{"version":"2.1.259","anchor":"task-summary-field-description-clarifies-source","canonical_anchor":"task-summary-field-description-clarifies-source","heading":"Task summary field description clarifies source","tier":"internal","area":"Background Tasks","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.259\/e\/task-summary-field-description-clarifies-source","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.259","markdown":"### Task summary field description clarifies source\n\nTask summary docs now spell out that local agents give a model-written progress summary and MCP tasks give the server's status.\n\nThe `summary` field on task status objects is now documented to clarify its source: for a `local_agent` task it is a model-generated progress summary, shown only when `agentProgressSummaries` is enabled, while for a backgrounded `mcp_task` it is the MCP server's own status message and is always emitted.\n\n- Area: Background Tasks\n- Names: `agentProgressSummaries`\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}