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fix(server): agents no longer start threads in plan mode - #27829
With Plan mode (legacy) off (the default), an agent could still start threads in plan mode by passing interactionMode: "plan" to t3_thread_launch, delegate_task or create_threads. The child ran in plan mode (for Claude, permissionMode: "plan" from its first turn) while the UI hid the mode toggle, so the user could not see that mode or stop the first plan-mode turn.
Reproduced on main 3bd744fc11 in the web dev app with a fresh database. A Claude Sonnet 5.5 thread in full-access/default mode was asked to launch a thread and delegate a subagent, each with interactionMode: "plan". Both children were stored with interaction_mode = plan (createdBy: agent, creationSource: mcp).
Change
The three agent-facing inputs no longer take interactionMode. A child always runs in its caller's interaction mode:
t3_thread_launch gets it from the caller's limits (McpToolAccess.startsThreads).
delegate_task and create_threads use the parent thread's mode (OrchestratorMcpService).
Remote delegation (RemoteDelegation) stops forwarding an explicit mode. The linked side already inherits the parent's mode through the T3-Mode-Limit header.
planModeEnabled is a client-only setting, so the server cannot tell whether the user can see plan mode. Inheriting is the only safe rule: a plan-mode parent still gets plan-mode children. The unused OrchestratorMcpInteractionMode contract is removed. runtimeMode handling is unchanged. The t3_thread_launch description and the orchestrator MCP internals doc are updated to match.
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts, "a launch from a default-mode caller starts in default mode even when plan is asked": fails on main with expected 'plan' to be 'default', passes here.
apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts, "children of a default-mode thread start in default mode even when plan is asked": covers delegate_task and create_threads. Fails on main with both dispatched commands carrying interactionMode: "plan", passes here.
Existing tests that exercised the removed argument were updated: McpToolAccess.test.ts, McpHttpServer.test.ts (an interactionMode key a client still sends is now dropped, and the T3-Mode-Limit cap still applies), PeerForwarding.test.ts, and packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.test.ts.
vp run check:changed on the merged head: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (35 packages) and tests (10 files, 183 tests) all pass.
Runtime transcript: the web dev app, fresh database each side (T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0), Plan mode (legacy) off, Claude Sonnet 5.5 parent in full-access/default mode, with the same prompt asking for interactionMode: "plan" on t3_thread_launch and delegate_task:
Child
Before (3bd744fc11)
After (697830795f)
t3_thread_launch "Plan README improvement"
interaction_mode=plan, Claude permissionMode: "plan"
interaction_mode=default, Claude permissionMode: "bypassPermissions"
delegate_task "Plan a small refactor"
interaction_mode=plan
interaction_mode=default, Claude permissionMode: "bypassPermissions"
After the fix, the agent noted the schemas no longer list interactionMode, sent it anyway, and got no error; the server ignored it.
Not checked:
create_threads in the running app; the unit test above covers it.
A mixed-version linked environment; covered by reading the code only.
There is no visible UI change, so there are no captures.
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These tests reproduce #27819: a default-mode caller that passes
interactionMode "plan" to t3_thread_launch, delegate_task, or
create_threads gets a child stored in plan mode. They expect the child to
come out in default mode instead.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
t3_thread_launch, delegate_task, and create_threads took an
interactionMode argument, and only a mode broader than the caller's was
refused. An agent in a default-mode thread could start plan-mode children,
and with the legacy Plan mode setting off the user could neither see nor
leave that mode.
The argument is gone from all three tools. A new thread always runs in its
caller's interaction mode, and a linked environment gets the parent's mode
from T3-Mode-Limit as before. An interactionMode key an agent still sends is
dropped by MCP decoding. runtimeMode is unchanged.
Fixes#27819
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Agent-created threads now inherit the caller's interaction mode, with older explicit-mode requests rejected rather than silently changed. Existing inheritance defaults and runtime permission limits remain unchanged.
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MCP orchestration no longer lets agents select child interaction modes. Local child threads use the parent thread’s interaction mode, and remote launch payloads omit an explicit interaction mode. Contracts, tool schemas, tests, and documentation reflect these changes.
Changes: Interaction Mode Inheritance
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Summary
MCP contracts and tool inputs packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/tools.ts, docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md, apps/server/src/provider/agentContextBudget.json
Orchestration contracts restrict interactionMode to "inherit", and contract tests check rejection of "plan". The project tool schema uses the restricted type. Documentation describes caller-mode inheritance and explicit-mode rejection. The tool-list byte count is updated.
Local child interaction modes apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/delegatedTaskModes.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts
MCP thread starts, delegated tasks, and batch thread creation use the caller’s interaction mode. Runtime-mode handling remains. Tests remove interaction-mode selection and escalation cases.
Remote launch requests no longer include an explicit interaction mode. Runtime-mode resolution remains. The launch test checks that an explicit interaction mode from an older caller is rejected.
Agents can no longer choose a child thread's interaction mode. Child threads inherit the caller's mode, which addresses the reported problem of MCP-created threads entering plan mode. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after review.
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Issue [#27819] requires MCP-created children to run in the caller's mode and requires interactionMode: "plan" to be ignored or rejected. The implementation satisfies the mode inheritance and rejects…
Remove interactionMode from the agent-facing t3_thread_launch, delegate_task, and create_threads schemas. If legacy requests must remain supported, handle them in a separate compatibility boundary that rejects or drops explicit valu…
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing agents from starting threads in plan mode.
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The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the behavior, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, broader checks, runtime verific…
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The changes stay within issue [#27819]. Mode inheritance, legacy input validation, remote forwarding, contract updates, documentation, generated metadata, and focused tests all support the MCP child-m…
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The changes stay within issue [#27819]. Mode inheritance, legacy input validation, remote forwarding, contract updates, documentation, generated metadata, and focused tests all support the MCP child-mode fix. runtimeMode handling remains unchanged. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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Issue [#27819] requires MCP-created children to run in the caller's mode and requires interactionMode: "plan" to be ignored or rejected. The implementation satisfies the mode inheritance and rejects explicit modes through the Schema.Literal("inherit") contract. However, the agent-facing t3_thread_launch schema still declares optional interactionMode, and the shared orchestrator contracts still declare the field. The parameter is therefore still offered to agents, contrary to the issue requirement and the PR description.
Resolution
Remove interactionMode from the agent-facing t3_thread_launch, delegate_task, and create_threads schemas. If legacy requests must remain supported, handle them in a separate compatibility boundary that rejects or drops explicit values without exposing the field in the agent-facing schemas.
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Cover plan-parent inheritance for both dispatches.
The test uses a default-mode parentProjection, requests plan mode, and asserts default for both commands. An implementation that always dispatches default would pass. Extend this test with a plan-mode parent, an explicit default request, and assertions that both delegated_task.request and thread.create dispatch with plan.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts around
lines 1632 - 1739:
Extend the test around `parentProjection` to cover a plan-mode parent with an
explicit default-mode request. Assert that both `delegated_task.request` and
`thread.create` dispatch with plan mode, while preserving the existing
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Fold the launch case into the starts_threads access table, which every
launch goes through, and give the delegate/create_threads case the crypto
layer main now needs.
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Callers on the previous contract could send interactionMode "plan" and get
a plan-mode child. Dropping the field silently started default-mode work
instead. delegate_task, create_threads and t3_thread_launch now accept only
"inherit", so an explicit mode fails decoding and nothing starts.
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Remove `interactionMode` from the agent-facing `t3_thread_launch`,
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On fresh databases, a default-mode parent with Full access called all three creation tools with interactionMode: "plan". The same driver retried rejected requests with inherit, read the resulting children, and opened each child in the web client. Chromium, 1280×800, light theme on both commits.
The conversation table is replay-generated from live t3_thread_read responses. Base accepted all three plan requests. Head rejected all three; inheritance retries produced default-mode children retaining Full access. Child views have no mode control on either commit.
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Claude-specific permission behavior was not exercised because first-party Claude OAuth is unavailable; replay verified the server's stored child modes and Full access.
Plan-mode-parent preservation was not exercised; the driver seeded default-mode parents only.
The Labs legacy-plan switch is absent from both supplied commits, so toggling that setting could not be reproduced.
Remote delegation, desktop shell, and mobile were not exercised; these captures cover the local web client and real server.
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Problem
With Plan mode (legacy) off (the default), an agent could still start threads in plan mode by passing
interactionMode: "plan"tot3_thread_launch,delegate_taskorcreate_threads. The child ran in plan mode (for Claude,permissionMode: "plan"from its first turn) while the UI hid the mode toggle, so the user could not see that mode or stop the first plan-mode turn.Reproduced on main
3bd744fc11in the web dev app with a fresh database. A Claude Sonnet 5.5 thread in full-access/default mode was asked to launch a thread and delegate a subagent, each withinteractionMode: "plan". Both children were stored withinteraction_mode = plan(createdBy: agent,creationSource: mcp).Change
The three agent-facing inputs no longer take
interactionMode. A child always runs in its caller's interaction mode:t3_thread_launchgets it from the caller's limits (McpToolAccess.startsThreads).delegate_taskandcreate_threadsuse the parent thread's mode (OrchestratorMcpService).RemoteDelegation) stops forwarding an explicit mode. The linked side already inherits the parent's mode through theT3-Mode-Limitheader.planModeEnabledis a client-only setting, so the server cannot tell whether the user can see plan mode. Inheriting is the only safe rule: a plan-mode parent still gets plan-mode children. The unusedOrchestratorMcpInteractionModecontract is removed.runtimeModehandling is unchanged. Thet3_thread_launchdescription and the orchestrator MCP internals doc are updated to match.Scope and approval
Fixes #27819
Triaged via the automated issue flow.
Verification
Focused tests:
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.test.ts, "a launch from a default-mode caller starts in default mode even when plan is asked": fails on main withexpected 'plan' to be 'default', passes here.apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts, "children of a default-mode thread start in default mode even when plan is asked": coversdelegate_taskandcreate_threads. Fails on main with both dispatched commands carryinginteractionMode: "plan", passes here.McpToolAccess.test.ts,McpHttpServer.test.ts(aninteractionModekey a client still sends is now dropped, and theT3-Mode-Limitcap still applies),PeerForwarding.test.ts, andpackages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.test.ts.vp run check:changedon the merged head: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (35 packages) and tests (10 files, 183 tests) all pass.Runtime transcript: the web dev app, fresh database each side (
T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0), Plan mode (legacy) off, Claude Sonnet 5.5 parent in full-access/default mode, with the same prompt asking forinteractionMode: "plan"ont3_thread_launchanddelegate_task:3bd744fc11)697830795f)t3_thread_launch"Plan README improvement"interaction_mode=plan, ClaudepermissionMode: "plan"interaction_mode=default, ClaudepermissionMode: "bypassPermissions"delegate_task"Plan a small refactor"interaction_mode=planinteraction_mode=default, ClaudepermissionMode: "bypassPermissions"After the fix, the agent noted the schemas no longer list
interactionMode, sent it anyway, and got no error; the server ignored it.Not checked:
create_threadsin the running app; the unit test above covers it.There is no visible UI change, so there are no captures.
Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, red test, implementation, review B) and GPT-6.1-Sol (review A), driven through Claude Code and Codex in T3 Code.
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