fix(server): running task results tell the agent to end its turn#24782

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After an async delegate_task, agents keep polling with task_status, t3_thread_wait, or sleep loops, even though the child's completion wakes the parent. The "end your turn" rule only lives in long system text and tool descriptions, which agents skim past.

Running task results now carry the hint where the agent reads it. One shared constant, ORCHESTRATOR_MCP_RUNNING_TASK_NEXT, adds an optional next field:

  • task_status and delegate_task (async, or a timed-out mode=wait): next is set while the task still runs. Terminal results, pending questions, pending approvals, and cancelled deliveries omit it.
  • t3_thread_wait: next is set when the wait times out on a run that is a live delegated task of the calling thread. Other threads omit it.
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1"next": "Completion wakes this thread. End your turn unless you need this result now."

Tool descriptions are unchanged. A focused test in OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts covers running vs terminal for both task_status and t3_thread_wait; it fails on main.

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Verdict: Approved at 314236a

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This focused server fix adds a backward-compatible hint to running delegated-task results, while excluding terminal and user-input/approval states. It changes no product defaults, deployment behavior, security-sensitive code, or static-analysis configuration, and includes targeted regression coverage.

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CodexLive turn WebSocket decoded20.9 KiB20.9 KiB0 B (0.0%)29.3 KiB✅
CodexLive turn messages220 (0.0%)8✅
ClaudeTotal thread wire5.0 KiB5.0 KiB−7 B (−0.1%)6.8 KiB✅
ClaudeThread snapshot wire3.8 KiB3.8 KiB0 B (0.0%)4.9 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket wire1.2 KiB1.2 KiB−7 B (−0.6%)2.0 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn WebSocket decoded21.2 KiB21.2 KiB0 B (0.0%)29.3 KiB✅
ClaudeLive turn messages220 (0.0%)8✅

Baseline: 15702a9 · PR result: 314236a · Source CI: success

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10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

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Walkthrough

Delegated-task and thread-wait results can include a shared next polling instruction while an app-owned task is running. The instruction is omitted for terminal or otherwise excluded states. Tests cover running and completed task responses.

Changes: Delegated-task polling

Layer / File(s)Summary
Polling result contract
packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts
Adds a shared polling message and allows it as an optional next field in delegate-task and thread-wait results.
Polling response logic
apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts
Adds next to task responses unless the task wait should end or completion delivery is disposed. After a thread-wait timeout, adds next when the run is not waiting and the caller has a matching app-owned task with active completion delivery. Tests check running and completed outcomes.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

  • pingdotgg/t3code#17412: Both concern completion wakes for asynchronous delegated tasks; this change adds guidance for ending the parent turn so completion can wake it.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#23871: Both concern completion-wake delivery for app-owned delegated tasks; this change omits polling guidance when delivery is disposed.

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#21676: Changes cancellation finalization and completion-delivery disposal, which are conditions used by this change’s response logic.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#21813: Changes parent wake handling after a delegated child receives a background-command wake, related to the completion-wake flow.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#24784: Changes the same MCP result paths and shared contracts.

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A caller may end its turn while the delegated task is awaiting user input or approval, so this behavior should be corrected before merging.

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apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.tslines 2870–2872Outdated · bc7c4a6Open thread
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2869+ const wakesCaller =
2870+ result.timedOut &&
2871+ status !== "waiting" &&
2872+ parent?.subagents.some(
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Exclude pending requests from the thread-wait instruction.

ThreadManagementService.waitForThread waits only for terminal run status or a settled restart continuation. It does not inspect pending questions or approvals. A nonterminal delegated run with a live request can therefore time out, and this branch can add next when the run outcome is "running".

Exclude pending questions and approvals before adding next, as the task-wait path already does.

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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of Theo

Fixed in 314236a7b2. Verified: waitForThread returns on terminal status or timeout and never looks at runtime requests, so a timed-out wait on a child with a pending question or approval could get next. The wait path now reads the child's runtimeRequests and skips next when any is pending, the same rule the task path applies through endsTaskWait. The test "tells the parent to end its turn only while its task still runs" now covers a pending request and fails without the fix.

@t3dotgg The supplied code confirms that waitForThread reads the child’s runtimeRequests and omits next when any request is pending. This addresses the finding. I have not run the regression test.


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Factory catalog cross-reference — 2026-10-26. Already-upstream foundation: running-task responses tell the agent to end its turn, which matters when native work continues independently. This merged support is already in the factory’s official nightly 3669 base.

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