{"version":"2.1.227","anchor":"task-tool-pushed-harder-toward-background-agents","canonical_anchor":"task-tool-pushed-harder-toward-background-agents","heading":"Task tool pushed harder toward background agents","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.227\/e\/task-tool-pushed-harder-toward-background-agents","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.227","markdown":"### Task tool pushed harder toward background agents\n\nExpect more subagents to run in the background rather than blocking your turn.\n\n**What**\n\nThe description of the Task tool's `run_in_background` option was rewritten to discourage waiting on agents. Foreground is now reserved for the case where the very next step depends on that agent's answer and nothing else useful could happen in the meantime, so expect more subagents to run in the background.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Set to false only when your very next action depends on this agent's result and nothing else could usefully happen while it runs`\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Names: `run_in_background`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}