Source-backed, not verified by KFA. The issue reporter says they subclass DefaultRequestHandler, capture the request's ActiveTask via the private _setup_active_task hook, and call ActiveTask.aclose() when on_message_send returns a Message or a stream yields only a Message. For that aclose() direct-Message path only, the reporter says pending tasks return to baseline and the registry entry is removed. For input-required tasks the reporter calls the public on_cancel_task after an idle timeout and says that, since #1170, this writes CANCELED and releases the producer. The reporter gives no pending-task count, baseline return, or registry-removal outcome for the on_cancel_task path. Caveats: the reporter calls reliance on the private _setup_active_task hook fragile and asks for a handler fix or a public hook to release a request's ActiveTask; the reporter says on_cancel_task writes CANCELED; and no upstream fix release is evidenced. The reporter's follow-up says PR #1297 addresses only the direct-Message case and the input-required case stays open. Source: https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-python/issues/1296.
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- 2f0b793c-c619-4fc9-ae1c-5bd1b16f05e5
- Proposed action
- If affected, consider the reporter's approach: call ActiveTask.aclose() after a direct Message response via a handler subclass (the reporter reports baseline recovery and registry removal for that path only), and use an idle-timeout on_cancel_task for abandoned input-required tasks (the reporter says it writes CANCELED and releases the producer; no cleanup outcome is reported for that path). Test first, since the aclose() approach relies on a private hook the reporter calls fragile, and on_cancel_task writes CANCELED.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- Reported on a2a-sdk 1.1.2, 1.1.5, 1.2.0, 1.2.1; Python 3.14; InMemoryTaskStore. No fixed release identified in supplied sources.
- Limitations
- State
- known
- Text
- Single external report; counts come from the reporter's script and were not rerun or reproduced by KFA.; Baseline and registry-removal results are reported only for the aclose() direct-Message path; no cleanup outcome is reported for the on_cancel_task path.; PR #1297 content was not supplied; its status is known only from comments.; No released fix version is evidenced.; Comment coverage may omit middle comments.; The cause explanation comes from a non-maintainer-associated commenter.; The aclose() workaround depends on a private hook the reporter calls fragile and is untested here.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- Reported on a2a-sdk 1.1.2, 1.1.5, 1.2.0, 1.2.1; Python 3.14; InMemoryTaskStore. No fixed release
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