Cause (Documented platform behavior): Approvals are matched by approvalId to tool-approval-request parts and then to their tool calls in the same message history.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Other error fragments:
- Tool approval response references unknown approvalId:
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/ai/5d12eaa6caa193d3901cbab98a734403eb6bf622/packages/ai/src/error/invalid-tool-approval-error.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): InvalidToolApprovalError message: approval response references unknown approvalId; no matching tool-approval-request in message history.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/ai/5d12eaa6caa193d3901cbab98a734403eb6bf622/packages/ai/src/generate-text/collect-tool-approvals.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): collectToolApprovals throws InvalidToolApprovalError when no request matches and ToolCallNotFoundForApprovalError when the request tool call is not found.
Search phrasings: AI_InvalidToolApprovalError unknown approvalId; ai sdk tool approval no matching tool-approval-request; ToolCallNotFoundForApprovalError vercel ai
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Resuming after the user approves/denies a tool throws before the model call.
- Context
- Product: Vercel AI SDK Component: collectToolApprovals Operation: Continue a generation after tool-approval-response parts (needsApproval tools) Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: AI_InvalidToolApprovalError, AI_ToolCallNotFoundForApprovalError Packages: ai source checked at 7.0.118 Trigger: The tool-approval-response approvalId does not match any tool-approval-request in the provided history (history trimmed/rebuilt, messages regenerated with new ids, or approvals sent against a different conversation), or the referenced tool call id is missing.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- No matching tool-approval-request found in message history.
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Vercel AI SDK tool approval] AI_InvalidToolApprovalError "Tool approval response references unknown approvalId" / AI_ToolCallNotFoundForApprovalError
Recommended action: Persist and resend the full assistant message containing the tool-approval-request and tool-call along with the approval response; do not regenerate ids between request and response.
Option: Keep approval request and tool call in history [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: needsApproval tool flows with persisted chats
Steps:
1. Store UI/model messages unchanged including approval request parts
2. Send approval response referencing the same approvalId
Expected: Approval is matched and tool executes or is denied
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 20a2b502-453c-46d4-8716-3b829f1421b4
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Persist and resend the full assistant message containing the tool-approval-request and tool-call along with the approval response; do not regenerate ids between request and response. Option: Keep approval request and tool call in history [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: needsApproval tool flows with persisted chats Steps: 1. Store UI/model messages unchanged including approval request parts 2. Send approval response referencing the same approvalId Expected: Approval is matched and tool executes or is denied
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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