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Problem

When an agent on environment A called t3_thread_launch with environmentId: <B> and also passed delegatedFrom, which is in the tool's input schema, the thread on B was stamped as a delegated child of A's thread. Clients hide such threads from the sidebar as "shown under its parent". Only delegate_task records the child on the parent, so A's Lineage panel never listed it either. The thread was reachable only through the tool result's link. Reproduced on main (37fbefd) with the linked laptop/box harness in PeerForwarding.test.ts: the box's launch carried the agent's delegatedFrom unchanged.

Change

Only delegate_task's cross-machine path (RemoteDelegation) may name a remote parent now:

• A (sending side), McpToolAccess.routed: an agent's call forwarded to a linked environment drops delegatedFrom. RemoteDelegation calls PeerForwarding.call directly, not through routed, so it still sends delegatedFrom. B can't tell the two apart, because both arrive as the link session.
• B (receiving side), t3_thread_launch handler: delegatedFrom is kept only when the caller is the link session itself. An agent in a thread a link started inherits that linkOrigin, but its own launch no longer claims a parent.

The fix is server-only, so web, desktop and mobile all pick it up with no client change.

Scope and approval

Fixes #27004

Verification

• Added PeerForwarding.test.ts › "an agent's launch in a linked environment is top-level, whatever it claims". On main it fails: the box's launch receives { environmentId: "environment-laptop", threadId: "thread:laptop-full", … }. With the fix it passes.
• Added an assertion to linkOrigin.test.ts › "is stamped, and so is the work it derives": an agent in a thread the laptop started claims a parent with a local launch. With the fix, the thread keeps the link's linkOrigin and has no delegatedFrom. The assertion fails when handlers.ts is reverted to main.
• Existing RemoteDelegation.test.ts still passes, including the check that a real delegate_task child carries delegatedFrom. PeerForwarding, linkOrigin and RemoteDelegation: 36/36 pass. vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests for the 6 affected files).
• Evidence: transcript-27004.txt, the before/after test runs on synthetic fixtures. Before is 8e33fdc (red test on main 37fbefd); after is the PR head.

Before (8e33fdc)	After (head)	Diff0	DiffT
red: box launch carries delegatedFrom	green: box launch has none	n/a: server-only, no render path changed	n/a

Not checked:

• A live two-machine run with a desktop client.
• A thread already stamped this way before this fix keeps its delegatedFrom.
• An A server on an older version still forwards an agent's delegatedFrom until it upgrades.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 482040b

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Ordinary agent launches stay top-level by discarding claimed remote-parent metadata, while genuine delegated tasks retain their parent links. The change is limited to new-thread provenance and leaves existing records and access controls unchanged.

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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	−6 B (−0.1%)	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	1.3 KiB	1.2 KiB	−6 B (−0.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 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	1.3 KiB	1.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 37fbefd · PR result: 482040b · 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

Launch handling now omits delegatedFrom when a caller thread exists. Linked-environment forwarding also removes caller-supplied delegatedFrom. Tests cover link-origin retention and the forwarded launch input.

Changes: Linked-environment launch metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter delegated-child metadata during launch apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts, apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts	t3_thread_launch omits delegatedFrom when a caller thread exists. The linked-environment forwarding path removes delegatedFrom before forwarding. Tests check that link origin is retained and that the receiving launch input omits the field.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 48204

Agent-launched threads no longer carry the false parent claim. No material merge risk was identified.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary server-side fix: keeping an agent's t3_thread_launch on a linked environment top-level.
Description check		The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the affected behavior, implementation, test coverage, observed results, limitations, and a…
Linked Issues check		Linked issue #27004 is the only active direct target. Its requirement: an agent's t3_thread_launch on a linked environment must not produce a thread that is hidden as a delegated child without a paren…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR diff against merge base 37fbefd touches four files, and each connects to #27004: - apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts: the routed forwarding path drops caller-supplied delegatedFrom.…

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Explanation

The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the affected behavior, implementation, test coverage, observed results, limitations, and agent attribution.

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Explanation

Linked issue #27004 is the only active direct target. Its requirement: an agent's t3_thread_launch on a linked environment must not produce a thread that is hidden as a delegated child without a parent entry. Its suggested fixes: keep delegatedFrom for real delegate_task launches only, or make such threads visible.

Evidence at head:

• McpToolAccess.routed (apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts) now removes delegatedFrom from an agent's forwarded params before adding environmentId. An agent's call on A cannot carry delegatedFrom to B. This matches the first suggested fix, applied on the forwarding path. The public schema is unchanged.
• handlers.ts t3_thread_launch keeps input.delegatedFrom only when caller is undefined, that is, the link session itself. An agent in a thread that a link started (caller defined) no longer stamps a parent. The thread keeps linkOrigin.
• Without delegatedFrom, the thread is top-level. It is not filtered as a delegated child, so it is visible in the sidebar, which resolves the reported symptom.
• delegate_task's cross-machine path (RemoteDelegation) is reported to call PeerForwarding.call directly, not routed. I did not inspect RemoteDelegation.ts, so this is taken from the PR description and its reported RemoteDelegation.test.ts run.
• Tests reported in the PR: PeerForwarding.test.ts case 'an agent's launch in a linked environment is top-level, whatever it claims' and a linkOrigin.test.ts assertion. I did not run them. Their results are as reported.

Residual limits, outside this PR's requirement or acknowledged by the PR: threads already stamped before the fix keep delegatedFrom; an older sending server still forwards it until upgraded.

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Explanation

The whole-PR diff against merge base 37fbefd touches four files, and each connects to #27004:

• apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts: the routed forwarding path drops caller-supplied delegatedFrom. This directly removes the stamp described in the issue.
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts: t3_thread_launch keeps delegatedFrom only for the link session. This is the receiving side of the same fix.
• apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts and apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts: regression tests for the two behaviors above.

No unrelated client, schema, or lineage changes appear in the reviewed diffs. The PR description states the change is server-only. The PR-description 'Scope and approval' section names the same issue, so the changes match the stated scope.

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Nitpick comments: 1

apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts: 1

533-533: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add this case to the existing forwarded-launch test.

The existing “launches in a linked environment with the caller's modes, retry-safe” test already sets up the same peers and accepts extra launch arguments. Add the claimed-delegatedFrom call and assertion there instead of starting a second linked-peer fixture. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/peer/PeerForwarding.test.ts at line 533:
Move the claimed-delegatedFrom launch call and its top-level-launch assertion
into the existing “launches in a linked environment with the caller's modes,
retry-safe” test in PeerForwarding.test.ts, reusing its peer fixture and extra
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• apps/server/src/mcp/McpToolAccess.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/linkOrigin.test.ts
• apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/project/handlers.ts
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Live-tested on two linked dev environments (one Mac mini, separate worktrees and .t3, loopback link, web client).

	main 37fbefd147	PR head 482040b15b
t3_thread_launch with delegatedFrom: stored on B	present	absent
Thread in A's sidebar	missing	listed

delegate_task on the PR head still nests as before: remoteChild returned, thread hidden from the sidebar, listed as Done in the parent's Lineage.

Not tested: two physical machines, the desktop client, or the receiving-side guard live.

Model and harness: Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code via T3 Code.