fix(channel): record a kill as a stop and label tool calls that never ran

.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M4XQKND0900E94CG3BXBEJP7-a-run-s-end-is-read-from-the.md

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.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M4YFFTK7TWGKENJAD1W10HJJ-the-desktop-default-changes.md

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.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M4YPJQB6KKEW1YTRD08YCYJY-only-gateways-admit-clients.md

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.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M4ZH31DXZK0Y57C97DP84ZKX-handoffs-learns-queued-hando.md

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.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M53CAGW2RVRKCYF5BCJRTZX2-a-fork-s-starting-lane-is-re.md

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.lane/memory/packages/channel/src/channel.ts/01M5JVP06WMT6GF0BNWADVRA43-tool-calls-in-an-aborted-or.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+id: 01M5JVP06WMT6GF0BNWADVRA43
+anchor: function events
+created: 2026-10-22T22:28:36Z
+norm: '1'
+sig: 9791b5aa2005ab6b
+body_hash: 6d8754eb6e1f376b
+raw_hash: 150cd53f05e61cea
+lines: 1201-1270
+---
+
+tool calls in an aborted or failed assistant message never ran: pi runs calls only from a finished reply, so they carry unrun

apps/app/src/timeline.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ function text(value: string): Event.Message.Content.Text {
 	return parts.length ? { type: "text", text: value, parts } : { type: "text", text: value };
 }
 
+const NOT_RUN = "Not run";
+
 function tool(
 	tool: Tool,
 	busy: boolean,
@@ -110,8 +112,11 @@ function tool(
 		name: tool.name,
 		arguments: (tool.args ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>,
 		status,
-		...(caption ? { caption } : {}),
+		...(tool.unrun ? { caption: NOT_RUN } : caption ? { caption } : {}),
 		...(recap ? { recap } : {}),
+		...(tool.unrun
+			? { result: { content: `${NOT_RUN}: the run ended while the agent was writing this call.` } }
+			: {}),
 		...(tool.result
 			? {
 				result: {

apps/app/src/transcript.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export type Tool = {
 	};
 	/** The running call's live output tail, until its result replaces it. */
 	progress?: { text: string; truncated?: boolean };
+	/** The reply ended while the agent was still writing this call, so it never ran. */
+	unrun?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type Item =
@@ -148,7 +150,12 @@ export function apply(state: Transcript, event: Event): Transcript {
 			return { ...state, draft: "", items: [...state.items, item] };
 		}
 		case "tool": {
-			const tool: Tool = { call: event.call, name: event.name, args: event.args };
+			const tool: Tool = {
+				call: event.call,
+				name: event.name,
+				args: event.args,
+				...(event.unrun ? { unrun: true } : {}),
+			};
 			const last = state.items.at(-1);
 			if (last?.kind === "reply" && !last.text) {
 				return {

apps/host/src/cli.ts

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ function render(event: Event, info: ChannelInfo) {
 			return console.log(`${tag}${bold(event.model)}: ${event.text}${ending}`);
 		}
 		case "tool": {
+			if (event.unrun) return console.log(dim(`${tag}  → ${event.name} (not run)`));
 			if (event.name !== "question") {
 				return console.log(dim(`${tag}  → ${event.name} ${clip(JSON.stringify(event.args), 100)}`));
 			}

packages/channel/src/channel.ts

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export class Channel {
 			case "kill":
 				this.#author(request.author);
 				await this.#mayInvoke(request.author);
-				return this.kill();
+				return this.kill(request.author);
 			case "share":
 				return this.#share(request);
 			case "desktop":
@@ -637,15 +637,21 @@ export class Channel {
 		return importSeed(this.#harness, value, shift);
 	}
 
-	async kill(): Promise<void> {
+	/** `author`'s kill records a Stop in each chat it ended, so their next runs know. */
+	async kill(author?: string): Promise<void> {
 		const { chats } = await this.info();
-		this.#log("warn", "channel.kill", {
-			chats: chats.filter((chat) => chat.busy).map((c) => c.id),
-		});
+		const busy = chats.filter((chat) => chat.busy);
+		this.#log("warn", "channel.kill", { chats: busy.map((c) => c.id) });
 		await Promise.all(chats.map(async (chat) => {
 			const conversation = await this.#harness.conversation(chat.id as ConversationId, context);
 			await conversation?.abort(context, { background: true });
 		}));
+		if (!author) return;
+		const at = Date.now();
+		await Promise.all(busy.map(async (chat) => {
+			const conversation = await this.#conversation(chat.id);
+			await conversation.submit({ type: "write", entry: room.stop(author, at) }, context);
+		}));
 	}
 
 	async close(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1235,6 +1241,8 @@ function events(entry: EntryRecord): Event[] {
 				call: block.id,
 				name: block.name,
 				args: block.arguments,
+				// pi runs calls only from a finished reply; a cut-off one's calls were never run.
+				...(error || stopped ? { unrun: true as const } : {}),
 			});
 		}
 		return out;

packages/channel/src/protocol.ts

@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ export type Event =
 		call: string;
 		name: string;
 		args: unknown;
+		/** The reply ended while the agent was still writing this call, so it never ran. */
+		unrun?: true;
 	}
 	/**
 	 * The bounded tail of a running tool call's output, sent on attachment and as it grows, at most