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Background process exit and status tracking fixes

Cluster 81114 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #105548. Check it covers your case.

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These items address bugs where background or child processes that have exited are not properly detected or cleaned up, and where desktop status indicators continue showing tasks as running after completion. The work spans process listing reconciliation and UI status row retirement.

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  • #105548 fix(process): list refreshes no longer leave exited children running (salvage #60506, #81385)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_process_registry_list_exit.py, tools/process_registry.py

  • #127272 fix(desktop): stop interrupted sessions and stale history from pinning subagent rows

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/src/app/agents/index.tsx, apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/tools-subagent-interrupt.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/tools.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/interrupted-status-sync.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx, apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/store/subagents.ts

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #81385 fix(process): reconcile background exits during listing · merged via another change → 41380cc, #105548
  • #128608 fix(desktop): retire status rows on completions after Stop · superseded by another PR → #127272, #81114
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#81114Desktop status stack: completed background tasks stay 'running' indefinitely; chat view doesn't render async results until a new message is sent
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  • Pairwise link density 0.40: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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#105548, #127272
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2 PRs closed without merging
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1 Oct 2026

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