feat(sessions): expose label in sessions.list and support label lookup in sessions_send

- Add `label` field to session entries and expose it in `sessions.list`
- Display label column in the web UI sessions table
- Support `label` parameter in `sessions_send` for lookup by label instead of sessionKey

- `sessions.patch`: Accept and store `label` field
- `sessions.list`: Return `label` in session entries
- `sessions_spawn`: Pass label through to registry and announce flow
- `sessions_send`: Accept optional `label` param, lookup session by label if sessionKey not provided
- `agent` method: Accept `label` and `spawnedBy` params (stored in session entry)

- Add `label` column to sessions table in web UI

- Changed session store writes to merge with existing entry (`{ ...existing, ...new }`)
  to preserve fields like `label` that might be set separately

We attempted to implement label persistence "properly" by passing the label
through the `agent` call and storing it during session initialization. However,
the auto-reply flow has multiple write points that overwrite the session entry,
and making all of them merge-aware proved unreliable.

The working solution patches the label in the `finally` block of
`runSubagentAnnounceFlow`, after all other session writes complete.
This is a workaround but robust - the patch happens at the very end,
just before potential cleanup.

A future refactor could make session writes consistently merge-based,
which would allow the cleaner approach of setting label at spawn time.

```typescript
// Spawn with label
sessions_spawn({ task: "...", label: "my-worker" })

// Later, find by label
sessions_send({ label: "my-worker", message: "continue..." })

// Or use sessions_list to see labels
sessions_list() // includes label field in response
```

src/gateway/protocol/schema.ts

@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ export const AgentParamsSchema = Type.Object(
     lane: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
     extraSystemPrompt: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
     idempotencyKey: NonEmptyString,
+    label: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
+    spawnedBy: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
   },
   { additionalProperties: false },
 );
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ export const SessionsListParamsSchema = Type.Object(
 export const SessionsPatchParamsSchema = Type.Object(
   {
     key: NonEmptyString,
+    label: Type.Optional(Type.Union([NonEmptyString, Type.Null()])),
     thinkingLevel: Type.Optional(Type.Union([NonEmptyString, Type.Null()])),
     verboseLevel: Type.Optional(Type.Union([NonEmptyString, Type.Null()])),
     reasoningLevel: Type.Optional(Type.Union([NonEmptyString, Type.Null()])),

src/gateway/server-bridge.ts

@@ -397,6 +397,25 @@ export function createBridgeHandlers(ctx: BridgeHandlersContext) {
             }
           }
 
+          if ("label" in p) {
+            const raw = p.label;
+            if (raw === null) {
+              delete next.label;
+            } else if (raw !== undefined) {
+              const trimmed = String(raw).trim();
+              if (!trimmed) {
+                return {
+                  ok: false,
+                  error: {
+                    code: ErrorCodes.INVALID_REQUEST,
+                    message: "invalid label: empty",
+                  },
+                };
+              }
+              next.label = trimmed;
+            }
+          }
+
           if ("thinkingLevel" in p) {
             const raw = p.thinkingLevel;
             if (raw === null) {
@@ -628,6 +647,7 @@ export function createBridgeHandlers(ctx: BridgeHandlersContext) {
             model: entry?.model,
             contextTokens: entry?.contextTokens,
             sendPolicy: entry?.sendPolicy,
+            label: entry?.label,
             displayName: entry?.displayName,
             chatType: entry?.chatType,
             provider: entry?.provider,

src/gateway/server-methods/agent.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ export const agentHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
       extraSystemPrompt?: string;
       idempotencyKey: string;
       timeout?: number;
+      label?: string;
+      spawnedBy?: string;
     };
     const idem = request.idempotencyKey;
     const cached = context.dedupe.get(`agent:${idem}`);
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ export const agentHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
       cfgForAgent = cfg;
       const now = Date.now();
       const sessionId = entry?.sessionId ?? randomUUID();
+      const labelValue = request.label?.trim() || entry?.label;
+      const spawnedByValue = request.spawnedBy?.trim() || entry?.spawnedBy;
       const nextEntry: SessionEntry = {
         sessionId,
         updatedAt: now,
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ export const agentHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
         lastTo: entry?.lastTo,
         modelOverride: entry?.modelOverride,
         providerOverride: entry?.providerOverride,
+        label: labelValue,
+        spawnedBy: spawnedByValue,
       };
       sessionEntry = nextEntry;
       const sendPolicy = resolveSendPolicy({

src/gateway/server-methods/sessions.ts

@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ export const sessionsHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
       }
     }
 
+    if ("label" in p) {
+      const raw = p.label;
+      if (raw === null) {
+        delete next.label;
+      } else if (raw !== undefined) {
+        const trimmed = String(raw).trim();
+        if (!trimmed) {
+          respond(
+            false,
+            undefined,
+            errorShape(ErrorCodes.INVALID_REQUEST, "invalid label: empty"),
+          );
+          return;
+        }
+        next.label = trimmed;
+      }
+    }
+
     if ("thinkingLevel" in p) {
       const raw = p.thinkingLevel;
       if (raw === null) {
@@ -422,6 +440,7 @@ export const sessionsHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
       model: entry?.model,
       contextTokens: entry?.contextTokens,
       sendPolicy: entry?.sendPolicy,
+      label: entry?.label,
       lastProvider: entry?.lastProvider,
       lastTo: entry?.lastTo,
       skillsSnapshot: entry?.skillsSnapshot,

src/gateway/server.sessions.test.ts

@@ -148,12 +148,23 @@ describe("gateway server sessions", () => {
     expect(sendPolicyPatched.ok).toBe(true);
     expect(sendPolicyPatched.payload?.entry.sendPolicy).toBe("deny");
 
+    const labelPatched = await rpcReq<{
+      ok: true;
+      entry: { label?: string };
+    }>(ws, "sessions.patch", {
+      key: "agent:main:subagent:one",
+      label: "Briefing",
+    });
+    expect(labelPatched.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(labelPatched.payload?.entry.label).toBe("Briefing");
+
     const list2 = await rpcReq<{
       sessions: Array<{
         key: string;
         thinkingLevel?: string;
         verboseLevel?: string;
         sendPolicy?: string;
+        label?: string;
       }>;
     }>(ws, "sessions.list", {});
     expect(list2.ok).toBe(true);
@@ -163,6 +174,10 @@ describe("gateway server sessions", () => {
     expect(main2?.thinkingLevel).toBe("medium");
     expect(main2?.verboseLevel).toBeUndefined();
     expect(main2?.sendPolicy).toBe("deny");
+    const subagent = list2.payload?.sessions.find(
+      (s) => s.key === "agent:main:subagent:one",
+    );
+    expect(subagent?.label).toBe("Briefing");
 
     const spawnedOnly = await rpcReq<{
       sessions: Array<{ key: string }>;

src/gateway/session-utils.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export type GatewaySessionsDefaults = {
 export type GatewaySessionRow = {
   key: string;
   kind: "direct" | "group" | "global" | "unknown";
+  label?: string;
   displayName?: string;
   provider?: string;
   subject?: string;
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ export function listSessionsFromStore(params: {
       return {
         key,
         kind: classifySessionKey(key, entry),
+        label: entry?.label,
         displayName,
         provider,
         subject,