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Expand Up @@ -328,11 +328,19 @@ the published task result.
### `task_cancel`

Stops the child thread with the internal `thread.stop` command, then stops every
task the child delegated, and disposes automatic parent delivery. Like a user Stop,
`thread.stop` interrupts the running turn, holds queued turns, and ends pull request
watches. A nonterminal task with no interruptible run is rejected. A terminal task
returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops, including later
runs and watch wakes. Published task results remain available. It accepts an
task the child delegated, cancels the task's own queued turn, and disposes
automatic parent delivery. Like a user Stop, `thread.stop` interrupts the running
turn, holds queued prompts, cancels buffered provider wakes, and ends pull request
watches. The task's own queued turn is cancelled even if Stop already held it, so
a task that is only queued can be cancelled; other queued prompts in the child
stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task is rejected when it has no active run,
no queued turn of its own, and nothing it is still waiting on: a running
delegate, a delegate result its parent has not received, or a background task. A
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Document the restart-continuation exception.

A follow-up held for a restart continuation can be rejected even when it still has a running delegate or an undelivered delegate result. This can happen when it has no active run or matching queued turn.

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-delegate, a delegate result its parent has not received, or a background task. A
-terminal task returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops the
+delegate, a delegate result its parent has not received, or a background task. A
+follow-up waiting for a restart continuation can also be rejected when it has no
+active run or matching queued turn, even if a delegate or its result is pending.
+A terminal task returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops the
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Review comment at @docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md around lines 337 - 338:
Update the rejection-behavior description in the orchestrator MCP server documentation to include the restart-continuation exception: a follow-up waiting for restart continuation may be rejected when it has no active run or matching queued turn, even if a delegate is running or its result is undelivered. Preserve the surrounding descriptions of terminal-task status and child-thread behavior.

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terminal task returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops the
same way: a later running turn, including a watch wake, is interrupted, and later
queued prompts are held, not discarded. In both cases, a follow-up that lost its
child run but still shows as running on the parent is cancelled there and
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Qualify the child-stop behavior for orphaned follow-ups.

When the child has no runs, the orphan test in apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts:540-650 cancels the parent task without dispatching thread.stop to the child. The preceding description implies that the child always stops. Document this exception.

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Review comment at @docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md around lines 341 - 342:
Update the orphaned-follow-up description so it clarifies that when the child has no runs, the parent task is cancelled without dispatching thread.stop to the child. Preserve the existing child-stop behavior for cases where the child has a run.

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reported as `cancelled`. Published task results remain available. It accepts an
optional cancellation reason.

### `create_threads`
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