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Background spawn / fork now supports resuming at a specific leaf message

Forking a background session can now resume at a specific earlier message

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Useful2my rating, 1 to 5
Signal1worth watching, 1 to 5
AreaSessionswhat it touches
KindBug Fixesin v2.1.273,
Under the hood

Forking a background session can now resume at a specific earlier message

What

The internal function used to spawn a background agent or fork a conversation now accepts a resumeAtLeaf option, letting it resume from a specific message rather than the latest one. If the conversation no longer actually contains that message as a valid fork point, it now returns a clear error: "Couldn't fork - the conversation no longer contains the fork point," instead of proceeding incorrectly.

Why

This lets background forks branch from a precise earlier point in a conversation, and fails clearly and safely if that point has since disappeared (for example, after history was pruned).

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