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key: process.subagent-drop-resume
title: 2026-07-21 — A dropped subagent connection is transient; resume, don't restart (#542)
status: active
since: '2026-07-21'
supersedes: none
superseded-by: none
rule: Treat a subagent connection drop as laptop sleep or transient network and re-resume via SendMessage — the work survives.
signals: 'subagent disconnect · connection drop · laptop sleep · SendMessage resume · paths: n/a · issues: #542'
mechanics: n/a — client-side resume.
---

Restarting the agent from scratch discards context the agent still holds; the drop is at the transport,
not the agent.
