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Subagent session isolation and transcript routing fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86668 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where delegated subagents shared the parent's SessionDB caused silent transcript loss and unroutable completions. The fix gives each subagent its own dedicated SessionDB instance.

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  • #86668 fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB at the parent's db_path (salvage #81605)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_delegate.py, tools/delegate_tool.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #81343 fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB, not the parent's (#81267) · superseded by another PR → #81605
  • #81605 fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB, not the parent's (#81267) · merged via another change → #86668, #81343, #81267
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#81267Cron + background delegate_task: shared SessionDB use-after-close silently drops child transcripts; completions unroutable (session_key=<cli>); missing Discord send/edit-message tool
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