fix: the RemoteA2AAgent does not support resumability and always transfers to the parent

a2a/src/main/java/com/google/adk/a2a/agent/RemoteA2AAgent.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.google.adk.agents.BaseAgent;
 import com.google.adk.agents.Callbacks;
 import com.google.adk.agents.InvocationContext;
+import com.google.adk.agents.Resumable;
 import com.google.adk.events.Event;
 import com.google.adk.utils.AgentEnums.AgentOrigin;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
  *   <li>Converting A2A client responses back into ADK format
  * </ul>
  */
-public class RemoteA2AAgent extends BaseAgent {
+public class RemoteA2AAgent extends BaseAgent implements Resumable {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RemoteA2AAgent.class);
   private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper =
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public class RemoteA2AAgent extends BaseAgent {
   private final Client a2aClient;
   private String description;
   private final boolean streaming;
+  private final boolean resumable;
 
   // Internal constructor used by builder
   private RemoteA2AAgent(Builder builder) {
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ private RemoteA2AAgent(Builder builder) {
       this.description = this.agentCard.description();
     }
     this.streaming = builder.streaming && this.agentCard.capabilities().streaming();
+    this.resumable = builder.resumable;
   }
 
   public static Builder builder() {
@@ -134,13 +137,20 @@ public static class Builder {
     private List<Callbacks.BeforeAgentCallback> beforeAgentCallback;
     private List<Callbacks.AfterAgentCallback> afterAgentCallback;
     private boolean streaming;
+    private boolean resumable = true;
 
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Builder streaming(boolean streaming) {
       this.streaming = streaming;
       return this;
     }
 
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    public Builder resumable(boolean resumable) {
+      this.resumable = resumable;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Builder name(String name) {
       this.name = name;
@@ -192,6 +202,11 @@ public boolean isStreaming() {
     return streaming;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isResumable() {
+    return resumable;
+  }
+
   private Message.Builder newA2AMessage(Message.Role role, List<io.a2a.spec.Part<?>> parts) {
     return new Message.Builder().messageId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()).role(role).parts(parts);
   }

a2a/src/test/java/com/google/adk/a2a/agent/RemoteA2AAgentTest.java

@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ public void createAgent_streaming_true_returnsStreamingAgent() {
     assertThat(agent.isStreaming()).isTrue();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void createAgent_resumable_default_true() {
+    RemoteA2AAgent agent = getAgentBuilder().build();
+    assertThat(agent.isResumable()).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createAgent_resumable_false() {
+    RemoteA2AAgent agent = getAgentBuilder().resumable(false).build();
+    assertThat(agent.isResumable()).isFalse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void runAsync_aggregatesPartialEvents() {
     RemoteA2AAgent agent = createAgent();

core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/agents/LlmAgent.java

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /** The LLM-based agent. */
-public class LlmAgent extends BaseAgent {
+public class LlmAgent extends BaseAgent implements Resumable {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LlmAgent.class);
 
@@ -779,6 +779,11 @@ public boolean disallowTransferToParent() {
     return disallowTransferToParent;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isResumable() {
+    return !disallowTransferToParent();
+  }
+
   public boolean disallowTransferToPeers() {
     return disallowTransferToPeers;
   }

core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/agents/Resumable.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.adk.agents;
+
+/** Interface for agents that can be resumed from history directly. */
+public interface Resumable {
+  boolean isResumable();
+}

core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/runner/Runner.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.adk.agents.InvocationContext;
 import com.google.adk.agents.LiveRequestQueue;
 import com.google.adk.agents.LlmAgent;
+import com.google.adk.agents.Resumable;
 import com.google.adk.agents.RunConfig;
 import com.google.adk.apps.App;
 import com.google.adk.artifacts.BaseArtifactService;
@@ -752,13 +753,7 @@ protected Flowable<Event> runLiveImpl(
   private boolean isTransferableAcrossAgentTree(BaseAgent agentToRun) {
     BaseAgent current = agentToRun;
     while (current != null) {
-      // Agents eligible to transfer must have an LLM-based agent parent.
-      if (!(current instanceof LlmAgent)) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      // If any agent can't transfer to its parent, the chain is broken.
-      LlmAgent agent = (LlmAgent) current;
-      if (agent.disallowTransferToParent()) {
+      if (!(current instanceof Resumable resumableAgent) || !resumableAgent.isResumable()) {
         return false;
       }
       current = current.parentAgent();

core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerResumabilityTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package com.google.adk.runner;
+
+import static com.google.adk.testing.TestUtils.createContent;
+import static com.google.adk.testing.TestUtils.createLlmResponse;
+import static com.google.adk.testing.TestUtils.createTestLlm;
+import static com.google.adk.testing.TestUtils.simplifyEvents;
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import com.google.adk.agents.BaseAgent;
+import com.google.adk.agents.InvocationContext;
+import com.google.adk.agents.LlmAgent;
+import com.google.adk.agents.Resumable;
+import com.google.adk.apps.App;
+import com.google.adk.events.Event;
+import com.google.adk.sessions.Session;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.genai.types.Content;
+import com.google.genai.types.Part;
+import io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public final class RunnerResumabilityTest {
+
+  private static class TestResumableAgent extends BaseAgent implements Resumable {
+    private final boolean resumable;
+
+    public TestResumableAgent(String name, boolean resumable) {
+      super(name, "", ImmutableList.of(), ImmutableList.of(), ImmutableList.of());
+      this.resumable = resumable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isResumable() {
+      return resumable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Flowable<Event> runAsyncImpl(InvocationContext context) {
+      return Flowable.just(
+          Event.builder()
+              .id("event-" + name())
+              .author(name())
+              .content(
+                  Content.builder()
+                      .parts(
+                          ImmutableList.of(Part.builder().text("response from " + name()).build()))
+                      .build())
+              .build());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Flowable<Event> runLiveImpl(InvocationContext context) {
+      return runAsyncImpl(context);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void runAsync_resumesAtResumableSubAgent() {
+    TestResumableAgent subAgent = new TestResumableAgent("sub_agent", true);
+    LlmAgent rootAgent =
+        LlmAgent.builder()
+            .name("root_agent")
+            .model(createTestLlm(createLlmResponse(createContent("from root"))))
+            .subAgents(ImmutableList.of(subAgent))
+            .build();
+
+    Runner runner =
+        Runner.builder().app(App.builder().name("test").rootAgent(rootAgent).build()).build();
+
+    Session session = runner.sessionService().createSession("test", "user").blockingGet();
+
+    Event subAgentEvent =
+        Event.builder()
+            .id("initial-event")
+            .author("sub_agent")
+            .content(createContent("subagent greeting"))
+            .build();
+
+    var unused = runner.sessionService().appendEvent(session, subAgentEvent).blockingGet();
+
+    var events =
+        runner.runAsync("user", session.id(), createContent("continue")).toList().blockingGet();
+
+    assertThat(simplifyEvents(events)).containsExactly("sub_agent: response from sub_agent");
+  }
+}

core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerTest.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import com.google.adk.agents.LiveRequestQueue;
 import com.google.adk.agents.LlmAgent;
 import com.google.adk.agents.RunConfig;
+import com.google.adk.agents.Resumable;
 import com.google.adk.apps.App;
 import com.google.adk.artifacts.BaseArtifactService;
 import com.google.adk.events.Event;
@@ -1686,4 +1687,5 @@ public void runner_executesSaveArtifactFlow() {
     // agent was run
     assertThat(simplifyEvents(events.values())).containsExactly("test agent: from llm");
   }
+
 }