fix: stop completed Codex subagents appearing active (#3188)

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.test.ts

@@ -2241,6 +2241,80 @@ describe("Codex app-server provider", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("keeps a settled child completed until Codex starts another child turn", async () => {
+    const appServer = createFakeCodexAppServer();
+    const session = new CodexAppServerAgentSession(
+      createConfig({ cwd: "/workspace/project" }),
+      null,
+      createTestLogger(),
+      async () => appServer.child,
+    );
+    const events: AgentStreamEvent[] = [];
+    session.subscribe((event) => events.push(event));
+
+    try {
+      const resultPromise = session.run("Delegate the investigation.");
+      await appServer.waitForTurnStart();
+
+      appServer.startsSubAgent({
+        callId: "call-settled-child",
+        threadId: "settled-child-thread",
+        agentPath: "/root/settled-child",
+      });
+      appServer.completeTurn({ threadId: "settled-child-thread" });
+      appServer.says({
+        threadId: "settled-child-thread",
+        itemId: "late-child-message",
+        text: "Late trailing output.",
+      });
+
+      const providerUpserts = events.flatMap((event) =>
+        event.type === "provider_subagent" && event.event.type === "upsert" ? [event.event] : [],
+      );
+      expect(providerUpserts.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
+        id: "settled-child-thread",
+        status: "completed",
+      });
+      expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
+        type: "timeline",
+        item: {
+          callId: "call-settled-child",
+          status: "completed",
+          detail: { type: "sub_agent", log: "[Assistant] Late trailing output." },
+        },
+      });
+
+      appServer.completesSubAgentActivity({
+        callId: "late-child-interaction",
+        threadId: "settled-child-thread",
+        agentPath: "/root/settled-child",
+        kind: "interacted",
+      });
+      expect(
+        events.findLast(
+          (event) => event.type === "provider_subagent" && event.event.type === "upsert",
+        ),
+      ).toMatchObject({ event: { id: "settled-child-thread", status: "completed" } });
+
+      appServer.startsTurn({
+        threadId: "settled-child-thread",
+        turnId: "next-child-turn",
+      });
+      expect(
+        events.findLast(
+          (event) => event.type === "provider_subagent" && event.event.type === "upsert",
+        ),
+      ).toMatchObject({ event: { id: "settled-child-thread", status: "running" } });
+
+      appServer.completeTurn({ threadId: "settled-child-thread" });
+      appServer.completeTurn();
+      await resultPromise;
+      appServer.assertNoErrors();
+    } finally {
+      await session.close();
+    }
+  });
+
   test("updates a registered child with its later native activity name", () => {
     const session = createSession();
     const events: AgentStreamEvent[] = [];
@@ -3453,6 +3527,10 @@ describe("Codex app-server provider", () => {
 
     const liveEvents: AgentStreamEvent[] = [];
     session.subscribe((event) => liveEvents.push(event));
+    asInternals(session).handleNotification("turn/started", {
+      threadId: "v2-child-thread",
+      turn: { id: "v2-child-turn-after-resume" },
+    });
     asInternals(session).handleNotification("item/completed", {
       threadId: "test-thread",
       item: {
@@ -3481,6 +3559,10 @@ describe("Codex app-server provider", () => {
     });
 
     liveEvents.length = 0;
+    asInternals(session).handleNotification("turn/started", {
+      threadId: "legacy-child-thread",
+      turn: { id: "legacy-child-turn-after-resume" },
+    });
     asInternals(session).handleNotification("item/agentMessage/delta", {
       threadId: "legacy-child-thread",
       itemId: "legacy-child-message-after-resume",

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-app-server-agent.ts

@@ -1660,6 +1660,12 @@ interface CodexSubAgentActivity {
   kind: "started" | "interacted" | "interrupted";
 }
 
+function isTerminalSubAgentStatus(
+  status: ToolCallTimelineItem["status"],
+): status is "completed" | "failed" | "canceled" {
+  return status === "completed" || status === "failed" || status === "canceled";
+}
+
 function readCodexSubAgentActivity(item: unknown): CodexSubAgentActivity | null {
   const record = toObjectRecord(item);
   if (!record) {
@@ -4901,7 +4907,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
   private dispatchSubAgentNotification(parsed: ParsedCodexNotification, callId: string): void {
     switch (parsed.kind) {
       case "thread_started":
-        this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(callId, "running");
+        this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(callId, "running", { reopen: true });
         return;
       case "turn_started":
       case "turn_completed":
@@ -5174,10 +5180,13 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
         },
       };
     }
-    this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(
+    let nextStatus: ToolCallTimelineItem["status"] | undefined = "running";
-      callId,
+    if (activity.kind === "interrupted") {
-      activity.kind === "interrupted" ? "canceled" : "running",
+      nextStatus = "canceled";
-    );
+    } else if (isTerminalSubAgentStatus(state.toolCall.status)) {
+      nextStatus = undefined;
+    }
+    this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(callId, nextStatus);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -5271,6 +5280,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
   private emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(
     callId: string,
     status?: ToolCallTimelineItem["status"],
+    options?: { reopen?: boolean },
   ): void {
     const state = this.subAgentCallsByCallId.get(callId);
     if (!state || state.toolCall.detail.type !== "sub_agent") {
@@ -5281,7 +5291,14 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
       childTimeline.length > 0
         ? curateAgentActivity(childTimeline, { labelAssistantMessages: true })
         : "";
-    const resolvedStatus = status ?? state.toolCall.status;
+    let resolvedStatus = status ?? state.toolCall.status;
+    if (
+      status === "running" &&
+      !options?.reopen &&
+      isTerminalSubAgentStatus(state.toolCall.status)
+    ) {
+      resolvedStatus = state.toolCall.status;
+    }
     for (const childThreadId of state.childThreadIds) {
       this.emitProviderSubagentUpsert(childThreadId, state, resolvedStatus);
     }
@@ -5420,7 +5437,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
       this.pendingCommandOutputDeltas.delete(itemId);
       this.pendingFileChangeOutputDeltas.delete(itemId);
     }
-    this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(callId, "running");
+    this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(callId);
   }
 
   private handleSubAgentContextCompactionItem(
@@ -5556,7 +5573,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerAgentSession implements AgentSession {
   ): void {
     const subAgentCallId = this.getSubAgentCallIdForThread(parsed.threadId);
     if (subAgentCallId) {
-      this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(subAgentCallId, "running");
+      this.emitSubAgentActivityUpdate(subAgentCallId, "running", { reopen: true });
       return;
     }
     this.currentTurnId = parsed.turnId;

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex/tool-call-mapper.test.ts

@@ -379,6 +379,28 @@ describe("codex tool-call mapper", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["shutdown", "canceled"],
+    ["notFound", "failed"],
+  ] as const)("maps terminal child state %s to %s", (childStatus, expectedStatus) => {
+    const item = mapCodexToolCallFromThreadItem({
+      type: "collabAgentToolCall",
+      id: `call-sub-agent-${childStatus}`,
+      tool: "closeAgent",
+      status: "completed",
+      receiverThreadIds: ["child-thread-1"],
+      agentsStates: {
+        "child-thread-1": { status: childStatus, message: null },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(item).toMatchObject({
+      type: "tool_call",
+      callId: `call-sub-agent-${childStatus}`,
+      status: expectedStatus,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("maps mcp read_file completion with detail", () => {
     const item = expectMapped(
       mapCodexToolCallFromThreadItem(

packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex/tool-call-mapper.ts

@@ -569,10 +569,17 @@ function readStatus(value: unknown): string | undefined {
 
 function normalizeCollabAgentChildStatus(status: string): ToolCallTimelineItem["status"] {
   const normalized = status.trim().toLowerCase();
-  if (normalized === "error" || normalized === "errored") {
+  switch (normalized) {
-    return "running";
+    case "error":
+    case "errored":
+      return "running";
+    case "shutdown":
+      return "canceled";
+    case "notfound":
+      return "failed";
+    default:
+      return normalizeToolCallStatus(status, null, null);
   }
-  return normalizeToolCallStatus(status, null, null);
 }
 
 function resolveCollabAgentStatus(