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v5.51.1 Feature

This release adds 2 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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afk agent-framework agents ai anthropic autonomous-agent
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claude claude-code cli coding-agent daemon harness-engineering llm mcp model-context-protocol openai self-improving subagent telegram-bot typescript

Summary

AI summary

AFK mode now works correctly and subagent timeout is configurable with a higher default.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Makes subagent timeout configurable via environment variable; default increased to 45 minutes.

Makes subagent timeout configurable via environment variable; default increased to 45 minutes.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-15-audit

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Adds observation of forked child processes for the subagent.

Adds observation of forked child processes for the subagent.

Source: granite4.1:30b@2026-07-15-audit

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Fixes elicitation issues in AFK mode and adds Telegram-native host v1 support.

Fixes elicitation issues in AFK mode and adds Telegram-native host v1 support.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-15

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Configurable subagent timeout with default raised to 45 minutes; now observes forked children.

Configurable subagent timeout with default raised to 45 minutes; now observes forked children.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-15

Confidence: low

Full changelog

What's Changed

  • AFK mode: let an away operator actually go AFK (elicitation fixes + Telegram-native host v1) by @griffinwork40 in https://github.com/griffinwork40/agent-afk/pull/608
  • fix(subagent): env-configurable timeout + raise default to 45m; observable forked children by @griffinwork40 in https://github.com/griffinwork40/agent-afk/pull/610

Full Changelog: https://github.com/griffinwork40/agent-afk/compare/v5.51.0...v5.51.1

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About Agent AFK

Coding-agent harness built for unattended, away-from-keyboard runs across four surfaces sharing one session manager: one-shot CLI, REPL, cron-friendly headless daemon, and a Telegram bot. Editable agent loop (prompts, permission gates, model routing, explicit terminal states), MCP (stdio/HTTP/SSE + OAuth), lifecycle hooks, background subagents, plan mode, cross-session memory, and an append-only trace receipt (`afk trace show`). Works with Anthropic and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (GPT, Codex, local MLX/llama.cpp/Ollama)

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Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]