fix(server): subagent threads settle with their parent instead of sweeping on their own#19665
Hidden subagent threads were swept independently, including redundant pull-request lookups, while empty children could remain unsettled indefinitely. They now wait for their parent to settle, archive, disappear or be deleted, then settle once idle. Manual parent settlement also drains children when automatic settlement is disabled.
The SQL and memory candidate stores share the parent lifecycle rule. Children bypass inactivity and pull-request decisions while keeping busy checks, pins and per-thread opt-outs. Settlement/archive/delete events wake the worker; a service-local pending flag combines full-sweep bursts. Shared-parent-worktree children close idle terminals and skip the settle script; children in their own worktree keep the script. Only missing-parent read errors are recovered.
Fixes #19657, following the accepted maintainer direction.
Maintainer takeover of #19665, crediting @mikeohuo for the parent-based candidate filter and cleanup rule. Their commits are preserved and main was merged. The takeover completes manual settlement with automation off and avoids repeated full sweeps during cleanup bursts.
Validation on the final implementation:
Two fresh adversarial review rounds by Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol; the first found repeated full sweeps during cleanup bursts, and the second found no blockers after coalescing.
- 90 tests passed in ProjectionSettlement.test.ts, ThreadSettlementService.test.ts and ProjectionStore.test.ts. Targeted four-file lint/format, server typecheck and git diff --check passed.
- PR-added tests: 4 → 6 cases, with two distinct missing behaviors added. The original merged implementation produced 88 passes and one failure for manual settlement globally off; that regression now passes. Temporarily reverting production to main produced five failures before implementation; all production files were restored afterward.
- A service event-stream test with 234 cleanup events plus child settlement produced 236 candidate reads before coalescing and three afterward; the child still settled and made no PR lookups.
- SQL/memory runtime tests cover active, settled, archived, deleted and missing parents. Worker runtime tests use real projection filtering and cover empty/recent children, busy retry, opt-outs, manual settlement, and shared/own-worktree cleanup. Dispatch and process boundaries are mocked.
Before/after runtime proof · Final focused test output.
No screenshot applies to this hidden server lifecycle. A full app session with a fresh live provider/subagent spawn was not verified. macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Electron desktop were not launched. No wire contract or client implementation changes are required. The pre-existing independent PR poller is outside this change.
Model: GPT-6.1-Sol. Harness: Codex in T3 Code. Tests: GPT-6-Astra. Independent adversarial reviews: Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol.
Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#19657 Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#17548
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Verdict: Approved at 89ace68
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a localized orchestration bug fix that prevents hidden subagent threads from being independently swept, avoids redundant lookups and scripts, and preserves existing behavior for other thread types. Both SQL and in-memory paths plus the relevant cleanup cases are covered by tests.
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Settlement candidate selection now checks subagent parent state. The worker dispatches eligible subagents without pull-request lookups, coalesces full-sweep requests, and skips duplicate cleanup when a subagent shares its parent’s worktree.
Changes: Subagent settlement
Layer / File(s) Summary Parent-aware candidate eligibility
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts,apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionSettlement.test.ts,apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SubagentProjection.test.tsCandidate selection excludes subagents with an existing active parent. Tests cover settled, archived, deleted, and missing parents, plus a pinned parent. Subagent dispatch and sweep processing
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts,apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.tsThe worker dispatches eligible subagents without pull-request lookups. Settlement, archive, delete, periodic, and settings events enqueue coalesced full sweeps. Tests cover child dispatch, retries, disabled automatic settlement, and sweep coalescing. Shared-worktree cleanup
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts,apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.test.tsCleanup skips the settle script when a subagent shares its parent’s worktree. A terminal test covers shared and separate worktrees. Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low
Sequence Diagram(s)
mermaid1 sequenceDiagram 2 participant Sweep as ThreadSettlementService 3 participant Projection as ProjectionStore 4 participant Dispatcher as Event dispatcher 5 Sweep->>Projection: Read settlement candidates 6 Projection-->>Sweep: Return eligible subagents 7 Sweep->>Dispatcher: Dispatch thread.auto-settle 8 Dispatcher-->>Sweep: Publish settlement event 9 Sweep->>Sweep: Enqueue coalesced follow-up sweep Possibly related issues
- pingdotgg/t3code#17548 — The change skips the settle script when a subagent shares its parent’s worktree.
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Merge Risk: External image Moderate · previous review 7ff7c
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A hidden child can remain marked settled after its active parent reopens, and disabled automatic settlement still performs unnecessary full-sweep work. Resolve both before merging.
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Child cleanup can now run when automatic settlement is disabled, but activity checks, pins, and per-thread opt-outs remain in place. Children sharing a parent’s worktree skip the cleanup script. No introduced exploitable boundary crossing was established; concurrent parent reactivation and recovery remain areas of limited assurance.
Retained concerns No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
- inferred — A full sweep can inspect eligible threads across projects represented in the server’s projection store. Side effects use each selected child’s thread ID, project ID, and worktree. The inspected flow does not establish deployment-wide or tenant-isolation guarantees.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
- observed — The new child branch constructs an existing settlement command from stored thread identity and timestamp, not from a newly added request payload. For a child not sharing its parent’s worktree, the existing runner resolves the project’s settle script and executes its command through a terminal in the supplied child worktree. The PR changes when this authority is exercised, including with automation disabled; it does not add a new command-execution mechanism.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
- observed — Worker failures are isolated and outstanding work is decremented during completion or interruption. Cleanup errors are logged, and settle-script deduplication remains process-local, keyed by child settlement time. These mechanisms provide best-effort failure containment, not durable exactly-once script execution.
Hardening Proposals
- proposed — If parent eligibility must remain true through settlement, carry a parent-state precondition into dispatch and validate it alongside the child snapshot. This would strengthen lifecycle consistency across parent reactivation; the current selection-to-dispatch gap is not evidence of a verified security vulnerability.
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Check name Status Explanation Title check Passed The title names the main change: subagent threads now settle with their parent rather than being swept independently. It follows the conventional commit form and matches the raw summary and objectives… Linked Issues check Passed The changes satisfy #19657.ProjectionStore.tsexcludes a subagent while its parent exists and is not settled, archived, or deleted; the child becomes eligible after those parent states or a missing…Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within #19657. Event wake-up and sweep coalescing support parent-driven child settlement. Worktree cleanup prevents duplicate child cleanup. Added tests verify these behaviors. No u…Description check Passed The description covers the problem, the implementation, linked issue and maintainer direction, and focused verification results. It also states what was not verified. Although it does not use the temp… Full details: Title check
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#19657.ProjectionStore.tsexcludes a subagent while its parent exists and is not settled, archived, or deleted; the child becomes eligible after those parent states or a missing parent.ThreadSettlementService.tspreserves busy, pin, and per-thread opt-out checks, bypasses child pull-request lookups, and supports manual parent settlement when automatic settlement is disabled. Focused tests cover SQL and memory candidate behavior, child retries, manual settlement, and lookup avoidance.
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#19657. Event wake-up and sweep coalescing support parent-driven child settlement. Worktree cleanup prevents duplicate child cleanup. Added tests verify these behaviors. No unrelated client, wire-contract, or independent pull-request poller changes are included.
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89ace68Open thread| … | … | @@ -584,6 +596,17 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () { | |
| 605 | + | const parent = yield* projections | |
| 606 | + | .getThread(thread.lineage.parentThreadId) | |
| 607 | + | .pipe(Effect.orElseSucceed(() => null)); | |
| 608 | + | if (parent?.worktreePath === worktreePath) return; | |
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not run the settle script when reading the parent fails.
If getThread fails to read or decode an existing parent, Effect.orElseSucceed treats that failure as a missing parent. Cleanup can then run the settle script in the parent's shared worktree. Recover only ProjectionStoreThreadNotFoundError; let read failures reach the existing cleanup error handler. As per coding guidelines: “Catch known tags with Effect.catchTags({ ... }), even for one tag.”
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| 8 | Update the parent lookup in the cleanup flow to recover only |
| 9 | ProjectionStoreThreadNotFoundError using Effect.catchTags; let other getThread |
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✅ Addressed in commit a8ac79c
Addressed in a8ac79ca90. cleanUpSettledThread now recovers only ProjectionStoreThreadNotFoundError via Effect.catchTags, matching Orchestrator.ts:8531; a ProjectionStoreReadError on the parent reaches the existing "cleaning up a settled thread failed" handler and skips the script instead of running it.
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@mikeohuo The supplied code confirms the fix. Effect.catchTags recovers only ProjectionStoreThreadNotFoundError. Other parent-read failures reach the cleanup error handler and skip the settle script.
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89ace68Open thread| … | … | @@ -339,6 +339,18 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () { | |
| 348 | + | commandId: CommandId.make(`server:auto-settle:${thread.id}:${uuid}`), | |
| 349 | + | threadId: thread.id, | |
| 350 | + | snapshotAt: thread.updatedAt, | |
| 351 | + | }); | |
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Recheck the parent before settling a selected child.
getSettlementCandidates filters subagents by the parent’s current state. thread.unsettle can make the parent active after selection while changing only the parent. The child’s snapshot can remain unchanged.
thread.auto-settle and thread.settle validate only the child. Their per-thread locks do not serialize a parent command with a child command. The child can therefore settle while its parent is active.
Make parent eligibility part of the same serialized or atomic mutation check.
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Investigated. The selection-to-dispatch race is real, but its outcome is an idle hidden child parked under an active parent, which main already produces today for every subagent child settled by inactivity; this PR narrows that.
Nothing reads the child's settled state: subagent result finalization keys on lineage (Orchestrator.ts:10144-10150, :10443-10448), needsRecovery("subagent-results") keys on lineage and run status (ProjectionStore.ts:576-600), and the next message into the child un-settles it (Orchestrator.ts:4666-4685).
A parent re-read inside the thread.auto-settle handler would still run outside the parent's lock, so it only shortens the window; the snapshot guard is the same design top-level auto-settle uses. Happy to add the re-read if a maintainer wants the narrower window.
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@mikeohuo Thanks for the clarification. The race is real, but it does not establish the functional failure claimed in my finding. Result finalization and recovery do not depend on the child’s settled state, and a new message un-settles the child.
I withdraw the required atomic parent-state check. A parent re-read alone would not eliminate the race.
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| 5 | Learning: In apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, subagent result finalization uses lineage rather than the child thread's settled state, and a new message into the child un-settles it. In apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts, needsRecovery("subagent-results") uses lineage and run status. An idle subagent child being settled under an active parent does not, by itself, establish a result-finalization or recovery failure. |
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- fix(server): a failed parent read no longer runs the settle script for a subagenta8ac79c
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89ace68.a8ac79cnarrows the recovery toProjectionStoreThreadNotFoundError; any other read failure reaches the existing cleanup warning and skips the script. Thread: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/19665#discussion_r4277427968 - The merge-risk line about a child settling after its parent reopens is the selection-to-dispatch race discussed and accepted in https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/pull/19665#discussion_r4277427958. Result finalization and recovery key on lineage, not the child's settled state, and the next message into the child un-settles it. Happy to add a parent re-read in the
thread.auto-settlehandler if you want the window narrowed.
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Taking over this one as maintainer for batch sidebar-threads-09. Keeping your branch and commits, merging current main, and completing parent-driven settlement so manual settlement also drains idle children when automatic settlement is disabled. I will verify cleanup behavior and leave the PR unmerged.
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1ba181eOpen thread| … | … | @@ -332,10 +330,26 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () { | |
| 334 | + | (thread) => | |
| 335 | + | (automaticSettlementEnabled || thread.lineage.relationshipToParent === "subagent") && | |
| 336 | + | isAutoSettlementCandidate(thread, nowMs), | |
| 337 | + | ); | |
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Fetch only subagent candidates when automatic settlement is off.
When automatic settlement is disabled, the sweep still reads all eligible candidates and filters out non-subagent threads afterward. This occurs on periodic and other full-sweep paths. A non-empty result also triggers projectStore.listShells() and the provider-thread and pending-turn reads for every returned candidate.
Thread-specific provider and run events pass a threadId, so they do not perform an all-thread read. They still perform unnecessary candidate work for non-subagent threads.
Add a subagentsOnly option to getSettlementCandidates, apply it in the SQL and memory implementations, and enable it when automatic settlement is disabled.
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| 1 | - const threads = yield* projections.getSettlementCandidates(threadId); |
| 2 | + const threads = yield* projections.getSettlementCandidates(threadId, { |
| 3 | + subagentsOnly: !automaticSettlementEnabled, |
| 4 | + }); |
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| 1 | const automaticSettlementEnabled = autoSettlementConfigured(settings); |
| 2 | const threads = yield* projections.getSettlementCandidates(threadId, { |
| 3 | subagentsOnly: !automaticSettlementEnabled, |
| 4 | }); |
| 5 | if (threads.length === 0) return; |
| 6 | const projectShells = yield* projectStore.listShells(); |
| 7 | const nowMs = DateTime.toEpochMillis(yield* DateTime.now); |
| 8 | const projects = new Map(projectShells.map((project) => [project.id, project])); |
| 9 | // A merge event re-sweeps every candidate, not just the threads linked to |
| 10 | // the merged pull request: most threads carry no link and settle from |
| 11 | // their branch lookup, which would otherwise wait for the next minute's |
| 12 | // sweep on a possibly stale cached answer. |
| 13 | const candidates = threads.filter( |
| 14 | (thread) => |
| 15 | (automaticSettlementEnabled || thread.lineage.relationshipToParent === "subagent") && |
| 16 | isAutoSettlementCandidate(thread, nowMs), |
| 17 | ); |
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| 6 | Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadSettlementService.ts |
| 7 | around lines 323 - 337: |
| 8 | Add a subagentsOnly option to getSettlementCandidates and apply it in both SQL |
| 9 | and memory implementations to exclude non-subagent threads before returning |
| 10 | candidates. In ThreadSettlementService, pass subagentsOnly when automatic |
| 11 | settlement is disabled so full sweeps and thread-specific events avoid |
| 12 | unnecessary work for non-subagent threads. |
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This would fix a production problem for us. On the latest nightly (0.1.3-nightly.20261024.3604), 614 of 624 unsettled threads are hidden, finished subagent threads. The settle sweep runs about 1,500 settleThread calls every one to two minutes, and each call re-reads the settings and secrets.
That load ran right up to a 9.8 s backend event-loop stall, and then the desktop exited, on 2026-10-24. The numbers are in https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/19657.
The PR is marked conflicting. Would you consider rebasing it so it can land? We're happy to test a nightly build with it.
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Merged current main into this branch to clear the conflicts. It is a plain merge commit, with no rebase, so every existing commit stays as it was.
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ProjectionStore.layerMemoryin #26238, so the subagent settlement tests now run on the SQLite store (ProjectionStore.layeroverSqlitePersistence.layerMemory). enqueueFullSweepnow wraps main'sfullSweepsworker, and per-thread events keep main'senqueueThreadpath.ThreadSettlementService.test.tsandProjectionSettlement.test.tspass (39 tests). The server typecheck, format, lint and knip checks are clean.
#23215 also skips the settle script for a child in its parent's worktree. If that one lands first, I can drop that part from here.
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5cfcd04Open thread| … | … | @@ -655,26 +660,34 @@ const makeHarness = Effect.fn("makeThreadSettlementHarness")(function* (options: | |
| 677 | - | streamDomainEvents: Stream.fromPubSub(domainEvents), | |
| 688 | + | streamDomainEvents: Stream.fromPubSub(domainEvents).pipe( | |
| 689 | + | Stream.tap((event) => Queue.offer(observedEvents, event.id)), | |
| 690 | + | ), | |
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Use a downstream handler marker for delivery synchronization.
Stream.fromPubSub can emit batched chunks. Stream.tap can queue every ID in a chunk before processEvent handles the first event. service.drain does not await the event-stream fiber, so the candidateReads assertion can race with pending handlers.
Publish a unique settled marker after the bulk events and wait for its closedIdle notification. Use the child’s closedIdle notification after childSettled instead of publishing a thread.created marker. Consume the initial marker notification before the bulk phase so it cannot satisfy a later wait.
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No change made. The race that this comment describes cannot happen with the Effect version in this repo ([email protected]):
Stream.tapismapEffect, andStream.mapEffectisChannel.flattenArray, thenChannel.mapEffect, thenChannel.map(Arr.of). The flatten step splits each batch fromfromPubSubinto single elements beforetapruns.- With the default concurrency,
Channel.mapEffectusesmapEffectSequential(Effect.flatMap(pull, f)). It does not prefetch, sotapfor the next event runs only when the consumer pulls again. Stream.runForEachpulls the next element only afterprocessEventreturns. WhenmarkDeliverysees the marker ID, every earlierprocessEventcall has already finished.processEventonly enqueues ontofullSweepsandthreadSweeps.service.drainwaits for both.DrainableWorkercounts the work when it is enqueued, sodraincannot finish before the work that was enqueued.
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@mikeohuo You are correct. I checked the Effect 4.0.5 source and the worker implementation. My batching claim was wrong.
Stream.tapusesmapEffect, which flattens batches before applying the effect sequentially.Stream.runForEachcompletes eachprocessEventcall before pulling the next event. Observing the marker therefore confirms that all earlier handlers have finished.DrainableWorker.enqueueatomically queues and counts work.service.drainwaits for outstanding full sweeps and per-thread sweeps.
The thread.created marker does not enqueue settlement work itself. The existing marker followed by service.drain is sufficient for this test. I withdraw the finding. No code change is needed.
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Supporting this, with field data and one gap it leaves open.
We audited finished but unsettled threads across six of our environments: 146 threads. In about 107 of them, the parent had read the child's result and moved on without settling it, so only the 3-day idle sweep (sidebarAutoSettleAfterDays) would ever settle them. Settling children with their parent fixes that for local children.
The gap is children delegated to a linked environment. RemoteDelegation.delegate starts the child there through t3_thread_launch with delegatedFrom and no lineage (RemoteDelegation.ts#L261-L279), so the relationshipToParent = 'subagent' filter never matches it, and its parent lives in another environment's store. At least 31 of the 146 were such children. Threads an agent opens with t3_thread_launch are also top-level with no lineage, so they stay on the 3-day sweep too. That may be intended.
Not asking to widen this PR. If you want the cross-environment case handled, we're happy to follow up after this lands, in whatever shape you prefer.
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Evidence
Both sides ran independently from exact commits in the real web app: Chromium 156, 1280×800, light theme, fresh synthetic databases and replay agents. The same authenticated RPC drivers ran on both sides. For inactivity, only the server clock advanced two days against a one-day threshold; an ordinary thread settled as a positive control. Stills required identical screenshots 500 ms apart. Recordings were inspected and exclude harness cleanup.
Steps: create an active parent awaiting input and an idle delegated child; cross the inactivity threshold, then complete and settle the parent. Separately settle a completed parent before the threshold with automatic settlement enabled, repeat with it disabled, and archive/delete fresh parents with it disabled. Inspect pinned, opted-out, pending-input and held-queue children against an ordinary idle control after owner archive. Finally explicitly settle a shared-worktree child while its parent remains mid-turn, inspect the real log-only settle action in the app terminal, then stop and settle the owning parent and inspect again.
| Case | Before — a03d9bc | After — c02b0ca |
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| Inactivity through owning-parent settlement | Before recording | After recording |
| Parent settlement before threshold; automatic settlement enabled | Before recording | After recording |
| Full lifecycle, guards and hook interaction | Before recording | After recording |
| Shared-worktree hook, continuous excerpt | Before recording | After recording |
| Inactivity threshold while parent remains active | Child incorrectly settled. Before: child settled while parent remains Input and Running | Child stays open. After: child remains open while parent remains Input and Running |
| Same child after parent settles | Already independently settled. Before: child was already settled | Now settles with parent. After: child settles with its parent |
| Parent settled before threshold; automatic settlement enabled | Child remains open. Before: settled parent leaves child open | Child settled. After: parent and child settled |
| Parent settled; automatic settlement disabled | Child remains open. Before: child remains open with automatic settlement disabled | Child settled. After: child follows parent despite automatic settlement being disabled |
| Parent archived; automatic settlement disabled | Child remains open. Before: child remains open after parent archive | Child settled. After: child settles after parent archive |
| Parent deleted; automatic settlement disabled | Child remains open. Before: child remains open after parent deletion | Child settled. After: child settles after parent deletion |
| Archived owner: ordinary idle control | Remains open. Before: ordinary idle control remains open | Settles while protected siblings remain open. After: ordinary idle control settles |
| Pinned child | Open; Unpin confirms pin. Before: pinned child stays open | Open; Unpin confirms pin. After: pinned child stays open |
| Per-thread opt-out | Open; Never checked. Before: opted-out child stays open | Open; Never checked. After: opted-out child stays open |
| Pending-request guard | Open with unanswered question. Before: child with pending input stays open | Open with unanswered question. After: child with pending input stays open |
| Queued activity guard | Open with held queued follow-up. Before: held queued work stays open | Open with held queued follow-up. After: held queued work stays open |
| Child explicitly settles while owning parent remains mid-turn | Hook ran once; parent still Working with Stop control. Before: child triggers hook while parent remains active | Hook count stays zero; parent still Working with Stop control. After: child leaves hook to active owning parent |
| After stopping and settling owning parent | Two executions total. Before: shared hook executed twice | One execution total. After: shared hook executed once by owning parent |
Scenarios: lifecycle and guards, independent inactivity, parent settlement before threshold, inconclusive PR-only attempt.
Complete driver bundle, clock shim and launcher patch; reproduction instructions. Uploaded scratch paths are normalized.
Unverified: PR-only settlement did not reproduce on base; both children remained open. The base PR card did not resolve during the ten-second observation window. Base PR-only view, head PR-only view. Child-triggered PR lookup counts, an active child without pending input, separate-worktree hooks, nested ownership and cross-environment descendants were not independently verified.
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- The PR-only attempt linked a real merged public pull request with inactivity disabled, but the child remained unsettled on both commits. The base PR card did not resolve during the ten-second observation window, so independent PR-based settlement was not demonstrated.
- Absence of child-triggered PR lookups was not measured; UI inspection can itself request PR data.
- An active child without a pending request was not isolated separately. Captures exercise an active unanswered question and, separately, a held queue with no pending request.
- Separate-worktree child hooks, nested ownership and cross-environment descendants were not exercised.