fix(agents): surface blocked subagent completions

clawsweeper[bot] · clawsweeper[bot] · commit 224785c8a628 · 2026-05-21T22:12:07.000Z
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Agents/subagents: surface blocked child-run completions as errors instead of successful subagent finishes. (#80886) Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.
 - WhatsApp: update Baileys to `7.0.0-rc13` and drop the obsolete logger type patch.
 - Infra/json: retry transient `File changed during read` races while loading JSON state so config and state reads recover instead of failing the turn. (#84285)
 - Providers/Ollama: resolve configured Ollama Cloud `OLLAMA_API_KEY` markers to the real discovery key so cloud provider entries keep authenticated model catalog access. (#85037)
diff --git a/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts b/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ export function applySubagentWaitOutcome(params: {
   }
   const waitError = typeof params.wait?.error === "string" ? params.wait.error : undefined;
   let outcome = next.outcome;
+  // Capture/announcement callers can pass raw wait snapshots that bypass the primary normalizers.
   if (isBlockedLivenessState(params.wait?.livenessState)) {
     outcome = { status: "error", error: formatBlockedLivenessError(waitError) };
   } else if (params.wait?.status === "timeout") {

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`@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ export function applySubagentWaitOutcome(params: {`
`377`	`377`	`}`
`378`	`378`	`const waitError = typeof params.wait?.error === "string" ? params.wait.error : undefined;`
`379`	`379`	`let outcome = next.outcome;`
	`380`	`+ // Capture/announcement callers can pass raw wait snapshots that bypass the primary normalizers.`
`380`	`381`	`if (isBlockedLivenessState(params.wait?.livenessState)) {`
`381`	`382`	`outcome = { status: "error", error: formatBlockedLivenessError(waitError) };`
`382`	`383`	`} else if (params.wait?.status === "timeout") {`