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A dated record of one change, kept so the writing that cites it can be checked. Compiled from the sources listed below by the research run, not written for reading. The judgment lives in the issues that cite it, below.

2026-10-24-openhands-typescript-conversation-limits-now-reach-the-server

TypeScript conversation limits now reach the server. ConversationManager.createConversation forwards maxIterations and stuckDetection into start, and remote conversation creation respects constructor defaults. The comment changes from a claimed 50-iteration default to the actual 500 fallback.

Channel: tagged-release. Half: both. Date: 2026-10-19 (SDK and TypeScript client v1.56.0).

Operator consequence: Retest integrations whose run budgets relied on previously ignored constructor settings. This repairs a control path; it is not a new lower global default or a monetary cap. Record an actual stop before retiring an external iteration guard.

Receipt

Finding metadata

Confidence
high

Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0

Finding ID: 2026-10-24-openhands-typescript-conversation-limits-now-reach-the-server

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  1. OpenHands
    commit2026-10-24-openhands-typescript-conversation-limits-now-reach-the-servergithub.com/OpenHands/software-agent-sdk/commit/1fbfd37f6fb21491ed733fc92d409aff1517ff4atagged commit file2026-10-24-openhands-typescript-conversation-limits-now-reach-the-serverOpenHands/software-agent-sdk / clients/typescript/src/conversation/conversation-manager.tstagged commit file2026-10-24-openhands-typescript-conversation-limits-now-reach-the-serverOpenHands/software-agent-sdk / clients/typescript/src/conversation/remote-conversation.ts

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