From 51af388650441c66a4f75538cf3e71c232313e58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Valentin <william.valentin.info@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:36:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(backends): add native fallback and tests for external
 runner prompt handling

---
 src/daemon/routing.test.ts | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/daemon/routing.test.ts b/src/daemon/routing.test.ts
index 907cb3c..cc9debe 100644
--- a/src/daemon/routing.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/routing.test.ts
@@ -1121,6 +1121,81 @@ describe('daemon auto-escalate integration', () => {
     expect(setModelTierSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('complex');
     expect(reply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ text: 'complex-tier response' }));
   });
+
+  it('falls back to native processing when external backend fails', async () => {
+    const processSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentOrchestrator.prototype, 'process')
+      .mockResolvedValue('native fallback response');
+    const history: Array<{ role: 'user' | 'assistant'; content: string }> = [];
+    const session = {
+      id: 'telegram:external-fail',
+      addMessage: vi.fn((msg: { role: 'user' | 'assistant'; content: string }) => {
+        history.push(msg);
+        return msg;
+      }),
+      getHistory: vi.fn(() => [...history]),
+      clear: vi.fn(),
+      replaceHistory: vi.fn(),
+      getConfig: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+      setConfig: vi.fn(),
+      deleteConfig: vi.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const externalBackend = {
+      name: 'codex',
+      process: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw new Error('external failed');
+      }),
+    };
+
+    const router = createMessageRouter({
+      sessionManager: {
+        getSession: vi.fn(() => session),
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['sessionManager'],
+      modelRouter: {
+        getAvailableTiers: () => ['fast', 'default', 'complex', 'local'],
+        getAllLabels: () => ({ fast: 'fast', default: 'default', complex: 'complex', local: 'local' }),
+        getLabel: (tier: string) => tier,
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['modelRouter'],
+      systemPrompt: 'test prompt',
+      toolRegistry: {
+        clone() { return this; },
+        register: vi.fn(),
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['toolRegistry'],
+      toolExecutor: {} as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['toolExecutor'],
+      config: {
+        agents: {
+          primary_tier: 'default',
+          delegation: {
+            compaction: 'fast',
+            memory_extraction: 'fast',
+            classification: 'fast',
+            tool_summarisation: 'fast',
+            complex_reasoning: 'complex',
+          },
+          max_delegation_depth: 3,
+          max_iterations: 10,
+          auto_escalate: false,
+        },
+        compaction: { enabled: false },
+        models: { default: { provider: 'anthropic', model: 'claude' } },
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['config'],
+      externalBackends: { codex: externalBackend } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['externalBackends'],
+      defaultExternalBackendName: 'codex',
+    });
+
+    const reply = vi.fn(async (_message: OutboundMessage) => {});
+    await router.handler({
+      id: 'm-external-fail',
+      channel: 'telegram',
+      senderId: 'external-fail',
+      text: 'hello fallback',
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+    } as MessageRouterInput, reply);
+
+    expect(externalBackend.process).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(reply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ text: 'native fallback response' }));
+  });
 });
 
 describe('daemon talk mode (voice wake) integration', () => {