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25 changes: 16 additions & 9 deletions apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts
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Expand Up @@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ import type {
ProjectionRecordField,
ProjectionRecordFilter,
} from "../orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts";
import { delegatedTaskResultRun, runOutcome } from "../orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts";
import {
delegatedTaskAwaitsSubagents,
delegatedTaskResultRun,
delegatedTaskRuns,
runOutcome,
} from "../orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts";
import * as ThreadManagementService from "../orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts";
import * as ThreadLaunchService from "../orchestration-v2/ThreadLaunchService.ts";
import * as GitVcsDriver from "../vcs/GitVcsDriver.ts";
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const childRun = delegatedTaskRun(childControls, task);
const terminalRun = latestTerminalResultRun(childControls, childRun);
const progress = delegatedTaskProgress(childControls);
const followupRuns =
childRun?.delegatedTaskId === task.id ? delegatedTaskRuns(childControls, task.id) : undefined;
const taskResultRun =
childRun?.delegatedTaskId === task.id
? delegatedTaskResultRun(childControls.runs, task.id)
: progress.resultRun;
followupRuns === undefined ? progress.resultRun : delegatedTaskResultRun(followupRuns);

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift

Update result-transfer lookup for untagged completion wakes.

When an untagged wake supplies the final reply, taskResultTransfer still accepts only runs tagged with the follow-up task ID (Lines 621–638). The finalizer now writes the transfer against the wake run. Consequently, resultContextTransferId is null even after that transfer exists.

The thread-read path also maps an untagged wake back to the original task (Lines 602–605), so reading the final reply does not acknowledge the follow-up. Apply the associated-run ownership rule to transfer lookup and thread-read acknowledgement.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts at line 1636:
Update taskResultTransfer lookup and thread-read acknowledgement to recognize the associated wake run when completion is untagged, while preserving follow-up task ID matching for tagged runs. Align both paths with the ownership rule used by delegatedTaskResultRun and progress.resultRun so a transfer written against the wake run is found and reading its final reply acknowledges the follow-up.

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const taskWorkState =
childRun?.delegatedTaskId === task.id
? isTerminalTaskStatus(taskStatusForRun(taskResultRun))
? "result_available"
: "working"
: progress.state;
followupRuns === undefined
? progress.state
: !isTerminalTaskStatus(taskStatusForRun(taskResultRun))
? "working"
: delegatedTaskAwaitsSubagents(followupRuns, childControls.subagents)
? "waiting_for_children"
: "result_available";
const resultRunIds = [
...new Set(
[taskResultRun?.id, terminalRun?.id].filter((id): id is RunId => id !== undefined),
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245 changes: 245 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -2937,6 +2937,251 @@ it.layer(Layer.merge(layerTest, ProviderContinuationRequests.layer))(
};
});

it.effect("holds a follow-up open while the child's own subagent still runs", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const orchestrator = yield* Orchestrator.OrchestratorV2;
const eventSink = yield* EventSink.EventSinkV2;
const now = yield* DateTime.now;
const parentThreadId = ThreadId.make("thread:followup-grandchild-parent");
const projectId = ProjectId.make("project:followup-grandchild");
const parentRunId = RunId.make("run:followup-grandchild-parent");
const rootNodeId = NodeId.make("node:followup-grandchild-parent");
yield* seedParentWithTerminalTask({
threadId: parentThreadId,
projectId,
runId: parentRunId,
rootNodeId,
taskId: NodeId.make("node:followup-grandchild-seed"),
deliveryState: "acknowledged",
now,
});
const child = yield* seedRestartCancelledChild({
parentThreadId,
projectId,
parentRunId,
rootNodeId,
name: "followup-grandchild-child",
completionWake: "always",
continuationPending: false,
runStatus: "completed",
now,
});
yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;
assert.equal(
(yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(parentThreadId)).subagents.find(
(task) => task.id === child.taskId,
)?.status,
"completed",
);

const followupMessageId = MessageId.make("message:followup-grandchild-send");
yield* orchestrator.dispatch({
type: "message.dispatch",
createdBy: "agent",
creationSource: "mcp",
commandId: CommandId.make("command:followup-grandchild-send"),
threadId: child.childThreadId,
senderThreadId: parentThreadId,
messageId: followupMessageId,
text: "Now delegate the next step.",
attachments: [],
dispatchMode: { type: "queue_after_active" },
});
const followupRun = (yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(
child.childThreadId,
)).runs.find((run) => run.userMessageId === followupMessageId)!;
assert.isDefined(followupRun.delegatedTaskId);
const followupTaskId = followupRun.delegatedTaskId!;

const grandchildId = NodeId.make("node:followup-grandchild-grandchild");
const grandchild = {
id: grandchildId,
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: followupRun.id,
parentNodeId: NodeId.make("node:followup-grandchild-child-root"),
origin: "app_owned" as const,
createdBy: "agent" as const,
driver,
providerInstanceId: modelSelection.instanceId,
providerThreadId: null,
childThreadId: ThreadId.make("thread:followup-grandchild-grandchild"),
nativeTaskRef: null,
prompt: "Do the next step.",
title: null,
model: null,
completionWake: "always" as const,
status: "running" as const,
result: null,
startedAt: now,
completedAt: null,
updatedAt: now,
};
yield* eventSink.write({
commandId: reconcileCommandId("followup-grandchild-turn-ended"),
events: [
{
id: EventId.make("event:followup-grandchild-started"),
type: "subagent.updated",
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: followupRun.id,
nodeId: grandchildId,
driver,
providerInstanceId: modelSelection.instanceId,
occurredAt: now,
payload: grandchild,
},
{
id: EventId.make("event:followup-grandchild-run-completed"),
type: "run.updated",
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: followupRun.id,
occurredAt: now,
payload: { ...followupRun, status: "completed", startedAt: now, completedAt: now },
},
],
});
yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;

const waiting = yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(parentThreadId);
const heldFollowup = waiting.subagents.find((task) => task.id === followupTaskId);
assert.isNull(
heldFollowup?.result ?? null,
"the follow-up closed while the child's own subagent was still running",
);
assert.equal(heldFollowup?.status, "running");
assert.equal(
waiting.contextTransfers.filter(
(transfer) =>
transfer.type === "subagent_result" &&
transfer.sourceThreadId === child.childThreadId,
).length,
1,
);

// Another turn in the child does not release the hold while the grandchild runs.
for (const status of ["running", "completed"] as const) {
yield* eventSink.write({
commandId: reconcileCommandId(`followup-grandchild-user-${status}`),
events: [
runEvent({
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: RunId.make("run:followup-grandchild-user"),
ordinal: followupRun.ordinal + 1,
status,
now,
}),
],
});
yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;
assert.isNull(
(yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(parentThreadId)).subagents.find(
(task) => task.id === followupTaskId,
)?.result ?? null,
`the follow-up closed while another child run was ${status}`,
);
}

// The grandchild's completion wakes the child in a run without a delegatedTaskId.
const wakeRunId = RunId.make("run:followup-grandchild-wake");
const wakeRun = (status: "running" | "completed") =>
runEvent({
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: wakeRunId,
ordinal: followupRun.ordinal + 2,
status,
now,
});
yield* eventSink.write({
commandId: reconcileCommandId("followup-grandchild-settled"),
events: [
{
id: EventId.make("event:followup-grandchild-completed"),
type: "subagent.updated",
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: followupRun.id,
nodeId: grandchildId,
driver,
providerInstanceId: modelSelection.instanceId,
occurredAt: now,
payload: {
...grandchild,
status: "completed",
result: "grandchild finished",
completionDelivery: { state: "acknowledged", observedByRunId: wakeRunId },
completedAt: now,
},
},
{
id: EventId.make("event:followup-grandchild-wake-message"),
type: "message.updated",
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: wakeRunId,
occurredAt: now,
payload: {
id: MessageId.make(`message:${wakeRunId}`),
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: wakeRunId,
nodeId: null,
role: "user",
text: "Delegated task finished.",
attachments: [],
streaming: false,
createdBy: "agent",
creationSource: "server",
delegatedCompletion: {
parentRunId: followupRun.id,
generation: 1,
taskIds: [grandchildId],
},
createdAt: now,
updatedAt: now,
},
},
wakeRun("running"),
],
});
yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;
const waking = (yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(parentThreadId)).subagents.find(
(task) => task.id === followupTaskId,
);
assert.isNull(waking?.result ?? null, "the follow-up closed before the child's wake ended");

yield* eventSink.write({
commandId: reconcileCommandId("followup-grandchild-wake-finished"),
events: [
{
id: EventId.make("event:followup-grandchild-wake-result"),
type: "message.updated",
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: wakeRunId,
occurredAt: now,
payload: {
id: MessageId.make("message:followup-grandchild-wake-result"),
threadId: child.childThreadId,
runId: wakeRunId,
nodeId: null,
role: "assistant",
text: "The grandchild finished the next step.",
attachments: [],
streaming: false,
createdBy: "agent",
creationSource: "server",
createdAt: now,
updatedAt: now,
},
},
wakeRun("completed"),
],
});
yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;
const settled = (yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(parentThreadId)).subagents.find(
(task) => task.id === followupTaskId,
);
assert.equal(settled?.status, "completed");
assert.equal(settled?.result, "The grandchild finished the next step.");
}),
);

it.effect("waits for a run the follow-up's child queued on its own thread", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const requests = yield* ProviderContinuationRequests.ProviderContinuationRequests;
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19 changes: 14 additions & 5 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
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Expand Up @@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ import {
cancelledBeforeStart,
continuationFailedBeforePrompt,
continuationStartRetryDelayMs,
delegatedTaskAwaitsSubagents,
delegatedTaskResultRun,
delegatedTaskRuns,
isRestartContinuationSource,
runOutcome,
} from "./RestartBackgroundNote.ts";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -13916,13 +13918,13 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
) {
return;
}
const taskRuns = childControls.runs.filter((run) => run.delegatedTaskId === options.task.id);
const taskRuns = delegatedTaskRuns(childControls, options.task.id);
const childRun =
taskRuns.length === 0
? options.task.id === forkedFrom.nodeId
? options.resultRun
: undefined
: delegatedTaskResultRun(taskRuns, options.task.id);
: delegatedTaskResultRun(taskRuns);
if (childRun === undefined) return;
let outcome = runOutcome(childRun);
let terminalStatus = delegatedTaskTerminalStatus(outcome);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -13982,6 +13984,8 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
]);
return;
}
// A follow-up ends with the subagents its turns started, as the original task does.
if (delegatedTaskAwaitsSubagents(taskRuns, childControls.subagents)) return;
if (
yield* childAwaitsRestartContinuation(
taskRuns.length === 0 ? childControls.runs : taskRuns,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -15551,9 +15555,14 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
{ messageRoles: ["user"] },
);
if (taskId !== undefined) {
const runs = child.runs.filter((run) => run.delegatedTaskId === taskId);
const run = delegatedTaskResultRun(runs, taskId);
if (run === undefined || delegatedTaskTerminalStatus(run.status) === null) return true;
const runs = delegatedTaskRuns(child, taskId);
const run = delegatedTaskResultRun(runs);
if (
run === undefined ||
delegatedTaskTerminalStatus(run.status) === null ||
delegatedTaskAwaitsSubagents(runs, child.subagents)
)
return true;
return yield* childAwaitsRestartContinuation(runs, run);
}
const progress = delegatedTaskProgress(child);
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