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Related Issue

No linked issue — maintainer-authored reliability and API work.

Problem

Five separate gaps:

  • A wire journal repair that fails (disk full, backup write refused) left the journal corrupted, and the next appendRecord wrote behind the corrupted tail. Callers of flush() saw success.
  • Subagent turns opened in the transcript with no prompt, so the reader could not see what the subagent was asked to do.
  • A running foreground task could only be cancelled, never moved to the background, over the server API.
  • In the VS Code extension, two concurrent opens of the same session for one view each wrapped the SDK session, so every streamed event was delivered twice.
  • Denying the OpenAI Codex consent page ended as OpenAI Codex login failed after first prompting for the redirect URL, and the web sign-in page waited out its full TTL.

What changed

  • repairWireJournal reports repaired / failed. WireService keeps the failed repair pending, retries it before the next append, and rethrows a RECORDS_WRITE_FAILED WireError from flush() when it still fails, so nothing is appended behind a corrupted tail.
  • turn.started now carries the prompt for system_trigger / subagent origins, and the cold-path grouping folds the opening input onto that turn. Search extraction still filters those messages out.
  • New POST /api/v1/sessions/{session_id}/tasks/{task_id}:detach action, answering { detached, status }. The bash and subagent tools report a user-initiated detach distinctly from a timeout detach, and process tasks carry their parent tool call id.
  • PythinkerRuntime serializes open / attach / detach per webview id, so concurrent callers cannot both miss the session map.
  • The OpenAI Codex callback distinguishes error=access_denied from every other dead end. The CLI reports it as cancelled, and CodexLoginFlow moves the attempt to cancelled with a reason instead of waiting for expiry — the web sign-in page already renders that state.

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  • I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
  • I have linked a related issue (external PRs: the issue must have a maintainer's /approve).
  • I have added tests that prove my feature works.
  • Ran gen-changesets skill, or this PR needs no changeset.
  • Ran gen-docs skill, or this PR needs no doc update.

Risk

  • Risk level: medium. Boundaries touched: session journal persistence, the tasks REST surface, the VS Code session runtime, and the OAuth callback.
  • The journal change makes a previously silent failure loud: flush() can now reject where it used to resolve. That is the intent — the alternative is losing the record.
  • The detach action is additive; :cancel keeps its behavior and its error codes.
  • No new dependency and no lockfile change.

Verification

All exited 0:

  • pnpm run typecheck
  • pnpm run lint (0 errors, pre-existing warnings only)
  • pnpm test — 1,218 files passed, 12 skipped; 20,522 tests passed, 3 expected fail, 79 skipped, 2 todo
  • pnpm run build, pnpm run build:web, pnpm run check:web
  • pnpm sherif, node scripts/check-nix-workspace.mjs (18 workspaces)
  • pnpm -C apps/vscode run typecheck, pnpm -C apps/vscode test (18 files / 369 tests)

Each new guard was proven by mutation — reverting it fails the test that covers it:

  • dropping the system_trigger/subagent case from isDisplayablePromptOrigin → 1 failure in loop.test.ts
  • collapsing the per-view serialization → 3 failures in pythinker-runtime.test.ts
  • settling the callback with null instead of the denial → 1 failure in openai-codex-oauth.test.ts
  • folding the denial back into the timeout branch → 1 failure in codexLogin.test.ts

packages/transcript and packages/protocol are web build inputs, so dist-web was rebuilt; only .web-bundle-manifest.json changed.

Rollback and review

  • Rollback: revert the single commit; every change is additive or behind a new branch.
  • Residual risk: the journal flush() rejection is a new failure surface for callers that previously ignored a silent loss.
  • Human review wanted on the journal repair retry and the tasks route split.

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  • New Features

    • Foreground tasks can now be detached into the background.
    • Background tasks and pending questions appear in the client’s background-task panel.
    • Subagent prompts and attachments display correctly in transcripts.
    • Task details can retain parent tool-call information.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented duplicated streaming output during concurrent session opens.
    • Improved recovery from session journal write failures.
    • Codex sign-in denials now appear as cancelled.
    • Improved task detachment behavior and status reporting.
  • Documentation

    • Documented task detachment and updated background-task guidance.

…cancel

- Retry a failed wire journal repair before accepting new appends, and surface
  the discarded record to flush callers.
- Carry the orchestrator's prompt on subagent turns in the transcript.
- Add a task detach action to the server API so a running foreground task can
  move to the background.
- Serialize per-view session opens in the VS Code extension to stop duplicated
  streaming events.
- Report a denied OpenAI Codex authorization as cancelled in the CLI, the SDK
  login flow, and the web sign-in page.
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The pull request adds OAuth denial handling, task detachment, parent tool-call metadata, subagent prompt preservation, journal repair retries, and per-webview session serialization. It also adds related tests, documentation, release notes, and a web manifest hash update.

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OAuth denial cancellation

Layer / File(s) Summary
OAuth denial result and cancellation flow
packages/oauth/..., packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/codexLogin/..., packages/node-sdk/src/login/flows.ts, .changeset/codex-login-denied-cancelled.md
OAuth callbacks now distinguish consent denial from other failures. Denied sign-ins transition to cancelled with a specific message.
OAuth denial coverage
packages/oauth/test/..., packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/codexLogin/...
Tests cover explicit denial and fallback handling for other callback errors.

Task detachment and metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Detach action contract and route
packages/protocol/src/rest/task.ts, packages/agent-gateway/src/protocol/rest-task.ts, packages/agent-gateway/src/routes/tasks.ts, docs/reference/server-api.md, .changeset/task-detach-action.md
The REST API supports POST /v1/sessions/{session_id}/tasks/{task_id}:detach and returns detachment state with task status.
Task state and detach behavior
packages/protocol/src/task.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/tools/..., packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/tools/os/bash/..., packages/agent-core-v2/docs/state-manifest.d.ts, packages/agent-gateway/src/routes/tasks.ts
Tasks retain parent tool-call identifiers. User detachment and timeout backgrounding produce distinct metadata and messages.
Task detachment and messaging tests
packages/agent-gateway/test/..., packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/task/..., packages/agent-core-v2/test/os/backends/node-local/tools/bash.test.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/questionTools/..., packages/node-sdk/test/v1-v2-parity.test.ts
Tests cover concurrent detachment, registration races, metadata propagation, and background-task panel guidance.

Subagent prompt transcript handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Subagent prompt projection
packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/loop/turnEvents.ts, packages/transcript/src/history/groupTurns.ts, .changeset/subagent-turn-prompts.md
Subagent system-trigger messages now retain text and attachments as turn-opening input.
Subagent prompt integration coverage
packages/agent-gateway/test/..., packages/node-sdk/test/session-prompt-events.test.ts, packages/transcript/test/layers.test.ts
Tests cover prompt preservation, attachment projection, completed turns, and exclusion from extracted user messages.

Wire journal repair retries

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repair outcome and persistence flow
packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/repair.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts, .changeset/wire-journal-repair-retry.md
Journal repair returns success or failure. Pending repairs are retried before appends, and deferred failures surface through flush().
Repair retry and failure coverage
packages/agent-core-v2/test/wire/wireService.test.ts, packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompaction.test.ts
Tests cover repair retries, failure handling, journal preservation, errors, telemetry, and updated compaction telemetry values.

VS Code session serialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-webview session operation queue
apps/vscode/src/runtime/pythinker-runtime.ts, apps/pythinker-code/dist-web/.web-bundle-manifest.json, .changeset/vscode-duplicated-stream-events.md
Session opens, resumed attaches, and detaches now serialize per webview.
Concurrent session operation tests
apps/vscode/test/pythinker-runtime.test.ts
Tests verify shared wrappers, single subscriptions, single session creation, and single delta forwarding.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 71889

The PR adds journal repair handling, task detachment, prompt visibility, session-open serialization, and clearer login cancellation behavior, with successful validation reported; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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In `@packages/agent-core-v2/src/wire/wireService.ts`:
- Around line 215-220: The flush method must retry a pending journal repair
before reporting success. Update flush() to detect pendingRepair, invoke
repairPendingJournal(), and route any resulting RECORDS_WRITE_FAILED error
through the existing persistError deferred-error path; add Vitest coverage for
calling readJournal() followed directly by flush() without appendRecord().

In `@packages/agent-core-v2/test/wire/wireService.test.ts`:
- Around line 683-684: Update the assertions around unexpected[0] at both
referenced locations to remove the as WireError type assertions. Keep the
toBeInstanceOf(WireError) check, then validate the expected code with
toMatchObject instead of accessing code through a cast.

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- Around line 431-434: Add a Vitest case around runOpenAICodexOAuthFlow that
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OAuthAccessDeniedError, ensuring the denial branch is executed directly rather
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A repair that failed with no record appended afterwards left flush()
reporting success over an unrepaired journal: nothing was queued, so
there was no persisted error to surface. flush() now retries the pending
repair when the append path has not already tried it in this cycle.

Also cover the denied OpenAI Codex consent end to end through the flow,
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A listener that accepts the connection but never answers would hold the
retry loop past its deadline, leaving the flow unabortable.
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# Releases
## @pymodel/pythinker-code@1.5.0

### Minor Changes

- [#222](#222)
[`6fb46b0`](6fb46b0)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Add Remote Control, which
makes the local web UI reachable from a phone or another computer. Run
`pythinker rc`, or use `/rc` in the terminal UI, and scan the printed QR
code. Enable it with `PYTHINKER_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_REMOTE_CONTROL=1`.

- [#221](#221)
[`e6778dc`](e6778dc)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Add a task detach action
to the server API. Call `POST
/api/v1/sessions/{session_id}/tasks/{task_id}:detach` to move a running
foreground task to the background.

### Patch Changes

- [#221](#221)
[`e6778dc`](e6778dc)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Report a denied OpenAI
Codex sign-in as cancelled instead of asking for the redirect URL.

- [#223](#223)
[`ad27021`](ad27021)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Remote Control now
authenticates to the relay with its own key instead of the local server
token. Pass `--relay-key` or set
`PYTHINKER_CODE_REMOTE_CONTROL_RELAY_KEY`.

- [#221](#221)
[`e6778dc`](e6778dc)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Show the prompt that
started a subagent turn in the transcript.

- [#219](#219)
[`882835e`](882835e)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Fix sessions that fail to
resume when their session journal is truncated or corrupted, for example
after the disk fills up.

- [#221](#221)
[`e6778dc`](e6778dc)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Retry a failed session
journal repair before writing new records, so no message is appended
behind a corrupted tail.
## @pymodel/pythinker-desktop@0.3.8

### Patch Changes

- [#225](#225)
[`f27686a`](f27686a)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Install Windows updates
in the background instead of opening the installer wizard, and report an
update that did not take effect.
## pythinker@0.9.7

### Patch Changes

- [#221](#221)
[`e6778dc`](e6778dc)
Thanks [@elkaix](https://github.com/elkaix)! - Fix duplicated streaming
output when a session is opened twice at the same time.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
- Added Remote Control for accessing the local interface from other
devices.
- Added the ability to detach running tasks and continue them in the
background.
- Added dedicated authentication support for Remote Control connections.

- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved sign-in cancellation reporting and subagent prompt
visibility.
  - Improved recovery and repair of corrupted session history.
- Prevented duplicate streaming output when sessions are opened
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