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fix(web): a run waiting on foreground subagents says so instead of Thinking - #36334

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Interim, still watching pull request #36334: no item required a change, so the branch is unchanged at 7376b0e. At the time of this message the CI checks on that commit were queued or in progress (none failed), and the pull request had no reviews, line comments or issue comments. The watch is on and has not been removed; the fix itself is as described in the previous result.

Fixes #17767

Reproduction on main

Commit 9efd960 (origin/main). Started T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev on a fresh database, added a 3-file git project, enabled the OpenCode provider (OpenCode 1.19.5 on this VM; its task tool is always foreground and the v1 adapter projects it as provider_native subagents on the open parent run, the same state the reporter has with v2), and started a thread on openai/gpt-5.6-luna with: 'Use the task tool to launch three general subagents in parallel ... run sleep 150 && cat a.txt / b.txt / c.txt ... say Dispatching three subagents. Wait for all three and then summarize.' 45 s later the projections showed run ordinal 1 running and three provider_native subagents running, all bound to that run id. Opening the thread in the web client (headless Chromium via the repo's Playwright) showed 'Dispatching three subagents.', a '3 subagents · 3 working' group, then a bare 'Thinking' row; the composer only offered Stop and the sidebar said 'Working'. No 'Waiting on N subagents' roster or label appeared anywhere. A unit test in MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts reproducing that ordering (finished launch message, then three running provider-native children, parent run running, isWorking true) fails on main: the live row is exactly { kind: 'thinking', id: 'live-activity-row' }. Side note: OpenCode runs on Anthropic models failed instantly because the API rejects a T3 MCP tool schema ('input_schema does not support oneOf, allOf, or anyOf at the top level'). That is a separate issue I did not pursue.

Evidence

Evidence for #17767.

On fresh databases, replay the same finished dispatch message, running foreground native children, and open parent run. Check three children, one child, and a hidden newer-parent-command control. On native iOS, also switch the three-child thread to Zen mode. Replay supplies deterministic provider state; these are real app captures, not live OpenCode runs.

Case Before — 9efd960925 After — 7376b0eeb1
Web: three children Before: Thinking with three working children After: Waiting on 3 subagents
Web: one child Before: Thinking with one working child After: Waiting on a subagent
Web: hidden newer-parent-command control Before control: Thinking After control: Thinking
iOS: normal mode Before iOS normal: Thinking After iOS normal: Waiting on 3 subagents
iOS: Zen mode Before iOS Zen: dispatch preview After iOS Zen: Waiting on 3 subagents takes precedence
Web scripted recording, all three cases Before recording After recording
iOS normal → Appearance → Zen → thread Before recording After recording

Web captures use identical 1280×800 framing and fixed elapsed times. Three-child and single-child frames differ only at the live label; the control pair is pixel-identical. Native captures use identical 402×824 app-area framing, removing only the system status bar. Every still matched a second capture 500 ms later. Native recordings preserve decoded frame order but are explicitly retimed to 10 fps to repair non-monotonic encoder timestamps; their durations are not performance measurements.

Web scenario · iOS scenario · Replay driver, fixture patch, and reproduction instructions

Tests

None this round; no code changed. Read the pull request state, reviews, comments and check runs over the REST API.

Not in this change

  • The composer still offers only Stop and the sidebar still says 'Working' while the parent waits on foreground subagents; only the timeline live row changed.
  • derivePendingBackgroundWork still returns nothing while a run is active, so the 'Waiting on subagents' roster banner does not appear during an open run.
  • OpenCode runs on Anthropic models fail instantly because the API rejects a T3 MCP tool schema ('input_schema does not support oneOf, allOf, or anyOf at the top level'); noted by the reporter, not touched.
  • In zen mode the waiting label takes precedence over the live answer preview on the thinking row; subagent cards stay hidden there as before.

Who did the work

  • Written by Claude Fable 5.2, in Claude Code
  • Reviewed by GPT-6.1 Sol, in Codex, and by Claude Opus 5.5, each on its own
  • Proof captured by GPT-6.1 Sol and checked by Claude Opus 5.5

Run by the t3code factory in T3 Code.

juliusmarminge and others added 2 commits November 13, 2026 19:44
Failing repro for #17767: with the parent run still open and only
running provider-native subagents after its launch message, the
timeline appends the plain Thinking live row.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
…inking

When a provider runs subagents in the foreground (OpenCode's task tool,
Claude's Agent tool without background), the parent run stays open while
the children work. Nothing in the timeline counted as parent activity, so
the generic live row was appended and the thread read as "Thinking" for as
long as the children ran.

The live row now carries a label when the last thing the open run did was
launch subagents that are still running: "Waiting on a subagent" or
"Waiting on N subagents". The check reads the entries before tool
visibility filters them, so a newer parent command hidden by hideAll still
counts as parent work and the row stays "Thinking". Mobile derives the
same label from its feed.

Fixes #17767

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.2 <[email protected]>
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Verdict: Approved at 7376b0e

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Web and mobile now display “Waiting on a subagent” or a counted equivalent instead of “Thinking” while foreground subagents remain active. The change is limited to status presentation and does not alter run execution or product defaults.

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Walkthrough

The web and mobile timelines now show a waiting-on-subagents label when an active run ends with live subagent activity. A shared helper formats the label, and web tests cover cases with hidden tool calls and newer parent activity.

Changes: Subagent waiting labels

Layer / File(s) Summary
Active timeline labels
packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentRuntime.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts
The shared helper formats singular and plural waiting labels. The web and mobile timelines count trailing live subagents and apply the label to active thinking rows. Web tests cover hidden tool calls and newer parent activity. Thinking-row equality now includes the label.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, yash-singh1

Merge Risk: Low · up to 7376b

The thinking row now shows "Waiting on a subagent" or "Waiting on N subagents" while live subagents are the latest activity in a run. The mobile version of this logic has no committed test, so a later regression there could go unnoticed. Merging is low risk, and adding that mobile test is a reasonable follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #17767 is the only active direct link. Its stated minimum is that the live activity row reads 'Waiting on subagents' instead of 'Thinking'. The change meets this minimum for the web timeline. Th… Make the composer usable while the parent run waits on foreground provider-native subagents. Show the parked waiting state consistently with the pending-background roster during an open run. Alternatively, obtain an explicit decision from t…
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

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Title check Passed The title names the core change: a run that waits on foreground subagents now shows a waiting state instead of Thinking. It uses the conventional commit form and plain language, and it matches the cha…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All changed areas connect to the waiting-on-subagents state in #17767. The web changes in MessagesTimeline.logic.ts, MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, and TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx add and render the la…
Description check Passed The description states the problem (live activity row shows bare "Thinking" while OpenCode foreground subagents run, and it links the issue #17767) and gives a detailed reproduction on main, a change …
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The title names the core change: a run that waits on foreground subagents now shows a waiting state instead of Thinking. It uses the conventional commit form and plain language, and it matches the changeset, which adds a 'Waiting on N subagents' label to the live thinking row for web and mobile.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

All changed areas connect to the waiting-on-subagents state in #17767. The web changes in MessagesTimeline.logic.ts, MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts, and TimelineWorkGroupRows.tsx add and render the label. The shared helper waitingOnSubagentsLabel in packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentRuntime.ts supplies the text for both clients. The mobile change in apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts applies the same label to the mobile thinking row. The mobile change extends the same behavior to a second client. It is related scope and not an unrelated change. No change alters unrelated components, providers, or data paths according to the supplied summary.

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The description states the problem (live activity row shows bare "Thinking" while OpenCode foreground subagents run, and it links the issue #17767) and gives a detailed reproduction on main, a change list with the scope of the fix, and extensive before/after evidence. The Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections of the template are all substantively covered. However, the Verification section lacks the focused test results for this change: the description says "Tests: None this round; no code changed", and the reported test runs (115 web tests, 53 mobile tests, check:changed) appear only in the objectives, not in the description. The opening paragraph about watching PR #36334 and CI status is off-topic status chatter rather than a change description, and the Scope section does not clearly say the change is a bug fix rather than a feature. The agent attribution at the end is present as the template requests. Overall the description is mostly complete, so it passes, though the missing focused test results in the author's own Verification section are worth fixing.

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Issue #17767 is the only active direct link. Its stated minimum is that the live activity row reads 'Waiting on subagents' instead of 'Thinking'. The change meets this minimum for the web timeline. The runtime helper waitingOnSubagentsLabel and runningSubagentsAtRunTail in MessagesTimeline.logic.ts add the label when the run is open and the tail entries are running subagents. The test 'parent run waiting on foreground subagents' asserts 'Waiting on 2 subagents' for showAll and hideAll, and asserts the plain row when a newer parent command follows. The issue also requires, under Expected behavior, that the parent be visibly parked and that the composer be usable while the children run. The composer still shows only Stop and stays busy (ChatView isWorking remains true while the run is 'running'). The pending-background roster still returns nothing while a run is active (derivePendingBackgroundWork). The PR description and objectives state that these outcomes are excluded. Those expected outcomes are therefore unmet.

Resolution

Make the composer usable while the parent run waits on foreground provider-native subagents. Show the parked waiting state consistently with the pending-background roster during an open run. Alternatively, obtain an explicit decision from the issue owner that the timeline row label alone closes #17767, and update the issue scope to match. Add automated tests for the composer and roster behavior if either change is made.

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apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts: 1

1928-1931: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Commit regression coverage for the mobile tail scan.

Extend apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts with the mobile reproduction. Cover mixed running/completed children and a newer parent command hidden by hideAll. Exercise deriveThreadFeedPresentation, because mobile activity-group boundaries differ from web timeline entries.

The reported throwaway test does not preserve this regression coverage. As per coding guidelines, “logic, data, state, and protocol bugs get a failing test first,” in the module’s test file where a case fits.

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Add regression coverage in threadActivity.test.ts for the mobile tail scan exercised through deriveThreadFeedPresentation. Include mixed running and completed children, plus a newer parent command hidden by hideAll, and assert the resulting presentation preserves the expected activity-group boundary behavior.

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts:
- Around line 1928-1931: Add regression coverage in threadActivity.test.ts for
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mixed running and completed children, plus a newer parent command hidden by
hideAll, and assert the resulting presentation preserves the expected
activity-group boundary behavior.

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Make the composer usable while the parent run waits on foreground
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and update the issue scope to match. Add automated tests for the composer and
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