perf(cron): isolate runtime-heavy seams

src/cron/isolated-agent/model-selection.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   resolveAllowedModelRef,
   resolveConfiguredModelRef,
   resolveHooksGmailModel,
-} from "./run.runtime.js";
+} from "./run-model-selection.runtime.js";
 
 type CronSessionModelOverrides = {
   modelOverride?: string;

src/cron/isolated-agent/run-execution.runtime.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ export { LiveSessionModelSwitchError } from "../../agents/live-model-switch.js";
 export { runWithModelFallback } from "../../agents/model-fallback.js";
 export { isCliProvider } from "../../agents/model-selection.js";
 export { runEmbeddedPiAgent } from "../../agents/pi-embedded.js";
-export {
-  countActiveDescendantRuns,
-  listDescendantRunsForRequester,
-} from "../../agents/subagent-registry.js";
 export { normalizeVerboseLevel } from "../../auto-reply/thinking.js";
 export { resolveSessionTranscriptPath } from "../../config/sessions/paths.js";
 export { registerAgentRunContext } from "../../infra/agent-events.js";

src/cron/isolated-agent/run-executor.ts

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import type { CronJob } from "../types.js";
 import { resolveCronPayloadOutcome } from "./helpers.js";
 import {
-  countActiveDescendantRuns,
   getCliSessionId,
   isCliProvider,
-  listDescendantRunsForRequester,
   LiveSessionModelSwitchError,
   logWarn,
   normalizeVerboseLevel,
@@ -32,6 +30,14 @@ import { isLikelyInterimCronMessage } from "./subagent-followup-hints.js";
 
 type AgentTurnPayload = Extract<CronJob["payload"], { kind: "agentTurn" }> | null;
 type CronPromptRunResult = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof runCliAgent>>;
+type CronSubagentRegistryRuntime = typeof import("./run-subagent-registry.runtime.js");
+
+let cronSubagentRegistryRuntimePromise: Promise<CronSubagentRegistryRuntime> | undefined;
+
+async function loadCronSubagentRegistryRuntime() {
+  cronSubagentRegistryRuntimePromise ??= import("./run-subagent-registry.runtime.js");
+  return await cronSubagentRegistryRuntimePromise;
+}
 
 export type CronExecutionResult = {
   runResult: CronPromptRunResult;
@@ -321,15 +327,22 @@ export async function executeCronRun(params: {
       !runResult.didSendViaMessagingTool &&
       !interimPayloadHasStructuredContent &&
       !interimPayloads.some((payload) => payload?.isError === true) &&
-      !listDescendantRunsForRequester(params.agentSessionKey).some((entry) => {
+      isLikelyInterimCronMessage(interimText);
+
+    let hasFreshDescendants = false;
+    let hasActiveDescendants = false;
+    if (shouldRetryInterimAck) {
+      const { countActiveDescendantRuns, listDescendantRunsForRequester } =
+        await loadCronSubagentRegistryRuntime();
+      hasFreshDescendants = listDescendantRunsForRequester(params.agentSessionKey).some((entry) => {
         const descendantStartedAt =
           typeof entry.startedAt === "number" ? entry.startedAt : entry.createdAt;
         return typeof descendantStartedAt === "number" && descendantStartedAt >= runStartedAt;
-      }) &&
-      countActiveDescendantRuns(params.agentSessionKey) === 0 &&
-      isLikelyInterimCronMessage(interimText);
+      });
+      hasActiveDescendants = countActiveDescendantRuns(params.agentSessionKey) > 0;
+    }
 
-    if (shouldRetryInterimAck) {
+    if (shouldRetryInterimAck && !hasFreshDescendants && !hasActiveDescendants) {
       const continuationPrompt = [
         "Your previous response was only an acknowledgement and did not complete this cron task.",
         "Complete the original task now.",

src/cron/isolated-agent/run-model-selection.runtime.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export { DEFAULT_MODEL, DEFAULT_PROVIDER } from "../../agents/defaults.js";
+export { loadModelCatalog } from "../../agents/model-catalog.js";
+export {
+  getModelRefStatus,
+  normalizeModelSelection,
+  resolveAllowedModelRef,
+  resolveConfiguredModelRef,
+  resolveHooksGmailModel,
+} from "../../agents/model-selection.js";

src/cron/isolated-agent/run-subagent-registry.runtime.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export {
+  countActiveDescendantRuns,
+  listDescendantRunsForRequester,
+} from "../../agents/subagent-registry.js";

src/cron/isolated-agent/run.test-harness.ts

@@ -101,15 +101,8 @@ vi.mock("./run.runtime.js", () => ({
   lookupContextTokens: lookupContextTokensMock,
   resolveCronStyleNow: resolveCronStyleNowMock,
   DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TOKENS: 128000,
-  DEFAULT_MODEL: "gpt-4",
-  DEFAULT_PROVIDER: "openai",
   loadModelCatalog: loadModelCatalogMock,
-  getModelRefStatus: getModelRefStatusMock,
   isCliProvider: isCliProviderMock,
-  normalizeModelSelection: normalizeModelSelectionForTest,
-  resolveAllowedModelRef: resolveAllowedModelRefMock,
-  resolveConfiguredModelRef: resolveConfiguredModelRefMock,
-  resolveHooksGmailModel: resolveHooksGmailModelMock,
   resolveThinkingDefault: resolveThinkingDefaultMock,
   buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshot: buildWorkspaceSkillSnapshotMock,
   getSkillsSnapshotVersion: getSkillsSnapshotVersionMock,
@@ -133,6 +126,17 @@ vi.mock("./run.runtime.js", () => ({
   getRemoteSkillEligibility: getRemoteSkillEligibilityMock,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("./run-model-selection.runtime.js", () => ({
+  DEFAULT_MODEL: "gpt-4",
+  DEFAULT_PROVIDER: "openai",
+  loadModelCatalog: loadModelCatalogMock,
+  getModelRefStatus: getModelRefStatusMock,
+  normalizeModelSelection: normalizeModelSelectionForTest,
+  resolveAllowedModelRef: resolveAllowedModelRefMock,
+  resolveConfiguredModelRef: resolveConfiguredModelRefMock,
+  resolveHooksGmailModel: resolveHooksGmailModelMock,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("./run-execution.runtime.js", () => ({
   resolveEffectiveModelFallbacks: resolveEffectiveModelFallbacksMock,
   resolveBootstrapWarningSignaturesSeen: resolveBootstrapWarningSignaturesSeenMock,
@@ -156,6 +160,11 @@ vi.mock("./run-auth-profile.runtime.js", () => ({
   resolveSessionAuthProfileOverride: resolveSessionAuthProfileOverrideMock,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("./run-subagent-registry.runtime.js", () => ({
+  countActiveDescendantRuns: countActiveDescendantRunsMock,
+  listDescendantRunsForRequester: listDescendantRunsForRequesterMock,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("../../agents/cli-runner.runtime.js", () => ({
   setCliSessionId: vi.fn(),
 }));