feat: add safeguard for large files in readFileTool when maxReadFileLine is -1

- Add token counting check using tiktoken for files over 1000 lines
- Automatically switch to partial read (first 2000 lines) when token count exceeds 50k
- Add fallback safeguard for very large files (>5000 lines) when token counting fails
- Include informative notice explaining why partial read is being used
- Add comprehensive test coverage for all safeguard scenarios

This prevents consuming the entire context window when reading very large files.
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Roo Code 2025-07-24 15:33:47 +00:00
parent a82455715c
commit 595afb73cb
2 changed files with 380 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { isBinaryFile } from "isbinaryfile"
import { ReadFileToolUse, ToolParamName, ToolResponse } from "../../../shared/tools"
import { readFileTool } from "../readFileTool"
import { formatResponse } from "../../prompts/responses"
import { tiktoken } from "../../../utils/tiktoken"
vi.mock("path", async () => {
const originalPath = await vi.importActual("path")
@ -35,18 +36,27 @@ vi.mock("../../../integrations/misc/read-lines")
let mockInputContent = ""
// First create all the mocks
vi.mock("../../../integrations/misc/extract-text")
vi.mock("../../../integrations/misc/extract-text", () => ({
extractTextFromFile: vi.fn(),
addLineNumbers: vi.fn(),
getSupportedBinaryFormats: vi.fn(() => [".pdf", ".docx", ".ipynb"]),
}))
vi.mock("../../../services/tree-sitter")
vi.mock("../../../utils/tiktoken")
// Import the mocked functions
import { addLineNumbers, getSupportedBinaryFormats } from "../../../integrations/misc/extract-text"
// Then create the mock functions
const addLineNumbersMock = vi.fn().mockImplementation((text, startLine = 1) => {
const addLineNumbersMock = vi.mocked(addLineNumbers)
addLineNumbersMock.mockImplementation((text: string, startLine = 1) => {
if (!text) return ""
const lines = typeof text === "string" ? text.split("\n") : [text]
return lines.map((line, i) => `${startLine + i} | ${line}`).join("\n")
return lines.map((line: string, i: number) => `${startLine + i} | ${line}`).join("\n")
})
const extractTextFromFileMock = vi.fn()
const getSupportedBinaryFormatsMock = vi.fn(() => [".pdf", ".docx", ".ipynb"])
const extractTextFromFileMock = vi.mocked(extractTextFromFile)
const getSupportedBinaryFormatsMock = vi.mocked(getSupportedBinaryFormats)
vi.mock("../../ignore/RooIgnoreController", () => ({
RooIgnoreController: class {
@ -520,3 +530,317 @@ describe("read_file tool XML output structure", () => {
})
})
})
describe("read_file tool with large file safeguard", () => {
// Test data
const testFilePath = "test/largefile.txt"
const absoluteFilePath = "/test/largefile.txt"
// Mocked functions
const mockedCountFileLines = vi.mocked(countFileLines)
const mockedReadLines = vi.mocked(readLines)
const mockedExtractTextFromFile = vi.mocked(extractTextFromFile)
const mockedIsBinaryFile = vi.mocked(isBinaryFile)
const mockedPathResolve = vi.mocked(path.resolve)
const mockedTiktoken = vi.mocked(tiktoken)
const mockCline: any = {}
let mockProvider: any
let toolResult: ToolResponse | undefined
beforeEach(() => {
vi.clearAllMocks()
mockedPathResolve.mockReturnValue(absoluteFilePath)
mockedIsBinaryFile.mockResolvedValue(false)
mockProvider = {
getState: vi.fn(),
deref: vi.fn().mockReturnThis(),
}
mockCline.cwd = "/"
mockCline.task = "Test"
mockCline.providerRef = mockProvider
mockCline.rooIgnoreController = {
validateAccess: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
}
mockCline.say = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
mockCline.ask = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ response: "yesButtonClicked" })
mockCline.fileContextTracker = {
trackFileContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
}
mockCline.recordToolUsage = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined)
mockCline.recordToolError = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined)
toolResult = undefined
})
async function executeReadFileTool(
params: Partial<ReadFileToolUse["params"]> = {},
options: {
maxReadFileLine?: number
totalLines?: number
tokenCount?: number
} = {},
): Promise<ToolResponse | undefined> {
const maxReadFileLine = options.maxReadFileLine ?? -1
const totalLines = options.totalLines ?? 5
const tokenCount = options.tokenCount ?? 100
mockProvider.getState.mockResolvedValue({ maxReadFileLine })
mockedCountFileLines.mockResolvedValue(totalLines)
mockedTiktoken.mockResolvedValue(tokenCount)
const argsContent = `<file><path>${testFilePath}</path></file>`
const toolUse: ReadFileToolUse = {
type: "tool_use",
name: "read_file",
params: { args: argsContent, ...params },
partial: false,
}
await readFileTool(
mockCline,
toolUse,
mockCline.ask,
vi.fn(),
(result: ToolResponse) => {
toolResult = result
},
(_: ToolParamName, content?: string) => content ?? "",
)
return toolResult
}
describe("when file has many lines and high token count", () => {
it("should apply safeguard and read only first 2000 lines", async () => {
// Setup - large file with high token count
const largeFileContent = Array(1500).fill("This is a line of text").join("\n")
const partialContent = Array(2000).fill("This is a line of text").join("\n")
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockResolvedValue(largeFileContent)
mockedReadLines.mockResolvedValue(partialContent)
// Setup addLineNumbers mock for this test
addLineNumbersMock.mockImplementation((text: string) => {
const lines = text.split("\n")
return lines.map((line: string, i: number) => `${i + 1} | ${line}`).join("\n")
})
// Execute with high line count and token count
const result = await executeReadFileTool(
{},
{
maxReadFileLine: -1,
totalLines: 1500,
tokenCount: 60000, // Above threshold
},
)
// Verify safeguard was applied
expect(mockedTiktoken).toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedReadLines).toHaveBeenCalledWith(absoluteFilePath, 1999, 0)
// Verify the result contains the safeguard notice
expect(result).toContain("<notice>This file contains 1500 lines and approximately 60,000 tokens")
expect(result).toContain("Showing only the first 2000 lines to preserve context space")
expect(result).toContain(`<content lines="1-2000">`)
})
it("should not apply safeguard when token count is below threshold", async () => {
// Setup - large file but with low token count
const fileContent = Array(1500).fill("Short").join("\n")
const numberedContent = fileContent
.split("\n")
.map((line, i) => `${i + 1} | ${line}`)
.join("\n")
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve(numberedContent))
// Execute with high line count but low token count
const result = await executeReadFileTool(
{},
{
maxReadFileLine: -1,
totalLines: 1500,
tokenCount: 30000, // Below threshold
},
)
// Verify safeguard was NOT applied
expect(mockedTiktoken).toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedReadLines).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedExtractTextFromFile).toHaveBeenCalled()
// Verify no safeguard notice
expect(result).not.toContain("preserve context space")
expect(result).toContain(`<content lines="1-1500">`)
})
it("should not apply safeguard for files under 1000 lines", async () => {
// Setup - file with less than 1000 lines
const fileContent = Array(999).fill("This is a line of text").join("\n")
const numberedContent = fileContent
.split("\n")
.map((line, i) => `${i + 1} | ${line}`)
.join("\n")
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve(numberedContent))
// Execute
const result = await executeReadFileTool(
{},
{
maxReadFileLine: -1,
totalLines: 999,
tokenCount: 100000, // Even with high token count
},
)
// Verify tiktoken was NOT called (optimization)
expect(mockedTiktoken).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedReadLines).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedExtractTextFromFile).toHaveBeenCalled()
// Verify no safeguard notice
expect(result).not.toContain("preserve context space")
expect(result).toContain(`<content lines="1-999">`)
})
it("should apply safeguard for very large files even if token counting fails", async () => {
// Setup - very large file and token counting fails
const partialContent = Array(2000).fill("This is a line of text").join("\n")
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockResolvedValue("Large content")
mockedReadLines.mockResolvedValue(partialContent)
// Setup addLineNumbers mock for partial content
addLineNumbersMock.mockImplementation((text: string) => {
const lines = text.split("\n")
return lines.map((line: string, i: number) => `${i + 1} | ${line}`).join("\n")
})
// Set up the provider state
mockProvider.getState.mockResolvedValue({ maxReadFileLine: -1 })
mockedCountFileLines.mockResolvedValue(6000)
// IMPORTANT: Set up tiktoken to reject AFTER other mocks are set
mockedTiktoken.mockRejectedValue(new Error("Token counting failed"))
const argsContent = `<file><path>${testFilePath}</path></file>`
const toolUse: ReadFileToolUse = {
type: "tool_use",
name: "read_file",
params: { args: argsContent },
partial: false,
}
await readFileTool(
mockCline,
toolUse,
mockCline.ask,
vi.fn(),
(result: ToolResponse) => {
toolResult = result
},
(_: ToolParamName, content?: string) => content ?? "",
)
// Verify safeguard was applied despite token counting failure
expect(mockedTiktoken).toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(mockedReadLines).toHaveBeenCalledWith(absoluteFilePath, 1999, 0)
// Verify the result contains the safeguard notice (without token count)
expect(toolResult).toContain("<notice>This file contains 6000 lines")
expect(toolResult).toContain("Showing only the first 2000 lines to preserve context space")
expect(toolResult).toContain(`<content lines="1-2000">`)
})
it("should not apply safeguard when maxReadFileLine is not -1", async () => {
// Setup
const fileContent = Array(2000).fill("This is a line of text").join("\n")
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockResolvedValue(fileContent)
// Execute with maxReadFileLine = 500 (not -1)
const result = await executeReadFileTool(
{},
{
maxReadFileLine: 500,
totalLines: 2000,
tokenCount: 100000,
},
)
// Verify tiktoken was NOT called
expect(mockedTiktoken).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
// The normal maxReadFileLine logic should apply
expect(mockedReadLines).toHaveBeenCalled()
})
it("should handle line ranges correctly with safeguard", async () => {
// When line ranges are specified, safeguard should not apply
const rangeContent = "Line 100\nLine 101\nLine 102"
mockedReadLines.mockResolvedValue(rangeContent)
const argsContent = `<file><path>${testFilePath}</path><line_range>100-102</line_range></file>`
const toolUse: ReadFileToolUse = {
type: "tool_use",
name: "read_file",
params: { args: argsContent },
partial: false,
}
mockProvider.getState.mockResolvedValue({ maxReadFileLine: -1 })
mockedCountFileLines.mockResolvedValue(10000)
await readFileTool(
mockCline,
toolUse,
mockCline.ask,
vi.fn(),
(result: ToolResponse) => {
toolResult = result
},
(_: ToolParamName, content?: string) => content ?? "",
)
// Verify tiktoken was NOT called for range reads
expect(mockedTiktoken).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(toolResult).toContain(`<content lines="100-102">`)
expect(toolResult).not.toContain("preserve context space")
})
})
describe("safeguard thresholds", () => {
it("should use correct thresholds for line count and token count", async () => {
// Test boundary conditions
// Just below line threshold - no token check
await executeReadFileTool({}, { totalLines: 1000, maxReadFileLine: -1 })
expect(mockedTiktoken).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
// Just above line threshold - token check performed
vi.clearAllMocks()
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockResolvedValue("content")
await executeReadFileTool({}, { totalLines: 1001, maxReadFileLine: -1, tokenCount: 40000 })
expect(mockedTiktoken).toHaveBeenCalled()
// Token count just below threshold - no safeguard
expect(toolResult).not.toContain("preserve context space")
// Token count just above threshold - safeguard applied
vi.clearAllMocks()
mockedExtractTextFromFile.mockResolvedValue("content")
mockedReadLines.mockResolvedValue("partial content")
await executeReadFileTool({}, { totalLines: 1001, maxReadFileLine: -1, tokenCount: 50001 })
expect(mockedReadLines).toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(toolResult).toContain("preserve context space")
})
})
})

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@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { readLines } from "../../integrations/misc/read-lines"
import { extractTextFromFile, addLineNumbers, getSupportedBinaryFormats } from "../../integrations/misc/extract-text"
import { parseSourceCodeDefinitionsForFile } from "../../services/tree-sitter"
import { parseXml } from "../../utils/xml"
import { tiktoken } from "../../utils/tiktoken"
export function getReadFileToolDescription(blockName: string, blockParams: any): string {
// Handle both single path and multiple files via args
@ -516,13 +517,60 @@ export async function readFileTool(
continue
}
// Handle normal file read
const content = await extractTextFromFile(fullPath)
const lineRangeAttr = ` lines="1-${totalLines}"`
// Handle normal file read with safeguard for large files
// Define thresholds for the safeguard
const LARGE_FILE_LINE_THRESHOLD = 1000 // Consider files with more than 1000 lines as "large"
const MAX_TOKEN_THRESHOLD = 50000 // ~50% of a typical 100k context window
const FALLBACK_MAX_LINES = 2000 // Default number of lines to read when applying safeguard
// Check if we should apply the safeguard
let shouldApplySafeguard = false
let safeguardNotice = ""
let linesToRead = totalLines
if (maxReadFileLine === -1 && totalLines > LARGE_FILE_LINE_THRESHOLD) {
// File has many lines and we're trying to read the full file
// Perform token count check
try {
const fullContent = await extractTextFromFile(fullPath)
const tokenCount = await tiktoken([{ type: "text", text: fullContent }])
if (tokenCount > MAX_TOKEN_THRESHOLD) {
shouldApplySafeguard = true
linesToRead = FALLBACK_MAX_LINES
safeguardNotice = `<notice>This file contains ${totalLines} lines and approximately ${tokenCount.toLocaleString()} tokens, which could consume a significant portion of the context window. Showing only the first ${FALLBACK_MAX_LINES} lines to preserve context space. Use line_range if you need to read specific sections.</notice>\n`
}
} catch (error) {
// If token counting fails, apply safeguard based on line count alone
console.warn(`Failed to count tokens for large file ${relPath}:`, error)
if (totalLines > LARGE_FILE_LINE_THRESHOLD * 5) {
// For very large files (>5000 lines), apply safeguard anyway
shouldApplySafeguard = true
linesToRead = FALLBACK_MAX_LINES
safeguardNotice = `<notice>This file contains ${totalLines} lines, which could consume a significant portion of the context window. Showing only the first ${FALLBACK_MAX_LINES} lines to preserve context space. Use line_range if you need to read specific sections.</notice>\n`
}
}
}
let content: string
let lineRangeAttr: string
if (shouldApplySafeguard) {
// Read partial file with safeguard
content = addLineNumbers(await readLines(fullPath, linesToRead - 1, 0))
lineRangeAttr = ` lines="1-${linesToRead}"`
} else {
// Read full file as normal
content = await extractTextFromFile(fullPath)
lineRangeAttr = ` lines="1-${totalLines}"`
}
let xmlInfo = totalLines > 0 ? `<content${lineRangeAttr}>\n${content}</content>\n` : `<content/>`
if (totalLines === 0) {
xmlInfo += `<notice>File is empty</notice>\n`
} else if (safeguardNotice) {
xmlInfo += safeguardNotice
}
// Track file read