fix(gateway): isolate pending native image paths by session

gateway/run.py

@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ class GatewayRunner:
         # /new and /reset.  /model and other mid-session operations
         # preserve the queue.
         self._queued_events: Dict[str, List[MessageEvent]] = {}
+        self._pending_native_image_paths_by_session: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}
         self._busy_ack_ts: Dict[str, float] = {}  # last busy-ack timestamp per session (debounce)
         self._session_run_generation: Dict[str, int] = {}
 
@@ -5079,22 +5080,30 @@ class GatewayRunner:
         preprocessing pipeline so sender attribution, image enrichment, STT,
         document notes, reply context, and @ references all behave the same.
 
-        Side effect: writes ``self._pending_native_image_paths`` to a list of
+        Side effect: buffers per-session native image paths when the active
-        local image paths when the active model supports native vision AND
+        model supports native vision AND the user has images attached. The
-        the user has images attached. The caller consumes and clears this
+        caller consumes and clears that session-scoped buffer at the
-        attribute at the ``run_conversation`` site to build a multimodal user
+        ``run_conversation`` site to build a multimodal user turn. When the
-        turn. When the list is empty, the ``_enrich_message_with_vision``
+        list is empty, the ``_enrich_message_with_vision`` text path has
-        text path has already run and images are represented in-text.
+        already run and images are represented in-text.
         """
         history = history or []
         message_text = event.text or ""
-        # Reset per-call buffer; set only when native routing is chosen.
+        _group_sessions_per_user = getattr(self.config, "group_sessions_per_user", True)
-        self._pending_native_image_paths = []
+        _thread_sessions_per_user = getattr(self.config, "thread_sessions_per_user", False)
+        session_key = build_session_key(
+            source,
+            group_sessions_per_user=_group_sessions_per_user,
+            thread_sessions_per_user=_thread_sessions_per_user,
+        )
+        # Reset only this session's per-call buffer; other sessions may be
+        # concurrently preparing multimodal turns on the same runner.
+        self._consume_pending_native_image_paths(session_key)
 
         _is_shared_multi_user = is_shared_multi_user_session(
             source,
-            group_sessions_per_user=getattr(self.config, "group_sessions_per_user", True),
+            group_sessions_per_user=_group_sessions_per_user,
-            thread_sessions_per_user=getattr(self.config, "thread_sessions_per_user", False),
+            thread_sessions_per_user=_thread_sessions_per_user,
         )
         if _is_shared_multi_user and source.user_name:
             message_text = f"[{source.user_name}] {message_text}"
@@ -5115,7 +5124,11 @@ class GatewayRunner:
                 _img_mode = self._decide_image_input_mode()
                 if _img_mode == "native":
                     # Defer attachment to the run_conversation call site.
-                    self._pending_native_image_paths = list(image_paths)
+                    pending_native = getattr(self, "_pending_native_image_paths_by_session", None)
+                    if pending_native is None:
+                        pending_native = {}
+                        self._pending_native_image_paths_by_session = pending_native
+                    pending_native[session_key] = list(image_paths)
                     logger.info(
                         "Image routing: native (model supports vision). %d image(s) will be attached inline.",
                         len(image_paths),
@@ -5254,6 +5267,12 @@ class GatewayRunner:
 
         return message_text
 
+    def _consume_pending_native_image_paths(self, session_key: str) -> List[str]:
+        pending_native = getattr(self, "_pending_native_image_paths_by_session", None)
+        if not pending_native:
+            return []
+        return list(pending_native.pop(session_key, []) or [])
+
     async def _handle_message_with_agent(self, event, source, _quick_key: str, run_generation: int):
         """Inner handler that runs under the _running_agents sentinel guard."""
         _msg_start_time = time.time()
@@ -12136,8 +12155,7 @@ class GatewayRunner:
                 # attachment, wrap the user turn as an OpenAI-style multimodal
                 # content list. Consume-and-clear so subsequent turns on the same
                 # runner instance don't re-attach stale images.
-                _native_imgs = list(getattr(self, "_pending_native_image_paths", []) or [])
+                _native_imgs = self._consume_pending_native_image_paths(session_key)
-                self._pending_native_image_paths = []
                 if _native_imgs:
                     try:
                         from agent.image_routing import build_native_content_parts

tests/gateway/test_native_image_buffer_isolation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import pytest
+
+from gateway.config import GatewayConfig, Platform, PlatformConfig
+from gateway.platforms.base import MessageEvent, MessageType
+from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+from gateway.session import SessionSource, build_session_key
+
+
+def _make_runner() -> GatewayRunner:
+    runner = GatewayRunner.__new__(GatewayRunner)
+    runner.config = GatewayConfig(
+        platforms={Platform.TELEGRAM: PlatformConfig(enabled=True, token="fake")},
+    )
+    runner.adapters = {}
+    runner._model = "openai/gpt-4.1-mini"
+    runner._base_url = None
+    runner._decide_image_input_mode = lambda: "native"
+    return runner
+
+
+def _source(chat_id: str) -> SessionSource:
+    return SessionSource(
+        platform=Platform.TELEGRAM,
+        chat_id=chat_id,
+        chat_type="private",
+        user_name=f"user-{chat_id}",
+    )
+
+
+def _image_event(source: SessionSource, path: str) -> MessageEvent:
+    return MessageEvent(
+        text="see image",
+        message_type=MessageType.PHOTO,
+        source=source,
+        media_urls=[path],
+        media_types=["image/png"],
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_native_image_buffer_isolated_per_session():
+    runner = _make_runner()
+    source_a = _source("chat-a")
+    source_b = _source("chat-b")
+
+    await runner._prepare_inbound_message_text(
+        event=_image_event(source_a, "/tmp/a.png"),
+        source=source_a,
+        history=[],
+    )
+    await runner._prepare_inbound_message_text(
+        event=_image_event(source_b, "/tmp/b.png"),
+        source=source_b,
+        history=[],
+    )
+
+    assert runner._consume_pending_native_image_paths(build_session_key(source_a)) == ["/tmp/a.png"]
+    assert runner._consume_pending_native_image_paths(build_session_key(source_b)) == ["/tmp/b.png"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_native_image_buffer_not_cleared_by_other_sessions_without_images():
+    runner = _make_runner()
+    source_a = _source("chat-a")
+    source_b = _source("chat-b")
+
+    await runner._prepare_inbound_message_text(
+        event=_image_event(source_a, "/tmp/a.png"),
+        source=source_a,
+        history=[],
+    )
+    await runner._prepare_inbound_message_text(
+        event=MessageEvent(text="plain text", source=source_b),
+        source=source_b,
+        history=[],
+    )
+
+    assert runner._consume_pending_native_image_paths(build_session_key(source_a)) == ["/tmp/a.png"]
+    assert runner._consume_pending_native_image_paths(build_session_key(source_b)) == []