From 27708f303876118e13e0587a0311b26702892f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel <57051444+daniel-lxs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:21:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: new_task tool creates checkpoint the same way
 write_to_file does (#10982)

---
 src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts | 1 +
 src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts                         | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts b/src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts
index e3f652d352..231901e0df 100644
--- a/src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts
+++ b/src/core/assistant-message/presentAssistantMessage.ts
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ export async function presentAssistantMessage(cline: Task) {
 					})
 					break
 				case "new_task":
+					await checkpointSaveAndMark(cline)
 					await newTaskTool.handle(cline, block as ToolUse<"new_task">, {
 						askApproval,
 						handleError,
diff --git a/src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts b/src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts
index fd208128da..f36d8e1e37 100644
--- a/src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts
+++ b/src/core/tools/NewTaskTool.ts
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ export class NewTaskTool extends BaseTool<"new_task"> {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Provider is guaranteed to be defined here due to earlier check.
-
-			if (task.enableCheckpoints) {
-				task.checkpointSave(true)
-			}
-
 			// Delegate parent and open child as sole active task
 			const child = await (provider as any).delegateParentAndOpenChild({
 				parentTaskId: task.taskId,