feat(hooks): Add autonomous task hygiene with process liveness enforcement#541
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Problem: When parallel agents crash (e.g., during RedTeam analysis with 32 agents),
orphaned tasks accumulate in TaskList. No automatic cleanup exists, requiring
human intervention.
Solution: External TaskRegistry that tracks task→PID mappings, with SessionStart
hook that uses `kill -0` to detect dead processes and identify orphans factually.
Key insight from RedTeam analysis: Documentation-based cleanup ("please clean up
stale tasks") has zero enforcement power. Process liveness checks provide FACTS,
not suggestions.
New files:
- TaskRegistry.ts: External task tracking with PID, session ID, timestamps
- TaskHygiene.hook.ts: SessionStart hook detecting orphans via kill -0
- TaskRegistration.hook.ts: PreToolUse hook registering tasks with PID
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
When parallel agents crash (e.g., during RedTeam analysis with 32 agents), orphaned tasks accumulate in TaskList. No automatic cleanup exists, requiring human intervention.
This PR adds an external TaskRegistry that tracks task→PID mappings, with a SessionStart hook that uses
kill -0to detect dead processes and identify orphans factually.Key insight from RedTeam analysis: Documentation-based cleanup ("please clean up stale tasks") has zero enforcement power. Process liveness checks provide FACTS, not suggestions.
Changes
TaskRegistry.ts- External task tracking with PID, session ID, timestampsTaskHygiene.hook.ts- SessionStart hook detecting orphans viakill -0TaskRegistration.hook.ts- PreToolUse hook registering tasks with current PIDINSTALL.mdwith new hook documentationHow It Works
TaskRegistration.hook.tsrecords the task ID + current PID in an external registryTaskHygiene.hook.tschecks each registered task's PID:kill -0 $pidfails, the process is dead → orphaned taskTest plan
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