fix: filter long and invalid prompts in future messages VSCODE-614

src/participant/participant.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import {
 } from './prompts/schema';
 import {
   chatResultFeedbackKindToTelemetryValue,
-  ParticipantErrorTypes,
   TelemetryEventTypes,
 } from '../telemetry/telemetryService';
 import { DocsChatbotAIService } from './docsChatbotAIService';
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import formatError from '../utils/formatError';
 import type { ModelInput } from './prompts/promptBase';
 import { processStreamWithIdentifiers } from './streamParsing';
 import type { PromptIntent } from './prompts/intent';
+import { ParticipantErrorTypes } from '../types/participantErrorTypes';
 
 const log = createLogger('participant');
 

src/participant/prompts/promptBase.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   InternalPromptPurpose,
   ParticipantPromptProperties,
 } from '../../telemetry/telemetryService';
+import { ParticipantErrorTypes } from '../../types/participantErrorTypes';
 
 export interface PromptArgsBase {
   request: {
@@ -188,6 +189,16 @@ export abstract class PromptBase<TArgs extends PromptArgsBase> {
       }
 
       if (historyItem instanceof vscode.ChatResponseTurn) {
+        if (
+          historyItem.result.errorDetails?.message ===
+          ParticipantErrorTypes.FILTERED
+        ) {
+          // If the response led to a filtered error, we do not want the
+          // error-causing message to be sent again so we remove it.
+          messages.pop();
+          continue;
+        }
+
         let message = '';
 
         // Skip a response to an empty user prompt message or connect message.

src/telemetry/telemetryService.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { NewConnectionTelemetryEventProperties } from './connectionTelemetr
 import type { ShellEvaluateResult } from '../types/playgroundType';
 import type { StorageController } from '../storage';
 import type { ParticipantResponseType } from '../participant/constants';
+import { ParticipantErrorTypes } from '../types/participantErrorTypes';
 
 const log = createLogger('telemetry');
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
@@ -193,14 +194,6 @@ export enum TelemetryEventTypes {
   PARTICIPANT_RESPONSE_GENERATED = 'Participant Response Generated',
 }
 
-export enum ParticipantErrorTypes {
-  CHAT_MODEL_OFF_TOPIC = 'Chat Model Off Topic',
-  INVALID_PROMPT = 'Invalid Prompt',
-  FILTERED = 'Filtered by Responsible AI Service',
-  OTHER = 'Other',
-  DOCS_CHATBOT_API = 'Docs Chatbot API Issue',
-}
-
 /**
  * This controller manages telemetry.
  */

src/test/suite/participant/participant.test.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { Prompts } from '../../../participant/prompts';
 import { createMarkdownLink } from '../../../participant/markdown';
 import EXTENSION_COMMANDS from '../../../commands';
 import { getContentLength } from '../../../participant/prompts/promptBase';
+import { ParticipantErrorTypes } from '../../../types/participantErrorTypes';
 
 // The Copilot's model in not available in tests,
 // therefore we need to mock its methods and returning values.
@@ -2125,6 +2126,68 @@ Schema:
         getContentLength(messages[1])
       );
     });
+
+    suite('with invalid messages', function () {
+      test('filters disallowed messages', async function () {
+        const chatRequestMock = {
+          prompt: 'find all docs by a name example',
+        };
+
+        chatContextStub = {
+          history: [
+            Object.assign(Object.create(vscode.ChatRequestTurn.prototype), {
+              prompt: 'give me the count of all people in the prod database',
+              command: 'query',
+              references: [],
+              participant: CHAT_PARTICIPANT_ID,
+            }),
+            Object.assign(Object.create(vscode.ChatRequestTurn.prototype), {
+              prompt: 'some disallowed message',
+              command: 'query',
+              references: [],
+              participant: CHAT_PARTICIPANT_ID,
+            }),
+            Object.assign(Object.create(vscode.ChatResponseTurn.prototype), {
+              result: {
+                errorDetails: {
+                  message: ParticipantErrorTypes.FILTERED,
+                },
+              },
+              response: [],
+              participant: CHAT_PARTICIPANT_ID,
+            }),
+            Object.assign(Object.create(vscode.ChatRequestTurn.prototype), {
+              prompt: 'ok message',
+              references: [],
+              participant: CHAT_PARTICIPANT_ID,
+            }),
+          ],
+        };
+        const { messages } = await Prompts.generic.buildMessages({
+          context: chatContextStub,
+          request: chatRequestMock,
+          connectionNames: [],
+        });
+
+        expect(messages).to.have.lengthOf(4);
+
+        const messageContents = messages.map((message) => {
+          // There may be different types for the messages' content
+          const content = Array.isArray(message.content)
+            ? message.content.map((sub) => sub.value).join('')
+            : message.content;
+
+          return content;
+        });
+
+        // Skip the preset prompt and check that the rest are correct.
+        expect(messageContents.slice(1)).deep.equal([
+          'give me the count of all people in the prod database',
+          'ok message',
+          'find all docs by a name example',
+        ]);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   suite('telemetry', function () {

src/types/participantErrorTypes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export enum ParticipantErrorTypes {
+  CHAT_MODEL_OFF_TOPIC = 'Chat Model Off Topic',
+  INVALID_PROMPT = 'Invalid Prompt',
+  FILTERED = 'Filtered by Responsible AI Service',
+  OTHER = 'Other',
+  DOCS_CHATBOT_API = 'Docs Chatbot API Issue',
+}