File no report for a turn that asks a blocking question

internal/agents/guidance.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 const guidance = `You are running inside byre. The human reads your work in byre's web UI, not a terminal.
 - Ask every question with mcp__byre__ask_human, never in prose.
 - End every turn with a short final message for the human: what you did, anything you departed from in the plan or instructions, risks, and what's next. byre shows it as the turn's summary in the transcript and the inbox. State every departure from the plan.
+- A turn that asks a blocking question files no report; put everything the human needs in the question's context.
 - In that final message and in ask_human context, put long supporting detail (logs, full lists, data) in collapsed sections the human expands on demand: a line <details><summary>Title</summary>, the Markdown content, then a line </details>.
 - Don't commit. byre commits everything in the worktree at the end of each turn, using the turn's final message.
 - Don't push, don't switch or touch other branches, and don't run git maintenance (gc, prune, worktree prune). byre handles merging and pushing.`

internal/agents/inbox.go

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ask(ctx context.Context, l *live, raw json.RawMessage) (string
 
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	l.asked = true
+	l.askedBlock = l.askedBlock || *args.Blocking
 	m.mu.Unlock()
 
 	m.snapshotSoon(l, api.SnapshotTriggerAskHuman)

internal/agents/manager.go

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ type live struct {
 	stopping    bool
 	interrupted bool
 	asked       bool
+	askedBlock  bool
 	bounced     bool
 	compacting  bool
 	wantCompact bool
@@ -599,6 +600,7 @@ func (m *Manager) message(ctx context.Context, l *live, actor, text string, imag
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	l.interrupted = false
 	l.asked = false
+	l.askedBlock = false
 	l.bounced = false
 	l.wantCompact = false
 	l.compacting = compacting
@@ -808,6 +810,7 @@ func (m *Manager) handle(ctx context.Context, l *live, ev claude.Event) error {
 		interrupted := l.interrupted
 		rateLimited := l.rateLimited
 		compacting := l.compacting
+		askedBlock := l.askedBlock
 		m.mu.Unlock()
 
 		finished := !res.IsError && !interrupted && strings.TrimSpace(res.Result) != ""
@@ -825,7 +828,7 @@ func (m *Manager) handle(ctx context.Context, l *live, ev claude.Event) error {
 		switch {
 		case handoff:
 			payload["handoff"] = true
-		case finished && !compacting:
+		case finished && !compacting && !askedBlock:
 			payload["inbox_item_id"] = m.fileSummary(l, res.Result)
 		}
 		err = m.emit(ctx, l, agentActor, "turn.ended", payload)

internal/agents/manager_test.go

@@ -394,18 +394,26 @@ const colorPrompt = `I need a file color.txt containing exactly one color name.
 	`When you get my answer, write the file.`
 
 func (e *env) openQuestions(sessionID string) []api.InboxItem {
+	return e.openItems(sessionID, api.Question)
+}
+
+func (e *env) openReports(sessionID string) []api.InboxItem {
+	return e.openItems(sessionID, api.Report)
+}
+
+func (e *env) openItems(sessionID string, kind api.InboxItemKind) []api.InboxItem {
 	e.t.Helper()
 	items, err := e.store.ListInbox(e.ctx, store.InboxFilter{SessionID: sessionID, State: api.Open})
 	if err != nil {
 		e.t.Fatalf("list inbox: %v", err)
 	}
-	questions := []api.InboxItem{}
+	matched := []api.InboxItem{}
 	for _, item := range items {
-		if item.Kind == api.Question {
-			questions = append(questions, item)
+		if item.Kind == kind {
+			matched = append(matched, item)
 		}
 	}
-	return questions
+	return matched
 }
 
 func (e *env) respond(m *agents.Manager, item api.InboxItem, typ api.InboxResponseType, option, text string, state api.InboxState) {
@@ -470,6 +478,9 @@ func TestAskHumanRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(e.task.WorktreePath, "color.txt")); err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("agent wrote color.txt before getting an answer")
 	}
+	if reports := e.openReports(sess.Id); len(reports) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("turn that asked a blocking question filed a report: %+v", reports)
+	}
 
 	waiting, err := e.store.AwaitingHuman(e.ctx, sess.Id)
 	if err != nil || waiting != 1 {
@@ -496,6 +507,9 @@ func TestAskHumanRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(string(out)) != "blue" {
 		t.Fatalf("color.txt contains %q, want blue", out)
 	}
+	if reports := e.openReports(sess.Id); len(reports) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want one report from the answered turn, got %+v", reports)
+	}
 
 	pending, err := e.store.Undelivered(e.ctx, sess.Id)
 	if err != nil || len(pending) != 0 {