fix(server): subagent task updates reach Claude task lists

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Problem

Claude subagents share the session's task list: their TaskCreate and TaskUpdate calls write to the main session's store. The adapter ignored task tool results that came from a subagent, so when a subagent completed or created a task, the todo list in T3 Code went stale.

Change

• Subagent task tool results now update the same per-session list and the parent turn's todo list, like main-agent calls. Error results are still skipped.
• Subagent results arrive without the structured tool_use_result, so a subagent TaskCreate takes its id from Claude's Task #N created successfully: … text.
• The old unit test only passed because its subagent frames were held for an unregistered owner. The replacement launches a real subagent and sends subagent results the way Claude does.
• Adds a claude_subagent_todo_list replay fixture recorded from a real claude-sonnet-5-5 session. The main agent creates two tasks, then a subagent completes the first and creates a third.

Note

The first commit is #18390 (the Claude task list fixture this builds on). A fork can't open a stacked PR, so it drops out of this diff once #18390 merges.

#18398 (task lists survive a restart) touches the same task tool result branch. Whichever merges second needs a small rebase.

Scope and approval

A small fix to the Claude task list support merged in #14964: task lists already show in T3 Code, but missed updates made by subagents.

Verification

• vp test run on ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts, OrchestratorReplayFixtures.integration.test.ts and ClaudeReplayFixtures.integration.test.ts: 376 passed, on top of current main.
• The new fixture fails with the subagent guard restored, and the unit test fails without the text fallback.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at e7d1ecb

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The PR makes a focused correction to Claude task-list projection for subagent updates, with explicit handling for structured and text-only results plus regression coverage. The remaining additions are test harness fixtures and recorded transcripts, with no product-default, schema, deployment, or sensitive-area changes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Claude adapter now applies successful, executed task-tool results from subagents to the shared task list. The change adds root and subagent todo-list replay fixtures, assertions, and recording-script support.

Changes

Claude todo-list task flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Claude task-tool handling apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	The adapter recognizes Claude task tools, extracts task IDs from creation acknowledgements when structured IDs are absent, and applies executed, successful task results from subagents to the shared task list. Tests cover successful, failed, and cancelled results.
Todo-list replay scenarios apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/claude_todo_list/*, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/claude_subagent_todo_list/*, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/index.ts	Adds root and subagent todo-list prompts, transcripts, output assertions, and replay-fixture registrations.
Replay recording setup apps/server/scripts/record-claude-agent-sdk-replay-fixture.ts	Adds recording configurations for both scenarios, applies configured environment variables, prepares temporary workspaces, and uses scenario-specific model selection when configured.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#15377: Introduced Claude task-tool classification and task-list tracking that this change extends to subagent results.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e7d1e

A subagent-created task may be missing from the shared task list when Claude returns its acknowledgement as nested text. This is a bounded issue to fix or explicitly accept before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the primary change: ensuring subagent task updates reach Claude task lists.
Description check		The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the bug, implementation, scope rationale, focused test results, limitations, and tooli…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:
- Line 7406: Update the condition guarding applyClaudeTaskTool in the subagent
TaskUpdate flow to require a completed tool-result status, excluding results
with toolNonExecutionKind set to cancelled even when isClaudeToolResultError
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• apps/server/scripts/record-claude-agent-sdk-replay-fixture.ts
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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/claude_subagent_todo_list/input.ts
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🟡 Minor · Parse nested subagent tool-result content. · ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:3292

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:3292
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Parse nested subagent tool-result content.

The SDK-derived ClaudeToolResultOutput preserves tool_result.content unchanged. Subagent tool results can contain text blocks, but claudeCreatedTaskIdFromText accepts only a string. If a successful TaskCreate acknowledgement arrives as nested content, the fallback returns no ID and the shared task list omits the new task. The current replay records a string, but it does not cover the SDK-supported nested form.

Suggested fix

 function claudeCreatedTaskIdFromText(result: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof result === "string"
-    ? /^Task #(\S+) created successfully/.exec(result)?.[1]
-    : undefined;
+  const text =
+    typeof result === "string"
+      ? result
+      : claudeSubagentResultText({
+          type: "content_block",
+          value: result as ClaudeToolResultOutput,
+        });
+  return /^Task #(\S+) created successfully/.exec(text)?.[1];
 }

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
at line 3292:
Update claudeCreatedTaskIdFromText to extract text from SDK-supported nested
tool-result content as well as plain strings, using the existing
claudeSubagentResultText helper where appropriate. Preserve the current
TaskCreate acknowledgement pattern when extracting the task ID.

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- Line 3292: Update claudeCreatedTaskIdFromText to extract text from
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existing claudeSubagentResultText helper where appropriate. Preserve the current
TaskCreate acknowledgement pattern when extracting the task ID.

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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Thanks for identifying the stale task list after subagent updates. Under our current review-capacity limit in Read this first, right now we are only taking focused bug fixes from outside contributors, and this 618-line submission exceeds the 500-line limit for unvouched authors. The diff includes all of #18390 as well as the subagent fix and its replay fixtures; please resubmit the minimal adapter fix with focused regression coverage for reconsideration. Please preserve the stale-list reproduction in an issue so the problem is not lost.