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ProviderTurnStartService handed each new parent run every completed subagent's childThreadId/providerThreadId as relatedThreadIds/relatedProviderThreadIds, including delegated (origin app_owned) tasks that run their own runs. On Codex's shared session (supportsMultipleProviderThreadsPerSession), each live parent run then took ownership of the delegated child (ownsChildThread in routeProviderEvent) and ingested every later turn item a second time, once per live parent run. The fix filters routable subagents to origin === "provider_native" before the existing completed-status check. This matches routeProviderEvent, whose mid-turn adoption and handoff of child threads already only considers provider_native subagents. Delegated children are now ingested only by their own run. Native subagents are routed as before. No new regex or parser. Reproduced via the failing test from factory/repro-36438 (relatedThreadIds included thread:app_owned on the base). It was not reproduced live with Codex in this step. The Claude duplicates in the report are not explained by this path and are not addressed.

Fixes #36438

Reproduction on main

Commit 08b8689 (origin/main). Ran T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev in a fresh worktree with real Codex (default model via the shared codex provider instance) on a scratch git project. (1) Started an orchestrator thread with t3 thread start --provider codex asking it to fan out 12 delegate_task workers that each run 5 echo commands: 158 delegated turn-item.updated rows, 158 distinct payloads (1.0 copies), so fresh children are not duplicated. (2) Sent the parent a turn running sleep 120; while it was running, sent follow-up messages (t3 thread send) to 3 of the already-completed delegated child threads, each running 3 echo commands. Result: every item of those follow-up turns was stored exactly twice (running x2, completed x2), byte-identical payloads and metadata, distinct event_ids on provider-session:provider-instance:codex:shared, written within ms of each other (overall delegated copies went from 1.0 to 1.12). The child's provider-turn.updated rows show two observing runs: the child's own run (ordinal 2) and the parent's live run (ordinal 8). Measured with the reporter's SQL against the worktree's own database. Failing test pushed: ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts 'leaves delegated children to their own runs when the parent starts a turn' fails on main because relatedThreadIds/relatedProviderThreadIds include the completed app_owned child; filtering routable subagents to origin provider_native made the whole file pass (60/60). That filter was reverted, so the branch carries only the test.

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Being captured: before and after in the real app. This section is filled in before the pull request can merge.

Tests

Before the fix: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts -t 'leaves delegated children' failed (relatedThreadIds included thread:app_owned). After: vp test run src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.test.ts passed, 2 files, 128 tests. vp run check:changed passed (format, lint, knip, typecheck of 3 packages, tests of 2 files).

Not in this change

  • The reporter's Claude-provider duplicate rows are not explained by this Codex shared-session path and were not investigated or changed.
  • Existing duplicate turn-item.updated rows already in users' databases are not cleaned up or compacted.

Who did the work

  • Written by Claude Opus 5.5, 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

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juliusmarminge and others added 2 commits November 13, 2026 23:16
A new parent run is handed every completed subagent's child thread through
relatedThreadIds, including delegated (app_owned) tasks. Those children run
their own runs on the shared Codex session, so a live parent run ingests each
of their later turn items a second time (#36438). Fails on main.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A new parent run was handed every completed subagent's child thread as a
related thread, including delegated (app_owned) tasks that run their own
runs. On Codex's shared session, each live parent run then ingested the
child's turn items a second time. Only provider-native children are now
routed to the parent run, matching how runs adopt children mid-turn.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Verdict: Approved at 320747e

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Parent turns stop claiming app-owned delegated child event streams, preventing duplicate thread items while preserving provider-native subagent routing. The change is narrowly scoped to event ownership and introduces no data migration or product-default change.

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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 ✅

Other scenarios

All 64 scenario measurements match main.

All 64 scenario measurements
Provider Scenario Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex short turn resume WebSocket decoded 10.5 KiB 10.5 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 12.7 KiB ✅
Codex short turn resume WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Codex long turn running, cold open HTTP decoded 281.7 KiB 281.7 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 302.7 KiB ✅
Codex long turn running, cold open rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Codex long turn running, history page HTTP decoded 92.4 KiB 92.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 107.4 KiB ✅
Codex long turn running, history page rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Codex long turn finished, cold open HTTP decoded 381.5 KiB 381.5 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 410.2 KiB ✅
Codex long turn finished, cold open rows 151 151 0 (0.0%) 151 ✅
Codex long turn finished, socket cold open WebSocket decoded 381.6 KiB 381.6 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 410.2 KiB ✅
Codex long turn finished, socket cold open WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Codex long turn finished, socket cold open rows 151 151 0 (0.0%) 151 ✅
Codex long turn finished, work page HTTP decoded 186.2 KiB 186.2 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 200.2 KiB ✅
Codex long turn finished, work page rows 150 150 0 (0.0%) 150 ✅
Codex idle thread resume WebSocket decoded 65 B 65 B 0 B (0.0%) 200 B ✅
Codex idle thread resume WebSocket messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 1 ✅
Codex fleet shell snapshot HTTP decoded 42.4 KiB 42.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 53.7 KiB ✅
Codex fleet shell snapshot rows 27 27 0 (0.0%) 27 ✅
Codex fleet shell subscribe WebSocket decoded 65 B 65 B 0 B (0.0%) 200 B ✅
Codex fleet shell subscribe WebSocket messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 1 ✅
Codex fleet shell resume check HTTP decoded 18 B 18 B 0 B (0.0%) 100 B ✅
Codex fleet shell resume check rows 0 0 0 0 ✅
Codex stale shell reload HTTP decoded 42.4 KiB 42.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 53.7 KiB ✅
Codex stale shell reload rows 27 27 0 (0.0%) 27 ✅
Codex stale shell resume WebSocket decoded 140 B 140 B 0 B (0.0%) 400 B ✅
Codex stale shell resume WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open HTTP decoded 72.4 KiB 72.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 83.0 KiB ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open nodes 2 2 0 (0.0%) 4 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open subagents 2 2 0 (0.0%) 4 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open plans 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open providerTurns 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Codex stale todo list cold open checkpoints 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude short turn resume WebSocket decoded 10.6 KiB 10.6 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 12.7 KiB ✅
Claude short turn resume WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude long turn running, cold open HTTP decoded 283.3 KiB 283.3 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 302.7 KiB ✅
Claude long turn running, cold open rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Claude long turn running, history page HTTP decoded 93.4 KiB 93.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 107.4 KiB ✅
Claude long turn running, history page rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Claude long turn finished, cold open HTTP decoded 384.2 KiB 384.2 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 410.2 KiB ✅
Claude long turn finished, cold open rows 151 151 0 (0.0%) 151 ✅
Claude long turn finished, socket cold open WebSocket decoded 384.3 KiB 384.3 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 410.2 KiB ✅
Claude long turn finished, socket cold open WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude long turn finished, socket cold open rows 151 151 0 (0.0%) 151 ✅
Claude long turn finished, work page HTTP decoded 188.1 KiB 188.1 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 200.2 KiB ✅
Claude long turn finished, work page rows 150 150 0 (0.0%) 150 ✅
Claude idle thread resume WebSocket decoded 66 B 66 B 0 B (0.0%) 200 B ✅
Claude idle thread resume WebSocket messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 1 ✅
Claude fleet shell snapshot HTTP decoded 43.0 KiB 43.0 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 53.7 KiB ✅
Claude fleet shell snapshot rows 27 27 0 (0.0%) 27 ✅
Claude fleet shell subscribe WebSocket decoded 66 B 66 B 0 B (0.0%) 200 B ✅
Claude fleet shell subscribe WebSocket messages 1 1 0 (0.0%) 1 ✅
Claude fleet shell resume check HTTP decoded 18 B 18 B 0 B (0.0%) 100 B ✅
Claude fleet shell resume check rows 0 0 0 0 ✅
Claude stale shell reload HTTP decoded 43.0 KiB 43.0 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 53.7 KiB ✅
Claude stale shell reload rows 27 27 0 (0.0%) 27 ✅
Claude stale shell resume WebSocket decoded 140 B 140 B 0 B (0.0%) 400 B ✅
Claude stale shell resume WebSocket messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open HTTP decoded 73.4 KiB 73.4 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 83.0 KiB ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open rows 75 75 0 (0.0%) 75 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open nodes 2 2 0 (0.0%) 4 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open subagents 2 2 0 (0.0%) 4 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open plans 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open providerTurns 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅
Claude stale todo list cold open checkpoints 1 1 0 (0.0%) 2 ✅

Baseline: 913181c · PR result: 320747e · 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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Walkthrough

Related-subagent routing now includes routable children only when their origin is provider_native. A test verifies that startRootRun receives the provider-native child’s thread IDs and excludes the app-owned child.

Changes: Related-subagent routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Filter related subagents by origin
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts
Routing now checks that a child is provider-native and has a routable status. The test verifies that only provider-native child thread IDs are passed to startRootRun.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, yash-singh1, extoci

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 32074

This narrows which subagent threads a parent run takes over, so delegated child threads no longer produce repeated events in the Codex shared-session case. No concrete regression was found. Existing duplicate rows are not cleaned up, and the Claude-provider duplicates are not addressed.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #36438 expects each provider item update to be appended once to orchestration_events. The reported symptom covers Codex and Claude delegated-task threads. The diff at head (ProviderTurnStartServ… Either (a) identify the mechanism that duplicates Claude delegated-task item updates and add a code fix and automated test that makes Claude item updates append once, or (b) explicitly narrow issue #36438 scope so that the Claude duplicates…
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title names the fix and its area: parent turns no longer duplicate delegated task thread items. The changeset filters routable subagents to provider_native origin in ProviderTurnStartService, whic…
Description check Passed The description covers the required template sections. Problem is described in the opening paragraph with the affected Codex shared-session path. Change explains the provider_native filter and why it …
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The head diff contains two changes. The first is a one-line origin filter in ProviderTurnStartService.ts, applied before the existing canRouteRelatedSubagent status check. The second is a new test in …
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Explanation

The title names the fix and its area: parent turns no longer duplicate delegated task thread items. The changeset filters routable subagents to provider_native origin in ProviderTurnStartService, which stops duplicate ingestion of delegated child thread items. The title is specific and matches the main change, and it follows the conventional commit form used in the template. It omits the Codex shared-session scope, which is acceptable for a title.

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description covers the required template sections. Problem is described in the opening paragraph with the affected Codex shared-session path. Change explains the provider_native filter and why it matches routeProviderEvent. Scope links issue #36438 as the bug report. Verification gives focused test results and a reproduction on main with observed row counts. Known gaps are stated: Claude duplicates are not addressed and the Evidence section is still pending. The template asks for before/after evidence for UI changes, which this server-side change does not need, but the PR's own Evidence section says it must be filled before merge. That is a process item and does not make the description incomplete.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The head diff contains two changes. The first is a one-line origin filter in ProviderTurnStartService.ts, applied before the existing canRouteRelatedSubagent status check. The second is a new test in ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts. The test checks that a parent run receives only the provider_native child's thread IDs in relatedThreadIds and relatedProviderThreadIds. Both changes connect directly to the Codex shared-session duplication objective of #36438. No unrelated files or refactors appear in the reviewed diff for the implementation file. The PR description states that the Claude path and existing duplicate rows are not changed, and the diff matches that statement. Note: the PR description's reproduction section says the filter was reverted on the repro branch and that only the test is carried. That text conflicts with the head diff, which includes the filter. The head diff was used as the source of truth.

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Explanation

Issue #36438 expects each provider item update to be appended once to orchestration_events. The reported symptom covers Codex and Claude delegated-task threads. The diff at head (ProviderTurnStartService.ts, lines 1586-1594) adds subagent.origin === "provider_native" to the routable-subagent filter. This stops the Codex shared-session path, where a parent run re-ingests a delegated app_owned child's items. The test 'leaves delegated children to their own runs when the parent starts a turn' covers this path. The PR does not address the Claude duplicates. The issue reports Claude duplicate rows of 2.0 to 20.5 copies per payload. The PR description states that this path does not explain them and that they are not addressed. No code in the PR changes the Claude path. Live before/after evidence is not yet captured; the PR description marks the Evidence section as pending. The Codex fix is supported by the diff and the test. The issue's expected behavior is not met for Claude-provider threads.

Resolution

Either (a) identify the mechanism that duplicates Claude delegated-task item updates and add a code fix and automated test that makes Claude item updates append once, or (b) explicitly narrow issue #36438 scope so that the Claude duplicates are tracked separately, then re-assess against the narrowed requirement. Also capture the live before/after evidence for the Codex path, as the PR description requires.

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