Allow creating a new goal after completion (#26681)

## Why

Users have indicated that they want an agent to be able to create a new
goal for itself after completing the previous goal. Currently, that's
not possible because agents cannot overwrite an existing goal even if
it's complete. This PR removes this limitation and allows `create_goal`
to overwrite an existing goal if it is in the `complete` state.

## What changed

`create_goal` now replaces the existing goal only when its status is
`complete`. The replacement is performed atomically in the goal store,
creates a fresh active goal with reset usage, and continues to reject
creation while any unfinished goal exists. App server clients see a
single `thread/goal/updated` event when the previous goal is replaced
with the new one.

The tool description and error message now reflect these semantics.

## What didn't change

Agents are not allowed to create a new goal (overwrite their existing
goal) if an existing goal is still active, blocked, paused, or in any
other state other than "completed".
This commit is contained in:
Eric Traut
2026-06-09 13:23:31 -07:00
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commit 36bf63a5cf
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@@ -141,7 +141,16 @@ INSERT INTO thread_goals (
created_at_ms,
updated_at_ms
) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 0, 0, ?, ?)
ON CONFLICT(thread_id) DO NOTHING
ON CONFLICT(thread_id) DO UPDATE SET
goal_id = excluded.goal_id,
objective = excluded.objective,
status = excluded.status,
token_budget = excluded.token_budget,
tokens_used = 0,
time_used_seconds = 0,
created_at_ms = excluded.created_at_ms,
updated_at_ms = excluded.updated_at_ms
WHERE thread_goals.status = 'complete'
RETURNING
thread_id,
goal_id,