[Bug]: Active Codex goal repeatedly continues while async delegate_task is running #26857

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1. royalaid commented on Nov 7, 2026

   

   royalaid

   on Nov 7, 2026

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   Seen again on 5 Nov 2026 on a current nightly with a Codex parent (the code path is unchanged at main 240446e): with /goal active, a parent that delegated an async task and ended its turn kept starting goal continuation turns, each reporting the same pending task, until the child finished.

   Cause: Codex continues an active goal natively as soon as a goal turn completes; it knows nothing about T3's delegated tasks, and CodexAdapterV2 adopts each continuation as a new turn. #30646 fixes the Claude side with a Stop hook; Codex has no equivalent hook, so the Codex side needs a different mechanism.

   What we run in a fork, in case it helps a PR for this issue:

   • When a goal turn completes while the thread has delegated tasks whose completion will wake it, the adapter pauses the goal instead of adopting the continuation, and marks the projected goal heldForDelegatedWork.
   • The mark survives a released session and a restart, and Codex's own goal accounting updates during the pause do not drop it.
   • The goal resumes at the start of the first root turn after that work has ended (the delivery turn itself does not count). A Stop ends the hold, so a later message does not resume the goal.
   • Tests that fail on main: "an active goal does not keep turning while a delegated task will wake the thread", "the next turn resumes a goal paused for delegated work", "a goal held for delegated work resumes after the session is reopened", "a Stop ends the hold so a later message does not resume the goal", "a goal held for delegated work keeps its hold through Codex goal accounting". Unchanged without pending work.

   If #30646 lands first, the "will a delegated task still wake this thread" check should be shared so the two adapters agree. Happy to open a PR for the Codex side if this is triaged.
2. juliusmarminge

   closed this as completedin #34898on Nov 12, 2026