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chat({ subagents }) starts named child agents in one conversation. The stream tags that work with AG-UI SUBAGENT_* events and subagentRunId. The UI stores a nested type: 'subagent' part. useChat().subagents[i] and part.subagent are the same live object, including stop().

How it works

  1. Define a child with defineAgent({ name, description, run }). run is a chat() call.
  2. Pass subagents: { agents, router?, strategy?, sandbox? } into the parent chat().
  3. If you pass a router, the library starts that agent. It does not send subagent tools to the model.
  4. If you omit router, the main model gets one synthetic server tool per agent. The public stream still emits SUBAGENT_* and nested parts.

choice options for a decide() router must include main plus every agent name. Parallel sandbox: 'own' gives each child ${parentThreadId}:${name}. Abort of the parent chat({ abortController }) stops a hanging child and emits SUBAGENT_ERROR. Client stop() aborts the in-flight parent run, sets that child to error, and ignores a later SUBAGENT_FINISHED.

🎯 Changes

  • New defineAgent + chat({ subagents }) spawn path (router or synthetic tools).
  • Nested type: 'subagent' parts and live useChat().subagents handles.
  • Docs in docs/chat/subagents.md and a changeset for the published packages.

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Testing

Commands run

pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec vitest run tests/define-agent.test.ts tests/stream-processor-subagents.test.ts
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec vitest run tests/chat-client-subagents.test.ts
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai exec tsc --noEmit
pnpm --filter @tanstack/ai-client exec tsc --noEmit

All of those passed. I did not run the full pnpm test:pr suite.

Manual test

  1. Open docs/chat/subagents.md.
  2. Copy the defineAgent plus chat({ subagents: { router } }) snippet into a server route.
  3. Send a user turn that the router maps to the child.
  4. Confirm the SSE stream includes SUBAGENT_STARTED, attributed text with subagentRunId, and SUBAGENT_FINISHED.
  5. Call part.subagent.stop() while the child hangs. Confirm the connect abort signal fires, status is error, and later child text does not appear.

How this PR makes testing easy

Package tests call the shipped chat(), StreamProcessor, and ChatClient APIs. They assert router spawn events, nested parts, abort of a hanging child, distinct parallel thread ids, handle identity, and stop() abort of the in-flight run.

Risk / rollback

New public APIs on chat() and useChat. Existing chats with no subagents bag keep the old path. Revert the PR to undo.

Public API change

Before

chat({
  adapter: openaiText('gpt-5.6'),
  messages,
})

After

const researcher = defineAgent({
  name: 'researcher',
  description: 'Looks up facts',
  run: (ctx) =>
    chat({
      adapter: openaiText('gpt-5.6'),
      messages: ctx.messages,
    }),
})

chat({
  adapter: openaiText('gpt-5.6'),
  messages,
  subagents: {
    agents: [researcher],
    strategy: 'exclusive',
    router: () => 'researcher',
  },
})

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added first-class subagents for chat, including named child agents, routing, handoffs, and sandbox options.
    • Added live status, nested messages, lifecycle events, and controls for stopping subagents.
    • Exposed subagents through the chat client, React useChat hook, and chat UI components.
  • Documentation
    • Added Subagents documentation and updated chat and streaming guides.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for routing, lifecycle events, abort handling, nested messages, stopping subagents, and validation.

AlemTuzlak and others added 2 commits September 21, 2026 18:14
Named child agents spawn from chat({ subagents }). A router starts
them directly. Without a router, the main model gets one synthetic
tool per agent. The stream emits SUBAGENT_* events with subagentRunId.
The client stores nested type: 'subagent' parts. useChat().subagents
and part.subagent are the same live handle, including stop().
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change adds named subagents to chat. It defines routing and execution APIs, emits attributed lifecycle events, stores nested subagent messages, and exposes stable handles through ChatClient and useChat.

Changes

Subagent support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Subagent contracts and public API
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/define-agent.ts, packages/ai/src/types.ts, packages/ai/src/index.ts, packages/ai/src/client.ts, packages/ai-client/src/types.ts, packages/ai-client/src/index.ts
Adds defineAgent, subagent status and handle types, nested message parts, lifecycle events, client options, and public exports.
Subagent routing and execution
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/spawn.ts, packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts, packages/ai/src/activities/chat/tools/tool-calls.ts, packages/ai/tests/define-agent.test.ts
Adds routed and synthetic-tool execution, lifecycle event generation, run ID attribution, sandbox and strategy handling, child stream forwarding, abort handling, and routing tests.
Nested subagent message processing
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/stream/processor.ts, packages/ai/src/activities/chat/messages.ts, packages/ai/tests/stream-processor-subagents.test.ts
Creates and updates subagent parts and routes attributed text chunks into nested messages.
Live client and React handles
packages/ai-client/src/chat-client.ts, packages/ai-client/src/types.ts, packages/ai-client/src/ui/*, packages/ai-react/src/types.ts, packages/ai-react/src/use-chat.ts, packages/ai-react/src/chat-ui/create-ui.tsx
Tracks stable subagent handles, supports stop(), exposes handles through useChat(), and adds typed subagent component registries, list rendering, and nested message rendering.
Documentation and release metadata
docs/chat/subagents.md, docs/chat/agentic-cycle.md, docs/chat/stream-events.md, docs/config.json, .changeset/subagents.md, packages/ai/tests/chat-mcp-manager.test.ts
Documents subagent behavior, adds navigation and release metadata, and filters non-custom events in an existing test helper.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client as useChat
  participant Chat as chat
  participant Agent as DefinedAgent
  participant Processor as StreamProcessor
  Client->>Chat: provide subagents configuration
  Chat->>Agent: run selected child agent
  Agent-->>Chat: emit attributed StreamChunk values
  Chat-->>Processor: forward SUBAGENT_* and text events
  Processor-->>Client: expose nested parts and live handles
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Subagents can lose live updates, expose stale handles, misroute child events, or be ignored in supported configurations. Resolve these behavioral issues before merging.

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In `@docs/chat/subagents.md`:
- Line 14: Update the documentation sentence around chat({ subagents }) to state
that it enables child execution rather than always starting a child; note that a
router may return 'main' or the main model may omit the synthetic tool call, and
qualify subagentRunId tagging and type: 'subagent' storage as behavior that
occurs when a child starts.

In `@packages/ai-client/src/chat-client.ts`:
- Around line 2980-2981: Update getSubagents() and the message-removal flow to
discard handles whose subagent part IDs no longer exist in messages, including
after clear() and reload(). Reconcile subagentHandles with current message parts
or clear the corresponding entries whenever messages are removed, while
preserving handles for existing subagent parts.
- Line 1976: Update the message-replacement paths, including initial,
persistence/server hydration, and setMessagesManually(), to call
syncSubagentHandles() after installing processor messages so restored subagent
parts receive stop handles; ensure this synchronization occurs before messages
or handles are exposed, and add coverage for restored subagent parts.
- Around line 3014-3018: The stopSubagent method currently only updates the
cached handle; add child-scoped cancellation keyed by subagentRunId so the
running child is aborted, then publish the updated stopped handle through
onMessagesChange or the existing dedicated handle-state callback. Preserve the
existing stopped status and error message while ensuring cancellation and state
publication occur together.

In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/define-agent.ts`:
- Around line 65-66: Update defineAgent validation to reject the reserved name
“main” after trimming agent.name, while preserving the existing empty-name
validation and error behavior for all other names.

In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/spawn.ts`:
- Around line 229-240: The execute implementation around spawnAgentStream
currently buffers all chunks until the child completes, preventing live updates
and stop() handling. Replace the chunks accumulation in execute with the
established async-stream/bridge mechanism so SUBAGENT_STARTED, text, and
terminal events are forwarded as they arrive while preserving the existing
parent and run identifiers.

In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts`:
- Around line 519-532: Update chat() handling so requests that provide both
subagents and outputSchema are not silently routed through
runAgenticStructuredOutput without orchestration; route them through the
subagent orchestration layer, or explicitly reject the combination with a clear
validation error. Preserve existing behavior for calls that provide only one of
these options.
- Line 5007: Update spawnNamedAgents so each parallel child derives its threadId
from that child’s own agent name rather than always using names[0]. Preserve the
inherit behavior, and ensure non-inherited IDs remain distinct for every
selected agent.
- Around line 4982-4986: After the await of bag.router in the routing flow,
check options.abortController?.signal.aborted and return immediately when
cancellation has occurred, before RUN_STARTED or spawnNamedAgents can execute.
Keep the existing router result handling unchanged when the signal is not
aborted.
- Around line 5015-5027: Handle the failed flag from spawned before entering the
strategy === 'handoff' continuation in runChatEngine. When spawned contains
SUBAGENT_ERROR, propagate a RUN_ERROR or explicit failure context instead of
collecting text and falling back to "Subagent finished."; preserve normal
handoff behavior for successful spawned results.

In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/stream/processor.ts`:
- Around line 1000-1038: Update routeAttributedChunk to handle every supported
chunk carrying subagentRunId, including tool-call, reasoning, and custom events,
rather than only text message chunks. Route those events through the appropriate
nested subagent processor/state so they are recorded under the result of
findSubagentPart instead of being processed as parent-level events; preserve the
existing text buffering and message-tree behavior.

In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/tools/tool-calls.ts`:
- Around line 639-654: Update the result-handling branch around
isSubagentExecuteResult so it also requires the tool identity to match the
synthetic subagent marker, such as isSubagentTool(tool), before forwarding
chunks or bypassing normal tool-result handling. Validate every chunk before
yielding it, while preserving the existing modelResult and results.push behavior
for valid subagent executions.

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Comment thread docs/chat/subagents.md
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You want a specialist to handle some turns (research, writing, a sandbox harness) while the parent chat stays one conversation. `chat({ subagents })` starts that child, tags its events with `subagentRunId`, and the client stores the work in a `type: 'subagent'` part.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify that subagents does not always start a child.

A router can return 'main'. Without a router, the main model can omit the synthetic tool call. State that chat({ subagents }) enables child execution instead of stating that it starts a child.

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-You want a specialist to handle some turns (research, writing, a sandbox harness) while the parent chat stays one conversation. `chat({ subagents })` starts that child, tags its events with `subagentRunId`, and the client stores the work in a `type: 'subagent'` part.
+You can use a specialist for some turns (research, writing, a sandbox harness) while the parent chat stays one conversation. `chat({ subagents })` enables child execution. When a child starts, the stream tags its events with `subagentRunId`, and the client stores the work in a `type: 'subagent'` part.
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You want a specialist to handle some turns (research, writing, a sandbox harness) while the parent chat stays one conversation. `chat({ subagents })` starts that child, tags its events with `subagentRunId`, and the client stores the work in a `type: 'subagent'` part.
You can use a specialist for some turns (research, writing, a sandbox harness) while the parent chat stays one conversation. `chat({ subagents })` enables child execution. When a child starts, the stream tags its events with `subagentRunId`, and the client stores the work in a `type: 'subagent'` part.
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In `@docs/chat/subagents.md` at line 14, Update the documentation sentence around
chat({ subagents }) to state that it enables child execution rather than always
starting a child; note that a router may return 'main' or the main model may
omit the synthetic tool call, and qualify subagentRunId tagging and type:
'subagent' storage as behavior that occurs when a child starts.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize handles when restored messages are installed.

syncSubagentHandles() runs only after an inbound chunk. initialMessages, persistence hydration, server hydration, and setMessagesManually() can install subagent parts without a chunk. In that case, getSubagents() returns no handle and the corresponding part has no stop() method.

Synchronize whenever processor messages are replaced, or before exposing messages and handles. Add coverage for restored subagent parts.

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In `@packages/ai-client/src/chat-client.ts` at line 1976, Update the
message-replacement paths, including initial, persistence/server hydration, and
setMessagesManually(), to call syncSubagentHandles() after installing processor
messages so restored subagent parts receive stop handles; ensure this
synchronization occurs before messages or handles are exposed, and add coverage
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Comment on lines +2980 to +2981
getSubagents() {
return [...this.subagentHandles.values()]

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove handles for deleted message parts.

The map only adds and updates entries. It never removes them. After clear() or reload() removes an assistant message, getSubagents() still returns handles that no longer exist in messages.

Reconcile the map against current subagent part IDs, or clear the related handles when messages are removed.

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In `@packages/ai-client/src/chat-client.ts` around lines 2980 - 2981, Update
getSubagents() and the message-removal flow to discard handles whose subagent
part IDs no longer exist in messages, including after clear() and reload().
Reconcile subagentHandles with current message parts or clear the corresponding
entries whenever messages are removed, while preserving handles for existing
subagent parts.

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if (agent.name.trim() === '') {
throw new Error('defineAgent requires a non-empty name')

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject the reserved main agent name.

normalizeRouterPick always treats main as the parent model. An agent named main is therefore unreachable through a router.

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   if (agent.name.trim() === '') {
     throw new Error('defineAgent requires a non-empty name')
   }
+  if (agent.name.trim() === 'main') {
+    throw new Error('defineAgent reserves "main" for the parent model')
+  }
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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/define-agent.ts` around lines 65 - 66,
Update defineAgent validation to reject the reserved name “main” after trimming
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const pick = await bag.router({
messages,
agents: bag.agents,
abortSignal: options.abortController?.signal,
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Check cancellation before starting routed work.

If bag.router resolves after the caller aborts, execution continues to RUN_STARTED and spawnNamedAgents. spawnAgentStream then emits SUBAGENT_STARTED and invokes agent.run(ctx). Return when options.abortController?.signal.aborted is true immediately after the router await.

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for await (const chunk of spawnNamedAgents(names, bag, {
messages,
abortSignal: options.abortController?.signal,
threadId: bag.sandbox === 'inherit' ? threadId : `${threadId}:${names[0]}`,

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Assign a distinct thread ID to each parallel child.

Every child receives ${threadId}:${names[0]}. If the router selects multiple agents, all children share the first agent's thread identity.

This can merge persistence, sandbox, or middleware state across independent child runs. Derive the thread ID per agent inside spawnNamedAgents.

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Comment on lines +5015 to +5027
const failed = spawned.some((chunk) => chunk.type === 'SUBAGENT_ERROR')
if (strategy === 'handoff') {
const childText = collectSpawnedText(spawned)
yield* runChatEngine(
{
...options,
threadId,
runId,
subagents: undefined,
messages: [
...messages,
{ role: 'assistant', content: childText || 'Subagent finished.' },
],

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Handle SUBAGENT_ERROR before the handoff. When spawned contains SUBAGENT_ERROR, failed is ignored. collectSpawnedText only collects text chunks, so the child error message is discarded. With no child text, the parent receives "Subagent finished." and continues. This can turn a failed child into a successful parent response. Emit RUN_ERROR, or pass explicit failure context when continuation is intentional. Do not use the success-like fallback after a child failure.

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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts` around lines 5015 - 5027, Handle
the failed flag from spawned before entering the strategy === 'handoff'
continuation in runChatEngine. When spawned contains SUBAGENT_ERROR, propagate a
RUN_ERROR or explicit failure context instead of collecting text and falling
back to "Subagent finished."; preserve normal handoff behavior for successful
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Comment on lines +1000 to +1038
private routeAttributedChunk(chunk: StreamChunk) {
const subagentRunId = chunk.subagentRunId
if (!subagentRunId) return false
const found = this.findSubagentPart(subagentRunId)
if (!found) return false
if (chunk.type === 'TEXT_MESSAGE_START') {
const messageId = chunk.messageId
this.patchSubagent(subagentRunId, (subagent) => {
if (subagent.messages.some((message) => message.id === messageId))
return
subagent.messages.push({
id: messageId,
role: chunk.role === 'user' ? 'user' : 'assistant',
parts: [],
})
})
return true
}
if (chunk.type === 'TEXT_MESSAGE_CONTENT') {
const messageId = chunk.messageId
const key = `${subagentRunId}:${messageId}`
const next = (this.subagentTextBuffers.get(key) ?? '') + chunk.delta
this.subagentTextBuffers.set(key, next)
this.patchSubagent(subagentRunId, (subagent) => {
if (!subagent.messages.some((message) => message.id === messageId)) {
subagent.messages.push({
id: messageId,
role: 'assistant',
parts: [],
})
}
subagent.messages = updateTextPart(subagent.messages, messageId, next)
})
return true
}
if (chunk.type === 'TEXT_MESSAGE_END') {
return true
}
return false

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Route all attributed child events into the subagent message tree.

spawnAgentStream stamps tool-call, reasoning, and custom chunks with subagentRunId. This function consumes only text chunks. The switch therefore processes the remaining attributed chunks as top-level parent events.

A child tool call can appear in the parent assistant message instead of part.subagent.messages. Use a nested processor per subagent, or route every supported attributed event into nested state.

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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/stream/processor.ts` around lines 1000 -
1038, Update routeAttributedChunk to handle every supported chunk carrying
subagentRunId, including tool-call, reasoning, and custom events, rather than
only text message chunks. Route those events through the appropriate nested
subagent processor/state so they are recorded under the result of
findSubagentPart instead of being processed as parent-level events; preserve the
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Comment on lines +639 to +654
if (isSubagentExecuteResult(result)) {
for (const chunk of result.chunks) {
yield chunk
}
const modelResult = result.error
? { error: result.error, subagentRunId: result.subagentRunId }
: { subagentRunId: result.subagentRunId, result: result.result }
results.push({
toolCallId: toolCall.id,
toolName,
result: modelResult,
input,
output: modelResult,
duration,
})
return

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Gate subagent result handling by tool identity.

Any server tool that returns { subagentRunId, chunks } enters this branch. Its chunks are then emitted as public stream events, and the normal tool-result path is bypassed.

Require the synthetic subagent marker, such as isSubagentTool(tool), before accepting this result shape. Validate each forwarded chunk as well.

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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/tools/tool-calls.ts` around lines 639 - 654,
Update the result-handling branch around isSubagentExecuteResult so it also
requires the tool identity to match the synthetic subagent marker, such as
isSubagentTool(tool), before forwarding chunks or bypassing normal tool-result
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AlemTuzlak and others added 2 commits September 21, 2026 19:03
Abort of the parent chat run emits SUBAGENT_ERROR for a child that never yields again.
Parallel sandbox own gives each child a thread id of `${parentThreadId}:${name}`.
Client stop() sets status to error. Later SUBAGENT_FINISHED does not overwrite it.
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handle.stop() now aborts ChatClient.abortController so a hanging child
stream stops. Nested text after stop does not appear. Status stays error.

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🟡 Minor · Release completed subagent text buffers. · processor.ts:211

packages/ai/src/activities/chat/stream/processor.ts:211
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Release completed subagent text buffers.

subagentTextBuffers retains each full child transcript after TEXT_MESSAGE_END. It also survives resetStreamState() and clearMessages(). A long-lived client retains duplicate child output after the chat is cleared.

Delete the per-message buffer at text end. Clear the map during stream reset and message clearing.

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when its TEXT_MESSAGE_END is processed, and clear the entire map in both
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AlemTuzlak and others added 2 commits September 21, 2026 20:41
Nested child parts render through SubagentMessages. The live list
renders through Subagents. List rows skip re-renders when only nested
text changes. Core SubagentHandleData no longer includes stop, so
Start can serialize UIMessage.

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🟠 Major · Preserve nested subagent attribution. · spawn.ts:207

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Preserve nested subagent attribution.

A nested chat() stream can contain its own subagentRunId values. stampSubagentRunId replaces those values with ctx.runId, so StreamProcessor routes nested text to the outer subagent and cannot find nested SUBAGENT_* events by their original IDs. Preserve existing IDs and stamp only unattributed chunks.

Preserving IDs is necessary but not sufficient if StreamProcessor must display nested subagents. It also needs to create and resolve nested subagent parts, or otherwise support the parent-child ID relationship.

Proposed fix
-      yield stampSubagentRunId(chunk, ctx.runId)
+      yield (
+        'subagentRunId' in chunk && chunk.subagentRunId
+          ? chunk
+          : stampSubagentRunId(chunk, ctx.runId)
+      )
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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/agents/spawn.ts` at line 207, Update the
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nested chat streams are preserved, stamping only chunks without an attribution
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In `@docs/chat/subagents.md`:
- Line 192: Update the ChatScreen example’s components.layout configuration to
replace the null-returning input function with a functional input component that
renders the expected Input UI and supports message entry and submission;
otherwise explicitly label the example as read-only.

In `@packages/ai-react/src/chat-ui/create-ui.tsx`:
- Around line 240-250: Update subagentListItemEqual and the surrounding
SubagentListItem/SubagentRenderContext.Provider structure so changes to
handle.messages remain visible to SubagentMessages even when the memoized row
does not re-render. Move the changing provider outside the memoized row or
isolate message updates in a separate component, preserving the row render
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child text.

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subagentRunId values from nested chat streams are preserved, stamping only
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message: ({ Parts }) => <article><Parts /></article>,
input: () => null,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Provide a functional input component in the example.

components.layout renders <Input />, but input: () => null renders no input UI. A reader who copies ChatScreen cannot enter or submit a message. Provide a working input component, or label this as a read-only layout example.

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In `@docs/chat/subagents.md` at line 192, Update the ChatScreen example’s
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prev: { handle: SubagentHandle },
next: { handle: SubagentHandle },
) {
return (
prev.handle.id === next.handle.id &&
prev.handle.status === next.handle.status &&
prev.handle.name === next.handle.name &&
prev.handle.description === next.handle.description &&
prev.handle.error === next.handle.error &&
prev.handle.stop === next.handle.stop
)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Keep SubagentMessages reactive when the list row is memoized.

When handle.messages changes while the other row fields stay equal, subagentListItemEqual returns true. React skips SubagentListItem, so SubagentRenderContext.Provider keeps the previous handle. SubagentMessages then reads the old messages and cannot render updated child text.

Move the changing provider outside the memoized row, or update nested messages through a separate component. Extend the stability test to render SubagentMessages, assert that child text updates, and keep the row render count unchanged.

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subagentListItemEqual and the surrounding
SubagentListItem/SubagentRenderContext.Provider structure so changes to
handle.messages remain visible to SubagentMessages even when the memoized row
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createChatHook takes options.subagents and a component for every name.
Each component receives SubagentProps, including Parts. The factory
throws if a spawned name has no component.

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Comment thread docs/chat/subagents.md

The nested `type: 'subagent'` part and `useChat().subagents[i]` are the same live object. Call `stop()` on either one. The client sets that child to error and aborts the current parent run. Later events for that id are ignored.

Use `createChatHook` from `@tanstack/ai-react/ui`. Pass `options.subagents` with every agent name. Register `subagentsComponents` for each name. Those components receive `SubagentProps` and `Parts`. Render `<Messages />` and `<Subagents />`. The factory throws if a name is missing.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the error timing.

createChatHook() and createChatUI() do not throw when they create the factory. The UI throws only when it renders a spawned subagent whose name has no subagentsComponents entry. State that rendering the spawned subagent fails.

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In `@docs/chat/subagents.md` at line 171, Update the createChatHook/createChatUI
documentation to state that missing subagentsComponents entries fail at render
time, when a spawned subagent with that name is rendered, rather than when the
factories are created.

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