fix(server): an agent can settle its own thread when its turn ends

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Telling an agent "fix it and then settle this thread" never worked. The agent calls t3_thread_organize with settle on its own thread, but its turn is still running, so the server refuses: "has active or blocked work and cannot be settled". It has to refuse, because settling stops the provider session and would kill the turn.

Now, when an agent settles its own thread, ThreadManagementService.settleThread returns settlesWhenTurnEnds: true and the server waits for that turn to end. If the turn completes, it sends the normal thread.settle. A turn that fails or is interrupted, or a queued user message, leaves the thread active. The wait is in memory, so a server restart drops it and the thread stays active.

This is server only: no contract, event, or client changes. It does not cover settling a running thread from the sidebar or keeping the completion notification quiet. That is the broader feature in #15648 / #13630.

Tests: settleAfterRun settles only for a completed run, a real-orchestrator test settles a thread through settleThread once its run completes, and the MCP integration test now expects the deferred result instead of the refusal.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 0ce6b9d · PR result: b6ba771 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The thread management service can wait for an active run and settle its thread if the run completes. The MCP tool schedules this behavior for the caller’s own active thread and returns a deferred-settlement response.

Changes

Thread settlement after an agent run

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Wait for run completion and settle apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts, apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts	ThreadManagementService adds settleAfterRun, which waits up to 24 hours and dispatches thread.settle only when the run completes. Tests cover completed, failed, and interrupted runs. The relay test mock adds the new service method.
Schedule settlement from the MCP tool apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/tools.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpToolkit.integration.test.ts	For a settle request from the thread’s own agent with an active run, the handler starts settleAfterRun as a detached effect and returns settlesWhenTurnEnds: true. The tool description and success schema document this response. The integration test checks that the thread remains unsettled while the run is active.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Agent
  participant Tool as t3_thread_organize
  participant Service as ThreadManagementService
  participant Runs as Run projections
  participant Dispatcher
  Agent->>Tool: Request settle for own active thread
  Tool->>Service: Start settleAfterRun with project, thread, and run IDs
  Tool-->>Agent: Return settlesWhenTurnEnds: true
  Service->>Runs: Wait up to 24 hours for run outcome
  Runs-->>Service: Return run outcome
  Service->>Dispatcher: Dispatch thread.settle if run completed

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ca9a5

Deferred settlement appears to preserve the queued-message safeguard, but its policy belongs in the domain service. This is mergeable with owner acceptance of that boundary violation or a refactor before merge.

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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts:
- Around line 298-309: Move the settle-action eligibility check and detached
settleAfterRun scheduling out of the handler into a ThreadManagementService
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• apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpToolkit.integration.test.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/handlers.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/thread/tools.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ThreadManagementService.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts
• apps/server/src/relay/AgentAwarenessRelay.test.ts

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