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fix(task): recover dead nested delegations
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26 changes: 14 additions & 12 deletions docs/architecture/task-lifecycle-model.md
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94 changes: 86 additions & 8 deletions scripts/check-task-lifecycle.ts
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Expand Up @@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import {
completeDelegatedChild,
delegateTaskToChild,
interruptDelegatedChild,
isDeadDelegationChain,
recoverDeadDelegatedChild,
} from "../src/core/task-persistence/taskLifecycle"

const taskIds = ["parent", "child-a", "child-b"] as const
type TaskId = (typeof taskIds)[number]
type ModelState = Record<TaskId, HistoryItem | undefined>
type ModelState = Record<TaskId, HistoryItem | undefined> & { liveTaskIds: TaskId[] }

interface Transition {
name: string
Expand All @@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ interface TraceStep {

const MAX_DEPTH = 12
const MAX_STATES = 10_000
const expectedActions = ["delegate", "interrupt", "complete", "abandon"] as const
const expectedActions = ["delegate", "owner-loss", "interrupt", "recover", "complete", "abandon"] as const
const semanticLandmarks = {
"interrupted-child-redelegation": (state: ModelState) =>
state.parent?.status === "delegated" &&
Expand All @@ -36,6 +38,14 @@ const semanticLandmarks = {
state.parent.awaitingChildId === "child-a" &&
state["child-a"]?.status === "delegated" &&
state["child-a"].awaitingChildId === "child-b",
"delegated-owner-loss": (state: ModelState) =>
state["child-a"]?.status === "delegated" && !state.liveTaskIds.includes("child-a"),
"dead-nested-chain-recovered": (state: ModelState) =>
state.parent?.status === "delegated" &&
state.parent.awaitingChildId === "child-a" &&
state["child-a"]?.status === "interrupted" &&
state["child-a"].awaitingChildId === undefined &&
state["child-b"]?.status === "interrupted",
} satisfies Record<string, (state: ModelState) => boolean>

function task(id: TaskId, parentTaskId?: TaskId): HistoryItem {
Expand All @@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ function task(id: TaskId, parentTaskId?: TaskId): HistoryItem {
}

function initialState(): ModelState {
return { parent: task("parent"), "child-a": undefined, "child-b": undefined }
return { parent: task("parent"), "child-a": undefined, "child-b": undefined, liveTaskIds: ["parent"] }
}

function replace(state: ModelState, ...updates: HistoryItem[]): ModelState {
Expand All @@ -64,6 +74,10 @@ function replace(state: ModelState, ...updates: HistoryItem[]): ModelState {
return next
}

function withLiveTasks(state: ModelState, ...liveTaskIds: TaskId[]): ModelState {
return { ...state, liveTaskIds: Array.from(new Set(liveTaskIds)).sort() }
}

function transitions(state: ModelState): Transition[] {
const result: Transition[] = []
for (const parentId of taskIds) {
Expand All @@ -77,9 +91,20 @@ function transitions(state: ModelState): Transition[] {
continue
}
const delegated = delegateTaskToChild(parent, childId, awaitedStatus)
const next = replace(state, delegated, task(childId, parentId))
result.push({
name: `delegate(${parentId}, ${childId})`,
next: replace(state, delegated, task(childId, parentId)),
next: withLiveTasks(next, ...state.liveTaskIds, childId),

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

file="$(fd -a '^TaskRegistry\.ts$' | head -n1)"
test -n "$file"

ast-grep outline "$file" --items all --match 'remove|hasRunning' --view expanded
rg -n -C 8 '\b(remove|hasRunning)\s*\(' "$file"

Repository: Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- lifecycle script ---'
cat -n scripts/check-task-lifecycle.ts | sed -n '1,145p'

printf '%s\n' '--- delegation and registry calls ---'
rg -n -C 12 'TaskRegistry|taskRegistry|remove\(|newTask|childId|delegat|liveTaskIds' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts scripts/check-task-lifecycle.ts

Repository: Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- delegation symbols ---'
rg -n 'delegateParentAndOpenChild|createTask\(|parentTaskId|removeClineFromStack\(\)|addClineToStack\(' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 120

printf '%s\n' '--- delegation implementation ---'
line="$(rg -n '^\\s*(private|public|async|protected).*delegateParentAndOpenChild|delegateParentAndOpenChild' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f1)"
test -n "$line"
start=$((line-20))
end=$((line+180))
sed -n "${start},${end}p" src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- createTask definitions/callers ---'
rg -n -C 18 'async createTask|createTask\(' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 220

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printf '%s\n' '--- delegation symbols ---'
rg -n 'delegateParentAndOpenChild|createTask\(|parentTaskId|removeClineFromStack\(\)|addClineToStack\(' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 120

printf '%s\n' '--- delegation implementation ---'
line="$(rg -n 'delegateParentAndOpenChild' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f1)"
test -n "$line"
start=$((line-20))
end=$((line+180))
sed -n "${start},${end}p" src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- createTask definitions/callers ---'
rg -n -C 18 'async createTask|createTask\(' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts | head -n 220

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printf '%s\n' '--- createTask body ---'
sed -n '3436,3545p' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- delegation body ---'
sed -n '3899,4180p' src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- TaskRegistry contract ---'
cat -n src/core/task/TaskRegistry.ts | sed -n '60,90p'

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rg -n -C 18 'function isDeadDelegationChain|const isDeadDelegationChain|export .*isDeadDelegationChain' src/core/task-persistence

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Remove the delegating task from liveTaskIds.

When delegation removes the parent from TaskRegistry, hasRunning(parentId) becomes false. Line 97 preserves parentId, so isDeadDelegationChain can treat the delegated chain as live and miss nested-delegation recovery. Filter parentId before adding childId:

next: withLiveTasks(next, ...state.liveTaskIds.filter((id) => id !== parentId), childId),
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In `@scripts/check-task-lifecycle.ts` at line 97, Update the withLiveTasks call in
the delegation state transition to remove parentId from state.liveTaskIds before
adding childId, preserving only still-live tasks so isDeadDelegationChain can
detect nested-delegation recovery correctly.

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})
}
}

for (const taskId of state.liveTaskIds) {
const current = state[taskId]
if (current && current.parentTaskId && (current.status === "active" || current.status === "delegated")) {
result.push({
name: `owner-loss(${taskId})`,
next: withLiveTasks(state, ...state.liveTaskIds.filter((id) => id !== taskId)),
})
}
}
Expand All @@ -92,7 +117,23 @@ function transitions(state: ModelState): Transition[] {

if (parent.status === "delegated" && parent.awaitingChildId === child.id && child.status === "active") {
const interrupted = interruptDelegatedChild(parent, child)
result.push({ name: `interrupt(${childId})`, next: replace(state, interrupted) })
result.push({
name: `interrupt(${childId})`,
next: withLiveTasks(replace(state, interrupted), ...state.liveTaskIds.filter((id) => id !== childId)),
})
}

if (
parent.status === "delegated" &&
parent.awaitingChildId === child.id &&
isDeadDelegationChain(
child,
(id) => state[id as TaskId],
(id) => state.liveTaskIds.includes(id as TaskId),
)
) {
const recovered = recoverDeadDelegatedChild(parent, child)
result.push({ name: `recover(${childId})`, next: replace(state, recovered) })
}

if (
Expand All @@ -103,20 +144,45 @@ function transitions(state: ModelState): Transition[] {
const completed = completeDelegatedChild(parent, child, `${childId} result`)
result.push({
name: `complete(${childId})`,
next: replace(state, completed.parent, completed.child),
next: withLiveTasks(
replace(state, completed.parent, completed.child),
...state.liveTaskIds.filter((id) => id !== childId),
child.parentTaskId as TaskId,
),
})
}

if (parent.status === "delegated" && parent.awaitingChildId === child.id && child.status === "interrupted") {
const abandoned = abandonDelegatedChild(parent, child)
result.push({
name: `abandon(${childId})`,
next: replace(state, abandoned.parent, abandoned.child),
next: withLiveTasks(
replace(state, abandoned.parent, abandoned.child),
...state.liveTaskIds.filter((id) => id !== childId),
child.parentTaskId as TaskId,
),
})
}
}

return result
}
function deadDelegatedChildren(state: ModelState): TaskId[] {
return taskIds.filter((childId) => {
const child = state[childId]
if (!child?.parentTaskId) return false
const parent = state[child.parentTaskId as TaskId]
return (
parent?.status === "delegated" &&
parent.awaitingChildId === child.id &&
isDeadDelegationChain(
child,
(id) => state[id as TaskId],
(id) => state.liveTaskIds.includes(id as TaskId),
)
)
})
}

function invariantViolations(state: ModelState): string[] {
const violations: string[] = []
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -158,11 +224,16 @@ function invariantViolations(state: ModelState): string[] {
cursor = state[cursor as TaskId]?.parentTaskId
}
}
for (const childId of deadDelegatedChildren(state)) {
if (!transitions(state).some((transition) => transition.name === `recover(${childId})`)) {
violations.push(`${childId}: dead delegated chain must be recoverable in the next transition`)
}
}
return violations
}

function canonical(state: ModelState): string {
return JSON.stringify(taskIds.map((id) => state[id] ?? null))
return JSON.stringify({ tasks: taskIds.map((id) => state[id] ?? null), liveTaskIds: state.liveTaskIds })
}

function formatCounterexample(message: string, trace: TraceStep[]): string {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -274,6 +345,13 @@ function runRepresentativeScenarios(): void {
const nestedCompletion = completeDelegatedChild(nestedParent, childB, "nested result")
assert.equal(nestedCompletion.parent.status, "active")
assert.equal(nestedCompletion.parent.completedByChildId, childB.id)
const interruptedNestedChild = interruptDelegatedChild(nestedParent, childB)
const recoveredNestedParent = recoverDeadDelegatedChild(delegated, {
...nestedParent,
awaitingChildId: interruptedNestedChild.id,
})
assert.equal(recoveredNestedParent.status, "interrupted")
assert.equal(recoveredNestedParent.awaitingChildId, undefined)

const interruptedCompletion = completeDelegatedChild(delegated, interruptedA, "resumed result")
assert.equal(interruptedCompletion.child.status, "completed")
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