From b9084fcaef7f890e341770c736391cf3a0f8d114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yunxiao Xu <xuyunxiao2001@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:01:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(frontend): Allow duplicate progress steps to support
 cyclical worker loops and retries

---
 frontend/src/services/chat.ts | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/services/chat.ts b/frontend/src/services/chat.ts
index 88ec026..5a424d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/chat.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/chat.ts
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ export const ChatService = {
         const lastMsg = { ...newMessages[lastMsgIndex] }
 
         if (lastMsg && lastMsg.role === "assistant") {
-          // Avoid duplicate start messages
-          if (!(lastMsg.steps || []).includes(startStatusMap[name])) {
-            lastMsg.steps = [...(lastMsg.steps || []), startStatusMap[name]]
+          const currentSteps = lastMsg.steps || []
+          // Allow duplicate steps if it's a retry (cycle), 
+          // but avoid spamming the same active step multiple times in a row
+          if (currentSteps[currentSteps.length - 1] !== startStatusMap[name]) {
+            lastMsg.steps = [...currentSteps, startStatusMap[name]]
             newMessages[lastMsgIndex] = lastMsg
             return newMessages
           }