Harinda Samarasekara

@chrjohn raised a PR for this issue. Please let me know if everything's in line. This is my first PR for QuickFixJ

According to [FIX_Session_Layer_with_Errata_November_2020.pdf](https://www.fixtrading.org/packages/fix-session-layer-technical-specification/) Section 5.4.7 ``` 5.4.7 Validation of message sequence numbers If a received message has a MsgSeqNum(34) less than NextNumIn, a serious error exists. The FIX session and...

`BTW, your initial request was about sequence number being different than 1, the excerpt from the spec above talks about the sequence number being greater than the next expected seqnum.`...

`But it does reset the sequence number and the session is up and running after this? ` Yes this is correct. `Edit: I have created a forum post: https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/sequence-number-on-logon-message-when-resetseqnumflag-y/16562` Thanks...

> [chrjohn](/chrjohn) Changed the base branch to master

Hi! I would like to work on this if it's okay. :) I think the best approach would be to create a chain of pluggable guardrails, starting from simple static...

I prefer Option 2 - where action-level validation happens. This can probably be used as an extension for guardrail implementation as well! [issue-984](https://github.com/embabel/embabel-agent/issues/984) and [issue-983](https://github.com/embabel/embabel-agent/issues/983) However, the question remains, where...

@m-kostira 's requirement seems to be perfectly aligned with the action level validation, where basically, the intermediary actions should be validated before reaching the goal. However, where this validation should...

Ah sorry! I mistook reasoning for something else, for example COT(chain of thought) of the model. I guess reasoning here refers to the naked string response LLM produces!