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fix(server): allow background native subagents to delegate after root completion - #23553
A native Claude background subagent can keep working after its root turn completes, but its inherited delegate_task call fails with parent_not_active. Reproduced on Linux by launching a background Agent, ending the root turn, then delegating to Codex after a 20-second delay.
Change
Allow delegation to attach to the latest settled run while a native background subagent from the calling provider remains pending. Recheck this condition in the orchestrator, preserving provider ownership, parent-node validation, and the Stop barrier. Reuse the existing completion cohort to deliver the child result to the parent.
Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. Scope is delegation from live native background work after the root settles.
Verification
Red first: the new MCP regression test fails with parent_not_active on main. The integration test also fails if either admission-layer fix is removed.
296 server tests passed across the MCP, delegated completion, thread stop, and orchestrator read suites; 1,015 shared-package tests passed.
Server and shared-package typechecks passed. Targeted formatting and lint passed, with one pre-existing unused-variable warning outside the changed lines.
Two independent reviewers (GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5) returned MERGE; proof audit returned SUFFICIENT.
Proof
Before: 8d3b061121
After: fac85cd6d2
Real server, Claude native background Agent → Codex
Runtime transcript: root completed, delayed call rejected, no task created
Runtime transcript: root completed at 10:35:06, delegation accepted at 10:35:32, Codex returned OK, and the parent received it
The after transcript and read-only database inspection confirm exactly one app-owned task attached to the settled parent run and root, with completion delivery marked delivered. The separate native-subagent notification arrives afterward. Verification used an isolated development server and the web client on Ubuntu Linux x64, Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6.1 Sol. This server-only change has an empty render fixture matrix; no screenshots apply. No client contracts or provider adapters changed. Reconnect was inspected in code rather than exercised live.
Implemented with Claude Opus 5.5 through the Claude harness; led and reviewed with GPT-6.1 Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.
…t's run settles
Failing reproduction for #16808. delegateTask rejects with parent_not_active
once the root run completes, even though the shell still lists a live
background subagent on the caller's provider instance.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…nt's run settles
A Claude root turn that started a background Agent ends, checkpoint capture
completes its run, and the still-running subagent's delegate_task call failed
with parent_not_active. Other MCP tools already accept a live caller through
the shell's pending background subagent; delegation, and the orchestrator's
delegated_task.request guard, still required a blocking run.
Both now also accept the thread's latest run when no run is active and the
shell lists a pending background subagent on that run's (the caller's)
provider instance. The task joins that run's completion cohort, so its result
is still delivered; stop, archive and provider ownership checks are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change enables delegation after root completion and preserves displayed turn duration. Unresolved concerns about provider ownership, native-work admission, run association, and duplicate completion delivery require human resolution before relying on the broadened execution path.
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Delegated tasks can use an eligible settled latest run when its thread has pending background subagent work for the same provider instance. The timeline turn-fold duration calculation also excludes trailing subagent events in the covered case.
A shared helper detects pending subagent work by provider instance. Orchestrator accepts a settled latest run when the thread is unarchived, has no active run, and has matching pending work.
MCP caller and run selection apps/server/src/mcp/threadAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts
Caller-shell checks use the shared helper. When no run is active, delegateTask falls back to the latest run and retains its root-node and provider-instance checks.
The existing cancellation test uses a shared harness. A new integration test verifies delegation after the parent run settles, task association, and delegated completion delivery.
Duration calculation selects an entry at or before the terminal assistant message, or a later non-subagent entry. A test verifies that a completed child after the reply does not change the duration when a later wake run exists.
pingdotgg/t3code#29007: Uses native-caller identity and task-ownership data in delegation associated with a settled run.
pingdotgg/t3code#27468: Changes which provider background tasks hold completion, a state relevant to delegation while background work remains pending.
Suggested reviewers:maria-rcks
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 157f4
Delegation from a background subagent after the parent run settles is now allowed, but the admission check may be broader than intended. It can accept app-owned tasks, or a caller whose provider ownership has changed. The edge cases around result delivery and run selection should also be resolved before merging, unless the team accepts them explicitly.
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The server changes support [#16808], but apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts and its test change turn-fold duration for trailing subagent cards. This client timeline behavior is n…
Remove the MessagesTimeline.logic.ts and MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts changes, or link a separate active issue and update the PR scope to justify that client behavior.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: allowing background native subagents to delegate after root completion.
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Issue [#16808] requires inherited delegate_task calls from live native background work after the parent run settles. The supplied change summary shows admission in OrchestratorMcpService for the l…
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Issue [#16808] requires inherited delegate_task calls from live native background work after the parent run settles. The supplied change summary shows admission in OrchestratorMcpService for the latest settled run, provider-session ownership checks, and latest-run selection. Orchestrator rechecks the pending native subagent condition and preserves root-node and Stop-barrier validation. The integration regression test verifies settled-parent attachment and delegated completion delivery. The issue's parent-side variant is contextual and is not required here.
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The server changes support [#16808], but apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts and its test change turn-fold duration for trailing subagent cards. This client timeline behavior is not part of the linked issue's delegation failure, and the PR description states that the change is server-only. The supplied evidence therefore shows unrelated client scope.
Resolution
Remove the MessagesTimeline.logic.ts and MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts changes, or link a separate active issue and update the PR scope to justify that client behavior.
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Add a competing settled run to this integration fixture.
The fixture creates only one parent run, so it cannot detect a regression where backgroundSubagentRun selects an older settled run instead of shell.latestRunId. Create a second settled run, keep the pending native subagent on the latest run, and assert the delegated task and completion delivery belong to that run. The existing task.runId assertion then protects the latest-run contract. The orchestrator rejects an older run, so this change makes that regression observable.
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@apps/server/src/mcp/TaskCancelNativeSubagent.integration.test.ts around lines
430 - 516:
Add a second, settled parent run to this integration fixture while keeping the
pending native subagent attached to the latest run; assert that the delegated
task and completion delivery use that latest run, preserving the existing
task.runId assertion.
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- Around line 430-516: Add a second, settled parent run to this integration
fixture while keeping the pending native subagent attached to the latest run;
assert that the delegated task and completion delivery use that latest run,
preserving the existing task.runId assertion.
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Reviewed the optional competing-run fixture suggestion. Keeping the focused regression: backgroundSubagentRun selects by exact shell.latestRunId equality, and the orchestrator independently rejects nonlatest settled runs. The integration test verifies the reported settled-parent failure, run/root attachment, and completion claiming; the real-runtime transcript verifies delivery. A second settled run would strengthen coverage but does not address a confirmed defect.
…gation
Caller records now carry only active runs, so the fallback reads the
latest run by id when a matching background subagent is still pending.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts:
- Line 2414: Update the run selection around backgroundSubagentRun to use the
latest executed run rather than shell.latestRunId when it may identify a
cancelled queued run. Apply the same selection rule in the orchestrator recheck,
and ensure a fresh-context completion offer is associated with the provider
thread for that executed run.
Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts:
- Line 8326: Update the settled-run admission check using
hasPendingBackgroundSubagent so it admits work only when the pending task is
provider-native, not an app-owned delegated task represented as a parent-owned
subagent. Preserve task-origin information through the relevant pending-task
data flow and use it to distinguish native work.
- Line 8326: Update the admission check around hasPendingBackgroundSubagent to
also require shell.providerInstanceId to match run.providerInstanceId. Perform
this ownership check under the existing lock so a provider switch committed
after MCP preflight prevents the old run from creating a task.
- Line 8360: Update the completion-planning guard around isActiveRun and
backgroundSubagentOutlivesRun to track an in-progress child wait independently
of the parent run, preventing the child result from waking the parent while the
wait returns it to the background subagent. Restore parent wake delivery when
the wait ends without a terminal result or disconnects.
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Select an executed run, not a cancelled queued run.
If a user cancels a queued message while native background work remains, shell.latestRunId can identify the cancelled run. The fallback can attach the delegated task to that run’s root. For a fresh-context message, the completion offer can also name a different provider thread.
Select the latest executed run and apply the same rule in the orchestrator recheck.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts at line 2414:
Update the run selection around backgroundSubagentRun to use the latest executed run rather than shell.latestRunId when it may identify a cancelled queued run. Apply the same selection rule in the orchestrator recheck, and ensure a fresh-context completion offer is associated with the provider thread for that executed run.
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Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Require a native subagent for settled-run admission.
A running app-owned delegated task also appears as a pending subagent owned by the parent provider. After the native subagent ends, that task can therefore keep this predicate true and let a still-valid parent credential start more tasks. Preserve the task origin and require provider-native work here. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts at line 8326:
Update the settled-run admission check using hasPendingBackgroundSubagent so it admits work only when the pending task is provider-native, not an app-owned delegated task represented as a parent-owned subagent. Preserve task-origin information through the relevant pending-task data flow and use it to distinguish native work.
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Recheck current provider ownership under the lock.
If a provider switch commits after MCP preflight, the old run and its pending turn item can still match here while shell.providerInstanceId names the new provider. The old caller can then create a task after losing ownership. Require the shell provider to match the run provider before admitting the request. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update the admission check around hasPendingBackgroundSubagent to also require shell.providerInstanceId to match run.providerInstanceId. Perform this ownership check under the existing lock so a provider switch committed after MCP preflight prevents the old run from creating a task.
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Prevent a parent wake while the subagent is waiting.
For a settled parent run, completion planning can offer the child result to the parent while the wait call returns it to the background subagent. Track the live wait independently of the parent run. Restore wake delivery if the wait ends without a terminal result or disconnects.
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Update the completion-planning guard around isActiveRun and backgroundSubagentOutlivesRun to track an in-progress child wait independently of the parent run, preventing the child result from waking the parent while the wait returns it to the background subagent. Restore parent wake delivery when the wait ends without a terminal result or disconnects.
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Minor · Exclude late subagents from steer-segment durations too. · MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:1229
apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:1229 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Exclude late subagents from steer-segment durations too.
The new filter applies only to the top-level fold. If a turn is steered at 3s, replies at 8s, and a background child delegates at 50s, the segment still says Continued for 47s. Apply the same eligibility rule to the segment and add a steered-turn case.
The PR objective permits delegation after the parent settles.
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Apply the top-level fold’s existing eligibility rule when calculating steer-segment end timestamps in the `entries.map(timelineEntryEnd).reduce(maxIsoTimestamp, null)` flow, so late background subagent activity does not extend the segment duration. Add a steered-turn case covering a child that delegates after the parent settles, and preserve the behavior that allows that delegation.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts:
- Line 1229: Apply the top-level fold’s existing eligibility rule when
calculating steer-segment end timestamps in the
`entries.map(timelineEntryEnd).reduce(maxIsoTimestamp, null)` flow, so late
background subagent activity does not extend the segment duration. Add a
steered-turn case covering a child that delegates after the parent settles, and
preserve the behavior that allows that delegation.
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Send the same fixture on both commits: Claude launches one native background Agent, replies ROOT_STARTED, and ends its turn. The Agent waits 90 seconds in a foreground Python command, then delegates Reply with exactly OK. to Codex. Send no additional user message.
Real web app, fresh isolated databases, light theme, identical viewport and crop. Final stills show the same top-of-thread view, including the original root header.
Base returned parent_not_active; no delegated child started. Head created the Codex task against the settled root run and delivered OK through completion notifications without another user message. The first root header stays Worked for 5.7s after attachment; its recorded runtime is 12:33:28.730–12:33:34.444. Base stays at 6.1s, matching 12:33:29.494–12:33:35.566.
Head guard checks: Stop recording shows running work becoming stopped; subsequent MCP delegation was rejected. Ownership transcript shows the old native caller rejected by MCP after provider selection changed while its Agent remained running. Archive transcript shows orchestrator rejection with the thread archived and native Agent still running; MCP rejected the revoked credential. See limitations below before treating these as exhaustive guard coverage.
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The orchestrator's mismatched-provider pending-subagent predicate was not isolated through normal app commands: starting a new provider turn cleared the old background work. A direct authenticated client request referencing the old settled Claude run was accepted after selecting Codex while the matching Claude Agent remained running. MCP rejected that old native caller; the capture does not establish a direct-client provider-switch restriction.
Archive denial was observed in both paths, but the inner MCP archived-thread predicate was not isolated because archiving revoked the native credential first, producing HTTP 401.
The capability response supplied no prices, so the child's choice of the cheapest available Codex model was not independently verified.
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Problem
A native Claude background subagent can keep working after its root turn completes, but its inherited
delegate_taskcall fails withparent_not_active. Reproduced on Linux by launching a background Agent, ending the root turn, then delegating to Codex after a 20-second delay.Change
Allow delegation to attach to the latest settled run while a native background subagent from the calling provider remains pending. Recheck this condition in the orchestrator, preserving provider ownership, parent-node validation, and the Stop barrier. Reuse the existing completion cohort to deliver the child result to the parent.
Scope and approval
Fixes #16808
Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. Scope is delegation from live native background work after the root settles.
Verification
parent_not_activeon main. The integration test also fails if either admission-layer fix is removed.MERGE; proof audit returnedSUFFICIENT.8d3b061121fac85cd6d2OK, and the parent received itThe after transcript and read-only database inspection confirm exactly one app-owned task attached to the settled parent run and root, with completion delivery marked
delivered. The separate native-subagent notification arrives afterward. Verification used an isolated development server and the web client on Ubuntu Linux x64, Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6.1 Sol. This server-only change has an empty render fixture matrix; no screenshots apply. No client contracts or provider adapters changed. Reconnect was inspected in code rather than exercised live.Implemented with Claude Opus 5.5 through the Claude harness; led and reviewed with GPT-6.1 Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.