Sourcegraph says Execute can queue batch work while the agent is busy

Sourcegraph says its Execute button in Agentic Batch Changes no longer needs to wait for an agent turn to queue work. In a changelog dated October 5, 2026, the company describes immediate queueing of selected workspaces—even while the agent is busy—with the update designated for Sourcegraph Cloud.

The accompanying selection change makes the button more useful for long lists. Select all covers every workspace matching the current filter, including rows that have not loaded yet, so users can queue those matches with Execute all. A toast notification reports what was queued, what was skipped and why.

Previously, clicking Execute sent a chat message asking the agent to run the workspaces. That meant waiting for a model turn to perform an action the server could handle itself, Sourcegraph says. It also put the button-generated request into the conversation as though the user had typed it.

Under the revised behavior, the click instead goes to the agent’s inbox. Sourcegraph says the agent reads that inbox when the user next messages it, preventing it from running the same workspaces again. A failed user-started run wakes the agent to investigate; a successful run does not interrupt the user.