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Problem

Completed remote tasks reappear as standalone Done threads when the parent environment is offline and the client has no cached row for the parent. In the reported case, the parent was already settled on a MacBook Air; loading its shell restored grouping without any new task activity.

Change

The shared client keeps a quiet completed task grouped while its configured parent is missing from a non-live shell. Web, desktop and mobile share the rule. Running work, failures, pending input or approval, background work, plans, guest messages, nested approvals, and explicitly pinned/reactivated tasks retain the existing fallback. Live snapshots, disabled parent environments, and known parent removals also retain it.

Known removals use the shell's existing removedAt metadata. Legacy archive-located updates now record the same removal marker as modern thread.removed events. Stable status/removal selectors avoid recomputing grouping on every streamed shell update. No archive query, persisted state, wire field, or server behavior is added, and no task is settled, archived or deleted.

Scope and approval

Related to #30320. This uses the focused obvious-bug exception: an unavailable parent does not prove that its completed task is an orphan. The change is temporary client grouping limited to quiet completed tasks, with regressions for actionable work and known removals.

• Complements fix(server): settling a parent settles its tasks on other machines #28344's propagation of future parent settlement. Existing tasks can benefit without replaying a settlement event; settlement propagation is unchanged. The heads combine cleanly with git merge-tree.
• Complements fix(clients): archiving a thread keeps its linked-environment tasks under it #30266's archive lookup. Both touch the grouping block and test setup, so landing that PR first requires combining those hunks; there is no dependency. This PR preserves removals observed in the current shell generation. A cold start or later authoritative snapshot with no archive/removal information cannot identify an archived parent; archive discovery remains fix(clients): archiving a thread keeps its linked-environment tasks under it #30266's scope.

A parent omitted from an authoritative live snapshot by the older-settled window remains outside this fix. Server-side task settlement is not backfilled.

Verification

Tested head: 321e6882497a60ba4c014b5b4e133c2c99a57e0a. All eight required GitHub checks passed on this head, including the web suite, build/typecheck, and release smoke checks. CodeRabbit inspected the review fix and confirmed the resolved finding. The PR was marked ready after those checks completed.

• vp run check:changed a536ff7ac0c0: passed format, lint, both knip checks, seven affected/dependent package typechecks, 195 tests in six files, and seven selected React compiler checks.
• Original regression fails on base a536ff7ac0c0 with the completed task unexpectedly listed. Review regressions fail on 432a12aebc: known removed parents hide their task, and legacy archive updates lack a removal marker. Both updated suites pass (33 tests) on the new head. Tests apply actual archive/removal stream events and check that task settlement is unchanged.
• The same web-only scenario fails on base at expect.toBeHidden and passes on head 321e688249; fresh screenshots and video were captured on that head. The combined scenarios:prove attempt could not complete setup; sequential web-only runs provide the proof.
• Simplification and adversarial self-review completed. No independent agent review is claimed.

The browser scenario creates real completed replay-provider turns and supplies remote-parent metadata and a failed neighbor at the shell HTTP boundary. It registers the parent through the normal client catalog and blocks descriptor requests. This is real web-client verification with synthetic remote metadata, not a real Mac/relay integration. Native mobile and packaged desktop were not exercised.

Base a536ff7ac0c0	Head 321e688249

12-second browser demo, normal speed. Startup/loading frames are omitted. Captures and clip were inspected before upload.

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Walkthrough

The change tracks archived threads in removal state and passes shell status and removal data to delegated-task grouping. Quiet completed tasks with missing parents are grouped differently based on parent availability and task state. Unit tests and a browser scenario cover the behavior.

Changes: Delegated Task Grouping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shell state and grouping inputs packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell-sync.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/threads.ts, apps/web/src/state/threads.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.test.ts, apps/web/src/composerDraftStore.test.ts	Archive updates now record thread removal sequences, and shell atoms expose the removal map. Thread-shell setup receives shell status and removal atoms. Mobile and web wiring and test harnesses provide these inputs.
Unavailable-parent grouping rule packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts, scripts/scenarios/offline-parent-completed-task.e2e.ts	A completed delegated task can remain grouped under a missing parent in a non-live environment when it has no active or actionable indicators and the parent is not recorded as removed. Tests cover task states and parent availability.

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

Possibly related issues

• [Bug]: A remote delegated task shows up as an active thread once its settled parent falls out of the newest 25 settled threads #30320 — Both address grouping for a completed delegated task when its parent is unavailable; this change handles a non-live parent shell, while the issue concerns a parent omitted from the settled snapshot window.
• [Bug]: Archiving a thread lists the tasks it delegated to linked environments as separate sidebar threads #30265 — Both concern delegated-task grouping when a parent is archived; this change retains the archived-parent fallback.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#30266 — Both change delegated-task grouping when the parent is absent from the live shell and use removal state.
• pingdotgg/t3code#24648 — This change uses isLiveSubagentShell when evaluating whether a task can be grouped under a missing parent.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 321e6

Quiet completed remote tasks stay grouped when the parent is missing from a non-live shell. Running, pinned, actionable, or known-removed cases keep the existing fallback. No remaining merge-blocking risk is evident.

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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts:
- Around line 681-683: Update the parent-resolution fallback in the
`awaitingParent` logic to retain enough archive information to recognize a known
archived parent when it is absent from the cached shell index, so quiet
completed tasks remain listed in navigation. Update the relevant test to apply
an archive-location update before marking the parent shell cached.

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