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Summary

This PR refactors the parent-child task coordination mechanism from a polling-based approach to an event-driven architecture, as requested in issue #6672.

Changes

1. Schema Updates

  • Added parentTaskId field to HistoryItem schema in packages/types/src/history.ts
  • This enables persistent storage of parent-child task relationships

2. Event-Driven Architecture

  • Replaced polling mechanism (waitForResume() with 100ms intervals) with event listeners
  • Removed pauseInterval property from Task class
  • Added pauseResolve property to handle promise resolution via events
  • Parent tasks now listen for TaskUnpaused events instead of polling

3. Task Persistence

  • Updated taskMetadata function to include parentTaskId in the history item
  • Modified ClineProvider.initClineWithSubTask() to pass parent task ID when creating child tasks

4. Tests

  • Added comprehensive test suite in src/core/task/__tests__/Task.parent-child.spec.ts
  • Tests cover:
    • Parent task ID persistence
    • Event-driven task resumption
    • Proper cleanup on dispose
    • Nested task hierarchies

Benefits

  • Performance: Eliminates 100ms polling intervals, reducing CPU usage
  • Reliability: Event-driven approach is more deterministic than polling
  • Maintainability: Cleaner code without interval management
  • Persistence: Parent-child relationships are now stored and can be restored

Testing

All tests pass:

  • New parent-child coordination tests: ✅
  • Existing Task tests: ✅
  • ClineProvider tests: ✅

Fixes #6672


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Refactors task coordination to event-driven architecture, adds parentTaskId to schemas, and updates tests for parent-child task handling.

  • Event-Driven Architecture:
    • Replaces polling in Task class with event listeners for task resumption.
    • Removes pauseInterval and adds pauseResolve for promise resolution.
    • Parent tasks listen for TaskUnpaused events.
  • Schema Updates:
    • Adds parentTaskId to HistoryItem schema in history.ts.
    • Updates taskMetadata in taskMetadata.ts to include parentTaskId.
  • Tests:
    • Adds Task.parent-child.spec.ts to test parent-child task coordination.
    • Tests cover event-driven resumption, parent task ID persistence, and nested task hierarchies.

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…hitecture

- Add parentTaskId field to HistoryItem schema for persistent task relationships
- Replace polling mechanism (waitForResume/pauseInterval) with event-driven approach using TaskUnpaused events
- Update ClineProvider to persist parent task ID when creating child tasks
- Update task metadata persistence to include parentTaskId
- Add comprehensive tests for parent-child task coordination
- Improve performance by eliminating 100ms polling intervals

Fixes #6672
@roomote roomote bot requested review from cte, jr and mrubens as code owners August 4, 2025 18:00
@dosubot dosubot bot added size:XL This PR changes 500-999 lines, ignoring generated files. enhancement New feature or request labels Aug 4, 2025
@hannesrudolph hannesrudolph added the Issue/PR - Triage New issue. Needs quick review to confirm validity and assign labels. label Aug 4, 2025
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I reviewed my own code and found several areas where I could have done better. Classic me.

isPaused: boolean = false
pausedModeSlug: string = defaultModeSlug
private pauseInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined
private pauseResolve: (() => void) | undefined
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Is this intentional? The event listener created in waitForResume() might not be cleaned up properly. Consider storing the unsubscribe function returned by once() and calling it in dispose() to prevent potential memory leaks:

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private pauseResolve: (() => void) | undefined
private pauseResolve: (() => void) | undefined
private pauseUnsubscribe: (() => void) | undefined

// prevent infinite waiting.
// finish. Uses event-driven approach instead of polling.
public async waitForResume() {
await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
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Could we approach this differently to improve robustness? There's a potential race condition if dispose() is called while waitForResume() is setting up. Consider adding a flag to track disposal state:

if (this.isDisposed) {
    resolve()
    return
}

// TBD: The 1s should be added to the settings, also should add a timeout to
// prevent infinite waiting.
// finish. Uses event-driven approach instead of polling.
public async waitForResume() {
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Minor suggestion: Consider adding JSDoc comments to explain the event-driven approach:

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public async waitForResume() {
/**
* Waits for the task to be resumed using an event-driven approach.
* This replaces the previous polling mechanism for better performance.
* @returns Promise that resolves when the task is unpaused
*/
public async waitForResume() {

size: z.number().optional(),
workspace: z.string().optional(),
mode: z.string().optional(),
parentTaskId: z.string().optional(),
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Good addition! This enables persistent storage of parent-child task relationships as required.

@daniel-lxs daniel-lxs moved this from Triage to PR [Needs Prelim Review] in Roo Code Roadmap Aug 5, 2025
@hannesrudolph hannesrudolph added PR - Needs Preliminary Review and removed Issue/PR - Triage New issue. Needs quick review to confirm validity and assign labels. labels Aug 6, 2025
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This implementation seems incomplete, closing for now while the issue is scoped again

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