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Problem

When you archive a thread that delegated tasks to a linked environment, those tasks appear in the sidebar as their own threads, and they stay there after a reload. A local subagent of the same parent stays hidden. Steps to reproduce are in #30265.

The sidebar keeps a delegated task under its parent only while the parent is in the live shell snapshot. The server's live shell leaves archived threads out and sends thread.removed when a thread is archived, the same event as a delete. So after an archive, every task of that parent reads as an orphan.

Change

When a delegated task's parent is missing from the live snapshot, delegatedUnderParentAtom reads the parent environment's archived snapshot (the getArchivedShellSnapshot query the Archive settings page already uses).

  • If the archive has the parent, the task stays under it.
  • If the archive was read after the parent's removal and does not have it (the parent was deleted), or the archive fails to load, the task is listed as before, so its work stays reachable.
  • While the archive loads, or while a cached archive is older than the parent's removal, the task stays under the parent. It does not flash into the sidebar before the refresh lands. The shell state's removedAt gives the removal sequence, and thread families already compare it to their reads the same way.

The archive is read only for an environment that has a delegated task with a missing parent. Archiving or deleting a thread from this client already refreshes that query (refreshArchivedThreadsForEnvironment). Web and mobile pass the query and the shell state into createEnvironmentThreadShellAtoms through two new inputs, archivedSnapshotAtom and shellStateAtom.

The archive has no live updates. A cached or in-flight answer can predate another client's archive of the parent, and a reconnect's authoritative snapshot clears the shell's removals. So the thread shell rereads the archive on its first read for an environment, on each removal, and on each new authoritative snapshot, and it treats the answer from before as loading until the new one lands.

Scope and approval

Fixes #30265. This reverses behavior that #16719 asserted in threadShell.test.ts, so the issue asks whether listing the tasks on archive is intended.

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Verification

I ran two dev servers, A and B, from a fresh checkout of main (d51bc58f5e), linked B to A, and added B to the web client. A Claude Haiku 5.5 thread on A ran two delegate_task tasks on B. With that thread and those tasks, I recorded the same steps twice, with A on main and with A on this branch rebased onto it: open the sidebar, archive the parent, wait, reload.

  • On main, both tasks appear in the sidebar right after the archive and are still there after the reload.
  • On this branch, the parent leaves the sidebar and the tasks stay hidden, both after the archive and after the reload. I stepped through the recording at 10 frames per second and saw no task row at any frame.
  • Unarchiving the parent puts it back in the sidebar, and the tasks stay out of it.
main This branch
On main, archiving the parent lists its two tasks On this branch, the tasks leave with the parent

The existing case "lists a task a linked environment runs for a listed thread under that thread" now applies the archive through applyShellStreamEvent and supplies the archived snapshot. It checks a cached archive older than the removal, loading, an archive with the parent, a current archive without it, and a failed read. It also checks that the archive is read again when a parent first goes missing, on a removal, and after a reconnect with a stale archive. It fails on main and passes on this branch. vp run check:changed passes.

The recordings are from fdbee7d51e, before the three commits that answer review feedback. I tried the stale-archive case in the browser with a second client and an offline toggle, but it did not reproduce on either side, so the test is the evidence for it. I did not check the desktop app or mobile on a device. Mobile shares the changed atom and only gains the new input.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, red test, implementation) in Claude Code, with review by GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex (3 rounds on the fix and 3 on the review follow-up, approved), run from T3 Code.

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…nder it

A task that a linked environment runs for a thread shows under that
thread. When the parent was archived, the task left its parent and
appeared in the sidebar and mobile thread lists on its own. A local
subagent stays under an archived parent, and the archive already lists
archived tasks under their parent. The task now stays under an archived
parent too. A task whose parent the client does not have is still listed
on its own.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The live shell snapshot drops archived threads, so after an archive the
parent is gone from the client index and its tasks on linked environments
read as orphans and show up in the sidebar on their own. A local subagent
under the same parent stays hidden.

When a task's parent is missing from the live snapshot, the thread shell
now reads the parent environment's archived snapshot. An archived parent
keeps the task under it. A parent the archive lacks, or an archive that
fails to load, still lists the task so its work stays reachable. While the
archive loads, the task waits under the parent instead of flashing in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…'s tasks

If the archived snapshot was already loaded, archiving another parent
left a short window before the refresh where that read still lacked the
parent, so its tasks showed in the sidebar. A missing parent now counts
as gone only when the archive was read at or after the shell removed it,
the same rule thread families use with removedAt. The test applies the
thread.removed event current servers send on archive.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The client now retrieves archived shell snapshots for mobile and web environments. Thread-shell grouping uses archived parent threads and shell-state removal sequences when deciding whether to show delegated tasks under their parent.

Changes: Delegated Task Grouping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Archived snapshot inputs and providers
packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/threads.ts, apps/web/src/state/threads.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.test.ts, apps/web/src/composerDraftStore.test.ts
The thread-shell input accepts archived snapshot and shell-state atoms. Mobile and web providers supply archived snapshots. Test harnesses provide the new atoms.
Archive-aware parent grouping
packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts
Delegated tasks remain grouped when the parent is live or archived, or when its removal sequence is newer than the archive snapshot. Tests cover archive loading, snapshot sequence, archive failure, and parent restoration.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#24648: That PR adds shell removal sequences and snapshot generation tracking, which this change uses when comparing shell state with archived snapshots.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 79bea

Archived-parent grouping is ready to merge; testing the in-flight refresh race would strengthen coverage.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: keeping linked-environment tasks under an archived parent thread.
Description check Passed The description includes all required sections and provides the problem, implementation details, scope, approval reference, focused verification results, limitations, and agent disclosure.
Linked Issues check Passed [#30265] requires delegated tasks to remain under an archived parent and stay out of the sidebar. threadShell.ts now reads the parent environment archive when the live parent is missing. It retains …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within [#30265]. The runtime change implements archived-parent retention. The test changes cover the required behavior. Web, mobile, and test-harness changes provide the new inputs re…
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[#30265] requires delegated tasks to remain under an archived parent and stay out of the sidebar. threadShell.ts now reads the parent environment archive when the live parent is missing. It retains the task while the archive is loading, stale, or contains the parent. It lists the task only when a current archive omits the parent or the read fails. threadShell.test.ts covers these states and refreshes after removals and authoritative snapshots. Web and mobile provide the required atoms.

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The changes stay within [#30265]. The runtime change implements archived-parent retention. The test changes cover the required behavior. Web, mobile, and test-harness changes provide the new inputs required by the runtime API. No unrelated feature change appears in the supplied whole-PR summary.

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- Around line 695-701: Update the parent-gone decision in the code using
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The archived snapshot has no live updates. When another client archived the
parent, this client kept the task hidden only while the shell held the
removal. A reconnect's authoritative snapshot clears removals, and a cached
archive read before the archive still lacked the parent, so the task showed
up in the sidebar on its own.

A removal or a new authoritative shell snapshot now rereads the archive, and
the answer from before counts as loading until the new one lands. The archive
is still read only while a delegated task's parent is missing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…again

The archived snapshot is read only once a delegated task's parent is missing,
so its first read trusted any answer already in the cache, such as one the
Archive settings page loaded. If another client had archived the parent and a
new authoritative snapshot arrived without it, the task was listed on its own.
A settled answer at the first read now counts as loading and is read again.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… read again

The previous commit reread only an archive answer that had already settled at
the first read. A request the Archive settings page started earlier could
still be in flight, and its answer could predate another client's archive of
the parent. The first read now rereads the archive whatever its state, which
costs at most one extra request per environment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts: 1

418-471: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Test an in-flight archive request across a shell transition.

The mock refresh cannot test a late response. Use the real query atom with a controlled request: start it before an authoritative snapshot, complete the old request while the new read is pending, and assert that the task stays hidden. Then complete the new read and assert the resulting navigation state. This can catch a regression that accepts an old empty archive and exposes the task.

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Replace the mock archive-refresh behavior in the test with the real query atom and a controlled request. Start the archive request before the authoritative shell snapshot, resolve that stale request while the subsequent archive read is pending, and assert the task remains hidden; then resolve the new read and assert the resulting navigation state. Use the existing test setup and query-atom symbols to preserve the intended transition behavior.

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- Around line 418-471: Replace the mock archive-refresh behavior in the test
with the real query atom and a controlled request. Start the archive request
before the authoritative shell snapshot, resolve that stale request while the
subsequent archive read is pending, and assert the task remains hidden; then
resolve the new read and assert the resulting navigation state. Use the existing
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Evidence

Two isolated dev servers per commit; Chromium web client, 1280 × 800, light theme, fresh synthetic data, no live database seeding. The replay parent calls real delegate_task tools twice against linked environment B. Archive and unarchive run through the connected client's commands.

Steps: link B from A and add both to the client; create the parent and two remote tasks; confirm grouping; archive the parent while viewing a control thread; inspect navigation; reload; unarchive and reopen the parent.

State Before After
Commit b3fdf2b10f 79bea3aa19
Initially grouped Before: Initially grouped After: Initially grouped
Immediately after archive Before: Immediately after archive After: Immediately after archive
After reload Before: After reload After: After reload
After unarchive Before: After unarchive After: After unarchive
Recording Before: archive, reload, unarchive After: archive, reload, unarchive

Base exposes both remote tasks as separate sidebar rows after archive and reload. Head keeps both hidden. Unarchive restores the parent with both task completions on both commits. Stills were identical across two captures at least 500 ms apart; recordings omit setup and idle assertion waiting.

Scenario and replay driver · Startup fixture patch enabling linked environments

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

Not shown:

  • Native mobile clients and the Electron shell were not run; this proof covers the real web client.
  • Deleted or disconnected parent environments and failed archive reads were not exercised; the captures cover ordinary archive, reload, and unarchive.

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