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[Fix] Task history disappears when user reopens a task #1319

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fix(task): preserve history during resume hydration
roomote Aug 21, 2026
597d067
fix(task): merge concurrent history snapshots
roomote Aug 22, 2026
2270d5a
fix(task-history): harden task resume persistence
edelauna Aug 26, 2026
254f4b1
fix(task-history): persist migrated API history
edelauna Aug 26, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into fix/preserve-task-history-25qz019og2l3b
edelauna Sep 2, 2026
5ac5e4a
fix(history): preserve concurrent equal-timestamp messages
roomote Sep 5, 2026
79ba2a5
fix(history): identify restored parent messages
roomote Sep 5, 2026
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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions apps/vscode-e2e/src/suite/restart-persistence.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -73,11 +73,18 @@ async function runCreate(api: RooCodeAPI): Promise<void> {
}

async function runVerify(api: RooCodeAPI): Promise<void> {
const taskMessages: Array<{ type: string; ask?: string }> = []
const messageHandler = ({ taskId, message }: { taskId: string; message: (typeof taskMessages)[number] }) => {
if (taskId === verifiedTaskId) taskMessages.push(message)
}
let verifiedTaskId: string | undefined
try {
const createResult = await readPhaseResult(getResultsDir(), "create")
assert.strictEqual(createResult.status, "passed")
const taskId = createResult.values?.taskId
assert.ok(taskId, "Create phase should record a task ID")
verifiedTaskId = taskId
api.on(RooCodeEventName.Message, messageHandler)

await waitFor(() => api.isReady())
assert.strictEqual(await api.isTaskInHistory(taskId), true, "Task should be present after restart")
Expand All @@ -87,6 +94,20 @@ async function runVerify(api: RooCodeAPI): Promise<void> {
const conversationLength = await api.getTaskApiConversationHistoryLength(taskId)
assert.ok(conversationLength > 0, "API conversation history should be available after restart")

await api.resumeTask(taskId)
await waitFor(() => taskMessages.some(({ type, ask }) => type === "ask" && ask === "resume_completed_task"))
assert.strictEqual(await api.isTaskInHistory(taskId), true, "Reopened task should remain in history")
const reopenedHistoryItem = await api.getTaskHistoryItem(taskId)
assert.ok(reopenedHistoryItem, "Reopened task should retain its history item")
assert.ok(
reopenedHistoryItem.task.includes("RESTART_PERSISTENCE_SMOKE"),
"Reopened task should retain its persisted history title",
)
assert.ok(
(await api.getTaskApiConversationHistoryLength(taskId)) >= conversationLength,
"Reopened task should retain its persisted API conversation history",
)

await writePhaseResult(getResultsDir(), {
version: PHASE_RESULT_VERSION,
phase: "verify",
Expand All @@ -102,6 +123,8 @@ async function runVerify(api: RooCodeAPI): Promise<void> {
error: serializePhaseError(error),
})
throw error
} finally {
api.off(RooCodeEventName.Message, messageHandler)
}
}

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions packages/types/src/message.ts
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Expand Up @@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ export type ContextTruncation = z.infer<typeof contextTruncationSchema>
* Note: These fields are mutually exclusive - a message will have at most one of them.
*/
export const clineMessageSchema = z.object({
messageId: z.string().optional(),
ts: z.number(),
type: z.union([z.literal("ask"), z.literal("say")]),
ask: clineAskSchema.optional(),
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113 changes: 109 additions & 4 deletions src/__tests__/history-resume-delegation.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@

import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest"
import { RooCodeEventName } from "@roo-code/types"
import type { HistoryItem } from "@roo-code/types"
import type { ClineMessage, HistoryItem } from "@roo-code/types"

import type { ApiMessage } from "../core/task-persistence"

/* vscode mock for Task/Provider imports */
vi.mock("vscode", () => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -44,8 +46,8 @@ vi.mock("../core/task-persistence", async (importOriginal) => {
return {
...real,
readApiMessages: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
saveApiMessages: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
saveTaskMessages: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
saveApiMessages: vi.fn(async ({ messages }: { messages: unknown[] }) => messages),
saveTaskMessages: vi.fn(async ({ messages }: { messages: unknown[] }) => messages),
}
})

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ describe("History resume delegation - parent metadata transitions", () => {
removeClineFromStack,
createTaskWithHistoryItem,
taskHistoryStore,
} as any)
} as unknown as ClineProvider)

vi.mocked(readTaskMessages).mockResolvedValue([])
vi.mocked(readApiMessages).mockResolvedValue([])
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -347,13 +349,15 @@ describe("History resume delegation - parent metadata transitions", () => {
expect.objectContaining({
messages: expect.arrayContaining([
expect.objectContaining({
messageId: expect.any(String),
type: "say",
say: "subtask_result",
text: "Subtask completed successfully",
}),
]),
taskId: "p1",
globalStoragePath: "/storage",
merge: true,
}),
)

Expand All @@ -362,6 +366,7 @@ describe("History resume delegation - parent metadata transitions", () => {
expect.objectContaining({
messages: expect.arrayContaining([
expect.objectContaining({
messageId: expect.any(String),
role: "user",
content: expect.arrayContaining([
expect.objectContaining({
Expand All @@ -373,6 +378,7 @@ describe("History resume delegation - parent metadata transitions", () => {
]),
taskId: "p1",
globalStoragePath: "/storage",
merge: true,
}),
)

Expand All @@ -384,6 +390,105 @@ describe("History resume delegation - parent metadata transitions", () => {
expect(apiCall.messages).toHaveLength(2) // 1 original + 1 injected
})

it("hydrates the reopened parent from locked merge results without authoritative rewrites", async () => {
const parentItem = {
id: "parent-merge",
status: "delegated",
awaitingChildId: "child-merge",
childIds: ["child-merge"],
ts: 100,
task: "Parent",
tokensIn: 0,
tokensOut: 0,
totalCost: 0,
}
const overwriteClineMessages = vi.fn()
const overwriteApiConversationHistory = vi.fn()
const taskHistoryStore = makeTaskHistoryStoreStub({ id: "child-merge", status: "active" }, parentItem)
const provider = makeProviderStub({
contextProxy: { globalStorageUri: { fsPath: "/storage" } },
getTaskWithId: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ historyItem: parentItem }),
emit: vi.fn(),
getCurrentTask: vi.fn(() => ({ taskId: "child-merge" })),
removeClineFromStack: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
createTaskWithHistoryItem: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
overwriteClineMessages,
overwriteApiConversationHistory,
resumeAfterDelegation: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
}),
taskHistoryStore,
} as any)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the new any assertion.

makeProviderStub infers the supplied object type and returns ClineProvider. Remove as any so this test retains compile-time checks for its stub contract.

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In `@src/__tests__/history-resume-delegation.spec.ts` at line 420, Remove the as
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vi.mocked(readTaskMessages).mockResolvedValue([{ ts: 1, type: "say", say: "text", text: "initial UI" }])
vi.mocked(readApiMessages).mockResolvedValue([{ ts: 1, role: "user", content: "initial API" }])
vi.mocked(saveTaskMessages).mockResolvedValueOnce([
{ ts: 1, type: "say", say: "text", text: "initial UI" },
{ ts: 2, type: "say", say: "text", text: "concurrent UI" },
] satisfies ClineMessage[])
vi.mocked(saveApiMessages).mockResolvedValueOnce([
{ ts: 1, role: "user", content: "initial API" },
{ ts: 2, role: "assistant", content: "concurrent API" },
] satisfies ApiMessage[])
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include the injected records in the mocked merged snapshots.

reopenParentFromDelegation adds a subtask_result and a matching API result before each save. These mocked merge results omit both records. The test can pass if merging drops the completion result. Include the injected records and assert that hydration receives both the concurrent records and the new completion records.

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In `@src/__tests__/history-resume-delegation.spec.ts` around lines 424 - 431,
Update the mocked results for saveTaskMessages and saveApiMessages in the
reopenParentFromDelegation test to include the injected subtask_result and
matching API completion records alongside the concurrent records. Strengthen the
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await ClineProvider.prototype.reopenParentFromDelegation.call(provider, {
parentTaskId: "parent-merge",
childTaskId: "child-merge",
completionResultSummary: "Done",
})

expect(overwriteClineMessages).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
[
{ ts: 1, type: "say", say: "text", text: "initial UI" },
{ ts: 2, type: "say", say: "text", text: "concurrent UI" },
],
false,
)
expect(overwriteApiConversationHistory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
[
{ ts: 1, role: "user", content: "initial API" },
{ ts: 2, role: "assistant", content: "concurrent API" },
],
false,
)
})

it("does not reopen or overwrite a parent when its UI history cannot be read", async () => {
const parentItem = {
id: "parent-read-failure",
status: "delegated",
awaitingChildId: "child-read-failure",
childIds: ["child-read-failure"],
ts: 100,
task: "Parent",
tokensIn: 0,
tokensOut: 0,
totalCost: 0,
}
const log = vi.fn()
const taskHistoryStore = makeTaskHistoryStoreStub({ id: "child-read-failure", status: "active" }, parentItem)
const provider = makeProviderStub({
contextProxy: { globalStorageUri: { fsPath: "/storage" } },
getTaskWithId: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ historyItem: parentItem }),
getCurrentTask: vi.fn(() => ({ taskId: "child-read-failure" })),
taskHistoryStore,
log,
})
vi.mocked(readTaskMessages).mockRejectedValue(new Error("history unavailable"))

const result = await ClineProvider.prototype.reopenParentFromDelegation.call(provider, {
parentTaskId: "parent-read-failure",
childTaskId: "child-read-failure",
completionResultSummary: "Child done",
})

expect(result).toBe(false)
expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("history unavailable"))
expect(readApiMessages).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(saveTaskMessages).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(saveApiMessages).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
expect(taskHistoryStore.atomicUpdatePair).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
})

it("reopenParentFromDelegation injects tool_result when new_task tool_use exists in API history", async () => {
const parentItem = {
id: "p-tool",
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