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fix(server): delegated tasks wait for a background subagent's wake turn - #34955
Cause: when a Claude child's root turn is idle and a background Agent subagent's task_notification arrives, ClaudeAdapterV2 buffers it for a wake turn, offers the continuation, and immediately completes the subagent row. Unlike exited commands (#34568), subagents are never on the provider-thread roster, so nothing held the child between that completion and the creation of the wake run; delegatedTaskProgress reported result_available and finalizeAppOwnedSubagent settled the task with the previous turn's interim text. Fix (ClaudeAdapterV2.ts only): owedWakeTasksForNativeThread now also reports, as a subagent pending task, every registered root-level (non-nested) subagent whose task_notification sits in the native thread's wake buffer. It is derived from the buffer, so no new state: it clears when the wake turn drains the buffer (the wake run is already active then), when retireOfferedWake drops an unstarted wake (it re-emits the roster), and on process reset. The idle notification branch now emits the roster before updateClaudeSubagentNode completes the row (applyBackgroundTaskRosterMessage only emits when a roster entry was removed). The emission sets pendingBackgroundWork, so the launching run's event ingestion stays open across the gap, the same mechanism #34568 uses. backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion treats subagent as holding, so delegatedTaskProgress returns waiting_for_children until the wake run starts, then working, then result_available with the wake turn's result. Test: I extended the existing adapter test 'streams a background subagent's work while the root turn is idle' to assert that the last roster before the row's completion holds the subagent and the final roster does not. It fails without the fix and passes with it. Residual risk: if the wake continuation could never be offered (no stored route for the native thread), the task would now stay open instead of closing with stale text; that should not happen for a registered subagent, but it is not proven. I did not re-run the live end-to-end repro with real Claude turns; the adapter-level test is the proof. No new regex or parser.
Commit 7466707 (origin/main, includes #34568). Ran T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev in a fresh worktree, added a scratch git project, and started Claude parent threads with t3 thread start --provider claudeAgent on the cheapest Claude model. Each parent called delegate_task (mode async, isolation shared) for a Claude child; timings were read from the dev statev2.sqlite. (1) Child runs sleep 40 with run_in_background, calls t3_background_wait (matched), ends with 'REPRO1 WAITING'. The original task stayed open until the wake run completed (07:23:58.659) and closed at 07:23:58.937 with 'REPRO1 DONE'; the parent received the final text. Correct: the main case in the issue is fixed by #34568. (2) Same without t3_background_wait: the task closed at once with 'REPRO2 WAITING' and the final text arrived later as a provider-continuation task. That is how unmarked work is designed to behave. (3) The child calls the built-in Agent tool with run_in_background:true and ends its turn with 'REPRO4 INTERIM' (it refused on the first try, since T3's instructions forbid a background Agent; it complied once told explicitly). Child run 1 ended 07:32:30.068, the native subagent row completed 07:32:36.079, the original app-owned task completed 07:32:36.163 with a subagent_result carrying 'REPRO4 INTERIM', and the child's wake run 2 was requested 07:32:36.263, 100 ms later. The parent replied 'PARENT GOT: REPRO4 INTERIM' at 07:32:40.88. 'REPRO4 FINAL' arrived only as a separate provider-continuation task at 07:32:43.497. So the race still reproduces on main for background Agent subagents.
Evidence
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Tests
vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts (457 passed, before the test edit); vp test run ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts -t "streams a background subagent's work while the root turn is idle": passes with the fix, fails ('expected false to be true') with the adapter change stashed; vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages), test (2 files, 401 passed) all pass.
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The Claude adapter never sets sessionScoped on provider_thread.updated, so idle roster updates reach the projection only while the launching run's ingestion is still open; I left that as it is.
The repro needed explicit prompting because T3's instructions forbid a background Agent; I did not change those instructions.
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A background Agent subagent's row completed at its task_notification, before
the child's wake run existed, so the delegated task settled on the previous
turn's interim text. Hold the subagent on the provider thread roster while its
notification waits in the wake buffer, published before the row completes.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change keeps background subagents pending until their wake run begins and updates the replay expectations. An unresolved review concern remains that runtime retention and unload checks can miss this pending work, potentially preventing the final result from being produced.
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The Claude adapter now includes eligible registered subagents with buffered notifications in the owed-wake roster. When needed, the idle notification path updates the roster before applying the subagent outcome. Tests check roster membership before and after wake runs.
Changes: Subagent wake roster
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Keep buffered subagents on the wake roster apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/claude_background_subagent_after_root/output.ts
The owed-task calculation includes registered, non-nested subagents with buffered notifications unless their task is already listed. The idle notification path emits a roster update before applying the outcome when needed. Tests check roster membership before and after wake runs, validate child thread IDs, and require the final roster to be empty.
The change holds delegated tasks open until a background subagent's wake turn starts. The runtime can still be released before that wake begins if the owed wake is the only pending work, which could lose the final result. Resolve this before merging or explicitly accept the risk.
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[#24297] The issue requires that an async delegate_task stay open until the child's background-command wake turn and the turns started by the child's reviewers finish, then deliver the last child resu…
Make the unmarked background-command exit case keep the original delegate_task open until the child's wake turn and its reviewer-started turns finish. Add an adapter-level or integration test that reproduces the issue sequence (command exit…
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The title names the main behavior change: delegated tasks now wait for a background subagent's wake turn. It follows the conventional commit form and matches the ClaudeAdapterV2 roster change and the …
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The description follows the template. It has a Cause and Fix that describe the problem and change, a reproduction on main, linked issue #24297 with scope tied to a bug fix, and a Tests section with fo…
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All production changes are in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts. They change pending-background-task roster handling for registered, non-nested subagents whose task_notification sits in the native thread's wake buff…
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The title names the main behavior change: delegated tasks now wait for a background subagent's wake turn. It follows the conventional commit form and matches the ClaudeAdapterV2 roster change and the PR objectives. It is specific and concise.
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The description follows the template. It has a Cause and Fix that describe the problem and change, a reproduction on main, linked issue #24297 with scope tied to a bug fix, and a Tests section with focused test commands and results. The Evidence section states that before/after evidence is still pending and must be filled in before merge. The Verification template asks for before/after evidence for UI changes; this change is server-side, so this gap is not critical. The Problem heading is not labeled as such, but the Cause paragraph covers it. Overall it is mostly complete.
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All production changes are in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts. They change pending-background-task roster handling for registered, non-nested subagents whose task_notification sits in the native thread's wake buffer. The adapter test 'streams a background subagent's work while the root turn is idle' asserts roster membership before and after completion. The replay fixture claude_background_subagent_after_root/output.ts changes its assertion from 'no pending background tasks' to a roster lifecycle check. This change supports the new roster behavior and stays within the same mechanism. No unrelated file or feature appears in the reviewed summary. The incremental change since the previous reviewed head is described as a subagent roster refinement and stays in scope. I did not inspect the incremental diff directly, so this result relies on the summary and the previous assessment.
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[#24297] The issue requires that an async delegate_task stay open until the child's background-command wake turn and the turns started by the child's reviewers finish, then deliver the last child result to the parent. The PR changes only the pending-roster handling for registered, root-level Agent subagents whose task_notification is buffered (owedWakeTasksForNativeThread and the idle notification branch in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts). It does not change the background-command exit path. The PR description reports that the unmarked background-command case (repro 2) still closes the task at once with interim text, and that the final text arrives later as a separate provider-continuation task. The author calls this designed behavior. That outcome matches the issue's reported actual behavior and contradicts its expected behavior. The PR does not report testing the reviewer-started turn scenario. The adapter test covers only the background Agent subagent path. The subagent-path fix is supported by the described test, but the command and reviewer requirements in #24297 are not met. The incremental change since the previous reviewed head (roster refinement for registered, non-nested subagents with a non-empty title) does not alter this conclusion. I did not inspect that incremental diff directly.
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Make the unmarked background-command exit case keep the original delegate_task open until the child's wake turn and its reviewer-started turns finish. Add an adapter-level or integration test that reproduces the issue sequence (command exit, wake run, reviewer turns, final result delivered to the parent). Alternatively, if the team confirms that the unmarked case is by design, narrow the #24297 scope to the background Agent subagent case, or update the issue, before this PR claims to resolve #24297.
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@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:
- Around line 6096-6101: Update hasPendingBackgroundWork and
hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread to include buffered registered-subagent task
notifications from the same owed-wake state used by
owedWakeTasksForNativeThread. Ensure both runtime retention checks and unload
decisions report pending work while an owed wake remains, preserving the
existing behavior for other pending work.
- Around line 9743-9771: Update the stale roster assertion in the
claude_background_subagent_after_root fixture to verify that the background
subagent is pending before its wake run starts and cleared after the wake run
starts. Replace the blanket check for no provider-thread.updated events carrying
pending background tasks, while preserving the fixture’s existing replay
expectations.
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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Count owed wake notifications as pending work in the runtime probe.
hasPendingBackgroundWork in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts does not count a buffered registered-subagent task_notification. The owed-wake list is computed separately in owedWakeTasksForNativeThread, and the probe never reads it. As a result, a session whose only remaining work is an owed wake reports no pending work. ProviderSessionManager.releaseForLinkedEnvironments (ProviderSessionManager.ts:1862-1868) and the idle-pin check (ProviderSessionManager.ts:1218-1224) both read this probe. They can release or unpin the runtime before the native wake starts, and the wake and its final result may never be produced.
Include owed-wake notifications in the probe, or make the retention decision read the same owed-wake state that the run ingestion uses. Also check the unload path, which uses hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread, because it has the same gap for the roster.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 6096 - 6101:
Update hasPendingBackgroundWork and hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread to include buffered registered-subagent task notifications from the same owed-wake state used by owedWakeTasksForNativeThread. Ensure both runtime retention checks and unload decisions report pending work while an owed wake remains, preserving the existing behavior for other pending work.
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Update the stale fixture assertion for the new background-subagent roster contract.
The change intentionally keeps a buffered background subagent on the pending roster until its wake run starts. claude_background_subagent_after_root/output.ts:69-75 still asserts that no provider-thread.updated event carries pending background tasks during the whole replay. Under this change, the replay emits such an event while the subagent notification is buffered. CI shard 4 can therefore fail at that assertion.
Change the assertion to check the intended invariant. The fixture should show that the subagent is pending before the wake run and cleared after the wake run starts. A blanket "never pending" check no longer matches the adapter contract.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 9743 - 9771:
Update the stale roster assertion in the claude_background_subagent_after_root fixture to verify that the background subagent is pending before its wake run starts and cleared after the wake run starts. Replace the blanket check for no provider-thread.updated events carrying pending background tasks, while preserving the fixture’s existing replay expectations.
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Make the unmarked background-command exit case keep the original delegate_task
open until the child's wake turn and its reviewer-started turns finish, with an
adapter-level or integration test that reproduces the issue's sequence.
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The replay fixture asserted Claude never publishes pending background
tasks, which the wake-turn hold now does on purpose. It now asserts the
subagent stays pending until its wake run starts and the roster ends empty.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Check that the roster remains pending until the continuation starts.
This assertion accepts a nonempty roster followed by an empty roster before the subagent completes. That sequence can reopen the premature-completion gap described in the PR, but the final empty-roster assertion also passes.
Assert that the subagent enters the roster before its completion event and remains in each subsequent roster until continuationStartIndex. Keep the final empty-roster check.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/claude_background_subagent_after_root/output.ts at line 93:
Update the roster assertions using the existing subagent identifier and completion-event position: require the subagent to appear before its completion event and remain present in every subsequent roster up to continuationStartIndex. Keep the final empty-roster assertion.
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- Line 93: Update the roster assertions using the existing subagent identifier
and completion-event position: require the subagent to appear before its
completion event and remain present in every subsequent roster up to
continuationStartIndex. Keep the final empty-roster assertion.
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Make the unmarked background-command exit case keep the original delegate_task
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exit, wake run, reviewer turns, final result delivered to the parent).
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The automated pipeline ran the reported steps in the real app without this change, and the problem did not appear. So it cannot show that this change fixes anything.
What was run on f313d0a6cb, the commit before this change:
On both commits, launch a Claude parent with the same uploaded driver. Explicitly request one async delegate_task to a Claude child and authorize native Agent run_in_background:true. Have the native Agent perform a read-only architecture review requested to last about 40 seconds. Instruct the child to end its initial turn with INTERIM and reply FINAL when Agent completion wakes it. Observe the parent's original task card and delivered result. Both commits kept the task pending and delivered FINAL; premature INTERIM delivery was not observed. Native Agent calls and child wake turns were confirmed in each isolated server's persisted state. The review work exceeded the requested duration.
How: Manual real web-app comparison: separate worktrees and fresh isolated databases with T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0, CLI-created synthetic projects and Claude parent threads, real Claude Haiku delegation and native background Agents, Chromium at 1440x900 in light theme, driven with agent-browser. Videos show the task lifecycle, cropped identically to the top 1440x600. The head still is from the first completed run; its video is a repeat after the first recording failed. Servers and browsers were stopped and temporary worktrees removed.
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Cause: when a Claude child's root turn is idle and a background Agent subagent's task_notification arrives, ClaudeAdapterV2 buffers it for a wake turn, offers the continuation, and immediately completes the subagent row. Unlike exited commands (#34568), subagents are never on the provider-thread roster, so nothing held the child between that completion and the creation of the wake run; delegatedTaskProgress reported result_available and finalizeAppOwnedSubagent settled the task with the previous turn's interim text. Fix (ClaudeAdapterV2.ts only): owedWakeTasksForNativeThread now also reports, as a
subagentpending task, every registered root-level (non-nested) subagent whose task_notification sits in the native thread's wake buffer. It is derived from the buffer, so no new state: it clears when the wake turn drains the buffer (the wake run is already active then), when retireOfferedWake drops an unstarted wake (it re-emits the roster), and on process reset. The idle notification branch now emits the roster before updateClaudeSubagentNode completes the row (applyBackgroundTaskRosterMessage only emits when a roster entry was removed). The emission sets pendingBackgroundWork, so the launching run's event ingestion stays open across the gap, the same mechanism #34568 uses. backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion treatssubagentas holding, so delegatedTaskProgress returns waiting_for_children until the wake run starts, then working, then result_available with the wake turn's result. Test: I extended the existing adapter test 'streams a background subagent's work while the root turn is idle' to assert that the last roster before the row's completion holds the subagent and the final roster does not. It fails without the fix and passes with it. Residual risk: if the wake continuation could never be offered (no stored route for the native thread), the task would now stay open instead of closing with stale text; that should not happen for a registered subagent, but it is not proven. I did not re-run the live end-to-end repro with real Claude turns; the adapter-level test is the proof. No new regex or parser.Fixes #24297
Reproduction on main
Commit 7466707 (origin/main, includes #34568). Ran
T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run devin a fresh worktree, added a scratch git project, and started Claude parent threads witht3 thread start --provider claudeAgenton the cheapest Claude model. Each parent called delegate_task (mode async, isolation shared) for a Claude child; timings were read from the dev statev2.sqlite. (1) Child runssleep 40with run_in_background, calls t3_background_wait (matched), ends with 'REPRO1 WAITING'. The original task stayed open until the wake run completed (07:23:58.659) and closed at 07:23:58.937 with 'REPRO1 DONE'; the parent received the final text. Correct: the main case in the issue is fixed by #34568. (2) Same without t3_background_wait: the task closed at once with 'REPRO2 WAITING' and the final text arrived later as a provider-continuation task. That is how unmarked work is designed to behave. (3) The child calls the built-in Agent tool with run_in_background:true and ends its turn with 'REPRO4 INTERIM' (it refused on the first try, since T3's instructions forbid a background Agent; it complied once told explicitly). Child run 1 ended 07:32:30.068, the native subagent row completed 07:32:36.079, the original app-owned task completed 07:32:36.163 with a subagent_result carrying 'REPRO4 INTERIM', and the child's wake run 2 was requested 07:32:36.263, 100 ms later. The parent replied 'PARENT GOT: REPRO4 INTERIM' at 07:32:40.88. 'REPRO4 FINAL' arrived only as a separate provider-continuation task at 07:32:43.497. So the race still reproduces on main for background Agent subagents.Evidence
Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.
Tests
vp test run src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts (457 passed, before the test edit); vp test run ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts -t "streams a background subagent's work while the root turn is idle": passes with the fix, fails ('expected false to be true') with the adapter change stashed; vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages), test (2 files, 401 passed) all pass.
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