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Expand Up @@ -328,13 +328,18 @@ the published task result.
### `task_cancel`

Stops every task the child delegated, then the child thread with the internal
`thread.stop` command, and disposes automatic parent delivery. Like a user Stop,
`thread.stop` interrupts the running turn, holds queued turns, and ends pull request
watches. A nonterminal task with no interruptible run is rejected unless its finished
turn still waits on background work or delegated tasks. Once a cancelled task's turn ends,
a completed result settles as `interrupted` and a failed one stays `failed`. A terminal task
returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops, including later
runs and watch wakes. Published task results remain available. It accepts an
`thread.stop` command, cancels the task's own queued turn, and disposes automatic
parent delivery. Like a user Stop, `thread.stop` interrupts the running turn, holds
queued turns, and ends pull request watches. The task's own queued turn is cancelled
even if Stop already held it, so a task that is only queued can be cancelled; other
queued turns in the child stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task is rejected when

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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Document the buffered provider notification exception.

thread.stop cancels buffered provider notifications already queued when Stop runs, including held ones. Resume cannot restore those notifications.

Suggested fix 

--- "a/docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md"
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 Stops every task the child delegated, then the child thread with the internal
 `thread.stop` command, cancels the task's own queued turn, and disposes automatic
 parent delivery. Like a user Stop, `thread.stop` interrupts the running turn, holds
-queued turns, and ends pull request watches. The task's own queued turn is cancelled
-even if Stop already held it, so a task that is only queued can be cancelled; other
-queued turns in the child stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task is rejected when
+queued turns, and ends pull request watches. It cancels buffered provider notifications
+already queued when Stop runs, including held ones. The task's own queued turn is
+cancelled even if Stop already held it, so a task that is only queued can be cancelled.
+The remaining queued turns in the child stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task is rejected when
 it has no interruptible run, no queued turn of its own, and its finished turn no
 longer waits on background work or delegated tasks. Once a cancelled task's turn
 ends, a completed result settles as `interrupted` and a failed one stays `failed`. A
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Review comment at @docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md at line 335:
Update the `thread.stop` documentation to state that it cancels buffered provider notifications already queued when Stop runs, including held notifications, and that Resume cannot restore them. Preserve the existing explanation of how Stop handles the task’s queued turn and other queued turns.

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it has no interruptible run, no queued turn of its own, and its finished turn no
longer waits on background work or delegated tasks. Once a cancelled task's turn

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

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Include tasks with no finished turn.

task_cancel can reject a nonterminal task with no child runs. Describe the task’s waiting state without requiring a finished turn.

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--- "a/docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md"
+++ "b/docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md"
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@
 parent delivery. Like a user Stop, `thread.stop` interrupts the running turn, holds
 queued turns, and ends pull request watches. The task's own queued turn is cancelled
 even if Stop already held it, so a task that is only queued can be cancelled; other
-queued turns in the child stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task is rejected when
-it has no interruptible run, no queued turn of its own, and its finished turn no
-longer waits on background work or delegated tasks. Once a cancelled task's turn
+queued turns in the child stay held for Resume. A nonterminal task can be rejected when
+it has no interruptible run, no queued turn of its own, and is not waiting on
+background work or delegated tasks. Once a cancelled task's turn
 ends, a completed result settles as `interrupted` and a failed one stays `failed`. A
 terminal task returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops,
 including later runs and watch wakes. In both cases, a follow-up that lost its child
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Review comment at @docs/orchestration-v2/orchestrator-mcp-server.md at line 337:
Update the task_cancel documentation to describe a nonterminal task’s waiting state without requiring a finished turn. Keep the existing conditions about interruptible runs and queued turns, and state that rejection depends on whether the task is waiting on background work or delegated tasks.

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ends, a completed result settles as `interrupted` and a failed one stays `failed`. A
terminal task returns its existing status, and its child thread still stops,
including later runs and watch wakes. In both cases, a follow-up that lost its child
run but still shows as running on the parent is cancelled there and reported as
`cancelled`. Published task results remain available. It accepts an
optional cancellation reason.

### `create_threads`
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