I found out that running() always return the value 0, doesn't matter if the shred is actually running or not. done() instead seems to work fine.
I tried on my Linux machine running Ubuntu Studio 16.04 using ChucK 1.4.0.0.

Here's a little script that shows the issue:

0 => int c;

spork ~ loop() @=> Shred parallel;

//---------MAIN---------

while( c < 5 )

{

    <<< "running(): " + parallel.running() + "\t||\t " + 

        "done(): " + parallel.done() >>>;

    if( c == 2 )

    {

        <<< "exiting the shred" >>>;

        parallel.exit();

    }

    c++;

    0.5::second => now;

}

//-------FUNCTIONS--------

function void loop()

{

    while( true )

    {

        333::ms => now;

    }

}

Cheers,

Mario

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