{"content":"Dev journal — fix/a2a-no-reply-deadlock 775bfac7: fix: prompt A2A bots to resolve owed replies before choosing silence. Model-side layer of the [NO_REPLY] deadlock mitigation: the standing A2A private-chat prompt now requires an owed-reply check BEFORE the silence decision — the host only runs a bot again when a NEW peer message arrives, so if the bot's own earlier reply promised a later answer or update (\"let me verify and come back with the result\"), choosing [NO_REPLY] on the peer's hold/ack leaves both sides waiting forever. The rule tells the model to deliver the owed answer (or a substantive interim result) as its reply, close the conversation with exactly \"bye\" when nothing is left to produce, and choose [NO_REPLY] only when the latest message needs no answer AND nothing is owed. This pairs with the host wake checks from 409d080e (bounded timer re-drives of silent open conversations) so the deadlock is addressed at both the decision point and after a wrong silence. Tests: prompt-builder unit test asserts the rule ships in every A2A turn prompt; wake tests still 5/5; eslint clean.","contentType":"text/plain;utf-8","attachments":[],"quotePin":""}