From 9bf5683a08a4cb342aee953f846f56f2f40990fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dotta <bippadotta@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:25:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): label feedback delivery recovery actions

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
---
 ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx | 12 ++++++++++++
 ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.tsx      |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx
index 317f0cce500..a02dcf679fa 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@ describe("IssueRecoveryActionCard", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("explains exhausted feedback delivery in plain language", () => {
+    const node = render(
+      <IssueRecoveryActionCard
+        action={buildAction({ kind: "feedback_delivery", cause: "feedback_delivery_exhausted" })}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(node.textContent).toContain("Feedback Not Handled");
+    expect(node.textContent).toContain(
+      "Paperclip could not deliver the latest human feedback to this task's agent. Automatic replay is exhausted; handle the outstanding feedback or record what is blocking it.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("falls back to an em dash when no evidence summary is available", () => {
     const node = render(<IssueRecoveryActionCard action={buildAction({ evidence: {} })} />);
     expect(node.textContent).toContain("—");
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.tsx
index 6ce46fc2a75..3bb03adbb3e 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.tsx
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export interface IssueRecoveryActionCardProps {
 }
 
 const KIND_LABEL: Record<IssueRecoveryActionKind, string> = {
+  feedback_delivery: "Feedback Not Handled",
   missing_disposition: "Missing Disposition",
   stranded_assigned_issue: "Stranded Task",
   workspace_validation: "Workspace Validation",
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ const KIND_LABEL: Record<IssueRecoveryActionKind, string> = {
 };
 
 const KIND_HEADLINE: Record<IssueRecoveryActionKind, string> = {
+  feedback_delivery:
+    "Paperclip could not deliver the latest human feedback to this task's agent. Automatic replay is exhausted; handle the outstanding feedback or record what is blocking it.",
   missing_disposition:
     "This task's run finished, but no next step was chosen. Choose what happens next — try the task again, mark it done, or send it for review.",
   stranded_assigned_issue: