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Delegation and delegate_task behavior improvements

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2 open items. Fix merged in #104373 on 6 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items cover several related changes to delegation mechanics: injecting policy, controlling how subagent results are grouped and returned, surfacing ready dependencies earlier, and preserving completed child results after a mid-unit crash.

Open issues1

  • Issue#85648Delegation timing: let a ready dependency affect unfinished parent work

Open PRs1

  • PR#104434feat(delegation): minimal #76230 inject policy over #104299

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  • #104299 delegate_task: ungrouped subagents return as they finish; per-task `group` joins results

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_async_delegation.py, tools/AGENTS.md, tools/async_delegation.py, tools/delegate_tool.py, tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py, tools/process_registry_notifications.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md

  • #104373 delegate_task: a crash mid-unit no longer loses the children that already finished (follow-up to #104299)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_async_delegation.py, tools/async_delegation.py, tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #76230 feat(delegation): surface ready dependencies before the next decision · superseded by another PR → #104434, #85648, #76230, #76228, #76229, #104299, #104373, #104419, #104426, #74378
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6 Sep 2026

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