diff --git a/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-activity.ts b/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-activity.ts
index f7c8e9a167e..12967df3d56 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-activity.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-activity.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 //   * `agentPath` is a tree path (`/root`, `/root/list_directory`); the trailing
 //     segment is a semantic task name and the only label available. There is no
 //     `thread/started` for a child, so nickname/role/depth do not exist.
-//   * `agentsStates` on `collabAgentToolCall` is `{}` on the MultiAgentV2 path;
-//     the V1 path does populate it. Nothing here reads it on either path.
+//   * `agentsStates` on `collabAgentToolCall` arrived empty (`{}`) throughout the
+//     probe, so nothing here reads it — state comes from `kind` alone.
 //   * `thread/tokenUsage/updated` reports a per-thread RUNNING TOTAL, so the
 //     latest frame replaces the previous one — it is never accumulated.
 
diff --git a/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-roster.ts b/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-roster.ts
index e0426812238..fa098abcdc9 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-roster.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/codex-subagent-roster.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // The Codex subagent roster: one journal row per spawn group, revised in place.
 //
-// There is no snapshot to read. `agentsStates` is empty on the MultiAgentV2 path
-// that emits these items, and children get no `thread/started`, so the roster is
+// There is no snapshot to read. `agentsStates` arrived empty in the live probe
+// and children get no `thread/started`, so the roster is
 // accumulated purely from `subAgentActivity` items — each of which arrives TWICE
 // (`item/started` and `item/completed`). Every transition here is therefore
 // idempotent, and a terminal state latches: duplicate and out-of-order delivery
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.test.ts
index a7757f2ff54..0a5ff8145fb 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.test.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ describe('codex subagent item disposition', () => {
     ).toBe('status-chrome')
   })
 
-  it("leaves collab tool calls substantive — they are a V1 turn's only subagent signal", () => {
-    // Only the MultiAgentV2 path emits `subAgentActivity`, so the roster row
-    // never exists on V1. Suppressing this too would render a V1 fan-out blank.
+  it('leaves collab tool calls substantive — they may be the only subagent signal', () => {
+    // A session that reports no `subAgentActivity` gets no roster row, so
+    // suppressing this too would render its fan-out blank.
     expect(
       classifyProviderFrame('codex', 'item:collabAgentToolCall', {
         type: 'collabAgentToolCall',
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.ts
index b7f78d13a8c..16f40514be4 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/provider-frame-disposition.ts
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ const CODEX_ITEM_CLASSIFICATIONS: Record<string, ProviderFrameClassification> =
   // `restoreThread` replays them straight through `items.handle`, which is where
   // the classification earns its keep.
   //
-  // `collabAgentToolCall` is deliberately NOT suppressed with it. Only the
-  // MultiAgentV2 path emits `subAgentActivity`; a V1 turn emits collab tool
-  // calls and nothing else, so suppressing them would leave a V1 fan-out
-  // showing nothing at all.
+  // `collabAgentToolCall` is deliberately NOT suppressed with it. Nothing
+  // guarantees a session reports subagent work as `subAgentActivity` at all; one
+  // that only ever emits the collab tool call gets no roster row, and suppressing
+  // that too would leave its fan-out showing nothing.
   subAgentActivity: 'status-chrome'
 }