fix(background-task): retry transient missing output tasks

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

src/tools/background-task/create-background-output.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getAgentDisplayName } from "../../shared/agent-display-names"
 import { recordBackgroundOutputConsumption } from "../../shared/background-output-consumption"
 
 const SISYPHUS_JUNIOR_AGENT = getAgentDisplayName("sisyphus-junior")
+const MISSING_BACKGROUND_TASK_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 100
 
 type ToolContextWithMetadata = {
   sessionID: string
@@ -40,6 +41,23 @@ function isSessionId(value: string): boolean {
   return /^ses[_-]/.test(value)
 }
 
+function isBackgroundTaskId(value: string): boolean {
+  return /^bg[_-]/.test(value)
+}
+
+async function getTaskWithMissingRetry(
+  manager: BackgroundOutputManager,
+  taskId: string,
+): Promise<BackgroundTask | undefined> {
+  const task = manager.getTask(taskId)
+  if (task || !isBackgroundTaskId(taskId)) {
+    return task
+  }
+
+  await delay(MISSING_BACKGROUND_TASK_RETRY_DELAY_MS)
+  return manager.getTask(taskId)
+}
+
 function formatTaskNotFoundMessage(taskId: string): string {
   if (!isSessionId(taskId)) {
     return `Task not found: ${taskId}`
@@ -74,7 +92,7 @@ export function createBackgroundOutput(manager: BackgroundOutputManager, client:
     async execute(args: BackgroundOutputArgs, toolContext) {
       try {
         const ctx = toolContext as ToolContextWithMetadata
-        const task = manager.getTask(args.task_id)
+        const task = await getTaskWithMissingRetry(manager, args.task_id)
         if (!task) {
           return formatTaskNotFoundMessage(args.task_id)
         }
@@ -103,7 +121,7 @@ export function createBackgroundOutput(manager: BackgroundOutputManager, client:
           while (Date.now() - startTime < timeoutMs) {
             await delay(1000)
 
-            const currentTask = manager.getTask(args.task_id)
+            const currentTask = await getTaskWithMissingRetry(manager, args.task_id)
             if (!currentTask) {
               return `Task was deleted: ${args.task_id}`
             }
@@ -116,7 +134,7 @@ export function createBackgroundOutput(manager: BackgroundOutputManager, client:
           }
 
           if (isTaskActiveStatus(resolvedTask.status)) {
-            const finalCheck = manager.getTask(args.task_id)
+            const finalCheck = await getTaskWithMissingRetry(manager, args.task_id)
             if (finalCheck) {
               resolvedTask = finalCheck
             }