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perf(server): leave idle subagent chains out of the shell for clients that read them on demand#29129

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Problem

With omitIdleSubagents, the shell keeps every idle subagent that is the parent of another subagent, so nested idle chains send most of their rows on every connect (#29128). On one real database that is 331 shell rows where 54 are needed.

Change

Clients now send omitIdleSubagentParents with omitIdleSubagents, over WebSocket and the HTTP snapshot. With it, the server keeps an idle subagent only while a live subagent is below it (liveSubagentChainIds in ShellStream.ts). The index path uses mayBeLive, so it reads a superset of what the final trim keeps.

A chain that is idle at connect time and wakes later reaches the client as one row whose parent is missing. The server can't send the parent rows with that delta, because shellReducer.ts skips events at or below the last applied sequence. So when the shell has a subagent or side chat whose parent row is missing, threadFamilies.snapshotAtom reads that root's family and merges it behind the shell rows, as it already does for mounted families. The badge walk, child inputs, inline approvals and sidebar selection then see the whole chain, forks and side chats included.

  • Clients that don't send the flag get the same rows as before.
  • Older servers ignore the flag. Effect Struct decode drops excess keys by default; I decoded {omitIdleSubagents: true, omitIdleSubagentParents: true} with the schemas on main (plain, toCodecJson, and the HTTP query struct) and got {omitIdleSubagents: true}.

Scope and approval

Fixes #29128, filed with this PR and not yet triaged. It's one problem: the server drops the rows, and the client reads them back when a woken child needs them. The contract, server and client changes are each required for that.

Verification

  • Server: the trim cases in ShellStream.test.ts and ws.test.ts fail on main (an extra middle row in the snapshot) and pass with the change.
  • Client: the new case in threadFamilies.test.ts, a woken child whose idle parent is missing with no family mounted, fails on main with [parent, woken] and passes with [parent, woken, idle-child]. shell-sync.test.ts checks that the subscribe input sends the flag.
  • vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck of 35 packages, and 7 test files.
  • A read-only count over a copy of a real database: 331 shell rows on main, 54 with the change, plus whichever subagents are live.
  • Not checked: a live drive on a device, or connect timings before and after.

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merged current github/main without conflicts and kept the shell trimming intent. fixed both route review findings: cached family reads must be mounted before redirecting, and exhausted reads show retry instead of a blank route.

blacksmith check:changed passed format, lint, knip, graphql, 36 affected package typechecks, 64 tests in seven existing files, and react compiler. the exact previously failing pdf scroll/zoom test also passed without changes. two independent code reviews found no remaining issues at this head.

chrome verification used isolated development state with nested thread projection fixtures. the old route remained blank after three injected websocket family-read errors. this head shows retry; clicking it makes a real successful family rpc and restores the leaf and its parent chain. leaving and revisiting the cached leaf also preserves its route and parent chain. this verifies the client/server recovery path; it does not claim a new real-provider or native mobile run.

before: exhausted family reads leave the route blank

after: exhausted family reads expose retry

retry restores the leaf and its parent chain

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Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#29128

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Reduces shell payloads by omitting idle subagent chains and loading missing families when needed. Existing clients retain their behavior, and the change does not alter stored threads or agent execution.

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Walkthrough

The server adds an option to omit idle subagent parents from shell snapshots. The client sends this option with idle-subagent omission and loads family rows when a subagent arrives without its parent. Web and mobile thread selection mount family rows for selected threads.

Changes: Shell filtering and family recovery

Layer / File(s)Summary
Server-side parent omission
packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, packages/contracts/src/environmentHttp.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ShellStream.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/http.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ShellStream.test.ts, apps/server/src/ws.test.ts		The server accepts omitIdleSubagentParents and passes it through HTTP and WebSocket shell snapshot paths. When enabled with idle-subagent omission, the filter retains live subagents and their subagent ancestors. Tests cover nested chains and snapshot filtering.
Client omission options
packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/shellSnapshotHttp.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/shell-sync.test.ts, docs/internals/connection-runtime.md		The client sends the parent-omission option with idle-subagent omission. The documentation describes family reads when a child arrives without its parent row.
Client family recovery and selection
packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadFamilies.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadFamilies.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-selection.ts, apps/web/src/components/ThreadRouteView.tsx		Family merging reads rows for subagents whose parent is missing and retries family requests after a failed read. Web and mobile thread selection mount family rows. Web redirects wait for the family read to settle.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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1sequenceDiagram
2 participant ClientRuntime
3 participant ShellStream
4 participant ThreadFamilies
5 ClientRuntime->>ShellStream: Request shell with idle-subagent omission options
6 ShellStream-->>ClientRuntime: Return snapshot with child row and missing parent
7 ClientRuntime->>ThreadFamilies: Read family for child with missing parent
8 ThreadFamilies-->>ClientRuntime: Return family rows for snapshot merge

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Mobile users may need to reopen a thread to recover missing family relationships after repeated read failures. The change is otherwise mergeable with this limitation acknowledged.

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Linked Issues checkPassed[#29128] The server omits idle subagent chains without live descendants when clients send the new flag. WebSocket and HTTP clients send the flag with omitIdleSubagents. The client reads and merges m…
Out of Scope Changes checkPassed[#29128] Contract and transport changes enable trimming. Family loading, route recovery, documentation, and tests support access to omitted rows. The whole-PR summary shows no unrelated changes. The r…
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[#29128] The server omits idle subagent chains without live descendants when clients send the new flag. WebSocket and HTTP clients send the flag with omitIdleSubagents. The client reads and merges missing families, and mounts viewed families. Tests cover trimming, subscription flags, and missing-parent recovery.

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[#29128] Contract and transport changes enable trimming. Family loading, route recovery, documentation, and tests support access to omitted rows. The whole-PR summary shows no unrelated changes. The root incremental diff was unavailable, but the summary supports the scope assessment.

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadFamilies.tslines 236–237Outdated · 0d2812dOpen thread
……@@ -203,16 +221,29 @@ export function createThreadFamilyAtoms<R, ER, E>(
234+ orphans = {
235+ threads: snapshot.threads,
236+ rows: rootsWithMissingParents(snapshot.threads).map((root) =>
237+ familyRowsAtom(familyKey(environmentId, root)),
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Retry failed automatic family reads on recovery.

familyQueryAtom has no refresh trigger or interval, and the orphan path only reads familyRowsAtom. Unlike mount, it does not refresh failed queries. A failed getThreadFamily request can leave the parent absent for the current shell generation. Add a recovery refresh trigger for orphan family reads.

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merged current github/main without conflicts and kept the shell trimming intent. fixed both route review findings: cached family reads must be mounted before redirecting, and exhausted reads show retry instead of a blank route.

blacksmith check:changed passed format, lint, knip, graphql, 36 affected package typechecks, 64 tests in seven existing files, and react compiler. the exact previously failing pdf scroll/zoom test also passed without changes. two independent code reviews found no remaining issues at this head.

chrome verification used isolated development state with nested thread projection fixtures. the old route remained blank after three injected websocket family-read errors. this head shows retry; clicking it makes a real successful family rpc and restores the leaf and its parent chain. leaving and revisiting the cached leaf also preserves its route and parent chain. this verifies the client/server recovery path; it does not claim a new real-provider or native mobile run.

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retry restores the leaf and its parent chain

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verified with repo Playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome on linux, using real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the local proxy. created a project through the app and a root → middle → leaf chain through T3 delegation, without mocks or fixtures.

  • reproduced on github/main (60aec28a9c): cold shell kept the idle middle row. the original pr trims both idle descendants. legacy requests still keep the middle row. confirmed the actual client HTTP/WS omission flags.
  • woke the leaf through t3 thread send while the browser viewed an unrelated thread. the raw shell received the leaf without its middle parent; the client called orchestration.getThreadFamily and restored the chain. reconnecting during the live leaf retained both ancestors. real provider replies were WOKEN_LEAF_OK and, after the fix, FINAL_WOKEN_LEAF_OK.
  • found a cold-connect regression in the original head: viewed families were never mounted, so child links said "Thread no longer available" and the leaf parent was unknown. pushed c599c38093 to this existing head: mount the viewed family until navigation on web/mobile. a fresh browser now resolves root child links, direct leaf opens, and parent navigation. unrelated Codex turns still return NEIGHBOR_OK.
  • final check:changed on Blacksmith passed: format, lint, knip, graphql, 35 package typechecks, 60 tests in seven files, and React compiler. new GitHub CI is pending.

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Outside diff Wait for the family read before redirecting.

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Wait for the family read before redirecting.

ThreadRouteView mounts the viewed thread family through the shell’s atom graph. The family merge updates the rows consumed by hiddenThreadKeysAtom, so the missing parent’s tag classification is not permanently stale.

The redirect can still run before that merge completes. Keep both hiddenByTagFilter and offShellBlocked from redirecting while the family read is pending. Then re-evaluate the merged snapshot and redirect only if the thread remains hidden or off-shell.

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Retry a failed mounted family read.

When the selected thread remains available, ThreadRouteScreen renders ThreadRouteContent and does not show ThreadUnavailableScreen. If the mounted getThreadFamily request then fails through its retries, familyRowsAtom contributes no rows to the merged shell. Omitted parent or child relationships can therefore remain missing while the route has no retry action. Refresh the failed mounted family, or expose a retry action that calls threadFamilies.refresh, with a guard against an immediate retry loop.

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