fix(clients): archiving a thread keeps its linked-environment tasks under it#30266

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Problem

When you archive a thread that delegated tasks to a linked environment, those tasks appear in the sidebar as their own threads, and they stay there after a reload. A local subagent of the same parent stays hidden. Steps to reproduce are in #30265.

The sidebar keeps a delegated task under its parent only while the parent is in the live shell snapshot. The server's live shell leaves archived threads out and sends thread.removed when a thread is archived, the same event as a delete. So after an archive, every task of that parent reads as an orphan.

Change

When a delegated task's parent is missing from the live snapshot, delegatedUnderParentAtom reads the parent environment's archived snapshot (the getArchivedShellSnapshot query the Archive settings page already uses).

If the archive has the parent, the task stays under it.
If the archive was read after the parent's removal and does not have it (the parent was deleted), or the archive fails to load, the task is listed as before, so its work stays reachable.
While the archive loads, or while a cached archive is older than the parent's removal, the task stays under the parent. It does not flash into the sidebar before the refresh lands. The shell state's removedAt gives the removal sequence, and thread families already compare it to their reads the same way.

The archive is read only for an environment that has a delegated task with a missing parent. Archiving or deleting a thread from this client already refreshes that query (refreshArchivedThreadsForEnvironment). Web and mobile pass the query and the shell state into createEnvironmentThreadShellAtoms through two new inputs, archivedSnapshotAtom and shellStateAtom.

The archive has no live updates. A cached or in-flight answer can predate another client's archive of the parent, and a reconnect's authoritative snapshot clears the shell's removals. So the thread shell rereads the archive on its first read for an environment, on each removal, and on each new authoritative snapshot, and it treats the answer from before as loading until the new one lands.

Scope and approval

Fixes #30265. This reverses behavior that #16719 asserted in threadShell.test.ts, so the issue asks whether listing the tasks on archive is intended.

Not changed:

A task whose parent is an older settled thread that the shell leaves out still gets listed on its own.
If another client deletes the parent, this client keeps its tasks hidden until its archive query refreshes or the page reloads.
The server-side problem where an archived parent does not get results from running tasks is #26075.

Verification

I ran two dev servers, A and B, from a fresh checkout of main (d51bc58f5e), linked B to A, and added B to the web client. A Claude Haiku 5.5 thread on A ran two delegate_task tasks on B. With that thread and those tasks, I recorded the same steps twice, with A on main and with A on this branch rebased onto it: open the sidebar, archive the parent, wait, reload.

On main, both tasks appear in the sidebar right after the archive and are still there after the reload.
On this branch, the parent leaves the sidebar and the tasks stay hidden, both after the archive and after the reload. I stepped through the recording at 10 frames per second and saw no task row at any frame.
Unarchiving the parent puts it back in the sidebar, and the tasks stay out of it.

`main`	This branch
On main, archiving the parent lists its two tasks	On this branch, the tasks leave with the parent

The existing case "lists a task a linked environment runs for a listed thread under that thread" now applies the archive through applyShellStreamEvent and supplies the archived snapshot. It checks a cached archive older than the removal, loading, an archive with the parent, a current archive without it, and a failed read. It also checks that the archive is read again when a parent first goes missing, on a removal, and after a reconnect with a stale archive. It fails on main and passes on this branch. vp run check:changed passes.

The recordings are from fdbee7d51e, before the three commits that answer review feedback. I tried the stale-archive case in the browser with a second client and an offline toggle, but it did not reproduce on either side, so the test is the evidence for it. I did not check the desktop app or mobile on a device. Mobile shares the changed atom and only gains the new input.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 (lead, red test, implementation) in Claude Code, with review by GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex (3 rounds on the fix and 3 on the review follow-up, approved), run from T3 Code.

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Added 3 commits11d ago

fix(clients): archiving a thread keeps its linked-environment tasks under itb1ffff3
fix(clients): a delegated task whose parent was archived stays under itc660be0
fix(clients): a cached archive no longer lists a just-archived parent's tasksfdbee7d

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The client now retrieves archived shell snapshots for mobile and web environments. Thread-shell grouping uses archived parent threads and shell-state removal sequences when deciding whether to show delegated tasks under their parent.

Changes: Delegated Task Grouping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Archived snapshot inputs and providers `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts`, `apps/mobile/src/state/threads.ts`, `apps/web/src/state/threads.ts`, `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts`, `apps/mobile/src/state/use-composer-drafts.test.ts`, `apps/web/src/composerDraftStore.test.ts`	The thread-shell input accepts archived snapshot and shell-state atoms. Mobile and web providers supply archived snapshots. Test harnesses provide the new atoms.
Archive-aware parent grouping `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.ts`, `packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.test.ts`	Delegated tasks remain grouped when the parent is live or archived, or when its removal sequence is newer than the archive snapshot. Tests cover archive loading, snapshot sequence, archive failure, and parent restoration.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#30320: This issue describes a delegated task becoming a top-level thread when its parent is absent from the newest settled snapshot. This change uses archived snapshots to retain archived parents.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#24648: That PR adds shell removal sequences and snapshot generation tracking, which this change uses when comparing shell state with archived snapshots.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

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Archived-parent grouping is ready to merge; testing the in-flight refresh race would strengthen coverage.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: keeping linked-environment tasks under an archived parent thread.
Description check	Passed	The description includes all required sections and provides the problem, implementation details, scope, approval reference, focused verification results, limitations, and agent disclosure.
Linked Issues check	Passed	[`#30265`] requires delegated tasks to remain under an archived parent and stay out of the sidebar. `threadShell.ts` now reads the parent environment archive when the live parent is missing. It retains …
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The changes stay within [`#30265`]. The runtime change implements archived-parent retention. The test changes cover the required behavior. Web, mobile, and test-harness changes provide the new inputs re…

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Explanation

[#30265] requires delegated tasks to remain under an archived parent and stay out of the sidebar. threadShell.ts now reads the parent environment archive when the live parent is missing. It retains the task while the archive is loading, stale, or contains the parent. It lists the task only when a current archive omits the parent or the read fails. threadShell.test.ts covers these states and refreshes after removals and authoritative snapshots. Web and mobile provide the required atoms.

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Explanation

The changes stay within [#30265]. The runtime change implements archived-parent retention. The test changes cover the required behavior. Web, mobile, and test-harness changes provide the new inputs required by the runtime API. No unrelated feature change appears in the supplied whole-PR summary.

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadShell.tslines 695–701Outdated · fdbee7dOpen thread

…	…	@@ -663,19 +673,40 @@ export function createEnvironmentThreadShellAtoms(input: {
	698	+	get(input.shellStateAtom(parent.environmentId)),
	699	+	() => null,
	700	+	);
	701	+	return (shell?.removedAt.get(parent.threadId) ?? -1) > archived.sequence;

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Refresh an outdated archive before deciding that the parent is gone.

archivedShellSnapshot has no shell-change refresh trigger. If another client archives the parent, an authoritative shell snapshot can clear removedAt while the cached archive still omits the parent. The task can then appear as a separate sidebar row.

If another client deletes a parent that the cached archive still contains, archived.ids.has(parent.threadId) can keep the task grouped under the deleted parent. This state is caused by stale archived membership, not by the old removal sequence.

Refresh the archived query when the shell advances beyond its archive sequence, and keep the task grouped while the refreshed read is pending. Add this sequence to the existing linked-environment test.

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Ppsick2211d ago

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Written by Claude Opus 5.5 on behalf of psick22

Fixed in 5e4cce6a88, a52ea9be41, and 49e60447d1. The thread shell now rereads the archived snapshot on its first read for an environment, on each thread.removed, and on each new authoritative shell snapshot. Until the new answer lands, the answer from before counts as loading, so the task stays under its parent. The linked-environment test covers a reconnect with a stale archive and an archive request that was already in flight.

The deleted-parent case is listed in the PR body as a known limitation. If no removal reaches this client, the task stays hidden until the archive refreshes or the page reloads.

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@psick22 The supplied implementation addresses the stale-archive finding. It refreshes the archive on the first read, when removedAt changes, and when the shell generation changes. It treats the previous result as loading and keeps the task grouped while the refresh is pending.

The deleted-parent case without a received removal remains a separate limitation. Would you like a follow-up issue for that case?

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Added 3 commits11d ago

fix(clients): a stale archive is read again before a delegated task is listed5e4cce6
fix(clients): an archive cached before a parent went missing is read againa52ea9b
fix(clients): an archive request made before a parent went missing is read again49e6044

Ppsick22reviewed11d ago

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/archived-parent-delegated-task79bea3a

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Test an in-flight archive request across a shell transition.
The mock refresh cannot test a late response. Use the real query atom with a controlled request: start it before an authoritative snapshot, complete the old request while the new read is pending, and assert that the task stays hidden. Then complete the new read and assert the resulting navigation state. This can catch a regression that accepts an old empty archive and exposes the task.

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JJulius Marminge4d ago

Evidence

Two isolated dev servers per commit; Chromium web client, 1280 × 800, light theme, fresh synthetic data, no live database seeding. The replay parent calls real delegate_task tools twice against linked environment B. Archive and unarchive run through the connected client's commands.

Steps: link B from A and add both to the client; create the parent and two remote tasks; confirm grouping; archive the parent while viewing a control thread; inspect navigation; reload; unarchive and reopen the parent.

State	Before	After
Commit	b3fdf2b10f	79bea3aa19
Initially grouped	Before: Initially grouped	After: Initially grouped
Immediately after archive	Before: Immediately after archive	After: Immediately after archive
After reload	Before: After reload	After: After reload
After unarchive	Before: After unarchive	After: After unarchive
Recording	Before: archive, reload, unarchive	After: archive, reload, unarchive

Base exposes both remote tasks as separate sidebar rows after archive and reload. Head keeps both hidden. Unarchive restores the parent with both task completions on both commits. Stills were identical across two captures at least 500 ms apart; recordings omit setup and idle assertion waiting.

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Native mobile clients and the Electron shell were not run; this proof covers the real web client.
Deleted or disconnected parent environments and failed archive reads were not exercised; the captures cover ordinary archive, reload, and unarchive.

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