From f6878afc1c7c049018f9f687a4431ea7bebae7ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Advait Paliwal <advait@companion.ai>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:22:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update pi-subagents to 0.79.1; release 0.5.50

---
 RELEASES.md                                         |  8 ++++++++
 package-lock.json                                   | 12 ++++++------
 package.json                                        |  4 ++--
 website/src/content/docs/reference/package-stack.md |  2 +-
 website/src/content/docs/reference/releases.md      |  8 ++++++++
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index fae45a83..dd43fff1 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ GitHub release notes are generated from the matching `## vX.Y.Z` section in this
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v0.5.50 - 2026-10-18
+
+- **pi-subagents 0.79.1.**
+  - Sessions that have not delegated yet no longer send the `bg_wait` and `subagent_supervisor` tool definitions with every request, about 1,500 characters saved per request.
+  - When a workflow's main process dies, research subagents that had already finished keep their results instead of being marked failed.
+  - Workflow lanes in the widget and `status` show each subagent's model.
+  - Read-only installs no longer log a "permission denied" error about the upgrade notice on every start.
+
 ## v0.5.49 - 2026-10-17
 
 - **pi-subagents 0.79.0.**
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a20b0bae..bc9a0135 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@companion-ai/feynman",
-  "version": "0.5.49",
+  "version": "0.5.50",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@companion-ai/feynman",
-      "version": "0.5.49",
+      "version": "0.5.50",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "fast-xml-parser": "5.11.2",
         "pi-btw": "0.8.0",
         "pi-docparser": "4.0.0",
-        "pi-subagents": "0.79.0",
+        "pi-subagents": "0.79.1",
         "pi-web-access": "0.42.0",
         "posthog-node": "^5.53.0"
       },
@@ -4752,9 +4752,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/pi-subagents": {
-      "version": "0.79.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pi-subagents/-/pi-subagents-0.79.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9FVPNxqYEKvimSGmQF3BqdofGTrrbY33DAS9rgtlnuvdGOvhjbhZeL2bwKYi1VOaSJcV033UpcVGLbNL4H4OOA==",
+      "version": "0.79.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pi-subagents/-/pi-subagents-0.79.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7r+Dz2G9ewTuRrgmLnXGfK+nc14ZjVC+sWkw2WaL40MbYmlHeIxmfTMxDRvVSlK+CptKUArV6PtXAQtWZzCUVQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@js-temporal/polyfill": "0.5.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c388323a..0804d5f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@companion-ai/feynman",
-  "version": "0.5.49",
+  "version": "0.5.50",
   "description": "The open source AI research agent.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "fast-xml-parser": "5.11.2",
     "pi-btw": "0.8.0",
     "pi-docparser": "4.0.0",
-    "pi-subagents": "0.79.0",
+    "pi-subagents": "0.79.1",
     "pi-web-access": "0.42.0",
     "posthog-node": "^5.53.0"
   },
diff --git a/website/src/content/docs/reference/package-stack.md b/website/src/content/docs/reference/package-stack.md
index 9397b077..dfefa87c 100644
--- a/website/src/content/docs/reference/package-stack.md
+++ b/website/src/content/docs/reference/package-stack.md
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ Core packages are not touched by `feynman update` because they ship with Feynman
 
 ## Runtime versions
 
-Feynman 0.5.49 runs Pi 1.3.0 with pi-subagents 0.79.0, pi-web-access 0.42.0, pi-docparser 4.0.0, pi-btw 0.8.0, and Alpha Hub 0.1.7 as ordinary npm dependencies, and does not modify any of them on disk. Every release is checked by booting the installed CLI in Pi RPC mode on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
+Feynman 0.5.50 runs Pi 1.3.0 with pi-subagents 0.79.1, pi-web-access 0.42.0, pi-docparser 4.0.0, pi-btw 0.8.0, and Alpha Hub 0.1.7 as ordinary npm dependencies, and does not modify any of them on disk. Every release is checked by booting the installed CLI in Pi RPC mode on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
diff --git a/website/src/content/docs/reference/releases.md b/website/src/content/docs/reference/releases.md
index e9bb8f47..f1da28eb 100644
--- a/website/src/content/docs/reference/releases.md
+++ b/website/src/content/docs/reference/releases.md
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ This page summarizes what changed in recent Feynman releases. GitHub releases us
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v0.5.50 - 2026-10-18
+
+- **pi-subagents 0.79.1.**
+  - Sessions that have not delegated yet no longer send the `bg_wait` and `subagent_supervisor` tool definitions with every request, about 1,500 characters saved per request.
+  - When a workflow's main process dies, research subagents that had already finished keep their results instead of being marked failed.
+  - Workflow lanes in the widget and `status` show each subagent's model.
+  - Read-only installs no longer log a "permission denied" error about the upgrade notice on every start.
+
 ## v0.5.49 - 2026-10-17
 
 - **pi-subagents 0.79.0.**