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New --system-prompt-snapshot CLI/agent option

A new --system-prompt-snapshot option makes a session record its system prompt once and reuse it on resume.

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A new --system-prompt-snapshot option makes a session record its system prompt once and reuse it on resume.

A new flag, --system-prompt-snapshot <on|off>, is now passed to spawned agent and subagent processes and threaded through session state as systemPromptSnapshot across many call sites. It lets a forked or background session record the system prompt once and reuse it verbatim on resume or subsequent requests, instead of recomputing it live. It defaults to on for the built-in system prompt and off when --system-prompt or --append-system-prompt is passed.

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