Expose thread-level multi-agent mode (#28792)

## Why

Once multi-agent mode can be selected per turn, clients also need to
choose the initial selection when creating a thread and observe that
selection through lifecycle and settings APIs.

The selected value is intentionally distinct from the effective
model-visible value: no client selection is represented as `null`, even
though an eligible multi-agent v2 turn derives `explicitRequestOnly` as
its effective default.

## What changed

- Add the optional experimental `thread/start.multiAgentMode` parameter
and pass it through thread creation.
- Preserve an omitted initial value as an unset selection rather than
eagerly storing `explicitRequestOnly`.
- Apply an explicit `thread/start` selection to the first turn through
the session configuration established at thread creation.
- Restore the latest persisted effective mode as the selected baseline
on cold resume when rollout history contains one.
- Inherit the optional selected mode from a loaded parent when creating
related runtime threads.
- Return the current selected `multiAgentMode` from `thread/start`,
`thread/resume`, `thread/fork`, and thread settings, using `null` when
no mode is selected.
- Keep lifecycle reporting independent from model capability and feature
eligibility; core turn construction remains responsible for calculating
and persisting the effective mode.

## Not covered

- Clearing an existing loaded-session selection back to unset through
`turn/start`; omitted or `null` currently retains the session's
selection.
- A TUI control, slash command, or `config.toml` preference.

## Verification

- `CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0 just test -p codex-app-server-protocol`
- `CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0 just test -p codex-app-server multi_agent_mode`

The focused app-server coverage verifies explicit `thread/start`
initialization, first-turn prompting, nullable reporting for an omitted
selection, and retention of selections that are not currently
runtime-eligible.

## Stack

Stacked on #28685. This PR contains only the thread initialization and
lifecycle/settings API layer.
This commit is contained in:
Shijie Rao
2026-06-19 01:50:44 -07:00
committed by GitHub
Unverified
parent fc8c6b7384
commit 7abfcf220b
46 changed files with 620 additions and 36 deletions
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ async fn handle_spawn_agent(
fork_mode: args.fork_context.then_some(SpawnAgentForkMode::FullHistory),
parent_thread_id: Some(session.thread_id),
environments: Some(turn.environments.to_selections()),
initial_multi_agent_mode: None,
},
))
.await
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use codex_model_provider_info::built_in_model_providers;
use codex_protocol::AgentPath;
use codex_protocol::ThreadId;
use codex_protocol::config_types::ApprovalsReviewer;
use codex_protocol::config_types::MultiAgentMode;
use codex_protocol::config_types::ServiceTier;
use codex_protocol::config_types::ShellEnvironmentPolicy;
use codex_protocol::models::BaseInstructions;
@@ -1147,6 +1148,11 @@ async fn multi_agent_v2_spawn_returns_path_and_send_message_accepts_relative_pat
.features
.enable(Feature::MultiAgentV2)
.expect("test config should allow feature update");
config
.features
.enable(Feature::MultiAgentMode)
.expect("test config should allow feature update");
turn.multi_agent_mode = Some(MultiAgentMode::Proactive);
set_turn_config(&mut turn, config);
let session = Arc::new(session);
@@ -1185,6 +1191,10 @@ async fn multi_agent_v2_spawn_returns_path_and_send_message_accepts_relative_pat
child_snapshot.session_source.get_agent_path().as_deref(),
Some("/root/test_process")
);
assert_eq!(
child_snapshot.multi_agent_mode,
Some(MultiAgentMode::Proactive)
);
assert!(manager.captured_ops().iter().any(|(id, op)| {
*id == child_thread_id
&& matches!(
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ async fn handle_spawn_agent(
let arguments = function_arguments(payload)?;
let args: SpawnAgentArgs = parse_arguments(&arguments)?;
let fork_mode = args.fork_mode()?;
let multi_agent_mode = crate::session::multi_agents::effective_multi_agent_mode(
turn.multi_agent_version,
&turn.config.multi_agent_v2,
&turn.session_source,
turn.multi_agent_mode,
turn.config
.features
.enabled(codex_features::Feature::MultiAgentMode),
);
let role_name = args
.agent_type
.as_deref()
@@ -134,6 +143,7 @@ async fn handle_spawn_agent(
fork_mode,
parent_thread_id: Some(session.thread_id),
environments: Some(turn.environments.to_selections()),
initial_multi_agent_mode: multi_agent_mode,
},
),
)