Preserve imported comment timeline

server/src/__tests__/company-portability.test.ts

@@ -2417,7 +2417,10 @@ describe("company portability", () => {
       adapterOverrides: {
         claudecoder: {
           adapterType: "codex_local",
-          adapterConfig: {},
+          adapterConfig: {
+            extraArgs: [],
+            args: ["--legacy-arg"],
+          },
         },
       },
     }, "user-1");
@@ -2426,6 +2429,7 @@ describe("company portability", () => {
       adapterType: "codex_local",
       adapterConfig: expect.objectContaining({
         extraArgs: ["--skip-git-repo-check"],
+        args: ["--legacy-arg"],
       }),
     }));
     expect(agentSvc.create).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("company-imported", expect.objectContaining({
@@ -2572,7 +2576,12 @@ describe("company portability", () => {
       "issue-imported",
       "Paperclip needs a disposition before this issue can continue.",
       { agentId: undefined, userId: undefined },
-      { authorType: "system", presentation, metadata },
+      {
+        authorType: "system",
+        presentation,
+        metadata,
+        createdAt: "2026-05-04T12:00:00.000Z",
+      },
     );
   });
 

server/src/services/company-portability.ts

@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ function readPortableIssueComments(
 
 function appendCodexImportArg(adapterConfig: Record<string, unknown>, arg: string) {
   const extraArgs = readStringArray(adapterConfig.extraArgs);
-  if (extraArgs && extraArgs.length > 0) {
+  if (extraArgs) {
     if (!extraArgs.includes(arg)) adapterConfig.extraArgs = [...extraArgs, arg];
     return;
   }
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ function appendCodexImportArg(adapterConfig: Record<string, unknown>, arg: strin
     return;
   }
 
-  if (extraArgs?.includes(arg) || legacyArgs?.includes(arg)) return;
+  if (legacyArgs?.includes(arg)) return;
   adapterConfig.extraArgs = [arg];
 }
 
@@ -4645,6 +4645,7 @@ export function companyPortabilityService(db: Db, storage?: StorageService) {
             authorType,
             presentation: comment.presentation,
             metadata: comment.metadata,
+            createdAt: comment.createdAt,
           });
         }
       }

server/src/services/issues.ts

@@ -3790,6 +3790,7 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
         authorType?: IssueCommentAuthorType | null;
         presentation?: IssueCommentPresentation | null;
         metadata?: IssueCommentMetadata | null;
+        createdAt?: Date | string | null;
       },
     ) => {
       const issue = await db
@@ -3810,6 +3811,7 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
       assertIssueCommentAuthorTypeAllowed(actor, authorType);
       const presentation = issueCommentPresentationSchema.nullable().parse(options?.presentation ?? null);
       const metadata = issueCommentMetadataSchema.nullable().parse(options?.metadata ?? null);
+      const createdAt = options?.createdAt ? new Date(options.createdAt) : null;
       const [comment] = await db
         .insert(issueComments)
         .values({
@@ -3822,6 +3824,7 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
           body: redactedBody,
           presentation,
           metadata,
+          ...(createdAt && !Number.isNaN(createdAt.getTime()) ? { createdAt } : {}),
         })
         .returning();