From MikkelDone 5 days agovia agent-mcp
A message sent with agents_send to an agent whose runtime is waiting_input stays in state queued (agents_message_status: "no console free to take a notice"). It is only delivered when the user switches into the recipient's tab, even though the recipient's turn has ended. Expected: delivery as soon as the agent is idle, without the tab needing focus. Seen 17 Oct 2026, several times, with cross-project messages between Claude Code agents.
A message to an agent whose turn has ended is delivered as soon as the agent is idle, whether or not its tab is focused.
agents_message_status stays queued with recipientRuntime waiting_input for minutes; the message is delivered the moment the user opens the recipient's tab.
queued / waiting_input for minutes. 3) User opens B's tab: the message arrives immediately.Thanks for the report. This is already fixed in version 1.220.0: when the recipient ends its turn on a question to you, the message now waits for your answer by default (focusing the tab no longer releases it by mistake), and a new setting in Settings > Agents lets you deliver it anyway after a number of minutes without an answer. If the problem is still there in 1.220.0 or later, please reopen the ticket with as many details as possible (a screenshot or a video helps a lot).
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