Merge develop into release/0.1 for the next 0.1.0 RC

Resolves the CI config and CHANGELOG conflicts by taking develop's
versions (managed orb 0.8, release completion).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 setup: true
 orbs:
-  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.7.12
+  qqq-orb: kingsrook/qqq-orb@0.8
 workflows:
   setup:
     jobs:
     - qqq-orb/generate_pipeline:
-        orb_version: 0.7.12
+        orb_version: '0.8'
         filters:
           branches:
             ignore: automation/qbit-rc-pending

.gitea/workflows/qrun-release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Standard QRun release caller (v2, thin contract): every push and manual dispatch delegates to the protected qrun-release-v1 channel. Do not edit per repository.
+name: qrun-release
+on:
+  push: {}
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  actions: read
+jobs:
+  release:
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/java-docker.yaml@qrun-release-v1
+    with:
+      runner: linux-small
+      docker-runner: container-build
+      browsers: true
+      browser-runner: browser-build
+  postpublish:
+    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.capture == 'true' }}
+    needs: release
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: write
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/qrun-source-version.yaml@qrun-release-v1
+    with:
+      runner: linux-small

.gitea/workflows/release-rc.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: Release candidate
+'on':
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: Plan a cut without changing release state
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      finalize:
+        description: Retry finalization of an existing cut; do not cut another RC
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      recover:
+        description: Recover the same published RC after a deployment timeout; never
+          reupload
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      circle_build:
+        description: Original release run id (recovery only)
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      merge_sha:
+        description: Existing cut merge_sha (finalize retry only)
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      bump_sha:
+        description: Existing cut bump_sha (finalize retry only)
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      branch:
+        description: Existing cut branch (finalize retry only)
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      version:
+        description: Existing cut version (finalize retry only)
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+    - closed
+    branches:
+    - develop
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  release-rc:
+    # The old qbit-rc-published repository_dispatch is replaced by the already-proven workflow_dispatch
+    # completion: the publisher's own ActionsWRITE job dispatches this workflow with finalize=true plus
+    # merge_sha/bump_sha/branch/version (same inputs as the manual finalize retry).
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+      || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged
+      == true && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name,
+      'release:rc'))
+    uses: self:KofTwentyTwo/platform-ci/.gitea/workflows/qbit-release-rc.yaml@qrun-release-v1
+    with:
+      dry_run: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.dry_run || false
+        }}
+      finalize: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.finalize }}
+      recover: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.recover || false
+        }}
+      circle_build: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.circle_build
+        || '' }}
+      merge_sha: ${{ inputs.merge_sha || '' }}
+      bump_sha: ${{ inputs.bump_sha || '' }}
+      branch: ${{ inputs.branch || '' }}
+      version: ${{ inputs.version || '' }}
+    secrets:
+      QRUN_TAG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.QRUN_TAG_SIGNING_KEY }}

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: CodeQL
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    - develop
+    - release/**
+    - hotfix/**
+  pull_request: {}
+  schedule:
+  - cron: 41 16 * * 0
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  actions: read
+  security-events: write
+  packages: read
+concurrency:
+  group: codeql-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    uses: QRun-IO/qqq-orb/.github/workflows/qbit-codeql.yml@c288a8864fe9054f68410e1d78f5863aea4c4d22

.qqq-ci.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 profile: qbit
-orb_version: 0.7.12
+orb_version: '0.8'
 default_branch: develop
 java_version: '21'
 browsers: true

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased - Answer visible at the end of the stream
+
+- The turn's redacted transcript (the question and answer parts, pending actions, stored events) is now written before `message.end` is sent. The panel reloads the conversation the moment the stream ends, and used to read the empty placeholders (`[]`) the transcript redactor stores until its flush, so the newest question and answer showed as empty bubbles until the panel was closed and reopened.
+
+## Unreleased - Clear reason without a model provider (UI API extension 1.7.0)
+
+- `GET /config` checks the server-wide causes before the user's permission: `DISABLED`, then `NOT_CONFIGURED` (no usable model provider), then `NO_PERMISSION`, then `KILL_SWITCH`. A server with no provider no longer tells users to ask for access (#82).
+- UI API extension assistant 1.7.0: `GET /config` has `message` whenever `reason` is set: a sentence for the user. For `NOT_CONFIGURED` it says what an administrator configures (an enabled row on **Assistant > Providers**, for example Anthropic with `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` set in the server environment, or a local OpenAI-compatible server such as Ollama).
+- Without a usable provider, calls from a user who also lacks `assistant.hasAccess` answer `503 NOT_CONFIGURED` with that message instead of `403 NO_PERMISSION`; users with access keep their conversations, and a new question answers `503 NOT_CONFIGURED`.
+- Verified the OpenAI-compatible adapter (kind `OLLAMA`) live against a local Ollama `llama3.3:70b-instruct-q4_K_M`, including a tool call (`LiveOpenAiCompatibleTest`).
+
 ## Unreleased - Conversation management (UI API extension 1.6.0)
 
 - `assistant_conversation` is open to every assistant user (`assistant.hasAccess` or `assistant.admin`, through the new `AssistantAccessPermissionChecker`) in the standard table UI. Rows stay locked to their owner by the `userId` record lock, so a user only ever sees, updates and deletes their own conversations; admins with the all-access key still see everyone's. The Assistant app (its nav) and every other assistant table stay admin-only.
@@ -27,6 +38,7 @@
 - Provider SPI: `ModelPart.Type.IMAGE` (`mediaType`, base64 `data`), mapped by the Anthropic, Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible providers. Claude models report vision. `ModelPart.toString()` never includes text or image data.
 - `GET /config`: `features.attachments`, `limits.maxAttachmentBytes`, `limits.maxAttachments`, `limits.attachmentTypes`.
 - System prompt: when `create_record` / `update_record` are offered, the model proposes the change instead of saying it cannot create records.
+||||||| parent of c5125f9 (fix(assistant): store the transcript before message.end so the panel shows the answer)
 
 ## Unreleased - Optional provider health
 

README.md

@@ -479,6 +479,17 @@ OLLAMA, LM_STUDIO, VLLM, LLAMA_CPP or OPENAI_COMPATIBLE as their kind.
   Registry prices override type/model prices, then configured prices. Unpriced
   local models cost zero. Capabilities can be adjusted per registered model.
 
+For a local Ollama with no key (the live test ran against `llama3.3:70b-instruct-q4_K_M`):
+
+```java
+config.withProviderType(new OpenAiCompatibleProviderType());
+// provider row: type openai-compatible, kind OLLAMA, model llama3.3:70b-instruct-q4_K_M,
+// base URL empty (http://localhost:11434/v1) or an allow-listed override such as http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1
+```
+
+Without any usable provider `GET /config` answers `enabled: false, reason: NOT_CONFIGURED` with a
+`message` that says what to configure, before any permission check.
+
 For Ollama behind a TLS proxy with a private CA and bearer authentication:
 
 ```java

docs/DESIGN.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Guards:
 `ProviderService.resolve(policyModel)`:
 1. The enabled row marked default (marking one default unmarks the others), else the first enabled row.
 2. With no enabled row, the provider registered in code (`withModelProvider`) and the policy's main model: hosts that never add a row keep working.
-3. A row that cannot be used (no key, a disallowed name or URL, an uninstalled type) makes the assistant report `NOT_CONFIGURED` rather than fall back silently.
+3. A row that cannot be used (no key, a disallowed name or URL, an uninstalled type) makes the assistant report `NOT_CONFIGURED` rather than fall back silently. `GET /config` reports it before `NO_PERMISSION`, with a `message` naming what to configure (#82).
 
 The model is the row's, else the policy's main model. The rows and prices are cached for `policyCacheSeconds` and dropped on any change.
 

pom.xml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    <!-- Multi-module build. The qqq-orb sets the revision here; the modules -->
    <!-- inherit it, and the flatten plugin resolves it in the published POMs. -->
    <properties>
-      <revision>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+      <revision>0.1.0-RC.24</revision>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/api/AssistantApi.java

@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ public class AssistantApi
 
    public static final int TITLE_MAX_CHARS = 60;
 
+   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+   // GET /config reason (and error code) when no model provider is usable:   //
+   // no enabled provider row that can be built (a missing key, a disallowed  //
+   // variable or URL, an uninstalled type) and no provider registered in code //
+   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+   public static final String NOT_CONFIGURED = "NOT_CONFIGURED";
+
+   public static final String NO_MODEL_PROVIDER_MESSAGE = "No model provider is configured on this server. An administrator adds an enabled provider on "
+      + "Assistant > Providers (for example type Anthropic, whose API key variable ANTHROPIC_API_KEY must be set in the server environment, or a local "
+      + "OpenAI-compatible server such as Ollama).";
+   public static final String NO_PERMISSION_MESSAGE     = "You do not have access to the assistant.";
+   public static final String DISABLED_MESSAGE          = "The assistant is turned off for this application.";
+   public static final String KILL_SWITCH_MESSAGE       = "The assistant has been turned off by an administrator.";
+
    private final AssistantRuntime    runtime;
    private final AssistantQBitConfig config;
    private final AssistantStore      store;
@@ -134,27 +148,39 @@ public class AssistantApi
       Map<String, Object> result = new LinkedHashMap<>();
       String              reason = null;
 
+      String              message = null;
+
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // server-wide causes come before the user's own permission, so a      //
+      // server without a usable model provider says so (QRun-IO/qbit-       //
+      // assistant#82) instead of sending the user to ask for access         //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       if(!config.isEffectivelyEnabled())
       {
          reason = "DISABLED";
+         message = DISABLED_MESSAGE;
+      }
+      else if(activeProvider() == null)
+      {
+         reason = NOT_CONFIGURED;
+         message = NO_MODEL_PROVIDER_MESSAGE;
       }
       else if(!hasAccess())
       {
          reason = "NO_PERMISSION";
-      }
-      else if(activeProvider() == null)
-      {
-         reason = "NOT_CONFIGURED";
+         message = NO_PERMISSION_MESSAGE;
       }
       else if(runtime.getPolicyService().current(false).killSwitch())
       {
          reason = "KILL_SWITCH";
+         message = KILL_SWITCH_MESSAGE;
       }
 
       result.put("enabled", reason == null);
       if(reason != null)
       {
          result.put("reason", reason);
+         result.put("message", message);
       }
       result.put("shortcut", config.getShortcut());
       result.put("model", reason == null ? activeProvider().model() : config.getModels().getMainModel());
@@ -425,11 +451,11 @@ public class AssistantApi
       ProviderService.Active        active = runtime.getProviderService().resolve(policy.mainModel());
       if(active == null)
       {
-         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, "NOT_CONFIGURED", "The assistant is not configured on this server."));
+         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, NOT_CONFIGURED, NO_MODEL_PROVIDER_MESSAGE));
       }
       if(policy.killSwitch())
       {
-         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, "KILL_SWITCH", "The assistant has been turned off by an administrator."));
+         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, "KILL_SWITCH", KILL_SWITCH_MESSAGE));
       }
 
       Long capMicros = ProviderService.capMicros(active.row());
@@ -1165,11 +1191,33 @@ public class AssistantApi
    {
       if(!config.isEffectivelyEnabled())
       {
-         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, "DISABLED", "The assistant is turned off for this application."));
+         throw (new AssistantApiException(503, "DISABLED", DISABLED_MESSAGE));
       }
       if(!hasAccess())
       {
-         throw (new AssistantApiException(403, "NO_PERMISSION", "You do not have access to the assistant."));
+         if(activeProviderOrNull() == null)
+         {
+            throw (new AssistantApiException(503, NOT_CONFIGURED, NO_MODEL_PROVIDER_MESSAGE));
+         }
+         throw (new AssistantApiException(403, "NO_PERMISSION", NO_PERMISSION_MESSAGE));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The active provider, or null when none is usable or it cannot be read
+    ** (only used to pick the clearer refusal).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private ProviderService.Active activeProviderOrNull()
+   {
+      try
+      {
+         return (activeProvider());
+      }
+      catch(QException | RuntimeException e)
+      {
+         return (null);
       }
    }
 

qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/api/specs/AssistantSpecs.java

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import io.javalin.http.HttpStatus;
 public final class AssistantSpecs
 {
    public static final String EXTENSION_NAME    = "assistant";
-   public static final String EXTENSION_VERSION = "1.6.0";
+   public static final String EXTENSION_VERSION = "1.7.0";
    public static final String PREFIX            = "/assistant";
 
 
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ public final class AssistantSpecs
          "starterPrompts", array(string(null), "Up to three suggested first questions in total: permitted configured questions first, then generated questions. Table, row and field access are checked on every request.")));
       rs.put("AssistantConfigResponseV1", object("Whether the assistant is available to this user, and how.",
          "enabled", bool("Whether the panel may be used."),
-         "reason", string("Why not: DISABLED, NO_PERMISSION, NOT_CONFIGURED or KILL_SWITCH.").withNullable(true),
+         "reason", string("Why not: DISABLED, NOT_CONFIGURED (no usable model provider on the server), NO_PERMISSION or KILL_SWITCH, checked in that order.").withNullable(true),
+         "message", string("Since 1.7.0: when reason is set, a sentence for the user that names the cause (for NOT_CONFIGURED, what an administrator configures).").withNullable(true),
          "shortcut", string("Keyboard shortcut, e.g. mod+j."),
          "model", string("The model that answers."),
          "limits", freeObject("maxTurnSeconds and maxToolCallsPerTurn. When features.attachments is true also maxAttachmentBytes (the largest file read, in bytes), "

qbit-assistant/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngine.java

@@ -1343,6 +1343,17 @@ public class TurnEngine implements Runnable
             String finalErrorText = errorText;
             safely(() -> emit(TurnEvent.ERROR, map("code", finalErrorCode, "message", finalErrorText)));
          }
+
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         // the stream ends at message.end and the panel reloads the          //
+         // conversation at once, so the redacted transcript (message parts,  //
+         // pending actions, events) must be stored before that event is sent //
+         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+         if(!alreadyTerminal)
+         {
+            safely(this::persistPendingEvents);
+            safely(() -> transcript.flush(store));
+         }
          safely(() -> emit(TurnEvent.MESSAGE_END, map("messageId", assistantMessage.getId(), "status", finalStatus, "stopReason", finalStopReason)));
          if(!alreadyTerminal)
          {

qbit-assistant/src/main/resources/openapi/qqq-v1/assistant.yaml

@@ -175,7 +175,13 @@ components:
           description: "Whether the panel may be used."
           type: "boolean"
         reason:
-          description: "Why not: DISABLED, NO_PERMISSION, NOT_CONFIGURED or KILL_SWITCH."
+          description: "Why not: DISABLED, NOT_CONFIGURED (no usable model provider\
+            \ on the server), NO_PERMISSION or KILL_SWITCH, checked in that order."
+          nullable: true
+          type: "string"
+        message:
+          description: "Since 1.7.0: when reason is set, a sentence for the user that\
+            \ names the cause (for NOT_CONFIGURED, what an administrator configures)."
           nullable: true
           type: "string"
         shortcut:
@@ -305,7 +311,9 @@ components:
           nullable: true
           type: "string"
         starterPrompts:
-          description: "Up to three suggested first questions in total: permitted configured questions first, then generated questions. Table, row and field access are checked on every request."
+          description: "Up to three suggested first questions in total: permitted\
+            \ configured questions first, then generated questions. Table, row and\
+            \ field access are checked on every request."
           items:
             type: "string"
           type: "array"
@@ -468,7 +476,7 @@ info:
   description: "QQQ Assistant: conversations, streamed turns, feedback, pending actions\
     \ and data access explanations"
   title: "QQQ Middleware API extension: assistant"
-  version: "1.6.0"
+  version: "1.7.0"
 openapi: "3.0.3"
 paths:
   /qqq/v1/assistant/config:

qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/api/AssistantRouteProviderTest.java

@@ -166,6 +166,45 @@ class AssistantRouteProviderTest extends BaseAssistantTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** No usable model provider (QRun-IO/qbit-assistant#82): the probe names the
+    ** server's configuration, for users with and without access, and calls
+    ** answer 503 NOT_CONFIGURED instead of 403 NO_PERMISSION.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testNoModelProviderIsNotAPermissionProblem() throws Exception
+   {
+      String providerName = config.getProviderName();
+      config.setProviderName("no-such-provider");
+      try
+      {
+         for(String user : new String[] {EDITOR, NO_ACCESS})
+         {
+            Map<String, Object> probe = json(send("GET", "/config", user, null));
+            assertThat(probe).containsEntry("enabled", false).containsEntry("reason", "NOT_CONFIGURED");
+            assertThat((String) probe.get("message")).contains("No model provider").contains("Assistant > Providers").contains("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY");
+         }
+
+         HttpResponse<String> denied = send("GET", "/conversations", NO_ACCESS, null);
+         assertThat(denied.statusCode()).isEqualTo(503);
+         assertThat(json(denied)).containsEntry("code", "NOT_CONFIGURED");
+         assertThat((String) json(denied).get("message")).contains("No model provider");
+
+         assertThat(send("GET", "/conversations", EDITOR, null).statusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
+         HttpResponse<String> turn = send("POST", "/conversations", EDITOR, "{}");
+         Object id = json(turn).get("id");
+         HttpResponse<String> ask = send("POST", "/conversations/" + id + "/turns", EDITOR, "{\"text\":\"hi\"}");
+         assertThat(ask.statusCode()).isEqualTo(503);
+         assertThat(json(ask)).containsEntry("code", "NOT_CONFIGURED");
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+         config.setProviderName(providerName);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -178,7 +217,8 @@ class AssistantRouteProviderTest extends BaseAssistantTest
       assertThat((Map<String, Object>) config.get("limits")).containsEntry("maxTurnSeconds", 300).containsEntry("maxToolCallsPerTurn", 25);
       assertThat((Map<String, Object>) config.get("features")).containsEntry("writes", false);
 
-      assertThat(json(send("GET", "/config", NO_ACCESS, null))).containsEntry("enabled", false).containsEntry("reason", "NO_PERMISSION");
+      assertThat(json(send("GET", "/config", NO_ACCESS, null))).containsEntry("enabled", false).containsEntry("reason", "NO_PERMISSION")
+         .containsEntry("message", "You do not have access to the assistant.");
       HttpResponse<String> denied = send("GET", "/conversations", NO_ACCESS, null);
       assertThat(denied.statusCode()).isEqualTo(403);
       assertThat(json(denied)).containsEntry("code", "NO_PERMISSION")

qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/engine/TurnEngineTest.java

@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ class TurnEngineTest extends BaseAssistantTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The panel reloads the conversation as soon as message.end arrives, so the
+    ** question and the answer must already be stored then, not after it.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testMessagesAreStoredBeforeMessageEnd() throws Exception
+   {
+      provider.thenText("Four posts are published.");
+
+      TurnRunner.Outcome outcome = runner.run(EDITOR, "how many published posts?");
+      assertThat(outcome.end()).containsEntry("status", "COMPLETE");
+
+      List<AssistantMessage> stored = runner.messagesAtEnd();
+      assertThat(stored).hasSize(2);
+      assertThat(stored).extracting(AssistantMessage::getPartsJson).allSatisfy(parts -> assertThat(parts).isNotEqualTo("[]"));
+      assertThat(stored.get(0).getPartsJson()).contains("how many published posts?");
+      assertThat(stored.get(1).getPartsJson()).contains("Four posts are published.");
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Parallel tool calls: all results in ONE user message, in order.
     *******************************************************************************/

qbit-assistant/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/assistant/testing/TurnRunner.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.AssistantRuntime;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.api.AssistantApi;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.engine.RunningTurn;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.engine.TurnEvent;
+import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.model.AssistantMessage;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.model.AssistantToolCall;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.assistant.persistence.AssistantStore;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ public class TurnRunner
    private final QInstance           qInstance;
    private final AssistantQBitConfig config;
 
+   private List<AssistantMessage> messagesAtEnd = List.of();
+
 
 
    /*******************************************************************************
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ public class TurnRunner
       {
          List<TurnEvent> batch = running.getLog().after(last, 1000);
          events.addAll(batch);
+         if(batch.stream().anyMatch(e -> TurnEvent.MESSAGE_END.equals(e.getType())))
+         {
+            messagesAtEnd = messagesOf(userId, convId);
+         }
          if(!batch.isEmpty())
          {
             last = batch.get(batch.size() - 1).getSeq();
@@ -194,6 +201,36 @@ public class TurnRunner
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The conversation's stored messages, read the moment the run's message.end
+    ** was seen: what the panel finds when it reloads the conversation at the end
+    ** of the stream.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public List<AssistantMessage> messagesAtEnd()
+   {
+      return (messagesAtEnd);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** The stored messages of a conversation (read as the user).
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private List<AssistantMessage> messagesOf(String userId, Integer conversationId) throws Exception
+   {
+      QContext.init(qInstance, AssistantTestFixture.ownerSession(userId, config));
+      try
+      {
+         return (new AssistantStore().listMessages(userId, conversationId, null, 50));
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+         QContext.clear();
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** The audited tool calls of a turn (read as the user).
     *******************************************************************************/