fix(executor): collapse multimodal message content

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Related issue

Fixes #7678

Summary

The experimental AgentExecutor converted three LLMMessage.content values with str(...). Multimodal content lists were therefore persisted as Python repr strings in todo evidence, and non-text metadata could affect text heuristics—for example, an image URL containing replan incorrectly triggered replanning.

This change reuses the shared message_content_text helper when:

• recording the last tool/assistant result for a completed todo;
• collecting native tool results;
• checking the last assistant message for replanning indicators.

Regression tests cover clean text extraction and the image-URL false-positive case.

Verification

• Tests added or updated for the changed behavior
• Relevant tests and quality checks pass locally

Commands run:

• Focused red/green tests: 2 passed after failing on current main
• test_agent_executor.py excluding two optional-dependency cases: 100 passed
• Full file otherwise reached 100 passed; the two excluded cases require exa_py / the Anthropic extra and fail during optional dependency setup
• Ruff check and format check: passed
• git diff --check: passed

Additional context

This is separate from #7670, which covers the conversational Flow path. The patch and tests were prepared with AI assistance and manually reviewed and verified.

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Walkthrough

The experimental AgentExecutor now uses message_content_text for todo results and replanning checks. Tests cover text extraction from multimodal tool messages and ignoring replan text in image metadata.

Changes

Multimodal message handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared text extraction for executor decisions lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py, lib/crewai/tests/agents/test_agent_executor.py	mark_todo_complete() and _should_replan() now use message_content_text. Tests verify that image metadata is excluded from todo results and replanning checks.

Suggested reviewers: joaomdmoura

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 89697

Native tool results are handled by the change, but the new tests do not protect that path from regression. The remaining risk is narrow and can be addressed with a focused test.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the required related issue, summary, verification details, test status, and additional context. It is complete and directly supports the pull request objectives.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: collapsing multimodal message content in the executor.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request satisfies the coding requirements in [#7678]. It imports and uses message_content_text at all three required call sites: completed todo results, native tool result collection, and a…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within [#7678]. The source changes update only the three specified message-to-text conversions. The tests cover the required multimodal behavior. No conversational Flow handling from …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.

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This contribution was prepared with AI assistance. I attempted to add the required llm-generated label, but fork contributors do not have permission to apply repository labels. Could a maintainer please add it?

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The test workflow hit an unrelated failure in tests/telemetry/test_flow_telemetry.py::test_infrastructure_flows_do_not_pollute_outcome_signals on the Python 3.13 shard (assert ("AgentExecutor", "completed") in []). The new executor tests did not fail, and lint, type checks, CodeQL, pip-audit, and CodeRabbit all passed. I attempted to rerun the failed workflow, but fork contributors do not have permission; could a maintainer please rerun it?

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lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py (1)

2303-2310: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the native-tool aggregation branch.

The current test sets current_answer to AgentAction, so it does not execute the current_answer is None branch. Reverting the aggregation call to str(msg.get("content", "")) would leave that test passing. Add a native tool-call message and assert the extracted result.

Suggested fix

+    def test_mark_todo_complete_extracts_native_tool_content(self):
+        agent = SimpleNamespace(planning_config=None, verbose=False)
+        executor = _build_executor(agent=agent)
+        todo = TodoItem(
+            step_number=1,
+            description="Inspect the receipt",
+            status="running",
+        )
+        executor.state.todos = TodoList(items=[todo])
+        executor.state.current_answer = None
+        executor.state.messages = [
+            {
+                "role": "assistant",
+                "content": None,
+                "tool_calls": [{"id": "call-1"}],
+            },
+            {
+                "role": "tool",
+                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "Refund is allowed."}],
+            },
+        ]
+
+        executor.mark_todo_complete()
+
+        assert executor.state.todos.items[0].result == "Refund is allowed."

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py` around lines 2303 -
2310, Add a test for the native-tool aggregation branch in mark_todo_complete
with current_answer set to None and a tool message whose content is a text
block; assert the extracted text is stored as the todo result. This should
exercise message_content_text for native tool results.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Nitpick comments:
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/experimental/agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 2303-2310: Add a test for the native-tool aggregation branch in
mark_todo_complete with current_answer set to None and a tool message whose
content is a text block; assert the extracted text is stored as the todo result.
This should exercise message_content_text for native tool results.

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