From cc0d5af28c200eb7feec05a2bcb3c6b3a71b5dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Otgaar?= <b.r.c.otgaar@students.uu.nl>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 12:56:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: fixing bugs

---
 .../agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py   | 12 ++++++++++++
 .../agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py    |  7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
index 34e5b25..45e3511 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/communication/ri_communication_agent.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from zmq.asyncio import Context
 from control_backend.agents import BaseAgent
 from control_backend.agents.actuation.robot_gesture_agent import RobotGestureAgent
 from control_backend.core.config import settings
+from control_backend.schemas.internal_message import InternalMessage
 
 from ..actuation.robot_speech_agent import RobotSpeechAgent
 from ..perception import VADAgent
@@ -298,3 +299,14 @@ class RICommunicationAgent(BaseAgent):
         self.logger.debug("Restarting communication negotiation.")
         if await self._negotiate_connection(max_retries=1):
             self.connected = True
+
+    async def handle_message(self, msg: InternalMessage):
+        """
+        Handle an incoming message.
+
+        Currently not implemented for this agent.
+
+        :param msg: The received message.
+        :raises NotImplementedError: Always, since this method is not implemented.
+        """
+        self.logger.warning("custom warning for handle msg in ri coms %s", self.name)
diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
index 50df979..f48e14b 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/user_interrupt/user_interrupt_agent.py
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
                     event_context,
                 )
             elif event_type == "pause":
+                self.logger.debug(
+                    "Received pause/resume button press with context '%s'.", event_context
+                )
                 await self._send_pause_command(event_context)
                 if event_context:
                     self.logger.info("Sent pause command.")
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
             belief_id,
         )
 
-    async def _send_pause_command(self, pause: bool):
+    async def _send_pause_command(self, pause):
         """
         Send a pause command to the Robot Interface via the RI Communication Agent.
         Send a pause command to the other internal agents; for now just VAD agent.
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ class UserInterruptAgent(BaseAgent):
         )
         await self.send(message)
 
-        if pause:
+        if pause == "true":
             # Send pause to VAD agent
             vad_message = InternalMessage(
                 to=settings.agent_settings.vad_name,