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fix: keep Claude idle after helper PreToolUse follows Stop - #20262

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Fixes #19781

Summary

Claude Code can run a background helper after the parent turn emits Stop. If that helper emits PreToolUse, cmux previously treated it as a new parent turn and persisted the session as Running. The hook now persists a settled-turn fence in ClaudeHookSessionRecord, preserves it across post-Stop notifications, and clears it atomically at the next accepted UserPromptSubmit before normal tool activity resumes.

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  • Regression test was red before the original fix: run 38368340569 at f849aa559c4.
  • Focused hosted test passed with the original production fix: run 38370969121.
  • Current-head scoped checks passed: python3 scripts/verify-local.py (Swift syntax, localization defaults, test wiring, feature flags) and python3 scripts/lint-feature-flags.py.
  • Review-fix focused hosted suite: run 38511169194.

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  • Fixed: Keep Claude sessions settled when helper tool activity follows Stop, including after a notification.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes #19781 so a Claude session stays settled when a background helper emits PreToolUse after the parent turn has completed with Stop or StopFailure.

  • Acknowledges helper tool events without reopening the parent session as Running.
  • The settled-turn guard is persisted in the session record so it survives notifications, and is released by the next UserPromptSubmit.
  • Adds regression tests for helpers running after Stop, including pending background work and notification-driven events.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented Claude tool activity after a completed turn from incorrectly marking a settled session as running. New user prompts still allow subsequent tool activity to update the session status.

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The Claude hook now records whether a turn has settled. Pre-tool-use events for a settled session return before changing its status or session state. A new accepted prompt clears the flag. Tests cover these hook sequences and related lifecycle states.

Changes: Claude turn lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Settled-turn state updates
CLI/cmux.swift
The session record adds an optional persisted turnSettled field. Stop sets it based on remaining prompt depth, and prompt submission clears it under the store lock.
Pre-tool-use guard and lifecycle tests
CLI/cmux.swift, cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift
When the mapped session is settled, pre-tool-use acknowledges and returns before status or session updates. Tests cover tool use after Stop, notifications, SessionStart, and a later prompt.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fbfcf

The new guard meant to keep Claude idle after Stop may never activate, because the Stop and prompt handlers do not record the settled state. Helper tool events could still flip a finished session back to Running. Confirm the lifecycle wiring before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 24 · Inconclusive 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 inconclusive

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage Inconclusive Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #19781 requires a helper PreToolUse after a completed parent turn to leave the Claude session settled until the next UserPromptSubmit. CLI/cmux.swift persists turnSettled, sets it when the promp…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes are limited to the Claude hook lifecycle guard and its persistence, plus focused regression tests for issue #19781. The tests also verify required normal behavior after SessionStart and No…
Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early Input Passed PASS: The authoritative PR range changes only Claude hook lifecycle state in CLI/cmux.swift and related tests in cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift (+190 lines). The diff does not cha…
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation Passed PASS: The production diff adds one optional Bool field to the existing ClaudeHookSessionRecord and updates it inside the existing synchronous, file-lock-protected ClaudeHookSessionStore methods.…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime Passed PASS. The production diff adds a persisted turnSettled field, assignments inside the existing withLockedState calls, and an early guard in pre-tool-use. It does not add semaphores, waits, sleeps…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main Passed The pull request changes only CLI/cmux.swift and cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift. The browser-automation rule applies to Sources/TerminalController.swift and `Packages/macOS/Cmux…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load Passed PASS. The production diff adds one optional turnSettled field, locked-store assignments, and a boolean guard. The existing sessionStore.lookup call remains in the same Claude hook path; the diff d…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness Passed PASS. The pull request does not replace a fresh authoritative read with a cache. mappedSession already existed in the base pre-tool-use path and the new guard only reads its new persisted `turnSet…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps Passed PASS: The PR changes only CLI/cmux.swift and cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift. The production change uses a persisted turnSettled state transition and no covered non-Swift delay, …
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity Passed The production diff adds one optional Boolean field, two constant-time assignments, and one Boolean guard in CLI/cmux.swift (lines 247, 1183-1187, 1294-1297, and 32282-32291). It adds no loops, sort…
Cmux Swift Concurrency Passed PASS. The production diff adds only the persisted turnSettled state, lock-scoped updates in recordPromptSubmit/recordPromptStop, and an early PreToolUse guard. It introduces no DispatchQueue…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent Passed PASS: The PR adds no async, nonisolated async, or @concurrent declarations. The changed recordPromptSubmit, recordPromptStop, and runClaudeHook paths are synchronous. The added `turnSettle…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries Passed The diff does not violate the package-boundary rule. It adds a persisted Claude hook flag and a guard to the existing app-specific ClaudeHookSessionStore and CLI hook dispatch in CLI/cmux.swift (the…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles Passed The pull request changes only CLI/cmux.swift and cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift. The diff contains no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, workflow, or Xcode project…
Cmux Swift Logging Passed The production diff adds no print, debugPrint, dump, NSLog, ad hoc file logging, or Logger declaration. It adds one telemetry breadcrumb and reuses printClaudeHookAck() in CLI hook acknowled…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy Passed PASS. The production diff adds only an internal turnSettled field, lifecycle control, comments, and a telemetry breadcrumb. The changed PreToolUse path acknowledges the hook and suppresses a Runni…
Cmux Full Internationalization Passed The PR changes only CLI/cmux.swift and tests. The production additions are a persisted Boolean, control-flow comments, and the telemetry breadcrumb claude-hook.pre-tool-use.after-stop; no new user…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout Passed PASS: The PR does not introduce a SwiftUI view or SwiftUI state/layout pattern. The changed production code is in ClaudeHookSessionRecord, ClaudeHookSessionStore, and the CMUXCLI hook handler (`…
Cmux Architecture Rethink Passed The Swift change is a small lifecycle correctness fix with a clear owner and invariant. turnSettled is part of the existing ClaudeHookSessionRecord; ClaudeHookSessionStore sets it under `withLoc…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts Passed PASS: The PR changes Claude hook session state and tests only. The production diff adds turnSettled persistence and PreToolUse handling in CLI/cmux.swift; it adds no NSWindow, NSPanel, `NSWi…
Cmux Source Artifacts Passed The PR changes only CLI/cmux.swift and cmuxTests/ClaudeBackgroundWorkNotifyTests.swift. These are hand-written production source and regression tests. The diff adds no logs, screenshots, recording…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source Passed PASS. The only changed production Swift file is CLI/cmux.swift, which is outside the rule scope of **/Sources/**. Its additions implement product lifecycle behavior: turnSettled is written by pr…
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: preventing Claude sessions from becoming active after helper PreToolUse events follow Stop.
Description check Passed The description explains the problem, resulting behavior, implementation approach, regression coverage, executed checks, and changelog entry. It is mostly complete, although it uses a Validation headi…
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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

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- Around line 32281-32282: Store the settled-turn guard in
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Merge receipt for e9ea0b0c67: every check was green at merge (18 verified; 19 skipped by policy). Full suite runs on main after merge.

bn-l pushed a commit to bn-l/cmux that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2026
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Ported from upstream manaflow-ai#20262 (063a134): "fix: keep Claude idle after helper PreToolUse follows Stop (manaflow-ai#20262)".

Adapted: the fork's Claude handlers write through upsert, not recordPromptStop/recordPromptSubmit, so turnSettled is set by the Stop upsert (true) and the UserPromptSubmit upsert (false) and checked first in pre-tool-use. Tests rewritten for the fork: pending background work stays .running/Running here (upstream: backgroundWorkPending/Waiting), and upstream's journal capture and live-delivery harness are not in the fork.
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