[Bug] Subagent status line JSON missing parent reference for nested subagent hierarchy
Status Open
Reported on v2.1.238
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 21, 2026
Bug Description
the subagent status line JSON contains no info to match nested subagents to their parents, i.e. it is not possible to display the "<agent-type> (+X)" like the original subagent status line does
Environment Info
- Platform: linux
- Terminal: konsole
- Version: 2.1.238
- Feedback ID: ad8b617d-1cf7-4f94-a63d-f25843606cd3
Output as of 2.1.238:
{
"session_id": "...",
"transcript_path": "...",
"cwd": "...",
"prompt_id": "...",
"columns": 169,
"tasks": [
{
"id": "a9694f99227974bfe",
"type": "local_agent",
"status": "running",
"description": "haiku (low) - Infinite block test 1",
"label": "Backgrounding infinite bash processes",
"startTime": 1787309508060,
"model": "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
"contextWindowSize": 200000,
"tokenCount": 21626,
"tokenSamples": [
...
],
"cwd": "...."
},
[...]
{
"id": "aeee17882615c47fe",
"type": "local_agent",
"status": "running",
"description": "haiku (low) - Infinite block test (nested)",
"label": "Reinvoking timeout sleep loop",
"startTime": 1787309763895,
"model": "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
"contextWindowSize": 200000,
"tokenCount": 19584,
"tokenSamples": [
...
],
"cwd": "..."
},
[...]
]
}
Looks like this:
<img width="1466" height="103" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8436006c-ba60-4bff-9ddc-74f85a69dc76" />