fix(server): thread sends tell the receiving agent who sent them#24483

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Problem

A message sent from one T3 thread into another (t3_thread_send, steer or queue) reaches the receiving agent as the raw message body: no sender, no role marker. The stored timeline item already records senderThreadId, createdBy: agent and creationSource: mcp, and the UI shows provenance, but the model-facing text drops it. The receiving agent cannot tell the user's message from another agent's.

How this was established: in a live session with several delegated-task children, a child thread's t3_thread_send into the parent arrived as a plain user turn. The parent agent read it as the user's instruction. Reading the parent thread back with t3_thread_read showed the item with senderThreadId set to the child and createdBy: agent, so the data exists and only the provider-bound text lost it.

Change

Agent-authored thread sends get a one-line provenance header in the provider-bound text, followed by the original text unaltered:

1	[T3 message from thread "<sender title>" (<senderThreadId>), sent by an agent, not the user]
2	<original message text>

A sender that is a delegated-task child of the receiver is named as your delegated task instead. A missing title falls back to the id alone; titles are collapsed to one line and stripped of ", [ and ]. The header is built in one helper, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.ts, and applied at both places provider text is assembled, ProviderTurnStartService (new turns) and ProviderTurnControlService (steers), so every provider adapter receives it. User-authored messages and messages without a sender thread pass through unchanged. The stored timeline item is unchanged; no schema, contract or stored-data change. Any lookup failure degrades to the id-only header rather than failing the turn.

Why this qualifies as a small, focused fix

Four files, +226/−7, most of it tests. It restores information that is already recorded and already shown in the UI to the one consumer that lost it, the model. No new capability, option or surface.

Verification

vp test run apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.test.ts apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts: 37 passed, 5 new (header prefix with the body untouched, delegated-task wording, id-only fallback, user and sender-less passthrough, title sanitization). The new test failed before the implementation and passed after.
tsc --noEmit in apps/server: no errors.
vp lint on the touched files: 0 errors (3 pre-existing warnings on untouched lines of ProviderTurnStartService.ts).

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fix(server): thread sends now tell the receiving agent who sent themc9933c5

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.tslines 74–92Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

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	89	+	if (senderThreadId === undefined) return {};
	90	+	const isDelegatedTaskChild =
	91	+	loaded?.thread.lineage.parentThreadId === input.receiverThreadId \|\|
	92	+	input.receiverChildThreadIds.includes(senderThreadId);

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🟡 Medium orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.ts:74

Messages from an ordinary fork back to its source are labeled as coming from a delegated task, so the provider receives a misleading provenance header. The lineage check tests only parentThreadId, which is also set for forks; require relationshipToParent === "subagent" for that branch while retaining the explicit child-task lookup.

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1	- readonly lineage: { readonly parentThreadId: ThreadId \| null };
2	+ readonly lineage: {
3	+ readonly parentThreadId: ThreadId \| null;
4	+ readonly relationshipToParent: string;
5	+ };
6	@@
7	- loaded?.thread.lineage.parentThreadId === input.receiverThreadId \|\|
8	+ (loaded?.thread.lineage.parentThreadId === input.receiverThreadId &&
9	+ loaded.thread.lineage.relationshipToParent === "subagent") \|\|

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.tsline 1051Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

…	…	@@ -1032,10 +1036,31 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<
	1048	+	),
	1049	+	message,
1038	1050		});
	1051	+	const userText = withThreadMessageProvenance(

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Sending /compact through t3_thread_send to an existing conversation now starts a normal provider turn instead of compacting it. The provenance header is added to userText, which runExecution.startRootRun uses for command recognition; because the resulting text no longer equals /compact, RunExecutionService does not select compactThread. Keep command recognition based on the original message.text, separate from the provenance-decorated provider prompt.

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3	Sending `/compact` through `t3_thread_send` to an existing conversation now starts a normal provider turn instead of compacting it. The provenance header is added to `userText`, which `runExecution.startRootRun` uses for command recognition; because the resulting text no longer equals `/compact`, `RunExecutionService` does not select `compactThread`. Keep command recognition based on the original `message.text`, separate from the provenance-decorated provider prompt.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused server fix that adds provenance only to agent-authored thread sends, preserves stored data and ordinary messages, and includes targeted tests. Unresolved correctness findings still flag fork classification and /compact routing as risks requiring attention.

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Walkthrough

Agent-authored messages with a sender thread ID now include sender provenance in provider turn-start and steering text. Compact-command recognition can use the original message text when provider-bound text includes provenance.

Changes: Thread Message Provenance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Provenance formatting and sender resolution `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.test.ts`	New utilities sanitize sender titles, generate provenance headers, and resolve sender details. Tests cover headers, delegated-task classification, missing projections, unchanged messages, and title sanitization.
Provider turn-start and steering integration `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/delegated_task_status/codex_transcript.ndjson`	Both paths resolve sender details and add provenance to composer-context-projected text. Lookup failures result in unavailable sender data. The transcript fixture includes agent-sent thread envelopes.
Compact-command recognition with decorated text `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts`, `apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts`	The run input accepts optional `commandText`. Compact-command detection uses it when present, and the turn-start path passes the original message text. Tests cover routing a provenance-prefixed message to native compaction.

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Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

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1	sequenceDiagram
2	participant ProviderTurnStartService
3	participant resolveThreadMessageSender
4	participant loadThread
5	participant withThreadMessageProvenance
6	ProviderTurnStartService->>resolveThreadMessageSender: receiver thread, child IDs, and message
7	resolveThreadMessageSender->>loadThread: load sender thread projection
8	loadThread-->>resolveThreadMessageSender: projection or unavailable
9	resolveThreadMessageSender-->>ProviderTurnStartService: sender details
10	ProviderTurnStartService->>withThreadMessageProvenance: projected text and message provenance
11	withThreadMessageProvenance-->>ProviderTurnStartService: text with provenance header

Possibly related issues

Issue 23061 describes agent-origin messages reaching Claude without sender context. This change adds provenance to agent-authored provider text, including steering text.

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9	- Around line 367-375: Update the receiverChildThreadIds loading path so it
10	queries and scans subagents only when message.createdBy is "agent" and
11	message.senderThreadId is defined; otherwise pass an empty list. Preserve the
12	existing query and error fallback for eligible messages.
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17	verify a child sender ID is classified as a delegated-task child, an unrelated
18	sender is not, and an unavailable projection is handled correctly; do not rely
19	on setting isDelegatedTaskChild directly in threadMessageProvenanceHeader.
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23	ThreadMessageProvenance.ts; keep the function available within its module, since
24	its local call does not require it to be exported.
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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.tsline 17Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

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	14	+	}
	15	+
	16	+	/** Collapse whitespace and strip header metacharacters so a title stays on one line. */
	17	+	export function sanitizeThreadTitle(title: string \| undefined \| null): string \| undefined {

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The supplied knip:check failure identifies sanitizeThreadTitle as an unused export. Its call in this file does not require an export. Remove export unless another module must import the function. As per coding guidelines, “A new export with no importer fails it.”

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.tslines 367–375Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

…	…	@@ -353,6 +357,25 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<
	372	+	subagent.childThreadId === null ? [] : [subagent.childThreadId],
	373	+	),
	374	+	),
	375	+	Effect.catchCause(() => Effect.succeed([] as ReadonlyArray<ThreadId>)),

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Skip the subagent query for messages without agent sender provenance.

For a sender-less steer, this code still loads and scans every subagent. The resolver then returns {} without using that list. Load child IDs only when message.createdBy === "agent" and message.senderThreadId !== undefined; otherwise pass an empty list. As per coding guidelines, “Make sure all changes are considerate of performance impact.”

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9	Update the receiverChildThreadIds loading path so it queries and scans subagents
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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.test.tslines 24–28Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

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	25	+	const header = threadMessageProvenanceHeader({
	26	+	senderThreadId,
	27	+	senderTitle: "Fix the flake",
	28	+	isDelegatedTaskChild: true,

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Test the sender-resolution decision.

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apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadMessageProvenance.tsline 69Outdated · c9933c5Open thread

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	66	+	* Resolve the sender title and whether the sender is a delegated-task child of
	67	+	* the receiving thread. Any lookup failure degrades to the id-only header.
	68	+	*/
	69	+	export const resolveThreadMessageSender = (input: {

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fix(server): keep thread-send provenance from mislabelling forks or hiding commands61c5d2f

Hhinescreative18d ago

Closing in favor of #24759, a separately written implementation of the same fix (Fixes #24711).