pi-subagents 0.65.1 → 0.67.0

package/src/runs/background/run-child-session.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import type { Message } from "@earendil-works/pi-ai";
 import type { ChildTranscriptWriter } from "../../shared/child-transcript.ts";
 import { extractTextFromContent, extractToolArgsPreview, getFinalOutput, hasEmptyTerminalAssistantResponse } from "../../shared/utils.ts";
-import type { EffectsProjection, RuntimeAcknowledgedChildExtensionsV1, SubagentOutputState, ToolBudgetState, Usage } from "../../shared/types.ts";
+import type { EffectsProjection, RuntimeAcknowledgedChildExtensions, SubagentOutputState, ToolBudgetState, Usage } from "../../shared/types.ts";
 import {
 	acceptChildWatchdogEvent,
 	applyChildWatchdogMessage,
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import { projectChildLifecycle, type ChildLifecycleAction, type ChildLifecycleSt
 import { formatSubagentModelVerificationError } from "../shared/model-fallback.ts";
 import { isMutatingTool, resolveCurrentPath } from "../shared/long-running-guard.ts";
 import { effectiveToolTimeoutMs, formatToolTimeoutMessage, toolTimeoutCallKey } from "../shared/tool-timeout.ts";
-import type { InProcessChildLaunch } from "../shared/child-launch.ts";
-import { projectChildSessionEventForJson, type ChildSession, type ChildSessionEvent, type ChildSessionFactory } from "../shared/child-session.ts";
+import { createReportedChildSessionInput, type InProcessChildLaunch } from "../shared/child-launch.ts";
+import { childSessionHasQueuedMessages, projectChildSessionEventForJson, type ChildSession, type ChildSessionEvent, type ChildSessionFactory } from "../shared/child-session.ts";
 import { formatSteerMessage } from "../shared/subagent-prompt-runtime.ts";
+import { getReadonlySessionEvidence, requestReadonlySessionEvidence, type SettledReadonlyEvidence } from "../shared/readonly-session-evidence.ts";
 import type { SteerDeliveryStatus, SteerRequest } from "./control-channel.ts";
+import { takeMatchingAcceptedSteer, unconsumedSteerReason } from "./steering.ts";
 
 export interface ChildEventContext {
 	runId: string;
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ export interface RunChildSessionInput {
 	registerTimeout?: (interrupt: (() => void) | undefined) => void;
 	registerStop?: (stop: (() => void) | undefined) => void;
 	registerSteer?: (steer: StepSteerHandler | undefined) => void;
+	/** Consumption (or unconsumed settlement) after the child accepted a steer or follow-up. */
+	onSteerOutcome?: (request: SteerRequest, delivery: SteerDelivery) => void;
 	/** Receives the sink the child's watchdog hook reports status through; the launch's `watchdogStatus` must forward to it. */
 	registerWatchdogStatus?: (sink: ((event: ChildWatchdogStatusEvent) => void) | undefined) => void;
 	timeoutMessage?: string;
@@ -95,6 +99,16 @@ export interface RunChildSessionInput {
 	modelVerificationRegistry?: Array<{ provider: string; id: string; fullId: string }>;
 	modelResponseAliases?: Record<string, string[]>;
 	mutationTools?: readonly string[];
+	/** Internal guarded continuation handoff; never part of persisted results. */
+	readonlyContinuation?: { source: ChildSession; expected: SettledReadonlyEvidence; modelId: string };
+	collectReadonlyEvidence?: boolean;
+	canContinue?: () => boolean;
+}
+
+const settledChildren = new WeakMap<RunChildSessionResult, ChildSession>();
+export function getSettledReadonlyChild(result: RunChildSessionResult): ChildSession | undefined {
+	const child = settledChildren.get(result);
+	return child && getReadonlySessionEvidence(child) ? child : undefined;
 }
 
 export interface RunChildSessionResult {
@@ -123,7 +137,7 @@ export interface RunChildSessionResult {
 	toolBudget?: ToolBudgetState;
 	toolBudgetBlocked?: boolean;
 	structuredOutput?: unknown;
-	runtimeAcknowledgedExtensions?: RuntimeAcknowledgedChildExtensionsV1;
+	runtimeAcknowledgedExtensions?: RuntimeAcknowledgedChildExtensions;
 	abortRecoveryDiagnostic?: string;
 	effects?: EffectsProjection;
 }
@@ -176,12 +190,14 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 		let currentPath: string | undefined;
 		let toolCount = 0;
 		let session: ChildSession | undefined;
+		const acceptedSteers: Array<{ request: SteerRequest; text: string }> = [];
 		let unsubscribe: (() => void) | undefined;
 		let settled = false;
 		let promptSettled = false;
 		let forcedTermination = false;
 		let cleanTerminalAssistantStopReceived = false;
 		let agentSettledReceived = false;
+		let queuedDrainHold = false;
 		let compactionStartedReceived = false;
 		let afterCompactionSettlement = false;
 		let finalDrainTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
@@ -300,14 +316,28 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 		}
 		// If the child emits its terminal event but its run never settles (a hook
 		// is stuck), abort it after a short grace period and then finish without it.
+		const observeQueuedDrainHold = (): boolean => {
+			if (childSessionHasQueuedMessages(session)) queuedDrainHold = true;
+			return queuedDrainHold;
+		};
 		function startFinalDrain(): void {
 			if (childWatchdogIsActive(childWatchdogState)) {
 				armWatchdogTail();
 				return;
 			}
+			if (promptSettled || finalDrainTimer || settled) return;
+			if (observeQueuedDrainHold()) return;
+			armFinalDrainTimer();
+		}
+		function armFinalDrainTimer(): void {
 			if (promptSettled || finalDrainTimer || settled) return;
 			finalDrainTimer = setTimeout(() => {
 				if (settled || promptSettled) return;
+				if (input.launch.capture.finalDrainHeld() || observeQueuedDrainHold()) {
+					finalDrainTimer = undefined;
+					armFinalDrainTimer();
+					return;
+				}
 				forcedTermination = true;
 				if (!cleanTerminalAssistantStopReceived && !agentSettledReceived && !error && !assistantError) {
 					error = `Subagent session did not settle within ${FINAL_STOP_GRACE_MS}ms after its terminal event. Aborting it.`;
@@ -323,6 +353,8 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 		}
 		const applyChildLifecycle = (action: ChildLifecycleAction): void => {
 			if (action === "cancel-drain") {
+				cleanTerminalAssistantStopReceived = false;
+				agentSettledReceived = false;
 				clearFinalDrainTimers();
 				clearWatchdogTailTimer();
 				return;
@@ -390,6 +422,9 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 				compactionStartedReceived = false;
 				afterCompactionSettlement = false;
 			}
+			if (event.type === "turn_start" || event.type === "agent_start" || event.type === "auto_retry_start") {
+				queuedDrainHold = false;
+			}
 			if (event.type === "agent_start" || event.type === "auto_retry_start") {
 				compactionStartedReceived = false;
 				afterCompactionSettlement = false;
@@ -459,6 +494,16 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 				messages.push(event.message);
 				const text = extractTextFromContent(event.message.content);
 				if (text) writeOutputText(text);
+				if (event.type === "message_end" && event.message.role === "user" && text) {
+					const matched = takeMatchingAcceptedSteer(acceptedSteers, text);
+					if (matched) {
+						input.onSteerOutcome?.(matched.request, {
+							state: "delivered",
+							deliveryStatus: "delivered",
+							message: "Child consumed the steering input.",
+						});
+					}
+				}
 
 				if (input.childWatchdog && event.type === "message_end") {
 					const next = applyChildWatchdogMessage(childWatchdogState, event.message);
@@ -474,6 +519,10 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 					}
 				}
 				if (event.message.errorMessage) assistantError = event.message.errorMessage;
+				else if (hasToolCall && event.message.stopReason === "toolUse") {
+					// A recovered request can finish via a terminating tool, without a text stop.
+					assistantError = undefined;
+				}
 				const eventUsage = event.message.usage;
 				if (eventUsage) {
 					usage.turns++;
@@ -514,9 +563,15 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 		};
 
 		/** The child run ended (or was forced to end); fold in the outcome once the child's shutdown work is done. */
+		const failUnconsumedSteers = (): void => {
+			for (const entry of acceptedSteers.splice(0)) {
+				input.onSteerOutcome?.(entry.request, { state: "failed", message: unconsumedSteerReason(entry.request.mode) });
+			}
+		};
 		const settle = (promptError: unknown, forced = false): void => {
 			if (settled) return;
 			settled = true;
+			failUnconsumedSteers();
 			const closed = finish();
 			const finalOutput = getFinalOutput(messages);
 			let finalError = error ?? assistantError;
@@ -533,29 +588,33 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 				: interrupted || (forcedDrainAfterFinalSuccess && !forcedDrainAfterEmptyTerminal)
 					? 0
 					: finalError || promptError !== undefined ? 1 : 0;
-			void closed.then(() => resolve(omitUndefined({
-				exitCode,
-				messages,
-				usage,
-				toolCount,
-				durationMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
-				model,
-				error: stopped ? stopMessage() : timedOut ? (error ?? timeoutMessage()) : interrupted || (forcedDrainAfterFinalSuccess && !forcedDrainAfterEmptyTerminal) ? undefined : finalError,
-				finalOutput: (timedOut || stopped) && !finalOutput.trim() ? (stopped ? stopMessage() : error ?? timeoutMessage()) : finalOutput,
-				outputState: finalOutput.trim() ? "present" : "absent",
-				interrupted: interrupted || undefined,
-				timedOut: timedOut || undefined,
-				stopped: stopped || undefined,
-				observedMutationAttempt,
-				structuredOutputToolInvoked,
-				structuredOutputMessageStartIndex,
-				watchdog: childWatchdogState,
-				sessionFile: session?.sessionFile,
-				currentTool,
-				currentToolArgs,
-				currentPath,
-				afterCompactionSettlement: afterCompactionSettlement || undefined,
-			})));
+			void closed.then(() => {
+				const result: RunChildSessionResult = omitUndefined({
+					exitCode,
+					messages,
+					usage,
+					toolCount,
+					durationMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+					model,
+					error: stopped ? stopMessage() : timedOut ? (error ?? timeoutMessage()) : interrupted || (forcedDrainAfterFinalSuccess && !forcedDrainAfterEmptyTerminal) ? undefined : finalError,
+					finalOutput: (timedOut || stopped) && !finalOutput.trim() ? (stopped ? stopMessage() : error ?? timeoutMessage()) : finalOutput,
+					outputState: finalOutput.trim() ? "present" : "absent",
+					interrupted: interrupted || undefined,
+					timedOut: timedOut || undefined,
+					stopped: stopped || undefined,
+					observedMutationAttempt,
+					structuredOutputToolInvoked,
+					structuredOutputMessageStartIndex,
+					watchdog: childWatchdogState,
+					sessionFile: session?.sessionFile,
+					currentTool,
+					currentToolArgs,
+					currentPath,
+					afterCompactionSettlement: afterCompactionSettlement || undefined,
+				});
+				if (session && !forced && !forcedTermination && !interrupted && !timedOut && !stopped && getReadonlySessionEvidence(session)) settledChildren.set(result, session);
+				resolve(result);
+			});
 		};
 
 		input.registerInterrupt?.(() => {
@@ -575,33 +634,59 @@ export function runChildSession(input: RunChildSessionInput): Promise<RunChildSe
 
 		void (async () => {
 			try {
-				const created = await input.factory.create({
-					...input.launch.session,
-					onExtensionError: (extensionError) => {
-						input.transcriptWriter?.writeStderrLine(`Extension error (${extensionError.extensionPath}, ${extensionError.event}): ${extensionError.error instanceof Error ? extensionError.error.message : String(extensionError.error)}`);
-					},
-				});
+				const continuation = input.readonlyContinuation;
+				const checkContinuation = () => {
+					if (!continuation) return;
+					if (interrupted || timedOut || stopped || input.canContinue?.() !== true
+						|| (input.runDeadlineAt !== undefined && Date.now() >= input.runDeadlineAt)
+						|| getReadonlySessionEvidence(continuation.source) !== continuation.expected
+						|| continuation.source.detached || continuation.source.shutDown) throw new Error("Read-only continuation handoff vetoed");
+				};
+				checkContinuation();
+				const createInput = createReportedChildSessionInput(input.launch, input.transcriptWriter);
+				if (input.collectReadonlyEvidence || continuation) requestReadonlySessionEvidence(createInput, continuation?.expected);
+				const created = await input.factory.create(createInput);
 				if (settled) {
 					void created.dispose();
 					return;
 				}
 				session = created;
+				const steer = created.steer.bind(created);
+				const followUp = created.followUp.bind(created);
+				created.steer = async (text) => {
+					if (cleanTerminalAssistantStopReceived || agentSettledReceived) queuedDrainHold = true;
+					return steer(text);
+				};
+				created.followUp = async (text) => {
+					if (cleanTerminalAssistantStopReceived || agentSettledReceived) queuedDrainHold = true;
+					return followUp(text);
+				};
+				checkContinuation();
+				if (continuation && (created.modelId !== continuation.modelId || input.launch.capture.completionIntentContext?.()?.model?.api !== continuation.expected.api)) throw new Error("Read-only continuation model changed");
 				unsubscribe = created.subscribe(processEvent);
 				input.registerWatchdogStatus?.((event) => processEvent(event as unknown as ChildSessionEvent));
 				input.registerSteer?.(async (request) => {
 					const text = formatSteerMessage(request);
 					const followUp = request.mode === "follow_up";
+					const accepted = { request, text };
+					acceptedSteers.push(accepted);
+					const queued: SteerDelivery = {
+						state: "queued",
+						deliveryStatus: "queued",
+						message: followUp ? "Pi queued the follow-up input." : "Pi accepted the steering input.",
+					};
 					try {
 						if (followUp) await created.followUp(text);
 						else await created.steer(text);
 					} catch (steerError) {
+						const index = acceptedSteers.indexOf(accepted);
+						if (index >= 0) acceptedSteers.splice(index, 1);
 						return { state: "failed", message: steerError instanceof Error ? steerError.message : String(steerError) };
 					}
-					return followUp
-						? { state: "queued", deliveryStatus: "queued", message: "Pi queued the follow-up input." }
-						: { state: "delivered", deliveryStatus: "delivered", message: "Pi accepted the steering input." };
+					return queued;
 				});
 				if (interrupted || timedOut || stopped) abortChild();
+				checkContinuation();
 				await created.prompt(input.prompt);
 				promptSettled = true;
 				settle(undefined);

package/src/runs/background/run-status.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import type { AgentToolResult } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import { safeTerminalText } from "../../shared/display-text.ts";
+import { getArtifactPaths, getArtifactsDir } from "../../shared/artifacts.ts";
+import { readFleetTranscript } from "../../tui/fleet-transcript.ts";
 import { formatAsyncRunList, formatAsyncRunOutputPath, formatAsyncRunProgressLabel, formatWorkflowStageLine, listAsyncRuns } from "./async-status.ts";
 import { formatAsyncResultTranscript, formatAsyncRunTranscript, formatNestedRunTranscript, inspectSubagentFleet } from "./fleet-view.ts";
 import { formatNestedRunStatusLines } from "../shared/nested-render.ts";
 import { formatModelThinking } from "../../shared/formatters.ts";
 import { formatActivityLabel } from "../../shared/status-format.ts";
-import { DIRS, type AsyncStatus, type Details, type ForegroundResumeRun, type NestedRunSummary, type SteeringStatus, type SubagentState } from "../../shared/types.ts";
+import { DIRS, type AsyncStatus, type Details, type ForegroundRunControl, type ForegroundResumeRun, type NestedRunSummary, type SteeringStatus, type SubagentState } from "../../shared/types.ts";
 import { inspectActiveAsyncCapacityOwner, type ActiveAsyncCapacityInspection } from "./active-async-capacity.ts";
 import { readStatus } from "../../shared/utils.ts";
 import { resolveSubagentIntercomTarget } from "../../intercom/intercom-bridge.ts";
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import { getExternalJobProvider } from "../../api/external-job-provider.ts";
 import { formatTimeoutRecoveryLines } from "../shared/mutation-evidence.ts";
 import { formatWorkflowChecklistText, projectWorkflowChecklist } from "../../workflows/workflow-checklist.ts";
 import { validHostStepNodes } from "../shared/host-step-status.ts";
+import { workflowAsyncChildSteeringGuidance } from "../shared/workflow-async-child-guidance.ts";
 
 interface RunStatusParams {
 	action?: string;
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ function formatRunLifecycleDebug(input: { status: AsyncStatus; asyncDir: string;
 		`Run: ${status.runId}`,
 		`Dir: ${asyncDir}`,
 		`Status file: ${path.join(asyncDir, "status.json")}`,
+		status.workflowReceiptPath ? `Workflow receipt: ${status.workflowReceiptPath}` : undefined,
 		`Process terminal file: ${path.join(asyncDir, "process-terminal.json")}`,
 		`Session: ${status.sessionId ?? "unknown"}`,
 		`State: ${status.state}`,
@@ -241,6 +245,54 @@ function formatRememberedForegroundStatus(run: ForegroundResumeRun): string {
 	return lines.join("\n");
 }
 
+/** Request-only snapshot of the same artifact used by Fleet; no session or output fallback. */
+function formatLiveForegroundTranscript(control: ForegroundRunControl, state: SubagentState, options: { index?: number; lines?: number }): string {
+	if (!state.currentSessionId || control.sessionId !== state.currentSessionId) {
+		throw new Error(`Foreground run '${control.runId}' is not owned by the current session.`);
+	}
+	if (options.index !== undefined && (!Number.isInteger(options.index) || options.index < 0)) {
+		throw new Error("Transcript index must be a non-negative integer.");
+	}
+	const children = control.activeChildren
+		? [...control.activeChildren.values()]
+		: control.currentAgent ? [{ index: control.currentIndex ?? 0, agent: control.currentAgent, sessionName: control.sessionName }] : [];
+	const header = [`Run: ${control.runId}`, "State: live foreground"];
+	if (children.length === 0) return `${header.map((line) => safeTerminalText(line)).join("\n")}\nTranscript unavailable: no active foreground child.`;
+	if (options.index === undefined && children.length > 1) {
+		throw new Error(`Transcript view requires index for foreground run '${control.runId}'. Active child indexes: ${children.map((child) => child.index).join(", ")}.`);
+	}
+	const child = options.index === undefined ? children[0]! : children.find((child) => child.index === options.index);
+	if (!child) throw new Error(`Transcript index ${options.index} is not an active foreground child of '${control.runId}'.`);
+	const root = getArtifactsDir(state.parentSessionFile ?? null, control.cwd ?? state.baseCwd, state.artifactDirPreference);
+	const transcriptPath = getArtifactPaths(root, control.runId, child.agent, child.index).transcriptPath;
+	const transcript = readFleetTranscript(transcriptPath, { trustedRoots: [root] });
+	const lineLimit = Number.isFinite(options.lines) ? Math.max(1, Math.min(500, Math.trunc(options.lines!))) : 80;
+	const allLines = transcript.events.flatMap((event) => {
+		const text = event.kind === "tool"
+			? [`Tool: ${event.name} (${event.status})`, event.argsPayload ?? event.args, event.output ?? event.error].filter(Boolean).join("\n")
+			: event.kind === "notice" ? event.text : `${event.kind === "assistant" ? "Assistant" : "Supervisor"}: ${event.text}`;
+		return text.split(/\r?\n/);
+	});
+	let body = allLines.slice(-lineLimit).join("\n");
+	let truncated = transcript.truncated || allLines.length > lineLimit
+		|| transcript.events.some((event) => event.kind === "tool" && event.outputTruncated)
+		|| body.includes("… message truncated");
+	const maxOutputBytes = 32 * 1024;
+	const bytes = Buffer.from(body);
+	if (bytes.length > maxOutputBytes) {
+		// Skip UTF-8 continuation bytes at the beginning of the bounded tail.
+		let start = bytes.length - maxOutputBytes;
+		while ((bytes[start]! & 0xc0) === 0x80) start++;
+		body = bytes.subarray(start).toString("utf-8");
+		truncated = true;
+	}
+	header.push(`Child: ${child.index} (${child.sessionName?.trim() || child.agent})`, `Transcript: ${transcriptPath}`);
+	if (transcript.warning) header.push(`Transcript warning: ${transcript.warning}`);
+	header.push(`Live transcript tail${truncated ? " (tail truncated)" : ""}:`);
+	if (!body) header.push("Transcript unavailable: no readable activity in the bounded artifact tail yet.");
+	return [...header.map((line) => safeTerminalText(line)), body].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+}
+
 function formatRememberedForegroundTranscript(run: ForegroundResumeRun, options: { index?: number; lines?: number }): string {
 	let index = options.index;
 	if (index !== undefined && !Number.isInteger(index)) throw new Error("Transcript index must be an integer.");
@@ -313,6 +365,12 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 		return inspectSubagentFleet(params, { asyncDirRoot, resultsDir, kill: deps.kill, now: deps.now, state: deps.state, childSafe: Boolean(deps.nested) });
 	}
 	if (!params.id && !params.runId && !params.dir) {
+		if (params.view === "transcript" && deps.state?.currentSessionId) {
+			const controls = [...deps.state.foregroundControls.values()].filter((control) => control.sessionId === currentSessionId);
+			const foreground = controls.find((control) => control.runId === deps.state?.lastForegroundControlId)
+				?? controls.sort((left, right) => right.updatedAt - left.updatedAt)[0];
+			if (foreground) return inspectSubagentStatus({ ...params, id: foreground.runId }, deps);
+		}
 		if (deps.nested) {
 			return {
 				content: [{ type: "text", text: "Child-safe subagent status requires an id when no foreground run is active." }],
@@ -353,6 +411,13 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 		} else if (!params.dir && requestedId) {
 			const resolved = resolveSubagentRunId(requestedId, { asyncDirRoot, resultsDir, state: deps.state, nested: deps.nested });
 			if (resolved?.kind === "foreground") {
+				const control = deps.state?.foregroundControls.get(resolved.id);
+				if (control && deps.state && params.view === "transcript") {
+					return {
+						content: [{ type: "text", text: formatLiveForegroundTranscript(control, deps.state, params) }],
+						details: { mode: "management", results: [] },
+					};
+				}
 				const run = deps.state?.foregroundRuns?.get(resolved.id);
 				if (run) {
 					try {
@@ -423,7 +488,7 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 				const capacity = inspectActiveAsyncCapacityOwner({ runId: diskStatus.runId, sessionId: diskStatus.sessionId, asyncDir }, { rootDir: deps.activeCapacityRoot, liveWorkflowRunIds: new Set(deps.state?.workflowControllers?.keys() ?? []), abandonedSlotReleaseAfterMs: deps.abandonedSlotReleaseAfterMs });
 				return {
 					content: [{ type: "text", text: formatRunLifecycleDebug({ status: diskStatus, asyncDir, sidecarProcessTerminal: sidecar, overlayProcessTerminal: overlay, capacity }) }],
-					details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...((sidecar ?? overlay) ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal: sidecar ?? overlay } } : {}) },
+					details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(diskStatus.workflowReceiptPath ? { workflowReceiptPath: diskStatus.workflowReceiptPath } : {}), ...((sidecar ?? overlay) ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal: sidecar ?? overlay } } : {}) },
 				};
 			}
 			if (params.view === "transcript") {
@@ -450,7 +515,7 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 				const capacity = inspectActiveAsyncCapacityOwner({ runId: status.runId, sessionId: status.sessionId, asyncDir }, { rootDir: deps.activeCapacityRoot, liveWorkflowRunIds: new Set(deps.state?.workflowControllers?.keys() ?? []), abandonedSlotReleaseAfterMs: deps.abandonedSlotReleaseAfterMs });
 				return {
 					content: [{ type: "text", text: formatRunLifecycleDebug({ status, asyncDir, sidecarProcessTerminal: sidecar, overlayProcessTerminal: overlay, capacity }) }],
-					details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...((sidecar ?? overlay) ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal: sidecar ?? overlay } } : {}) },
+					details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(status.workflowReceiptPath ? { workflowReceiptPath: status.workflowReceiptPath } : {}), ...((sidecar ?? overlay) ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal: sidecar ?? overlay } } : {}) },
 				};
 			}
 			if (params.view === "transcript") {
@@ -560,6 +625,7 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 				const display = runStatusStepDisplayName(step);
 				const phase = step.phase ? `[${step.phase}] ` : "";
 				lines.push(`${stepLineLabel(status, index)}: ${phase}${display} ${step.status}${modelText}${stepActivityText ? `, ${stepActivityText}` : ""}${steeringSuffix}${acceptanceText}${budgetText}${errorText}`);
+				if (status.mode === "workflow" && step.runId) lines.push(`  Child run: ${step.runId}`);
 				const structuredOutputPreview = step.structuredOutput === undefined ? undefined : formatWorkflowJsonPreview(step.structuredOutput, 4_000);
 				if (structuredOutputPreview !== undefined) lines.push(`  Structured output: ${structuredOutputPreview}`);
 				if (step.structuredOutputPath) lines.push(`  Structured output path: ${step.structuredOutputPath}`);
@@ -624,8 +690,10 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 						lines.push(`Steer live foreground child: subagent({ action: "steer", id: "${control.runId}", index: ${index}, message: "..." })`);
 					}
 				}
+				lines.push(...workflowAsyncChildSteeringGuidance(status, deps.state));
 			}
 			if (nestedWarning) lines.push(`Warning: ${nestedWarning}`);
+			if (status.workflowReceiptPath) lines.push(`Workflow receipt: ${status.workflowReceiptPath}`);
 			if (status.sessionFile) lines.push(`Session: ${status.sessionFile}`);
 			const allExternal = (status.steps?.length ?? 0) > 0 && status.steps!.every((step) => step.runner?.type === "external-cli" || step.runner?.type === "external-job");
 			if (status.state === "running" && !allExternal && status.mode !== "workflow") lines.push(`Steer running child: subagent({ action: "steer", id: "${status.runId}", message: "..." })`);
@@ -639,7 +707,7 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 
 			const workflowChildren = parseWorkflowChildSummary(status.workflowChildren);
 			if (workflowChildren && workflowChildren.workflowRunId !== status.runId) throw new Error("workflowChildren.workflowRunId does not match async status runId.");
-			return { content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") }], details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(status.preflight ? { preflight: status.preflight } : {}), ...(status.workflow?.preflightWarnings?.length ? { preflightWarnings: status.workflow.preflightWarnings } : {}), ...(workflowChildren ? { workflowChildren } : {}), ...(runFanoutBudget ? { runFanoutBudget } : {}), ...(processTerminal ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal } } : {}) } };
+			return { content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") }], details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(status.workflowReceiptPath ? { workflowReceiptPath: status.workflowReceiptPath } : {}), ...(status.preflight ? { preflight: status.preflight } : {}), ...(status.workflow?.preflightWarnings?.length ? { preflightWarnings: status.workflow.preflightWarnings } : {}), ...(workflowChildren ? { workflowChildren } : {}), ...(runFanoutBudget ? { runFanoutBudget } : {}), ...(processTerminal ? { lifecycleStatus: { processTerminal } } : {}) } };
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -680,6 +748,11 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 			const runId = data.runId ?? data.id ?? resolvedId;
 			const lines = [`Run: ${runId}`, data.toolCallId ? `Tool call: ${data.toolCallId}` : undefined, `State: ${status}`, `Result: ${resultPath}`].filter((line): line is string => Boolean(line));
 			if (data.parallelHandoff?.path) lines.push(`Parallel handoff: ${data.parallelHandoff.path}`);
+			const receipt = (data as Record<string, unknown>).workflowReceipt;
+			const receiptPath = receipt && typeof receipt === "object" && !Array.isArray(receipt)
+				? (receipt as Record<string, unknown>).path : undefined;
+			const workflowReceiptPath = typeof receiptPath === "string" && receiptPath ? receiptPath : undefined;
+			if (workflowReceiptPath) lines.push(`Workflow receipt: ${workflowReceiptPath}`);
 			const children = Array.isArray(data.results) ? data.results : data.agent ? [{ agent: data.agent, sessionFile: data.sessionFile }] : [];
 			lines.push(...formatTimeoutRecoveryLines(data.timeoutRecovery, "  "));
 			for (const [index, child] of children.entries()) {
@@ -694,7 +767,7 @@ export function inspectSubagentStatus(params: RunStatusParams, deps: RunStatusDe
 			if (data.summary) lines.push("", data.summary);
 			const workflowChildren = parseWorkflowChildSummary((data as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).workflowChildren);
 			if (workflowChildren && workflowChildren.workflowRunId !== runId) throw new Error("workflowChildren.workflowRunId does not match the result run id.");
-			return { content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") }], details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(workflowChildren ? { workflowChildren } : {}) } };
+			return { content: [{ type: "text", text: lines.join("\n") }], details: { mode: "single", results: [], ...(workflowReceiptPath ? { workflowReceiptPath } : {}), ...(workflowChildren ? { workflowChildren } : {}) } };
 		} catch (error) {
 			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
 			return {

package/src/runs/background/runner-aliases.ts

@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ export const HOST_PEER_ALIASES: ReadonlyArray<{ specifier: string; pkg: string;
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent", subpath: "." },
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core", subpath: "." },
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core/node", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core", subpath: "./node" },
-	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/chord", pkg: "@earendil-works/chord", subpath: "." },
-	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/chord/context", pkg: "@earendil-works/chord", subpath: "./context" },
-	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-server", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-server", subpath: "." },
-	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-server/unix", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-server", subpath: "./unix" },
-	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-client/unix", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-client", subpath: "./unix" },
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-tui", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-tui", subpath: "." },
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-ai", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-ai", subpath: "./compat" },
 	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-ai/compat", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-ai", subpath: "./compat" },
@@ -36,6 +31,19 @@ export const HOST_PEER_ALIASES: ReadonlyArray<{ specifier: string; pkg: string;
 	{ specifier: "typebox/value", pkg: "typebox", subpath: "./value" },
 ];
 
+/** Public Pi manifests introduce chord in 0.85.0 (absent through 0.84.4). */
+const CHORD_PEER_ALIASES = [
+	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/chord", pkg: "@earendil-works/chord", subpath: "." },
+	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/chord/context", pkg: "@earendil-works/chord", subpath: "./context" },
+];
+
+/** Experimental dependencies accidentally published in exactly Pi 0.85.0. */
+const PI0850_PEER_ALIASES = [
+	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-server", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-server", subpath: "." },
+	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-server/unix", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-server", subpath: "./unix" },
+	{ specifier: "@earendil-works/pi-client/unix", pkg: "@earendil-works/pi-client", subpath: "./unix" },
+];
+
 interface PackageManifest {
 	name?: unknown;
 	version?: unknown;
@@ -103,7 +111,11 @@ export function resolvePackageSubpath(packageDir: string, subpath: string): stri
 
 /** Find `pkg` as the pi package itself, one of its dependencies, or a sibling in a hoisted install. */
 export function findHostPeerPackageDir(piPackageRoot: string, pkg: string): string | undefined {
-	if (readManifest(piPackageRoot)?.name === pkg) return piPackageRoot;
+	return findPeerPackageDir(piPackageRoot, pkg, readManifest(piPackageRoot)?.name);
+}
+
+function findPeerPackageDir(piPackageRoot: string, pkg: string, hostName: unknown): string | undefined {
+	if (hostName === pkg) return piPackageRoot;
 	const candidates = [path.join(piPackageRoot, "node_modules", pkg)];
 	let dir = piPackageRoot;
 	for (;;) {
@@ -127,14 +139,21 @@ export function resolveHostPeerAliases(
 	const aliases: Record<string, string> = {};
 	const missing: string[] = [];
 	const supplemental: string[] = [];
-	for (const { specifier, pkg, subpath } of HOST_PEER_ALIASES) {
-		const packageDir = findHostPeerPackageDir(piPackageRoot, pkg);
+	const hostManifest = readManifest(piPackageRoot);
+	const isPi0850 = hostManifest?.version === "0.85.0";
+	// Only known stable pre-chord versions may omit it. Unknown/prerelease
+	// hosts retain the required aliases, rather than hiding a broken install.
+	const stableVersion = typeof hostManifest?.version === "string" ? /^0\.(\d+)\.\d+$/.exec(hostManifest.version) : null;
+	const isPreChord = stableVersion !== null && Number(stableVersion[1]) < 85;
+	const required = [...HOST_PEER_ALIASES, ...(isPreChord ? [] : CHORD_PEER_ALIASES), ...(isPi0850 ? PI0850_PEER_ALIASES : [])];
+	for (const { specifier, pkg, subpath } of required) {
+		const packageDir = findPeerPackageDir(piPackageRoot, pkg, hostManifest?.name);
 		let target = packageDir ? resolvePackageSubpath(packageDir, subpath) : undefined;
 		// Pi 0.85.0 omitted this runtime dependency. Never replace working host
 		// exports or extend this exact version contract to other peers/hosts.
 		if ((!target || !fs.existsSync(target))
 			&& (specifier === "@earendil-works/pi-server" || specifier === "@earendil-works/pi-server/unix")
-			&& readManifest(piPackageRoot)?.version === "0.85.0"
+			&& isPi0850
 			&& (!packageDir || readManifest(packageDir)?.version === "0.85.0")) {
 			const localDir = findHostPeerPackageDir(extensionRoot, pkg);
 			if (localDir && readManifest(localDir)?.version === "0.85.0") {

package/src/runs/background/runner-child-launch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/** Native runner construction, separate from its executable entrypoint and attempt loop. */
+import * as path from "node:path";
+import { buildInProcessChildLaunch, type BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput, type InheritedChildRuntime } from "../shared/child-launch.ts";
+import { deriveForkPromptCacheKey } from "../shared/child-tool-plan.ts";
+import { normalizeExtensionBindings } from "../shared/extension-bindings.ts";
+import type { RunnerSubagentStep } from "../shared/parallel-utils.ts";
+import { formatAcceptancePrompt } from "../shared/acceptance.ts";
+import { isAgentContract } from "../shared/agent-contract.ts";
+
+export interface RunnerChildLaunchContext {
+	cwd: string;
+	id: string;
+	flatIndex: number;
+	artifactsDir?: string;
+	childIntercomTarget?: string;
+	orchestratorIntercomTarget?: string;
+	nestedRoute?: BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["nestedRoute"];
+	runFanoutBudget?: BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["runFanoutBudget"];
+	capabilityCeiling?: BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["capabilityCeiling"];
+	inheritedChildRuntime?: InheritedChildRuntime;
+	hostAvailableBuiltins?: readonly string[];
+}
+
+export function buildRunnerChildLaunch(step: RunnerSubagentStep, ctx: RunnerChildLaunchContext, attempt: {
+	model?: string;
+	sessionEnabled: boolean;
+	sessionDir?: string;
+	sessionName?: string;
+	structuredOutput?: BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["structuredOutput"];
+	childWatchdog?: BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["childWatchdog"];
+	watchdogStatus: NonNullable<BuildInProcessChildLaunchInput["watchdogStatus"]>;
+}) {
+	// Resource-backed system instructions survive SDK split-turn compaction verbatim.
+	const acceptancePrompt = step.effectiveAcceptance
+		? formatAcceptancePrompt(step.effectiveAcceptance, { reportOptional: isAgentContract(step.agentContract), structuredOutput: Boolean(step.structuredOutput?.acceptanceReportPath) })
+		: "";
+	return buildInProcessChildLaunch({
+		parentSessionId: step.parentSessionId,
+		forkCacheKey: step.context === "fork" ? deriveForkPromptCacheKey(step.parentSessionId) : undefined,
+		sessionEnabled: attempt.sessionEnabled,
+		sessionDir: attempt.sessionDir,
+		sessionFile: step.sessionFile,
+		model: attempt.model,
+		inheritProjectContext: step.inheritProjectContext,
+		inheritGlobalContext: step.inheritGlobalContext,
+		inheritSkills: step.inheritSkills,
+		requireReadTool: Boolean(step.skills?.length),
+		tools: step.tools,
+		excludeTools: step.excludeTools,
+		allowNestedSubagents: step.allowNestedSubagents,
+		extensions: step.extensions,
+		subagentOnlyExtensions: step.subagentOnlyExtensions,
+		fast: step.fast,
+		modelCandidates: step.modelCandidates,
+		systemPrompt: acceptancePrompt ? `${step.systemPrompt ?? ""}\n${acceptancePrompt}` : step.systemPrompt ?? "",
+		systemPromptMode: step.systemPromptMode,
+		mcpDirectTools: step.mcpDirectTools,
+		extensionBindings: normalizeExtensionBindings(step.extensionBindings)?.value,
+		capabilityCeiling: step.capabilityCeiling ?? ctx.capabilityCeiling,
+		cwd: step.cwd ?? ctx.cwd,
+		intercomSessionName: ctx.childIntercomTarget,
+		sessionName: attempt.sessionName,
+		orchestratorIntercomTarget: ctx.orchestratorIntercomTarget,
+		runId: ctx.id,
+		childAgentName: step.agent,
+		childIndex: ctx.flatIndex,
+		nestedRoute: ctx.nestedRoute,
+		runFanoutBudget: ctx.runFanoutBudget ? {
+			...ctx.runFanoutBudget,
+			...(step.runFanoutPath ? { parentPath: `${ctx.runFanoutBudget.parentPath ? `${ctx.runFanoutBudget.parentPath}/` : ""}${step.runFanoutPath}` } : {}),
+		} : undefined,
+		structuredOutput: attempt.structuredOutput,
+		toolBudget: step.toolBudget,
+		permissionRules: step.permissionRules,
+		permissionAuditPath: step.permissionRules && ctx.artifactsDir
+			? path.join(ctx.artifactsDir, "permission-audit", `${ctx.id}-${ctx.flatIndex}.jsonl`) : undefined,
+		childWatchdog: attempt.childWatchdog,
+		// registerChildWatchdog returns before reading the sink when unconfigured.
+		...(attempt.childWatchdog ? { watchdogStatus: attempt.watchdogStatus } : {}),
+		waitToolEnabled: step.waitToolEnabled,
+		waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs: step.waitToolDefaultTimeoutMs,
+		thinkingCeiling: step.thinkingCeiling,
+		maxSubagentDepth: step.maxSubagentDepth,
+		inherited: ctx.inheritedChildRuntime,
+		hostAvailableBuiltins: ctx.hostAvailableBuiltins,
+		host: "runner",
+	});
+}