fix: preserve GitHub sign-in and show connected repository access (#12993)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - GitHub connections give agents an account with selected repository
access.
> - Fresh local instances enroll with production Paperclip Cloud.
> - Enrollment could finish while the GitHub OAuth profile remained
disabled.
> - Setup then switched to a personal access token form without
explanation.
> - This change preserves sign-in intent and shows the connected account
and repositories.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Related: #12907, #12943, #12947. Existing open GitHub connection work
was checked. No duplicate was found.

**What happened?**

After Cloud enrollment, a fresh test-drive asked for a GitHub key.
Production did not advertise the managed GitHub profile. Staging did.
The permissions page also omitted the authenticated username and
repository names.

**Expected behavior**

Continue with GitHub OAuth when available. Explain unavailable sign-in
and allow retry otherwise. Show the GitHub username and complete
accessible repository list.

**Steps to reproduce**

Start a fresh test-drive. Choose GitHub and complete instance enrollment
while the Cloud GitHub profile is disabled. Open an existing GitHub
connection's permissions page.

## What Changed

- Preserve managed sign-in intent when the gallery omits its profile.
- Refresh the selected gallery entry on retry without resetting the
audience.
- Fetch all pages of GitHub installations and repositories.
- Store only repository IDs, full names, and installation IDs in grant
metadata.
- Show the GitHub username, repository list, management link, and
refresh action.
- Discard the repository snapshot after newer installation lifecycle
events. Preserve snapshots verified after delayed events.
- Lock and re-read grant metadata when applying installation events or
saving refreshed access. Patch only webhook fields for other events.
Reject snapshots if access changed during the external fetch, using
unique access revisions even when timestamps collide.
- Show repository installation recovery for managed OAuth even when the
app also offers an advanced PAT method.
- Update tests and the GitHub connection runbook. No SQL migration is
required.

## Verification

- Local typecheck, build, and token gates passed. All latest-head CI
gates passed, including the complete test matrix and browser suites.
Greptile is 5/5 with no unresolved findings.
- All 382 focused setup, permissions, metadata, service, and webhook
tests passed across final runs. One socket-hang-up test passed on rerun
with the full service suite. Final service, metadata, and webhook checks
passed all 230 tests.
- The broad local suite was stopped after failures. Seven
workspace-runtime exposure and control-conflict failures reproduce on
base commit `54a99d884`. The broad run also overlapped local iteration;
final focused tests and clean-checkout CI are tracked separately.
- Browser: a fresh production-backed instance completed enrollment,
retried after profile enablement, reached GitHub consent, recovered from
a missing installation, and completed OAuth.
- Browser: the permissions page showed the authenticated username and
the selected private test repository. A real `get_me` call returned the
same account. Reading the selected repository passed; reading an
unselected private repository failed with 404.
- Browser: a second fresh instance completed enrollment and OAuth
without a PAT form or unavailable state. Its username and repository
list survived reload and refresh. A real get_me call on the final code
returned the displayed account.

## Risks

- Repository names are now stored in company-scoped grant metadata and
shown with that credential. They are display data, not authorization
data.
- Large selections require more GitHub API calls. A failed later page
rejects the refresh rather than reporting a partial list.
- Older grants and webhook-invalidated snapshots require Refresh access
to load the list.
- Cloud profile enablement is separate deployment configuration. This PR
does not change OAuth scopes or GitHub App permissions.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 (`gpt-6-astra`) via Codex. Reasoning, code execution, and
browser tools were used. The exact context window size was not exposed.

## 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
- [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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## Repository access
OAuth completion verifies `/user`, `/user/installations`, and each
installation's accessible repository count. Setup remains incomplete until at
least one installation and repository are available. Paperclip stores user and
installation summaries, not a repository-name cache. GitHub stays authoritative:
removed repository access fails immediately even if a displayed count is stale.
OAuth completion verifies `/user`, every page of `/user/installations`, and every
page of each installation's accessible repositories. Setup remains incomplete
until at least one installation and repository are available. Paperclip stores
the authenticated username and a grant-scoped display snapshot containing only
repository IDs, full names, and installation IDs. GitHub stays authoritative:
this snapshot never authorizes repository access.
The Apps UI links to GitHub's installation management page and offers
**Refresh access**. Selected repositories are recommended. Choosing all
repositories requires an explicit warning in setup.
The permissions page shows the authenticated GitHub account and the complete
accessible repository list. **Refresh access** reloads it from GitHub. Older
grants and grants invalidated by newer installation lifecycle events prompt for a
refresh instead of presenting a stale list. The page links to GitHub's
installation management page. Selected repositories are recommended; all-
repository access retains its warning.
Fresh local test-drives use production Paperclip Cloud. Instance enrollment
and provider enablement are separate: enrollment alone does not enable GitHub
OAuth. Production must advertise the `github.code` profile (see Cloud's
`docs/github-connector-deploy-bootstrap.md`). If it is unavailable, setup
preserves the sign-in intent and offers a retry instead of silently switching
to a personal access token. A successful retry preserves the chosen audience.
## Webhooks