feat(agent): provide parentSessionId when --session is not present and QAWOLF_CHAT_SESSION_ID is present in the environment

[Atchyut Preetham Pulavarthi (theonly1me)]

Overview of Changes

QA Wolf lists the sessions an agent starts underneath the session that started them. The platform used to find that link by parsing session ids out of the agent's shell output, and now reads it from an optional parentSessionId on agent.send, added in @qawolf/api-contracts@0.64.0. No sub-session is linked until the CLI sends it.

• Pin @qawolf/api-contracts to 0.64.0 and regenerate skills/qawolf-cli/SKILL.md, which picks up the generated qawolf run triage row.
• Send QAWOLF_CHAT_SESSION_ID as parentSessionId when agent send opens a new session, and leave it out when --session is given or the variable is unset or blank.
• Claim runner.record and runner.recordings in handWrittenContractNames, so the generator does not mint qawolf runner record and qawolf runner recordings inside the hand-written qawolf runner group.
• Add unit tests for a new session, a continuation, an unset or blank variable, and a refused parent.
• Add a changeset with a minor bump.

Testing

bun run typecheck
bun run lint --max-warnings 0
bun run format:check
bun run knip
bun run test

All pass, 2613 tests and 0 failures.

• Run against a local stand-in for public.agent.send, the CLI sends parentSessionId for a new session and none with --session or with the variable unset.
• A sub-session refusal exits 4 and prints the platform's reason under QA Wolf API agent.send request failed (HTTP 400). in both --json and --agent output.
• A parent the platform cannot find exits 8 with No agent session with id <id>. (HTTP 404).
• bun run generate reproduces the committed SKILL.md, which has no runner record or runner recordings rows.

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Walkthrough

The CLI now forwards QAWOLF_CHAT_SESSION_ID as parentSessionId for new agent sessions when no explicit session is provided. Explicit and blank session values remain handled separately. Tests cover these cases and API refusal preservation. The CLI documentation adds qawolf run triage and updates deployment status requirements. The API contracts dependency is pinned to 0.64.0, and runner.record and runner.recordings are excluded from generated commands.

Changes

Area	Change
Agent sessions	Added environment-based parent-session forwarding and tests.
CLI documentation	Added run triage and updated deployment status guidance.
Public API generation	Skipped runner.record and runner.recordings.
Dependencies and release	Updated @qawolf/api-contracts and added a changeset.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant handleAgentSend
  participant resolveParentSessionId
  participant parseInput
  participant QA Wolf API
  handleAgentSend->>resolveParentSessionId: resolve session from options and environment
  resolveParentSessionId->>parseInput: pass parentSessionId when no explicit session exists
  parseInput->>QA Wolf API: send validated agent request

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Suggested reviewers

Suggested reviewers: chajac

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to db192

Two runner recording commands are unavailable in the CLI; remove the skip entries before merging or accept the bounded feature gap.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	⚠️ Warning	The title clearly describes the change and uses Conventional Commit syntax, but it is 129 characters, exceeding the 72-character limit. The agent scope is also outside the preferred scope list.	Shorten the title to 72 characters or fewer while preserving the main change, for example: feat(cli): set parent session for new agent sessions. Use imperative wording and avoid trailing punctuation.

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