fix(background-agent): ignore metadata stream output

src/features/background-agent/session-stream-activity.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import {
+  hasOutputSignalFromPart,
+  resolveSessionNextPartInfo,
+} from "./session-stream-activity"
+
+describe("session.next stream activity", () => {
+  test("#given text delta event #when resolving part info #then it counts as output activity", () => {
+    // given
+    const timestamp = "2026-05-21T03:00:00.000Z"
+
+    // when
+    const partInfo = resolveSessionNextPartInfo("session.next.text.delta", {
+      sessionID: "ses-active",
+      timestamp,
+    })
+
+    // then
+    expect(partInfo?.type).toBe("text")
+    expect(partInfo?.field).toBe("text")
+    expect(partInfo?.activityTime).toEqual(new Date(timestamp))
+    expect(hasOutputSignalFromPart(partInfo, "ses-active")).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  test("#given metadata stream event #when resolving part info #then it refreshes activity without counting as output", () => {
+    // given
+    const timestamp = "2026-05-21T03:00:00.000Z"
+
+    // when
+    const partInfo = resolveSessionNextPartInfo("session.next.compaction.started", {
+      sessionID: "ses-active",
+      timestamp,
+    })
+
+    // then
+    expect(partInfo?.type).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(partInfo?.field).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(partInfo?.activityTime).toEqual(new Date(timestamp))
+    expect(hasOutputSignalFromPart(partInfo, "ses-active")).toBe(false)
+  })
+})

src/features/background-agent/session-stream-activity.ts

@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ export function resolveMessagePartInfo(properties: unknown): MessagePartInfo | u
   return nestedPart ? buildPartInfo(nestedPart, props) : buildPartInfo(props, undefined)
 }
 
-function sessionNextType(eventType: string): string {
+function sessionNextType(eventType: string): string | undefined {
+  if (eventType.startsWith("session.next.text.")) return "text"
   if (eventType.startsWith("session.next.reasoning.")) return "reasoning"
   if (eventType.startsWith("session.next.tool.") && eventType !== "session.next.tool.called") return "tool_result"
-  return "text"
+  return undefined
 }
 
 function isTrackedSessionNextActivityEvent(eventType: string): boolean {
@@ -114,14 +115,15 @@ export function resolveSessionNextPartInfo(eventType: string, properties: unknow
     }
   }
 
+  const type = sessionNextType(eventType)
   return {
     id: getStringField(props, "callID"),
     sessionID,
-    type: sessionNextType(eventType),
+    type,
     tool: undefined,
     input: undefined,
     state: undefined,
-    field: eventType.endsWith(".delta") ? sessionNextType(eventType) : undefined,
+    field: eventType.endsWith(".delta") ? type : undefined,
     activityTime: getDateField(props, "timestamp"),
   }
 }