Command update to remove all messages (#5678)
## Description
Previously, when a tool returned `Command` to update the graph's state,
the `_validate_tool_command` method in `ToolNode` would raise a
`ValueError` if the `messages_update` list contained only a
`RemoveMessage(id=REMOVE_ALL_MESSAGES)` object. This was because the
validation logic expected a matching `ToolMessage` for the tool call and
did not account for this specific state-clearing scenario.
This commit modifies the validation logic to check if the
`messages_update` list contains a single
`RemoveMessage(id=REMOVE_ALL_MESSAGES)` element. If this condition is
met, the `ToolMessage` validation is bypassed, allowing a tool to clear
the entire message history without causing a validation error.
A new test case, `test_tool_node_command_remove_all_messages`, has been
added to `tests/test_tool_node.py` to verify this change and prevent
future regressions.
## Example
Here is a self-contained example that illustrates the problem and the
fix. Without this change, the code block for `Example 2` would raise a
`ValueError`.
```python
from typing import Annotated, List
from langchain_core.messages import (
AIMessage,
AnyMessage,
HumanMessage,
RemoveMessage,
ToolMessage,
)
from langchain_core.tools import InjectedToolCallId, tool
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langgraph.graph import END, StateGraph, add_messages
from langgraph.graph.message import REMOVE_ALL_MESSAGES
from langgraph.prebuilt import InjectedState, ToolNode
from langgraph.types import Command
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
# Agent state tracks current and all messages
class AgentState(BaseModel):
messages: Annotated[List[AnyMessage], add_messages] = Field(
default_factory=list, description="Current conversation messages."
)
all_messages: Annotated[List[AnyMessage], add_messages] = Field(
default_factory=list, description="All messages, including removed ones."
)
# Tool to clear history if long enough, otherwise returns a warning
@tool
def clear_history_tool(
state: Annotated[AgentState, InjectedState],
tool_call_id: Annotated[str, InjectedToolCallId],
):
"""Clears message history if it's long enough."""
if len(state.messages) < 3:
return Command(
update={
"messages": [
ToolMessage(
"History is not long enough to be cleared. Please try again.",
tool_call_id=tool_call_id,
)
]
}
)
else:
return Command(
update={
"messages": [RemoveMessage(id=REMOVE_ALL_MESSAGES)],
"all_messages": state.messages
+ [
ToolMessage(
"History has been successfully cleared.",
tool_call_id=tool_call_id,
)
],
}
)
# Bind the tool to the model
model = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4o-mini").bind_tools([clear_history_tool])
def model_node(state: AgentState):
return {"messages": [model.invoke(state.messages)]}
# Build the agent graph
graph_builder = StateGraph(AgentState)
graph_builder.add_node("model", model_node)
graph_builder.add_node("tools", ToolNode([clear_history_tool]))
graph_builder.set_entry_point("model")
graph_builder.add_edge("model", "tools")
graph_builder.add_edge("tools", END)
graph = graph_builder.compile()
def print_messages(header, messages):
print(f"\n{header}")
for message in messages:
message.pretty_print()
### Example 1: Not enough history to clear
state_1 = AgentState(
messages=[HumanMessage(content="Please clear my message history.")]
)
output_1 = graph.invoke(state_1)
print_messages("First call: State 'messages'", output_1["messages"])
print_messages("First call: State 'all_messages'", output_1["all_messages"])
### Example 2: History is cleared
state_2 = AgentState(
messages=[
HumanMessage(content="Will this PR get merged?"),
AIMessage(content="Maybe, if it's good enough."),
HumanMessage(content="Please clear my message history."),
]
)
# Without the changes in this PR, the following line will raise a ValueError
output_2 = graph.invoke(state_2)
print_messages("Second call: State 'messages'", output_2["messages"])
print_messages("Second call: State 'all_messages'", output_2["all_messages"])
```
### Outputs
*Without the changes in this PR:*
```
First call: State 'messages'
================================ Human Message =================================
Please clear my message history.
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
clear_history_tool (ba421ac3-1e1a-4208-a8f6-c5500ee0abcc)
Call ID: ba421ac3-1e1a-4208-a8f6-c5500ee0abcc
Args:
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: clear_history_tool
History is not long enough to be cleared. Please try again.
First call: State 'all_messages'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 114, in <module>
output_2 = graph.invoke(state_2)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py", line 2844, in invoke
for chunk in self.stream(
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py", line 2534, in stream
for _ in runner.tick(
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langgraph/prebuilt/tool_node.py", line 241, in _func
outputs = [
^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 619, in result_iterator
yield _result_or_cancel(fs.pop())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 317, in _result_or_cancel
return fut.result(timeout)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 449, in result
return self.__get_result()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 401, in __get_result
raise self._exception
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langchain_core/runnables/config.py", line 555, in _wrapped_fn
return contexts.pop().run(fn, *args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langgraph/prebuilt/tool_node.py", line 353, in _run_one
return self._validate_tool_command(response, call, input_type)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File ".venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/langgraph/prebuilt/tool_node.py", line 616, in _validate_tool_command
raise ValueError(
ValueError: Expected to have a matching ToolMessage in Command.update for tool 'clear_history_tool', got: [RemoveMessage(content='', additional_kwargs={}, response_metadata={}, id='__remove_all__')]. Every tool call (LLM requesting to call a tool) in the message history MUST have a corresponding ToolMessage. You can fix it by modifying the tool to return `Command(update={"messages": [ToolMessage("Success", tool_call_id=tool_call_id), ...]}, ...)`.
```
*With the changes in this PR:*
```
First call: State 'messages'
================================ Human Message =================================
Please clear my message history.
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
clear_history_tool (ba421ac3-1e1a-4208-a8f6-c5500ee0abcc)
Call ID: ba421ac3-1e1a-4208-a8f6-c5500ee0abcc
Args:
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: clear_history_tool
History is not long enough to be cleared. Please try again.
First call: State 'all_messages'
Second call: State 'messages'
Second call: State 'all_messages'
================================ Human Message =================================
Will this PR get merged?
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Maybe, if it's good enough.
================================ Human Message =================================
Please clear my message history.
================================== Ai Message ==================================
Tool Calls:
clear_history_tool (499b1be3-6df1-493f-85e5-8d7e429dead8)
Call ID: 499b1be3-6df1-493f-85e5-8d7e429dead8
Args:
================================= Tool Message =================================
Name: clear_history_tool
History has been successfully cleared.
```
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Co-authored-by: Eugene Yurtsev <eyurtsev@gmail.com>
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