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Reply and send silently truncated multi-line bodies to the first CLI arg. handle_reply(args[1]) and parse_send_args(rest[1]) dropped args[2:]/rest[2:] when a body word-split into multiple args. Now join all remaining args. Backwards-compatible; single-arg messages unchanged. +6 tests (718 total). Found via @hooks replies arriving as first-line-only (60/48 chars). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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S84: Multi-line Reply Body Truncation — Root Cause & Fix
Bug
Reply and send commands silently truncate multi-line message bodies to the first argument.
Reported: @devpulse dispatch 7b6a70b9 (2026-06-08) Evidence: @hooks sent two replies with full multi-line bodies; both arrived in devpulse inbox as first line only (60 chars / 48 chars). @memory's reply arrived intact (951 chars).
Root Cause
Two code paths only captured the second positional CLI argument as the message body, dropping everything after it:
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email.py:handle_reply(line 280):send_reply(branch_path, original, args[1]) # args[2:] silently dropped -
send_args.py:parse_send_args(line 106):message = rest[1] # rest[2:] silently dropped
When an agent's bash command produces multiple args from a message body (shell word-splitting on unquoted text, or subprocess argument handling), only the first segment survives. The rest is discarded with no warning.
The entire Python delivery pipeline (reply.py, delivery.py, create.py) handles multi-line strings correctly — the truncation happens at the CLI argument boundary.
Why @memory Worked
@memory's reply body was a single properly-quoted argument that arrived as one args[1] entry. @hooks' body was split into multiple args (likely unquoted or shell-expanded), so only the first piece reached send_reply().
Fix
Both locations now join all remaining args:
email.py:handle_reply:reply_message = " ".join(args[1:])send_args.py:parse_send_args:message = " ".join(rest[1:])
Backwards-compatible: single-arg messages pass through unchanged. Multi-arg messages are reconstructed.
Tests Added (6)
test_reply.py:test_send_reply_multiline_body_preserved— multi-line body stored intact in delivery and sent copytest_email_module.py:TestHandleReplyMultiArg— handle_reply joins split args; single arg unchangedtest_send_helpers.py: 3 tests — parse_send_args joins split message; single arg unchanged; embedded newlines preserved
718 tests pass (712 + 6 new).