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Pi subagent clearable terminal work

Question

Implement current-session terminal subagent visibility so completed, failed, cancelled, and timed-out children stay visible and retrievable until explicitly cleared.

What to build

Terminal children should remain visible in the current-session subagent work set until the parent or human explicitly clears them. Terminal result retrieval should keep working until clear. Completion awareness should be non-blocking and should identify the child label and terminal outcome. Clearing should remove terminal children from the visible work set without implying workflow-specific reconciliation.

Acceptance criteria

  • Terminal children no longer disappear from the visible current-session list because of a TTL.
  • A clear or dismiss command or tool removes terminal children from the visible work set.
  • Terminal results remain retrievable until cleared.
  • Completion notices include the child label and terminal state.
  • Multiple terminal transitions can be noticed without requiring subagent_wait.
  • Tests cover terminal retention, result retrieval before clear, and removal after clear.

Implementation Notes

Current-session reliability is sufficient. Do not add cross-restart result persistence.

Implemented on branch subagent-labels in commit 8c85c00 feat(pi): retain terminal subagent work. Terminal records now stay in subagent_list and the widget until subagent_clear, /subagent-clear, or Supervisor.clearTerminal() removes terminal records. Result and status retrieval remain available until clear, after which cleared ids are unknown. Verification passed with nix shell nixpkgs#nodejs_24 nixpkgs#tsx -c tsx --test modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/supervisor.test.ts modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/runner.test.ts modules/agents/pi/extensions/subagents/config.test.ts. Review found no blocking findings after updating the current-extension inventory artifact. Accepted non-blocking evidence limitations: the clear tool and command are not covered by an extension-level fake Pi registration test, and multiple terminal notice wiring remains covered through supervisor milestone behavior plus notification formatting rather than a multi-child notification integration test.