v0.12.0

Forum Topics — Multiple Chats in One Group

ductor now fully supports Telegram forum topics. Create a group, enable topics, and each topic becomes its own isolated chat with its own conversation context.

• Topic isolation — every topic has its own session, independent from General and your private chat
• Per-topic model selection — run /model inside a topic to change just that topic's provider
• Background tasks stay in their topic — task questions and results are delivered back to the topic they were started in
• Named sessions work in topics — /session creates sessions scoped to the current topic
• Topic names in logs and status — topics show their name instead of just an ID

A group with 5 topics gives you 6 independent conversations (General + 5 topics), all sharing the same workspace, tools, and memory.

Group Chat Management

• /where — see all tracked groups (active, rejected, left) with their IDs
• /leave <group_id> — manually leave a group
• Auto-leave — bot auto-leaves groups not in allowed_group_ids
• Group audit — runs on startup, on config reload, and every 24 hours
• allowed_user_ids and allowed_group_ids are now hot-reloadable — edit config.json, changes apply within seconds
• group_mention_only is now hot-reloadable — no restart needed to toggle

Background Tasks

• Task results now include the actual result — previously, the final task result injection could send the original prompt instead of the computed answer. Fixed.
• TASKMEMORY.md content appended to results — when a task completes, its memory file is included so the parent agent gets the full picture
• Resume reminders — task agents get a short reminder on each follow-up about how to communicate (ask_parent, TASKMEMORY)
• Delete tasks — new delete_task.py tool lets models permanently remove finished tasks (entry + folder)
• Sub-agent folder cleanup — fixed a bug where sub-agent task folders were not cleaned up on removal

Timeout Recovery (PR #24 by @n-haminger)

• Session preserved on CLI timeout — when the CLI times out, the session ID is now captured early and preserved so the next message auto-resumes where it left off
• Clear user message — shows timeout duration and confirms the session is preserved

Inter-Agent Communication (PR #25 by @n-haminger)

• --summary flag for async messages — ask_agent_async.py --summary "Short description" lets the sender control what preview text the recipient sees in their Telegram notification

Internal Improvements

• Unified MessageBus with Envelope system — all background delivery (cron, webhooks, heartbeat, tasks, inter-agent) now routes through a single bus
• Major orchestrator refactoring — extracted selectors, providers, and lifecycle into separate modules
• Centralized shared code, eliminated duplication across modules
• Comprehensive documentation rewrite

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0