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Both review items are correct and describe the same gap: delegatedTaskProgress reports result_available even while unawaited background command/monitor tasks are running (backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion treats them as non-blocking by design), so the early detach killed a delegate's dev server or watcher, which Claude ends with its process. releaseFinishedDelegateSessions now also returns without detaching when any of the child's provider threads has non-empty pendingBackgroundTasks, leaving release to ProviderSessionManager's idle timer and its hasPendingBackgroundWork pin, as on main. A finished delegate with no background work is still released as soon as its result is recorded. Test: the existing DelegatedCompletionDelivery case became an it.effect.each with two rows: no background work (session released) and an unawaited background command (session kept). Each row uses its own IDs because the file's rows share one database. The background row fails without the new guard ('expected +0 to equal 1') and passes with it. No regex or parser added.

Fixes #26413

Reproduction on main

Commit 6ba3de7 (origin/main), worktree ~/wt/factory-issue-26413-triage. Ran T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev, which gave a fresh database (server port 16164). Added a scratch git project with t3 project add. Ran t3 thread start --provider claudeAgent --model claude-haiku-5-5 --wait <project> "Use the T3 delegate_task tool exactly once to start a child task on provider claudeAgent with model claude-haiku-5-5 whose task is: 'Reply with the single word DONE.' ...". The parent called delegate_task and the child thread ran once: requested at 07:06:59Z, run status completed at 07:07:10.7Z. The parent got the result 'DONE' and its own run completed at 07:07:14Z. Afterwards the child's provider session stayed ready in orchestration_v2_projection_provider_sessions, and its claude process (child of the dev server, about 245 MB RSS) was still alive 93 s after the run completed. Nothing settles the child or queues a release for it. A background watcher on that PID was still waiting at hand-off, so the full 30-minute lifetime was not observed in this run. The code path matches it: DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000 in ProviderSessionManager.ts:62, applied at :468, and no caller passes idleTimeoutMs. The settle path that releases early was not re-tested. Cleanup was not finished at hand-off: dev server PID 25436, its 3 claude children, the watcher, the worktree and /tmp/factory-issue-26413-triage are still in place.

Evidence

Run the real server on each commit with a fresh database and synthetic project. Start one parent that delegates a single 'Reply with the single word DONE.' task, waits for its result, and starts no background work. Observe child-bound processes for 90 seconds after the parent finishes.

Before	After
dbfbe3993f	e7a121b977
Before recording	After recording

Base retained approximately 216 MiB in Claude alone, plus MCP descendants, through the observation window. Head released the observed child process approximately one second after completion. Both parents received DONE. The session projection still reads ready on both commits.

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Not shown:

• The full 30-minute idle timeout was not observed; base retention was observed for 90 seconds after parent completion.
• Retention for delegates with pending background tasks, follow-up races, and shared multi-thread provider sessions was not exercised.
• The provider-session projection remains ready on head despite process release; this proof establishes OS process cleanup, not projection-status correction.

Tests

vp test run src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts -t "provider history handoff": 2 passed (background row fails with the guard stashed: 'expected +0 to equal 1'); vp test run on DelegatedCompletionDelivery, RemoteDelegatedTask, SubagentProjection, Orchestrator.control-reads, ThreadStop, OrchestratorMcpToolkit.integration, TaskCancelUsageLimit.integration, TaskCancelNativeSubagent.integration, SteeringCompletion.integration, OrchestratorMcpService, RestartContinuation, peer/RemoteDelegation: 12 files, 370 tests passed; vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, graphql, typecheck (3 packages), tests (5 files, 90 tests) all pass.

Not in this change

• Failed, cancelled and interrupted delegates are also released once their result is recorded (fix(server): release a finished delegated child's provider session at once #31466 released only completed ones); the brief asks for release when the child's single run has finished, and finalize already holds back runs that wait on a restart continuation.
• After a detach, the orchestration_v2_projection_provider_sessions row keeps its last status (e.g. 'ready'); only the binding is removed. The settle and archive detaches behave the same way.
• The 30-minute DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS for ordinary threads ([Bug]: Each open Muse thread holds ~1 GB (agent + full MCP set) after its turn ends #30148, feat(server): make idle agent release configurable #25624) is unchanged.
• The triage step's leftovers (dev server PID 25436, its claude children, a watcher, ~/wt/factory-issue-26413-triage and /tmp/factory-issue-26413-triage) belong to another step and were not touched.
• A delegate that finished with background work now waits for the existing idle timer and its pending-work pin (up to 4 hours), as on main; the brief did not ask to release it once that work ends.
• The test file diff is large only because the case became an it.effect.each and was reindented; its assertions are otherwise unchanged.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 7aaf5ce · PR result: 4abcf2c · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

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.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at e7a121b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Finished delegates now release their dedicated provider processes rather than waiting for idle timeout. Cleanup preserves sessions with active or background work and excludes shared processes.

No code changes detected at 4abcf2c. Prior analysis still applies.

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Walkthrough

After delegated-task completion events are written, the orchestrator checks whether the child provider session can be detached. Recovery tests cover cases with and without pending background commands.

Changes: Delegated Session Release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Completion-triggered session release apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts	After writing delegated-task completion events, the orchestrator checks delegated progress and pending background tasks. It detaches eligible per-thread sessions only when a result is available and no provider thread has pending background tasks.
Recovery behavior tests apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts	Parameterized recovery tests verify that the child session is released when no background command is pending and retained when an unawaited command remains. Both cases check the recorded result and delegated-completion message.

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#16603 — It concerns delegated progress reporting a result while command executions are still running, a state this change accounts for when deciding whether to release a session.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#33539 — It changes delegated-result finalization and adds tests in the same test file, while addressing follow-up work involving subagents.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: yash-singh1, t3dotgg, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to e7a12

Finished delegate sessions are now released as soon as their result is recorded. If a Claude session still holds a buffered wake with an empty persisted roster, it can be shut down before that work runs. Add the runtime busy check before detaching, with a test for an empty roster and a busy runtime, before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(server): finished Claude delegates release their process" matches the main change: releasing provider sessions of finished Claude delegate children after their result is recorded. It fo…
Linked Issues check		Issue #26413 asks that a finished delegate_task child release its claude process after its run completes and its result is recorded. The change in Orchestrator.ts (releaseFinishedDelegateSessions, per…
Out of Scope Changes check		The PR summary lists two changed files. apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts gains the releaseFinishedDelegateSessions guard and detach logic that serves issue #26413. apps/server/src/orch…
Description check		The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification content. The Problem and Change sections are clear. The Scope section links issue #26413 (as "F…

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The title "fix(server): finished Claude delegates release their process" matches the main change: releasing provider sessions of finished Claude delegate children after their result is recorded. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific enough for a teammate scanning history. It does not mention the background-work guard, which is a secondary detail.

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Issue #26413 asks that a finished delegate_task child release its claude process after its run completes and its result is recorded. The change in Orchestrator.ts (releaseFinishedDelegateSessions, per the PR summary) detaches the provider session once delegatedTaskProgress reports result_available and no provider thread of the child has pending background tasks. Sessions that are stopped, errored, or shared across threads are skipped. The DelegatedCompletionDelivery test has two rows: no background work (session released) and an unawaited background command (session kept). The PR reports that the background row fails without the guard and passes with it. Limits: delegates with pending background work keep their session until the existing idle timer (30 minutes by default) or the pending-work pin releases it. This carve-out is stated in the PR and matches the scope in the PR objectives, so it is not counted as a missing requirement. The live before/after evidence section is still pending. It is non-coding and does not change the verdict. The 30-minute lifetime and the early-settle path were not re-tested in the reproduction.

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The PR summary lists two changed files. apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts gains the releaseFinishedDelegateSessions guard and detach logic that serves issue #26413. apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts converts the existing case into an it.effect.each with a no-background-work row and a background-command row. This test change supports the guard. The PR does not alter ProviderSessionManager's DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS, failed or cancelled delegate handling, or the settle and archive detach behavior, and it states these are excluded. The reindentation in the test file is a stated consequence of the it.effect.each change. The diff itself was not read in this assessment because changed blobs were unavailable in the checkout, so this verdict relies on the PR summary and description.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification content. The Problem and Change sections are clear. The Scope section links issue #26413 (as "Fixes #26413") and explains the bug and the fix. The Verification section is detailed. It lists the focused test command, the observed failure and pass results, a broader test run, the check:changed run, and a reproduction on main with before/after evidence. It also states what was not checked, and it names the model and harness used. The description is long and includes out-of-scope notes, but the required sections are all substantively filled in. The Problem section is brief and could state the expected behavior more explicitly, but this does not make the description incomplete.

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Keep the session when Claude has a buffered native wake.

If the persisted roster is empty while Claude buffers a native wake, delegatedTaskProgress can report result_available and this check permits detach. ClaudeAdapterV2.hasPendingBackgroundWork still reports buffered user, assistant, or result frames as pending work. The per-thread detach closes that runtime before its continuation consumes the frames. Check each candidate with the existing sessionHasBackgroundWork helper before dispatching detach. Add a case with an empty roster and a busy runtime. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts at line 13496:
Before dispatching per-thread detach in the candidate check using delegatedTaskProgress and pendingBackgroundTasks, call the existing sessionHasBackgroundWork helper for each candidate and retain the session when it reports pending work, including buffered Claude frames with an empty roster. Add a test case covering an empty roster with a busy runtime.

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