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Task-notification wording now distinguishes lingering background work

Task-stop notifications now say when a result may still change because background work is ongoing

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Task-stop notifications now say when a result may still change because background work is ongoing

What

When an agent (a task Claude Code runs on your behalf) stops but still has background work of its own running, the task-notification message now says so explicitly: it warns that the result 'may be interim' and that the same task ID will send another notification once that background work finishes. Previously, all stop notifications used the same generic wording regardless of whether background work was still in progress.

Why

This prevents readers from mistaking a partial or provisional result for the final one, and tells them to expect a follow-up notification rather than assuming the task is fully done.

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