What happened?
I am testing subagents and I have created a few of them.
However when I send the instructions, it seems to send the same prompt to all the parallel sub agents, and each of them is executing the sme prompt in parallel. Then each of them execute the next prompt together and so on. Finally the results are consolidated. This seems wrong and not as expected.
Either that or the display of running subagents is wrong.
What did you expect to happen?
If there are 3 tasks (multiple instances of same subagent), each of the subagent should run one task in parallel. All 3 shouldn't run all 3 tasks.
Client information
Client Information
Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.
> /about
│ About Gemini CLI │
│ │
│ CLI Version 0.37.1 │
│ Git Commit 3b2d4f100 │
│ Model gemini-3-flash-preview │
│ Sandbox no sandbox │
│ OS linux │
│ Auth Method Signed in with Google (ksprashanth82@gmail.com) │
│ Tier Gemini Code Assist │
│ GCP Project cloudshell-gca │
│ IDE Client Cloud Shell ```
</details>
### Login information
gmail auth
### Anything else we need to know?
Subagent definition
```markdown
---
name: recipe-scout
description: Finds a single, specific recipe matching provided meal and macro constraints.
tools:
- google_web_search
---
You are a precision culinary researcher. You will be given a specific meal request and ingredient constraints.
- Action: Search the web to find exactly ONE high-quality recipe that perfectly aligns with these constraints.
- Output: Return the recipe title, URL, exact ingredient list with quantities, and cooking instructions. Do not output conversational filler.
prompt - attached screenshot.
CLI is not letting me select the prompt - I've filed a bug.
What happened?
I am testing subagents and I have created a few of them.
However when I send the instructions, it seems to send the same prompt to all the parallel sub agents, and each of them is executing the sme prompt in parallel. Then each of them execute the next prompt together and so on. Finally the results are consolidated. This seems wrong and not as expected.
Either that or the display of running subagents is wrong.
What did you expect to happen?
If there are 3 tasks (multiple instances of same subagent), each of the subagent should run one task in parallel. All 3 shouldn't run all 3 tasks.
Client information
Client Information
Run
geminito enter the interactive CLI, then run the/aboutcommand.prompt - attached screenshot.
CLI is not letting me select the prompt - I've filed a bug.