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fix(server): let parents recover their delegated children across accounts - #30457
A thread can end up with a subagent that runs in a broader runtime mode than its own: the parent delegated it while in Full access and was lowered to Auto afterwards, or the user raised the child. When that child's account runs out, the parent can't rescue it. Moving the child to another account (t3_thread_configure) and resuming it (t3_thread_send, t3_thread_send_attachments) are refused with runtime_mode_escalation_denied, so the child and its context are stranded.
Change
For those three tools, a thread may act on a child it delegated at the runtime mode the child already has. One helper, limitsForOwnChild, decides it: the child's lineage must name the caller and the caller must hold the delegate_task record. The tool declaration uses it for the preflight check and for the limit the orchestrator rechecks under the dispatch lock, and sendToThread uses it for its own check.
Nothing else loosens. Interaction-mode limits, organization ceilings and link boundaries still apply, a thread still can't touch an unrelated thread above its modes, and it still can't create a new child above its modes.
This head is a smaller rewrite of the same fix: 7 files, +168 −5, down from 12 files, +334 −22. What went:
The extra ownChildRuntimeMode field on the dispatch limit. The send service now asks the same helper instead of reading a value passed down from the declaration.
The two tool description edits and the agentContextBudget.json change. The descriptions still state the general rule ("target modes cannot exceed yours") and don't mention the own-child exception, so no model-facing text changes and no evals are needed.
Two test files' cases, replaced by one table on the registered tools.
Scope
Bug fix for #30408. It narrows the rule from #16335 for owned children. That is a policy change and needs a maintainer's yes; none is claimed.
Verification
vp run scenarios:prove in Linux x64 Chromium: the real server, MCP bridge, orchestration, SQLite and web client, with a scripted ACP agent on two accounts A and B. The parent delegates a Full-access child on A, the user lowers the parent to Auto in the composer, and the parent then tries three controls and the recovery through its own MCP tools. Verdict: fails on base 2becf31b64, passes on head 07b354e46c.
Before, 2becf31b64
After, 07b354e46c
before.mp4
after.mp4
On both commits the controls stay refused with runtime_mode_escalation_denied: configuring and messaging an unrelated Full-access thread, and delegating a new Full-access child. The unrelated thread keeps its account and run count.
The same child after the move, with its reply from A, its reply from B, and the run the uploaded file started:
Tests at head 07b354e: vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck of three packages, 206 tests in seven files). The new table in toolkits/core.test.ts calls the three registered tools as an Auto parent of a Full-access child: each succeeds and hands the orchestrator a full-access/default limit, a child the caller never delegated stays refused, and a Plan parent is refused on the interaction mode. Four of its five rows fail on main.
Earlier heads of this PR, which had the same behavior with more code, were also run by Maria with real Codex turns, by the maintainers' pipeline, and on a native Windows 11 ARM64 desktop build. Those runs don't cover this head.
Not verified
A real account running out of quota. Every run switches accounts by script.
The child reading the uploaded file. The send is accepted and starts a run; the scripted agent doesn't open the file.
Live OAuth, long compacted histories, and a native provider session restoring after the move.
macOS, Windows and mobile clients at this head. The change is server-side and no client code moves.
Implemented with Claude Fable 5.2 in Claude Code; reviewed with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex.
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Parents can now switch accounts and resume their own delegated children even when those children exceed the parent's current runtime mode. A maintainer needs to confirm that retaining this higher-privilege control after the parent's permissions are lowered is intended.
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Walkthrough
MCP write operations can target an app-owned delegated child at that child’s runtime mode. Dispatch validation uses the child runtime mode and retains the caller’s interaction-mode limit. Tests cover access decisions and changing a child’s provider account before resuming it.
Changes: Delegated child access
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Summary
Identify owned children and apply access limits apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DispatchModeLimit.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/threadAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.test.ts
isOwnDelegatedChild checks caller identity, parent lineage, the subagent relationship, and app-owned child IDs. writesThreads can raise the effective runtime limit for qualifying children. Tests cover allowed access and runtime- or interaction-mode denials.
Thread send, attachment send, and model selection opt into own-child runtime-mode limits. Dispatch validation uses the child runtime mode and retains the caller’s interaction-mode limit. Tool descriptions and the context-budget value are updated.
Verify child configuration and resume apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/core.test.ts
An integration test changes a delegated child’s provider account and sends it a message. It checks that the child retains full-access runtime mode and its latest run uses the new account.
This change lets a parent move an existing Full-access delegated child to another provider account and resume it, while interaction limits and checks against other targets stay enforced. The one open item is that the send tool description could state the interaction-mode restriction more clearly. No behavioral defect remains, so it is mergeable with owner awareness. Maintainer acceptance of the policy change is still required.
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The title names the main change: parents can recover their delegated children across accounts. The changeset adds owned-child runtime-mode permission to writesThreads, sendToThread, and the thread/orc…
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[#30408] Objective: a parent must configure, send to, and send attachments to its own delegated child at the child's captured runtime mode. Interaction limits and other targets must stay enforced. At …
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The whole-PR summary lists changes only in owned-child recovery paths. These are McpToolAccess.ts and its test, OrchestratorMcpService.ts sendToThread, threadAccess.ts isOwnDelegatedChild, the handler…
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The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification in the structure the template requires. It describes the problem (stranded delegated children after account exhaustion), the cha…
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The title names the main change: parents can recover their delegated children across accounts. The changeset adds owned-child runtime-mode permission to writesThreads, sendToThread, and the thread/orchestrator/attachment send paths, which enables that recovery. The title follows the conventional commit form and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history.
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[#30408] Objective: a parent must configure, send to, and send attachments to its own delegated child at the child's captured runtime mode. Interaction limits and other targets must stay enforced. At head b168553, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts shows writesThreads with the option ownChildren: "at-their-runtime-mode". For a target whose runtime rank exceeds the caller's, it calls isOwnDelegatedChild. Only an owned child raises the runtime limit. Other targets keep caller.limits, and assertSameLink still runs. DispatchModeLimit receives ownChildRuntimeMode for the send path. At head, apps/server/src/mcp/threadAccess.ts confirms isOwnDelegatedChild requires target.lineage.parentThreadId equal to the caller, relationshipToParent equal to "subagent", and membership in listAppOwnedChildThreadIds(caller). Lookup errors map to unavailable. This matches the prior assessment. Limitation: the incremental diff from the previous reviewed head could not be read because changed blobs are missing from the checkout. Changes between the previous reviewed head and b168553 are therefore not verified. Conclusions rest on the head file contents and the whole-PR summary. Live OAuth exhaustion and real account rollover cannot be verified from code.
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The whole-PR summary lists changes only in owned-child recovery paths. These are McpToolAccess.ts and its test, OrchestratorMcpService.ts sendToThread, threadAccess.ts isOwnDelegatedChild, the handler opt-ins in attachment, orchestrator, and thread toolkits, tool description edits that describe the owned-child rule, DispatchModeLimit.ts ownChildRuntimeMode, core.test.ts integration coverage, and a one-value change in agentContextBudget.json. Each change ties to #30408. The read head code shows the raised limit applies only to direct, app-owned subagent children. No UI, broader-mode child creation, or unrelated-thread control appears in the summary. The narrowing of the #16335 runtime restriction is the deliberate policy change described in the PR. Maintainer acceptance is an external decision, not a scope defect. Limitation: the incremental diff from the previous reviewed head could not be read, so changes in b168553 after the previous review are not independently verified.
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The description covers the problem, the change, scope, and verification in the structure the template requires. It describes the problem (stranded delegated children after account exhaustion), the change (owned-child exception for configure, send, and attachment send), and the scope (a bug fix for #30408 that narrows the rule from #16335 and needs maintainer approval). Verification lists the commands run, the scenario proof on base and head commits, and the test counts. It also lists what was not verified. The template asks for a conventional commit title, and the description does not give one. The description also says the head was reviewed in a native Windows build and by maintainers, but this head was not covered by those runs; the author states that. The description does not say whether a title was used. The template asks for an agent model and harness line, and the description includes one (Claude Code and Codex). Overall the description is mostly complete.
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- Around line 3100-3102: Bind the delegated-child runtime-mode exception to the
child’s preflight mode, not `declared.runtimeMode`, which may reflect the
caller’s mode. In the preflight and send-check flow around `isRuntimeModeAbove`
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- Around line 3098-3103: Update the sendToThread locked dispatch to use the
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Verified unchanged head b386e12be859c2490a250ae45a7e3b5a1cdead8e on Linux with the real dev web client, repository Playwright, /usr/bin/google-chrome, and real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the VM's local proxy. No mocks, fixtures, replay provider, seeded conversations, or direct database writes created the scenario.
Reproduced on github/main (d756fed7aaac06134bc68cbe0047e6f14b0e9aa2) in a separate worktree after vp i. Created a project pointing at a real Git repository through the client. A Full-access parent delegated a Full-access child, which completed a real turn. After lowering the parent to Auto in the client, both t3_thread_configure and t3_thread_send refused its own child with runtime_mode_escalation_denied.
Stopped main by its captured process group before starting the exact PR head after vp i. Copied only that app-created isolated development state. The Auto parent switched the same child from codex to codex_recovery_b and resumed it. The child retained its original context and replied maple-30457 RECOVERED_ON_B.
A further send completed with FOLLOWUP_OK maple-30457. Configure and send still refused an unrelated Full-access thread, and requesting a new Full-access child was refused. The running server's CLI confirmed the unrelated thread retained provider codex and one run.
t3_thread_send_attachments resumed the same child, which read the uploaded file and returned ATTACHMENT_OK cedar-attachment-30457. maple-30457. The parent prepared the upload; the operator posted the exact 23 bytes from the VM (HTTP 204). Provider automatic review initially rejected the send because the contents were unknown. After exposing the entire non-sensitive verification marker for inspection, the same tool call succeeded with the same attachment and unchanged child message. No permission change or alternate send route was used.
The running server's thread show --json confirmed the child remained Full-access/default, with its original direct-parent lineage, provider codex_recovery_b, model gpt-6.1-sol, and four completed runs.
Blacksmith installed dependencies and passed 186 tests across five existing MCP test files: McpToolAccess, core, McpToolAccess.race, OrchestratorMcpService, and McpHttpServer. Current-head CI reports 35/35 successful, with no pending or failing checks. No source changes, commits, or pushes were needed.
The before and after captures show the same parent and child. The 27-second recording shows the successful attachment retry and child completion; the parent's final notification is still finishing at the end. It is trimmed and makes no performance claim. Uploaded images and video playback/seeking were inspected.
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Real account quota exhaustion/reset or distinct paid-account authentication rollover. Both Codex instances use the VM's same proxy-backed credentials, and the child completed rather than failing at quota. This verifies the permission exception, provider-instance switch, retained-context continuation, follow-up, and attachment delivery.
Native macOS/Windows desktop and iOS/Android clients, other providers, remote/relay/tunnel connections, organization/link boundary scenarios, and the full model-facing eval suite were not exercised here. Interaction-limit and ownership cases were covered by the focused existing tests rather than forced in the browser. This is runtime verification, not approval of the intended permission-policy exception.
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Major · Exercise the attachment handler in the delegated-child recovery test. · handlers.ts:125
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/attachment/handlers.ts:125 Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Exercise the attachment handler in the delegated-child recovery test.
The recovery fixture tests only t3_thread_configure and t3_thread_send. Its layer does not include layerAttachmentToolkit, and no test calls t3_thread_send_attachments. Add a focused case that sends a real pending attachment from an Auto parent to its own Full-access child and asserts successful delivery and persisted child state. This must call the registered attachment toolkit so removal of { ownChildren: "at-their-runtime-mode" } fails the test.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/attachment/handlers.ts at line
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The delegated-child recovery fixture does not exercise attachment delivery.
Extend the recovery test layer to include layerAttachmentToolkit and add a
focused test that sends a real pending attachment from an Auto parent to its own
Full-access child through the registered t3_thread_send_attachments tool, then
verifies successful delivery and persisted child state. Ensure the test depends
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- Line 273: Update the orchestrator send tool’s mode:'auto' behavior to steer
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- Line 125: The delegated-child recovery fixture does not exercise attachment
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- Line 128: Update the t3_thread_send_attachments dispatch through
ThreadMessageIntake.sendToThread to refresh the caller limits while holding the
lock, rather than relying on the limits captured by writesThreads. When merging
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Minor · Use fresh caller limits for configure dispatch. · handlers.ts:212-237
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts:212-237 Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Use fresh caller limits for configure dispatch.
If the parent changes from default to plan after preflight, configure can still change its default-mode child’s model or provider using the stale interaction limit. Apply the fresh caller limits from readThread, retaining only the verified child’s preflight runtime allowance, before dispatch.
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Update the configure dispatch flow in `writesThread` to use the fresh caller
limits returned by `readThread` rather than the stale interaction limit, while
retaining only the verified child’s preflight runtime allowance. Apply those
limits before dispatching the model-selection command so a parent’s change from
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Major · Recheck the parent’s interaction mode at dispatch · DispatchModeLimit.ts:24-25
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DispatchModeLimit.ts:24-25 Major · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Recheck the parent’s interaction mode at dispatch
If an Auto parent changes from default to plan after the caller read, configure or either send can still act on its Full-access/default child. The dispatch check compares the child with the stale default limit.
Recheck the parent’s interaction mode while holding the parent and child dispatch locks. Reuse the existing parent lock for sends, and retain the owned-child runtime exception.
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Update the dispatch limit check associated with `ownChildRuntimeMode` to re-read
the parent’s interaction mode while holding both the parent and child dispatch
locks, and use that current mode rather than the caller’s stale limit. Reuse the
existing parent lock for sends and preserve the owned-child runtime exception.
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Windows verification completed on the actual native Windows 11 Pro ARM64 25H2 desktop app. Before: 620a37b988a5a0a270ea7f70c0458ba658e9d072. After: a5a8c3477c5f0146f1a5191296a452bcfb98de95. Both are successful 0.1.7 source builds with Electron 44.10.1, bundled Windows server, isolated test state and the real HTTP MCP authorization path. They are not the reporter's released 0.1.6 binary or Windows x64 hardware.
The Auto/default parent created its child through real delegate_task; the user then raised that existing child to Full access in the app. Before, configure, text send and attachment send all refused its runtime mode. After, configure switched A to B, text send completed run 3, and a real HTTP-204 attachment upload reached completed run 4. Full-access/default modes, direct lineage and original context persisted. New Full-access child creation and sends to an unrelated Full-access thread remained refused in both builds.
Replay simulates the provider, while the test wrapper calls the actual injected MCP endpoint. No authorization, orchestration, delegation or persistence code is stubbed. This proves provider-instance recovery, not live Claude authentication, quota exhaustion/reset, distinct-account rollover or real-model attachment interpretation. Replay's "12 passed" text is fixture output, not additional tests.
These are historical A5 captures. A fresh independent audit found no blocking findings and supports the unchanged stable-mode recovery path alongside current-head tests. They do not independently prove the later caller-mode race fixes. Test builds/state/processes were removed, the task lock is released, and the already-running VM was left running.
Before, the real app displays both recovery refusals:
After A5, provider B and the resumed owned child retain their modes and stored context:
After A5, the real attachment upload/send succeeds while the unrelated target above remains refused:
A thread's own delegated child is checked at the child's runtime mode by
one helper, used by the tool declaration and by the send service. That
drops the extra dispatch-limit field, the tool description edits and the
context budget change, and replaces two test files' cases with one table
on the registered tools.
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Closes #30408
Problem
A thread can end up with a subagent that runs in a broader runtime mode than its own: the parent delegated it while in Full access and was lowered to Auto afterwards, or the user raised the child. When that child's account runs out, the parent can't rescue it. Moving the child to another account (
t3_thread_configure) and resuming it (t3_thread_send,t3_thread_send_attachments) are refused withruntime_mode_escalation_denied, so the child and its context are stranded.Change
For those three tools, a thread may act on a child it delegated at the runtime mode the child already has. One helper,
limitsForOwnChild, decides it: the child's lineage must name the caller and the caller must hold thedelegate_taskrecord. The tool declaration uses it for the preflight check and for the limit the orchestrator rechecks under the dispatch lock, andsendToThreaduses it for its own check.Nothing else loosens. Interaction-mode limits, organization ceilings and link boundaries still apply, a thread still can't touch an unrelated thread above its modes, and it still can't create a new child above its modes.
This head is a smaller rewrite of the same fix: 7 files, +168 −5, down from 12 files, +334 −22. What went:
ownChildRuntimeModefield on the dispatch limit. The send service now asks the same helper instead of reading a value passed down from the declaration.agentContextBudget.jsonchange. The descriptions still state the general rule ("target modes cannot exceed yours") and don't mention the own-child exception, so no model-facing text changes and no evals are needed.Scope
Bug fix for #30408. It narrows the rule from #16335 for owned children. That is a policy change and needs a maintainer's yes; none is claimed.
Verification
vp run scenarios:provein Linux x64 Chromium: the real server, MCP bridge, orchestration, SQLite and web client, with a scripted ACP agent on two accounts A and B. The parent delegates a Full-access child on A, the user lowers the parent to Auto in the composer, and the parent then tries three controls and the recovery through its own MCP tools. Verdict: fails on base2becf31b64, passes on head07b354e46c.2becf31b6407b354e46cbefore.mp4
after.mp4
On both commits the controls stay refused with
runtime_mode_escalation_denied: configuring and messaging an unrelated Full-access thread, and delegating a new Full-access child. The unrelated thread keeps its account and run count.The same child after the move, with its reply from A, its reply from B, and the run the uploaded file started:
Tests at head
07b354e:vp run check:changedpasses (format, lint, knip, typecheck of three packages, 206 tests in seven files). The new table intoolkits/core.test.tscalls the three registered tools as an Auto parent of a Full-access child: each succeeds and hands the orchestrator afull-access/defaultlimit, a child the caller never delegated stays refused, and a Plan parent is refused on the interaction mode. Four of its five rows fail on main.Earlier heads of this PR, which had the same behavior with more code, were also run by Maria with real Codex turns, by the maintainers' pipeline, and on a native Windows 11 ARM64 desktop build. Those runs don't cover this head.
Not verified
Implemented with Claude Fable 5.2 in Claude Code; reviewed with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex.