@selesai/code 0.13.13 → 0.13.14

package/dist/extensions/pi-subagents/src/runs/background/async-execution.ts

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+/**
+ * Async execution logic for subagent tool
+ */
+
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@selesai/code";
+import { discoverAgents, formatUnknownAgentError, unknownAgentDiagnosticContext, type AgentConfig, type UnknownAgentDiagnosticContext } from "../../agents/agents.ts";
+import { appendAgentRefinementOverlay } from "../../agents/agent-refinements.ts";
+import { createAtomicJsonWriter, writePrivateAtomicJson } from "../../shared/atomic-json.ts";
+import { currentCompletionOwnerId } from "../../shared/completion-owner.ts";
+import { planChildLaunch, resolveStepBehavior, suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask, type ResolvedStepBehavior } from "../shared/child-launch-plan.ts";
+import { applyThinkingSuffix, projectLaunchResolvedChildExtensions, resolvePiLaunchToolPlan } from "../shared/pi-args.ts";
+import { injectOutputPathSystemPrompt, injectSingleOutputInstruction, normalizeSingleOutputOverride, resolveSingleOutputPath, validateFileOnlyOutputMode } from "../shared/single-output.ts";
+import { applyWatchdogLaunchRules, sendRuleViolationWarning } from "../../watchdog/rules.ts";
+import { buildChainInstructions, isDynamicParallelStep, isParallelStep, resolveExistingReadInstructionPaths, resolveExistingReadPaths, writeInitialProgressFile, type ChainStep, type SequentialStep, type StepOverrides } from "../../shared/settings.ts";
+import type { RunnerStep } from "../shared/parallel-utils.ts";
+import type { ContextMode } from "../shared/context-mode.ts";
+import { resolveInstalledPiPackageRoot, resolvePiPackageRoot } from "../shared/pi-spawn.ts";
+import { backgroundProcessOptions } from "../shared/background-process-options.ts";
+import { preflightLaunchCwd } from "../shared/launch-cwd.ts";
+import { resolveNodeExecutable } from "../../shared/node-executable.ts";
+import { buildSkillInjection, normalizeSkillInput, resolveSkillsWithFallback } from "../../agents/skills.ts";
+import { buildAgentMemoryInjection } from "../../agents/agent-memory.ts";
+import { SELESAI_CODING_AGENT_PACKAGE_ROOT_ENV, PROMPT_REDACTED, resolveChildCwd } from "../../shared/utils.ts";
+import { buildModelCandidates, resolveEffectiveSubagentModel, resolveModelOrigin, resolveSubagentModelOverride, type AvailableModelInfo, type ModelOrigin, type ParentModel } from "../shared/model-fallback.ts";
+import { resolveToolTimeoutMs, toolTimeoutFromEnv } from "../shared/tool-timeout.ts";
+import { resolveModelScopesForAgent, type ModelScopeConfig } from "../shared/model-scope.ts";
+import { findModelInfo, resolveEffectiveThinking } from "../../shared/model-info.ts";
+import { assertThinkingWithinCeiling, decodeThinkingCeiling, intersectThinkingCeilings, SUBAGENT_THINKING_CEILING_ENV, type ThinkingLevel } from "../../shared/thinking-ceiling.ts";
+import { resolveExpectedWorktreeAgentCwd, resolveWorktreeProvider, shouldDeferWorktreeCwd, WORKTREE_AGENT_CWD_PLACEHOLDER } from "../shared/worktree.ts";
+import { buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot } from "../shared/workflow-graph.ts";
+import { ChainOutputValidationError, validateChainOutputBindings } from "../shared/chain-outputs.ts";
+import { createStructuredOutputRuntime } from "../shared/structured-output.ts";
+import { resolveAcceptanceReportMode, resolveEffectiveAcceptance, validateAcceptanceInput, validateExecutionAcceptance } from "../shared/acceptance.ts";
+import { createRunFanoutBudget, writeRunFanoutBudgetDescriptor } from "../shared/run-fanout-budget.ts";
+import { validateImplementationToolContract } from "../shared/completion-guard.ts";
+import {
+	type AcceptanceInput,
+	type AgentContract,
+	type AsyncParallelGroupStatus,
+	type AsyncStatus,
+	type ArtifactConfig,
+	type Details,
+	type IntercomBridgeConfig,
+	type JsonSchemaObject,
+	type MaxOutputConfig,
+	type NestedRouteInfo,
+	type ResolvedControlConfig,
+	type ResolvedToolBudget,
+	type RunFanoutBudgetDescriptor,
+	type ToolBudgetConfig,
+	type SubagentRunMode,
+	type SteeringRecoveryDescriptor,
+	type WorkflowLaneMetadata,
+	type UsageBudgetConfig,
+	DIRS,
+	SUBAGENT_ASYNC_STARTED_EVENT,
+	SUBAGENT_LIFECYCLE_ARTIFACT_VERSION,
+	TEMP_ROOT_DIR,
+	getAsyncConfigPath,
+	resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth,
+} from "../../shared/types.ts";
+import { nestedResultsPath, nestedSummaryFromAsyncStatus, resolveInheritedNestedRouteFromEnv, resolveNestedParentAddressFromEnv, writeNestedEvent } from "../shared/nested-events.ts";
+import { resultFilePath } from "./result-files.ts";
+import { validateToolBudgetConfig } from "../shared/tool-budget.ts";
+import { usageBudgetState } from "../shared/usage-budget.ts";
+import type { ImportedAsyncRoot } from "./chain-root-attachment.ts";
+import type { SessionLeaseRequest } from "../shared/session-lease.ts";
+import { finalizeProcessTerminal, initializeProcessTerminal, readProcessTerminal } from "./process-terminal.ts";
+import type { ActiveAsyncCapacityHandle } from "./active-async-capacity.ts";
+import { statusStepDescription } from "./chain-append.ts";
+import { SUBAGENT_PROCESS_TERMINAL_EVENT } from "../../shared/types.ts";
+import { assertAgentAllowedByCapabilityCeiling, decodeSubagentCapabilityCeiling, intersectSubagentCapabilityCeilings, resolveCurrentSubagentCapabilityCeiling, SUBAGENT_CAPABILITY_CEILING_ENV, type ResolvedSubagentCapabilityCeiling } from "../shared/capability-ceiling.ts";
+import { agentDefinitionDigest, launchBindingDigest } from "../../shared/launch-contract.ts";
+import { resolvePermissionRules, type PermissionConfig } from "../shared/permissions.ts";
+import { normalizeExtensionBindings, omitExtensionBindingsEnv, type ExtensionBindings } from "../shared/extension-bindings.ts";
+import { assertWorkflowLaneKey, normalizeWorkflowLaneMetadata } from "../shared/lane-metadata.ts";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const piPackageRoot = resolvePiPackageRoot() ?? resolveInstalledPiPackageRoot();
+
+function resolveJitiCliFromPackageJson(packageJsonPath: string): string | undefined {
+	if (!fs.existsSync(packageJsonPath)) return undefined;
+	const packageRoot = path.dirname(packageJsonPath);
+	const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8")) as {
+		bin?: string | Record<string, string>;
+	};
+	const binField = pkg.bin;
+	const binPath = typeof binField === "string"
+		? binField
+		: binField?.jiti ?? Object.values(binField ?? {})[0];
+	const candidates = [binPath, "lib/jiti-cli.mjs"].filter((candidate): candidate is string => Boolean(candidate));
+	for (const candidate of candidates) {
+		const cliPath = path.resolve(packageRoot, candidate);
+		if (fs.existsSync(cliPath)) return cliPath;
+	}
+	return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveJitiCliPath(): string | undefined {
+	const candidates: Array<() => string | undefined> = [
+		() => require.resolve("jiti/package.json"),
+		() => piPackageRoot
+			? createRequire(path.join(piPackageRoot, "package.json")).resolve("jiti/package.json")
+			: undefined,
+		() => {
+			if (!process.argv[1]) return undefined;
+			const piEntry = fs.realpathSync(process.argv[1]);
+			return createRequire(piEntry).resolve("jiti/package.json");
+		},
+		() => piPackageRoot ? path.join(piPackageRoot, "node_modules", "jiti", "package.json") : undefined,
+	];
+	for (const candidate of candidates) {
+		try {
+			const packageJsonPath = candidate();
+			if (!packageJsonPath) continue;
+			const cliPath = resolveJitiCliFromPackageJson(packageJsonPath);
+			if (cliPath) return cliPath;
+		} catch {
+			// Candidate not available in this install, continue probing.
+		}
+	}
+	return undefined;
+}
+
+const jitiCliPath = resolveJitiCliPath();
+
+interface AsyncExecutionContext {
+	pi: ExtensionAPI;
+	cwd: string;
+	currentSessionId: string;
+	completionOwnerId?: string;
+	/** Parent session id used by permission-system ask forwarding. */
+	parentSessionId?: string;
+	permissions?: PermissionConfig;
+	currentModelProvider?: string;
+	currentModel?: ParentModel;
+	/** Optional model-scope enforcement resolved from subagent settings. */
+	modelScope?: ModelScopeConfig;
+	/** Whether the parent session has an interactive UI. */
+	interactive?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000;
+
+interface AsyncChainParams {
+	chain: ChainStep[];
+	task?: string;
+	/** Raw caller-facing goal used only by the started event. */
+	goal?: string;
+	attachRoot?: ImportedAsyncRoot & { agent: string; outputName?: string; label?: string };
+	resultMode?: SubagentRunMode;
+	agents: AgentConfig[];
+	/** Original discovery provenance, retained by normal callers for unknown-agent diagnostics. */
+	unknownAgentDiagnosticContext?: UnknownAgentDiagnosticContext;
+	ctx: AsyncExecutionContext;
+	availableModels?: AvailableModelInfo[];
+	cwd?: string;
+	maxOutput?: MaxOutputConfig;
+	artifactsDir?: string;
+	artifactConfig: ArtifactConfig;
+	shareEnabled: boolean;
+	sessionRoot?: string;
+	agentContract?: AgentContract;
+	chainSkills?: string[];
+	sessionFilesByFlatIndex?: (string | undefined)[];
+	thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex?: (AgentConfig["thinking"] | undefined)[];
+	contextForAgent?: (agentName: string) => ContextMode;
+	progressDir?: string;
+	dynamicFanoutMaxItems?: number;
+	maxSubagentDepth: number;
+	waitToolEnabled?: boolean;
+	waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs?: number;
+	worktreeSetupHook?: string;
+	worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs?: number;
+	worktreeBaseDir?: string;
+	worktreeProvider?: import("../../shared/types.ts").WorktreeProvider;
+	worktreeBranchPrefix?: string;
+	controlConfig?: ResolvedControlConfig;
+	controlIntercomTarget?: string;
+	childIntercomTarget?: (agent: string, index: number) => string | undefined;
+	nestedRoute?: NestedRouteInfo;
+	acceptance?: AcceptanceInput;
+	fast?: boolean;
+	timeoutMs?: number;
+	toolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget;
+	usageBudget?: UsageBudgetConfig;
+	configToolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget;
+	/** Optional per-call hard toolTimeoutMs override (highest precedence). */
+	callToolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	/** Global config.toolTimeoutMs (third precedence, after agent frontmatter). */
+	configToolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	/** SELESAI_SUBAGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS override (lowest precedence). */
+	toolTimeoutMsEnv?: string | undefined;
+	/** Global cap on simultaneously-running subagent tasks within the async run. */
+	globalConcurrencyLimit?: number;
+	capabilityCeiling?: ResolvedSubagentCapabilityCeiling;
+	thinkingCeiling?: ThinkingLevel;
+	runFanoutBudget?: RunFanoutBudgetDescriptor;
+	parentWorkflowRunId?: string;
+	workflowKey?: string;
+	lane?: WorkflowLaneMetadata;
+	activeAsyncCapacity?: ActiveAsyncCapacityHandle;
+}
+
+interface AsyncSingleParams {
+	agent: string;
+	task?: string;
+	/** Raw caller-facing goal used only by the started event. */
+	goal?: string;
+	agentConfig: AgentConfig;
+	/** Agent contract before per-run bridge injection, used only for recovery persistence. */
+	recoveryAgentConfig?: AgentConfig;
+	ctx: AsyncExecutionContext;
+	cwd?: string;
+	requestedCwd?: string;
+	maxOutput?: MaxOutputConfig;
+	artifactsDir?: string;
+	artifactConfig: ArtifactConfig;
+	shareEnabled: boolean;
+	sessionRoot?: string;
+	sessionDir?: string;
+	sessionFile?: string;
+	revivalLease?: SessionLeaseRequest;
+	context?: ContextMode;
+	skills?: string[];
+	output?: string | boolean;
+	reads?: string[] | false;
+	outputMode?: "inline" | "file-only";
+	outputBaseDir?: string;
+	outputClaimPath?: string;
+	agentContract?: AgentContract;
+	structuredOutputSchema?: JsonSchemaObject;
+	modelOverride?: string;
+	modelOverrideFromParent?: boolean;
+	modelOrigin?: ModelOrigin;
+	fast?: boolean;
+	thinkingOverride?: AgentConfig["thinking"];
+	availableModels?: AvailableModelInfo[];
+	maxSubagentDepth: number;
+	waitToolEnabled?: boolean;
+	waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs?: number;
+	worktreeSetupHook?: string;
+	worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs?: number;
+	worktreeBaseDir?: string;
+	worktreeProvider?: import("../../shared/types.ts").WorktreeProvider;
+	worktreeBranchPrefix?: string;
+	worktree?: boolean;
+	controlConfig?: ResolvedControlConfig;
+	intercomBridge?: IntercomBridgeConfig;
+	controlIntercomTarget?: string;
+	childIntercomTarget?: (agent: string, index: number) => string | undefined;
+	nestedRoute?: NestedRouteInfo;
+	acceptance?: AcceptanceInput;
+	timeoutMs?: number;
+	absoluteDeadlineAt?: number;
+	/** Optional per-call hard toolTimeoutMs override (highest precedence). */
+	toolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	toolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget | ToolBudgetConfig;
+	usageBudget?: UsageBudgetConfig;
+	configToolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget;
+	/** Global config.toolTimeoutMs (third precedence, after agent frontmatter). */
+	configToolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	/** SELESAI_SUBAGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS override (lowest precedence). */
+	toolTimeoutMsEnv?: string | undefined;
+	allowZeroToolBudget?: boolean;
+	capabilityCeiling?: ResolvedSubagentCapabilityCeiling;
+	thinkingCeiling?: ThinkingLevel;
+	runFanoutBudget?: RunFanoutBudgetDescriptor;
+	parentWorkflowRunId?: string;
+	workflowKey?: string;
+	lane?: WorkflowLaneMetadata;
+	workflowAwaitAsync?: boolean;
+	activeAsyncCapacity?: ActiveAsyncCapacityHandle;
+	externalJobFollowUp?: {
+		sourceRunId: string;
+		sourceStepIndex: number;
+		parentProviderJobId: string;
+		requestId: string;
+		requestDigest: string;
+	};
+	extensionBindings?: ExtensionBindings;
+}
+
+interface AsyncExecutionResult {
+	content: Array<{ type: "text"; text: string }>;
+	details: Details;
+	isError?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface AsyncRunnerStepBuildParams {
+	chain: ChainStep[];
+	task?: string;
+	attachRoot?: ImportedAsyncRoot & { agent: string; outputName?: string; label?: string };
+	resultMode?: SubagentRunMode;
+	agents: AgentConfig[];
+	/** Exact discovery provenance for failed resolution; omission triggers defensive fallback discovery. */
+	unknownAgentDiagnosticContext?: UnknownAgentDiagnosticContext;
+	ctx: AsyncExecutionContext;
+	availableModels?: AvailableModelInfo[];
+	cwd?: string;
+	chainSkills?: string[];
+	sessionFilesByFlatIndex?: (string | undefined)[];
+	thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex?: (AgentConfig["thinking"] | undefined)[];
+	contextForAgent?: (agentName: string) => ContextMode;
+	progressDir?: string;
+	agentContract?: AgentContract;
+	dynamicFanoutMaxItems?: number;
+	maxSubagentDepth: number;
+	waitToolEnabled?: boolean;
+	waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs?: number;
+	worktreeBaseDir?: string;
+	worktreeProvider?: import("../../shared/types.ts").WorktreeProvider;
+	worktreeBranchPrefix?: string;
+	asyncDir: string;
+	outputBaseDir?: string;
+	validateOutputBindings?: boolean;
+	fast?: boolean;
+	toolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget;
+	configToolBudget?: ResolvedToolBudget;
+	/** Optional per-call hard toolTimeoutMs override from the subagent invocation. */
+	callToolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	/** Global config.toolTimeoutMs (third precedence, after agent frontmatter). */
+	configToolTimeoutMs?: number;
+	/** SELESAI_SUBAGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_MS override (lowest precedence). */
+	toolTimeoutMsEnv?: string | undefined;
+	capabilityCeiling?: ResolvedSubagentCapabilityCeiling;
+	thinkingCeiling?: ThinkingLevel;
+}
+
+export type AsyncRunnerStepBuildResult =
+	| {
+		steps: RunnerStep[];
+		runnerCwd: string;
+		workflowGraph: ReturnType<typeof buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot>;
+		eventChain: ChainStep[];
+		originalTask?: string;
+	}
+	| { error: string };
+
+export function formatAsyncStartedMessage(headline: string, interactive: boolean): string {
+	const guidance = interactive
+		? [
+			"The async run is detached and running in the background.",
+			"You are in an interactive session. Return control to the user now; Pi will wake you through the native completion notification when this subagent completes or needs attention. Do not run sleep/polling loops to wait for this async subagent; it does not need a wait call.",
+			"Use bg_wait only for provider, detached, or other background work that lacks a native completion notification.",
+			"If the current turn must receive results from work without a native notification before it ends, call blocking bg_wait(); ordinary async subagent runs do not need a wait call because their completion is delivered natively.",
+			"Otherwise, continue any independent work or return control to the user. Use subagent({ action: \"status\", id: \"...\" }) for a one-shot status/result or to inspect a blocked/stale run, never as a wait loop.",
+		]
+		: [
+			"The async run is detached. Do not run sleep timers or polling loops just to wait for it.",
+			"This is a non-interactive run: Pi auto-drains current-session subagent work at agent_end so detached children are not abandoned. Use bg_wait only when this turn must receive provider, detached, or other background-work results that have no native completion notification.",
+			"Use subagent({ action: \"status\", id: \"...\" }) when you need a one-shot status/result or to inspect a blocked/stale run; do not poll in a loop.",
+		];
+	return [headline, "", ...guidance].join("\n");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if jiti is available for async execution
+ */
+export function isAsyncAvailable(): boolean {
+	return jitiCliPath !== undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveAsyncRunnerLogPaths(cfg: object): { stdoutPath: string; stderrPath: string } | undefined {
+	const asyncDir = typeof (cfg as { asyncDir?: unknown }).asyncDir === "string"
+		? (cfg as { asyncDir: string }).asyncDir
+		: undefined;
+	if (!asyncDir) return undefined;
+	return {
+		stdoutPath: path.join(asyncDir, "runner.stdout.log"),
+		stderrPath: path.join(asyncDir, "runner.stderr.log"),
+	};
+}
+
+function closeFd(fd: number | undefined): void {
+	if (fd === undefined) return;
+	try {
+		fs.closeSync(fd);
+	} catch {
+		// Best-effort cleanup; child process already owns its duplicated stdio fd.
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Spawn the async runner process
+ */
+const RUNNER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
+const RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_BUFFER = typeof SharedArrayBuffer !== "undefined" ? new SharedArrayBuffer(4) : undefined;
+const RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_VIEW = RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_BUFFER ? new Int32Array(RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_BUFFER) : undefined;
+
+type RunnerStartupState = "ready" | "acknowledged";
+
+type RunnerStartupWaitResult =
+	| { ok: true; token: string }
+	| { ok: false; error: string; startupDidNotProceed?: boolean };
+
+function waitForStartupInterval(delayMs = 20): void {
+	if (RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_VIEW) {
+		Atomics.wait(RUNNER_STARTUP_WAIT_VIEW, 0, 0, delayMs);
+		return;
+	}
+	const waitUntil = Date.now() + delayMs;
+	while (Date.now() < waitUntil) {
+		// Startup handshakes are synchronous so resume rejects before reporting a run as started.
+	}
+}
+
+function readRunnerStartup(startupPath: string, expectedState: RunnerStartupState, expectedToken?: string): RunnerStartupWaitResult | undefined {
+	if (!fs.existsSync(startupPath)) return undefined;
+	try {
+		const payload = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(startupPath, "utf-8")) as { state?: unknown; token?: unknown; error?: unknown };
+		if (payload.state === "error" && typeof payload.error === "string") return { ok: false, error: payload.error, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+		if (payload.state !== expectedState) return undefined;
+		if (typeof payload.token !== "string" || (expectedToken !== undefined && payload.token !== expectedToken)) {
+			return { ok: false, error: `Async runner wrote an invalid ${expectedState} startup handshake: ${startupPath}`, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+		}
+		return { ok: true, token: payload.token };
+	} catch (error) {
+		return { ok: false, error: `Failed to read async runner startup handshake '${startupPath}': ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+	}
+}
+
+function waitForRunnerStartup(startupPath: string, expectedState: RunnerStartupState, timeoutMs: number, expectedToken?: string): RunnerStartupWaitResult {
+	const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+	for (;;) {
+		const result = readRunnerStartup(startupPath, expectedState, expectedToken);
+		if (result) return result;
+		if (Date.now() >= deadline) break;
+		waitForStartupInterval(Math.min(20, Math.max(1, deadline - Date.now())));
+	}
+	const finalResult = readRunnerStartup(startupPath, expectedState, expectedToken);
+	if (finalResult) return finalResult;
+	return { ok: false, error: `Timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms waiting for the async runner startup state '${expectedState}'.`, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+}
+
+const writePrivateStartupControlJson = createAtomicJsonWriter({ mode: 0o600, ignoreCleanupErrorAfterSuccess: true });
+
+function writeRunnerStartupControl(filePath: string, payload: { action: "ack" | "proceed"; token: string }): void {
+	// Delegate to the shared atomic JSON writer (temp file + rename, retrying
+	// transient Windows EPERM/EBUSY/EACCES locks and cleaning up the temp file
+	// on failure), so the startup handshake gets the same locking resilience as
+	// every other async control/result file. This is exercised by
+	// test/unit/atomic-json.test.ts.
+	writePrivateStartupControlJson(filePath, payload);
+}
+
+function runnerIsAlive(pid: number): boolean {
+	try {
+		process.kill(pid, 0);
+		return true;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "EPERM";
+	}
+}
+
+function terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(pid: number): boolean {
+	for (const signal of ["SIGTERM", "SIGKILL"] as const) {
+		if (!runnerIsAlive(pid)) return true;
+		try {
+			process.kill(pid, signal);
+		} catch {
+			if (!runnerIsAlive(pid)) return true;
+		}
+		const deadline = Date.now() + 1000;
+		while (runnerIsAlive(pid) && Date.now() < deadline) waitForStartupInterval();
+	}
+	return !runnerIsAlive(pid);
+}
+
+function persistPreProceedStartupFailure(asyncDir: string, runId: string, runnerProcessInstanceId: string, sessionId: string | undefined, completionOwnerId: string | undefined, message: string): void {
+	const now = Date.now();
+	try {
+		const statusPath = path.join(asyncDir, "status.json");
+		let status: Partial<AsyncStatus> = {};
+		try {
+			status = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(statusPath, "utf-8")) as Partial<AsyncStatus>;
+		} catch {}
+		writePrivateAtomicJson(statusPath, {
+			...status,
+			runId,
+			...(sessionId ? { sessionId } : {}),
+			...(completionOwnerId ? { completionOwnerId } : {}),
+			state: "failed",
+			lastUpdate: now,
+			error: message,
+			processTerminal: {
+				version: 1,
+				state: "not-started",
+				runId,
+				runnerProcessInstanceId,
+			},
+		});
+		writePrivateAtomicJson(path.join(asyncDir, "process-terminal-candidate.json"), {
+			version: 1,
+			runId,
+			runnerProcessInstanceId,
+			writers: {},
+			expectedWriters: { 0: 0 },
+		});
+	} catch {
+		// Startup failures must still return the original launch error.
+	}
+}
+
+interface SpawnRunnerResult {
+	pid?: number;
+	runnerProcessInstanceId?: string;
+	error?: string;
+	terminationObserved?: boolean;
+	startupDidNotProceed?: boolean;
+}
+
+function isStaleExtensionContextError(error: unknown): boolean {
+	return error instanceof Error && /extension ctx is stale|stale after session replacement or reload/i.test(error.message);
+}
+
+export function emitProcessTerminalEvent(ctx: AsyncExecutionContext, proof: unknown): void {
+	try {
+		ctx.pi.events.emit(SUBAGENT_PROCESS_TERMINAL_EVENT, proof);
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (isStaleExtensionContextError(error)) return;
+		console.error("Failed to emit subagent process-terminal event:", error);
+	}
+}
+
+function spawnRunner(cfg: object, suffix: string, cwd: string, initialStatus: Omit<AsyncStatus, "pid" | "processTerminal">, initialStatusPath: string, onProcessTerminal?: (proof: unknown) => void, onBeforeProceed?: (runnerProcessInstanceId: string) => void, requestedCwd = cwd): SpawnRunnerResult {
+	const cwdError = preflightLaunchCwd(requestedCwd, cwd);
+	if (cwdError) return { error: cwdError };
+
+	if (!jitiCliPath) {
+		return { error: "upstream jiti for TypeScript execution could not be found; ensure package dependencies are installed" };
+	}
+
+	fs.mkdirSync(TEMP_ROOT_DIR, { recursive: true });
+	const cfgPath = getAsyncConfigPath(suffix);
+	const runnerProcessInstanceId = randomUUID();
+	const hasRevivalLease = typeof (cfg as { revivalLease?: unknown }).revivalLease === "object";
+	const launchBarrierToken = hasRevivalLease ? undefined : runnerProcessInstanceId;
+	const launchConfig = { ...cfg, runnerProcessInstanceId, ...(launchBarrierToken ? { launchBarrierToken } : {}) };
+	writePrivateAtomicJson(cfgPath, launchConfig);
+	const runner = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "subagent-runner.ts");
+	const nodeCommand = resolveNodeExecutable();
+	const launchForStartup = launchConfig as typeof launchConfig & { asyncDir?: unknown; id?: unknown; sessionId?: unknown; completionOwnerId?: unknown; revivalLease?: unknown };
+	const launchAsyncDir = typeof launchForStartup.asyncDir === "string" ? launchForStartup.asyncDir : undefined;
+	const launchRunId = typeof launchForStartup.id === "string" ? launchForStartup.id : suffix;
+	const launchSessionId = typeof launchForStartup.sessionId === "string" ? launchForStartup.sessionId : undefined;
+	const launchCompletionOwnerId = typeof launchForStartup.completionOwnerId === "string" ? launchForStartup.completionOwnerId : undefined;
+	const startupPath = typeof launchForStartup.revivalLease === "object" && launchAsyncDir
+		? path.join(launchAsyncDir, "runner-startup.json")
+		: undefined;
+	const startupAckPath = startupPath ? path.join(path.dirname(startupPath), "runner-startup-ack.json") : undefined;
+	const startupProceedPath = launchAsyncDir && (startupPath || launchBarrierToken)
+		? path.join(launchAsyncDir, "runner-startup-proceed.json")
+		: undefined;
+	if (startupPath) fs.rmSync(startupPath, { force: true });
+	if (startupAckPath) fs.rmSync(startupAckPath, { force: true });
+	if (startupProceedPath) fs.rmSync(startupProceedPath, { force: true });
+
+	const logPaths = resolveAsyncRunnerLogPaths(launchConfig);
+	let stdoutFd: number | undefined;
+	let stderrFd: number | undefined;
+	try {
+		if (logPaths) {
+			fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(logPaths.stdoutPath), { recursive: true });
+			stdoutFd = fs.openSync(logPaths.stdoutPath, "a");
+			stderrFd = fs.openSync(logPaths.stderrPath, "a");
+		}
+		const proc = spawn(nodeCommand, [jitiCliPath, runner, cfgPath], {
+			cwd,
+			...backgroundProcessOptions(),
+			stdio: ["ignore", stdoutFd ?? "ignore", stderrFd ?? "ignore"],
+			env: {
+				...omitExtensionBindingsEnv(process.env),
+				...(piPackageRoot ? { [SELESAI_CODING_AGENT_PACKAGE_ROOT_ENV]: piPackageRoot } : {}),
+			},
+		});
+		closeFd(stdoutFd);
+		closeFd(stderrFd);
+		proc.on("error", (error) => {
+			console.error(`[pi-subagents] async spawn failed: ${error.message}`);
+		});
+		proc.once("close", (exitCode, signal) => {
+			const launch = launchConfig as { asyncDir?: unknown; id?: unknown; nestedRoute?: NestedRouteInfo; nestedSelf?: { parentRunId: string; parentStepIndex?: number; depth: number; path?: Array<{ runId: string; stepIndex?: number; agent?: string }> } };
+			const asyncDir = launch.asyncDir;
+			const runId = launch.id;
+			if (typeof asyncDir !== "string" || typeof runId !== "string") return;
+			finalizeProcessTerminal(asyncDir, runId, {
+				processInstanceId: runnerProcessInstanceId,
+				closeObservedAt: Date.now(),
+				exitCode,
+				signal,
+			});
+			const persisted = readProcessTerminal(asyncDir, { runId, runnerProcessInstanceId });
+			if (!persisted) return;
+			if (launch.nestedRoute && launch.nestedSelf) {
+				try {
+					let status: import("../../shared/types.ts").AsyncStatus;
+					try {
+						status = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(asyncDir, "status.json"), "utf-8")) as import("../../shared/types.ts").AsyncStatus;
+						status.processTerminal = persisted;
+					} catch {
+						status = {
+							runId,
+							mode: "single",
+							state: persisted.state === "observed" ? "complete" : "failed",
+							startedAt: persisted.observedAt ?? Date.now(),
+							lastUpdate: Date.now(),
+							processTerminal: persisted,
+						};
+					}
+					writeNestedEvent(launch.nestedRoute, {
+						type: "subagent.nested.completed",
+						ts: Date.now(),
+						parentRunId: launch.nestedSelf.parentRunId,
+						parentStepIndex: launch.nestedSelf.parentStepIndex,
+						child: nestedSummaryFromAsyncStatus(status, asyncDir, {
+							id: runId,
+							parentRunId: launch.nestedSelf.parentRunId,
+							parentStepIndex: launch.nestedSelf.parentStepIndex,
+							depth: launch.nestedSelf.depth,
+							path: launch.nestedSelf.path,
+							mode: status.mode,
+							ts: Date.now(),
+						}),
+					});
+				} catch (error) {
+					console.error("Failed to emit final nested process-terminal status:", error);
+				}
+			}
+			onProcessTerminal?.(persisted);
+		});
+		if (typeof proc.pid !== "number") {
+			return { error: `async runner did not produce a pid for cwd: ${cwd}` };
+		}
+		try {
+			writePrivateAtomicJson(initialStatusPath, {
+				...initialStatus,
+				pid: proc.pid,
+				processTerminal: { version: 1, state: "pending", runId: initialStatus.runId, runnerProcessInstanceId },
+			});
+		} catch (error) {
+			const message = `Failed to persist initial async status: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+			if (launchAsyncDir) persistPreProceedStartupFailure(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId, launchSessionId, launchCompletionOwnerId, message);
+			const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+			return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+		}
+		try {
+			if (!launchAsyncDir) throw new Error("Async runner is missing its lifecycle directory.");
+			initializeProcessTerminal(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId);
+		} catch (error) {
+			const message = `Failed to establish async runner lifecycle sidecar: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+			if (launchAsyncDir) persistPreProceedStartupFailure(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId, launchSessionId, launchCompletionOwnerId, message);
+			const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+			return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+		}
+		try {
+			onBeforeProceed?.(runnerProcessInstanceId);
+		} catch (error) {
+			const message = `Failed to establish async runner capacity ownership: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+			if (launchAsyncDir) persistPreProceedStartupFailure(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId, launchSessionId, launchCompletionOwnerId, message);
+			const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+			return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+		}
+		if (launchBarrierToken && startupProceedPath) {
+			try {
+				writeRunnerStartupControl(startupProceedPath, { action: "proceed", token: launchBarrierToken });
+			} catch (error) {
+				const message = `Failed to authorize async runner startup: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+				if (launchAsyncDir) persistPreProceedStartupFailure(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId, launchSessionId, launchCompletionOwnerId, message);
+				const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+				return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+			}
+		}
+		proc.unref();
+		if (startupPath && startupAckPath && startupProceedPath) {
+			const persistStartupFailure = (message: string) => {
+				if (launchAsyncDir) persistPreProceedStartupFailure(launchAsyncDir, launchRunId, runnerProcessInstanceId, launchSessionId, launchCompletionOwnerId, message);
+			};
+			const ready = waitForRunnerStartup(startupPath, "ready", RUNNER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS);
+			if (ready.ok === false) {
+				persistStartupFailure(ready.error);
+				const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+				return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: ready.error, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: ready.startupDidNotProceed };
+			}
+			try {
+				writeRunnerStartupControl(startupAckPath, { action: "ack", token: ready.token });
+			} catch (error) {
+				const message = `Failed to acknowledge async runner startup: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+				persistStartupFailure(message);
+				const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+				return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+			}
+			const acknowledged = waitForRunnerStartup(startupPath, "acknowledged", RUNNER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS, ready.token);
+			if (acknowledged.ok === false) {
+				persistStartupFailure(acknowledged.error);
+				const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+				return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: acknowledged.error, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: acknowledged.startupDidNotProceed };
+			}
+			try {
+				writeRunnerStartupControl(startupProceedPath, { action: "proceed", token: ready.token });
+			} catch (error) {
+				const message = `Failed to authorize async runner startup: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+				persistStartupFailure(message);
+				const terminationObserved = terminateRunnerBeforeProceed(proc.pid);
+				return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId, error: message, terminationObserved, startupDidNotProceed: true };
+			}
+			try {
+				fs.rmSync(startupPath, { force: true });
+			} catch {
+				// Proceed is the commit point; handshake cleanup cannot turn a running revival into a start error.
+			}
+		}
+		return { pid: proc.pid, runnerProcessInstanceId };
+	} catch (error) {
+		closeFd(stdoutFd);
+		closeFd(stderrFd);
+		return { error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) };
+	}
+}
+
+function formatAsyncStartError(mode: SubagentRunMode, message: string): AsyncExecutionResult {
+	return {
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: message }],
+		isError: true,
+		details: { mode, results: [] },
+	};
+}
+
+const UNAVAILABLE_SUBAGENT_SKILL_ERROR = "Skills not found: pi-subagents";
+
+class UnavailableSubagentSkillError extends Error {}
+class AsyncStartValidationError extends Error {}
+
+export function buildAsyncRunnerSteps(id: string, params: AsyncRunnerStepBuildParams): AsyncRunnerStepBuildResult {
+	const {
+		chain,
+		agents,
+		ctx,
+		cwd,
+		sessionFilesByFlatIndex,
+		thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex,
+		maxSubagentDepth,
+		worktreeBaseDir,
+		worktreeProvider,
+		worktreeBranchPrefix,
+		asyncDir,
+	} = params;
+	const outputBaseDir = params.outputBaseDir;
+	const resultMode = params.resultMode ?? "chain";
+	const chainSkills = params.chainSkills ?? [];
+	const availableModels = params.availableModels;
+	const runnerCwd = resolveChildCwd(ctx.cwd, cwd);
+	let managedWorktreeProvider: "native" | "worktrunk" | undefined;
+	try {
+		if (chain.some((step) => "worktree" in step && step.worktree === true)) {
+			const resolved = resolveWorktreeProvider(worktreeProvider, worktreeBaseDir);
+			managedWorktreeProvider = shouldDeferWorktreeCwd(worktreeProvider, worktreeBaseDir) ? "worktrunk" : resolved;
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		return { error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) };
+	}
+	const progressDir = params.progressDir ?? runnerCwd;
+	const graphChain: ChainStep[] = params.attachRoot
+		? [{
+				agent: params.attachRoot.agent,
+				task: `Attach async root ${params.attachRoot.runId}`,
+				label: params.attachRoot.label ?? `Attached root ${params.attachRoot.runId}`,
+				...(params.attachRoot.outputName ? { as: params.attachRoot.outputName } : {}),
+			}, ...chain]
+		: chain;
+	const firstStep = chain[0];
+	const originalTask = params.task ?? (firstStep
+		? (isParallelStep(firstStep)
+			? firstStep.parallel[0]?.task
+			: isDynamicParallelStep(firstStep)
+				? firstStep.parallel.task
+				: (firstStep as SequentialStep).task)
+		: undefined);
+	try {
+		if (params.validateOutputBindings !== false) {
+			validateChainOutputBindings(chain, { maxItems: params.dynamicFanoutMaxItems });
+		}
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (error instanceof ChainOutputValidationError) return { error: error.message };
+		throw error;
+	}
+	const workflowGraph = buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot({ runId: id, mode: resultMode, steps: graphChain });
+
+	const diagnosticContext = params.unknownAgentDiagnosticContext
+		?? unknownAgentDiagnosticContext(discoverAgents(path.resolve(runnerCwd), "both"));
+	for (const s of chain) {
+		const stepAgents = isParallelStep(s)
+			? s.parallel.map((t) => t.agent)
+			: isDynamicParallelStep(s)
+				? [s.parallel.agent]
+				: [(s as SequentialStep).agent];
+		for (const agentName of stepAgents) {
+			if (!agents.find((x) => x.name === agentName)) return { error: formatUnknownAgentError(agentName, diagnosticContext) };
+		}
+	}
+
+	let progressInstructionCreated = false;
+	const buildStepOverrides = (s: SequentialStep): StepOverrides => {
+		const stepSkillInput = normalizeSkillInput(s.skill);
+		return {
+			...(s.output !== undefined ? { output: s.output } : {}),
+			...(s.outputMode !== undefined ? { outputMode: s.outputMode } : {}),
+			...(s.reads !== undefined ? { reads: s.reads } : {}),
+			...(s.progress !== undefined ? { progress: s.progress } : {}),
+			...(stepSkillInput !== undefined ? { skills: stepSkillInput } : {}),
+			...(s.model !== undefined ? { model: s.model } : {}),
+			...(s.fast !== undefined ? { fast: s.fast } : {}),
+		};
+	};
+	const buildSeqStep = (s: SequentialStep, sessionFile?: string, behaviorCwd?: string, progressPrecreated = false, resolvedBehavior?: ResolvedStepBehavior, flatIndex?: number, parallelOutputNamespace?: { stepIndex: number; taskIndex?: number }, runFanoutPath?: string) => {
+		const a = agents.find((x) => x.name === s.agent)!;
+		const externalRunner = a.runner?.type === "external-cli" || a.runner?.type === "external-job";
+		const externalRunnerType = a.runner?.type;
+		if (externalRunner) {
+			const unsupported: string[] = [];
+			if (s.model !== undefined) unsupported.push("model override");
+			if (s.outputSchema !== undefined) unsupported.push("structured output");
+			if (s.acceptance !== undefined || params.agentContract !== undefined || s.agentContract !== undefined) unsupported.push("acceptance/agent contract");
+			if (s.toolBudget !== undefined || params.toolBudget !== undefined || a.toolBudget !== undefined || params.configToolBudget !== undefined) unsupported.push("tool budget");
+			if ((s.fast ?? params.fast ?? a.fast) === true) unsupported.push("fast mode");
+			if (params.contextForAgent?.(s.agent) === "fork") unsupported.push("fork context");
+			if (unsupported.length > 0) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(`Agent '${a.name}' uses runner.type='${externalRunnerType}' and does not support: ${unsupported.join(", ")}.`);
+		}
+		try {
+			assertAgentAllowedByCapabilityCeiling(a.name, intersectSubagentCapabilityCeilings(params.capabilityCeiling, decodeSubagentCapabilityCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_CAPABILITY_CEILING_ENV])));
+		} catch (error) {
+			throw new AsyncStartValidationError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+		}
+		const toolBudgetInput = s.toolBudget ?? params.toolBudget ?? a.toolBudget ?? params.configToolBudget;
+		const resolvedToolBudget = validateToolBudgetConfig(toolBudgetInput, s.toolBudget ? "toolBudget" : a.toolBudget ? "agent.toolBudget" : "config.toolBudget");
+		if (resolvedToolBudget.error) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(resolvedToolBudget.error);
+		const resolvedToolTimeout = resolveToolTimeoutMs({
+			callValue: params.callToolTimeoutMs,
+			agentValue: a.defaultToolTimeoutMs,
+			configValue: params.configToolTimeoutMs,
+			envValue: params.toolTimeoutMsEnv ?? toolTimeoutFromEnv(),
+		});
+		if (resolvedToolTimeout.error) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(resolvedToolTimeout.error);
+		const launchPlan = planChildLaunch({
+			agentConfig: a,
+			stepOverrides: buildStepOverrides(s),
+			task: s.task,
+			originalTask,
+			runnerCwd,
+			runtimeCwd: ctx.cwd,
+			stepCwdInput: s.cwd,
+			behaviorCwd,
+			chainSkills,
+			outputBaseDir,
+			parallelOutputNamespace,
+			resolvedBehavior,
+		});
+		const { stepCwd, instructionCwd, readExistenceCwd, behavior, namespaceOutputPath, outputPath, skillNames } = launchPlan;
+		const { resolved: resolvedSkills, missing: missingSkills } = resolveSkillsWithFallback(
+			skillNames,
+			stepCwd,
+			ctx.cwd,
+			a.skillPath,
+			a.filePath ? path.dirname(a.filePath) : stepCwd,
+		);
+		if (missingSkills.includes("pi-subagents")) throw new UnavailableSubagentSkillError(UNAVAILABLE_SUBAGENT_SKILL_ERROR);
+
+		let systemPrompt = a.systemPrompt?.trim() ?? "";
+		if (resolvedSkills.length > 0) {
+			const injection = buildSkillInjection(resolvedSkills);
+			systemPrompt = systemPrompt ? `${systemPrompt}\n\n${injection}` : injection;
+		}
+		const memoryInjection = buildAgentMemoryInjection(a, stepCwd);
+		if (memoryInjection) {
+			systemPrompt = systemPrompt ? `${systemPrompt}\n\n${memoryInjection}` : memoryInjection;
+		}
+		systemPrompt = appendAgentRefinementOverlay(systemPrompt, { cwd: stepCwd, agentName: a.name });
+
+		const readInstructions = buildChainInstructions({ ...behavior, output: false, progress: false }, instructionCwd, false, undefined, readExistenceCwd);
+		const isFirstProgressAgent = behavior.progress && !progressPrecreated && !progressInstructionCreated;
+		if (behavior.progress) progressInstructionCreated = true;
+		const progressInstructions = buildChainInstructions({ ...behavior, output: false, reads: false }, progressDir, isFirstProgressAgent);
+		if (!namespaceOutputPath) systemPrompt = injectOutputPathSystemPrompt(systemPrompt, outputPath, a);
+		const validationError = validateFileOnlyOutputMode(behavior.outputMode, outputPath, `Async step (${s.agent})`);
+		if (validationError) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(validationError);
+		let taskTemplate = s.task ?? "{previous}";
+		taskTemplate = taskTemplate.replace(/\{task\}/g, originalTask ?? "");
+		taskTemplate = taskTemplate.replace(/\{chain_dir\}/g, behaviorCwd ?? runnerCwd);
+		const taskText = `${readInstructions.prefix}${taskTemplate}${progressInstructions.suffix}`;
+		const task = namespaceOutputPath ? taskText : injectSingleOutputInstruction(taskText, outputPath, a);
+
+		const modelScopes = resolveModelScopesForAgent(ctx.modelScope, a.name, ctx.currentModel);
+		const modelOrigin = resolveModelOrigin({ explicitModel: s.model, agentModel: a.model, parentModel: ctx.currentModel });
+		const primaryModelFromParent = modelOrigin === "inherited";
+		const primaryModel = externalRunner ? undefined : resolveEffectiveSubagentModel(
+			s.model,
+			a.model,
+			ctx.currentModel,
+			availableModels,
+			a.modelProvider ?? ctx.currentModelProvider,
+			{ scope: modelScopes, source: modelOrigin === "explicit" ? "explicit" : "inherited" },
+		);
+		const thinkingOverride = flatIndex === undefined ? undefined : thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex?.[flatIndex];
+		const effectiveThinking = externalRunner ? undefined : thinkingOverride ?? a.thinking;
+		const model = externalRunner ? undefined : applyThinkingSuffix(primaryModel, effectiveThinking, thinkingOverride !== undefined);
+		const contextLimit = model ? findModelInfo(model, availableModels, a.modelProvider ?? ctx.currentModelProvider)?.contextWindow : undefined;
+		const thinkingCeiling = externalRunner ? undefined : intersectThinkingCeilings(
+			params.thinkingCeiling,
+			a.maxThinking,
+			decodeThinkingCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_THINKING_CEILING_ENV]),
+		);
+		if (!externalRunner) {
+			try {
+				assertThinkingWithinCeiling({ model, configThinking: effectiveThinking, ceiling: thinkingCeiling, agent: a.name, runId: id });
+			} catch (error) {
+				throw new AsyncStartValidationError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+			}
+		}
+		const agentContract = s.agentContract ?? params.agentContract;
+		const permissionRules = resolvePermissionRules(ctx.permissions, a.permissions);
+		let modelCandidates: string[] = [];
+		if (!externalRunner) {
+			try {
+				modelCandidates = buildModelCandidates(primaryModel, a.fallbackModels, availableModels, a.modelProvider ?? ctx.currentModelProvider, {
+					scope: modelScopes,
+					primaryModelFromParent,
+					origin: modelOrigin,
+				}).flatMap((candidate) => {
+					const resolved = applyThinkingSuffix(candidate, effectiveThinking, thinkingOverride !== undefined);
+					return resolved ? [resolved] : [];
+				});
+				for (const candidate of modelCandidates) assertThinkingWithinCeiling({ model: candidate, configThinking: effectiveThinking, ceiling: thinkingCeiling, agent: a.name, runId: id });
+			} catch (error) {
+				throw new AsyncStartValidationError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+			}
+		}
+		const launchRuleError = applyWatchdogLaunchRules({ cwd: stepCwd, agent: a.name, model: modelCandidates[0] ?? model, warn: (violation) => sendRuleViolationWarning(ctx.pi, violation) });
+		if (launchRuleError) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(launchRuleError);
+		const fast = s.fast ?? params.fast ?? a.fast;
+		const toolPlan = resolvePiLaunchToolPlan({
+			tools: a.tools,
+			excludeTools: a.excludeTools,
+			allowNestedSubagents: a.allowNestedSubagents,
+			extensions: a.extensions,
+			subagentOnlyExtensions: a.subagentOnlyExtensions,
+			mcpDirectTools: a.mcpDirectTools,
+			cwd: stepCwd,
+			requireReadTool: Boolean(resolvedSkills.length),
+			structuredOutput: Boolean(s.outputSchema),
+			fast,
+			model,
+			modelCandidates,
+			capabilityCeiling: params.capabilityCeiling,
+			inheritedCapabilityCeiling: decodeSubagentCapabilityCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_CAPABILITY_CEILING_ENV]),
+			agentName: a.name,
+			permissionRules,
+			runtimeSnapshotHost: ctx.pi,
+		});
+		const launchResolvedExtensions = externalRunner ? undefined : projectLaunchResolvedChildExtensions(toolPlan);
+		if (externalRunner && permissionRules) {
+			throw new AsyncStartValidationError(`Agent '${a.name}' uses runner.type='${externalRunnerType}', which cannot enforce native Pi child permission rules.`);
+		}
+		if (!externalRunner) {
+			const contractTools = toolPlan.explicitToolAllowlist ? toolPlan.effectiveToolAllowlist : undefined;
+			const contractError = validateImplementationToolContract({
+				agent: a.name,
+				task,
+				tools: contractTools,
+				mcpDirectTools: toolPlan.effectiveMcpTools,
+				configuredExtensions: toolPlan.configuredExtensions,
+				requestedTools: toolPlan.requestedBuiltinTools,
+				acceptanceRole: a.acceptanceRole,
+				completionGuard: a.completionGuard,
+			});
+			if (contractError) throw new AsyncStartValidationError(contractError);
+		}
+		return {
+			parentSessionId: ctx.parentSessionId ?? ctx.currentSessionId,
+			permissionRules,
+			...(params.capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling: params.capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+			...(runFanoutPath ? { runFanoutPath } : {}),
+			agent: s.agent,
+			task,
+			...(a.runner ? { runner: a.runner } : {}),
+			...(params.contextForAgent ? { context: params.contextForAgent(s.agent) } : {}),
+			...(agentContract ? { agentContract } : {}),
+			phase: s.phase,
+			label: s.label,
+			outputName: s.as,
+			structured: Boolean(s.outputSchema),
+			cwd: stepCwd,
+			requestedCwd: s.cwd ?? stepCwd,
+			model,
+			...(contextLimit !== undefined ? { contextLimit } : {}),
+			...(fast !== undefined ? { fast } : {}),
+			thinking: resolveEffectiveThinking(model, effectiveThinking),
+			...(thinkingCeiling ? { thinkingCeiling } : {}),
+			launchResolvedExtensions,
+			...(toolPlan.mcpConfig ? { mcpConfig: toolPlan.mcpConfig } : {}),
+			...(toolPlan.runtimeServerNames ? { runtimeServerNames: toolPlan.runtimeServerNames } : {}),
+			modelCandidates: externalRunner ? undefined : modelCandidates,
+			...(primaryModelFromParent ? { skipPrimaryModelVerification: true } : {}),
+			...(availableModels && availableModels.length > 0 ? { modelVerificationRegistry: availableModels } : {}),
+			tools: a.tools,
+			excludeTools: a.excludeTools,
+			allowNestedSubagents: a.allowNestedSubagents,
+			extensions: a.extensions,
+			subagentOnlyExtensions: a.subagentOnlyExtensions,
+			mcpDirectTools: a.mcpDirectTools,
+			mutationTools: a.mutationTools,
+			completionGuard: a.completionGuard,
+			systemPrompt,
+			systemPromptMode: a.systemPromptMode,
+			inheritProjectContext: a.inheritProjectContext,
+			inheritGlobalContext: a.inheritGlobalContext,
+			inheritSkills: a.inheritSkills,
+			skills: resolvedSkills.map((r) => r.name),
+			outputPath,
+			...(namespaceOutputPath ? { namespaceOutputPath: true } : {}),
+			outputMode: behavior.outputMode,
+			sessionFile,
+			maxSubagentDepth: resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth(maxSubagentDepth, a.maxSubagentDepth),
+			timeoutMs: a.defaultTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_MS,
+			toolTimeoutMs: resolvedToolTimeout.toolTimeoutMs,
+			waitToolEnabled: params.waitToolEnabled,
+			waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs: params.waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs,
+			effectiveAcceptance: resolveEffectiveAcceptance({
+				explicit: s.acceptance,
+				agentName: s.agent,
+				acceptanceRole: a.acceptanceRole,
+				task,
+				mode: resultMode,
+				async: true,
+				dynamic: false,
+				agentContract,
+			}),
+			acceptanceInput: s.acceptance,
+			acceptanceRole: a.acceptanceRole,
+			...(s.gateOn ? { gateOn: s.gateOn } : {}),
+			...(s.outputSchema ? { structuredOutputSchema: s.outputSchema } : {}),
+			...(s.outputSchema ? { structuredOutput: createStructuredOutputRuntime(s.outputSchema, path.join(asyncDir, "structured-output"), { acceptanceReport: resolveAcceptanceReportMode(s.acceptance) }) } : {}),
+			...(resolvedToolBudget.budget ? { toolBudget: resolvedToolBudget.budget } : {}),
+			...(s.worktree ? { worktree: true } : {}),
+		};
+	};
+
+	let flatStepIndex = 0;
+	const nextFlatStep = (): { index: number; sessionFile?: string; thinkingOverride?: AgentConfig["thinking"] } => {
+		const index = flatStepIndex;
+		const sessionFile = sessionFilesByFlatIndex?.[flatStepIndex];
+		const thinkingOverride = thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex?.[flatStepIndex];
+		flatStepIndex++;
+		return {
+			index,
+			...(sessionFile ? { sessionFile } : {}),
+			...(thinkingOverride ? { thinkingOverride } : {}),
+		};
+	};
+
+	try {
+		const builtSteps = chain.map((s, stepIndex) => {
+			if (isParallelStep(s)) {
+				const parallelBehaviors = s.parallel.map((task) => {
+					const agent = agents.find((candidate) => candidate.name === task.agent)!;
+					return suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(resolveStepBehavior(agent, buildStepOverrides(task), chainSkills), task.task, originalTask);
+				});
+				const progressPrecreated = parallelBehaviors.some((behavior) => behavior.progress);
+				if (progressPrecreated) {
+					if (!s.worktree || params.progressDir) writeInitialProgressFile(progressDir);
+					progressInstructionCreated = true;
+				}
+				return {
+					parallel: s.parallel.map((t, taskIndex) => {
+						let behaviorCwd: string | undefined;
+						if (s.worktree && managedWorktreeProvider === "worktrunk") {
+							behaviorCwd = WORKTREE_AGENT_CWD_PLACEHOLDER;
+						} else if (s.worktree && managedWorktreeProvider === "native") {
+							try {
+								behaviorCwd = resolveExpectedWorktreeAgentCwd(runnerCwd, `${id}-s${stepIndex}`, taskIndex, worktreeBaseDir);
+							} catch {
+								behaviorCwd = undefined;
+							}
+						}
+						const staticStep = nextFlatStep();
+						return buildSeqStep({ ...t, agentContract: t.agentContract ?? s.agentContract, gateOn: t.gateOn ?? s.gateOn }, staticStep.sessionFile, behaviorCwd, progressPrecreated, parallelBehaviors[taskIndex], staticStep.index, { stepIndex, taskIndex }, resultMode === "parallel" ? `tasks[${taskIndex}]` : `chain[${stepIndex}].parallel[${taskIndex}]`);
+					}),
+					concurrency: s.concurrency,
+					failFast: s.failFast,
+					worktree: s.worktree,
+				};
+			}
+			if (isDynamicParallelStep(s)) {
+				const agent = agents.find((candidate) => candidate.name === s.parallel.agent)!;
+				const behavior = suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(resolveStepBehavior(agent, buildStepOverrides(s.parallel), chainSkills), s.parallel.task, originalTask);
+				const progressPrecreated = behavior.progress;
+				if (progressPrecreated) {
+					writeInitialProgressFile(progressDir);
+					progressInstructionCreated = true;
+				}
+				const maxItems = s.expand.maxItems ?? params.dynamicFanoutMaxItems ?? 0;
+				const dynamicFlatSteps = Array.from({ length: maxItems }, () => nextFlatStep());
+				const parallel = buildSeqStep({ ...(s.parallel as SequentialStep), agentContract: s.parallel.agentContract ?? s.agentContract, gateOn: s.parallel.gateOn ?? s.gateOn }, undefined, undefined, progressPrecreated, behavior, undefined, { stepIndex });
+				return {
+					expand: s.expand,
+					parallel,
+					collect: s.collect,
+					concurrency: s.concurrency,
+					failFast: s.failFast,
+					phase: s.phase,
+					label: s.label,
+					sessionFiles: dynamicFlatSteps.map((step) => step.sessionFile),
+					thinkingOverrides: dynamicFlatSteps.map((step) => step.thinkingOverride),
+					effectiveAcceptance: resolveEffectiveAcceptance({
+						explicit: s.acceptance,
+						agentName: s.parallel.agent,
+						acceptanceRole: agent.acceptanceRole,
+						task: parallel.task,
+						mode: resultMode,
+						async: true,
+						dynamicGroup: true,
+						agentContract: s.agentContract ?? params.agentContract,
+					}),
+					acceptanceInput: s.acceptance,
+					acceptanceRole: agent.acceptanceRole,
+					...(s.agentContract ?? params.agentContract ? { agentContract: s.agentContract ?? params.agentContract } : {}),
+					...(s.gateOn ? { gateOn: s.gateOn } : {}),
+					...(parallel.thinkingCeiling ? { thinkingCeiling: parallel.thinkingCeiling } : {}),
+				};
+			}
+			const sequential = s as SequentialStep;
+			let behaviorCwd: string | undefined;
+			if (sequential.worktree && managedWorktreeProvider === "worktrunk") {
+				behaviorCwd = WORKTREE_AGENT_CWD_PLACEHOLDER;
+			} else if (sequential.worktree && managedWorktreeProvider === "native") {
+				try {
+					behaviorCwd = resolveExpectedWorktreeAgentCwd(runnerCwd, `${id}-s${stepIndex}`, 0, worktreeBaseDir);
+				} catch {
+					behaviorCwd = undefined;
+				}
+			}
+			const staticStep = nextFlatStep();
+			return buildSeqStep(sequential, staticStep.sessionFile, behaviorCwd, false, undefined, staticStep.index, undefined, `chain[${stepIndex}]`);
+		});
+		const steps = params.attachRoot
+			? [{
+					agent: params.attachRoot.agent,
+					task: "",
+					label: params.attachRoot.label ?? `Attached root ${params.attachRoot.runId}`,
+					outputName: params.attachRoot.outputName,
+					importAsyncRoot: {
+						runId: params.attachRoot.runId,
+						asyncDir: params.attachRoot.asyncDir,
+						resultPath: params.attachRoot.resultPath,
+						index: params.attachRoot.index,
+					},
+					inheritProjectContext: false,
+					inheritGlobalContext: false,
+					inheritSkills: false,
+				}, ...builtSteps]
+			: builtSteps;
+		for (const step of steps) {
+			if (!("parallel" in step) || !Array.isArray(step.parallel)) continue;
+			const seen = new Map<string, { index: number; agent: string }>();
+			for (let index = 0; index < step.parallel.length; index++) {
+				const task = step.parallel[index]!;
+				if (!task.outputPath) continue;
+				const previous = seen.get(task.outputPath);
+				if (previous) {
+					throw new AsyncStartValidationError(`Parallel tasks ${previous.index + 1} (${previous.agent}) and ${index + 1} (${task.agent}) resolve output to the same path: ${task.outputPath}. Use distinct output paths.`);
+				}
+				seen.set(task.outputPath, { index, agent: task.agent });
+			}
+		}
+		return { steps: steps as RunnerStep[], runnerCwd, workflowGraph, eventChain: graphChain, ...(originalTask !== undefined ? { originalTask } : {}) };
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (error instanceof UnavailableSubagentSkillError || error instanceof AsyncStartValidationError) return { error: error.message };
+		throw error;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Execute a chain asynchronously
+ */
+export function executeAsyncChain(
+	id: string,
+	params: AsyncChainParams,
+): AsyncExecutionResult {
+	const {
+		chain,
+		agents,
+		ctx,
+		cwd,
+		maxOutput,
+		artifactsDir,
+		artifactConfig,
+		shareEnabled,
+		sessionRoot,
+		sessionFilesByFlatIndex,
+		thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex,
+		maxSubagentDepth,
+		worktreeSetupHook,
+		worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs,
+		worktreeBaseDir,
+		worktreeProvider,
+		worktreeBranchPrefix,
+		controlConfig,
+		controlIntercomTarget,
+		childIntercomTarget,
+		nestedRoute,
+	} = params;
+	const resultMode = params.resultMode ?? "chain";
+	const acceptanceErrors = validateExecutionAcceptance({
+		chain: chain.map((step) => {
+			if (isParallelStep(step)) return { parallel: step.parallel };
+			if (isDynamicParallelStep(step)) return { acceptance: step.acceptance, parallel: step.parallel };
+			return { acceptance: step.acceptance, outputSchema: step.outputSchema };
+		}),
+	});
+	if (acceptanceErrors.length > 0) return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, acceptanceErrors.join(" "));
+	const capabilityCeiling = params.capabilityCeiling ?? resolveCurrentSubagentCapabilityCeiling(ctx.currentSessionId);
+	const inheritedNestedRoute = resolveInheritedNestedRouteFromEnv();
+	const nestedAddress = inheritedNestedRoute ? resolveNestedParentAddressFromEnv() : undefined;
+	const asyncDir = inheritedNestedRoute
+		? path.join(TEMP_ROOT_DIR, "nested-subagent-runs", inheritedNestedRoute.rootRunId, id)
+		: path.join(DIRS.async, id);
+	let runFanoutBudget: RunFanoutBudgetDescriptor;
+	try {
+		runFanoutBudget = params.runFanoutBudget ?? createRunFanoutBudget(id, 64);
+		fs.mkdirSync(asyncDir, { recursive: true });
+		writeRunFanoutBudgetDescriptor(asyncDir, runFanoutBudget);
+	} catch (error) {
+		const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+		return {
+			content: [{ type: "text", text: `Failed to create async run directory '${asyncDir}': ${message}` }],
+			isError: true,
+			details: { mode: resultMode, results: [] },
+		};
+	}
+
+	const built = buildAsyncRunnerSteps(id, {
+		chain,
+		task: params.task,
+		attachRoot: params.attachRoot,
+		resultMode,
+		agents,
+		unknownAgentDiagnosticContext: params.unknownAgentDiagnosticContext,
+		ctx,
+		availableModels: params.availableModels,
+		cwd,
+		chainSkills: params.chainSkills,
+		sessionFilesByFlatIndex,
+		thinkingOverridesByFlatIndex,
+		contextForAgent: params.contextForAgent,
+		progressDir: params.progressDir ?? (artifactsDir ? path.join(artifactsDir, "progress", id) : resultMode === "parallel" ? path.join(asyncDir, "progress") : undefined),
+		agentContract: params.agentContract,
+		outputBaseDir: artifactsDir ? path.join(artifactsDir, "outputs", id) : undefined,
+		dynamicFanoutMaxItems: params.dynamicFanoutMaxItems,
+		maxSubagentDepth,
+		waitToolEnabled: params.waitToolEnabled,
+		waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs: params.waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs,
+		worktreeBaseDir,
+		worktreeProvider,
+		worktreeBranchPrefix,
+		asyncDir,
+		fast: params.fast,
+		toolBudget: params.toolBudget,
+		configToolBudget: params.configToolBudget,
+		callToolTimeoutMs: params.callToolTimeoutMs,
+		configToolTimeoutMs: params.configToolTimeoutMs,
+		toolTimeoutMsEnv: params.toolTimeoutMsEnv ?? toolTimeoutFromEnv(),
+		capabilityCeiling,
+		thinkingCeiling: params.thinkingCeiling,
+	});
+	if ("error" in built) {
+		try {
+			fs.rmSync(asyncDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+		} catch {
+			// Best-effort cleanup for validation failures before the runner is spawned.
+		}
+		return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, built.error);
+	}
+	const { steps, runnerCwd, workflowGraph, eventChain } = built;
+	const deadlineAt = params.timeoutMs !== undefined ? Date.now() + params.timeoutMs : undefined;
+	const initialUsageBudget = usageBudgetState(params.usageBudget, undefined);
+	let childTargetIndex = 0;
+	const childIntercomTargets = childIntercomTarget ? steps.flatMap((step) => {
+		if (!("parallel" in step) && "importAsyncRoot" in step && step.importAsyncRoot) {
+			childTargetIndex++;
+			return [undefined];
+		}
+		if ("parallel" in step) {
+			if (!Array.isArray(step.parallel)) {
+				childTargetIndex++;
+				return [undefined];
+			}
+			return step.parallel.map((task) => childIntercomTarget(task.agent, childTargetIndex++));
+		}
+		return "agent" in step ? [childIntercomTarget(step.agent, childTargetIndex++)] : [undefined];
+	}) : undefined;
+	const initialStatusSteps = eventChain.flatMap((step) => isParallelStep(step)
+		? step.parallel.map((task) => ({ agent: task.agent, ...(statusStepDescription(task.task) ? { description: statusStepDescription(task.task) } : {}), ...(task.label ? { label: task.label } : {}), ...(task.as ? { outputName: task.as } : {}), status: "pending" as const }))
+		: isDynamicParallelStep(step)
+			? [{ agent: `expand:${step.parallel.agent}`, label: step.label ?? step.parallel.label ?? `Dynamic fanout (${step.collect.as})`, outputName: step.collect.as, status: "pending" as const }]
+			: [{ agent: (step as SequentialStep).agent, ...(statusStepDescription((step as SequentialStep).task) ? { description: statusStepDescription((step as SequentialStep).task) } : {}), ...((step as SequentialStep).label ? { label: (step as SequentialStep).label } : {}), ...((step as SequentialStep).as ? { outputName: (step as SequentialStep).as } : {}), status: "pending" as const }]);
+	const initialParallelGroups: AsyncParallelGroupStatus[] = [];
+	let initialFlatIndex = 0;
+	for (let stepIndex = 0; stepIndex < eventChain.length; stepIndex++) {
+		const step = eventChain[stepIndex]!;
+		if (isParallelStep(step)) initialParallelGroups.push({ start: initialFlatIndex, count: step.parallel.length, stepIndex });
+		else if (isDynamicParallelStep(step)) initialParallelGroups.push({ start: initialFlatIndex, count: 1, stepIndex });
+		initialFlatIndex += isParallelStep(step) ? step.parallel.length : 1;
+	}
+	const initialStatusAt = Date.now();
+	const initialCompletionOwnerId = ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId();
+
+	let spawnResult: SpawnRunnerResult = {};
+	try {
+		spawnResult = spawnRunner(
+			{
+				id,
+				steps,
+				resultPath: inheritedNestedRoute ? nestedResultsPath(inheritedNestedRoute.rootRunId, id) : resultFilePath(DIRS.results, id),
+				cwd: runnerCwd,
+				placeholder: "{previous}",
+				maxOutput,
+				artifactsDir: artifactConfig.enabled ? artifactsDir : undefined,
+				artifactConfig,
+				share: shareEnabled,
+				sessionDir: sessionRoot ? path.join(sessionRoot, `async-${id}`) : undefined,
+				asyncDir,
+				sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId,
+				completionOwnerId: ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId(),
+				...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+				piPackageRoot,
+				piArgv1: process.argv[1],
+				worktreeSetupHook,
+				worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs,
+				worktreeBaseDir,
+				worktreeProvider,
+				worktreeBranchPrefix,
+				controlConfig,
+				toolBudget: params.toolBudget,
+				usageBudget: params.usageBudget,
+				controlIntercomTarget,
+				childIntercomTargets,
+				resultMode,
+				dynamicFanoutMaxItems: params.dynamicFanoutMaxItems,
+				timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
+				deadlineAt,
+				globalConcurrencyLimit: params.globalConcurrencyLimit,
+				runFanoutBudget,
+				workflowGraph,
+				...(params.parentWorkflowRunId ? { parentWorkflowRunId: params.parentWorkflowRunId } : {}),
+				...(params.workflowKey ? { workflowKey: params.workflowKey } : {}),
+				nestedRoute: nestedRoute ?? inheritedNestedRoute,
+				nestedSelf: inheritedNestedRoute && nestedAddress ? {
+					parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+					parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+					depth: nestedAddress.depth,
+					path: nestedAddress.path,
+				} : undefined,
+			},
+			id,
+			runnerCwd,
+			{
+				lifecycleArtifactVersion: SUBAGENT_LIFECYCLE_ARTIFACT_VERSION,
+				runId: id,
+				...(ctx.currentSessionId ? { sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId } : {}),
+				...(initialCompletionOwnerId ? { completionOwnerId: initialCompletionOwnerId } : {}),
+				mode: resultMode,
+				state: "running",
+				startedAt: initialStatusAt,
+				lastUpdate: initialStatusAt,
+				currentStep: 0,
+				chainStepCount: eventChain.length,
+				...(initialParallelGroups.length ? { parallelGroups: initialParallelGroups } : {}),
+				steps: initialStatusSteps,
+			},
+			path.join(asyncDir, "status.json"),
+			(proof) => emitProcessTerminalEvent(ctx, proof),
+			(runnerProcessInstanceId) => params.activeAsyncCapacity?.markStarted(runnerProcessInstanceId),
+		);
+	} catch (error) {
+		params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+		return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, `Failed to start async ${resultMode} '${id}': ${message}`);
+	}
+
+	if (spawnResult.error) {
+		if (spawnResult.startupDidNotProceed) {
+			if (!spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId || params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollbackBeforeRunnerProceed(spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) !== true) params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		}
+		else if (!spawnResult.pid || !spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		else params.activeAsyncCapacity?.markStarted(spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId);
+		return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, `Failed to start async ${resultMode} '${id}': ${spawnResult.error}`);
+	}
+	if (!spawnResult.pid || !spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) {
+		params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, `Failed to start async ${resultMode} '${id}': runner identity unavailable`);
+	}
+	if (spawnResult.pid) {
+		const eventFirstStep = eventChain[0];
+		if (!eventFirstStep) {
+			return formatAsyncStartError(resultMode, `Failed to start async ${resultMode} '${id}': event chain has no steps`);
+		}
+		const firstAgents = isParallelStep(eventFirstStep)
+			? eventFirstStep.parallel.map((t) => t.agent)
+			: isDynamicParallelStep(eventFirstStep)
+				? [eventFirstStep.parallel.agent]
+			: [(eventFirstStep as SequentialStep).agent];
+		const firstTask = isParallelStep(eventFirstStep)
+			? eventFirstStep.parallel[0]?.task
+			: isDynamicParallelStep(eventFirstStep)
+				? eventFirstStep.parallel.task
+				: (eventFirstStep as SequentialStep).task;
+		const workflowGoal = params.goal ?? (params.task?.trim() || firstTask);
+		const parallelGroups: Array<{ start: number; count: number; stepIndex: number }> = [];
+		const flatAgents: string[] = [];
+		let flatStepStart = 0;
+		for (let stepIndex = 0; stepIndex < eventChain.length; stepIndex++) {
+			const step = eventChain[stepIndex]!;
+			if (isParallelStep(step)) {
+				parallelGroups.push({ start: flatStepStart, count: step.parallel.length, stepIndex });
+				flatAgents.push(...step.parallel.map((task) => task.agent));
+				flatStepStart += step.parallel.length;
+			} else if (isDynamicParallelStep(step)) {
+				parallelGroups.push({ start: flatStepStart, count: 1, stepIndex });
+				flatAgents.push(step.parallel.agent);
+				flatStepStart++;
+			} else {
+				flatAgents.push((step as SequentialStep).agent);
+				flatStepStart++;
+			}
+		}
+		if (inheritedNestedRoute && nestedAddress) {
+			const now = Date.now();
+			try {
+				writeNestedEvent(inheritedNestedRoute, {
+					type: "subagent.nested.started",
+					ts: now,
+					parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+					parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+					child: {
+						id,
+						parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+						parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+						depth: nestedAddress.depth,
+						path: nestedAddress.path,
+						asyncDir,
+						pid: spawnResult.pid,
+						ownerIntercomTarget: process.env.SELESAI_SUBAGENT_INTERCOM_SESSION_NAME,
+						leafIntercomTarget: childIntercomTargets?.[0],
+						intercomTarget: childIntercomTargets?.[0],
+						ownerState: "live",
+						mode: resultMode,
+						state: "running",
+						agent: firstAgents[0],
+						agents: flatAgents,
+						chainStepCount: eventChain.length,
+						parallelGroups,
+						...(params.timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}),
+						startedAt: now,
+						lastUpdate: now,
+						...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+					},
+				});
+			} catch (error) {
+				console.error("Failed to emit nested async start event:", error);
+			}
+		}
+		ctx.pi.events.emit(SUBAGENT_ASYNC_STARTED_EVENT, {
+			lifecycleArtifactVersion: SUBAGENT_LIFECYCLE_ARTIFACT_VERSION,
+			id,
+			pid: spawnResult.pid,
+			sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId,
+			completionOwnerId: ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId(),
+			mode: resultMode,
+			agent: firstAgents[0],
+			agents: flatAgents,
+			task: firstTask?.trim() ? PROMPT_REDACTED : undefined,
+			goal: workflowGoal?.trim() ? PROMPT_REDACTED : undefined,
+			chain: eventChain.map((s) =>
+				isParallelStep(s) ? `[${s.parallel.map((t) => t.agent).join("+")}]` : isDynamicParallelStep(s) ? `expand:${s.parallel.agent}` : (s as SequentialStep).agent,
+			),
+			chainStepCount: eventChain.length,
+			parallelGroups,
+			workflowGraph,
+			cwd: runnerCwd,
+			asyncDir,
+			...(sessionRoot ? { sessionRoot } : {}),
+			...(params.timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}),
+			...(initialUsageBudget ? { usageBudget: initialUsageBudget } : {}),
+			...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+			...(params.parentWorkflowRunId ? { parentWorkflowRunId: params.parentWorkflowRunId } : {}),
+			...(params.workflowKey ? { workflowKey: params.workflowKey } : {}),
+			nestedRoute,
+		});
+	}
+
+	const chainDesc = chain
+		.map((s) =>
+			isParallelStep(s) ? `[${s.parallel.map((t) => t.agent).join("+")}]` : isDynamicParallelStep(s) ? `expand:${s.parallel.agent}` : (s as SequentialStep).agent,
+		)
+		.join(" -> ");
+
+	return {
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: formatAsyncStartedMessage(`Async ${resultMode}: ${chainDesc} [${id}]`, ctx.interactive === true) }],
+		details: { mode: resultMode, runId: id, results: [], asyncId: id, asyncDir, workflowGraph, ...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}), ...(params.parentWorkflowRunId ? { parentWorkflowRunId: params.parentWorkflowRunId } : {}), ...(params.workflowKey ? { workflowKey: params.workflowKey } : {}), ...(params.timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}), ...(params.toolBudget ? { toolBudget: params.toolBudget } : {}), ...(initialUsageBudget ? { usageBudget: initialUsageBudget } : {}) },
+	};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Execute a single agent asynchronously
+ */
+export function workflowAwaitedAsyncResultPath(asyncDir: string): string {
+	return path.join(asyncDir, "workflow-result.json");
+}
+
+export function executeAsyncSingle(
+	id: string,
+	params: AsyncSingleParams,
+): AsyncExecutionResult {
+	const {
+		agent,
+		agentConfig,
+		ctx,
+		cwd,
+		maxOutput,
+		artifactsDir,
+		artifactConfig,
+		shareEnabled,
+		sessionRoot,
+		sessionFile,
+		maxSubagentDepth,
+		worktreeSetupHook,
+		worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs,
+		worktreeBaseDir,
+		worktreeProvider,
+		worktreeBranchPrefix,
+		controlConfig,
+		controlIntercomTarget,
+		childIntercomTarget,
+		nestedRoute,
+	} = params;
+	let lane: WorkflowLaneMetadata | undefined;
+	try {
+		lane = normalizeWorkflowLaneMetadata(params.lane, "lane");
+		assertWorkflowLaneKey(lane, params.workflowKey, "lane");
+	} catch (error) {
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+	}
+	const task = params.task ?? "";
+	let extensionBindings: ExtensionBindings | undefined;
+	try {
+		extensionBindings = normalizeExtensionBindings(params.extensionBindings)?.value;
+	} catch (error) {
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+	}
+	const acceptanceErrors = validateAcceptanceInput(params.acceptance);
+	if (acceptanceErrors.length > 0) return formatAsyncStartError("single", acceptanceErrors.join(" "));
+	const externalRunner = agentConfig.runner?.type === "external-cli" || agentConfig.runner?.type === "external-job";
+	const externalRunnerType = agentConfig.runner?.type;
+	const permissionRules = resolvePermissionRules(ctx.permissions, agentConfig.permissions);
+	if (externalRunner) {
+		const unsupported: string[] = [];
+		if (params.modelOverride !== undefined) unsupported.push("model override");
+		if ((params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast) === true) unsupported.push("fast mode");
+		if (params.thinkingOverride !== undefined) unsupported.push("thinking override");
+		if (params.structuredOutputSchema !== undefined) unsupported.push("structured output");
+		if (params.acceptance !== undefined || params.agentContract !== undefined) unsupported.push("acceptance/agent contract");
+		if (params.toolBudget !== undefined || agentConfig.toolBudget !== undefined || params.configToolBudget !== undefined) unsupported.push("tool budget");
+		if (params.context === "fork") unsupported.push("fork context");
+		if ((params.skills?.length ?? 0) > 0) unsupported.push("skills");
+		if (permissionRules) unsupported.push("native Pi child permissions");
+		if (extensionBindings !== undefined) unsupported.push("extension bindings");
+		if (unsupported.length > 0) return formatAsyncStartError("single", `Agent '${agentConfig.name}' uses runner.type='${externalRunnerType}' and does not support: ${unsupported.join(", ")}.`);
+	}
+	const capabilityCeiling = intersectSubagentCapabilityCeilings(params.capabilityCeiling ?? resolveCurrentSubagentCapabilityCeiling(ctx.currentSessionId), decodeSubagentCapabilityCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_CAPABILITY_CEILING_ENV]));
+	try {
+		assertAgentAllowedByCapabilityCeiling(agentConfig.name, capabilityCeiling);
+	} catch (error) {
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+	}
+	const runnerCwd = resolveChildCwd(ctx.cwd, cwd);
+	let managedWorktreeProvider: "native" | "worktrunk" | undefined;
+	if (params.worktree === true) {
+		try {
+			const resolved = resolveWorktreeProvider(params.worktreeProvider, worktreeBaseDir);
+			managedWorktreeProvider = shouldDeferWorktreeCwd(params.worktreeProvider, worktreeBaseDir) ? "worktrunk" : resolved;
+		} catch (error) {
+			return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+		}
+	}
+	const instructionCwd = params.worktree === true && managedWorktreeProvider === "worktrunk"
+		? WORKTREE_AGENT_CWD_PLACEHOLDER
+		: params.worktree === true && managedWorktreeProvider === "native"
+		? resolveExpectedWorktreeAgentCwd(runnerCwd, `${id}-s0`, 0, worktreeBaseDir)
+		: runnerCwd;
+	const readExistenceCwd = params.worktree === true ? runnerCwd : instructionCwd;
+	const skillNames = params.skills ?? agentConfig.skills ?? [];
+	const availableModels = params.availableModels;
+	const { resolved: resolvedSkills, missing: missingSkills } = resolveSkillsWithFallback(
+		skillNames,
+		runnerCwd,
+		ctx.cwd,
+		agentConfig.skillPath,
+		agentConfig.filePath ? path.dirname(agentConfig.filePath) : runnerCwd,
+	);
+	if (missingSkills.includes("pi-subagents")) return formatAsyncStartError("single", UNAVAILABLE_SUBAGENT_SKILL_ERROR);
+	let systemPrompt = agentConfig.systemPrompt?.trim() ?? "";
+	if (resolvedSkills.length > 0) {
+		const injection = buildSkillInjection(resolvedSkills);
+		systemPrompt = systemPrompt ? `${systemPrompt}\n\n${injection}` : injection;
+	}
+	const memoryInjection = buildAgentMemoryInjection(agentConfig, runnerCwd);
+	if (memoryInjection) {
+		systemPrompt = systemPrompt ? `${systemPrompt}\n\n${memoryInjection}` : memoryInjection;
+	}
+	systemPrompt = appendAgentRefinementOverlay(systemPrompt, { cwd: runnerCwd, agentName: agentConfig.name });
+
+	const inheritedNestedRoute = resolveInheritedNestedRouteFromEnv();
+	const nestedAddress = inheritedNestedRoute ? resolveNestedParentAddressFromEnv() : undefined;
+	const asyncDir = inheritedNestedRoute
+		? path.join(TEMP_ROOT_DIR, "nested-subagent-runs", inheritedNestedRoute.rootRunId, id)
+		: path.join(DIRS.async, id);
+	let runFanoutBudget: RunFanoutBudgetDescriptor;
+	try {
+		runFanoutBudget = params.runFanoutBudget ?? createRunFanoutBudget(id, 64);
+		fs.mkdirSync(asyncDir, { recursive: true });
+		writeRunFanoutBudgetDescriptor(asyncDir, runFanoutBudget);
+	} catch (error) {
+		const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+		return {
+			content: [{ type: "text", text: `Failed to create async run directory '${asyncDir}': ${message}` }],
+			isError: true,
+			details: { mode: "single" as const, results: [] },
+		};
+	}
+
+	const effectiveOutput = normalizeSingleOutputOverride(params.output, agentConfig.output);
+	const outputPath = resolveSingleOutputPath(effectiveOutput, ctx.cwd, instructionCwd, params.outputBaseDir ?? (artifactsDir ? path.join(artifactsDir, "outputs", id) : undefined));
+	systemPrompt = injectOutputPathSystemPrompt(systemPrompt, outputPath, agentConfig);
+	const outputMode = params.outputMode ?? agentConfig.outputMode ?? "inline";
+	const validationError = validateFileOnlyOutputMode(outputMode, outputPath, `Async single run (${agent})`);
+	if (validationError) return formatAsyncStartError("single", validationError);
+	const taskWithOutputInstruction = injectSingleOutputInstruction(task, outputPath, agentConfig);
+	// Reads: caller override > agent defaultReads > none. `~`/`~/` expand to home;
+	// absolute paths pass through; relative paths resolve against the child cwd.
+	const reads = params.reads !== undefined ? params.reads : agentConfig.defaultReads ?? false;
+	const readPaths = Array.isArray(reads)
+		? managedWorktreeProvider === "worktrunk"
+			? resolveExistingReadInstructionPaths(reads, instructionCwd, readExistenceCwd)
+			: resolveExistingReadPaths(reads, readExistenceCwd)
+		: [];
+	const readsInstruction = readPaths.length > 0
+		? `[Read from: ${readPaths.join(", ")}]\n\n`
+		: "";
+	const taskText = readsInstruction + taskWithOutputInstruction;
+	const modelScopes = resolveModelScopesForAgent(ctx.modelScope, agentConfig.name, ctx.currentModel);
+	const modelOrigin = resolveModelOrigin({
+		fromParent: params.modelOverrideFromParent,
+		storedOrigin: params.modelOrigin,
+		explicitModel: params.modelOverrideFromParent ? undefined : params.modelOverride,
+		agentModel: agentConfig.model,
+		parentModel: ctx.currentModel,
+	});
+	let primaryModel: string | undefined;
+	try {
+		primaryModel = externalRunner ? undefined : modelOrigin === "inherited"
+			? params.modelOverride ?? (ctx.currentModel ? `${ctx.currentModel.provider}/${ctx.currentModel.id}` : undefined)
+			: resolveSubagentModelOverride(
+				params.modelOverride ?? agentConfig.model,
+				ctx.currentModel,
+				availableModels,
+				ctx.currentModelProvider,
+				{ scope: modelScopes, source: modelOrigin === "explicit" ? "explicit" : "inherited" },
+			);
+	} catch (error) {
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+	}
+	const effectiveThinking = externalRunner ? undefined : params.thinkingOverride ?? agentConfig.thinking;
+	const model = externalRunner ? undefined : applyThinkingSuffix(primaryModel, effectiveThinking, params.thinkingOverride !== undefined);
+	const contextLimit = model ? findModelInfo(model, availableModels, agentConfig.modelProvider ?? ctx.currentModelProvider)?.contextWindow : undefined;
+	const thinkingCeiling = externalRunner ? undefined : intersectThinkingCeilings(
+		params.thinkingCeiling,
+		agentConfig.maxThinking,
+		decodeThinkingCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_THINKING_CEILING_ENV]),
+	);
+	if (!externalRunner) {
+		try {
+			assertThinkingWithinCeiling({ model, configThinking: effectiveThinking, ceiling: thinkingCeiling, agent: agentConfig.name, runId: id });
+		} catch (error) {
+			return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+		}
+	}
+	const toolBudgetInput = params.toolBudget ?? agentConfig.toolBudget ?? params.configToolBudget;
+	const resolvedToolBudget = validateToolBudgetConfig(toolBudgetInput, params.toolBudget ? "toolBudget" : agentConfig.toolBudget ? "agent.toolBudget" : "config.toolBudget");
+	if (resolvedToolBudget.error) return formatAsyncStartError("single", resolvedToolBudget.error);
+	const deadlineAt = params.absoluteDeadlineAt ?? (params.timeoutMs !== undefined ? Date.now() + params.timeoutMs : undefined);
+	const timeoutMs = params.absoluteDeadlineAt !== undefined && deadlineAt !== undefined
+		? deadlineAt - Date.now()
+		: params.timeoutMs;
+	if (timeoutMs !== undefined && timeoutMs <= 0) return formatAsyncStartError("single", "The source run's absolute deadline expired before recovery could launch.");
+	const resolvedToolTimeout = resolveToolTimeoutMs({
+		callValue: params.toolTimeoutMs,
+		agentValue: agentConfig.defaultToolTimeoutMs,
+		configValue: params.configToolTimeoutMs,
+		envValue: params.toolTimeoutMsEnv ?? toolTimeoutFromEnv(),
+	});
+	if (resolvedToolTimeout.error) return formatAsyncStartError("single", resolvedToolTimeout.error);
+	const toolTimeoutMs = resolvedToolTimeout.toolTimeoutMs;
+	const initialUsageBudget = usageBudgetState(params.usageBudget, undefined);
+	const resolvedSessionDir = params.sessionDir ?? (sessionRoot ? path.join(sessionRoot, `async-${id}`) : undefined);
+	const structuredOutput = params.structuredOutputSchema
+		? createStructuredOutputRuntime(params.structuredOutputSchema, path.join(asyncDir, "structured-output"), { acceptanceReport: resolveAcceptanceReportMode(params.acceptance) })
+		: undefined;
+	let modelCandidates: string[] = [];
+	if (!externalRunner) {
+		try {
+			modelCandidates = buildModelCandidates(primaryModel, agentConfig.fallbackModels, availableModels, agentConfig.modelProvider ?? ctx.currentModelProvider, {
+				scope: modelScopes,
+				primaryModelFromParent: modelOrigin === "inherited",
+				origin: modelOrigin,
+			}).flatMap((candidate) => {
+				const resolved = applyThinkingSuffix(candidate, effectiveThinking, params.thinkingOverride !== undefined);
+				return resolved ? [resolved] : [];
+			});
+			for (const candidate of modelCandidates) assertThinkingWithinCeiling({ model: candidate, configThinking: effectiveThinking, ceiling: thinkingCeiling, agent: agentConfig.name, runId: id });
+		} catch (error) {
+			return formatAsyncStartError("single", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+		}
+	}
+	const toolPlan = resolvePiLaunchToolPlan({
+		tools: agentConfig.tools,
+		excludeTools: agentConfig.excludeTools,
+		allowNestedSubagents: agentConfig.allowNestedSubagents,
+		extensions: agentConfig.extensions,
+		subagentOnlyExtensions: agentConfig.subagentOnlyExtensions,
+		mcpDirectTools: agentConfig.mcpDirectTools,
+		cwd: runnerCwd,
+		requireReadTool: Boolean(resolvedSkills.length),
+		structuredOutput: Boolean(params.structuredOutputSchema),
+		fast: params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast,
+		model,
+		modelCandidates,
+		capabilityCeiling,
+		inheritedCapabilityCeiling: decodeSubagentCapabilityCeiling(process.env[SUBAGENT_CAPABILITY_CEILING_ENV]),
+		agentName: agentConfig.name,
+		permissionRules: resolvePermissionRules(ctx.permissions, agentConfig.permissions),
+		runtimeSnapshotHost: ctx.pi,
+	});
+	const launchResolvedExtensions = externalRunner ? undefined : projectLaunchResolvedChildExtensions(toolPlan);
+	if (!externalRunner) {
+		const contractTools = toolPlan.explicitToolAllowlist ? toolPlan.effectiveToolAllowlist : undefined;
+		const contractError = validateImplementationToolContract({
+			agent: agentConfig.name,
+			task: taskText,
+			tools: contractTools,
+			mcpDirectTools: toolPlan.effectiveMcpTools,
+			configuredExtensions: toolPlan.configuredExtensions,
+			requestedTools: toolPlan.requestedBuiltinTools,
+			acceptanceRole: agentConfig.acceptanceRole,
+			completionGuard: agentConfig.completionGuard,
+		});
+		if (contractError) return formatAsyncStartError("single", contractError);
+	}
+	const launchContractDigest = launchBindingDigest({
+		definitionDigest: agentDefinitionDigest(agentConfig),
+		task,
+		...(model ? { model } : {}),
+		modelCandidates,
+		...((params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast) !== undefined ? { fast: params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast } : {}),
+		...(resolveEffectiveThinking(model, effectiveThinking) ? { thinking: resolveEffectiveThinking(model, effectiveThinking) } : {}),
+		...(thinkingCeiling ? { thinkingCeiling } : {}),
+		systemPrompt,
+		systemPromptMode: agentConfig.systemPromptMode,
+		inheritProjectContext: agentConfig.inheritProjectContext,
+		inheritGlobalContext: agentConfig.inheritGlobalContext,
+		inheritSkills: agentConfig.inheritSkills,
+		skills: resolvedSkills.map((skill) => skill.name),
+		tools: toolPlan.effectiveToolAllowlist,
+		...(toolPlan.excludeTools.length > 0 ? { excludeTools: toolPlan.excludeTools } : {}),
+		extensions: toolPlan.extensionArgs,
+		mcpDirectTools: toolPlan.effectiveMcpTools,
+		...(outputPath ? { outputPath } : {}),
+		outputMode,
+		...(params.structuredOutputSchema ? { structuredOutputSchema: params.structuredOutputSchema } : {}),
+		...(extensionBindings ? { extensionBindings } : {}),
+	});
+	const resolvedAcceptance = resolveEffectiveAcceptance({
+		explicit: params.acceptance,
+		agentName: agent,
+		acceptanceRole: agentConfig.acceptanceRole,
+		task,
+		mode: "single",
+		async: true,
+		agentContract: params.agentContract,
+	});
+	const recoveryAgentConfig = params.recoveryAgentConfig ?? agentConfig;
+	const recoveryDescriptor: SteeringRecoveryDescriptor = {
+		version: 1,
+		...(lane ? { lane } : {}),
+		launchContractDigest,
+		...(extensionBindings ? { extensionBindings } : {}),
+		runFanoutBudget,
+		sourceRunId: id,
+		...(params.agentContract ? { agentContract: params.agentContract } : {}),
+		agent,
+		launchResolvedExtensions,
+		...(sessionFile ? { sessionFile } : {}),
+		cwd: runnerCwd,
+		...(model ? { model } : {}),
+		...(params.fast ?? recoveryAgentConfig.fast ? { fast: params.fast ?? recoveryAgentConfig.fast } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.modelProvider ? { modelProvider: recoveryAgentConfig.modelProvider } : {}),
+		...(modelOrigin === "inherited" ? { modelOverrideFromParent: true } : {}),
+		modelOrigin,
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.fallbackModels ? { fallbackModels: [...recoveryAgentConfig.fallbackModels] } : {}),
+		...(effectiveThinking ? { thinking: resolveEffectiveThinking(model, effectiveThinking) } : {}),
+		...(thinkingCeiling ? { thinkingCeiling } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.tools ? { tools: [...recoveryAgentConfig.tools] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.excludeTools ? { excludeTools: [...recoveryAgentConfig.excludeTools] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.allowNestedSubagents !== undefined ? { allowNestedSubagents: recoveryAgentConfig.allowNestedSubagents } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.extensions ? { extensions: [...recoveryAgentConfig.extensions] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.subagentOnlyExtensions ? { subagentOnlyExtensions: [...recoveryAgentConfig.subagentOnlyExtensions] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.mcpDirectTools ? { mcpDirectTools: [...recoveryAgentConfig.mcpDirectTools] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.mutationTools ? { mutationTools: [...recoveryAgentConfig.mutationTools] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.systemPrompt ? { systemPrompt: recoveryAgentConfig.systemPrompt } : {}),
+		systemPromptMode: recoveryAgentConfig.systemPromptMode,
+		inheritProjectContext: recoveryAgentConfig.inheritProjectContext,
+		inheritGlobalContext: recoveryAgentConfig.inheritGlobalContext,
+		inheritSkills: recoveryAgentConfig.inheritSkills,
+		...(resolvedSkills.length ? { skills: resolvedSkills.map((skill) => skill.name) } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.skillPath ? { skillPath: [...recoveryAgentConfig.skillPath] } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.filePath ? { agentFilePath: recoveryAgentConfig.filePath } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.completionGuard !== undefined ? { completionGuard: recoveryAgentConfig.completionGuard } : {}),
+		...(recoveryAgentConfig.memory ? { memory: { ...recoveryAgentConfig.memory } } : {}),
+		...(outputPath ? { outputPath } : {}),
+		outputMode,
+		...(params.structuredOutputSchema ? { structuredOutputSchema: params.structuredOutputSchema } : {}),
+		...(params.acceptance !== undefined ? { acceptance: params.acceptance } : {}),
+		...(controlConfig ? { controlConfig } : {}),
+		...(params.context ? { context: params.context } : {}),
+		...(params.intercomBridge !== undefined ? { intercomBridge: params.intercomBridge } : {}),
+		...(deadlineAt !== undefined ? { absoluteDeadlineAt: deadlineAt } : {}),
+		...(resolvedToolBudget.budget ? { initialToolBudget: resolvedToolBudget.budget } : {}),
+		maxSubagentDepth: resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth(maxSubagentDepth, recoveryAgentConfig.maxSubagentDepth),
+		...(maxOutput ? { maxOutput } : {}),
+		share: shareEnabled,
+		...(resolvedSessionDir ? { sessionDir: resolvedSessionDir } : {}),
+		...(artifactsDir ? { artifactsDir } : {}),
+		artifactConfig,
+		...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+	};
+	if (!externalRunner) {
+		try {
+			writePrivateAtomicJson(path.join(asyncDir, "recovery-descriptor.json"), recoveryDescriptor);
+		} catch (error) {
+			return formatAsyncStartError("single", `Failed to persist async recovery descriptor for '${id}': ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+		}
+	}
+	let spawnResult: SpawnRunnerResult = {};
+	const initialStatusAt = Date.now();
+	const initialCompletionOwnerId = ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId();
+	try {
+		spawnResult = spawnRunner(
+			{
+				id,
+				steps: [
+					{
+						parentSessionId: ctx.parentSessionId ?? ctx.currentSessionId,
+						permissionRules,
+						...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+						agent,
+						task: taskText,
+						...(agentConfig.runner ? { runner: agentConfig.runner } : {}),
+						...(params.externalJobFollowUp ? { externalJobFollowUp: params.externalJobFollowUp } : {}),
+						...(params.context ? { context: params.context } : {}),
+						cwd: runnerCwd,
+						requestedCwd: params.requestedCwd ?? runnerCwd,
+						model,
+						...(contextLimit !== undefined ? { contextLimit } : {}),
+						...(params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast ? { fast: params.fast ?? agentConfig.fast } : {}),
+						thinking: resolveEffectiveThinking(model, effectiveThinking),
+						...(thinkingCeiling ? { thinkingCeiling } : {}),
+						modelCandidates,
+						...(modelOrigin === "inherited" ? { skipPrimaryModelVerification: true } : {}),
+						...(availableModels && availableModels.length > 0 ? { modelVerificationRegistry: availableModels } : {}),
+						tools: agentConfig.tools,
+						excludeTools: agentConfig.excludeTools,
+						allowNestedSubagents: agentConfig.allowNestedSubagents,
+						extensions: agentConfig.extensions,
+						subagentOnlyExtensions: agentConfig.subagentOnlyExtensions,
+						mcpDirectTools: agentConfig.mcpDirectTools,
+						...(toolPlan.mcpConfig ? { mcpConfig: toolPlan.mcpConfig } : {}),
+						...(toolPlan.runtimeServerNames ? { runtimeServerNames: toolPlan.runtimeServerNames } : {}),
+						mutationTools: agentConfig.mutationTools,
+						completionGuard: agentConfig.completionGuard,
+						systemPrompt,
+						systemPromptMode: agentConfig.systemPromptMode,
+						inheritProjectContext: agentConfig.inheritProjectContext,
+						inheritGlobalContext: agentConfig.inheritGlobalContext,
+						inheritSkills: agentConfig.inheritSkills,
+						skills: resolvedSkills.map((r) => r.name),
+						outputPath,
+						...(params.outputClaimPath ? { outputClaimPath: params.outputClaimPath } : {}),
+						outputMode,
+						...(!externalRunner && sessionFile ? { sessionFile } : {}),
+						maxSubagentDepth: resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth(maxSubagentDepth, agentConfig.maxSubagentDepth),
+						waitToolEnabled: params.waitToolEnabled,
+						waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs: params.waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs,
+						...(params.agentContract ? { agentContract: params.agentContract } : {}),
+						definitionDigest: agentDefinitionDigest(agentConfig),
+						launchBindingTask: task,
+						launchContractDigest,
+						...(extensionBindings ? { extensionBindings } : {}),
+						launchResolvedExtensions,
+						effectiveAcceptance: resolvedAcceptance,
+						acceptanceInput: params.acceptance,
+						...(structuredOutput ? { structuredOutput } : {}),
+						...(params.structuredOutputSchema ? { structuredOutputSchema: params.structuredOutputSchema } : {}),
+						...(resolvedToolBudget.budget ? { toolBudget: resolvedToolBudget.budget } : {}),
+						...(params.worktree === true ? { worktree: true } : {}),
+						...(lane ? { lane } : {}),
+					},
+				],
+				resultPath: params.parentWorkflowRunId !== undefined && (params.revivalLease !== undefined || params.workflowAwaitAsync === true)
+					? workflowAwaitedAsyncResultPath(asyncDir)
+					: inheritedNestedRoute ? nestedResultsPath(inheritedNestedRoute.rootRunId, id) : resultFilePath(DIRS.results, id),
+				cwd: runnerCwd,
+				placeholder: "{previous}",
+				maxOutput,
+				artifactsDir: artifactConfig.enabled ? artifactsDir : undefined,
+				artifactConfig,
+				share: shareEnabled,
+				sessionDir: resolvedSessionDir,
+				asyncDir,
+				sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId,
+				completionOwnerId: ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId(),
+				...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+				piPackageRoot,
+				piArgv1: process.argv[1],
+				worktreeSetupHook,
+				worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs,
+				worktreeBaseDir,
+				worktreeProvider,
+				worktreeBranchPrefix,
+				controlConfig,
+				timeoutMs,
+				deadlineAt,
+				toolTimeoutMs,
+				toolBudget: params.toolBudget,
+				usageBudget: params.usageBudget,
+				controlIntercomTarget,
+				childIntercomTargets: childIntercomTarget ? [childIntercomTarget(agent, 0)] : undefined,
+				resultMode: "single",
+				launchContractDigest,
+				launchResolvedExtensions,
+				runFanoutBudget,
+				...(params.parentWorkflowRunId ? { parentWorkflowRunId: params.parentWorkflowRunId } : {}),
+				...(params.workflowKey ? { workflowKey: params.workflowKey } : {}),
+				...(lane ? { lane } : {}),
+				...(params.revivalLease ? { revivalLease: params.revivalLease } : {}),
+				nestedRoute: nestedRoute ?? inheritedNestedRoute,
+				nestedSelf: inheritedNestedRoute && nestedAddress ? {
+					parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+					parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+					depth: nestedAddress.depth,
+					path: nestedAddress.path,
+				} : undefined,
+			},
+			id,
+			runnerCwd,
+			{
+				lifecycleArtifactVersion: SUBAGENT_LIFECYCLE_ARTIFACT_VERSION,
+				runId: id,
+				...(ctx.currentSessionId ? { sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId } : {}),
+				...(initialCompletionOwnerId ? { completionOwnerId: initialCompletionOwnerId } : {}),
+				mode: "single",
+				state: "running",
+				startedAt: initialStatusAt,
+				lastUpdate: initialStatusAt,
+				currentStep: 0,
+				chainStepCount: 1,
+				...(lane ? { lane } : {}),
+				steps: [{ agent, status: "pending", ...(lane ? { lane } : {}), ...(model ? { model } : {}), ...(contextLimit !== undefined ? { contextLimit } : {}) }],
+			},
+			path.join(asyncDir, "status.json"),
+			(proof) => emitProcessTerminalEvent(ctx, proof),
+			(runnerProcessInstanceId) => params.activeAsyncCapacity?.markStarted(runnerProcessInstanceId),
+			params.requestedCwd ?? runnerCwd,
+		);
+	} catch (error) {
+		params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", `Failed to start async run '${id}': ${message}`);
+	}
+
+	if (spawnResult.error) {
+		if (spawnResult.startupDidNotProceed) {
+			if (!spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId || params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollbackBeforeRunnerProceed(spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) !== true) params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		}
+		else if (!spawnResult.pid || !spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		else params.activeAsyncCapacity?.markStarted(spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId);
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", `Failed to start async run '${id}': ${spawnResult.error}`);
+	}
+	if (!spawnResult.pid || !spawnResult.runnerProcessInstanceId) {
+		params.activeAsyncCapacity?.rollback();
+		return formatAsyncStartError("single", `Failed to start async run '${id}': runner identity unavailable`);
+	}
+	if (spawnResult.pid) {
+		if (inheritedNestedRoute && nestedAddress) {
+			const now = Date.now();
+			try {
+				writeNestedEvent(inheritedNestedRoute, {
+					type: "subagent.nested.started",
+					ts: now,
+					parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+					parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+					child: {
+						id,
+						parentRunId: nestedAddress.parentRunId,
+						parentStepIndex: nestedAddress.parentStepIndex,
+						depth: nestedAddress.depth,
+						path: nestedAddress.path,
+						asyncDir,
+						pid: spawnResult.pid,
+						ownerIntercomTarget: process.env.SELESAI_SUBAGENT_INTERCOM_SESSION_NAME,
+						leafIntercomTarget: childIntercomTarget?.(agent, 0),
+						intercomTarget: childIntercomTarget?.(agent, 0),
+						ownerState: "live",
+						mode: "single",
+						state: "running",
+						agent,
+						agents: [agent],
+						chainStepCount: 1,
+						...(timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}),
+						startedAt: now,
+						lastUpdate: now,
+						...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+					},
+				});
+			} catch (error) {
+				console.error("Failed to emit nested async start event:", error);
+			}
+		}
+		ctx.pi.events.emit(SUBAGENT_ASYNC_STARTED_EVENT, {
+			lifecycleArtifactVersion: SUBAGENT_LIFECYCLE_ARTIFACT_VERSION,
+			id,
+			pid: spawnResult.pid,
+			sessionId: ctx.currentSessionId,
+			completionOwnerId: ctx.completionOwnerId ?? currentCompletionOwnerId(),
+			mode: "single",
+			agent,
+			task: task?.trim() ? PROMPT_REDACTED : undefined,
+			goal: (params.goal ?? task).trim() ? PROMPT_REDACTED : undefined,
+			cwd: runnerCwd,
+			asyncDir,
+			...(sessionRoot ? { sessionRoot } : {}),
+			launchContractDigest,
+			launchResolvedExtensions,
+			...(params.parentWorkflowRunId ? { parentWorkflowRunId: params.parentWorkflowRunId } : {}),
+			...(params.workflowKey ? { workflowKey: params.workflowKey } : {}),
+			...(timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}),
+			...(initialUsageBudget ? { usageBudget: initialUsageBudget } : {}),
+			...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}),
+			nestedRoute,
+		});
+	}
+
+	return {
+		content: [{ type: "text", text: formatAsyncStartedMessage(`Async: ${agent} [${id}]`, ctx.interactive === true) }],
+		details: { mode: "single", runId: id, results: [], asyncId: id, asyncDir, launchContractDigest, launchResolvedExtensions, ...(capabilityCeiling ? { capabilityCeiling } : {}), ...(params.context ? { context: params.context } : {}), ...(timeoutMs !== undefined ? { timeoutMs, deadlineAt } : {}), ...(params.toolBudget ? { toolBudget: resolvedToolBudget.budget ?? params.toolBudget } : {}), ...(initialUsageBudget ? { usageBudget: initialUsageBudget } : {}) } as Details,
+	};
+}