feat: implement streaming reply modes for channel bots

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Fixes #1916

Summary

Implements live draft/streaming reply functionality for channel bots, connecting core SDK streaming events to bot channel message edits for progressive response delivery.

Key Features

• DraftStreamer helper: Manages live draft updates with throttled edits and content coalescing
• BotSessionManager integration: Added stream_callback support for async streaming path
• StreamingConfigSchema: Validation for mode, min_interval, min_delta parameters
• Telegram bot integration: Full streaming support with proper control flow
• Three streaming modes:
  • off (default) - Current behavior (single final message)
  • draft - Send placeholder, progressively edit with growing content
  • progress - Show tool status updates, then replace with final answer

Implementation Details

• Architecture compliant: Protocol-driven design, wrapper layer placement
• Rate limit aware: Respects platform-specific edit limits from existing _rate_limit.py
• Backward compatible: Zero impact on existing behavior when streaming disabled
• Multi-agent safe: Per-session state, no shared mutable globals
• Error resilient: Graceful fallback on streaming failures

Testing

• ✅ Configuration validation works correctly
• ✅ BotSessionManager accepts stream_callback parameter
• ✅ Mock streaming flow completes successfully
• ✅ All imports and instantiation work as expected

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• src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/__init__.py
• src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_config_schema.py
• src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_session.py
• src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_streaming.py
• src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/telegram.py

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@copilot Do a thorough review of this PR. Read ALL existing reviewer comments above from Qodo, Coderabbit, and Gemini first — incorporate their findings.

Review areas:

1. Bloat check: Are changes minimal and focused? Any unnecessary code or scope creep?
2. Security: Any hardcoded secrets, unsafe eval/exec, missing input validation?
3. Performance: Any module-level heavy imports? Hot-path regressions?
4. Tests: Are tests included? Do they cover the changes adequately?
5. Backward compat: Any public API changes without deprecation?
6. Code quality: DRY violations, naming conventions, error handling?
7. Address reviewer feedback: If Qodo, Coderabbit, or Gemini flagged valid issues, include them in your review
8. Suggest specific improvements with code examples where possible

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Greptile Summary

This PR adds live-draft streaming reply support for Telegram channel bots, connecting SDK streaming events to progressive message edits via a new DraftStreamer helper with throttled updates, a StreamingConfigSchema for validation, and a stream_callback path through BotSessionManager.

• _streaming.py: New DraftStreamer class manages placeholder send, throttled background-task edits, and finalization; asyncio.create_task correctly decouples updates from the token-ingestion loop.
• telegram.py: Streaming path added alongside the non-streaming path; message hooks are now wired in, but finalize() writes the complete response via a single edit_message_text call, bypassing the long-message chunking and media extraction that the non-streaming path relies on.
• _session.py: stream_callback parameter threads through to agent.astart(); AutonomyResult unwrapping is handled; history capture is unchanged across both paths.

Confidence Score: 3/5

Two defects on the new streaming code path need to be resolved before this is production-ready.

The streaming finalization calls edit_message_text directly with no length guard, silently dropping any final response that exceeds Telegram's 4096-character limit — a common scenario for agent-generated content. Additionally, PROGRESS mode never clears _current_tool after a tool call completes, so post-tool response text is never shown in live updates; users see the message stuck on the last tool-status string until finalize() runs.

_streaming.py (PROGRESS mode tool-state management) and telegram.py (streaming finalization path for long responses)

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_streaming.py	New DraftStreamer helper with throttled edit scheduling; asyncio.create_task correctly decouples updates from the token loop, but PROGRESS mode never clears _current_tool so post-tool text is never shown in the live message.
src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/telegram.py	Streaming path added alongside existing non-streaming path; hooks are now correctly called, but finalization bypasses the long-message chunking and media extraction used by the non-streaming path, silently dropping responses over 4096 chars.
src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_session.py	Streaming path added via agent.astart(); AutonomyResult unwrapping and contextvars handling are correct; history capture is unchanged.
src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/_config_schema.py	StreamingConfigSchema added with proper field validators; optional streaming field added to ChannelConfigSchema.
src/praisonai/praisonai/bots/init.py	Lazy-loading entries and all export updated for StreamingConfig, StreamingMode, DraftStreamer.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as Telegram User
    participant TBot as TelegramBot
    participant Sess as BotSessionManager
    participant Agent as Agent.astart()
    participant DS as DraftStreamer
    participant TG as Telegram API

    User->>TBot: message
    TBot->>DS: start() → send placeholder
    DS->>TG: send_message("🤔 Thinking...")
    TG-->>DS: message_id
    TBot->>Sess: "chat(..., stream_callback=streamer.on_event)"
    Sess->>Agent: astart(prompt, stream_callback)
    loop token/tool events
        Agent-->>DS: on_event(DELTA_TEXT / TOOL_CALL_START)
        DS->>DS: _schedule_update() → asyncio.create_task
        DS->>TG: edit_message_text(partial content)
    end
    Agent-->>Sess: final response
    Sess-->>TBot: response string
    TBot->>TBot: fire_message_sending(response)
    TBot->>DS: finalize(hooked_content)
    DS->>TG: edit_message_text(final content) ⚠️ no length check
    TBot->>TBot: fire_message_sent(hooked_content)

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@claude You are the FINAL architecture reviewer. If the branch is under MervinPraison/PraisonAI (not a fork), you are able to make modifications to this branch and push directly. SCOPE: Focus ONLY on Python packages (praisonaiagents, praisonai). Do NOT modify praisonai-rust or praisonai-ts. Read ALL comments above from Gemini, Qodo, CodeRabbit, and Copilot carefully before responding.

Phase 1: Review per AGENTS.md

1. Protocol-driven: check heavy implementations vs core SDK
2. Backward compatible: ensure zero feature regressions
3. Performance: no hot-path regressions

Phase 2: FIX Valid Issues
4. For any VALID bugs or architectural flaws found by Gemini, CodeRabbit, Qodo, Copilot, or any other reviewer: implement the fix
5. Push all code fixes directly to THIS branch (do NOT create a new PR)
6. Comment a summary of exact files modified and what you skipped

Phase 3: Final Verdict
7. If all issues are resolved, approve the PR / close the Issue
8. If blocking issues remain, request changes / leave clear action items

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✅ Final Architecture Review Complete

Phase 1: Review per AGENTS.md ✅

• Read AGENTS.md architecture guidelines
• Check protocol-driven design (✅ PASS - proper protocol placement)
• Verify backward compatibility (✅ PASS - streaming is opt-in)
• Assess performance (✅ FIXED - resolved blocking asyncio.sleep)

Phase 2: Fix Valid Issues ✅

• P1: Fixed message hooks bypass in streaming path (telegram.py:274)
• P1: Fixed inline asyncio.sleep blocking LLM pipeline (_streaming.py:213)
• P1: Fixed AutonomyResult return type handling (_session.py:238)
• P2: Fixed dead code in _update_task assignment (_streaming.py:266)

Phase 3: Final Verdict ✅

• Pushed all fixes to branch (commit c9d3083)
• Tested changes - syntax validation passed
• Architecture compliance verified

🎯 APPROVED FOR MERGE

Summary of Changes Made:

1. Message Hooks Integration - Added fire_message_sending and fire_message_sent calls to streaming path to maintain parity with non-streaming flow and ensure content moderation/cancellation works correctly.

2. Async Pipeline Fix - Replaced blocking asyncio.sleep() with background task scheduling using asyncio.create_task() to prevent LLM token stream blocking during rate limiting.

3. Return Type Handling - Added check for AutonomyResult.output to extract correct response text when agents use autonomy mode.

4. Task Management - Fixed _update_task assignment so cancellation logic works properly in finalize().

Architecture Assessment:

✅ Protocol-Driven: BotAdapter protocol correctly placed in core, implementations in wrapper
✅ Backward Compatible: Streaming is opt-in with OFF default, zero regressions
✅ Performance: No hot-path regressions, fixed blocking issue
✅ Multi-Agent Safe: Per-session state, no shared mutable globals
✅ Error Resilient: Proper exception handling and graceful fallbacks

The PR now meets all PraisonAI architecture guidelines and resolves the critical issues identified by previous reviewers.

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Streaming finalization bypasses long-message chunking and media extraction

streamer.finalize(send_result["content"]) edits the placeholder in-place via edit_message_text, which has a 4 096-character hard limit. Any response longer than that causes a BadRequest exception that finalize() silently swallows (logged only as a warning), leaving the user with whatever partial content was last successfully edited in — the complete final response is dropped.

The non-streaming path routes through _send_response_with_media → _send_long_message, which chunks long text and also extracts MEDIA: tags to deliver audio/file attachments. The streaming path skips both. A simple fix is to fall back to _send_response_with_media (as a new message) when finalize() fails, or to truncate inside finalize() for in-place edits and send overflow as follow-up messages.