Disable timer heartbeats by default for new agents

server/src/__tests__/agent-permissions-routes.test.ts

@@ -213,6 +213,80 @@ describe("agent permission routes", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("normalizes direct agent creation to disable timer heartbeats by default", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({
+      type: "board",
+      userId: "board-user",
+      source: "local_implicit",
+      isInstanceAdmin: true,
+      companyIds: [companyId],
+    });
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/companies/${companyId}/agents`)
+      .send({
+        name: "Builder",
+        role: "engineer",
+        adapterType: "process",
+        adapterConfig: {},
+        runtimeConfig: {
+          heartbeat: {
+            intervalSec: 3600,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(mockAgentService.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      companyId,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        runtimeConfig: {
+          heartbeat: {
+            enabled: false,
+            intervalSec: 3600,
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes hire requests to disable timer heartbeats by default", async () => {
+    const app = createApp({
+      type: "board",
+      userId: "board-user",
+      source: "local_implicit",
+      isInstanceAdmin: true,
+      companyIds: [companyId],
+    });
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post(`/api/companies/${companyId}/agent-hires`)
+      .send({
+        name: "Builder",
+        role: "engineer",
+        adapterType: "process",
+        adapterConfig: {},
+        runtimeConfig: {
+          heartbeat: {
+            intervalSec: 3600,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    expect(mockAgentService.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      companyId,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        runtimeConfig: {
+          heartbeat: {
+            enabled: false,
+            intervalSec: 3600,
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("exposes explicit task assignment access on agent detail", async () => {
     mockAccessService.listPrincipalGrants.mockResolvedValue([
       {