Kilo Code JetBrains 7.1.4 keeps background agents running after the main agent stops
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Released 2026-09-01, the update decouples background agent lifetime from the main agent (PR #13641), shows CLI activity in terminal tabs and worktrees, and adds a toolbar action to open all background agents at once. On the CLI side it now waits for background continuations before a headless exit (PR #13623), which is the fix that matters if you drive Kilo from a script and were losing delegated work at process teardown.