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Background/local-shell task delivery can now append to the same assistant turn instead of always starting a new turn

A finished background task's result can now be appended into the current assistant turn instead of always starting a new one.

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A finished background task's result can now be appended into the current assistant turn instead of always starting a new one.

When a background or local-shell task finishes, its result can now be appended as a tool_use into the current assistant turn if that turn already made a tool call, instead of always being inserted as a new synthetic turn. This distinction is tracked via a new telemetry dimension recording whether delivery was an append or a new_turn.

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