fix(server): Claude threads no longer stay stuck in plan mode Claude entered itself

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Claude can enter plan mode on its own by calling EnterPlanMode, without the user picking plan mode in T3. Once it did, the thread stayed in plan mode: Claude kept refusing to edit, even across later prompts, and subagents it started inherited plan mode too. Only stopping the thread, which restarts the CLI process, got it out.

V1 avoided this by resetting the CLI's mode with setPermissionMode at the start of every turn. V2 sets the mode only when it opens the CLI process, then reuses that process for later turns, so nothing ever undid plan mode that Claude had entered. ExitPlanMode handling is unchanged: the plan is captured as a proposed plan and the tool is denied, as in V1.

Provider log from a real thread:

Time	Event	Mode the CLI reports
03:52	query opened	bypassPermissions
05:43	Claude calls EnterPlanMode	plan
05:52	ExitPlanMode captured and denied
06:08 to 07:44	every later prompt and wake	plan
14:35	process replaced	bypassPermissions

Fix

• Track the mode the CLI reports on system init and status frames.
• When a turn reuses the live process and the reported mode differs from the mode the process was opened with, call setPermissionMode to put it back before sending the prompt. A turn where the mode hasn't changed sends nothing extra.
• Add setPermissionMode to the query session wrapper and the replay testkit.

Claude may still use plan mode for the rest of the turn in which it entered it, same as in V1.

Tests

• The Claude plan test now emits a status frame with permissionMode: "plan" and asserts that the next prompt restores bypassPermissions. It fails without the fix.
• ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts and the orchestration-v2/testkit replay and integration suites pass (340 tests). The server typecheck is clean.

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Verdict: Approved at eb6ee6c

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a localized Claude orchestration bug fix that restores the thread’s configured permission mode when a reused process has entered plan mode itself. The production change is small, preserves existing continuation behavior, and includes targeted regression coverage plus corresponding test-harness updates.

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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	4.9 KiB	4.9 KiB	+40 B (+0.8%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.7 KiB	3.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.1 KiB	1.2 KiB	+40 B (+3.4%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.4 KiB	20.4 KiB	+41 B (+0.2%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	2	+1 (+100.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	4.9 KiB	4.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.7 KiB	3.7 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	20.8 KiB	20.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: ce90eec · PR result: eb6ee6c · 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: 106.1 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 106.4 KiB

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The Claude adapter now supports live permission-mode updates, tracks modes reported by Claude, and restores the opening mode when it reuses a compatible query. Tests and replay support cover the new operation and the restoration behavior.

Changes

Claude permission mode restoration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Permission-mode update support apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.testkit.ts	The query-session contract and replay session support permission-mode updates. The live session sends updates through the SDK and logs successful changes.
Track and restore modes apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	The adapter tracks modes reported by Claude in init and status messages. Before compatible query reuse, it restores the opening mode if Claude changed it. Tests cover restoration and update query doubles.

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Claude
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant ClaudeLiveQueryContext
  participant ClaudeAgentSdkQuerySession
  Claude->>ClaudeAdapterV2: Send init or status with permissionMode
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeLiveQueryContext: Record reported permissionMode
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeAgentSdkQuerySession: Restore opening mode before compatible query reuse

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If restoring Claude’s mode fails, prompts on that thread can remain blocked until the user presses Stop. The thread is recoverable, but the failure should be handled before merge if practical.

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- Around line 6891-6894: Update the `openQuery` permission-mode restoration
branch for `existing.query.setPermissionMode` so a failed restoration falls
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Fall back to the guarded replacement path when permission-mode restoration fails.

A rejected existing.query.setPermissionMode(...) fails openQuery, so startTurn raises ProviderAdapterTurnStartError before offering the prompt. The compatible query remains live, so later turns can repeat the failure. User Stop can close the query so a later turn can reopen it, but Stop also ends any background work. Catch the restoration error and fall through to the existing replacement guard; do not reuse a process whose effective permission mode is unconfirmed.

Suggested recovery

             if (existing.permissionMode !== existing.openedPermissionMode) {
-              yield* existing.query.setPermissionMode(existing.openedPermissionMode);
-              existing.permissionMode = existing.openedPermissionMode;
+              const restored = yield* existing.query
+                .setPermissionMode(existing.openedPermissionMode)
+                .pipe(
+                  Effect.as(true),
+                  Effect.catch((cause) =>
+                    Effect.logWarning("orchestration-v2.claude-permission-mode-restore-failed", {
+                      nativeThreadId,
+                      cause,
+                    }).pipe(Effect.as(false)),
+                  ),
+                );
+              if (restored) {
+                existing.permissionMode = existing.openedPermissionMode;
+                return existing;
+              }
+            } else {
+              return existing;
             }
-            return existing;

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
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Update the `openQuery` permission-mode restoration branch for
`existing.query.setPermissionMode` so a failed restoration falls through to the
existing guarded replacement path instead of failing turn startup or reusing a
query with an unconfirmed mode. Only update `existing.permissionMode` and return
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