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Problem

A create_threads or schedule_task retry with the same clientRequestId acts on the thread or task that the first call created. Only the new request's modes were checked against the caller's ceiling. The user can raise a thread's or task's mode after creation, so a restricted caller (for example a Supervised thread) could replay the call and act above its own modes:

• create_threads: a replay that adds a first prompt dispatched it to the thread created earlier. If the user had raised that thread to Full access, the restricted caller started a turn under the elevated policy.
• schedule_task: a replay upserted over the existing task, so a restricted caller could overwrite or disable a task the user had raised above its ceiling.

Fix

• create_threads: the first-prompt message.dispatch now runs under DispatchModeLimit with the caller's modes, as ThreadLaunchService and task cancel already do. The orchestrator rechecks the thread's current modes under its command lock and refuses with runtime_mode_escalation_denied / interaction_mode_escalation_denied. A prompt the orchestrator already accepted still replays from its receipt unchanged, so ordinary retries return the original result.
• schedule_task: before saving over a replayed task, it runs the check update_scheduled_task uses on that task's current run modes (factored out of loadScheduledTask). The MCP service now passes the task id it derives from the request key, so the check and the upsert target the same row.

The schedule_task check, like update_scheduled_task's, happens before the save rather than under a lock. The window is a user raising the task during the call itself.

Tests: the existing create_threads replay case now creates a thread, raises it, and expects the prompted replay to be refused with no message or run. A new case in the scheduled-task mode suite does the same for schedule_task. Both fail on main.

Model: Claude Opus 5.5, harness: Claude Code (in T3 Code)

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 06e382f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — MCP create retries now respect existing targets' current runtime and interaction limits. The change strengthens existing restrictions while preserving task identities and product defaults.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	−6 B (−0.1%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.2 KiB	−6 B (−0.5%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.6 KiB	21.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	−29 B (−0.6%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.3 KiB	1.2 KiB	−29 B (−2.3%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	−41 B (−0.2%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	1	−1 (−50.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 9bc4138 · PR result: 06e382f · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Scheduled-task loading and replay now enforce caller mode limits. Prompt dispatch for created threads also runs within the parent thread’s runtime and interaction-mode limits.

Changes: Caller mode-limit enforcement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scheduled-task mode validation and replay apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts	Scheduled-task loading checks each task run mode against caller limits. Requests with a clientRequestId derive stable task and command IDs, check any existing task against those limits, and then upsert. Tests verify that replaying a request after raising the saved task’s runtime mode is denied without a second upsert.
Created-thread prompt mode limits apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts	Prompt dispatch uses the parent thread’s runtime and interaction-mode limits. Mode-limit errors map to escalation-denied failures. Tests verify that a replay is denied after raising the child thread’s runtime mode, without creating messages or runs.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#22770 — The issue covers runtime-mode escalation for scheduled-task operations. This PR adds a caller-limit check when replaying a schedule_task request against an existing task.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#21791 — Adds runtime and interaction-mode validation for scheduled-task updates and deletes; this PR applies mode checks to scheduled-task replays.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25124 — Changes schedule_task to handle creation and updates, and includes runtime-mode escalation checks.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25423 — Consolidates scheduled-task updates under schedule_task and includes runtime-mode escalation coverage.

Suggested reviewers: yordis, t3dotgg, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 06e38

The replay safeguards cover the checked mode limits. Add interaction-mode tests; concurrent task updates retain the existing overwrite window.

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Nitpick comments: 2

apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts: 2

2374-2444: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Cover the interaction-mode replay path.

The current test raises only runtimeMode, so it cannot detect removal of the interaction-mode check. Add a caller narrowed to plan, save the task once, then raise only its saved interaction mode. The replay then passes the runtime check, returns interaction_mode_escalation_denied, and leaves the upsert count unchanged.

Suggested fix

         assert.equal(error.code, "runtime_mode_escalation_denied");
         assert.equal(yield* Ref.get(upserted), 1);
+
+        const planClient: McpInvocationScope = {
+          ...supervisedClient,
+          client: {
+            ...supervisedClient.client!,
+            narrowedTo: {
+              runtimeMode: "approval-required",
+              interactionMode: "plan",
+            },
+          },
+        };
+        const interactionRequest = {
+          ...request,
+          clientRequestId: "schedule-interaction-retry",
+        };
+        yield* mcp.scheduleTask(planClient, interactionRequest);
+        yield* Ref.update(saved, (tasks) =>
+          tasks.map((task) => ({
+            ...task,
+            runtimeMode: "approval-required" as const,
+            interactionMode: "default" as const,
+          })),
+        );
+        const interactionError = yield* mcp
+          .scheduleTask(planClient, interactionRequest)
+          .pipe(Effect.flip);
+        assert.equal(interactionError.code, "interaction_mode_escalation_denied");
+        assert.equal(yield* Ref.get(upserted), 2);

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts around
lines 2374 - 2444:
Extend the replay test to cover interaction-mode escalation independently of
runtime-mode escalation. Use a caller narrowed to interaction mode “plan,”
create the task once, then raise only the saved task’s interaction mode while
keeping its runtime mode within the caller’s allowance; verify replay returns
“interaction_mode_escalation_denied” and does not increment the upsert count.

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1864-1889: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Exercise interaction-mode escalation in this replay test.

The current case only raises runtimeMode. The parent remains at interactionMode: "default", and the child inherits that mode, so no child can exceed the interaction limit. Add a separate plan-parent case, raise the child to default, and replay its prompt with the same clientRequestId. Restore the parent to default before the existing settings and provider assertions.

Suggested fix

             assert.equal(unprompted.messages.length, 0);
             assert.equal(unprompted.runs.length, 0);

+            yield* orchestrator.dispatch({
+              type: "thread.interaction-mode.set",
+              commandId: CommandId.make("parent-limit-plan"),
+              threadId: parentThreadId,
+              interactionMode: "plan",
+            });
+            const interactionRaised = yield* service.createThreads(scope, {
+              ...request,
+              clientRequestId: "interaction-raised",
+            });
+            const interactionRaisedThreadId = interactionRaised.threads[0]!.threadId;
+            yield* orchestrator.dispatch({
+              type: "thread.interaction-mode.set",
+              commandId: CommandId.make("user-raise-interaction"),
+              threadId: interactionRaisedThreadId,
+              interactionMode: "default",
+            });
+            const interactionError = yield* service
+              .createThreads(scope, { ...withPrompt, clientRequestId: "interaction-raised" })
+              .pipe(Effect.flip);
+            assert.equal(interactionError.code, "interaction_mode_escalation_denied");
+            const interactionUnprompted = yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(
+              interactionRaisedThreadId,
+            );
+            assert.equal(interactionUnprompted.messages.length, 0);
+            assert.equal(interactionUnprompted.runs.length, 0);
+            yield* orchestrator.dispatch({
+              type: "thread.interaction-mode.set",
+              commandId: CommandId.make("parent-limit-default"),
+              threadId: parentThreadId,
+              interactionMode: "default",
+            });
+
             yield* settings.updateSettings({

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts around
lines 1864 - 1889:
Extend the replay test using service.createThreads and orchestrator.dispatch to
cover interaction-mode escalation: set a separate parent thread to plan mode,
create a child, raise the child to default, then replay its prompt with the same
clientRequestId and assert interaction_mode_escalation_denied with no messages
or runs. Restore the parent to default before the existing settings and provider
assertions.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts:
- Around line 2374-2444: Extend the replay test to cover interaction-mode
escalation independently of runtime-mode escalation. Use a caller narrowed to
interaction mode “plan,” create the task once, then raise only the saved task’s
interaction mode while keeping its runtime mode within the caller’s allowance;
verify replay returns “interaction_mode_escalation_denied” and does not
increment the upsert count.
- Around line 1864-1889: Extend the replay test using service.createThreads and
orchestrator.dispatch to cover interaction-mode escalation: set a separate
parent thread to plan mode, create a child, raise the child to default, then
replay its prompt with the same clientRequestId and assert
interaction_mode_escalation_denied with no messages or runs. Restore the parent
to default before the existing settings and provider assertions.

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