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A scheduled task either started a new thread every run or, when an agent bound it to its thread, kept appending to one ever-growing conversation. Settings could not create a one-thread task at all.

Scheduled tasks gain threadMode: new_thread, continue, or fresh_session. One-thread modes launch their thread on the first run and keep it; fresh_session sends each later run with freshContext. Settings on web and mobile show a Destination picker on servers with the scheduledTaskThreadModes capability, and schedule_task takes freshSession.

• Migration 079 adds thread_mode; existing bound tasks become continue.
• A save that omits threadMode (older clients) keeps the stored mode. A save never clears a binding unless the mode becomes new_thread, so a form opened before the first run cannot unbind a thread that run just created.
• Deleting the thread still deletes the task, as for agent-bound tasks; the form says so.
• mcp-tool-use gains schedule-fresh-session-per-run; schedule-one-off-tomorrow now forbids freshSession. The tool list grows by 176 bytes.
• User docs: scheduled tasks.

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Verdict: Approved at cc93a70

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds optional reusable-thread destinations for scheduled tasks, including a fresh session on each run. Existing defaults and task behavior are preserved, and the feature reuses the established fresh-context execution path.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

ℹ️ No successful main baseline artifact is available yet. This run establishes the initial measurement.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.5 KiB	—	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	—	1	—	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	—	5.0 KiB	—	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	—	3.8 KiB	—	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	—	1.2 KiB	—	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	—	21.9 KiB	—	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	—	1	—	8	✅

Baseline: unavailable · PR result: cc93a70 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Scheduled tasks now support a new thread per run, a continuing conversation in one thread, or a fresh session in one thread. The change adds persistence and execution behavior, MCP scheduling fields, and capability-gated controls in mobile and web settings.

Changes: Scheduled-task thread modes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Thread-mode contracts and capability packages/contracts/src/scheduledTask.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestratorMcp.ts, packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts	Contracts define new_thread, continue, and fresh_session. MCP inputs and results include freshSession, and the server advertises thread-mode support.
Persistence and run behavior apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations/079_ScheduledTaskThreadMode.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/Migrations.ts, apps/server/src/persistence/reconcileV2PreviewMigration.test.ts, apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.ts, apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts	Migration 79 adds thread_mode and assigns continue to rows with a thread. The service persists modes, binds launched threads except in new_thread mode, and sends freshContext for fresh_session runs. Tests cover binding, mode preservation, and task replacement during thread launch.
MCP scheduling behavior apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts, evals/mcp-tool-use/cases/pull-requests.ndjson, apps/server/src/provider/agentContextBudget.json	MCP task creation and updates map freshSession and thread binding to thread modes, and task summaries report fresh-session use. Eval cases cover fresh-session scheduling. The configured MCP tool-list size increases.
Settings controls and draft state apps/mobile/src/features/settings/SettingsScheduledTasksRouteScreen.tsx, apps/mobile/src/features/settings/scheduledTaskDraft.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/ScheduledTasksSettings.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/scheduledTasksSettings.logic.ts, docs/user/project-settings.md	Mobile and web settings show the three destination modes when the server supports them and include threadMode in supported upserts. Drafts default to new_thread or resolve the mode from an existing task. Documentation describes the destination choices.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Settings as Settings editor
  participant ScheduledTaskService
  participant Storage as scheduled_tasks
  participant Launcher as Thread launcher
  Settings->>ScheduledTaskService: Upsert with fresh_session mode
  ScheduledTaskService->>Storage: Save thread mode
  ScheduledTaskService->>Launcher: Launch thread on first run
  Launcher-->>ScheduledTaskService: Return thread ID
  ScheduledTaskService->>Storage: Bind thread ID
  ScheduledTaskService->>Storage: Read task for next run
  ScheduledTaskService->>Launcher: Send to bound thread with freshContext true

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#29049 — The settings editor adds a destination picker that can change or clear the scheduled task’s thread binding.
• pingdotgg/t3code#26641 — The settings editor adds destination choices and descriptions for how later runs use a thread.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review a6e4a

Some scheduled-task destination changes can still produce a different thread behavior than requested. Resolve these transitions before merging unless that risk is explicitly accepted.

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Preserve the mode when threadId is omitted.

If an edit omits both optional fields, input.threadId == null treats omission as a request to clear a bound task. The resolver selects new_thread, and the save clears the binding. Later runs start separate threads instead of using the stored mode. Distinguish undefined from an explicit null, and add a focused test for an edit that omits both fields. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/scheduledTasks/ScheduledTaskService.ts at
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Update the threadId resolution in ScheduledTaskService to distinguish an omitted
value (undefined) from an explicit null: preserve the existing thread binding
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Resolved by 0dd63ce: a save without threadMode keeps the stored mode whether threadId is omitted or null, and an omitted threadId keeps the existing binding (threadId falls back to the stored one unless the mode is new_thread). The fresh-session service test covers a legacy save after the first run; it fails on the previous head.

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Prevent a pending first launch from defeating an unbind request.

If a reusable task’s first launch is pending, existing.threadId is still null. An update with bindToCurrentThread: false and freshSession: true passes this guard. The pending launch can then bind its thread because bindThread accepts the saved fresh_session mode. Later runs use the old thread, although the update accepted an unbound destination. Coordinate this transition with first-run binding, or reject it while that launch is pending. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the unbind guard around existing.threadId so an update cannot accept an
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Keeping this as is. For a task with no thread yet, bindToCurrentThread: false plus freshSession: true asks for a one-thread fresh-session task whose thread the first run creates (the freshSession description says "Unbound: the first run makes the thread"). A first launch already in flight is a run of that task, so binding the thread it created is the requested outcome, not a defeated unbind. The case where the request means "leave the current thread", a task already bound to a thread, is refused since a6e4aa2, so no accepted update ends up in a thread it asked to leave. A request to discard the in-flight launch's thread would be a new action, not this update.

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