Agent gets stuck when canceling sub-agent tasks
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Description
### Describe the bug
Agent is unable to cancel tasks being run on subagents. It gets stuck in a canceling state and doesn't accepts any new prompts or slash (/ ) commands
### Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.27
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
1. Use /fleet to run a large task in parallel
2. Press Esc to cancel
### Expected behavior
Agent cancels all subagent tasks successfully
### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.27 by using /fleet for a large parallel task, then pressing Esc to cancel. Trace the cancellation flow for the sub-agent tasks and verify that cancellation completes and the agent accepts new prompts and slash commands afterward.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100