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Show background process progress (similar to /agents) #10685
Description
Feature request
Add a way to see live progress for background processes, similar to how /agents shows what subagents are doing.
Problem
When a background task runs (builds/tests/indexing/analysis), there is no visibility into what step it is on, whether it is progressing, or how long it has been running. This makes it hard to trust long-running jobs and decide whether to wait, cancel, or re-run.
Proposed solution
Provide a background-process view/panel/command that shows:
- current step/phase
- recent log tail (last N lines)
- start time + elapsed time
- percent/estimated completion when available
- ability to open details or follow logs live
The UX could mirror the existing /agents activity view for consistency.
Acceptance criteria
- Users can list active background processes
- Each process shows live status/step and elapsed time
- Users can drill into logs and follow progress
- Works for common long-running tasks (build/test/indexing/etc.)
Activity
vjain419 commentedon Feb 10, 2026
@jif-oai thanks for improving background terminal in 10957 (I yet to test the new alp release)
but /clean to kill all process is good starting point but as user we need better control which process to kill. I think this issue which allow user to look at process similar to agent session - do you think we can have /kill which kill current process or somehow /ps shows PID for each process and /clean will kill that process and /clean will just clean the all the process.
etraut-openai commentedon Mar 20, 2026
This feature request hasn't received enough upvotes, so closing.