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What this PR does

Adds async variants of _handle_native_tool_calls and _execute_single_native_tool_call that use await tool.arun() instead of tool.run(), and updates _ainvoke_loop_native_tools to call them.

Why it's needed

When the async native tool path (_ainvoke_loop_native_tools) calls the sync _handle_native_tool_calls, which calls tool.run()asyncio.run(), the asyncio.run() call crashes with RuntimeError: asyncio.run() cannot be called from a running event loop when the agent is invoked from an already-running event loop (e.g. via ainvoke()).

The ReAct executor (_ainvoke_loop_react) already handles this correctly via aexecute_tool_and_check_finality()tool_usage.ause()await.

What changed

  1. _ahandle_native_tool_calls() — async variant that uses asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor for parallel tool execution, so async tools are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().

  2. _aexecute_single_native_tool_call() — async variant that calls await tool.arun() instead of tool.run(), avoiding the nested asyncio.run() crash.

  3. _ainvoke_loop_native_tools() now calls _ahandle_native_tool_calls() instead of _handle_native_tool_calls().

Reviewer Test Plan

How to verify

  1. Create a crew with an async tool (a tool whose _run method is a coroutine)
  2. Call crew.kickoff_async() with function_calling_llm set to a model that supports native function calling
  3. Before the fix: RuntimeError: asyncio.run() cannot be called from a running event loop
  4. After the fix: the tool executes successfully

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Windows ⚠️
Linux ⚠️

Risk & Scope

  • Main risk or tradeoff: The async path now uses asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor for parallel execution. This is the correct approach for async code but means parallel tool execution is cooperative rather than preemptive.
  • Not validated / out of scope: The experimental AgentExecutor (Flow-based) has the same bug but is in a separate code path.
  • Breaking changes / migration notes: None. The sync path is unchanged.

Linked Issues

Fixes #6611

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Walkthrough

CrewAgentExecutor adds asynchronous native-tool batching and individual tool execution. It preserves result order, applies execution controls, supports asynchronous tool invocation, and awaits the asynchronous native-tools handler.

Changes

Async native tool execution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Async native tool batch orchestration
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py
Native tool calls execute concurrently when allowed. Results preserve call order. Serial execution applies when a tool result is final or usage limits require it.
Async single-tool execution and lifecycle
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py
Individual calls parse arguments, resolve tools, enforce limits, use caching, emit lifecycle events, run hooks, and await output_tool.arun(...) with synchronous fallback.
Async native-tools loop integration
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py
The async native-tools loop awaits _ahandle_native_tool_calls(...) instead of invoking the synchronous handler.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NativeToolsLoop
  participant CrewAgentExecutor
  participant Tool
  NativeToolsLoop->>CrewAgentExecutor: await _ahandle_native_tool_calls(tool_calls)
  CrewAgentExecutor->>Tool: await _aexecute_single_native_tool_call(...)
  Tool-->>CrewAgentExecutor: tool result
  CrewAgentExecutor-->>NativeToolsLoop: AgentFinish or updated tool messages
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main fix: awaiting async tools in the native invocation loop.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the async tool failure, implementation changes, rationale, testing, and scope.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #6611 by awaiting async tools on the active event loop and preserving synchronous tool fallback.
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lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py (1)

1184-1377: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Heavy duplication with _execute_single_native_tool_call.

_aexecute_single_native_tool_call is a near-verbatim copy of the sync method (parsing, tool resolution, usage limits, cache, events, hooks) with only the invocation block (1301-1304) differing. Same applies to _ahandle_native_tool_calls vs _handle_native_tool_calls. This ~190-line duplication will drift as either path changes. Consider extracting the shared pre/post logic into helpers that accept an invocation callable, keeping only the sync-vs-async invocation distinct.

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 1184 -
1377, Refactor _aexecute_single_native_tool_call and
_execute_single_native_tool_call to share their common parsing, tool resolution,
usage-limit, cache, event, hook, and result-processing logic through a helper
that accepts the tool invocation operation. Keep only synchronous versus awaited
invocation in separate callables, and apply the same deduplication to
_ahandle_native_tool_calls and _handle_native_tool_calls while preserving
existing behavior.
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 1298-1304: Update the synchronous fallback in the tool execution
branch of the crew agent executor to run available_functions[func_name] via the
existing ThreadPoolExecutor or equivalent worker-thread mechanism, preserving
the current arguments and awaited result handling. Keep the output_tool.arun
path unchanged so synchronous tools no longer block the running event loop or
serialize gathered executions.

---

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 1184-1377: Refactor _aexecute_single_native_tool_call and
_execute_single_native_tool_call to share their common parsing, tool resolution,
usage-limit, cache, event, hook, and result-processing logic through a helper
that accepts the tool invocation operation. Keep only synchronous versus awaited
invocation in separate callables, and apply the same deduplication to
_ahandle_native_tool_calls and _handle_native_tool_calls while preserving
existing behavior.
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try:
# Use arun() instead of run() to properly await async tools
# inside a running event loop.
if hasattr(output_tool, "arun") and callable(output_tool.arun):
raw_result = await output_tool.arun(**(args_dict or {}))
else:
raw_result = available_functions[func_name](**(args_dict or {}))

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Sync tool fallback blocks the event loop and regresses batch parallelism.

When output_tool has no arun, the synchronous callable is invoked directly on the running loop. Inside asyncio.gather, this serializes sync tools and blocks the loop for their full duration — a regression from the previous sync path, which offloaded these calls to a ThreadPoolExecutor (true parallelism for I/O-bound sync tools). Offload to a worker thread instead.

♻️ Offload the sync fallback
             try:
                 # Use arun() instead of run() to properly await async tools
                 # inside a running event loop.
                 if hasattr(output_tool, "arun") and callable(output_tool.arun):
                     raw_result = await output_tool.arun(**(args_dict or {}))
                 else:
-                    raw_result = available_functions[func_name](**(args_dict or {}))
+                    raw_result = await asyncio.to_thread(
+                        available_functions[func_name], **(args_dict or {})
+                    )
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try:
# Use arun() instead of run() to properly await async tools
# inside a running event loop.
if hasattr(output_tool, "arun") and callable(output_tool.arun):
raw_result = await output_tool.arun(**(args_dict or {}))
else:
raw_result = available_functions[func_name](**(args_dict or {}))
try:
# Use arun() instead of run() to properly await async tools
# inside a running event loop.
if hasattr(output_tool, "arun") and callable(output_tool.arun):
raw_result = await output_tool.arun(**(args_dict or {}))
else:
raw_result = await asyncio.to_thread(
available_functions[func_name], **(args_dict or {})
)
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 1298 -
1304, Update the synchronous fallback in the tool execution branch of the crew
agent executor to run available_functions[func_name] via the existing
ThreadPoolExecutor or equivalent worker-thread mechanism, preserving the current
arguments and awaited result handling. Keep the output_tool.arun path unchanged
so synchronous tools no longer block the running event loop or serialize
gathered executions.

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Hi maintainers — rebased on latest main. This PR awaits async tools natively in _ainvoke_loop_native_tools, fixing #6611. Ready for review. Thanks!

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Friendly ping — this PR has been open for 9 days. The fix awaits async tools natively in _ainvoke_loop_native_tools. Would appreciate a review when time allows.

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lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py (2)

878-880: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the function-local import asyncio.

The module already imports asyncio at the top level. It is used at line 1801 (asyncio.run(cb_result)). The local import creates a redundant function-scoped binding and hides the dependency from the module header.

♻️ Proposed cleanup
                 # Use asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor so async tools
                 # are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().
-                import asyncio
-
                 async def _run_one(
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 878 - 880,
Remove the redundant function-local asyncio import near the asyncio.gather logic
in the relevant executor method, and rely on the existing module-level asyncio
import used by asyncio.run(cb_result). Keep the async tool execution behavior
unchanged.

Source: Coding guidelines


1184-1377: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Both async methods are near-verbatim copies of their sync counterparts. The shared root cause is that the async path was added by duplicating the sync bodies instead of extracting the common logic. Roughly 300 duplicated lines now need parallel maintenance, and the two paths can drift, as they already do at the tool-invocation branch.

  • lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py#L1184-L1377: extract argument parsing, tool resolution, usage-limit checks, cache read/write, hook execution, and event emission into shared helpers. Keep only the invocation step (arun versus the sync callable) in the async method.
  • lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py#L809-L942: extract parse, batch-eligibility checks (has_result_as_answer_in_batch, has_max_usage_count_in_batch), execution-plan construction, and the post-batch result/reasoning handling into shared helpers. Keep only the concurrency mechanism (asyncio.gather versus ThreadPoolExecutor) in the async method.
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 1184 -
1377, The async native-tool method at
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py:1184-1377 must share helpers
with its synchronous counterpart for argument parsing, tool resolution, usage
limits, caching, hooks, and events; retain only the async arun invocation versus
the sync callable. Also refactor the batch execution logic at
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py:809-942 into shared helpers
covering parsing, has_result_as_answer_in_batch and has_max_usage_count_in_batch
checks, execution-plan construction, and post-batch result/reasoning handling;
leave only asyncio.gather versus ThreadPoolExecutor as path-specific behavior.
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Nitpick comments:
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 878-880: Remove the redundant function-local asyncio import near
the asyncio.gather logic in the relevant executor method, and rely on the
existing module-level asyncio import used by asyncio.run(cb_result). Keep the
async tool execution behavior unchanged.
- Around line 1184-1377: The async native-tool method at
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py:1184-1377 must share helpers
with its synchronous counterpart for argument parsing, tool resolution, usage
limits, caching, hooks, and events; retain only the async arun invocation versus
the sync callable. Also refactor the batch execution logic at
lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py:809-942 into shared helpers
covering parsing, has_result_as_answer_in_batch and has_max_usage_count_in_batch
checks, execution-plan construction, and post-batch result/reasoning handling;
leave only asyncio.gather versus ThreadPoolExecutor as path-specific behavior.

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lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py (2)

878-901: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move the asyncio import to module scope.

The module already imports asyncio at the top level (it is used in _invoke_step_callback). The local import asyncio at Line 880 shadows nothing and adds noise. Remove it.

♻️ Remove the redundant local import
                 # Use asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor so async tools
                 # are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().
-                import asyncio
-
                 async def _run_one(
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 878 - 901,
Remove the redundant local asyncio import from the execution-plan block near
_run_one, relying on the existing module-level import already used by
_invoke_step_callback. Leave the asyncio.gather-based task execution unchanged.

809-941: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Extract the shared batch-planning logic instead of duplicating it.

_ahandle_native_tool_calls repeats the whole body of _handle_native_tool_calls: parsing, original_tools_by_name, the result_as_answer / max_usage_count batch checks, the execution-plan build, the assistant tool-calls message, the result-finality loop, and the post-tool reasoning message. Only the dispatch step differs (asyncio.gather vs ThreadPoolExecutor). The same duplication exists between _execute_single_native_tool_call and _aexecute_single_native_tool_call.

Extract the shared parts into helpers, for example _plan_native_tool_calls(tool_calls) returning (parsed_calls, execution_plan, allow_parallel) and _finalize_native_tool_results(ordered_results) returning AgentFinish | None. Then each variant only owns its dispatch. This keeps the two paths from drifting when limits, caching, or event semantics change.

As per coding guidelines: "Follow software principles such as DRY and YAGNI."

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 809 - 941,
The native tool execution paths duplicate planning, single-call execution, and
result-finalization logic across
_handle_native_tool_calls/_ahandle_native_tool_calls and
_execute_single_native_tool_call/_aexecute_single_native_tool_call. Extract
shared helpers such as _plan_native_tool_calls and
_finalize_native_tool_results, moving parsing, tool-limit checks, execution-plan
construction, assistant-message handling, finality processing, and
reasoning-message setup into them; leave only synchronous versus asynchronous
dispatch in each variant.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Nitpick comments:
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 878-901: Remove the redundant local asyncio import from the
execution-plan block near _run_one, relying on the existing module-level import
already used by _invoke_step_callback. Leave the asyncio.gather-based task
execution unchanged.
- Around line 809-941: The native tool execution paths duplicate planning,
single-call execution, and result-finalization logic across
_handle_native_tool_calls/_ahandle_native_tool_calls and
_execute_single_native_tool_call/_aexecute_single_native_tool_call. Extract
shared helpers such as _plan_native_tool_calls and
_finalize_native_tool_results, moving parsing, tool-limit checks, execution-plan
construction, assistant-message handling, finality processing, and
reasoning-message setup into them; leave only synchronous versus asynchronous
dispatch in each variant.

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Hi maintainers — I've rebased this PR on the latest main (it was behind). The fix adds async variants of _handle_native_tool_calls and _execute_single_native_tool_call that use await tool.arun() instead of tool.run(), so native async tools are awaited properly in _ainvoke_loop_native_tools instead of being run through the sync path. This fixes #6611 where async tools weren't being awaited natively. Would appreciate a review when you get a chance. Thanks!

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Hi maintainers — just a friendly nudge on this one. The fix for #6611 awaits async tools natively in _ainvoke_loop_native_tools so async tools work correctly under native-function-calling models. I'm excited to see it land. Would appreciate a review when you have a moment. Thanks!

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lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py (1)

1184-1377: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Extract the shared body instead of duplicating _execute_single_native_tool_call.

_aexecute_single_native_tool_call repeats about 175 lines of _execute_single_native_tool_call (lines 1002-1182). Only the invocation at lines 1298-1304 differs. _ahandle_native_tool_calls (lines 809-942) repeats _handle_native_tool_calls (lines 667-807) in the same way. Argument parsing, tool resolution, usage-limit checks, cache read and write, event emission, hook execution, and result assembly all exist twice.

This drift is already visible. The past review comment on the sync fallback applies only to the async copy. Any future fix to the usage-limit or cache logic will silently miss one path.

Extract the shared work into helpers, then keep only the invocation asymmetric:

  • _prepare_native_tool_call(...) returns the resolved args_dict, original_tool, structured_tool, output_tool, max_usage_reached, and any cache hit.
  • _finalize_native_tool_call(...) runs the after-hooks, emits ToolUsageFinishedEvent, and builds the return dict.
  • _ahandle_native_tool_calls can share the batch planning and the has_result_as_answer_in_batch / has_max_usage_count_in_batch checks with the sync handler.

The docstring at lines 1194-1200 also omits the Args and Returns sections that the surrounding methods carry.

As per coding guidelines: "Follow software principles such as DRY and YAGNI" and "Document public APIs and complex logic".

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 1184 -
1377, Refactor _aexecute_single_native_tool_call and
_execute_single_native_tool_call to share argument parsing, tool resolution,
usage-limit checks, caching, events, hooks, and result assembly through
_prepare_native_tool_call and _finalize_native_tool_call, leaving only sync
versus async invocation distinct. Apply the same deduplication to
_ahandle_native_tool_calls and _handle_native_tool_calls, including shared batch
planning and result/usage checks. Add the missing Args and Returns sections to
the async method’s docstring.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Inline comments:
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 878-901: Remove the local asyncio import and use the module-level
import in the parallel execution block. Update the asyncio.gather handling
around _run_one so all tool tasks complete and their exceptions are collected,
append a tool-result message for every execution-plan call when a task fails,
and re-raise ToolExecutionFailedError unchanged before converting other failures
into fallback results.
- Around line 1293-1304: Update the tool execution branch in CrewAgentExecutor
to distinguish tools that implement asynchronous execution from synchronous
tools. Reserve output_tool.arun for tools with a concrete _arun implementation,
and execute synchronous tools through run in a worker thread so BaseTool.arun is
not invoked when it would raise NotImplementedError.

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 1184-1377: Refactor _aexecute_single_native_tool_call and
_execute_single_native_tool_call to share argument parsing, tool resolution,
usage-limit checks, caching, events, hooks, and result assembly through
_prepare_native_tool_call and _finalize_native_tool_call, leaving only sync
versus async invocation distinct. Apply the same deduplication to
_ahandle_native_tool_calls and _handle_native_tool_calls, including shared batch
planning and result/usage checks. Add the missing Args and Returns sections to
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# Use asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor so async tools
# are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().
import asyncio

async def _run_one(
call_id: str,
func_name: str,
func_args: str | dict[str, Any],
original_tool: Any | None,
) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
return await self._aexecute_single_native_tool_call(
call_id=call_id,
func_name=func_name,
func_args=func_args,
available_functions=available_functions,
original_tool=original_tool,
should_execute=True,
)

tasks = [
_run_one(call_id, func_name, func_args, original_tool)
for call_id, func_name, func_args, original_tool in execution_plan
]
ordered_results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

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Use the module-level asyncio import and make asyncio.gather failure-safe.

Two points in this block:

  1. Line 880 re-imports asyncio inside the branch. The module already imports asyncio at the top; it is used at line 1801 in _invoke_step_callback. Remove the local import.

  2. Line 901 calls asyncio.gather without return_exceptions=True. This diverges from the sync path. The sync path uses with ThreadPoolExecutor(...), which joins every worker before the block exits, even when one call raises. With asyncio.gather, the first exception propagates immediately and the sibling tasks stay pending. Those orphan coroutines then continue to mutate self.messages, emit tool events, and update usage counters after the iteration already failed.

The escape is reachable. _aexecute_single_native_tool_call catches exceptions only around the tool invocation. parse_tool_call_args (line 1210), run_before_tool_call_hooks (line 1285), and the crewai_event_bus.emit calls run outside that try. A failing before-tool hook therefore propagates out of gather.

The message history is also left inconsistent. Line 871 already appended the assistant message that carries every tool_call id. If gather raises, no tool role message is appended for any id. Most providers reject the next request when an assistant tool_calls message has no matching tool results.

♻️ Collect results instead of propagating the first exception
-                # Use asyncio.gather instead of ThreadPoolExecutor so async tools
-                # are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().
-                import asyncio
-
                 async def _run_one(
                     call_id: str,
                     func_name: str,
                     func_args: str | dict[str, Any],
                     original_tool: Any | None,
                 ) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
                     return await self._aexecute_single_native_tool_call(
                         call_id=call_id,
                         func_name=func_name,
                         func_args=func_args,
                         available_functions=available_functions,
                         original_tool=original_tool,
                         should_execute=True,
                     )
 
                 tasks = [
                     _run_one(call_id, func_name, func_args, original_tool)
                     for call_id, func_name, func_args, original_tool in execution_plan
                 ]
-                ordered_results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+                gathered = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+                ordered_results: list[dict[str, Any] | None] = []
+                for (call_id, func_name, _, original_tool), outcome in zip(
+                    execution_plan, gathered, strict=True
+                ):
+                    if isinstance(outcome, BaseException):
+                        ordered_results.append(
+                            {
+                                "call_id": call_id,
+                                "func_name": func_name,
+                                "result": f"Error executing tool: {outcome}",
+                                "from_cache": False,
+                                "original_tool": original_tool,
+                            }
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        ordered_results.append(outcome)

Note the interaction with the raise failure policy: if a ToolExecutionFailedError reaches gather, it must be re-raised unchanged rather than converted to a tool result. Re-raise that type explicitly before building the fallback dict above.

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py` around lines 878 - 901,
Remove the local asyncio import and use the module-level import in the parallel
execution block. Update the asyncio.gather handling around _run_one so all tool
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for every execution-plan call when a task fails, and re-raise
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Hi maintainers — rebased on the latest main (was behind). The fix adds async variants of _handle_native_tool_calls and _execute_single_native_tool_call that use await tool.arun() instead of tool.run(), so native async tools are awaited properly in _ainvoke_loop_native_tools (#6611). CI should re-trigger with the fresh base. Would appreciate a review when you have a moment.

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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/agents/crew_agent_executor.py`:
- Around line 1184-1200: Refactor _execute_single_native_tool_call and
_aexecute_single_native_tool_call to share argument parsing, tool resolution,
limits, caching, lifecycle events, and hooks through focused helpers such as
_resolve_native_tool_call and _finalize_native_tool_call, leaving only sync
versus async invocation distinct. Apply the same extraction to the duplicated
batch planning logic in _handle_native_tool_calls and
_ahandle_native_tool_calls, preserving their existing execution and concurrency
behavior. Add Args and Returns sections to both new helper docstrings.
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When the async native tool path (_ainvoke_loop_native_tools) calls the
sync _handle_native_tool_calls, which calls tool.run() -> asyncio.run(),
the asyncio.run() call crashes with 'RuntimeError: asyncio.run() cannot
be called from a running event loop' when the agent is invoked from an
already-running event loop (e.g. via ainvoke()).

The fix adds three async methods:

1. _ahandle_native_tool_calls() — async variant that uses asyncio.gather
   instead of ThreadPoolExecutor for parallel tool execution, so async
   tools are properly awaited rather than run through asyncio.run().

2. _aexecute_single_native_tool_call() — async variant that calls
   await tool.arun() instead of tool.run(), avoiding the nested
   asyncio.run() crash.

3. _ainvoke_loop_native_tools() now calls _ahandle_native_tool_calls()
   instead of _handle_native_tool_calls().

The ReAct executor (_ainvoke_loop_react) already handles this correctly
via aexecute_tool_and_check_finality() -> tool_usage.ause() -> await.

Fixes crewAIInc#6611
CodeRabbit review feedback: _aexecute_single_native_tool_call was a
near-verbatim copy of _execute_single_native_tool_call (parsing, tool
resolution, usage limits, cache, events, hooks) with only the tool
execution line differing.

Extract the shared body into _execute_single_native_tool_call_impl,
an async method that takes a tool_runner callable. The sync wrapper
passes a sync runner and calls it via asyncio.run(); the async wrapper
passes an async runner that uses tool.arun() and awaits it directly.

Also removes the redundant function-local `import asyncio` from
_ahandle_native_tool_calls (asyncio is already imported at module
scope on line 10).
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rkfshakti force-pushed the fix/async-native-tools-6611 branch from d2ff057 to e5078bb Compare September 2, 2026 15:47
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