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## Warnings

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## Title

    [claude-agent-sdk-python] elicitation / request_user_dialog control requests answered with error

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    elicitation and request_user_dialog control requests are answered with an error; supportedDialogKinds and perTaskStopAffordance are never sent
    
    The inbound control-request handler accepts `can_use_tool`, `hook_callback`, and `mcp_message`; any other subtype is answered with an error response, `Unsupported control request subtype: <name>` (`_internal/query.py:593-594`). The TypeScript SDK handles `elicitation` and `request_user_dialog` through `onElicitation` and `onUserDialog` (`sdk.d.ts:1683, 1697`), and declares what it supports in the initialize request via `supportedDialogKinds` and `perTaskStopAffordance` (`sdk.d.ts:1719, 1739, 4338, 4342`). The Python initialize request carries `hooks`, `agents`, `excludeDynamicSections`, `systemPromptSnapshot`, `skills`, and `forwardSubagentText` only (`_internal/query.py:285-300`). Per the TypeScript contract, a host that does not declare `perTaskStopAffordance` gets background tasks killed on interrupt, and dialog kinds not declared are never offered.
    
    Checked at v0.2.159 (bundled CLI 2
    
    ## Literal error text
    ```
    {"subtype": "error", "request_id": "x", "error": "Unsupported control request subtype: elicitation"}
    ```
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub issue anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python #1296; state=open
    
    ## Trigger / context
    Public GitHub report in anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python (FRESH_7D).
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python/issues/1296 (2026-09-30T14:51:31Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — GitHub issue #1296 (open)
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_7D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:39:37.643698Z
    - scout_id: C6b25309206
    
    ## Scout notes
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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "elicitation and request_user_dialog control requests are answered with an error; supportedDialogKinds and perTaskStopAffordance are never sent\n\nThe inbound control-request handler accepts `can_use_tool`, `hook_callback`, and `mcp_message`; any other subtype is answered with an error response, `Unsupported control request subtype: <name>` (`_internal/query.py:593-594`). The TypeScript SDK handles `elicitation` and `request_user_dialog` through `onElicitation` and `onUserDialog` (`sdk.d.ts:1683, 1697`), and declares what it supports in the initialize request via `supportedDialogKinds` and `perTaskStopAffordance` (`sdk.d.ts:1719, 1739, 4338, 4342`). The Python initialize request carries `hooks`, `agents`, `excludeDynamicSections`, `systemPromptSnapshot`, `skills`, and `forwardSubagentText` only (`_internal/query.py:285-300`). Per the TypeScript contract, a host that does not declare `perTaskStopAffordance` gets background tasks killed on interrupt, and dialog kinds not declared are never offered.\n\nChecked at v0.2.159 (bundled CLI 2",
      "context": "Public GitHub report in anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python (FRESH_7D).",
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## Support assessment

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