Add support for task cancellation (autogenhub#7)

* Add support for task cancellation

* add tests to CI

* matrix for python testing

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install ".[dev]"
       - uses: jakebailey/pyright-action@v2
 
-  # test:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-  #     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-  #       with:
-  #         python-version: '3.10'
-  #     - run: pip install ".[dev]"
-  #     - run: pytest
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["pypy3.10", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - run: pip install ".[dev]"
+      - run: pytest

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+        "tests"
+    ],
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
+}

examples/futures.py

@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 from agnext.application_components.single_threaded_agent_runtime import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime
 from agnext.core.agent import Agent
 from agnext.core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
-from agnext.core.message import Message
 
 
 @dataclass
-class MessageType(Message):
+class MessageType:
     body: str
     sender: str
 

examples/round_robin_chat.py

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-import random
 import asyncio
+import random
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import List
+
 from agnext.agent_components.type_routed_agent import TypeRoutedAgent, message_handler
 from agnext.application_components.single_threaded_agent_runtime import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime
 from agnext.core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
-from agnext.core.message import Message
 
 
 # TODO: a runtime should be able to handle multiple types of messages
 # TODO: allow request and response to be different message types
 # should support this in handlers.
 @dataclass
-class GroupChatMessage(Message):
+class GroupChatMessage:
     body: str
     sender: str
     require_response: bool

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,15 +13,10 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
-dependencies = [
-    "openai>=1.3",
-    "pillow",
-    "aiohttp",
-    "typing-extensions"
-]
+dependencies = ["openai>=1.3", "pillow", "aiohttp", "typing-extensions"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["ruff", "pyright", "mypy", "pytest", "types-Pillow"]
+dev = ["ruff", "pyright", "mypy", "pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "types-Pillow"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 agnext = ["py.typed"]
@@ -61,3 +56,7 @@ include = ["src", "examples"]
 typeCheckingMode = "strict"
 reportUnnecessaryIsInstance = false
 reportMissingTypeStubs = false
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+minversion = "6.0"
+testpaths = ["tests"]

src/agnext/agent_components/type_routed_agent.py

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 from agnext.core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
 from agnext.core.base_agent import BaseAgent
+from agnext.core.cancellation_token import CancellationToken
 from agnext.core.exceptions import CantHandleException
 
-from ..core.message import Message
-
-T = TypeVar("T", bound=Message)
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
 # NOTE: this works on concrete types and not inheritance
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class TypeRoutedAgent(BaseAgent[T]):
     def __init__(self, name: str, router: AgentRuntime[T]) -> None:
         super().__init__(name, router)
 
-        self._handlers: Dict[Type[Any], Callable[[T], Awaitable[T]]] = {}
+        self._handlers: Dict[Type[Any], Callable[[T, CancellationToken], Awaitable[T]]] = {}
 
         router.add_agent(self)
 
@@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, router: AgentRuntime[T]) -> None:
     def subscriptions(self) -> Sequence[Type[T]]:
         return list(self._handlers.keys())
 
-    async def on_message(self, message: T) -> T:
+    async def on_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken) -> T:
         handler = self._handlers.get(type(message))
         if handler is not None:
-            return await handler(message)
+            return await handler(message, cancellation_token)
         else:
-            return await self.on_unhandled_message(message)
+            return await self.on_unhandled_message(message, cancellation_token)
 
-    async def on_unhandled_message(self, message: T) -> T:
+    async def on_unhandled_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken) -> T:
         raise CantHandleException()

src/agnext/application_components/single_threaded_agent_runtime.py

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Awaitable, Dict, Generic, List, Set, Type, TypeVar
 
+from agnext.core.cancellation_token import CancellationToken
+
 from ..core.agent import Agent
 from ..core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
-from ..core.message import Message
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound=Message)
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class BroadcastMessageEnvelope(Generic[T]):
 
     message: T
     future: Future[List[T]]
+    cancellation_token: CancellationToken
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ class SendMessageEnvelope(Generic[T]):
     message: T
     destination: Agent[T]
     future: Future[T]
+    cancellation_token: CancellationToken
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -64,17 +67,26 @@ def add_agent(self, agent: Agent[T]) -> None:
         self._agents.add(agent)
 
     # Returns the response of the message
-    def send_message(self, message: T, destination: Agent[T]) -> Future[T]:
+    def send_message(
+        self, message: T, destination: Agent[T], cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None
+    ) -> Future[T]:
+        if cancellation_token is None:
+            cancellation_token = CancellationToken()
+
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
         future: Future[T] = loop.create_future()
 
-        self._message_queue.append(SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future))
+        self._message_queue.append(SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future, cancellation_token))
+
         return future
 
     # Returns the response of all handling agents
-    def broadcast_message(self, message: T) -> Future[List[T]]:
+    def broadcast_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None) -> Future[List[T]]:
+        if cancellation_token is None:
+            cancellation_token = CancellationToken()
+
         future: Future[List[T]] = asyncio.get_event_loop().create_future()
-        self._message_queue.append(BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future))
+        self._message_queue.append(BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future, cancellation_token))
         return future
 
     async def _process_send(self, message_envelope: SendMessageEnvelope[T]) -> None:
@@ -83,16 +95,28 @@ async def _process_send(self, message_envelope: SendMessageEnvelope[T]) -> None:
             message_envelope.future.set_exception(Exception("Recipient not found"))
             return
 
-        response = await recipient.on_message(message_envelope.message)
+        try:
+            response = await recipient.on_message(
+                message_envelope.message, cancellation_token=message_envelope.cancellation_token
+            )
+        except BaseException as e:
+            message_envelope.future.set_exception(e)
+            return
+
         self._message_queue.append(ResponseMessageEnvelope(response, message_envelope.future))
 
     async def _process_broadcast(self, message_envelope: BroadcastMessageEnvelope[T]) -> None:
         responses: List[Awaitable[T]] = []
         for agent in self._per_type_subscribers.get(type(message_envelope.message), []):
-            future = agent.on_message(message_envelope.message)
+            future = agent.on_message(message_envelope.message, cancellation_token=message_envelope.cancellation_token)
             responses.append(future)
 
-        all_responses = await asyncio.gather(*responses)
+        try:
+            all_responses = await asyncio.gather(*responses)
+        except BaseException as e:
+            message_envelope.future.set_exception(e)
+            return
+
         self._message_queue.append(BroadcastResponseMessageEnvelope(all_responses, message_envelope.future))
 
     async def _process_response(self, message_envelope: ResponseMessageEnvelope[T]) -> None:
@@ -110,10 +134,14 @@ async def process_next(self) -> None:
         message_envelope = self._message_queue.pop(0)
 
         match message_envelope:
-            case SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future):
-                asyncio.create_task(self._process_send(SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future)))
-            case BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future):
-                asyncio.create_task(self._process_broadcast(BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future)))
+            case SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future, cancellation_token):
+                asyncio.create_task(
+                    self._process_send(SendMessageEnvelope(message, destination, future, cancellation_token))
+                )
+            case BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future, cancellation_token):
+                asyncio.create_task(
+                    self._process_broadcast(BroadcastMessageEnvelope(message, future, cancellation_token))
+                )
             case ResponseMessageEnvelope(message, future):
                 asyncio.create_task(self._process_response(ResponseMessageEnvelope(message, future)))
             case BroadcastResponseMessageEnvelope(message, future):

src/agnext/core/agent.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Protocol, Sequence, Type, TypeVar
 
-from .message import Message
+from agnext.core.cancellation_token import CancellationToken
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound=Message)
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
 class Agent(Protocol[T]):
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ def name(self) -> str: ...
     @property
     def subscriptions(self) -> Sequence[Type[T]]: ...
 
-    async def on_message(self, message: T) -> T: ...
+    async def on_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken) -> T: ...

src/agnext/core/agent_runtime.py

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 from typing import List, Protocol, TypeVar
 
 from agnext.core.agent import Agent
+from agnext.core.cancellation_token import CancellationToken
 
-from .message import Message
-
-T = TypeVar("T", bound=Message)
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
 # Undeliverable - error
 
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ class AgentRuntime(Protocol[T]):
     def add_agent(self, agent: Agent[T]) -> None: ...
 
     # Returns the response of the message
-    def send_message(self, message: T, destination: Agent[T]) -> Future[T]: ...
+    def send_message(
+        self, message: T, destination: Agent[T], cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None
+    ) -> Future[T]: ...
 
     # Returns the response of all handling agents
-    def broadcast_message(self, message: T) -> Future[List[T]]: ...
+    def broadcast_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None) -> Future[List[T]]: ...

src/agnext/core/base_agent.py

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 from typing import List, Sequence, Type, TypeVar
 
 from agnext.core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
+from agnext.core.cancellation_token import CancellationToken
 
 from .agent import Agent
-from .message import Message
 
-T = TypeVar("T", bound=Message)
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
 class BaseAgent(ABC, Agent[T]):
@@ -25,10 +25,20 @@ def subscriptions(self) -> Sequence[Type[T]]:
         return []
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def on_message(self, message: T) -> T: ...
-
-    def _send_message(self, message: T, destination: Agent[T]) -> Future[T]:
-        return self._router.send_message(message, destination)
-
-    def _broadcast_message(self, message: T) -> Future[List[T]]:
-        return self._router.broadcast_message(message)
+    async def on_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken) -> T: ...
+
+    def _send_message(
+        self, message: T, destination: Agent[T], cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None
+    ) -> Future[T]:
+        if cancellation_token is None:
+            cancellation_token = CancellationToken()
+        future = self._router.send_message(message, destination, cancellation_token)
+        cancellation_token.link_future(future)
+        return future
+
+    def _broadcast_message(self, message: T, cancellation_token: CancellationToken | None = None) -> Future[List[T]]:
+        if cancellation_token is None:
+            cancellation_token = CancellationToken()
+        future = self._router.broadcast_message(message, cancellation_token)
+        cancellation_token.link_future(future)
+        return future

src/agnext/core/cancellation_token.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import threading
+from asyncio import Future
+from typing import Any, Callable, List
+
+
+class CancellationToken:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._cancelled: bool = False
+        self._lock: threading.Lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._callbacks: List[Callable[[], None]] = []
+
+    def cancel(self) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            if not self._cancelled:
+                self._cancelled = True
+                for callback in self._callbacks:
+                    callback()
+
+    def is_cancelled(self) -> bool:
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._cancelled
+
+    def add_callback(self, callback: Callable[[], None]) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            if self._cancelled:
+                callback()
+            else:
+                self._callbacks.append(callback)
+
+    def link_future(self, future: Future[Any]) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            if self._cancelled:
+                future.cancel()
+            else:
+
+                def _cancel() -> None:
+                    future.cancel()
+
+                self._callbacks.append(_cancel)