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+import type { HookDeps } from "./types"
+import type { AutoRetryHelpers } from "./auto-retry"
+import { HOOK_NAME } from "./constants"
+import { log } from "../../shared/logger"
+import { isRetryableError } from "./error-classifier"
+import { createFallbackState, prepareFallback } from "./fallback-state"
+import { getFallbackModelsForSession } from "./fallback-models"
+import { extractRetryAttempt, extractRetryStatusModel, normalizeRetryStatusMessage } from "../../shared/retry-status-utils"
+
+type SessionStatus = {
+  type?: string
+  message?: string
+  attempt?: number
+}
+
+function resolveInitialModel(
+  props: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
+  retryMessage: string,
+  resolvedAgent: string | undefined,
+  pluginConfig: HookDeps["pluginConfig"],
+): string | undefined {
+  const eventModel = typeof props?.model === "string" ? props.model : undefined
+  if (eventModel) {
+    return eventModel
+  }
+
+  const retryModel = extractRetryStatusModel(retryMessage)
+  if (retryModel) {
+    return retryModel
+  }
+
+  const agentConfig = resolvedAgent
+    ? pluginConfig?.agents?.[resolvedAgent as keyof typeof pluginConfig.agents]
+    : undefined
+
+  return typeof agentConfig?.model === "string" ? agentConfig.model : undefined
+}
+
+export function createSessionStatusHandler(deps: HookDeps, helpers: AutoRetryHelpers): {
+  clearRetryKey: (sessionID: string) => void
+  handleSessionStatus: (props: Record<string, unknown> | undefined) => Promise<void>
+} {
+  const {
+    config,
+    pluginConfig,
+    sessionStates,
+    sessionLastAccess,
+    sessionRetryInFlight,
+    sessionAwaitingFallbackResult,
+  } = deps
+  const sessionStatusRetryKeys = new Map<string, string>()
+
+  const clearRetryKey = (sessionID: string): void => {
+    sessionStatusRetryKeys.delete(sessionID)
+  }
+
+  const handleSessionStatus = async (props: Record<string, unknown> | undefined): Promise<void> => {
+    const sessionID = props?.sessionID as string | undefined
+    const status = props?.status as SessionStatus | undefined
+    const agent = props?.agent as string | undefined
+    const timeoutEnabled = config.timeout_seconds > 0
+
+    if (!sessionID || status?.type !== "retry" || !timeoutEnabled) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const retryMessage = typeof status.message === "string" ? status.message : ""
+    if (!retryMessage || !isRetryableError({ message: retryMessage }, config.retry_on_errors)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const currentState = sessionStates.get(sessionID)
+    const retryAttempt = extractRetryAttempt(status.attempt, retryMessage)
+    const retryModel =
+      (typeof props?.model === "string" ? props.model : undefined) ??
+      extractRetryStatusModel(retryMessage) ??
+      currentState?.currentModel ??
+      "unknown-model"
+    const retryKey = `${retryAttempt}:${retryModel}:${normalizeRetryStatusMessage(retryMessage)}`
+
+    if (sessionStatusRetryKeys.get(sessionID) === retryKey) {
+      return
+    }
+    sessionStatusRetryKeys.set(sessionID, retryKey)
+
+    if (sessionRetryInFlight.has(sessionID)) {
+      log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Overriding in-flight retry due to provider session.status retry signal`, {
+        sessionID,
+        retryModel,
+      })
+      await helpers.abortSessionRequest(sessionID, "session.status.retry-signal")
+      sessionRetryInFlight.delete(sessionID)
+    }
+
+    sessionAwaitingFallbackResult.delete(sessionID)
+
+    const resolvedAgent = await helpers.resolveAgentForSessionFromContext(sessionID, agent)
+    const fallbackModels = getFallbackModelsForSession(sessionID, resolvedAgent, pluginConfig)
+
+    if (fallbackModels.length === 0) {
+      log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] No fallback models configured`, { sessionID, agent: resolvedAgent ?? agent })
+      return
+    }
+
+    let state = currentState
+    if (!state) {
+      const initialModel = resolveInitialModel(props, retryMessage, resolvedAgent, pluginConfig)
+      if (!initialModel) {
+        log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] session.status retry missing model info, cannot fallback`, { sessionID })
+        return
+      }
+
+      state = createFallbackState(initialModel)
+      sessionStates.set(sessionID, state)
+    }
+
+    sessionLastAccess.set(sessionID, Date.now())
+
+    if (state.pendingFallbackModel) {
+      log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Clearing pending fallback due to provider session.status retry signal`, {
+        sessionID,
+        pendingFallbackModel: state.pendingFallbackModel,
+      })
+      state.pendingFallbackModel = undefined
+    }
+
+    log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Detected provider auto-retry signal in session.status`, {
+      sessionID,
+      model: state.currentModel,
+      retryAttempt,
+    })
+
+    const result = prepareFallback(sessionID, state, fallbackModels, config)
+
+    if (result.success && config.notify_on_fallback) {
+      await deps.ctx.client.tui
+        .showToast({
+          body: {
+            title: "Model Fallback",
+            message: `Switching to ${result.newModel?.split("/").pop() || result.newModel} for next request`,
+            variant: "warning",
+            duration: 5000,
+          },
+        })
+        .catch(() => {})
+    }
+
+    if (result.success && result.newModel) {
+      await helpers.autoRetryWithFallback(sessionID, result.newModel, resolvedAgent, "session.status")
+      return
+    }
+
+    log(`[${HOOK_NAME}] Fallback preparation failed`, { sessionID, error: result.error })
+  }
+
+  return {
+    clearRetryKey,
+    handleSessionStatus,
+  }
+}