[juliusmarminge]

Problem

When an agent on environment A called t3_thread_launch with environmentId: <B> and also passed delegatedFrom, which is in the tool's input schema, the thread on B was stamped as a delegated child of A's thread. Clients hide such threads from the sidebar as "shown under its parent". Only delegate_task records the child on the parent, so A's Lineage panel never listed it either. The thread was reachable only through the tool result's link. Reproduced on main (37fbefd) with the linked laptop/box harness in PeerForwarding.test.ts: the box's launch carried the agent's delegatedFrom unchanged.

Change

Only delegate_task's cross-machine path (RemoteDelegation) may name a remote parent now:

• A (sending side), McpToolAccess.routed: an agent's call forwarded to a linked environment drops delegatedFrom. RemoteDelegation calls PeerForwarding.call directly, not through routed, so it still sends delegatedFrom. B can't tell the two apart, because both arrive as the link session.
• B (receiving side), t3_thread_launch handler: delegatedFrom is kept only when the caller is the link session itself. An agent in a thread a link started inherits that linkOrigin, but its own launch no longer claims a parent.

The fix is server-only, so web, desktop and mobile all pick it up with no client change.

Scope and approval

Fixes #27004

Verification

• Added PeerForwarding.test.ts › "an agent's launch in a linked environment is top-level, whatever it claims". On main it fails: the box's launch receives { environmentId: "environment-laptop", threadId: "thread:laptop-full", … }. With the fix it passes.
• Added an assertion to linkOrigin.test.ts › "is stamped, and so is the work it derives": an agent in a thread the laptop started claims a parent with a local launch. With the fix, the thread keeps the link's linkOrigin and has no delegatedFrom. The assertion fails when handlers.ts is reverted to main.
• Existing RemoteDelegation.test.ts still passes, including the check that a real delegate_task child carries delegatedFrom. PeerForwarding, linkOrigin and RemoteDelegation: 36/36 pass. vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests for the 6 affected files).
• Evidence: transcript-27004.txt, the before/after test runs on synthetic fixtures. Before is 8e33fdc (red test on main 37fbefd); after is the PR head.

Before (8e33fdc)	After (head)	Diff0	DiffT
red: box launch carries delegatedFrom	green: box launch has none	n/a: server-only, no render path changed	n/a

Not checked:

• A live two-machine run with a desktop client.
• A thread already stamped this way before this fix keeps its delegatedFrom.
• An A server on an older version still forwards an agent's delegatedFrom until it upgrades.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5) in Claude Code via T3 Code; reviews by GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 482040b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Ordinary agent launches stay top-level by discarding claimed remote-parent metadata, while genuine delegated tasks retain their parent links. The change is limited to new-thread provenance and leaves existing records and access controls unchanged.

No code changes detected at 3f1eb00. Prior analysis still applies.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: c90b678 · PR result: 3f1eb00 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Launch handling omits delegatedFrom when a caller thread exists. Linked-environment forwarding also removes caller-supplied delegatedFrom. Tests cover link-origin retention and the forwarded launch input.

Changes: Linked-environment launch metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter delegated-child metadata during launch apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts	t3_thread_launch omits delegatedFrom when a caller thread exists. Linked-environment forwarding removes delegatedFrom before forwarding. Tests check link-origin retention and confirm that the forwarded launch input omits the field.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, dw3105

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 3f1eb

Linked-environment agent launches remain top-level, and the normal delegated-child path retains its parent attribution. No merge-blocking issue was established.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the server fix: agent-launched threads on linked environments remain top-level. It uses conventional commit format and matches the main change.
Description check		The description includes Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, scope, focused tests, observed results, and limitations. It also …
Linked Issues check		Issue #27004 is the only active directly linked issue. The fix addresses the reported orphaned linked-environment thread. McpToolAccess.routed removes caller-supplied delegatedFrom before forwardi…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed files are within issue #27004. McpToolAccess.ts changes linked-environment forwarding. handlers.ts changes t3_thread_launch parent stamping. PeerForwarding.test.ts and `linkOrigin.…

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The description includes Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the reproduction, implementation, scope, focused tests, observed results, and limitations. It also links the related issue.

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Issue #27004 is the only active directly linked issue. The fix addresses the reported orphaned linked-environment thread. McpToolAccess.routed removes caller-supplied delegatedFrom before forwarding an agent call. The t3_thread_launch handler keeps delegatedFrom only for the link session, while an agent launch keeps linkOrigin without a parent stamp. The added PeerForwarding.test.ts and linkOrigin.test.ts checks cover these paths. The existing RemoteDelegation path remains responsible for real delegate_task parent attribution, as described in the PR evidence.

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The changed files are within issue #27004. McpToolAccess.ts changes linked-environment forwarding. handlers.ts changes t3_thread_launch parent stamping. PeerForwarding.test.ts and linkOrigin.test.ts add regression coverage for these behaviors. No unrelated client, schema, lineage, or product-area changes are shown in the whole-PR summary.

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apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts: 1

533-533: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add this case to the existing forwarded-launch test.

The existing “launches in a linked environment with the caller's modes, retry-safe” test already sets up the same peers and accepts extra launch arguments. Add the claimed-delegatedFrom call and assertion there instead of starting a second linked-peer fixture. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts at line 533:
Move the claimed-delegatedFrom launch call and its top-level-launch assertion
into the existing “launches in a linked environment with the caller's modes,
retry-safe” test in PeerForwarding.test.ts, reusing its peer fixture and extra
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Live-tested on two linked dev environments (one Mac mini, separate worktrees and .t3, loopback link, web client).

	main 37fbefd147	PR head 482040b15b
t3_thread_launch with delegatedFrom: stored on B	present	absent
Thread in A's sidebar	missing	listed

delegate_task on the PR head still nests as before: remoteChild returned, thread hidden from the sidebar, listed as Done in the parent's Lineage.

Not tested: two physical machines, the desktop client, or the receiving-side guard live.

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[juliusmarminge]

The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

someone else pushed to fix/issue-27004 (head is now 482040b); the pipeline does not build on commits it did not review

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[juliusmarminge]

Evidence

On fresh synthetic data, link A→B and enable both in the web client. Use the active replay coordinator's real MCP session to call t3_thread_launch on B with delegatedFrom naming the coordinator. Separately call delegate_task to B. Open the launch, return to its parent, and expand Previous agents.

Environment on both sides: real web client in Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, reduced motion; both servers run the corresponding commit. Each selected still matched an earlier capture at least 500 ms apart. Recordings exclude pairing and teardown.

Before	After
c90b67859a	3f1eb003a9
Before recording	After recording

Scenario and seed driver · Runner configuration · Reproduction instructions · Redacted transcripts

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• The separate guard for a local launch by an agent already inside a link-origin thread was not exercised; this proof covers A→B forwarding and genuine remote delegation.
• Desktop and mobile clients were not exercised; the visible proof uses the real web client.