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test(server): reproduce issue 16000 background work lost on runtime-m…
juliusmarminge Oct 24, 2026
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fix(server): settings changes no longer end running background agents…
juliusmarminge Oct 24, 2026
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fix(server): sends and lone background agents no longer lose backgrou…
juliusmarminge Oct 24, 2026
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fix(server): a send refused for background work no longer holds the q…
juliusmarminge Oct 24, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-16000
juliusmarminge Oct 24, 2026
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-outbox-drain.ts
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Expand Up @@ -183,8 +183,11 @@ function findCreationProject(
);
}

// A refused settings change stays refused under its command id, so each retry
// needs its own, even after a remount: the server can refuse one while
// background work runs.
function settingsCommandId(message: QueuedThreadMessage, setting: string): CommandId {
return CommandId.make(`${message.commandId}:${setting}`);
return CommandId.make(`${message.commandId}:${setting}:${randomHex(8)}`);
}

export async function prepareQueuedMessageAttachments(
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140 changes: 117 additions & 23 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
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Expand Up @@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ function lastDeliveredRunForProviderThread(
);
}

const BACKGROUND_WORK_REFUSAL =
"Background work is still running in this thread, and this change would end it. Try again once it finishes, or stop the thread first.";

const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(function* () {
const checkpointService = yield* CheckpointServiceV2;
const commandPolicy = yield* CommandPolicyV2;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1332,8 +1335,14 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
: cause;
const failure = makeProviderFailure({
cause: failureCause,
// Orchestrator refusals carry their user-facing reason as text.
...(typeof failureCause === "string" ? { message: failureCause } : {}),
code: handoffUnsupported ? "context_handoff_unsupported" : "queued_start_failed",
class: handoffUnsupported ? "validation_error" : "unknown",
// Background work refuses only this start; the queue behind it may run.
class:
handoffUnsupported || failureCause === BACKGROUND_WORK_REFUSAL
? "validation_error"
: "unknown",
});
yield* writeSystemEvents([
...(attempt !== undefined && rootNode !== undefined
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session.status !== "stopped" &&
session.status !== "error",
);
// Fails this run rather than holding the queue: nothing would restart it
// when the work ends, and the user can send again then (#16000).
if (
sessionsToDetach.length > 0 &&
(yield* hasLiveBackgroundWork(
threadId,
new Set(sessionsToDetach.map((session) => session.id)),
))
) {
return yield* backgroundWorkRefusal({ commandId, type: "message.dispatch" });
}
yield* writeSystemEvents(
[
...(selectionChanged
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2650,6 +2670,53 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
},
);

const hasLiveBackgroundWork = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (
threadId: ThreadId,
sessionIds: ReadonlySet<ProviderSessionId>,
) {
let providerThreads: ReadonlyArray<OrchestrationV2ProviderThread> | undefined;
for (const sessionId of sessionIds) {
const session = yield* providerSessions
.get(sessionId)
.pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => Option.none()));
if (Option.isNone(session)) continue;
const { hasPendingBackgroundWork, hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread, providerSession } =
session.value;
// A pooled session can serve other threads, so only this thread's work
// counts. An exclusive session is all this thread's: ask the whole
// session, because Claude's thread probe sees shells but not its
// native background Agents.
const pooled =
providerSession.capabilities.sessions.supportsMultipleProviderThreadsPerSession;
const probes =
hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread === undefined ||
(!pooled && hasPendingBackgroundWork !== undefined)
? hasPendingBackgroundWork === undefined
? []
: [hasPendingBackgroundWork]
: (providerThreads ??= (yield* projectionStore.getThreadRecords(threadId, [
"providerThreads",
])).providerThreads)
.filter((thread) => thread.providerSessionId === sessionId)
.map(hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread);
for (const probe of probes) {
// A failed probe cannot confirm that the work ended.
if (yield* probe.pipe(Effect.catchCause(() => Effect.succeed(true)))) return true;
}
}
return false;
});

const backgroundWorkRefusal = (command: {
readonly commandId: CommandId;
readonly type: string;
}) =>
new OrchestratorDispatchError({
commandId: command.commandId,
commandType: command.type,
cause: BACKGROUND_WORK_REFUSAL,
});

const dispatchThreadMutation = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.dispatch.threadMutation")(function* (
command: Extract<
OrchestrationV2ServerCommand,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2990,6 +3057,43 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
})
: null;

// Settle joins archive here: both mean "done with this
// thread", so a live provider session must not keep running background
// work (PR monitors, dev servers, subagent fleets) after any of them
// lands. The settle guard above already rejects active or blocked runs,
// so for settle this only ever stops an idle session; commands are
// decided serially against the projection, so a turn start that
// re-engages the thread cannot race this detach.
const detachSessionIds = new Set(
command.type === "thread.archive" || command.type === "thread.settle"
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? []).map((session) => session.id)
: command.type === "thread.metadata.update" &&
command.worktreePath !== undefined &&
command.worktreePath !== thread.worktreePath
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? []).map((session) => session.id)
: command.type === "thread.runtime-mode.set"
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? [])
.filter(
(session) => !session.capabilities.sessions.supportsRuntimeModeSwitchInSession,
)
.map((session) => session.id)
: (providerSwitchPlan?.releaseProviderSessionIds ?? []),
);
// A settings change must not end the process running this thread's
// background agents and shells (#16000). Ask the live adapter: the
// projected roster is not authoritative while a turn runs. Archive and
// settle are deliberate ends, like Stop.
if (
command.type !== "thread.archive" &&
command.type !== "thread.settle" &&
detachSessionIds.size > 0 &&
(yield* hasLiveBackgroundWork(command.threadId, detachSessionIds).pipe(
mapDispatchError(command),
))
) {
return yield* backgroundWorkRefusal(command);
}

const now = yield* DateTime.now;
if (command.type === "thread.metadata.update" && command.limitRecovery != null) {
const projection = yield* loadProjectionForCommand(
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});
}

// Settle joins archive here: both mean "done with this
// thread", so a live provider session must not keep running background
// work (PR monitors, dev servers, subagent fleets) after any of them
// lands. The settle guard above already rejects active or blocked runs,
// so for settle this only ever stops an idle session; commands are
// decided serially against the projection, so a turn start that
// re-engages the thread cannot race this detach.
const detachSessionIds = new Set(
command.type === "thread.archive" || command.type === "thread.settle"
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? []).map((session) => session.id)
: command.type === "thread.metadata.update" &&
command.worktreePath !== undefined &&
command.worktreePath !== thread.worktreePath
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? []).map((session) => session.id)
: command.type === "thread.runtime-mode.set"
? (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? [])
.filter(
(session) => !session.capabilities.sessions.supportsRuntimeModeSwitchInSession,
)
.map((session) => session.id)
: (providerSwitchPlan?.releaseProviderSessionIds ?? []),
);
if (detachSessionIds.size > 0) {
const liveSessions = (providerContext?.providerSessions ?? []).filter(
(session) =>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5666,6 +5748,18 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
targetModelSelection: modelSelection,
})
.pipe(mapDispatchError(command))).transition.type === "restart_and_resume";
// Continuing the native thread on another account detaches the old
// session below, which would end its background work (#16000).
if (
canResumeAcrossInstances &&
activeProviderThread.providerSessionId !== null &&
(yield* hasLiveBackgroundWork(
command.threadId,
new Set([activeProviderThread.providerSessionId]),
).pipe(mapDispatchError(command)))
) {
return yield* backgroundWorkRefusal(command);
}
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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '%s\n' '--- background-work helper definitions and uses ---'
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        print(f"--- {p} ---")
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Guard destructive active-turn restarts before enqueueing them.

sendToThread can steer an active run with a changed modelSelection. That path can set a detach or replace transition and enqueue provider-turn.restart. The cross-account guard at Orchestrator.ts:5751-5762 runs after this branch returns, so it cannot prevent the restart. ProviderSessionManager.detach can release the last exclusive session, and releaseEntry closes its provider scope. This can end the session's background work.

Run hasLiveBackgroundWork before enqueueing any non-null restartSessionTransition. This does not affect the allowed active_steering path because that path does not create a session transition.

Suggested fix 
+    if (
+      restartSessionTransition !== null &&
+      (yield* hasLiveBackgroundWork(
+        input.command.threadId,
+        new Set([providerSessionId]),
+      ).pipe(mapDispatchError(input.command)))
+    ) {
+      return yield* backgroundWorkRefusal(input.command);
+    }
+
     yield* Ref.update(effects, (existing) => [
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts around lines
5751 - 5762:
In sendToThread, check hasLiveBackgroundWork before enqueueing a
provider-turn.restart whenever restartSessionTransition is non-null, and return
backgroundWorkRefusal if live background work exists. Leave the active_steering
path unchanged when it has no session transition.

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