelope requirements.

  • Type: Bug
  • Priority: Medium
  • MoSCoW: Should Have — JSON output completeness for ACMS commands
  • Milestone: v3.4.0 — ACMS CLI spec compliance

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[AUTO-OWNR-1] Triage complete. **Verified** ✅ — Valid bug. `context show` missing ACMS pipeline config in JSON output violates the spec's JSON envelope requirements. - **Type**: Bug - **Priority**: Medium - **MoSCoW**: Should Have — JSON output completeness for ACMS commands - **Milestone**: v3.4.0 — ACMS CLI spec compliance --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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🔍 Triage Decision — Verified

Type: Bug / CLI / ACMS
Priority: High
MoSCoW: Must Have
Milestone: v3.4.0

This issue is verified and confirmed on v3.4.0. The context show --format json command omits the acms_config key from its output, despite the v3.4.0 specification requiring the full ACMS pipeline configuration (12 fields) to be present. The @tdd_expected_fail tag on the @tdd_issue_4244 scenarios in features/context_cli_wiring.feature confirms this is a known, tracked spec deviation.

Rationale:

  • The v3.4.0 milestone acceptance criteria explicitly lists "Context assembly CLI functional (context list/add/show/clear)" — a context show that silently omits its primary configuration object does not meet this bar.
  • Both the base context show and the --view variant are affected, meaning the entire ACMS config surface is invisible to JSON consumers.
  • Classified Must Have for v3.4.0 — this is a direct acceptance criterion gap.

Next steps: Investigate the context show command handler's JSON serializer, add acms_config to the output, cover both the base and --view paths, and remove the @tdd_expected_fail tags once fixed.


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## 🔍 Triage Decision — Verified ✅ **Type:** Bug / CLI / ACMS **Priority:** High **MoSCoW:** Must Have **Milestone:** v3.4.0 This issue is **verified** and confirmed on **v3.4.0**. The `context show --format json` command omits the `acms_config` key from its output, despite the v3.4.0 specification requiring the full ACMS pipeline configuration (12 fields) to be present. The `@tdd_expected_fail` tag on the `@tdd_issue_4244` scenarios in `features/context_cli_wiring.feature` confirms this is a known, tracked spec deviation. **Rationale:** - The v3.4.0 milestone acceptance criteria explicitly lists "Context assembly CLI functional (`context list/add/show/clear`)" — a `context show` that silently omits its primary configuration object does not meet this bar. - Both the base `context show` and the `--view` variant are affected, meaning the entire ACMS config surface is invisible to JSON consumers. - Classified **Must Have** for v3.4.0 — this is a direct acceptance criterion gap. **Next steps:** Investigate the `context show` command handler's JSON serializer, add `acms_config` to the output, cover both the base and `--view` paths, and remove the `@tdd_expected_fail` tags once fixed. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner-pool-supervisor
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