fix(agent): clamped provider context images

Dropped oldest outgoing image blocks above the active provider budget so umans requests honor the shipped 10-image cap even when snapcompact is disabled. Added regression coverage for preserving text and newest images.\n\nFixes #3230

packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `umans` requests with more than 10 live context images still sending every image despite the provider budget; outgoing provider contexts now drop the oldest images above the active provider cap while preserving text and newest images ([#3230](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi/issues/3230)).
+
 ## [16.1.14] - 2026-06-22
 
 ### Added

packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ import {
 	USER_INTERRUPT_LABEL,
 	wrapSteeringForModel,
 } from "./session/messages";
+import { clampProviderContextImages } from "./session/provider-image-budget";
 import { getRestorableSessionModels } from "./session/session-context";
 import { SessionManager } from "./session/session-manager";
 import { SnapcompactInlineTransformer } from "./session/snapcompact-inline";
@@ -2420,8 +2421,8 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 			return wrapSteeringForModel(withContext);
 		};
 		// Per-request provider-context transforms. Obfuscate FIRST so secrets are
-		// redacted from text before snapcompact rasterizes it into PNG frames.
-		// Both operate on the transient outgoing Context only — never persisted.
+		// redacted from text before snapcompact rasterizes it into PNG frames, then
+		// clamp images to the active provider budget before the request is sent.
 		const snapcompactSystemPromptMode = settings.get("snapcompact.systemPrompt");
 		const snapcompactInline =
 			snapcompactSystemPromptMode !== "none" || settings.get("snapcompact.toolResults")
@@ -2436,14 +2437,11 @@ export async function createAgentSession(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions = {}
 						createSnapcompactSavingsRecorder(() => sessionManager.getSessionFile() ?? null),
 					)
 				: undefined;
-		const transformProviderContext =
-			obfuscator || snapcompactInline
-				? async (context: Context, transformModel: Model): Promise<Context> => {
-						let transformed = obfuscator ? obfuscateProviderContext(obfuscator, context) : context;
-						if (snapcompactInline) transformed = await snapcompactInline.transform(transformed, transformModel);
-						return transformed;
-					}
-				: undefined;
+		const transformProviderContext = async (context: Context, transformModel: Model): Promise<Context> => {
+			let transformed = obfuscator ? obfuscateProviderContext(obfuscator, context) : context;
+			if (snapcompactInline) transformed = await snapcompactInline.transform(transformed, transformModel);
+			return clampProviderContextImages(transformed, transformModel);
+		};
 		const onPayload = async (payload: unknown, _model?: Model) => {
 			return await extensionRunner.emitBeforeProviderRequest(payload);
 		};

packages/coding-agent/src/session/provider-image-budget.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import type {
+	Context,
+	DeveloperMessage,
+	ImageContent,
+	Model,
+	TextContent,
+	ToolResultMessage,
+	UserMessage,
+} from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
+import { providerImageBudget } from "@oh-my-pi/snapcompact";
+
+function countImages(context: Context): number {
+	let count = 0;
+	for (const message of context.messages) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(message.content)) continue;
+		for (const part of message.content) {
+			if (part.type === "image") count++;
+		}
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+function clampContent(
+	content: readonly (TextContent | ImageContent)[],
+	state: { remainingDrops: number },
+): (TextContent | ImageContent)[] | undefined {
+	let changed = false;
+	const clamped: (TextContent | ImageContent)[] = [];
+	for (const part of content) {
+		if (part.type === "image" && state.remainingDrops > 0) {
+			state.remainingDrops--;
+			changed = true;
+			continue;
+		}
+		clamped.push(part);
+	}
+	return changed ? clamped : undefined;
+}
+
+function clampUserMessage(message: UserMessage, state: { remainingDrops: number }): UserMessage {
+	if (!Array.isArray(message.content) || state.remainingDrops <= 0) return message;
+	const content = clampContent(message.content, state);
+	return content ? { ...message, content } : message;
+}
+
+function clampDeveloperMessage(message: DeveloperMessage, state: { remainingDrops: number }): DeveloperMessage {
+	if (!Array.isArray(message.content) || state.remainingDrops <= 0) return message;
+	const content = clampContent(message.content, state);
+	return content ? { ...message, content } : message;
+}
+
+function clampToolResultMessage(message: ToolResultMessage, state: { remainingDrops: number }): ToolResultMessage {
+	if (state.remainingDrops <= 0) return message;
+	const content = clampContent(message.content, state);
+	return content ? { ...message, content } : message;
+}
+
+/** Drops oldest transient image blocks so outgoing vision requests fit the active provider's image cap. */
+export function clampProviderContextImages(context: Context, model: Model): Context {
+	if (!model.input.includes("image")) return context;
+	const limit = providerImageBudget(model.provider);
+	const totalImages = countImages(context);
+	if (totalImages <= limit) return context;
+
+	const state = { remainingDrops: totalImages - limit };
+	const messages = context.messages.map(message => {
+		switch (message.role) {
+			case "user":
+				return clampUserMessage(message, state);
+			case "developer":
+				return clampDeveloperMessage(message, state);
+			case "toolResult":
+				return clampToolResultMessage(message, state);
+			case "assistant":
+				return message;
+		}
+		return message;
+	});
+	return { ...context, messages };
+}

packages/coding-agent/test/session/provider-image-budget.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import type { Context, ImageContent, TextContent } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-ai";
+import { buildModel } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-catalog/build";
+import { clampProviderContextImages } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/session/provider-image-budget";
+
+const UMANS_MODEL = buildModel({
+	id: "umans-glm-5.2",
+	name: "umans-glm-5.2",
+	api: "anthropic-messages",
+	provider: "umans",
+	baseUrl: "https://api.code.umans.ai",
+	reasoning: true,
+	input: ["text", "image"],
+	cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
+	contextWindow: 128000,
+	maxTokens: 4096,
+});
+
+function image(data: string): ImageContent {
+	return { type: "image", data, mimeType: "image/png" };
+}
+
+function text(value: string): TextContent {
+	return { type: "text", text: value };
+}
+
+function imageData(context: Context): string[] {
+	const data: string[] = [];
+	for (const message of context.messages) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(message.content)) continue;
+		for (const part of message.content) {
+			if (part.type === "image") data.push(part.data);
+		}
+	}
+	return data;
+}
+
+function textData(context: Context): string[] {
+	const data: string[] = [];
+	for (const message of context.messages) {
+		if (typeof message.content === "string") {
+			data.push(message.content);
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (const part of message.content) {
+			if (part.type === "text") data.push(part.text);
+		}
+	}
+	return data;
+}
+
+describe("provider context image budgets", () => {
+	it("drops oldest images above the active provider cap while preserving text", () => {
+		const context: Context = {
+			systemPrompt: ["system"],
+			tools: [],
+			messages: Array.from({ length: 31 }, (_, index) => ({
+				role: "user",
+				content: [text(`text-${index}`), image(`image-${index}`)],
+				timestamp: index,
+			})),
+		};
+
+		const clamped = clampProviderContextImages(context, UMANS_MODEL);
+
+		expect(imageData(clamped)).toEqual(Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => `image-${index + 21}`));
+		expect(textData(clamped)).toEqual(Array.from({ length: 31 }, (_, index) => `text-${index}`));
+		expect(clamped).not.toBe(context);
+		expect(imageData(context)).toEqual(Array.from({ length: 31 }, (_, index) => `image-${index}`));
+	});
+
+	it("preserves context identity when the provider cap is not exceeded", () => {
+		const context: Context = {
+			systemPrompt: [],
+			tools: [],
+			messages: [
+				{
+					role: "user",
+					content: [text("ok"), ...Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => image(`image-${index}`))],
+					timestamp: 1,
+				},
+			],
+		};
+
+		expect(clampProviderContextImages(context, UMANS_MODEL)).toBe(context);
+	});
+});