Persist API conversation history locally instead of in state as there seems to be an issue with some messages not being stringifyable

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-dev",
-  "version": "1.0.84",
+  "version": "1.0.85",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "claude-dev",
-      "version": "1.0.84",
+      "version": "1.0.85",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.24.3",

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "claude-dev",
   "displayName": "Claude Dev",
   "description": "Autonomous software engineer right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, and more with your permission every step of the way.",
-  "version": "1.0.84",
+  "version": "1.0.85",
   "icon": "icon.png",
   "engines": {
     "vscode": "^1.84.0"

src/ClaudeDev.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ RULES
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 	}
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src/providers/ClaudeDevProvider.ts

@@ -440,22 +440,33 @@ export class ClaudeDevProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 
 	// conversation history to send in API requests
 
+	/*
+	It seems that some API messages do not comply with vscode state requirements. Either the Anthropic library is manipulating these values somehow in the backend in a way thats creating cyclic references, or the API returns a function or a Symbol as part of the message content.
+	VSCode docs about state: "The value must be JSON-stringifyable ... value — A value. MUST not contain cyclic references."
+	For now we'll store the conversation history in memory, and if we need to store in state directly we'd need to do a manual conversion to ensure proper json stringification.
+	*/
+	private apiConversationHistory: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = []
+
 	async getApiConversationHistory(): Promise<Anthropic.MessageParam[]> {
-		const history = (await this.getGlobalState(
-			this.getApiConversationHistoryStateKey()
-		)) as Anthropic.MessageParam[]
-		return history || []
+		// const history = (await this.getGlobalState(
+		// 	this.getApiConversationHistoryStateKey()
+		// )) as Anthropic.MessageParam[]
+		// return history || []
+		return this.apiConversationHistory
 	}
 
 	async setApiConversationHistory(history: Anthropic.MessageParam[] | undefined) {
-		await this.updateGlobalState(this.getApiConversationHistoryStateKey(), history)
+		// await this.updateGlobalState(this.getApiConversationHistoryStateKey(), history)
+		this.apiConversationHistory = history || []
 	}
 
 	async addMessageToApiConversationHistory(message: Anthropic.MessageParam): Promise<Anthropic.MessageParam[]> {
-		const history = await this.getApiConversationHistory()
-		history.push(message)
-		await this.setApiConversationHistory(history)
-		return history
+		// const history = await this.getApiConversationHistory()
+		// history.push(message)
+		// await this.setApiConversationHistory(history)
+		// return history
+		this.apiConversationHistory.push(message)
+		return this.apiConversationHistory
 	}
 
 	/*