diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4dba6b3b14..f635e8fe4fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Agents/subagents: surface blocked child-run completions as errors instead of successful subagent finishes. (#80886) Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.
 - WhatsApp: update Baileys to `7.0.0-rc13` and drop the obsolete logger type patch.
 - Infra/json: retry transient `File changed during read` races while loading JSON state so config and state reads recover instead of failing the turn. (#84285)
 - Providers/Ollama: resolve configured Ollama Cloud `OLLAMA_API_KEY` markers to the real discovery key so cloud provider entries keep authenticated model catalog access. (#85037)
diff --git a/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts b/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts
index ecf3c3b02e5..7481cfc22e1 100644
--- a/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts
+++ b/src/agents/subagent-announce-output.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ export function applySubagentWaitOutcome(params: {
   }
   const waitError = typeof params.wait?.error === "string" ? params.wait.error : undefined;
   let outcome = next.outcome;
+  // Capture/announcement callers can pass raw wait snapshots that bypass the primary normalizers.
   if (isBlockedLivenessState(params.wait?.livenessState)) {
     outcome = { status: "error", error: formatBlockedLivenessError(waitError) };
   } else if (params.wait?.status === "timeout") {