* fix(orchestration): complete worker tasks and improve coordinator UX
* Fix orchestration lifecycle sender resolution and peek/check compat hand
- Lifecycle sends (worker_done/heartbeat) now use ORCA_TERMINAL_HANDLE
verbatim, skipping the liveness probe and pane remint that could
block delivery during restarts or mismatch stale-runtime assignee
handles.
- --peek now round-trips as {peek:true, unread:false} so older runtimes
that strip unknown params degrade to non-destructive "all" instead of
mark-read, with client-side filtering to restore peek semantics and a
clear error when --peek --wait can't be honored.
- Reject combined read-mode flags (--unread/--peek/--all) before calling
the runtime.
- Distinguish suppressed (already-consumed) lifecycle messages from
ignored ones so send doesn't wake --wait waiters for stale heartbeats.
- Fix task summary truncation to avoid splitting UTF-16 surrogate pairs
and to not misreport whitespace normalization as truncation.
* Add shared helper to abbreviate orchestration task specs for brief listi
- Normalizes whitespace and caps spec length at 160 chars, flagging
truncation separately from whitespace-only changes
- Truncates on UTF-16 code point boundaries to avoid splitting
surrogate pairs and emitting malformed strings
* Add pane-key identity to worker_done/heartbeat reconciliation and server
- Records the sender's pane key on messages and dispatch contexts so
worker_done/heartbeat ownership can be verified by the remint-stable
pane leaf instead of the terminal handle, which is reissued across
restarts.
- Rejects lifecycle messages from a genuinely foreign pane while still
tolerating handle remints, tab break-outs, and older CLIs that lack
pane identity.
- Moves task-spec abbreviation server-side (orchestration.taskList
--brief) so full specs no longer cross SSH/relay transports, with a
client-side fallback for older runtimes; consolidates the shared
abbreviation helper under src/shared.
- Adds a stderr warning when a pre-peek runtime's --peek response hits
the 100-row cap, since older unread messages may be missing.
* Isolate ORCA_PANE_KEY in CLI test beforeEach to fix leaked senderPaneKey
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* Fix pane-key remint bypassing dispatch mutual-exclusion lock
- Dispatch locking only matched on assignee_handle, so a reminted
terminal handle (tab break-out) could open a second concurrent
dispatch on the same pane.
- Add leaf-UUID-based pane key comparison (parsePaneKey) as a
secondary lock, falling back to exact handle match for legacy
rows without pane keys.
* Update orchestration skill docs for lifecycle authority and CLI flag add
- Clarify that dispatch lifecycle is tied to taskId+dispatchId verified against
the dispatched pane, not the terminal handle, since handles can be reminted
after restart
- Document new `check --peek`/`--all` and `task-list --brief` flags, with
fallback guidance for older CLIs that reject them
- Note that a valid worker_done auto-completes the task/dispatch, so workers
shouldn't also call task-update manually
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Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
* fix(runtime): explain full worktree id selectors (#7432)
* Fix full worktree id selectors for bare repo ids and doc guidance
- Reject bare repo-id selectors up front via a shared validator instead
of relying on worktree-list scanning, so RPC callers no longer trigger
an unnecessary rescan just to detect the mistake
- Propagate the structured worktree_id_requires_full_path code through
RPC error mapping so callers get a typed error, not just a message
- Update orca-cli, orca-emulator, and orchestration skill docs to show
the full `<repo-id>::<path>` id shape and stop implying a bare repo
id is a valid worktree selector
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Co-authored-by: Jinjing <6427696+AmethystLiang@users.noreply.github.com>
* docs: design Grok orchestration group
* docs: plan Grok orchestration group implementation
* fix: add Grok orchestration group
* test(orchestration): accept Windows skill newlines
* Fix @grok orchestration group matching and remove stale planning docs
- Reuse the shared buildAgentNameRe matcher in groups.ts instead of a
divergent local regex, so orchestration groups honor the same
Windows launcher-suffix rule (grok.exe/.cmd/.bat/.ps1) as the rest
of Orca's agent-title detection.
- Add test coverage for real Grok OSC title shapes (spinner-collapsed,
session titles) and Windows launcher-suffix titles.
- Delete the now-completed design and implementation-plan docs for
the Grok orchestration group work.
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* skills: prefer agent-first worktree launch; avoid empty shell tabs
Document Orca's first-terminal behavior so agents do not leave dead
shell tabs: --agent runs in the first terminal (one tab), bare
worktree create + terminal create leaves shell + agent (two tabs).
Also: re-resolve live handles via terminal list after create, message
one handle only, and prefer orchestration check --inject over terminal
send for pure orchestration pings. Aligns with CLI docs
(--agent launches the selected agent in the first terminal).
* fix skill guidance for agent-first worktrees
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* Clarify Orca orchestration tool boundary and sidebar lineage
Add a "Tool Boundary" section to the orchestration skill, requiring
explicit Orca runtime state instead of generic subagent tools or
chat-only parallel workers. Also add tests to verify the tool boundary
and clarify sidebar lineage for same-worktree workers.
* Clarify worktree lineage guidance and parent-child boundaries
Update orchestration guidance and tests to clarify when to use child versus
top-level worktree lineages, and when to prefer same-worktree workers.
* Require stating the desired Orca lineage before creating a worktree from
an active feature branch.
* Limit child worktrees to conceptually stacked or dependent tasks.
* Prefer same-worktree workers unless isolated checkouts are explicitly
needed and do not require uncommitted changes.
- Instruct workers to stop and idle or exit immediately after sending
`worker_done`, rather than running a 10-minute polling loop.
- Distinguish instructions based on worker kind: prompt-returning
agents should remain idle for re-engagement, while bare-shell
workers should exit.
- Prevent infinite polling overhead since the coordinator re-engages
workers via fresh terminal input instead of inbox polling.
- Explain that `--no-parent` only controls Orca lineage, not the Git
base branch, and detail how to target independent top-level work.
- Define full handoffs as ownership transfer and forbid the use of
orchestration dispatch injection for them.
- Update CLI help text for `orca worktree create` to reflect the
lineage and base-branch guidance.
- Add tests to verify that these guidance patterns exist in the skill
markdown files.
- Document and update the CLI help, specs, and tests to explicitly guide
users toward `orca terminal create --worktree active --command <agent>`
to launch a fresh agent session in the current checkout.
- Update orchestration and orca-cli skills to prefer active-worktree
terminals when dependent on uncommitted files or active branch state,
distinguishing them from separate worktree creation.
Adds an RPM Linux package target and renames the Linux CLI command to orca-ide to avoid shadowing GNOME Orca, while preserving macOS and Windows CLI command behavior.\n\nFollow-up hardening keeps the Linux launcher executable, removes only old Orca-managed Linux/WSL orca launchers during migration, preserves AppImage/deb artifact names, and updates package/release tests for the RPM asset.
Sharpens the routing boundary so agents reliably pick the right skill:
orchestration owns agent-to-agent messaging (writes that target another
AI agent's terminal), while orca-cli owns worktrees, browser, and
non-agent terminal I/O — including reads and waits on agent terminals.
Validated against adversarial routing tests.
Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
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