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🐛 Subagent spawn_agent never executes - 0% success rate #264

@Aaronontheweb

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@Aaronontheweb

Issue Summary

Subagent system is broken. spawn_agent calls are made but subagents never actually execute or return results.

Evidence

From session logs (v0.6.0+):

Session: 20260317-015147_D0AC6CKBK5K_1773712306_785559

  • 01:52:19: spawn_agent called with task: "Navigate to Reddit and post comment about TextForge"
  • 01:52:23: Main session immediately continues with search_tools, browser_navigate, store_memory
  • Result: No subagent result returned, no subagent execution

Pattern: Main session never waits for subagent, continues executing tools directly instead.

Expected Behavior

  1. spawn_agent spawns separate subagent
  2. Main session blocks/wait for subagent result
  3. Subagent executes task and returns result
  4. Main session receives completion

Actual Behavior

  1. spawn_agent called
  2. Main session ignores result
  3. Main session executes tools directly
  4. Subagent task never executed

Impact

  • 0 successful subagent completions since v0.6.0 shipped
  • All spawn_agent calls are no-ops
  • Breaking feature: agents can't delegate tasks

Root Cause Hypothesis

  • Subagent system not properly wired to return results
  • No hardening around subagent execution
  • Missing evals for subagent completion verification

Next Steps

  1. Add hardening to spawn_agent tool
  2. Create evals to verify subagent completion
  3. Add timeout/error handling for subagent failures
  4. Log subagent execution status separately from main session

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    sessionsLLM session actor, turn lifecycle, pipelinessubagentsspawn_agent, SubAgentActor, definition loader, discovery context layer, and related features

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