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import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
import path from 'node:path'
import { Context } from '@deepseek-ai/cordis'
import Loader from '@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-loader'
import { ToolCallId, ReasoningEffortId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
import SystemPrompt from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt'
import ToolRuntime, { TOOL_ABORTED_BEFORE_DISPATCH } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools'
import { assembleContextFor, type Agent } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
import AgentRegistry from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
import AgentLoop from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop'
import { mountAgentLoopTestDependencies } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop-testkit'
import JsonlSessionPersistence from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
import SubagentRuntime from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
import type { SubagentStartRequest } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent'
import LocalJobRegistry from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-jobs-local'
import * as SubagentSpawn from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn-in-process'
import * as ToolTasks from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-jobs'
import { MockAdapter, textResponse } from '../../../core/agent-loop/tests/mock-adapter.ts'
import * as mock from './scripted-provider.ts'
import * as tool from '../src/index.ts'
import { Session, SessionId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
import {
callSubagent,
disposeSetupProvider,
fakeAgent,
modelSelectionSetupAgent,
setup,
testToolSignal,
text,
} from './harness.ts'
/**
* Drives the REAL plugin body: mounts `dsh-tool-subagent` on a real
* `ToolRuntime` + `SubagentRuntime`, with a package-local scripted child
* boundary, and invokes the registered `subagent` tool through
* `ctx.tools.execute`. Everything downstream of the child boundary is the
* shipping code path.
*/
describe('dsh-tool-subagent', () => {
it('rejects continuable background policy when the provider cannot prepare continuable children', async () => {
let failure: unknown
try {
await setup({
provider: 'mock',
backgroundMode: 'continuable',
})
} catch (error: unknown) {
failure = error
}
expect(String(failure)).toContain(
'provider "mock" does not support `backgroundMode: continuable`',
)
})
it('rejects configured child agent options at mount when the provider cannot apply them', async () => {
await expect(setup(
{ provider: 'mock', maxDepth: 'provider-managed', agentOptions: { model: 'configured-model' } },
{ capabilities: { agentOptions: false } },
)).rejects.toThrow('does not support child agentOptions')
})
it('registers a `subagent` tool that delegates to the configured provider and returns its output', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' }, { reply: 'child says hi' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, {
description: 'do a thing',
prompt: 'go research X',
run_in_background: false,
})
expect(result.isError).toBe(false)
if (result.isError) throw new Error('expected subagent success')
expect(result.value).toEqual({
kind: 'foreground',
runId: 'scripted-subagent:mock:parent-1',
output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'child says hi' }],
})
expect(text(result)).toBe('child says hi')
})
it('omits run_in_background entirely when the instance disables it (schema and capability never disagree)', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock', enableRunInBackground: false })
const schema = ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')
const props = (schema!.parameters as { properties?: Record<string, unknown> }).properties ?? {}
expect(Object.keys(props).sort()).toEqual([
'description',
'prompt',
])
expect(schema!.description).not.toContain('job_output')
})
it('refuses a forced run_in_background at execution time when the instance disables it', async () => {
// Schema omission is advertising, not enforcement: the arg validator
// allows undeclared keys, so the opt-out must also hold in execute().
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock', enableRunInBackground: false })
const parentId = SessionId('sess-off')
const parent = {
id: parentId,
inject: () => {},
options: {},
session: Session.create(parentId),
} as unknown as Agent
const forced = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true }, { agent: parent })
expect(forced.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(forced)).toContain('run_in_background is disabled for this tool instance')
// The provider was never asked to start a child.
expect(ctx.subagents.getProvider('mock')).toBeDefined()
const foreground = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, { agent: parent })
expect(foreground.isError).toBe(false)
})
it('classifies foreground and background calls concurrency-safe (sibling delegations overlap)', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' })
expect(ctx.tools.executionMode({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('subagent-foreground'),
name: 'subagent',
arguments: { description: 'do work', prompt: 'Reply OK' },
})).toEqual({ kind: 'parallel' })
expect(ctx.tools.executionMode({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('subagent-background'),
name: 'subagent',
arguments: { description: 'do work', prompt: 'Reply OK', run_in_background: true },
})).toEqual({ kind: 'parallel' })
})
it('overlaps sibling foreground delegations dispatched concurrently', async () => {
// Two children each block until both have started: hidden serialization
// in the tool body, registry pipeline, or provider start path would
// deadlock here instead of passing silently.
const started: string[] = []
let releaseBoth!: () => void
const bothStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releaseBoth = resolve })
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock', enableRunInBackground: false }, {
onStart: (request: SubagentStartRequest) => {
started.push(request.label ?? '(unlabeled)')
if (started.length === 2) releaseBoth()
return bothStarted
},
})
const results = await Promise.all([
callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'first', prompt: 'p1' }),
callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'second', prompt: 'p2' }),
])
expect(started.sort()).toEqual(['first', 'second'])
for (const result of results) expect(result.isError).toBe(false)
})
it.each([
{ stopReason: 'aborted' as const, fragment: 'cancelled' },
{ stopReason: 'error' as const, fragment: 'failed' },
{ stopReason: 'max-tokens' as const, fragment: 'token limit' },
{ stopReason: 'refusal' as const, fragment: 'declined' },
])('maps stop reason $stopReason to an isError result (not partial success)', async ({ stopReason, fragment }) => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' }, { stopReason })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain(fragment)
// The failure is not partial success, but the child's preserved partial
// answer still reaches the parent model inside the error result.
expect(text(result)).toContain('scripted subagent reply')
})
it('renders provider diagnostics before preserved partial assistant output', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' }, {
reply: 'partial assistant text',
diagnostic: 'Claude Code denied a tool request',
stopReason: 'error',
})
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toBe(
'Error: subagent run failed\n'
+ 'Diagnostic: Claude Code denied a tool request\n'
+ 'Partial output before the run ended:\npartial assistant text',
)
})
it('registers under a configurable toolName so multiple providers can coexist', async () => {
// The defining multi-provider use case: two loads, two distinct tool names,
// each bound to a different provider — the tool registry rejects duplicate
// names, so a configurable name is what makes this work.
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'spawn', reply: 'from spawn' })
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'acp', reply: 'from acp' })
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spawn', toolName: 'subagent' })
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'acp', toolName: 'subagent_acp' })
const names = ctx.tools.schemas().map(s => s.name).filter(n => n.startsWith('subagent')).sort()
expect(names).toEqual(['subagent', 'subagent_acp'])
const viaSpawn = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('c-spawn'), name: 'subagent', arguments: { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, agent: fakeAgent() })
const viaAcp = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('c-acp'), name: 'subagent_acp', arguments: { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, agent: fakeAgent() })
expect(text(viaSpawn)).toBe('from spawn')
expect(text(viaAcp)).toBe('from acp')
})
it('treats an unknown (plugin-added) stop reason as an isError result', async () => {
// SubagentStopReason is merge-extensible; the tool's stopReasonError default
// arm must treat an unrecognized terminal reason as a failure, not success.
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'weird',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => ({
id: SessionId('weird-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'partial' }], stopReason: 'frobnicated' as never }),
dispose: async () => {},
}),
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'weird', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('abnormally')
})
it('merges model overrides over provider-owned route defaults before preflight', async () => {
let seen: SubagentStartRequest | undefined
const ctx = await setup({
provider: 'mock',
withModelSelection: true,
agentOptions: { reasoningEffort: ReasoningEffortId('high'), maxTokens: 321 },
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
}, {
agentRouteDefaults: { provider: 'alpha', model: 'child-model' },
onStart: (request) => { seen = request },
})
ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['alpha'], new MockAdapter([], {
efforts: [{ id: ReasoningEffortId('high'), name: 'High' }],
}))
await callSubagent(ctx, {
description: 'd',
prompt: 'p',
provider: 'alpha',
model: 'child-model',
})
expect(ctx.tools.schemas(modelSelectionSetupAgent(ctx)).find(schema => schema.name === 'subagent')?.description)
.toContain('this provider\'s route defaults')
expect(seen?.agentOptions).toEqual({
provider: 'alpha',
model: 'child-model',
reasoningEffort: 'high',
maxTokens: 321,
})
})
it('does not inherit parent effort for a provider-owned route default', async () => {
let seen: SubagentStartRequest | undefined
const ctx = await setup({
provider: 'mock',
withModelSelection: true,
parentAgentOptions: {
provider: 'alpha',
model: 'child-model',
reasoningEffort: ReasoningEffortId('high'),
},
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
}, {
agentRouteDefaults: { provider: 'alpha', model: 'child-model' },
onStart: (request) => { seen = request },
})
ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['alpha'], new MockAdapter([]))
const parent = modelSelectionSetupAgent(ctx)
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, {
description: 'd',
prompt: 'p',
provider: 'alpha',
model: 'child-model',
}, { agent: parent })
if (result.isError) throw new Error(text(result))
expect(result.isError).toBe(false)
expect(seen?.agentOptions).toEqual({ provider: 'alpha', model: 'child-model' })
})
it('defaults toolName and omits agentOptions when apply() is called directly (schema bypass)', async () => {
// `ctx.plugin` validates+defaults config first (toolName→'subagent', the
// agentOptions object→{}), so the runtime `?? 'subagent'` fallback and the
// no-agentOptions branch are only reachable via a direct apply() that
// bypasses schemastery — the same pattern acp-agent uses for its defaults.
let seen: { agentOptions?: unknown } | undefined
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'bare',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
seen = request
return {
id: SessionId('bare-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
// Direct apply with only `provider` — no toolName, no agentOptions.
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'bare' })
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 10))
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(true)
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(seen?.agentOptions).toBeUndefined()
})
it('fails loud when invoked without a calling agent', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, { agent: undefined })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('requires a calling agent')
})
it('registers when the provider appears LATER — no load-order requirement (Loader starts siblings concurrently)', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
// Tool first: no provider yet — the tool must be absent, not broken.
// Direct apply (schema bypass): also covers the waiting-note's default
// toolName fallback, which validated config pre-fills.
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'mock' })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(false)
// Backend arrives (as a delayed sibling fiber would): the tool appears.
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'mock', reply: 'late but fine' })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(true)
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(text(result)).toBe('late but fine')
})
it('keeps continuable guidance empty while its provider is absent', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
tool.apply(ctx, {
provider: 'later-continuable',
backgroundMode: 'continuable',
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
})
const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()
expect(assembly.sections.find(section => section.name === 'tool:subagent')?.text).toBe('')
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(schema => schema.name === 'subagent')).toBe(false)
})
it('mirrors the provider lifecycle: gone on backend dispose, re-derived wording on re-registration', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
const backend = await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'mock' }) // fresh conversation (descriptor: false)
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'mock' })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!.description).toContain('does not see this conversation')
// Backend unloads (HMR shape): the tool must not outlive its provider.
await backend.dispose()
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(false)
// Backend reloads with a DIFFERENT conversation-history descriptor: the wording is re-derived
// from the fresh provider, not served stale from the first mount.
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'mock', inheritsParentContext: true })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!.description).toContain('inherits this conversation')
})
it('the tool PLUGIN fiber owns its lifecycle listeners: disposal unmounts, and a disposed fiber never zombie-mounts', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
// Arm 1: a mounted tool and its prompt section die with the plugin fiber;
// the provider survives.
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'continuable',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => { throw new Error('lifecycle test does not start a child') },
prepareContinuable: async () => ({}),
})
const mounted = await ctx.plugin(tool, {
provider: 'continuable',
backgroundMode: 'continuable',
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
})
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(true)
expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).sections.some(s => s.name === 'tool:subagent')).toBe(true)
await mounted.dispose()
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(false)
expect((await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble()).sections.some(s => s.name === 'tool:subagent')).toBe(false)
expect(ctx.subagents.getProvider('continuable')).toBeDefined()
// Arm 2: a fiber disposed while WAITING must not react to the provider
// arriving later — a surviving listener would re-register a tool that no
// live plugin owns (the zombie mount).
const waiting = await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'later', toolName: 'subagent_later' })
await waiting.dispose()
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'later' })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent_later')).toBe(false)
})
it('ignores lifecycle events for OTHER providers', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'mock' })
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'mock' })
// An unrelated provider registering (added-event with another name) and
// unregistering (removed-event with another name) must not touch the tool.
const other = await mock.mountScriptedProvider(ctx, { name: 'other', inheritsParentContext: true })
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().filter(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toHaveLength(1)
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!.description).toContain('does not see this conversation')
await other.dispose()
expect(ctx.tools.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent')).toBe(true)
})
it('derives spawn-shaped wording from a fresh-conversation provider (default mock)', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' })
const schema = ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!
expect(schema.description).toContain('does not see this conversation')
const props = (schema.parameters as { properties: Record<string, { description: string }> }).properties
expect(props['prompt']!.description).toContain('include everything it needs')
})
it('derives inherited-context wording from a seeded-conversation provider', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({
provider: 'mock',
toolName: 'subagent',
}, { inheritsParentContext: true })
const schema = ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!
expect(schema.description).toContain('inherits this conversation')
expect(schema.description).not.toContain('does not see this conversation')
expect(schema.description).not.toContain('can prevent provider-side reuse of the inherited conversation prefix')
const props = (schema.parameters as { properties: Record<string, { description: string }> }).properties
expect(props['prompt']!.description).toContain('completed turns')
})
it('disposes the run on the success path (no leaked child)', async () => {
// Spy on the provider's run.dispose via a wrapping provider registered
// directly on the service, then point the tool at it.
const disposed = vi.fn()
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => ({
id: SessionId('spy-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => void disposed(),
}),
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(disposed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
})
it('disposes the run on the error path too', async () => {
const disposed = vi.fn()
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => ({
id: SessionId('spy-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [], stopReason: 'error' as const }),
dispose: async () => void disposed(),
}),
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(disposed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
})
it('preserves independent foreground result and disposal failures', async () => {
const disposed = vi.fn()
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => ({
id: SessionId('spy-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.reject(new Error('published run failed')),
dispose: async () => {
disposed()
throw new Error('published handle disposal failed')
},
}),
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('published run failed')
expect(text(result)).toContain('published handle disposal failed')
expect(disposed).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
})
it('reports a foreground disposal failure after a completed result', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => ({
id: SessionId('spy-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({
output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'completed before disposal' }],
stopReason: 'completed',
}),
dispose: () => Promise.reject(new Error('published handle disposal failed')),
}),
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('published handle disposal failed')
})
it('passes the tool abort signal as the provider cancellation channel', async () => {
const cancelled = vi.fn()
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
if (request.signal.aborted) throw new Error('start aborted')
let resolveResult: (r: { output: never[]; stopReason: 'aborted' }) => void
const result = new Promise<{ output: never[]; stopReason: 'aborted' }>((res) => { resolveResult = res })
request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
cancelled()
resolveResult({ output: [], stopReason: 'aborted' })
}, { once: true })
return {
id: SessionId('spy-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result,
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const controller = new AbortController()
const pending = callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, { signal: controller.signal })
// Let provider.start install its listener before aborting.
await Promise.resolve()
await Promise.resolve()
controller.abort()
const result = await pending
expect(cancelled).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
})
it('skips provider startup for an already-aborted signal', async () => {
const sawAborted = vi.fn()
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'spy',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
if (request.signal.aborted) sawAborted()
throw new Error('start aborted')
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spy', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
const controller = new AbortController()
controller.abort() // already aborted BEFORE the tool runs
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' }, { signal: controller.signal })
expect(sawAborted).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(result.error).toEqual({
message: 'tool call aborted before dispatch',
info: { name: 'AbortError', code: TOOL_ABORTED_BEFORE_DISPATCH },
})
})
it('tools depend on the service: no `subagent` tool without ctx.subagents', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
// No SubagentRuntime mounted. The tool injects its three required services so its
// apply never runs; the tool is absent rather than half-registered.
let booted = true
try {
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'mock' })
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 20))
} catch {
booted = false
}
// Either it never booted, or it booted but registered no tool.
const present = ctx.get('tools')?.schemas().some(s => s.name === 'subagent') ?? false
expect(booted && present).toBe(false)
})
it('has the namespace-plugin export shape (no stray default) so the Loader keeps name/inject/Config/apply', () => {
// Postmortem 0001 guard: this plugin HAS an explicit `inject`, so
// a stray `export default apply` would collapse the module via
// `unwrapExports` (`exports.default ?? exports`), DROP `inject`, and crash at
// load with "cannot get property … without inject". Guard the shape directly.
expect('default' in tool).toBe(false)
expect(tool.name).toBe('tool-subagent')
expect(tool.inject).toEqual(['tools', 'subagents', 'systemPrompt'])
const loader = Object.create(Loader.prototype) as Loader
const unwrapped = loader.unwrapExports(tool) as Record<string, unknown>
expect(unwrapped).toBe(tool)
expect(unwrapped.name).toBe('tool-subagent')
expect(unwrapped.inject).toEqual(['tools', 'subagents', 'systemPrompt'])
expect(typeof unwrapped.apply).toBe('function')
expect(unwrapped.Config).toBeDefined()
})
it('passes persona/toolFilter/maxDepth config through to the start request', async () => {
let seen: { persona?: string; toolFilter?: unknown; maxDepth?: number } | undefined
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'capture2',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: true, toolFilter: true, persona: true },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
seen = request
return {
id: SessionId('capture2-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, {
provider: 'capture2',
persona: 'You are the child.',
toolFilter: { deny: ['subagent'] },
maxDepth: 2,
})
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(seen?.persona).toBe('You are the child.')
expect(seen?.toolFilter).toMatchObject({ deny: ['subagent'] })
expect(seen?.maxDepth).toBe(2)
})
it.each([
{ label: 'a string', value: '1' as unknown as number },
{ label: 'NaN', value: Number.NaN },
{ label: 'positive infinity', value: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY },
{ label: 'negative infinity', value: Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY },
{ label: 'a negative integer', value: -1 },
{ label: 'a fractional number', value: 1.5 },
{ label: 'negative zero', value: -0 },
{ label: 'an unsafe integer', value: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1 },
])('rejects maxDepth=$label when the plugin loads', async ({ value }) => {
await expect(setup({ provider: 'mock', maxDepth: value }))
.rejects.toThrow()
})
it('validates maxDepth when apply() is invoked directly without Schemastery', () => {
const ctx = new Context()
expect(() => {
tool.apply(ctx, {
provider: 'unused',
maxDepth: Number.NaN,
})
}).toThrow('subagent maxDepth must be a non-negative safe integer')
})
it('a partial toolFilter (deny only) does not materialize an empty allow-list (deny-all trap)', async () => {
let seen: { toolFilter?: { readonly allow?: readonly string[]; readonly deny?: readonly string[] } } | undefined
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'capture3',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: true, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
seen = request
return {
id: SessionId('capture3-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'capture3', toolFilter: { deny: ['subagent'] }, maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(seen?.toolFilter).toEqual({ deny: ['subagent'] })
expect(seen?.toolFilter).not.toHaveProperty('allow')
})
it('an omitted agentOptions does not materialize an empty object onto the request', async () => {
// Same schemastery trap as toolFilter, adjacent field: an omitted
// `agentOptions` config key materializes `{}` without the forced default,
// which reads as present and puts a dishonest `agentOptions: {}` on every
// start request.
let seen: { agentOptions?: unknown } | undefined
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'capture4',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
seen = request
return {
id: SessionId('capture4-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'capture4', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(seen).toBeDefined()
expect(seen).not.toHaveProperty('agentOptions')
})
it('an explicit empty toolFilter fails at plugin load, not at first delegation', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'p',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: true, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: () => { throw new Error('unreachable') },
})
const fiber = ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'p', toolFilter: {} })
await expect(fiber).rejects.toThrow(/names neither `allow` nor `deny`/)
})
})
describe('dsh-tool-subagent background mode', () => {
/** A live parent with a dedicated scope fiber for structural task cleanup. */
function ownerAgent(ctx: Context, sessionId: string, inject: (...args: unknown[]) => void = () => {}): Agent {
const scopeFiber = ctx.plugin(() => {})
const id = SessionId(sessionId)
const agent = {
id,
ctx: scopeFiber.ctx,
inject,
options: {},
session: Session.create(id),
} as unknown as Agent
ctx.agents.register(agent)
return agent
}
async function backgroundSetup(toolConfig: tool.Config, mockConfig: Partial<mock.Config> = {}) {
const ctx = await setup(toolConfig, mockConfig)
await ctx.plugin(AgentRegistry)
await ctx.plugin(LocalJobRegistry)
await ctx.plugin(ToolTasks, {})
return ctx
}
it('keeps a continuable-capable provider one-shot when backgroundMode selects one-shot', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
let prepareCalls = 0
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'resumable',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async request => ({
id: SessionId('one-shot-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({
output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'one-shot answer' }],
stopReason: request.signal.aborted ? 'aborted' : 'completed',
}),
dispose: () => Promise.resolve(),
}),
prepareContinuable: async () => {
prepareCalls += 1
throw new Error('one-shot policy must not prepare a continuable child')
},
})
tool.apply(ctx, {
provider: 'resumable',
toolName: 'subagent_resumable',
backgroundMode: 'one-shot',
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
})
const started = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('resumable-one-shot'),
name: 'subagent_resumable',
arguments: { description: 'work', prompt: 'go', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(started)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-1')
expect(prepareCalls).toBe(0)
})
it('returns a job id immediately and the answer is collected through job_output', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' }, { reply: 'background answer' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
const start = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'deep research', prompt: 'dig in', run_in_background: true }, { agent: parent })
expect(start.isError).toBe(false)
if (start.isError) throw new Error('expected background subagent success')
expect(start.value).toEqual({ kind: 'background', jobId: 'subagent-1' })
expect(text(start)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-1')
const collected = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('collect-1'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(collected)).toBe('background answer\n[status: completed]')
// Final-output reads are idempotent (not consumed).
const again = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('collect-2'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1' },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(again)).toBe('background answer\n[status: completed]')
})
it('preserves provider diagnostics in one-shot background failure detail', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' }, {
reply: 'not background output',
diagnostic: 'Claude Code cancelled an unattended dialog',
stopReason: 'error',
})
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
const started = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('diagnostic-background-start'),
name: 'subagent',
arguments: { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(started)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-1')
const output = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('diagnostic-background-output'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(output)).toBe(
'(no new output)\n'
+ '[status: failed, error; diagnostic: Claude Code cancelled an unattended dialog]',
)
})
it('fails loud when the tasks runtime is not loaded', async () => {
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' })
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('background jobs unavailable: load @deepseek-ai/dsh-jobs')
})
it('skips background startup when the tool signal is already aborted', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
const controller = new AbortController()
controller.abort()
const result = await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true }, { agent: parent, signal: controller.signal })
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(result.error).toEqual({
message: 'tool call aborted before dispatch',
info: { name: 'AbortError', code: TOOL_ABORTED_BEFORE_DISPATCH },
})
expect(text(result)).toBe('Error: tool call aborted before dispatch')
})
it('skips background startup when cancellation wins asynchronous route preflight', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({
provider: 'mock',
agentOptions: { provider: 'alpha', model: 'selected-model' },
})
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
const adapter = new MockAdapter([])
let releasePreflight!: () => void
const preflightGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releasePreflight = resolve })
const resolveModel = vi.spyOn(adapter, 'resolveModel').mockImplementation(async (provider, model) => {
await preflightGate
return { provider, id: model, name: model }
})
ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['alpha'], adapter)
const controller = new AbortController()
const resultPromise = callSubagent(ctx, {
description: 'cancelled selection',
prompt: 'do it',
run_in_background: true,
}, { agent: parent, signal: controller.signal })
await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(resolveModel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
controller.abort()
releasePreflight()
const result = await resultPromise
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(ctx.jobs.list(parent)).toEqual([])
})
it('rejects startup when the provider changes during asynchronous route preflight', async () => {
const oldStart = vi.fn()
const replacementStart = vi.fn(async (): Promise<never> => { throw new Error('replacement provider must not start') })
const ctx = await setup({
provider: 'mock',
withModelSelection: true,
maxDepth: 'provider-managed',
}, {
agentRouteDefaults: { provider: 'alpha', model: 'selected-model' },
onStart: oldStart,
})
const adapter = new MockAdapter([])
let releasePreflight!: () => void
const preflightGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releasePreflight = resolve })
const resolveModel = vi.spyOn(adapter, 'resolveModel').mockImplementation(async (provider, model) => {
await preflightGate
return { provider, id: model, name: model }
})
ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['alpha'], adapter)
const pending = callSubagent(ctx, {
description: 'swapped provider',
prompt: 'do it',
provider: 'alpha',
model: 'selected-model',
})
await vi.waitFor(() => { expect(resolveModel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce() })
await disposeSetupProvider(ctx)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'mock',
capabilities: { agentOptions: true, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
agentRouteDefaults: { provider: 'beta', model: 'replacement-model' },
start: replacementStart,
})
releasePreflight()
const result = await pending
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('changed while resolving the child LLM route')
expect(oldStart).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(replacementStart).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
})
it('settles an asynchronous provider-start failure as a failed task', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'broken-start',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => { throw new Error('setup failed') },
})
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'broken-start', toolName: 'subagent_broken' })
const started = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('broken-start'),
name: 'subagent_broken',
arguments: { description: 'broken', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(started)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-1')
const output = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('broken-output'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(output)).toContain('[status: failed, Error: setup failed]')
})
it('kills a subagent task while provider readiness is still pending', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'pending-start',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: request => new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => { reject(new Error('startup aborted')) }, { once: true })
}),
})
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'pending-start', toolName: 'subagent_pending' })
await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('pending-start'),
name: 'subagent_pending',
arguments: { description: 'pending', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('pending-kill'),
name: 'job_kill',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', reason: 'no longer needed' },
agent: parent,
})
const output = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('pending-output'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(output)).toBe('(no new output)\n[status: killed]')
})
it('reports startup rollback failure after cancellation as a failed job', async () => {
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock' })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'broken-start-rollback',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: request => new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
reject(new AggregateError(
[new Error('startup aborted'), new Error('cleanup failed')],
'startup failed and cleanup also failed',
))
}, { once: true })
}),
})
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'broken-start-rollback', toolName: 'subagent_broken_rollback' })
await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('broken-rollback-start'),
name: 'subagent_broken_rollback',
arguments: { description: 'broken rollback', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('broken-rollback-kill'),
name: 'job_kill',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1' },
agent: parent,
})
const output = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('broken-rollback-output'),
name: 'job_output',
arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(text(output)).toContain('[status: failed, AggregateError: startup failed and cleanup also failed]')
})
it('forwards job_kill reasons through the run signal (and defaults one when absent)', async () => {
// Use a provider that remains live until its signal is aborted.
const ctx = await backgroundSetup({ provider: 'mock', agentOptions: { model: 'child-model' } })
const parent = ownerAgent(ctx, 'sess-parent')
const cancels: (string | undefined)[] = []
let starts = 0
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'hanging',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
let settle!: (value: { output: { type: 'text'; text: string }[]; stopReason: 'aborted' }) => void
const id = SessionId(`hang-${++starts}`)
const result = new Promise<{ output: { type: 'text'; text: string }[]; stopReason: 'aborted' }>((res) => { settle = res })
request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
cancels.push(typeof request.signal.reason === 'string' ? request.signal.reason : undefined)
settle({ output: [], stopReason: 'aborted' })
}, { once: true })
return {
id,
localAgent: undefined,
result,
dispose: () => Promise.resolve(),
}
},
})
// Direct apply preserves omitted agentOptions instead of applying schema defaults.
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'hanging', toolName: 'subagent_hang' })
const startOne = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('h1'), name: 'subagent_hang', arguments: { description: 'one', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true }, agent: parent })
const startTwo = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('h2'), name: 'subagent_hang', arguments: { description: 'two', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true }, agent: parent })
expect(text(startOne)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-1')
expect(text(startTwo)).toBe('started background subagent job subagent-2')
const withReason = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('k1'), name: 'job_kill', arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', reason: 'superseded' }, agent: parent })
const withoutReason = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('k2'), name: 'job_kill', arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-2' }, agent: parent })
expect(text(withReason)).toBe('requested cancellation of job subagent-1')
expect(text(withoutReason)).toBe('requested cancellation of job subagent-2')
expect(cancels).toEqual(['superseded', 'background subagent task killed'])
// The aborted children settle as killed tasks.
const killed = await ctx.tools.execute({ signal: testToolSignal, callId: ToolCallId('w1'), name: 'job_output', arguments: { job_id: 'subagent-1', wait: true }, agent: parent })
expect(text(killed)).toBe('(no new output)\n[status: killed]')
})
})
describe('dsh-tool-subagent continuable background mode', () => {
const roots: string[] = []
afterEach(() => {
for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
})
/** Boot the real continuable stack without any model-facing follow-up adapter. */
async function continuableSetup() {
const ctx = new Context()
await mountAgentLoopTestDependencies(ctx)
const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-tool-subagent-continuable-'))
roots.push(root)
await ctx.plugin(JsonlSessionPersistence, { root })
await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, { agents: [] })
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentSpawn, { providerName: 'spawn' })
await ctx.plugin(LocalJobRegistry)
await ctx.plugin(ToolTasks, {})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'spawn', backgroundMode: 'continuable' })
ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], new MockAdapter([
textResponse('continuable answer'),
]))
const parent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('parent'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
return { ctx, parent }
}
it('classifies continuable background calls concurrency-safe', async () => {
const { ctx } = await continuableSetup()
expect(ctx.tools.executionMode({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('subagent-continuable'),
name: 'subagent',
arguments: { description: 'do work', prompt: 'Reply OK' },
})).toEqual({ kind: 'parallel' })
})
it('defaults continuable delegation to background and returns only its durable id', async () => {
const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
const schema = ctx.tools.schemas().find(s => s.name === 'subagent')!
// Continuable delegation has no Task, so the schema promises no collection.
expect(schema.description).not.toContain('job_output')
expect(schema.description).not.toContain('job_kill')
expect(schema.description).toContain('send_message')
expect(schema.description).toContain('runs in the background by default')
expect(schema.description).not.toContain('never poll or wait on it')
const properties = (schema.parameters as {
properties: Record<string, { description?: string }>
}).properties
expect(properties.run_in_background?.description).toContain('Defaults to true')
const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble(assembleContextFor(parent))
const guidance = assembly.sections.find(section => section.name === 'tool:subagent')
expect(guidance?.text).toContain('Use subagent in the background by default')
expect(guidance?.text).toContain('runtime sends you a notice containing its outcome')
const started = await callSubagent(
ctx,
{ description: 'continuable work', prompt: 'dig in' },
{ agent: parent },
)
expect(started.isError).toBe(false)
const match = /^started subagent (\S+)$/.exec(text(started))
expect(match).not.toBeNull()
const [, childId] = match!
// No Task was created for the continuable child.
expect(ctx.jobs.list(parent)).toEqual([])
await vi.waitFor(() => {
expect(ctx.agents.get(SessionId(childId!))).toBeUndefined()
}, { timeout: 5_000 })
// The child id names a durable session carrying its continuation descriptor.
const loaded = await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(SessionId(childId!))
expect(loaded.events.some(event => event.type === 'subagent/descriptor')).toBe(true)
expect(loaded.events.some(event => event.type === 'assistant/message')).toBe(true)
})
it('hides continuable guidance when the current agent cannot see the tool', async () => {
const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
parent.ctx.tools.restrict({ deny: ['subagent'] })
expect(ctx.tools.get('subagent', parent)).toBeUndefined()
const assembly = await ctx.systemPrompt.assemble(assembleContextFor(parent))
expect(assembly.sections.find(section => section.name === 'tool:subagent')?.text).toBe('')
})
it('waits for a continuable provider only when run_in_background is explicitly false', async () => {
const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
const result = await callSubagent(
ctx,
{ description: 'blocking work', prompt: 'dig in', run_in_background: false },
{ agent: parent },
)
expect(result.isError).toBe(false)
if (result.isError) throw new Error('expected foreground subagent success')
expect(result.value).toMatchObject({ kind: 'foreground' })
expect(text(result)).toBe('continuable answer')
expect(ctx.jobs.list(parent)).toEqual([])
})
it('isolates a cancelled continuable preparation from a concurrent sibling', async () => {
const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
const bothPreparing = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
const releasePreparations = Promise.withResolvers<undefined>()
const cancelled = new AbortController()
let preparationCount = 0
let cancelledChildId: ReturnType<typeof SessionId> | undefined
let survivingChildId: ReturnType<typeof SessionId> | undefined
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'gated',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: true, depthLimit: true, toolFilter: true, persona: true },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => { throw new Error('continuable policy must not start a one-shot child') },
prepareContinuable: async (request) => {
preparationCount += 1
if (request.signal === cancelled.signal) cancelledChildId = request.sessionId
else survivingChildId = request.sessionId
if (preparationCount === 2) bothPreparing.resolve(undefined)
await releasePreparations.promise
return {}
},
})
tool.apply(ctx, {
provider: 'gated',
toolName: 'subagent_gated',
backgroundMode: 'continuable',
maxDepth: 3,
})
const execute = (callId: string, description: string, signal: AbortSignal) => ctx.tools.execute({
signal,
callId: ToolCallId(callId),
name: 'subagent_gated',
arguments: { description, prompt: 'work', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
const cancelledResult = execute('continuable-cancelled', 'cancelled sibling', cancelled.signal)
const survivingResult = execute('continuable-surviving', 'surviving sibling', testToolSignal)
await bothPreparing.promise
cancelled.abort()
releasePreparations.resolve(undefined)
const [failed, succeeded] = await Promise.all([cancelledResult, survivingResult])
expect(preparationCount).toBe(2)
expect(failed.isError).toBe(true)
expect(succeeded.isError).toBe(false)
expect(cancelledChildId).toBeDefined()
expect(survivingChildId).toBeDefined()
expect(ctx.agents.get(cancelledChildId!)).toBeUndefined()
await expect(ctx.sessionPersistence.load(cancelledChildId!)).rejects.toThrow(/not found/)
expect(succeeded.isError ? undefined : succeeded.value).toEqual({
kind: 'continuable',
subagentId: survivingChildId,
})
await vi.waitFor(() => {
expect(ctx.agents.get(survivingChildId!)).toBeUndefined()
}, { timeout: 5_000 })
const loaded = await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(survivingChildId!)
expect(loaded.events.some(event => event.type === 'subagent/descriptor')).toBe(true)
expect(loaded.events.some(event => event.type === 'assistant/message')).toBe(true)
})
})
describe('background preflight failure (no orphaned child, by construction)', () => {
it('never starts the child when tasks.start preflight throws', async () => {
// With no job controller, preflight fails before the provider can spawn.
const ctx = await setup({ provider: 'mock' })
await ctx.plugin(AgentRegistry)
await ctx.plugin(LocalJobRegistry)
const scopeFiber = ctx.plugin(() => {})
const id = SessionId('sess-p')
const parent = {
id,
ctx: scopeFiber.ctx,
inject: () => {},
options: {},
session: Session.create(id),
} as unknown as Agent
ctx.agents.register(parent)
let starts = 0
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'probe',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => {
starts += 1
return {
id: SessionId('probe-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: () => Promise.resolve(),
}
},
})
tool.apply(ctx, { provider: 'probe', toolName: 'subagent_probe' })
const result = await ctx.tools.execute({
signal: testToolSignal,
callId: ToolCallId('probe-1'),
name: 'subagent_probe',
arguments: { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
agent: parent,
})
expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
expect(text(result)).toContain('no job controller serves this agent')
// Declare-then-execute: the failed preflight means no child ever existed.
expect(starts).toBe(0)
})
})
describe('depth budget configuration', () => {
/** Mount the tool over a request-capturing provider with full capabilities. */
async function captureSetup(config: Omit<tool.Config, 'provider'> = {}) {
const requests: SubagentStartRequest[] = []
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'capture',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: true, depthLimit: true, toolFilter: true, persona: true },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
requests.push(request)
return {
id: SessionId(`capture-child-${requests.length}`),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'capture', ...config })
return { ctx, requests }
}
it('defaults maxDepth to 3 and forwards it in the start request', async () => {
const { ctx, requests } = await captureSetup()
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(requests[0]?.label).toBe('d')
expect(requests[0]?.maxDepth).toBe(3)
expect(requests[0]?.toolFilter).toBeUndefined()
})
it('forwards an explicit tool filter unchanged instead of encoding the depth policy into it', async () => {
const { ctx, requests } = await captureSetup({ toolFilter: { deny: ['dangerous'] }, maxDepth: 0 })
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(requests[0]?.maxDepth).toBe(0)
expect(requests[0]?.toolFilter).toEqual({ deny: ['dangerous'] })
})
it('rejects a numeric maxDepth on a provider without the depthLimit capability at mount', async () => {
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'no-depth',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async () => { throw new Error('unreachable') },
})
await expect(ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'no-depth' }))
.rejects.toThrow(/provider-managed/)
})
it("'provider-managed' omits the cap so a capability-less provider mounts and starts", async () => {
const requests: SubagentStartRequest[] = []
const ctx = new Context()
await ctx.plugin(SystemPrompt)
await ctx.plugin(ToolRuntime)
await ctx.plugin(SubagentRuntime)
ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
name: 'external',
capabilities: { agentOptions: false, outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
inheritsParentContext: false,
start: async (request) => {
requests.push(request)
return {
id: SessionId('external-child'),
localAgent: undefined,
result: Promise.resolve({ output: [{ type: 'text', text: 'ok' }], stopReason: 'completed' as const }),
dispose: async () => {},
}
},
})
await ctx.plugin(tool, { provider: 'external', maxDepth: 'provider-managed' })
await callSubagent(ctx, { description: 'd', prompt: 'p' })
expect(requests[0]?.maxDepth).toBeUndefined()
expect(requests[0]?.toolFilter).toBeUndefined()
})
})