fabro/lib
brynary-fabro[bot] e3967183c6 Fix: Sub-agent file writes not tracked in API backend (#17)
This PR fixes a bug where files written by sub-agents were missing from
`outcome.files_touched`, causing downstream pipeline nodes like
`simplify_opus` to receive incomplete file lists. The root cause was
that `spawn_event_forwarder` only matched top-level
`ToolCallStarted`/`ToolCallCompleted` events, while sub-agent tool calls
arrived wrapped in `AgentEvent::SubAgentEvent` and fell through to the
`_ => {}` catch-all.

The fix extracts the file-tracking logic into a standalone
`track_file_event` function that recursively unwraps `SubAgentEvent`
layers before matching on the inner tool call events. This handles
arbitrarily nested sub-agent hierarchies (sub-sub-agents, etc.). The
three separate `Arc<Mutex<...>>` fields for pending calls, touched
files, and last file are consolidated into a single `FileTracking`
struct behind one lock, simplifying the forwarder signature and reducing
lock contention.

Four new unit tests verify the behavior: top-level write tracking,
single-level sub-agent unwrapping, double-nested sub-sub-agent
unwrapping, and proper cleanup of pending entries on tool call errors.

### Fabro Details

<details>
<summary>Ran 10 stages in 22m 1s for $4.18</summary>

| Stage | Duration | Cost | Retries |
|---|---|---|---|
| start | 0s | – | 0 |
| toolchain | 0s | – | 0 |
| preflight_compile | 0s | – | 0 |
| preflight_lint | 0s | – | 0 |
| implement | 0s | $0.91 | 0 |
| simplify_opus | 0s | $0.89 | 0 |
| simplify_gemini | 0s | $1.44 | 0 |
| simplify_gpt | 0s | $0.94 | 0 |
| verify | 0s | – | 0 |
| fmt | 0s | – | 0 |
| **Total** | **22m 1s** | **$4.18** | **0** |

</details>

<details>
<summary>Ran <code>ImplementAndSimplify.fabro</code> (13 nodes and 16
edges)</summary>

```dot
digraph ImplementAndSimplify {
    graph [
        goal="Implement and simplify",
        model_stylesheet="
            * { backend: api; model: claude-opus-4-6;}
        "
    ]
    rankdir=LR

    start [shape=Mdiamond, label="Start"]
    exit  [shape=Msquare, label="Exit"]

    toolchain         [label="Toolchain", shape=parallelogram, script="command -v cargo >/dev/null || { curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y && sudo ln -sf $HOME/.cargo/bin/* /usr/local/bin/; }; cargo --version 2>&1", max_retries=0]
    preflight_compile [label="Preflight Compile", shape=parallelogram, script="cargo check -q --workspace 2>&1", max_retries=0]
    preflight_lint    [label="Preflight Lint", shape=parallelogram, script="cargo clippy -q --workspace -- -D warnings 2>&1", max_retries=0]
    fix_lints         [label="Fix Lints", prompt="The preflight lint step failed. Read the build output from context and fix all clippy lint warnings.", max_visits=3]
    implement         [label="Implement", prompt="Read the plan file referenced in the goal and implement every step. Make all the code changes described in the plan. Use red/green TDD."]
    simplify_opus     [label="Simplify (Opus)", prompt="@prompts/simplify.md"]
    simplify_gemini   [label="Simplify (Gemini)", prompt="@prompts/simplify.md", model="gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools"]
    simplify_gpt      [label="Simplify (GPT-54)", prompt="@prompts/simplify.md", model="gpt-54"]
    verify            [label="Verify", shape=parallelogram, script="cargo clippy -q --workspace -- -D warnings 2>&1 && cargo nextest run --cargo-quiet --workspace --status-level fail 2>&1", goal_gate=true, retry_target="fixup"]
    fixup             [label="Fixup", prompt="The verify step failed. Read the build output from context and fix all clippy lint warnings and test failures.", max_visits=3]
    fmt               [label="Format", shape=parallelogram, script="cargo fmt --all 2>&1", goal_gate=true, max_retries=0]

    start -> toolchain
    toolchain -> preflight_compile [condition="outcome=success"]
    toolchain -> exit
    preflight_compile -> preflight_lint [condition="outcome=success"]
    preflight_compile -> exit
    preflight_lint -> implement [condition="outcome=success"]
    preflight_lint -> fix_lints
    fix_lints -> preflight_lint
    implement -> simplify_opus -> simplify_gemini -> simplify_gpt -> verify
    verify -> fmt   [condition="outcome=success"]
    verify -> fixup
    fixup -> verify
    fmt -> exit
}

```

</details>

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Co-authored-by: Fabro <noreply@fabro.sh>
2026-03-15 23:18:40 -04:00
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crates Fix: Sub-agent file writes not tracked in API backend (#17) 2026-03-15 23:18:40 -04:00
packages/fabro-api-client Designate retros as experimental, disable by default via [features] flag 2026-03-15 20:36:32 -04:00