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fix(server): Claude subagents show their SubagentHandback report - #34540
A Claude subagent that ends with SubagentHandback delivers its report as that call's message. The Agent tool result and the background task_notification then carry only a pointer ("This agent's report was delivered to you as a message from … Read it there; it is not repeated here."). T3 shows that pointer as the subagent's result, so the subagent card and its thread never show the report. Reproduces on Claude Code 2.1.322 with any foreground or background Agent subagent.
Change
The Claude adapter records the message of a subagent's SubagentHandback call (the tool_use whose parent_tool_use_id is the subagent's launch) and uses it as the result when the subagent completes. A failed or stopped subagent keeps its error, and a refused handback call (error tool_result) is dropped, so the subagent's later result stands.
Scope and approval
A small fix of an obvious bug in one adapter: the subagent result shows harness metadata instead of the subagent's output. No new behavior or settings.
Verification
A case table in ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts covers a delivered handback (result is the report), a failed subagent (keeps its error), and a refused handback (keeps the later result). It fails on main and passes with the fix; all 370 tests in the file pass.
On a build with this fix, a foreground and a background Sonnet subagent each ended with SubagentHandback, and T3 stored and showed their reports instead of the pointer.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Completed Claude subagents now show their handback report rather than an Agent-result pointer. The change is confined to existing result projections, with fallback handling for missing or rejected reports.
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The Claude adapter now records handback text for a subagent and uses it when selecting a completed result. It clears the stored text when the subagent reopens or the handback fails. Tests cover successful, failed, refused, and cancelled handbacks.
The adapter stores a handback message for the matching subagent. It clears the message when the subagent reopens or the handback result is an error or is cancelled. It captures the tool-message parent ID once and reuses it for related tool handling.
Project the selected result apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
When a subagent completes with stored handback text, the adapter uses that text instead of the incoming result. It uses the selected result for task state, deduplication, and emitted assistant messages. Tests cover successful, failed, refused, and cancelled outcomes.
pingdotgg/t3code#34663: This PR also changes subagent result-item behavior for resumed Claude subagent runs.
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Suggested reviewers:juliusmarminge
Merge Risk: Low · up to ac869
A subagent whose handback was interrupted can show the stale handback report instead of its real final answer. The effect is narrow and the fix is small. The earlier resume and late task_started concerns no longer apply.
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Minor · Clear handbackText when an idle subagent resumes. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:8732-8734
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:8732-8734 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Clear handbackText when an idle subagent resumes.
If the query exits before the buffered start is replayed, endSubagentsOfClosedQuery can use the previous report instead of the new completion summary. Clear the report with the other previous-run state, and extend the resume test to cover completion before replay.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 8732 - 8734:
Update the idle-subagent resume state in the map entry built by the `current` map update to clear `handbackText` alongside `confirmedOutcome`. Extend the resume test to cover completion before the buffered start is replayed, ensuring the closed-query handling uses the new completion summary rather than the previous report.
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- Around line 8732-8734: Update the idle-subagent resume state in the map entry
built by the `current` map update to clear `handbackText` alongside
`confirmedOutcome`. Extend the resume test to cover completion before the
buffered start is replayed, ensuring the closed-query handling uses the new
completion summary rather than the previous report.
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Major · Resumed subagent reports replace the earlier report. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:7303-7304
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:7303-7304 Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Resumed subagent reports replace the earlier report.
A resumed subagent emits its report with the same native item ID and the same ordinal as its first report. The message ID is derived from that native item ID, so the store replaces the first report in place. The earlier report is removed from the transcript, and the new report appears before the resume prompt.
This conflicts with the PR goal of keeping an earlier handback report on resume.
Give each resumed report its own native item ID and ordinal. The earlier report then keeps its message and position.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 7303 - 7304:
Update the result identity logic around resultNativeItemId and resultItemOrdinal so each resumed subagent report receives a distinct native item ID and ordinal instead of reusing the first report’s values. Preserve the earlier report’s identity and transcript position.
Minor · Clear the handback only on an actual reopen. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:7018
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:7018 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Clear the handback only on an actual reopen.
If task_progress registers a running subagent before task_started, a handback can arrive between those frames. The later task_started passes reopen: true and clears the report even though isReopen is false. Completion then displays the pointer instead of the report. Use isReopen for this reset.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts at line 7018:
Update the handback reset condition in the task_started flow to use isReopen instead of input.reopen, so the handback is cleared only for an actual reopen and is preserved when a running subagent was registered before task_started.
Minor · Clear the stored handback when its call was cancelled. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:10071
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:10071 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Clear the stored handback when its call was cancelled.
A cancelled SubagentHandback never runs, so its report is not delivered. The capture at lines 9980-9985 still stores that report. Only the error branch clears it, so a cancelled call without is_error leaves the report in place. If the subagent later completes, the stale report replaces its result at lines 7017-7020.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts at line 10071:
Update the SubagentHandback cleanup condition around isClaudeToolResultError so it also clears the stored report when the corresponding tool call was cancelled, while preserving the existing error cleanup behavior.
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- Line 7018: Update the handback reset condition in the task_started flow to use
isReopen instead of input.reopen, so the handback is cleared only for an actual
reopen and is preserved when a running subagent was registered before
task_started.
- Line 10071: Update the SubagentHandback cleanup condition around
isClaudeToolResultError so it also clears the stored report when the
corresponding tool call was cancelled, while preserving the existing error
cleanup behavior.
- Around line 7303-7304: Update the result identity logic around
resultNativeItemId and resultItemOrdinal so each resumed subagent report
receives a distinct native item ID and ordinal instead of reusing the first
report’s values. Preserve the earlier report’s identity and transcript position.
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Fixed the two minor findings in b6e419a: a cancelled SubagentHandback now drops its report like a refused one, and only a real reopen (isReopen) clears a recorded report. The resumed-report finding is about the existing :result message being reused, which this PR doesn't change. A separate fix gives each resumed run its own result message.
A Claude subagent that ends with SubagentHandback delivers its report as
that call's message. The Agent tool result and task notification then
only point at it, so T3 showed the pointer. Keep the handback message
and use it as a completed subagent's result.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
…e right result
A handback call the harness cancelled delivered nothing, so drop its
report like a refused one. Only a real reopen clears a recorded report,
not the first task_started after task_progress registered the subagent.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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- Around line 10920-10921: Update the handback condition using
claudeToolNonExecutionKind so it clears handbackText for both "cancelled" and
"interrupted" results, including interrupted results without is_error. Extend
the existing test table to cover that case.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Clear the report when the handback is interrupted.
If the handback result has non_execution_kind: "interrupted" and no is_error, this condition retains handbackText. settleToolCall recognizes that result as interrupted at Line 8161. If the subagent later completes with a final answer, Line 7442 replaces that answer with the interrupted handback's report.
Clear the report for "interrupted" as well as "cancelled". Extend the existing test table with this case.
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts around lines 10920 - 10921:
Update the handback condition using claudeToolNonExecutionKind so it clears handbackText for both "cancelled" and "interrupted" results, including interrupted results without is_error. Extend the existing test table to cover that case.
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Problem
A Claude subagent that ends with
SubagentHandbackdelivers its report as that call'smessage. The Agent tool result and the backgroundtask_notificationthen carry only a pointer ("This agent's report was delivered to you as a message from … Read it there; it is not repeated here."). T3 shows that pointer as the subagent's result, so the subagent card and its thread never show the report. Reproduces on Claude Code 2.1.322 with any foreground or backgroundAgentsubagent.Change
The Claude adapter records the
messageof a subagent'sSubagentHandbackcall (the tool_use whoseparent_tool_use_idis the subagent's launch) and uses it as the result when the subagent completes. A failed or stopped subagent keeps its error, and a refused handback call (error tool_result) is dropped, so the subagent's later result stands.Scope and approval
A small fix of an obvious bug in one adapter: the subagent result shows harness metadata instead of the subagent's output. No new behavior or settings.
Verification
ClaudeAdapterV2.test.tscovers a delivered handback (result is the report), a failed subagent (keeps its error), and a refused handback (keeps the later result). It fails onmainand passes with the fix; all 370 tests in the file pass.SubagentHandback, and T3 stored and showed their reports instead of the pointer.🤖 Generated with Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5)