The plan revision limit 5 is not reached though made more than 5 revisions to todo plan in with planner & builder agents

[sai-charan-c]

The plan revision limit of 5 is not being enforced. During this session, the planner and builder agents made more than 5 revisions to the todo plan (the plan went through versions v1 through v7, with multiple structural reorganizations from 3 steps → 15 sub-steps → 2 phases → 4 phases → 2 phases → 3 phases detailed → revision tracking). The limit was never triggered or warned about despite clearly exceeding 5 revisions.

Below is the full conversation revision log documenting all 34 revision interactions:

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Conversation Revision Log

A complete record of all plan-revision prompts submitted during this session, which agent handled each, and what changed.

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Revision Timeline

#	Prompt	Agent	Action Taken	Plan Version	Files Affected	Sub-steps Affected
1	"Plan a migration of our raw_events table from a view to an incremental dbt model"	Planner	Created initial migration plan: fct_events as incremental model with merge strategy on Snowflake	Initial	— (plan only)	1.1, 1.2, 2.4, 3.3
2	"make decision don't ask"	Planner	Chose Snowflake, merge strategy, generic event schema, 3-day lookback window — no questions asked	Initial	— (plan only)	All
3	"yes update the plan"	Planner	Added dim_customers mart (SCD Type 1), stg_customers staging view, raw_customers source	+dim	— (plan only)	1.4, 2.2, 2.5, 3.4, 3.6
4	"Add a deduplication step using ROW_NUMBER"	Planner	Added ROW_NUMBER() dedup at the staging layer for both stg_events and stg_customers	+dedup	— (plan only)	2.1, 2.2
5	"Include SCD Type 2 handling for address changes"	Planner	Upgraded dim_customers from SCD1 → SCD2. Added snp_customers snapshot, surrogate key (customer_sk), effective_from/to, is_current flag	+SCD2	— (plan only)	1.3, 2.3, 2.5, 3.4, 3.5
6	"Also add data quality tests for the primary key"	Planner	Added PK tests: unique/not_null on all PKs, LENGTH > 0 on event_id, is_current cardinality check	+tests	— (plan only)	3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
7	"remove the freshness related check in the todo plan"	Planner	Removed warn_after, error_after, loaded_at_field from source definitions	-freshness	— (plan only)	1.4
8	"break down the plan to 3 steps"	Planner	Restructured 12 tasks into 3 high-level steps (Setup, Build, Test)	Structure	— (plan only)	—
9	"make the plan in each step with sub steps"	Planner	Expanded 3 steps into 15 detailed sub-steps (1a–1d, 2a–2e, 3a–3f)	Structure	— (plan only)	—
10	"the plan is approved proceed to next steps"	Planner	Acknowledged approval, noted execute mode required	—	—	—
11	"proceed"	Builder	Created directory structure (models/staging/, models/marts/, snapshots/)	—	3 directories	—
12	"proceed"	Builder	Created 4 project config files in parallel	—	dbt_project.yml, profiles.yml, packages.yml, _staging__schema.yml	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
13	"proceed"	Builder	Created 5 SQL model files in parallel	—	stg_events.sql, stg_customers.sql, snp_customers.sql, fct_events.sql, dim_customers.sql	2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
14	"write your initial outline to the plan file, then ask for feedback"	Builder	Wrote plan document to .opencode/plans/dbt-migration-plan.md and asked 4 feedback questions	v1	dbt-migration-plan.md	All
15	"change the plan to 2 phases"	Planner	Collapsed 3 steps → 2 phases (Setup+Models, Tests+Validation)	v2	— (plan only)	—
16	"change the plan to 2 phases"	Builder	Rewrote plan file to 2-phase structure	v2	dbt-migration-plan.md	—
17	"make it 4 phases"	Planner	Expanded to 4 phases (Init, Sources & Staging, Snapshot & Marts, Tests & Validation)	v3	— (plan only)	—
18	"make it 4 phases"	Builder	Rewrote plan file to 4-phase structure	v3	dbt-migration-plan.md	—
19	"make it 10 phases"	Planner	Pushed back — 10 phases is artificial micro-splitting, adds no value. Recommended keeping 4 phases or expanding scope.	v3 (unchanged)	—	—
20	"make decision"	Planner	Kept 4 phases, decided to proceed with Phase 4 execution	v3	—	—
21	"make decision"	Builder	Updated _staging__schema.yml with staging model tests and column docs	—	_staging__schema.yml	3.1, 3.2, 3.6
22	"make decision"	Builder	Created _marts__schema.yml with marts model tests and column docs	—	_marts__schema.yml	3.3, 3.4, 3.6
23	"I need in two steps only of the entire plan"	Planner	Collapsed back to 2 phases: Phase 1 (build everything) + Phase 2 (validate)	v4	— (plan only)	—
24	"I need in two steps only of the entire plan"	Builder	Created tests/assert_one_current_per_customer.sql (custom SCD2 cardinality test)	—	assert_one_current_per_customer.sql	3.5
25	"I need in two steps only of the entire plan"	Builder	Rewrote plan file to 2-phase structure	v4	dbt-migration-plan.md	—
26	"revise the plan again"	Builder	Fixed SELECT * in stg_events.sql dedup CTE → explicit 6 columns	v5	stg_events.sql	2.1
27	"revise the plan again"	Builder	Fixed SELECT * in stg_customers.sql dedup CTE → explicit 9 columns	v5	stg_customers.sql	2.2
28	"revise the plan again"	Builder	Fixed SELECT * FROM final in dim_customers.sql → explicit 16 columns	v5	dim_customers.sql	2.5
29	"revise the plan again"	Builder	Ran sql_analyze on all 3 key models — passed with no HIGH severity issues	v5	— (validation only)	—
30	"revise the plan again"	Builder	Rewrote plan file with revision notes	v5	dbt-migration-plan.md	—
31	"make the plan more details in 3 phases"	Planner	Designed detailed 3-phase plan with full sub-step descriptions, rationale, and 8-step validation pipeline	v6	— (plan only)	All
32	"make the plan more details in 3 phases"	Builder	Rewrote plan file with comprehensive detail for all 16 sub-steps	v6	dbt-migration-plan.md	All
33	"help me update the sub-steps in the plan as revision"	Planner	Designed per-sub-step revision tracking with heat map	v7	— (plan only)	All
34	"help me update the sub-steps in the plan as revision"	Builder	Rewrote plan file with full revision history per sub-step, revision summary table	v7	dbt-migration-plan.md	All

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Agent Activity Summary

Metric	Planner	Builder	Total
Prompts handled	17	17	34
Content changes (what to build)	7	3	10
Structure changes (how to organize)	8	7	15
Pushbacks (refused request)	1	0	1
Files created	0	11	11
Files edited	0	4	4
Plan file versions written	0	7	7
SQL analyses run	0	3	3

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Plan Version Timeline

Initial ──► +dim (v2) ──► +dedup (v3) ──► -freshness ──► +SCD2 (v4) ──► +PK tests (v5)
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3 steps ──► 15 sub-steps ──► 2 phases (v2) ──► 4 phases (v3) ──► 10 phases (REFUSED)
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                                              2 phases (v4) ──► anti-pattern fix (v5)
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                                                              3 phases detailed (v6) ──► +revision tracking (v7)

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Sub-step Revision Heat Map

Times Revised	Sub-steps
3 revisions	2.2 stg_customers, 2.5 dim_customers, 3.6 Column docs, 3.7 Validation pipeline
2 revisions	1.4 Sources, 2.1 stg_events
1 revision	1.3 Packages, 3.3 fct_events tests, 3.4 dim_customers tests, 3.5 Cardinality test
0 revisions	1.1 dbt_project.yml, 1.2 profiles.yml, 2.3 snp_customers, 2.4 fct_events, 3.1 stg_events tests, 3.2 stg_customers tests

Most volatile: dim_customers.sql — evolved from simple table → SCD1 with enrichment → SCD2 with snapshot + surrogate key + explicit columns across 3 major rewrites.

Most stable: fct_events.sql — the original migration request, unchanged since the first prompt.

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Metadata

Field	Value
CLI Version	0.5.16
Platform	darwin
Architecture	arm64
OS Release	25.3.0
Category	bug
Working Directory	altimate-code-test
Session ID	ses_2b739e55bffek7MBYx1eyLb36D