把 subagent 超时显式标记为 timeout，避免误报 completed successfully

针对子代理超时被误判成功的问题，社区提供了最小变更修复路径，适合先提升可观测性再做重试编排。

GITHUBDiscovered 2026-02-12Author dario-github

Prerequisites

You rely on subagent completion status for retries, alerts, or SLA dashboards.
Current logs occasionally show success messages despite obvious timeout symptoms.

Steps

Reproduce one controlled timeout and capture lifecycle events + parent announce output.
Upgrade to a build containing timeout-status fix in subagent lifecycle handling.
Update retry logic to trigger on explicit timeout status instead of text matching.
Add timeout counters to dashboards for trend tracking.

Commands

openclaw gateway status

openclaw help

git log --oneline -n 5

Verify

Timed-out subagents are reported as timeout, and parent workflow no longer treats them as successful completions.

Caveats

PR discussion notes possible additional path in agent.wait requiring cross-check（需验证）.
Status fixes improve observability but do not by themselves reduce timeout frequency.

Source attribution

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