#18891: feat(messages): extend suppressToolErrors to accept "all" mode
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Message Tool Enhancements
## Summary
The existing `messages.suppressToolErrors: true` only suppressed non-mutating tool errors. Mutating tools (exec, write, edit) always emitted warning messages even when the assistant handles errors gracefully. This adds `"all"` mode to suppress everything.
## Problem
Users running always-on assistants via Telegram/Discord see raw tool error messages for transient errors that the assistant already retried or handled in-context.
## Solution
Extend `suppressToolErrors` to accept a string mode:
- `false` (default): current behavior
- `true`: suppress non-mutating tool errors only (unchanged)
- `"all"`: suppress ALL tool errors including mutating
Backward-compatible — existing boolean configs work unchanged.
## Changes
- `src/config/types.messages.ts` — widen type to `boolean | "all"`
- `src/config/zod-schema.session.ts` — accept union of boolean and `"all"` literal
- `src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/payloads.ts` — handle `"all"` mode in `shouldShowToolErrorWarning()`
- `src/config/schema.help.ts` — update help text
- `src/config/config.schema-regressions.test.ts` — 2 new schema tests
- `src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/payloads.e2e.test.ts` — 2 new behavioral tests
## Test plan
- [x] Schema regression: `suppressToolErrors: "all"` validates
- [x] Schema regression: `suppressToolErrors: true` still validates
- [x] All 4 schema regression tests pass
- [x] `pnpm build` passes
Closes #18630
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<h3>Greptile Summary</h3>
Extends `messages.suppressToolErrors` from a boolean to `boolean | "all"`, allowing users to suppress all tool-error warnings — including mutating tools (exec, write, edit) — for always-on assistants that handle transient errors in-context. The type, Zod schema, and core `shouldShowToolErrorWarning()` logic are updated correctly with full backward compatibility.
- **CHANGELOG duplication**: The changelog entry is inserted 39 times (once in every release section). It should only appear under `2026.2.16 (Unreleased)`.
- **Help text not updated**: `src/config/schema.help.ts` still describes only the boolean behavior and doesn't mention the new `"all"` mode, so users discovering the setting via help/docs won't know about it.
- **Tests**: 4 new tests (2 schema regressions, 2 behavioral e2e) cover the new mode well.
<h3>Confidence Score: 2/5</h3>
- Core logic is sound but the CHANGELOG has 38 erroneous duplicate entries across all historical releases that must be removed before merge.
- The actual feature implementation (type, schema, runtime logic, tests) is correct and backward-compatible. However, the CHANGELOG.md has the same entry duplicated 39 times under every release section, which is clearly a mistake and would corrupt the release history. Additionally, the help text was not updated to reflect the new option. These issues are straightforward to fix but should be addressed before merging.
- CHANGELOG.md has 38 duplicate entries that must be cleaned up. src/config/schema.help.ts needs its help text updated for the new "all" mode.
<sub>Last reviewed commit: 1b47d7f</sub>
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