Subagents spawned despite instructions

“spawned over 39 + 68 subagent accross 2 projects where i explicitly asked not to do so and it confirmes it wasn't doing that way”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

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I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/962/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Quiet. No reports in the last two weeks, down from 1 a week at the late-September peak.

Subagents spawned despite instructions not to spawn agents. Happens with explicit user instructions or a subagent "forbidden to spawn agents"; one case used worktree isolation on the default branch.

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File my report

Where: Subagents
Versions: 2.1.280 to 2.1.293
Platforms: Linux, macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Part of: Unrequested agent fan-outs drain usage5 bugs

Unrequested multi-agent workflows launch and exhaust usage limits without estimate or conf5 people
Ultracode overspawns agents5 people
Subagent fan-out exhausts usage limit2 people
Review process not scaled to risk2 people

Original reports3, newest first

Oct 10, 2026Claude Code spawns subagents despite explicit instruction not to#100993
Sep 28, 2026Claude leans towards git worktrees despite includeGitInstructions=false and instructions not to use git#97916
Sep 22, 2026Agent spawning restriction not enforced, causing unauthorized agent fork and excessive API usage#96142

Subagents spawned despite instructions

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Is this your bug?

Part of: Unrequested agent fan-outs drain usage5 bugs

Original reports3, newest first

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