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fix: journal xstate.done.actor events whose output is undefined - #160

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Problem

An invoked createAsyncLogic actor whose run resolves undefined (a void actor) or null makes the event log throw:

NonSerializableAgentEventError: Agent event field 'entry.event.output' is not JSON-serializable (undefined).

Cause

XState's createAsyncLogic resolves the output with event.data ?? event.output (present through 6.0.0-alpha.65). A null result collapses to undefined there, and a void run is undefined already. The resulting xstate.done.actor event carries an explicit output: undefined key, which the strict journal serializer rejects.

Fix

createReplayEntry drops an undefined output key from xstate.done.actor events before validation. Replay folds identically (the transition sees undefined either way) and the state hash already ignored the key. Strictness elsewhere is unchanged: undefined inside a user event still throws.

null cannot be restored on the agent side since XState has already erased it; that needs an upstream change ('data' in event ? event.data : event.output).

Tests

test.each over undefined and null results: the run finishes and the journaled done entry omits output. Both fail without the fix.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Async actors that resolve to undefined or null now complete without a serialization error. Their journal entries can be serialized and replayed correctly.

XState's createAsyncLogic completes with output: undefined for a void run,
and (via its data ?? output coalesce) for one resolving null. The explicit
undefined key made assertJsonSerializable throw NonSerializableAgentEventError
on every such completion. createReplayEntry now drops the key; replay folds
identically and the state hash already ignored it.
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The event log omits output from xstate.done.actor events when its value is undefined. Tests cover async actors resolving to undefined or null, and the changeset documents the update.

Changes: Done-actor output normalization

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Normalize and verify done-actor entries
src/event-log.ts, src/run-agent.test.ts, .changeset/done-actor-undefined-output.md
createReplayEntry normalizes done-actor events after error normalization by omitting output when it is undefined. Tests cover async actors resolving to undefined or null, completion, and JSON serialization. The changeset documents the behavior and replay folding.

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Replay can diverge for handlers that inspect whether a done-actor event has an output property. Restore the live event shape during replay before merging, or accept this bounded risk.

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- Around line 546-547: Update the replay event preparation in `replay` to
restore an own `output` property with value `undefined` on done-actor events
when journaling omitted it, while leaving events that already have the property
and all other event types unchanged. Use `DONE_ACTOR_EVENT_TYPE` to identify the
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Comment thread src/event-log.ts
A guard testing key presence on the completion event now takes the same
branch live and on replay.
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