Add SubagentStop hook (#22873)

# What

<img width="1792" height="1024" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f81d232-5813-4994-a61d-e42a05a93a3e"
/>

`SubagentStop` runs when a thread-spawned subagent turn is about to
finish. Thread-spawned subagents use `SubagentStop` instead of the
normal root-agent `Stop` hook.

Configured handlers match on `agent_type`. Hook input includes the
normal stop fields plus:

- `agent_id`: the child thread id.
- `agent_type`: the resolved subagent type.
- `agent_transcript_path`: the child subagent transcript path.
- `transcript_path`: the parent thread transcript path.
- `last_assistant_message`: the final assistant message from the child
turn, when available.
- `stop_hook_active`: `true` when the child is already continuing
because an earlier stop-like hook blocked completion.

`SubagentStop` shares the same completion-control semantics as `Stop`,
scoped to the child turn:

- No decision allows the child turn to finish.
- `decision: "block"` with a non-empty `reason` records that reason as
hook feedback and continues the child with that prompt.
- `continue: false` stops the child turn. If `stopReason` is present,
Codex surfaces it as the stop reason.

# Lifecycle Scope

Only thread-spawned subagents run `SubagentStop`.

Internal/system subagents such as Review, Compact, MemoryConsolidation,
and Other do not run normal `Stop` hooks and do not run `SubagentStop`.
This avoids exposing synthetic matcher labels for internal
implementation paths.

# Stack

1. #22782: add `SubagentStart`.
2. This PR: add `SubagentStop`.
3. #22882: add subagent identity to normal hook inputs.
This commit is contained in:
Abhinav
2026-05-20 14:59:41 -07:00
committed by GitHub
Unverified
parent 40ad7be2b5
commit eee3e60db3
43 changed files with 813 additions and 77 deletions
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@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub(crate) fn select_handlers_for_matcher_inputs(
| HookEventName::PostToolUse
| HookEventName::SessionStart
| HookEventName::SubagentStart
| HookEventName::SubagentStop
| HookEventName::PreCompact
| HookEventName::PostCompact => {
if matcher_inputs.is_empty() {
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ fn scope_for_event(event_name: HookEventName) -> HookScope {
| HookEventName::PreCompact
| HookEventName::PostCompact
| HookEventName::UserPromptSubmit
| HookEventName::SubagentStop
| HookEventName::Stop => HookScope::Turn,
}
}
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@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ impl ConfiguredHandler {
codex_protocol::protocol::HookEventName::SessionStart => "session-start",
codex_protocol::protocol::HookEventName::UserPromptSubmit => "user-prompt-submit",
codex_protocol::protocol::HookEventName::SubagentStart => "subagent-start",
codex_protocol::protocol::HookEventName::SubagentStop => "subagent-stop",
codex_protocol::protocol::HookEventName::Stop => "stop",
}
}
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@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ use crate::schema::PreToolUsePermissionDecisionWire;
use crate::schema::SessionStartCommandOutputWire;
use crate::schema::StopCommandOutputWire;
use crate::schema::SubagentStartCommandOutputWire;
use crate::schema::SubagentStopCommandOutputWire;
use crate::schema::UserPromptSubmitCommandOutputWire;
pub(crate) fn parse_session_start(stdout: &str) -> Option<SessionStartOutput> {
@@ -280,22 +281,46 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_user_prompt_submit(stdout: &str) -> Option<UserPromptSubmitO
pub(crate) fn parse_stop(stdout: &str) -> Option<StopOutput> {
let wire: StopCommandOutputWire = parse_json(stdout)?;
let should_block = matches!(wire.decision, Some(BlockDecisionWire::Block));
Some(stop_output(
wire.universal,
wire.decision,
wire.reason,
"Stop",
))
}
pub(crate) fn parse_subagent_stop(stdout: &str) -> Option<StopOutput> {
let wire: SubagentStopCommandOutputWire = parse_json(stdout)?;
Some(stop_output(
wire.universal,
wire.decision,
wire.reason,
"SubagentStop",
))
}
fn stop_output(
universal: HookUniversalOutputWire,
decision: Option<BlockDecisionWire>,
reason: Option<String>,
event_name: &str,
) -> StopOutput {
let should_block = matches!(decision, Some(BlockDecisionWire::Block));
let invalid_block_reason = if should_block
&& match wire.reason.as_deref() {
&& match reason.as_deref() {
Some(reason) => reason.trim().is_empty(),
None => true,
} {
Some(invalid_block_message("Stop"))
Some(invalid_block_message(event_name))
} else {
None
};
Some(StopOutput {
universal: UniversalOutput::from(wire.universal),
StopOutput {
universal: UniversalOutput::from(universal),
should_block: should_block && invalid_block_reason.is_none(),
reason: wire.reason,
reason,
invalid_block_reason,
})
}
}
impl From<HookUniversalOutputWire> for UniversalOutput {
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub(crate) struct GeneratedHookSchemas {
pub session_start_command_output: Value,
pub subagent_start_command_input: Value,
pub subagent_start_command_output: Value,
pub subagent_stop_command_input: Value,
pub subagent_stop_command_output: Value,
pub user_prompt_submit_command_input: Value,
pub user_prompt_submit_command_output: Value,
pub stop_command_input: Value,
@@ -83,6 +85,14 @@ pub(crate) fn generated_hook_schemas() -> &'static GeneratedHookSchemas {
"subagent-start.command.output",
include_str!("../../schema/generated/subagent-start.command.output.schema.json"),
),
subagent_stop_command_input: parse_json_schema(
"subagent-stop.command.input",
include_str!("../../schema/generated/subagent-stop.command.input.schema.json"),
),
subagent_stop_command_output: parse_json_schema(
"subagent-stop.command.output",
include_str!("../../schema/generated/subagent-stop.command.output.schema.json"),
),
user_prompt_submit_command_input: parse_json_schema(
"user-prompt-submit.command.input",
include_str!("../../schema/generated/user-prompt-submit.command.input.schema.json"),
@@ -130,6 +140,8 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(schemas.session_start_command_output["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.subagent_start_command_input["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.subagent_start_command_output["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.subagent_stop_command_input["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.subagent_stop_command_output["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.user_prompt_submit_command_input["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.user_prompt_submit_command_output["type"], "object");
assert_eq!(schemas.stop_command_input["type"], "object");
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@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ pub(crate) fn matcher_pattern_for_event(
| HookEventName::PostToolUse
| HookEventName::SessionStart
| HookEventName::SubagentStart
| HookEventName::SubagentStop
| HookEventName::PreCompact
| HookEventName::PostCompact => matcher,
HookEventName::UserPromptSubmit | HookEventName::Stop => None,
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::engine::dispatcher;
use crate::engine::output_parser;
use crate::schema::NullableString;
use crate::schema::StopCommandInput;
use crate::schema::SubagentStopCommandInput;
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct StopRequest {
@@ -29,9 +30,36 @@ pub struct StopRequest {
pub permission_mode: String,
pub stop_hook_active: bool,
pub last_assistant_message: Option<String>,
pub target: StopHookTarget,
}
#[derive(Debug)]
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum StopHookTarget {
Stop,
SubagentStop {
agent_id: String,
agent_type: String,
agent_transcript_path: Option<PathBuf>,
},
}
impl StopHookTarget {
fn event_name(&self) -> HookEventName {
match self {
Self::Stop => HookEventName::Stop,
Self::SubagentStop { .. } => HookEventName::SubagentStop,
}
}
fn matcher_input(&self) -> Option<&str> {
match self {
Self::Stop => None,
Self::SubagentStop { agent_type, .. } => Some(agent_type.as_str()),
}
}
}
#[derive(Debug, Default)]
pub struct StopOutcome {
pub hook_events: Vec<HookCompletedEvent>,
pub should_stop: bool,
@@ -52,12 +80,16 @@ struct StopHandlerData {
pub(crate) fn preview(
handlers: &[ConfiguredHandler],
_request: &StopRequest,
request: &StopRequest,
) -> Vec<HookRunSummary> {
dispatcher::select_handlers(handlers, HookEventName::Stop, /*matcher_input*/ None)
.into_iter()
.map(|handler| dispatcher::running_summary(&handler))
.collect()
dispatcher::select_handlers(
handlers,
request.target.event_name(),
request.target.matcher_input(),
)
.into_iter()
.map(|handler| dispatcher::running_summary(&handler))
.collect()
}
pub(crate) async fn run(
@@ -65,8 +97,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(
shell: &CommandShell,
request: StopRequest,
) -> StopOutcome {
let matched =
dispatcher::select_handlers(handlers, HookEventName::Stop, /*matcher_input*/ None);
let matched = dispatcher::select_handlers(
handlers,
request.target.event_name(),
request.target.matcher_input(),
);
if matched.is_empty() {
return StopOutcome {
hook_events: Vec::new(),
@@ -78,24 +113,67 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(
};
}
let input_json = match serde_json::to_string(&StopCommandInput {
session_id: request.session_id.to_string(),
turn_id: request.turn_id.clone(),
transcript_path: NullableString::from_path(request.transcript_path.clone()),
cwd: request.cwd.display().to_string(),
hook_event_name: "Stop".to_string(),
model: request.model.clone(),
permission_mode: request.permission_mode.clone(),
stop_hook_active: request.stop_hook_active,
last_assistant_message: NullableString::from_string(request.last_assistant_message.clone()),
}) {
Ok(input_json) => input_json,
Err(error) => {
return serialization_failure_outcome(common::serialization_failure_hook_events(
matched,
Some(request.turn_id),
format!("failed to serialize stop hook input: {error}"),
));
let input_json = match request.target {
StopHookTarget::Stop => {
let input = StopCommandInput {
session_id: request.session_id.to_string(),
turn_id: request.turn_id.clone(),
transcript_path: NullableString::from_path(request.transcript_path.clone()),
cwd: request.cwd.display().to_string(),
hook_event_name: "Stop".to_string(),
model: request.model.clone(),
permission_mode: request.permission_mode.clone(),
stop_hook_active: request.stop_hook_active,
last_assistant_message: NullableString::from_string(
request.last_assistant_message.clone(),
),
};
match serde_json::to_string(&input) {
Ok(input_json) => input_json,
Err(error) => {
return serialization_failure_outcome(
common::serialization_failure_hook_events(
matched,
Some(request.turn_id),
format!("failed to serialize stop hook input: {error}"),
),
);
}
}
}
StopHookTarget::SubagentStop {
agent_id,
agent_type,
agent_transcript_path,
} => {
let input = SubagentStopCommandInput {
session_id: request.session_id.to_string(),
turn_id: request.turn_id.clone(),
transcript_path: NullableString::from_path(request.transcript_path.clone()),
agent_transcript_path: NullableString::from_path(agent_transcript_path),
cwd: request.cwd.display().to_string(),
hook_event_name: "SubagentStop".to_string(),
model: request.model.clone(),
permission_mode: request.permission_mode.clone(),
stop_hook_active: request.stop_hook_active,
agent_id,
agent_type,
last_assistant_message: NullableString::from_string(
request.last_assistant_message.clone(),
),
};
match serde_json::to_string(&input) {
Ok(input_json) => input_json,
Err(error) => {
return serialization_failure_outcome(
common::serialization_failure_hook_events(
matched,
Some(request.turn_id),
format!("failed to serialize subagent stop hook input: {error}"),
),
);
}
}
}
};
@@ -133,6 +211,12 @@ fn parse_completed(
let mut should_block = false;
let mut block_reason = None;
let mut continuation_prompt = None;
let hook_event_name = match handler.event_name {
HookEventName::Stop | HookEventName::SubagentStop => handler.event_name,
event_name => {
panic!("expected stop hook event, got {event_name:?}");
}
};
match run_result.error.as_deref() {
Some(error) => {
@@ -146,7 +230,13 @@ fn parse_completed(
Some(0) => {
let trimmed_stdout = run_result.stdout.trim();
if trimmed_stdout.is_empty() {
} else if let Some(parsed) = output_parser::parse_stop(&run_result.stdout) {
} else if let Some(parsed) = match hook_event_name {
HookEventName::Stop => output_parser::parse_stop(&run_result.stdout),
HookEventName::SubagentStop => {
output_parser::parse_subagent_stop(&run_result.stdout)
}
_ => unreachable!("validated stop hook event"),
} {
if let Some(system_message) = parsed.universal.system_message {
entries.push(HookOutputEntry {
kind: HookOutputEntryKind::Warning,
@@ -186,9 +276,12 @@ fn parse_completed(
status = HookRunStatus::Failed;
entries.push(HookOutputEntry {
kind: HookOutputEntryKind::Error,
text:
"Stop hook returned decision:block without a non-empty reason"
.to_string(),
text: match hook_event_name {
HookEventName::Stop => "Stop hook returned decision:block without a non-empty reason",
HookEventName::SubagentStop => "SubagentStop hook returned decision:block without a non-empty reason",
_ => unreachable!("validated stop hook event"),
}
.to_string(),
});
}
}
@@ -196,7 +289,14 @@ fn parse_completed(
status = HookRunStatus::Failed;
entries.push(HookOutputEntry {
kind: HookOutputEntryKind::Error,
text: "hook returned invalid stop hook JSON output".to_string(),
text: match hook_event_name {
HookEventName::Stop => "hook returned invalid stop hook JSON output",
HookEventName::SubagentStop => {
"hook returned invalid subagent stop hook JSON output"
}
_ => unreachable!("validated stop hook event"),
}
.to_string(),
});
}
}
@@ -214,9 +314,16 @@ fn parse_completed(
status = HookRunStatus::Failed;
entries.push(HookOutputEntry {
kind: HookOutputEntryKind::Error,
text:
"Stop hook exited with code 2 but did not write a continuation prompt to stderr"
.to_string(),
text: match hook_event_name {
HookEventName::Stop => {
"Stop hook exited with code 2 but did not write a continuation prompt to stderr"
}
HookEventName::SubagentStop => {
"SubagentStop hook exited with code 2 but did not write a continuation prompt to stderr"
}
_ => unreachable!("validated stop hook event"),
}
.to_string(),
});
}
}
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub use declarations::PluginHookDeclaration;
pub use declarations::plugin_hook_declarations;
pub use engine::HookListEntry;
/// Hook event names as they appear in hooks JSON and config files.
pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES: [&str; 9] = [
pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES: [&str; 10] = [
"PreToolUse",
"PermissionRequest",
"PostToolUse",
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES: [&str; 9] = [
"SessionStart",
"UserPromptSubmit",
"SubagentStart",
"SubagentStop",
"Stop",
];
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES: [&str; 9] = [
/// Other events can appear in hooks JSON, but Codex ignores their matcher
/// fields because those events do not dispatch against a tool, compaction
/// trigger, or session-start source.
pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES_WITH_MATCHERS: [&str; 7] = [
pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES_WITH_MATCHERS: [&str; 8] = [
"PreToolUse",
"PermissionRequest",
"PostToolUse",
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ pub const HOOK_EVENT_NAMES_WITH_MATCHERS: [&str; 7] = [
"PostCompact",
"SessionStart",
"SubagentStart",
"SubagentStop",
];
pub use events::compact::PostCompactRequest;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ pub use events::session_start::SessionStartOutcome;
pub use events::session_start::SessionStartRequest;
pub use events::session_start::SessionStartSource;
pub use events::session_start::StartHookTarget;
pub use events::stop::StopHookTarget;
pub use events::stop::StopOutcome;
pub use events::stop::StopRequest;
pub use events::user_prompt_submit::UserPromptSubmitOutcome;
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ pub fn hook_event_key_label(event_name: HookEventName) -> &'static str {
HookEventName::SessionStart => "session_start",
HookEventName::UserPromptSubmit => "user_prompt_submit",
HookEventName::SubagentStart => "subagent_start",
HookEventName::SubagentStop => "subagent_stop",
HookEventName::Stop => "stop",
}
}
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ const USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT_INPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "user-prompt-submit.command.input
const USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT_OUTPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "user-prompt-submit.command.output.schema.json";
const SUBAGENT_START_INPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "subagent-start.command.input.schema.json";
const SUBAGENT_START_OUTPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "subagent-start.command.output.schema.json";
const SUBAGENT_STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "subagent-stop.command.input.schema.json";
const SUBAGENT_STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "subagent-stop.command.output.schema.json";
const STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "stop.command.input.schema.json";
const STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE: &str = "stop.command.output.schema.json";
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ pub(crate) enum HookEventNameWire {
UserPromptSubmit,
#[serde(rename = "SubagentStart")]
SubagentStart,
#[serde(rename = "SubagentStop")]
SubagentStop,
#[serde(rename = "Stop")]
Stop,
}
@@ -399,6 +403,21 @@ pub(crate) struct StopCommandOutputWire {
pub reason: Option<String>,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
#[schemars(rename = "subagent-stop.command.output")]
pub(crate) struct SubagentStopCommandOutputWire {
#[serde(flatten)]
pub universal: HookUniversalOutputWire,
#[serde(default)]
pub decision: Option<BlockDecisionWire>,
/// Claude requires `reason` when `decision` is `block`; we enforce that
/// semantic rule during output parsing rather than in the JSON schema.
#[serde(default)]
pub reason: Option<String>,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub(crate) enum BlockDecisionWire {
#[serde(rename = "block")]
@@ -495,6 +514,27 @@ pub(crate) struct StopCommandInput {
pub last_assistant_message: NullableString,
}
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
#[schemars(rename = "subagent-stop.command.input")]
pub(crate) struct SubagentStopCommandInput {
pub session_id: String,
/// Codex extension: expose the active turn id to internal turn-scoped hooks.
pub turn_id: String,
pub transcript_path: NullableString,
pub agent_transcript_path: NullableString,
pub cwd: String,
#[schemars(schema_with = "subagent_stop_hook_event_name_schema")]
pub hook_event_name: String,
pub model: String,
#[schemars(schema_with = "permission_mode_schema")]
pub permission_mode: String,
pub stop_hook_active: bool,
pub agent_id: String,
pub agent_type: String,
pub last_assistant_message: NullableString,
}
pub fn write_schema_fixtures(schema_root: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
let generated_dir = schema_root.join(GENERATED_DIR);
ensure_empty_dir(&generated_dir)?;
@@ -563,6 +603,14 @@ pub fn write_schema_fixtures(schema_root: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
&generated_dir.join(SUBAGENT_START_OUTPUT_FIXTURE),
schema_json::<SubagentStartCommandOutputWire>()?,
)?;
write_schema(
&generated_dir.join(SUBAGENT_STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE),
schema_json::<SubagentStopCommandInput>()?,
)?;
write_schema(
&generated_dir.join(SUBAGENT_STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE),
schema_json::<SubagentStopCommandOutputWire>()?,
)?;
write_schema(
&generated_dir.join(STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE),
schema_json::<StopCommandInput>()?,
@@ -658,6 +706,10 @@ fn subagent_start_hook_event_name_schema(_gen: &mut SchemaGenerator) -> Schema {
string_const_schema("SubagentStart")
}
fn subagent_stop_hook_event_name_schema(_gen: &mut SchemaGenerator) -> Schema {
string_const_schema("SubagentStop")
}
fn stop_hook_event_name_schema(_gen: &mut SchemaGenerator) -> Schema {
string_const_schema("Stop")
}
@@ -730,8 +782,11 @@ mod tests {
use super::STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::SUBAGENT_START_INPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::SUBAGENT_START_OUTPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::SUBAGENT_STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::SUBAGENT_STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::StopCommandInput;
use super::SubagentStartCommandInput;
use super::SubagentStopCommandInput;
use super::USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT_INPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT_OUTPUT_FIXTURE;
use super::UserPromptSubmitCommandInput;
@@ -791,6 +846,12 @@ mod tests {
SUBAGENT_START_OUTPUT_FIXTURE => {
include_str!("../schema/generated/subagent-start.command.output.schema.json")
}
SUBAGENT_STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE => {
include_str!("../schema/generated/subagent-stop.command.input.schema.json")
}
SUBAGENT_STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE => {
include_str!("../schema/generated/subagent-stop.command.output.schema.json")
}
STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE => {
include_str!("../schema/generated/stop.command.input.schema.json")
}
@@ -828,6 +889,8 @@ mod tests {
USER_PROMPT_SUBMIT_OUTPUT_FIXTURE,
SUBAGENT_START_INPUT_FIXTURE,
SUBAGENT_START_OUTPUT_FIXTURE,
SUBAGENT_STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE,
SUBAGENT_STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE,
STOP_INPUT_FIXTURE,
STOP_OUTPUT_FIXTURE,
] {
@@ -875,6 +938,11 @@ mod tests {
.expect("serialize subagent start input schema"),
)
.expect("parse subagent start input schema");
let subagent_stop: Value = serde_json::from_slice(
&schema_json::<SubagentStopCommandInput>()
.expect("serialize subagent stop input schema"),
)
.expect("parse subagent stop input schema");
let stop: Value = serde_json::from_slice(
&schema_json::<StopCommandInput>().expect("serialize stop input schema"),
)
@@ -888,6 +956,7 @@ mod tests {
&post_compact,
&user_prompt_submit,
&subagent_start,
&subagent_stop,
&stop,
] {
assert_eq!(schema["properties"]["turn_id"]["type"], "string");