feat(server): stop Claude subagents without stopping their owner

[Yash-Singh1]

Problem

Users could stop app-owned subagents, but stopping a Claude native subagent was not supported. Stopping the parent run would also stop its other work, including sibling subagents and queued work.

Change

Add a subagent.stop command that targets one Claude native subagent by its strong native task reference. The Claude adapter stops that task through its owning query. The parent run and its background work remain active. The thread relationship controls now offer this action for eligible Claude native subagents.

Verification

All 233 focused tests pass. They cover active and settled owners, sibling isolation, parent queue and watch preservation, effect routing, and the web control. The Claude fixtures use the real claudeAgent driver. Updating these fixtures before fixing the driver checks reproduced the missing button and rejected command.

A live check against an isolated T3 dev server with real Claude Sonnet 5.5 started two native background agents and kept the parent active. Stopping one agent cancelled only that agent. Its sibling and parent stayed running, then completed normally after their gated work was released.

Scoped web typecheck and targeted lint pass. Server typecheck passes with the pre-existing broken OpenCode2AdapterV2 test excluded. Integrated browser verification also passed in Chrome against the same isolated dev server. Keyboard focus exposed the individual Stop control; clicking it changed Lineage from 2 running to 1 running and the chat summary to 1 working / 1 stopped. Fresh HTTP snapshots confirmed that only Stop-target was cancelled while the parent and Keep-running remained running. Both then completed normally after their gates were released.

Browser evidence

Before clicking Stop, then after clicking with the stopped task expanded under Previous agents. Both images show real Claude native agents, not fixture projections.

Model: GPT-6.1 Sol, High. Harness: Codex.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a cross-layer, user-facing workflow to cancel an individual Claude native subagent while preserving its owner and siblings. The durable command/effect routing and provider-level task termination create meaningful runtime and concurrency behavior beyond a small isolated change.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 98beed1 · PR result: e7d12dd · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadStop.test.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.agents.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx
• packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.test.ts

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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadStop.test.ts
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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

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Walkthrough

The change adds a targeted stop path for provider-native Claude subagents. The chat control and client command identify the subagent. Orchestration validates its ownership and sends a targeted interrupt through the provider adapter without interrupting the owner turn.

Changes

Provider-native subagent stop

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Client command and stop control packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.agents.test.tsx	The command contract and client operation support a subagent-specific stop. The chat control passes native subagent identifiers for eligible provider-native Claude agents and retains child-thread stopping for app-owned agents.
Validate and enqueue targeted stop apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectOutbox.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadStop.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/OrchestratorScenario.ts	The orchestrator validates the subagent’s run and provider ownership, then queues an interrupt effect with the native task ID. The effect request schema carries the optional subagent target.
Stop the native task packages/provider-core/src/server/ProviderAdapter.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectWorker.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectWorker.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts	The effect worker and provider turn service route targeted interrupts to the Claude adapter. The adapter calls the SDK task-stop operation. Subagent interrupts do not settle owner background work. Tests cover isolation from the owner turn and sibling subagents.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ThreadRelationshipsControl
  participant interruptThreadTurn
  participant Orchestrator
  participant EffectWorker
  participant ProviderTurnControlServiceV2
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant ClaudeSDKQuery
  ThreadRelationshipsControl->>interruptThreadTurn: threadId and subagentId
  interruptThreadTurn->>Orchestrator: subagent.stop command
  Orchestrator->>EffectWorker: Targeted provider-turn.interrupt effect
  EffectWorker->>ProviderTurnControlServiceV2: Interrupt with native task target
  ProviderTurnControlServiceV2->>ClaudeAdapterV2: stopSubagent(providerThread, nativeTaskId)
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ClaudeSDKQuery: stopTask(nativeTaskId)

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e7d12

The targeted stop leaves the parent run and its background work intact. No actionable merge risk remains in the reviewed changes.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: stopping Claude subagents without stopping their owner.

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The description clearly covers the problem, change, verification, test results, browser evidence, and agent details. It omits the required "Scope and approval" section and provides no issue link, maintainer approval, or explanation for an approval exemption.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts:
- Line 8845: The Claude driver checks use "claude" instead of the adapter’s
"claudeAgent" driver value, preventing native subagents from matching. In
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, update the check at line 8845
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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectOutbox.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectWorker.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/EffectWorker.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadStop.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/OrchestratorScenario.ts
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.agents.test.tsx
• apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx
• packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.test.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/operations/commands.ts
• packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts
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