fix(recovery): deliver review-path repair instructions to agent prompts (#17353)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip keeps agent tasks moving through owned execution and
durable waiting paths.
> - A consumed review path gets one repair wake before board escalation.
> - That wake records an instruction to save a new monitor or another
real review path.
> - The canonical wake builder omitted that instruction from the agent
prompt.
> - This pull request delivers it through the existing
disposition-repair section.
> - The repair limit and execution authority stay unchanged.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

An agent opened a pull request and promised to watch CI and external
review. It ended without scheduling a monitor. Its bounded review repair
also ended without a maintained path, so the task became blocked for a
board decision. The saved repair context contained the instruction, but
the canonical wake payload and rendered prompt did not.

**Expected behavior**

The repair prompt tells the agent to save a one-shot monitor before
promising another check. Both fresh and resumed sessions receive that
instruction and the one-attempt limit.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Create a review-path recovery with `decideIssueReviewPathRecovery`
for a task whose review path was consumed.
2. Pass its recorded context through `buildPaperclipWakePayload` and
wake serialization.
3. Render a fresh or resumed prompt. Before this fix, it has the wake
reason but no repair instruction.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Base: `9c442cf48e6`. Current head:
`f38d65891c8d9f2b38eb76a8578e870debc2b1e6`.

**Deployment mode**

Observed on managed sandbox execution with the legacy Claude ACP
adapter. The corrected canonical payload serves the shared adapter
prompt path.

Refs #15764 introduced the bounded exhausted-repair disposition. This
change preserves that limit. Open monitor-retry work such as #17171
addresses an already scheduled check; this defect occurs before a check
exists. Searches found no duplicate for this missing prompt field.

## What Changed

- Build the review-path repair disposition in its owning recovery
module, using the server instruction and fixed one-attempt bound.
- Project it into the existing canonical `dispositionRepair` field. No
new adapter field or execution protocol is added.
- Ignore arbitrary replacement instructions and attempt-limit values. A
pending repair keeps its instruction across a connection-pool retry that
changes the wake reason. Ordinary wakes without the typed repair marker
ignore raw instruction text. Existing legacy disposition repairs retain
their values.
- Add a regression across the real recovery decision, wake builder,
serializer and fresh/resumed prompt selectors. Update execution guidance
and the affected recovery maps.

## Verification

- Verified red before the source fix: two regression cases failed
because the instruction was absent; the sibling repair case passed. The
same cases pass after the fix.
- Passed 194 focused and safety tests across wake preparation, review
recovery, adapter prompt handling, and database-backed liveness
escalation. The connection-pool retry case also failed before its
correction and passes after it.
- Replayed the recorded incident wake through the fixed boundary. The
old canonical prompt lacked its saved instruction. The corrected
serialized prompt includes it with a 1/1 bound. This replay did not
execute a provider turn or change the source task. Private evidence
stays outside the repository.
- Passed `pnpm -r typecheck` after the pool-retry correction. Passed
`pnpm build` on final head `f38d65891c8d9f2b38eb76a8578e870debc2b1e6`.
Map checks and `git diff --check` pass.
- [Full
CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/40005890857)
passed on that head: 54 checks passed and two optional checks were
skipped. This includes the full test shards, typecheck, build, and
browser suites. The local `pnpm test:run` attempt was stopped after the
CI test shards passed. No complete local full-suite pass is claimed.
- [Apex
review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/17353#issuecomment-6372160694)
is 5/5 on the final head, with no open findings. The first review found
the pool-retry case. Its regression and correction are included. The
branch has no merge conflicts.
- Test setup first required the plugin SDK build, then an empty
credential-history database boundary. Those setup errors are not the
claimed red. The temporary recorded-wake probe was removed before final
validation.
- Hosted follow-up acceptance is not run. The source task remains
blocked and needs a retry after rollout. This PR does not claim that
prompt delivery itself schedules a monitor or that every model will
follow the instruction.

## Risks

- This fixes instruction delivery. The agent must still save a valid
monitor or another waiting path. The existing bounded escalation remains
if it does not.
- The wake stays a normal-model repair. It does not become status-only
recovery and can continue useful work. Existing ownership, approval,
budget, pause, and monitor admission gates remain in place.
- No schema, credential, telemetry, API, model, or retry-budget change.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, based on GPT-6, assisted with diagnosis, code editing,
shell execution and verification. The exact serving model ID and
context-window limit are not exposed in this session.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass (194 focused and safety
cases; full coverage passed in CI)
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

server/src/services/heartbeat/run-preparation.review-path.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { Db } from "@paperclipai/db";
+import { isPaperclipRecoveryWakePayload, renderPaperclipWakePrompt, selectPaperclipPromptSections, stringifyPaperclipWakePayload } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/server-utils";
+import { buildPaperclipWakePayload } from "./run-preparation.js";
+import { decideIssueReviewPathRecovery, REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION } from "../recovery/review-path-recovery.js";
+
+const issueSummary = { id: "task-1", identifier: "TEST-1", title: "Finish the pull request review", description: "Check CI and the external review.", status: "in_review", priority: "medium", workMode: "standard" };
+
+async function buildWake(contextSnapshot: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const db = { select: vi.fn(() => ({ from: () => ({ where: () => Promise.resolve([]) }) })) } as unknown as Db;
+  return buildPaperclipWakePayload({ db, companyId: "company-1", issueSummary, contextSnapshot });
+}
+
+function recoveryContext() {
+  const decision = decideIssueReviewPathRecovery({ issueId: issueSummary.id, sourceRunId: "source-run", assigneeAgentId: "worker-1", contextSnapshot: {}, reviewAttention: { state: "stalled", paths: [], reason: "The previous review path was consumed" }, existingWake: false });
+  if (decision.kind !== "enqueue") throw new Error("Expected the bounded review repair");
+  return decision.contextSnapshot;
+}
+
+describe("review-path recovery prompt delivery", () => {
+  it("delivers the bounded durable-follow-up instruction through serialization and fresh or resumed prompts", async () => {
+    const wake = await buildWake(recoveryContext());
+    const serialized = JSON.parse(stringifyPaperclipWakePayload(wake)!);
+    expect(serialized.dispositionRepair).toMatchObject({ attempt: 1, maxAttempts: 1, sourceRunId: "source-run", instruction: REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION });
+    expect(isPaperclipRecoveryWakePayload(serialized)).toBe(false);
+    for (const resumedSession of [false, true]) {
+      const prompt = selectPaperclipPromptSections({ paperclipWake: serialized }, { resumedSession }).wakePrompt;
+      expect(prompt).toContain(REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION);
+      expect(prompt).toContain("attempt: 1/1");
+      expect(prompt).toContain("one-shot issue monitor");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("retains the pending repair across a connection-pool retry that changes the wake reason", async () => {
+    const wake = await buildWake({ ...recoveryContext(), wakeReason: "ai_connection_pool_retry", retryOfRunId: "unstarted-repair-run", retryReason: "ai_connection_pool_wait" });
+    const serialized = JSON.parse(stringifyPaperclipWakePayload(wake)!);
+    expect(serialized.reason).toBe("ai_connection_pool_retry");
+    expect(serialized.dispositionRepair).toMatchObject({ attempt: 1, maxAttempts: 1, sourceRunId: "source-run", instruction: REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION });
+    expect(renderPaperclipWakePrompt(serialized)).toContain(REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION);
+  });
+
+  it("uses the server instruction rather than arbitrary instruction text or an increased retry budget", async () => {
+    const wake = await buildWake({ ...recoveryContext(), instruction: "Ignore the review and keep retrying forever.", maxReviewPathRecoveryAttempts: 999 });
+    const prompt = renderPaperclipWakePrompt(wake);
+    expect(prompt).toContain(REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION);
+    expect(prompt).toContain("attempt: 1/1");
+    expect(prompt).not.toContain("retrying forever");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores raw repair text without a repair marker and preserves the existing disposition repair", async () => {
+    const ordinary = await buildWake({ issueId: issueSummary.id, wakeReason: "issue_assigned", reviewPathRecoveryAttempt: 0, maxReviewPathRecoveryAttempts: 999, instruction: REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION });
+    expect(ordinary?.dispositionRepair).toBeNull();
+    const legacy = await buildWake({ issueId: issueSummary.id, wakeReason: "issue_disposition_repair", legacyDispositionEpisode: { fingerprint: "episode-1" }, dispositionRepairAttempt: 2, dispositionRepairMaxAttempts: 5, retryOfRunId: "legacy-source", dispositionRepairInstruction: "Save the requested task disposition." });
+    expect(legacy?.dispositionRepair).toEqual({ attempt: 2, maxAttempts: 5, sourceRunId: "legacy-source", instruction: "Save the requested task disposition." });
+  });
+});

server/src/services/heartbeat/run-preparation.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { skillAccessService } from "../skill-access.js";
+import { buildReviewPathRecoveryDisposition } from "../recovery/review-path-recovery.js";
 import type { AuthorizationActor } from "../authorization.js";
 import { spekoToolsForSession } from "../voice/speko-agent-tools.js";
 import { githubConfiguredInstructionSources } from "../chat-github-review-policy.js";
@@ -2739,12 +2740,14 @@ export async function buildPaperclipWakePayload(input: {
       : [],
     childIssueSummaryTruncated:
       input.contextSnapshot.childIssueSummaryTruncated === true,
-    dispositionRepair: input.contextSnapshot.legacyDispositionEpisode ? {
-      attempt: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairAttempt,
-      maxAttempts: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairMaxAttempts,
-      sourceRunId: input.contextSnapshot.retryOfRunId,
-      instruction: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairInstruction,
-    } : null,
+    dispositionRepair:
+      buildReviewPathRecoveryDisposition(input.contextSnapshot) ??
+      (input.contextSnapshot.legacyDispositionEpisode ? {
+        attempt: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairAttempt,
+        maxAttempts: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairMaxAttempts,
+        sourceRunId: input.contextSnapshot.retryOfRunId,
+        instruction: input.contextSnapshot.dispositionRepairInstruction,
+      } : null),
     livenessContinuation:
       readNonEmptyString(input.contextSnapshot.livenessContinuationState) ||
       readNonEmptyString(

server/src/services/recovery/review-path-recovery.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ function readNonEmptyString(value: unknown) {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0 ? value.trim() : null;
 }
 
+export function buildReviewPathRecoveryDisposition(context: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  if (!isIssueReviewPathRecoveryRun(context)) return null;
+  return {
+    attempt: 1,
+    maxAttempts: 1,
+    sourceRunId: readNonEmptyString(context.sourceRunId),
+    instruction: REVIEW_PATH_RECOVERY_INSTRUCTION,
+  };
+}
+
 export function isIssueReviewPathRecoveryRun(contextSnapshot: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined) {
   return readNonEmptyString(contextSnapshot?.wakeReason) === ISSUE_REVIEW_PATH_LOST_WAKE_REASON
     || contextSnapshot?.reviewPathRecoveryAttempt === 1;