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fix(server): handle steering while waiting for child work
Nov 12, 2026
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fix(server): keep responsive wait guidance within context budget
Nov 12, 2026
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/responsive-agent-…
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refactor(server): tidy responsive wait plumbing and drop unneeded tes…
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Merge origin/main into factory/pr-35622
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49 changes: 37 additions & 12 deletions apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {

it.effect.each([
"parent completion",
"caller steering",
"nested child completion",
"child run completion",
"child question",
Expand All @@ -1285,15 +1286,19 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {
const nestedId = NodeId.make("node:mcp-wait-nested");
const childRunId = RunId.make("run:mcp-wait-child");
const childRootId = NodeId.make("node:mcp-wait-child-root");
const eventThreadId = wake === "parent completion" ? parentThreadId : childThreadId;
const eventThreadId =
wake === "parent completion" || wake === "caller steering" ? parentThreadId : childThreadId;
const eventType =
wake === "child run completion"
? "run.updated"
: wake === "child question" || wake === "child approval"
? "runtime-request.updated"
: "subagent.updated";
wake === "caller steering"
? "turn-item.updated"
: wake === "child run completion"
? "run.updated"
: wake === "child question" || wake === "child approval"
? "runtime-request.updated"
: "subagent.updated";
const terminal = wake.endsWith("completion");
let ready = false;
const commands: Array<OrchestrationV2ServerCommand> = [];
const task = () => ({
id: taskId,
threadId: parentThreadId,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1326,7 +1331,7 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {
: [],
nodes: [{ id: childRootId, runId: childRunId }],
runtimeRequests:
ready && !terminal
ready && !terminal && wake !== "caller steering"
? [
{
id: "request:mcp-wait-answer",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1357,11 +1362,13 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {
Stream.concat(Stream.fromQueue(events)),
)
: Stream.never,
dispatch: () =>
Effect.succeed({
dispatch: (command) => {
commands.push(command);
return Effect.succeed({
sequence: 1,
storedEvents: [{ event: { type: "subagent.updated", payload: task() } }],
} as never),
} as never);
},
}),
ServerSettings.layerTest(),
providerRegistryLayer([
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1417,7 +1424,15 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {
event: {
type: eventType,
threadId: eventThreadId,
payload: { id: wake === "parent completion" ? taskId : nestedId },
payload:
wake === "caller steering"
? {
type: "user_message",
runId: parentRunId,
messageId: MessageId.make("message:mcp-wait-steer"),
inputIntent: "steer",
}
: { id: wake === "parent completion" ? taskId : nestedId },
},
} as unknown as OrchestrationV2StoredEvent);
const result = yield* Fiber.join(waiting);
Expand All @@ -1427,7 +1442,17 @@ describe("OrchestratorMcpService provider resolution", () => {
if (wake === "parent completion") assert.equal(result.summary, "done");
} else {
assert.equal(result.status, "running");
if (wake === "child question") assert.isTrue(result.hasPendingQuestion);
if (wake === "caller steering") {
assert.equal(result.interruptedByMessageId, "message:mcp-wait-steer");
assert.notProperty(result, "next");
assert.isTrue(
commands.some(
(command) =>
command.type === "delegated_task.wake-policy" &&
command.completionWake === "always",
),
);
} else if (wake === "child question") assert.isTrue(result.hasPendingQuestion);
else {
assert.deepEqual(result.pendingApproval, {
requestId: "request:mcp-wait-answer",
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45 changes: 38 additions & 7 deletions apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts
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Expand Up @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ const DEFAULT_TASK_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 4 * 60 * 1_000;
const MAX_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60 * 60 * 1_000;
const TASK_WAKE_EVENTS = [
{ thread: "parent", eventType: "subagent.updated" },
{ thread: "parent", eventType: "turn-item.updated" },
{ thread: "child", eventType: "run.updated" },
{ thread: "child", eventType: "subagent.updated" },
{ thread: "child", eventType: "provider-thread.updated" },
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1773,7 +1774,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
Exit.isSuccess(exit) && delivered(exit.value) ? Effect.void : upgradeWake,
),
);
if (Option.isSome(waited) && delivered(waited)) return waited.value;
if (Option.isSome(waited)) return waited.value;
return yield* readTask(scope, taskId, Option.isNone(waited), true);
});

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1897,18 +1898,30 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
})
.pipe(
Stream.filter(
({ event }) =>
(stored) =>
thread === "child" ||
event.type !== "subagent.updated" ||
event.payload.id === taskId,
(stored.event.type === "turn-item.updated"
? ThreadManagementService.steeringInputMessage(stored) !== undefined
: stored.event.type !== "subagent.updated" ||
stored.event.payload.id === taskId),
),
),
),
{ concurrency: "unbounded" },
).pipe(
Stream.mapError(streamError),
Stream.mapEffect(() => readTask(scope, taskId, false, true)),
Stream.filter(endsTaskWait),
Stream.mapEffect((stored) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const result = yield* readTask(scope, taskId, false, true);
const messageId = ThreadManagementService.steeringInputMessage(stored);
if (messageId === undefined) return result;
const { next: _next, ...current } = result;
return { ...current, interruptedByMessageId: messageId };
}),
),
Stream.filter(
(result) => result.interruptedByMessageId !== undefined || endsTaskWait(result),
),
Stream.runHead,
);
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3221,7 +3234,15 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
} satisfies OrchestratorMcpThreadSendResult;
}),
waitForThread: Effect.fn("OrchestratorMcpService.waitForThread")(function* (scope, input) {
const { parent, target } = yield* loadScopedThread(scope, input.threadId, []);
const { parent, target } = yield* loadScopedThread(scope, input.threadId, ["runs"]);
const callerRun =
parent === undefined
? undefined
: ThreadManagementService.latestActiveRun({
runs: parent.runs.filter(
(run) => run.providerInstanceId === scope.thread?.providerInstanceId,
),
});
const result = yield* threadManagement
.waitForThread({
projectId: target.thread.projectId,
Expand All @@ -3232,6 +3253,11 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
Math.max(1, input.timeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS),
),
...(input.untilDelegatedWorkSettled === true ? { untilDelegatedWorkSettled: true } : {}),
...(callerRun === undefined || parent === undefined
? {}
: {
caller: { threadId: parent.thread.id, runId: callerRun.id },
}),
})
.pipe(Effect.mapError(threadManagementFailure));
const status = result.run === null ? "idle" : runOutcome(result.run);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3262,6 +3288,11 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
runId: result.run?.id ?? null,
status,
timedOut: result.timedOut,
...(result.interruptedByMessageId === undefined
? {}
: {
interruptedByMessageId: result.interruptedByMessageId,
}),
...(wakesCaller ? { next: ORCHESTRATOR_MCP_RUNNING_TASK_NEXT } : {}),
...(result.resultRun === undefined
? {}
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/orchestrator/tools.ts
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Expand Up @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ const ThreadSendTool = Tool.make("t3_thread_send", {

const ThreadWaitTool = Tool.make("t3_thread_wait", {
description:
"Wait for a thread's run to finish. No `runId`: latest. Idle: at once. On timeout, with `next` end your turn; without, call again.",
"Wait (latest run by default). Idle returns. interruptedByMessageId: handle input; target runs. Timeout: next ends turn; else retry.",
parameters: OrchestratorMcpThreadWaitInput,
success: OrchestratorMcpThreadWaitResult,
failure: OrchestratorMcpFailure,
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126 changes: 126 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/OpenCode2AdapterV2.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1656,6 +1656,132 @@ it.layer(McpProviderSessions.layer)("OpenCode2 adapter", (it) => {
event("session.execution.started", { sessionID: CHILD }),
];

it.effect.each([false, true])(
"answers steering while foreground subagents keep running, active goal=%s",
(goal) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const gate = makeProviderReplayGate(["release-child"]);
const requests: Array<string> = [];
const steerId = `msg_t3_steer_${SESSION}:message:opencode2-adapter:steer`;
const foreground = backgroundLaunch(CHILD).map((entry) => {
if (entry.type !== "emit_inbound" || !entry.frame || typeof entry.frame !== "object")
return entry;
const frame = entry.frame as { event?: { type: string; data: Record<string, unknown> } };
if (frame.event?.type !== "session.tool.called") return entry;
return event("session.tool.called", {
...frame.event.data,
input: { description: "Sleep", prompt: "sleep", background: false },
});
});
const { runtime, thread } = yield* resumed(
[
...foreground,
...(goal
? [
event("rpc.opencode.goal.changed", {
sessionID: SESSION,
goal: nativeGoal("active"),
}),
]
: []),
event("session.execution.started", { sessionID: CHILD }),
out("session.prompt", { sessionID: SESSION, id: steerId, delivery: "steer" }),
replyData("session.prompt", {
id: steerId,
sessionID: SESSION,
time: { created: 1790656601500 },
type: "user",
payload: { text: "Also say STEERED." },
delivery: "steer",
}),
out("session.background", { sessionID: SESSION }),
reply("session.background", null),
returnedRunning("call-background"),
event("session.inbox.delivered", { sessionID: SESSION, inboxID: steerId }),
event("session.text.ended", {
sessionID: SESSION,
assistantMessageID: "msg_steer_reply",
ordinal: 0,
text: "STEERED",
}),
event("session.execution.succeeded", { sessionID: SESSION }),
event("session.execution.succeeded", { sessionID: CHILD }, "release-child"),
childReport("msg_child_report", "CHILD_DONE"),
...(goal
? [
event("rpc.opencode.goal.changed", {
sessionID: SESSION,
goal: nativeGoal("complete"),
}),
]
: []),
],
{
version: "2.2.5",
replayGate: gate,
beforeResponse: (path) => Effect.sync(() => requests.push(path)),
},
);
const childStarted = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const childDone = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const answered = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const parentEnded = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
const terminals: Array<ProviderAdapter.ProviderAdapterV2Event> = [];
let childStatus: string | undefined;
let callStatus: string | undefined;
let result: string | null = null;
yield* runtime.events.pipe(
Stream.runForEach((e) => {
if (e.type === "turn.terminal") {
terminals.push(e);
return Deferred.succeed(parentEnded, undefined);
}
if (
e.type === "provider_turn.updated" &&
e.providerTurn.nativeTurnRef?.nativeId?.startsWith(`${CHILD}:turn:`)
) {
childStatus = e.providerTurn.status;
if (childStatus === "running") return Deferred.succeed(childStarted, undefined);
}
if (e.type === "subagent.updated" && e.subagent.title === "Sleep") {
callStatus = e.subagent.status;
result = e.subagent.result;
if (callStatus === "completed") return Deferred.succeed(childDone, undefined);
}
return e.type === "message.updated" && e.message.text === "STEERED"
? Deferred.succeed(answered, undefined)
: Effect.void;
}),
Effect.forkScoped,
);
yield* runtime.startTurn(withLineage(thread));
yield* Deferred.await(childStarted);
yield* runtime.steerTurn({
threadId,
runId: RunId.make("run:opencode2-adapter"),
providerThread: thread,
providerTurnId: yield* providerTurnId,
message: {
...turnInput(thread).message,
messageId: MessageId.make("message:opencode2-adapter:steer"),
text: "Also say STEERED.",
},
});
assert.isTrue(requests.some((path) => path.endsWith("/background")));
assert.isTrue(yield* runtime.hasPendingBackgroundWorkForThread!(thread));
yield* Deferred.await(answered);
yield* Effect.promise(() => gate.waitForReached("release-child"));
if (!goal) yield* Deferred.await(parentEnded);
assert.equal(childStatus, "running");
assert.equal(callStatus, "running");
assert.lengthOf(terminals, goal ? 0 : 1);
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Synchronize the goal assertion with adapter processing.

gate.waitForReached("release-child") proves that replay reached the child gate. It does not prove that the adapter and subscriber processed the preceding parent execution end. In the goal branch, terminals can therefore still be empty even if goal handling incorrectly ends the parent.

Add an observable barrier after the parent execution-end event. Await that barrier before checking terminals and releasing the child.

As per path instructions, tests must “await a specific persisted event or Deferred milestone.”

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/OpenCode2AdapterV2.test.ts around lines 1773 - 1777:
The goal branch checks terminals before adapter and subscriber processing of the parent execution-end event is observable. In this test, add a Deferred or persisted-event barrier that signals after that event is processed, and await it before checking terminals or releasing the child; keep the child gate as a separate synchronization point.

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gate.release("release-child");
yield* Deferred.await(childDone);
assert.equal(result, "CHILD_DONE");
yield* Deferred.await(parentEnded);
}).pipe(Effect.scoped),
);

it.effect.each([false, true])(
"settles a failed background subagent with recovered child=%s",
(recoveredChild) =>
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/OpenCode2AdapterV2.testkit.ts
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Expand Up @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ const operationOf = (
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/command") return { type: "session.command", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/compact") return { type: "session.compact", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/interrupt") return { type: "session.interrupt", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/background") return { type: "session.background", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/model") return { type: "session.switchModel", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/agent") return { type: "session.switchAgent", input };
if (method === "POST" && rest === "/move") return { type: "session.move", input };
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