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Forked subagents stop at 200 turns

“The forked subagent will often hit an arbitrary 200-turn limit, causing the parent to having to repeatedly resume it.”

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Forked subagents stopped at hard-coded 200-turn limit. The built-in fork agent has maxTurns: 200, so the parent must resume it, unlike general-purpose subagents.

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Where
Forked subagents
Error text
stopped at its 200-turn limit (partial result; SendMessage to task-id to continue)
Versions
2.1.280 to 2.1.281
Platforms
Linux
How bad
Breaks a normal workflow.

Original reports2, newest first

  1. Remove the arbitrary 200-turn limit on forked subagents#96654
  2. Remove the arbitrary 200-turn limit on forked subagents#96455

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