deer-flow/backend/tests/test_dynamic_context_middleware.py
Nan Gao 2f9ceacb98
fix(agents): skip dateless reminders in dynamic-context date scan (#3685)
* fix(agents): skip dateless reminders in dynamic-context date scan

_last_injected_date returned at the first message flagged
dynamic_context_reminder regardless of whether it carried a
<current_date>. Since #3630 split injected context into a date
SystemMessage plus a separate dateless <memory> HumanMessage, the
reverse scan hit the memory message first and returned None, making a
later turn look like the first turn. The middleware then re-injected,
re-targeted the previous turn's __user message via the ID swap, and left
the stale message as the latest human turn -- so the model re-answered
the previous message and the persisted message stream got scrambled.

Skip flagged reminders without a <current_date> so the scan reaches the
real date SystemMessage. Add a regression test for the 2nd-turn +
memory-enabled scenario.

Fixes #3684

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(agents): make injected reminder date authoritative via metadata

Promote the dynamic-context date out of message content into
additional_kwargs["reminder_date"] on the date SystemMessage.
_last_injected_date reads that key instead of regex-parsing content, with a
SystemMessage-scoped content fallback for checkpoints written before the key
existed.

This removes two structural fragilities raised in review of #3685:
- the boolean dynamic_context_reminder flag no longer has to also mean
  "carries a date" -- dateless reminders simply lack reminder_date and are
  skipped, so a future reminder type cannot reproduce the shadowing bug.
- the date regex no longer runs on the user-influenceable memory HumanMessage,
  so a memory fact containing a literal <current_date> cannot spoof the
  injected date (false same-day skip / false midnight crossing).

Add regression tests for memory date-spoofing, structured-date stamping, and
legacy (no-key) detection; update existing date-reminder fixtures to the
production shape.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-22 17:25:34 +08:00

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"""Tests for DynamicContextMiddleware.
Verifies that memory and current date are injected as a <system-reminder> into
the first HumanMessage exactly once per session (frozen-snapshot pattern).
"""
from types import SimpleNamespace
from unittest import mock
from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware import (
_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY,
DynamicContextMiddleware,
)
_SYSTEM_REMINDER_TAG = "<system-reminder>"
def _make_middleware(**kwargs) -> DynamicContextMiddleware:
return DynamicContextMiddleware(**kwargs)
def _fake_runtime():
return SimpleNamespace(context={})
def _reminder_msg(content: str, msg_id: str) -> HumanMessage:
"""Build a pre-PR HumanMessage reminder — simulates historical checkpoints.
Uses HumanMessage (DEPRECATED format) to exercise the backward-compat
path in ``is_dynamic_context_reminder``. New reminders are SystemMessage.
"""
return HumanMessage(
content=content,
id=msg_id,
additional_kwargs={"hide_from_ui": True, _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY: True},
)
def _date_reminder_msg(date_str: str, msg_id: str) -> SystemMessage:
"""Build a persisted date reminder in the current production shape.
A date SystemMessage whose ``reminder_date`` additional_kwargs carries the
authoritative date — what ``DynamicContextMiddleware`` now writes to state.
"""
content = f"<system-reminder>\n<current_date>{date_str}</current_date>\n</system-reminder>"
return SystemMessage(
content=content,
id=msg_id,
additional_kwargs={"hide_from_ui": True, _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY: True, "reminder_date": date_str},
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Basic injection
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_injects_system_reminder_into_first_human_message():
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hello", id="msg-1")]}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
updated_msgs = result["messages"]
assert len(updated_msgs) == 2
reminder_msg = updated_msgs[0]
assert isinstance(reminder_msg, SystemMessage)
assert reminder_msg.id == "msg-1" # takes the original ID (position swap)
assert reminder_msg.additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
assert _SYSTEM_REMINDER_TAG in reminder_msg.content
assert "<current_date>2026-05-08, Friday</current_date>" in reminder_msg.content
assert "Hello" not in reminder_msg.content # reminder only — no user text
user_msg = updated_msgs[1]
assert isinstance(user_msg, HumanMessage)
assert user_msg.id == "msg-1__user" # derived ID
assert user_msg.content == "Hello"
def test_memory_included_when_present():
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hi", id="msg-1")]}
with (
mock.patch(
"deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context",
return_value="<memory>\nUser prefers Python.\n</memory>",
),
mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt,
):
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
# Memory is a separate HumanMessage — not merged into SystemMessage (OWASP LLM01)
msgs = result["messages"]
assert len(msgs) == 3 # date SystemMessage + memory HumanMessage + user HumanMessage
assert isinstance(msgs[0], SystemMessage)
assert "<current_date>2026-05-08, Friday</current_date>" in msgs[0].content
assert "User prefers Python." not in msgs[0].content # memory NOT in system role
assert isinstance(msgs[1], HumanMessage)
assert "User prefers Python." in msgs[1].content
assert msgs[2].content == "Hi"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Frozen-snapshot: no re-injection within a session
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_skips_injection_if_already_present():
"""Second turn: separate reminder message already present → no update."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
_date_reminder_msg("2026-05-08, Friday", "msg-1"),
HumanMessage(content="Hello", id="msg-1__user"),
AIMessage(content="Hi there"),
HumanMessage(content="Follow-up", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None # no update needed
def test_second_turn_with_memory_does_not_reinject():
"""Regression: a dateless memory reminder must not shadow the date reminder.
Reproduces the scrambled-messages / wrong-answer bug (thread
9be75d63): production persists the injected context as TWO flagged
messages — a date SystemMessage and a separate dateless <memory>
HumanMessage. On a later turn ``_last_injected_date`` scans in reverse
and hits the memory message first; because it has no <current_date> it
must keep scanning to find the real date. If it stops and returns None,
the middleware falsely treats this as the first turn, re-injects, picks
the previous turn's ``__user`` message as the target, and the model
re-answers the stale turn instead of the new one.
"""
mw = _make_middleware()
date_reminder = "<system-reminder>\n<current_date>2026-05-08, Friday</current_date>\n</system-reminder>"
state = {
"messages": [
SystemMessage(
content=date_reminder,
id="msg-1",
additional_kwargs={"hide_from_ui": True, _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY: True},
),
_reminder_msg("<memory>\nUser prefers Python.\n</memory>", "msg-1__memory"),
HumanMessage(content="test", id="msg-1__user", name="user-input"),
AIMessage(content="Test received"),
HumanMessage(content="tell me the weather", id="msg-2", name="user-input"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value="<memory>\nUser prefers Python.\n</memory>"), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None # same day already injected → must NOT re-inject
def test_poisoned_memory_does_not_spoof_injected_date():
"""A <current_date> embedded in user-influenceable memory must not spoof detection.
Memory is LLM-extracted from user input and injected unescaped (it's
hide_from_ui, so InputSanitizationMiddleware skips it). If a memory fact
contains a literal <current_date>…</current_date>, content-regex detection
would return that fake date (it sits after the authoritative date message but
is hit first in the reverse scan) and trigger a false midnight crossing /
re-injection. The authoritative date lives in additional_kwargs, so detection
must ignore the memory content entirely.
"""
mw = _make_middleware()
today = "2026-05-08, Friday"
date_reminder = f"<system-reminder>\n<current_date>{today}</current_date>\n</system-reminder>"
state = {
"messages": [
SystemMessage(
content=date_reminder,
id="msg-1",
additional_kwargs={"hide_from_ui": True, _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY: True, "reminder_date": today},
),
_reminder_msg("<memory>\nUser asked about <current_date>2024-01-01</current_date> last year.\n</memory>", "msg-1__memory"),
HumanMessage(content="test", id="msg-1__user", name="user-input"),
AIMessage(content="Test received"),
HumanMessage(content="follow up", id="msg-2", name="user-input"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = today
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
# Detection uses the authoritative metadata date (today) → same day → no re-injection.
# If the fake 2024 date from memory content leaked in, this would be a midnight crossing.
assert result is None
def test_date_reminder_carries_structured_date():
"""First-turn injection records the authoritative date in additional_kwargs.
The date SystemMessage carries ``reminder_date``; the memory HumanMessage
deliberately does not (it is dateless and must never spoof detection).
"""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hi", id="msg-1")]}
with (
mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value="<memory>\nUser prefers Python.\n</memory>"),
mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt,
):
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
msgs = result["messages"]
assert isinstance(msgs[0], SystemMessage)
assert msgs[0].additional_kwargs.get("reminder_date") == "2026-05-08, Friday"
# Memory HumanMessage must not carry the authoritative date
assert isinstance(msgs[1], HumanMessage)
assert "reminder_date" not in msgs[1].additional_kwargs
def test_legacy_systemmessage_reminder_without_key_detected():
"""Backward-compat: pre-reminder_date checkpoints kept the date in content only.
A date SystemMessage with the date in content but no ``reminder_date`` key
must still be detected (via the SystemMessage-scoped content fallback) so
in-flight conversations from before the upgrade do not re-inject.
"""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
SystemMessage(
content="<system-reminder>\n<current_date>2026-05-08, Friday</current_date>\n</system-reminder>",
id="msg-1",
additional_kwargs={"hide_from_ui": True, _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY: True}, # no reminder_date
),
HumanMessage(content="Hello", id="msg-1__user"),
AIMessage(content="Hi there"),
HumanMessage(content="Follow-up", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None # same day detected from content → no re-injection
def test_injects_only_into_first_human_message_not_later_ones():
"""Reminder targets the first HumanMessage; subsequent messages are not touched."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
HumanMessage(content="First", id="msg-1"),
AIMessage(content="Reply"),
HumanMessage(content="Second", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
msgs = result["messages"]
# Only the two injected messages are returned (reminder + original first query)
assert len(msgs) == 2
assert msgs[0].id == "msg-1" # reminder takes first message's ID
assert msgs[0].additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
assert _SYSTEM_REMINDER_TAG in msgs[0].content
assert msgs[1].id == "msg-1__user" # original content with derived ID
assert msgs[1].content == "First"
# "Second" (msg-2) is not in the returned update — it is left unchanged
assert all(m.id != "msg-2" for m in msgs)
def test_summary_human_message_is_not_used_as_injection_target():
"""After summarization, the synthetic summary HumanMessage is not a user turn."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
HumanMessage(content="Here is a summary of the conversation to date:\n\n...", id="summary-1", name="summary"),
AIMessage(content="Earlier reply"),
HumanMessage(content="Follow-up", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
msgs = result["messages"]
assert len(msgs) == 2
assert msgs[0].id == "msg-2"
assert msgs[0].additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
assert msgs[1].id == "msg-2__user"
assert msgs[1].content == "Follow-up"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Edge cases
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_no_messages_returns_none():
mw = _make_middleware()
result = mw.before_agent({"messages": []}, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None
def test_no_human_message_returns_none():
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [AIMessage(content="assistant only")]}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""):
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None
def test_list_content_message_handled_as_separate_reminder():
"""List-content (e.g. multi-modal) messages remain intact; reminder is a separate message."""
mw = _make_middleware()
original_content = [{"type": "text", "text": "Hello"}]
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content=original_content, id="msg-1")]}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
msgs = result["messages"]
assert len(msgs) == 2
# Reminder is a plain string message with the flag set
assert isinstance(msgs[0].content, str)
assert msgs[0].additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
assert _SYSTEM_REMINDER_TAG in msgs[0].content
# Original list-content message is untouched
assert msgs[1].content == original_content
def test_reminder_uses_original_id_user_message_uses_derived_id():
"""Reminder takes original ID (position swap); user message gets {id}__user."""
mw = _make_middleware()
original_id = "original-id-abc"
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hello", id=original_id)]}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result["messages"][0].id == original_id
assert result["messages"][1].id == f"{original_id}__user"
def test_message_without_id_gets_stable_uuid():
"""If the original HumanMessage has no ID, a UUID is generated and used consistently."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hello", id=None)]}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
reminder_id = result["messages"][0].id
user_id = result["messages"][1].id
assert reminder_id is not None
assert reminder_id != "None"
assert user_id == f"{reminder_id}__user"
def test_user_message_containing_system_reminder_tag_does_not_prevent_injection():
"""A user message containing '<system-reminder>' must not be mistaken for a reminder."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
HumanMessage(content="What is <system-reminder>?", id="msg-1"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context", return_value=""), mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
# Injection must happen — the user message does NOT carry the reminder flag
assert result is not None
assert result["messages"][0].additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Midnight crossing
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_midnight_crossing_injects_date_update_as_separate_message():
"""When the date has changed, a separate date-update reminder is injected before
the current turn's HumanMessage using the ID-swap technique."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
_date_reminder_msg("2026-05-08, Friday", "msg-1"),
HumanMessage(content="Hello", id="msg-1__user"),
AIMessage(content="Response"),
HumanMessage(content="Good morning", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-09, Saturday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is not None
msgs = result["messages"]
assert len(msgs) == 2
# Midnight-cross reminder is also a SystemMessage — both paths are covered
assert isinstance(msgs[0], SystemMessage)
# Date-update reminder takes the current message's ID
assert msgs[0].id == "msg-2"
assert msgs[0].additional_kwargs.get(_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY) is True
assert _SYSTEM_REMINDER_TAG in msgs[0].content
assert "<current_date>2026-05-09, Saturday</current_date>" in msgs[0].content
assert "Good morning" not in msgs[0].content # reminder only
# Original user text appended with derived ID
assert msgs[1].id == "msg-2__user"
assert msgs[1].content == "Good morning"
def test_midnight_crossing_id_swap():
"""Date-update reminder uses original ID; user message uses {id}__user."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
_date_reminder_msg("2026-05-08, Friday", "msg-1"),
HumanMessage(content="Next day message", id="msg-2"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-09, Saturday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result["messages"][0].id == "msg-2"
assert result["messages"][1].id == "msg-2__user"
def test_memory_message_carries_reminder_key_for_title_eligibility():
"""Regression: memory HumanMessage must carry _DYNAMIC_CONTEXT_REMINDER_KEY.
Without it, title_middleware._is_user_message_for_title counts the memory
block as a second user message and skips title generation entirely.
Similarly, summarization_middleware._preserve_dynamic_context_reminders
would not rescue the memory block from summary compression.
"""
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware import is_dynamic_context_reminder
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Hi", id="msg-1")]}
with (
mock.patch(
"deerflow.agents.lead_agent.prompt._get_memory_context",
return_value="<memory>\nUser prefers Python.\n</memory>",
),
mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt,
):
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-08, Friday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
msgs = result["messages"]
# Memory message must be recognized as a dynamic-context reminder
memory_msg = msgs[1]
assert isinstance(memory_msg, HumanMessage)
assert memory_msg.id == "msg-1__memory"
assert is_dynamic_context_reminder(memory_msg) is True
# Only the actual user message is title-eligible
from deerflow.agents.middlewares.title_middleware import TitleMiddleware
title_eligible = [m for m in msgs if TitleMiddleware._is_user_message_for_title(m)]
assert len(title_eligible) == 1
assert title_eligible[0].content == "Hi"
def test_no_second_midnight_injection_once_date_updated():
"""After a midnight update is persisted, the same-day path skips re-injection."""
mw = _make_middleware()
state = {
"messages": [
_date_reminder_msg("2026-05-08, Friday", "msg-1"),
HumanMessage(content="Hello", id="msg-1__user"),
AIMessage(content="Response"),
_date_reminder_msg("2026-05-09, Saturday", "msg-2"),
HumanMessage(content="Good morning", id="msg-2__user"),
AIMessage(content="Good morning!"),
HumanMessage(content="Third turn", id="msg-3"),
]
}
with mock.patch("deerflow.agents.middlewares.dynamic_context_middleware.datetime") as mock_dt:
mock_dt.now.return_value.strftime.return_value = "2026-05-09, Saturday"
result = mw.before_agent(state, _fake_runtime())
assert result is None # same day as last injected date → no update