{"version":"2.1.296","anchor":"resuming-background-agents-now-coordinates-through-a-handove","canonical_anchor":"resuming-background-agents-now-coordinates-through-a-handove","heading":"Resuming a background agent can now stop if the handover does not go through","tier":"notice","area":"Background Agents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296\/e\/resuming-background-agents-now-coordinates-through-a-handove","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.296","markdown":"### Resuming a background agent can now stop if the handover does not go through\n\nResuming a background agent now goes through a handover step and stops with an error if it is closed or not taken\n\n**What**\n\nA background agent is a helper agent that keeps working while you do other things. Resuming one now goes through a confirm-and-handover step. If the agent's slot is closed, the resume stops with `subagent_resume_background_closed`. If the handover is not taken, it stops with `subagent_resume_background_not_taken`.\n\n**Why**\n\nA resume that cannot be handed over cleanly now stops with a named reason rather than carrying on.\n\n- Area: Background Agents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}