Repository: jupyterlab/jupyter-ai

Issue:
After an error the "Generating response..." placeholder stays stuck at the bottom of the chat

## Description

![image](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/assets/5832902/77535e27-ed6e-4920-92bc-8d231bde08be)


## Reproduce


1. Switch to HuggingFace Hub, pick a model (it will fail to generate responses due to https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/issues/883)
2. Send a message
3. See error (ok)
4. See "Generating response..." is still displayed
5. Switch to a different provider
6. Send a new message
7. See reply from the new model but still the old stuck "Generating response..."


## Expected behavior

"Generating response..." placeholder disappears after error

## Context

`main` at [2019571](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/commit/2019571d916549262d04b3c02ec13e043935a7d4)

- likely introduced by https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/pull/821


Discussion:
Looking at it more closely, https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/pull/821 was fine it is https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyter-ai/pull/859 that introduced the regression by getting rid of the try-finally context manager.



Patch:
diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/base.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/base.py
index d3c4e497d..426c4348c 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/base.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/base.py
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ def close_pending(self, pending_msg: PendingMessage):
         """
         Closes a pending message.
         """
+        if pending_msg.closed:
+            return
+
         close_pending_msg = ClosePendingMessage(
             id=pending_msg.id,
         )
@@ -289,6 +292,8 @@ def close_pending(self, pending_msg: PendingMessage):
             handler.broadcast_message(close_pending_msg)
             break
 
+        pending_msg.closed = True
+
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def pending(self, text: str, ellipsis: bool = True):
         """
@@ -297,9 +302,10 @@ def pending(self, text: str, ellipsis: bool = True):
         """
         pending_msg = self.start_pending(text, ellipsis=ellipsis)
         try:
-            yield
+            yield pending_msg
         finally:
-            self.close_pending(pending_msg)
+            if not pending_msg.closed:
+                self.close_pending(pending_msg)
 
     def get_llm_chain(self):
         lm_provider = self.config_manager.lm_provider
diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/default.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/default.py
index e0d923e77..4aebdde80 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/default.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/chat_handlers/default.py
@@ -97,29 +97,28 @@ async def process_message(self, message: HumanChatMessage):
         received_first_chunk = False
 
         # start with a pending message
-        pending_message = self.start_pending("Generating response")
-
-        # stream response in chunks. this works even if a provider does not
-        # implement streaming, as `astream()` defaults to yielding `_call()`
-        # when `_stream()` is not implemented on the LLM class.
-        async for chunk in self.llm_chain.astream(
-            {"input": message.body},
-            config={"configurable": {"session_id": "static_session"}},
-        ):
-            if not received_first_chunk:
-                # when receiving the first chunk, close the pending message and
-                # start the stream.
-                self.close_pending(pending_message)
-                stream_id = self._start_stream(human_msg=message)
-                received_first_chunk = True
-
-            if isinstance(chunk, AIMessageChunk):
-                self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, chunk.content)
-            elif isinstance(chunk, str):
-                self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, chunk)
-            else:
-                self.log.error(f"Unrecognized type of chunk yielded: {type(chunk)}")
-                break
-
-        # complete stream after all chunks have been streamed
-        self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, "", complete=True)
+        with self.pending("Generating response") as pending_message:
+            # stream response in chunks. this works even if a provider does not
+            # implement streaming, as `astream()` defaults to yielding `_call()`
+            # when `_stream()` is not implemented on the LLM class.
+            async for chunk in self.llm_chain.astream(
+                {"input": message.body},
+                config={"configurable": {"session_id": "static_session"}},
+            ):
+                if not received_first_chunk:
+                    # when receiving the first chunk, close the pending message and
+                    # start the stream.
+                    self.close_pending(pending_message)
+                    stream_id = self._start_stream(human_msg=message)
+                    received_first_chunk = True
+
+                if isinstance(chunk, AIMessageChunk):
+                    self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, chunk.content)
+                elif isinstance(chunk, str):
+                    self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, chunk)
+                else:
+                    self.log.error(f"Unrecognized type of chunk yielded: {type(chunk)}")
+                    break
+
+            # complete stream after all chunks have been streamed
+            self._send_stream_chunk(stream_id, "", complete=True)
diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/models.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/models.py
index ea541568b..331f4cd94 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/models.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/models.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class PendingMessage(BaseModel):
     body: str
     persona: Persona
     ellipsis: bool = True
+    closed: bool = False
 
 
 class ClosePendingMessage(BaseModel):


Test patch:
diff --git a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/tests/test_handlers.py b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/tests/test_handlers.py
index 496cde371..6fab65763 100644
--- a/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/packages/jupyter-ai/jupyter_ai/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import stat
+from typing import Optional
 from unittest import mock
 
-from jupyter_ai.chat_handlers import learn
+import pytest
+from jupyter_ai.chat_handlers import DefaultChatHandler, learn
+from jupyter_ai.config_manager import ConfigManager
+from jupyter_ai.handlers import RootChatHandler
+from jupyter_ai.models import (
+    AgentStreamChunkMessage,
+    AgentStreamMessage,
+    ChatClient,
+    ClosePendingMessage,
+    HumanChatMessage,
+    Message,
+    PendingMessage,
+    Persona,
+)
+from jupyter_ai_magics import BaseProvider
+from langchain_community.llms import FakeListLLM
+from tornado.httputil import HTTPServerRequest
+from tornado.web import Application
 
 
 class MockLearnHandler(learn.LearnChatHandler):
@@ -10,6 +29,69 @@ def __init__(self):
         pass
 
 
+class MockProvider(BaseProvider, FakeListLLM):
+    id = "my_provider"
+    name = "My Provider"
+    model_id_key = "model"
+    models = ["model"]
+    should_raise: Optional[bool]
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        if "responses" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["responses"] = ["Test response"]
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def astream(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.should_raise:
+            raise TestException()
+        return super().astream(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class TestDefaultChatHandler(DefaultChatHandler):
+    def __init__(self, lm_provider=None, lm_provider_params=None):
+        self.request = HTTPServerRequest()
+        self.application = Application()
+        self.messages = []
+        self.tasks = []
+        config_manager = mock.create_autospec(ConfigManager)
+        config_manager.lm_provider = lm_provider or MockProvider
+        config_manager.lm_provider_params = lm_provider_params or {"model_id": "model"}
+        config_manager.persona = Persona(name="test", avatar_route="test")
+
+        def broadcast_message(message: Message) -> None:
+            self.messages.append(message)
+
+        root_handler = mock.create_autospec(RootChatHandler)
+        root_handler.broadcast_message = broadcast_message
+
+        super().__init__(
+            log=logging.getLogger(__name__),
+            config_manager=config_manager,
+            root_chat_handlers={"root": root_handler},
+            model_parameters={},
+            chat_history=[],
+            root_dir="",
+            preferred_dir="",
+            dask_client_future=None,
+        )
+
+
+class TestException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def chat_client():
+    return ChatClient(
+        id=0, username="test", initials="test", name="test", display_name="test"
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def human_chat_message(chat_client):
+    return HumanChatMessage(id="test", time=0, body="test message", client=chat_client)
+
+
 def test_learn_index_permissions(tmp_path):
     test_dir = tmp_path / "test"
     with mock.patch.object(learn, "INDEX_SAVE_DIR", new=test_dir):
@@ -19,6 +101,62 @@ def test_learn_index_permissions(tmp_path):
         assert stat.filemode(mode) == "drwx------"
 
 
+async def test_default_closes_pending_on_success(human_chat_message):
+    handler = TestDefaultChatHandler(
+        lm_provider=MockProvider,
+        lm_provider_params={
+            "model_id": "model",
+            "should_raise": False,
+        },
+    )
+    await handler.process_message(human_chat_message)
+
+    # >=2 because there are additional stream messages that follow
+    assert len(handler.messages) >= 2
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[0], PendingMessage)
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[1], ClosePendingMessage)
+
+
+async def test_default_closes_pending_on_error(human_chat_message):
+    handler = TestDefaultChatHandler(
+        lm_provider=MockProvider,
+        lm_provider_params={
+            "model_id": "model",
+            "should_raise": True,
+        },
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(TestException):
+        await handler.process_message(human_chat_message)
+
+    assert len(handler.messages) == 2
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[0], PendingMessage)
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[1], ClosePendingMessage)
+
+
+async def test_sends_closing_message_at_most_once(human_chat_message):
+    handler = TestDefaultChatHandler(
+        lm_provider=MockProvider,
+        lm_provider_params={
+            "model_id": "model",
+            "should_raise": False,
+        },
+    )
+    message = handler.start_pending("Flushing Pipe Network")
+    assert len(handler.messages) == 1
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[0], PendingMessage)
+    assert not message.closed
+
+    handler.close_pending(message)
+    assert len(handler.messages) == 2
+    assert isinstance(handler.messages[1], ClosePendingMessage)
+    assert message.closed
+
+    # closing an already closed message does not lead to another broadcast
+    handler.close_pending(message)
+    assert len(handler.messages) == 2
+    assert message.closed
+
+
 # TODO
 # import json