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fix(claude): subagent token usage shows again in lineage tooltips - #15446

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Problem

On Orchestrator V2, a Claude subagent's token usage never reaches the client. Hovering a subagent in Lineage or the timeline shows model, status, and duration, but no tokens. The Claude adapter read only description from task_progress and only summary from task_notification, and dropped the usage object on both frames.

Fixes #15429

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  • Contracts: OrchestrationV2Subagent gets an optional usage: { contextTokens, toolUses }. Per the triage note on [Bug]: Agents panel token counts for Claude subagents are context sizes, not totals: compaction erases earlier work, and Σ adds up context sizes #14003, Claude's total_tokens is the subagent's latest context size, not a lifetime total, so the field is named for what it is and never summed.
  • Server: ClaudeAdapterV2 copies usage from task_progress and task_notification onto the subagent. A task_progress with an empty description still updates usage without clearing progress.
  • Clients: a shared formatSubagentUsage renders 41.1K context · 2 tool uses. Web shows it in the subagent tooltip used by Lineage and timeline rows. Mobile shows it on the subagent row in the Agents sheet and on transcript cards. RuntimeSubagent.contextUsage carries native context snapshots separately from workflow token totals.

Providers: only Claude reports per-subagent usage on its task frames. Codex and OpenCode child threads already show their own context meter when opened, so they are left as is here. No group or Σ total, because context snapshots can't be added together.

Scope and approval

Triaged bug: #15429 (confirmed on main in the maintainer triage). This PR follows the Claude option from that comment and shows usage as context occupancy, not a summable total.

Verification

Screenshots below are from the current branch (after the main merge). One thread, two Claude subagent runs: the first ran before the fix, so no usage was recorded; the second ran with the fix. Context-window sizing is deferred to a follow-up.

  • Reproduced in a dev server (web, isolated T3 Browser panel, Claude Sonnet 5.5) with a thread that runs one foreground general-purpose subagent. Before: the tooltip had no token count. After a fresh run on the fixed server: 41.1K context · 2 tool uses.
  • New adapter test records subagent usage from task progress and completion failed before the fix (every subagent.updated had usage: undefined) and passes now.
  • After merging main: Claude adapter 232 tests passed; contracts 38; client-runtime display/runtime 24; web lineage 18. Coverage includes empty-description usage updates, resume clearing, workflow/context separation, and hiding stale usage during follow-up runs.
  • Typecheck passed for contracts, client-runtime, server, web, and mobile. Targeted formatting and lint passed (one existing unused-variable warning in the adapter).
  • Not checked: the mobile app in a simulator. The mobile change is the same shared formatter on the existing row's model line.

Before (subagent from a run on main, no token count):

Before: no token count

After:

After: 41.1K context · 2 tool uses


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Claude task_progress and task_notification frames carry the subagent's
usage, but the V2 adapter dropped it. Record the latest snapshot on the
subagent as context tokens and tool uses, and show it in the web lineage
and timeline tooltips and the mobile subagent row.

Fixes pingdotgg#15429
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The change adds provider-reported context-token and tool-use counts to subagent data. Mobile rows and web tooltips format and display usage when it is available.

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Subagent usage reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Usage contract and runtime projection
packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentRuntime.ts
The orchestration contract adds optional context-token and tool-use counts. Runtime projection copies usage and defaults to null when it is absent.
Claude usage capture and lifecycle updates
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
Claude task progress and notification updates populate subagent usage. Reopening a task clears prior usage. The test checks values after progress and notification frames, and confirms that a task-start frame clears usage.
Usage formatting and display
packages/client-runtime/src/state/subagentDisplay.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/SubagentRow.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-subagent-group.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/SubagentTooltipContent.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/V2LifecycleRow.tsx
The client formats available usage as context tokens and tool uses. Mobile rows and web tooltips receive and display the formatted value when it is available.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low





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The change adds subagent context-token and tool-use counts to the mobile rows and web tooltips. No merge-blocking risk was found in the supplied context.

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Linked Issues check Warning For #15429, the PR adds per-subagent usage and tool-use counts through the contract, Claude adapter, runtime, and client displays. It does not add the requested per-group total or Σ footer. The curr… Implement the per-group total and Σ footer using a valid cumulative usage measure; do not sum context snapshots. If the issue no longer requires these totals, update its acceptance criteria before treating this requirement as complete.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 54.55% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 10 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes summarized are connected to #15429. They carry Claude subagent usage to clients, display it in web and mobile subagent views, and test the adapter updates. The Claude-only handling is cons…
Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the Claude subagent usage fix and the affected lineage tooltips. It is concise and specific.
Description check Passed The description includes the problem, implementation changes, scope approval, detailed verification results, screenshots for the UI change, limitations, and agent attribution. It satisfies the reposit…

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Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/features/threads/SubagentRow.tsx:
- Line 135: Update the Text content that renders the usage value so it remains
visible on narrow screens: place usage on a separate line or prioritize it over
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Thanks for this, the live 41.1K context line is most of what I was missing since the Agents panel went away.

One request: could the line include the window size, like 41.1K / 200K context? I keep subagents well under a fixed share of their window, because quality drops as context fills, and the absolute number alone doesn't tell me how close a 1M child is compared to a 200K one. The server already derives the window from the model selection (claudeContextWindow in ClaudeAdapterV2.ts), so the subagent's reported model should be enough to fill in maxTokens when it's known, and nothing when it isn't.

If you'd rather keep this PR as is, I'm happy to send that as a follow-up once it lands.

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Heads up: main has moved and this now conflicts in one spot, the import block at the top of apps/mobile/src/features/threads/SubagentRow.tsx. Main added resolveProviderInstanceDisplayName there. Keeping both sides (that import, plus formatSubagentUsage next to resolveSubagentMetadata) resolves it, and everything else merges cleanly.

Happy to push the rebase to a branch you can pull from if that's easier.

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Merged main and resolved all nine conflicted files, including both resolveProviderInstanceDisplayName and formatSubagentUsage in the mobile import block. Native context snapshots now remain separate from main's workflow token totals. The stale-usage reset is preserved in both reopen paths.

Validation: Claude adapter 232 tests, contracts 38, client-runtime 24, and web lineage 18 passed. Typechecks passed for all five affected packages; targeted formatting and lint passed.

@spiky02plateau: window sizing is a follow-up. Main now has instance-specific model selections and workflow usage; deriving the denominator correctly needs to account for those rather than treating all usage alike. The current context label stays unchanged.

The existing screenshots predate main's provider-name and model-effort display changes and need updating. No browsers or dev servers were used in this sweep.

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Taking over this one as maintainer for batch claude-07. I will rebuild this as a small stack on current main: optional context-snapshot contract/client support, then Claude task-frame capture. The original branch will stay intact; I will link and credit the replacement layers before closing this PR. Context snapshots will stay separate from cumulative workflow totals, with no summed group usage or guessed context-window denominator. Headless web proof and explicit native/mobile verification limits will accompany the replacement. Nothing will be merged.

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Thanks @Gigioxx — the task-frame usage mapping and clearing stale values on both resume paths were the right pieces. I rebuilt this against current main as two independently reviewable layers:

  • #21643 adds the optional contract, shared formatting, web tooltips and mobile Agents/transcript display.
  • #21644 maps Claude snapshots, covers current parent-idle completion, and keeps workflow lifetime totals separate.

I compared the original diff with the stack: progress/completion mapping, empty-description updates, both stale-usage resets, runtime projection, web lineage/timeline and both mobile consumers are covered. Mobile usage now has its own line, and settled snapshots hide during live child follow-ups. Tests were rebuilt around a minimal lifecycle case and extensions of existing cases. No cumulative cost or maximum-context display was added; #15429 remains open for that product discussion. The replacement PRs contain current proof, checks and platform limits. Closing this contribution in favor of those replacements; nothing was merged.

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[Bug]: Orchestrator V2 shows no token usage for subagents

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