feat(observability): anchor native time to first token at the accepted wake (#19838)

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - When someone messages an agent, the reply must start fast. The
durable ownership plan (#19831) makes time to first token (TTFT) a hard
invariant.
> - Phase 0 of that plan records a TTFT baseline per adapter and
environment, measured from the moment the message or wake is accepted.
> - Today `task.time_to_first_token` starts at the wake comment, the
answered question, or the run row's creation. A wake request that was
accepted earlier (deferred, coalesced or retried) is not part of the
measurement, and the span does not say which start it used.
> - This pull request moves the start back to the earliest accepted
input and names it on the span.
> - The benefit is that the baseline and later budgets measure what the
user waits for, with no new work before `turn.start`.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831

**What is the problem?**
`task.time_to_first_token` does not include the time between an accepted
wake request and the creation of its run row. It also does not record
which input it started from.

**What is the expected outcome?**
The span starts at the earliest accepted input and carries an `anchor`
attribute: `comment`, `question_response`, `wake_request` or
`run_created`.

**Why does it matter?**
Phase 0 of the durable ownership plan sets TTFT budgets from this
baseline. A start that skips queue time hides the latency that deferred
wakes add.

## What Changed

- `resolveNativeTimeToFirstTokenStart` (pure) in `native-run-trace.ts`
picks the start and the anchor. `anchor` joins the closed span-attribute
allowlist.
- `readNativeRunWakeRequestedAtMs` reads
`agent_wakeup_requests.requested_at` for the run. It never throws.
- `native-session-executor.ts` calls it only after the first deliverable
text, so it adds no wait before `turn.start`. The span now ends at the
text commit time, not after the trace write.
- Updated `doc/run-log-events.md` and `doc/observability.md`.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-run-trace.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-run-wake-anchor.test.ts` (26 pass).
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t first`
(41 pass). The existing TTFT test now asserts the anchor for each
ingress.

## Risks

- Low risk. This changes only the run-log and OTLP span. It is not
Telemetry (AGENTS.md §5.7), and it does not change runtime behavior.
- One indexed primary-key read per native dispatch, after the first
text. A read failure drops the anchor and keeps the old start.
- TTFT values can grow for deferred wakes. That is the intended
correction. `startOffsetMs` can be negative when the wake request comes
before the trace start.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via Claude Code with tool use and
code execution.

## 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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [ ] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ vi.mock("../usage-receipts.js", async (importOriginal) => ({
createRunUsageRecorder: usageRecorder.create,
}));
const wakeAnchor = vi.hoisted(() => ({ read: vi.fn(async (_db: unknown, _runId: string): Promise<number | null> => null) }));
vi.mock("./native-run-wake-anchor.js", () => ({ readNativeRunWakeRequestedAtMs: wakeAnchor.read }));
vi.mock("./native-usage-delivery.js", () => ({
createNativeUsageDelivery: vi.fn(async () => ({ capture: async () => undefined })),
}));
@@ -8826,7 +8829,9 @@ describe("native resumed preparation timing", () => {
const ttft = events.filter((event) => event.payload?.span === "task.time_to_first_token");
expect(ttft).toHaveLength(1);
expect(ttft[0]?.payload).toMatchObject({ parentSpan: "task.provider_session", startOffsetMs: 0,
durationMs: ingress === "native_dispatch" ? 500 : 4_500, eventKind: "agentMessage", outcome: "ok" });
durationMs: ingress === "native_dispatch" ? 500 : 4_500, eventKind: "agentMessage", outcome: "ok",
anchor: ingress === "comment.to_run_created" ? "comment"
: ingress === "question_response.to_run_created" ? "question_response" : "run_created" });
expect(events.find((event) => event.payload?.span === "provider.time_to_first_agent_event")?.payload)
.toMatchObject({ parentSpan: "agent.turn", eventKind: "agentMessage" });
expect(JSON.stringify(ttft)).not.toContain("first text");
@@ -8834,6 +8839,41 @@ describe("native resumed preparation timing", () => {
},
);
it("anchors first-token timing at an earlier durable wake request without blocking later events", async () => {
const startedAtMs = Date.now() - 5_000;
const events: AdapterRuntimeEvent[] = [];
const clock = vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(startedAtMs + 4_000);
let answerRead!: (value: number) => void;
wakeAnchor.read.mockImplementationOnce(() => new Promise<number>((resolve) => { answerRead = resolve; }));
const event = (eventType: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>) => ({
eventType, payload, itemId: "message", emittedAt: new Date(startedAtMs + 2_000).toISOString(),
}) as PrpEvent;
state.execute.mockReset().mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
for (const candidate of [event("turn.submitted", {}), event("turn.started", {})]) await accountingEvents.committed!(candidate);
clock.mockReturnValue(startedAtMs + 4_500);
await accountingEvents.committed!(event("item.delta", { kind: "agentMessage", text: "first text" }));
// The anchor read is still pending; later events are not held behind it.
await accountingEvents.committed!(event("item.delta", { kind: "agentMessage", text: "later text" }));
expect(events.some((candidate) => candidate.payload?.span === "task.time_to_first_token")).toBe(false);
answerRead(startedAtMs - 2_000);
return { result: { summary: "cancelled" }, terminal: { runTerminalState: "cancelled" },
turnId: "turn", normalizedSessionId: "session", providerSessionId: null,
driverKind: "test", driverVersion: "1", nativeEventCount: 1, highestContiguousSourceSeq: 1 };
});
try {
await executePaperclipNativeSession({
db: leaseDb(), execution, runnerInstanceId: "runner",
preparationSpans: [{ name: "heartbeat.queue", startedAtMs, endedAtMs: startedAtMs + 100 }],
onEvent: async (event) => { events.push(event); },
});
} finally { clock.mockRestore(); }
expect(wakeAnchor.read).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), execution.binding.runId);
const ttft = events.filter((event) => event.payload?.span === "task.time_to_first_token");
expect(ttft).toHaveLength(1);
expect(ttft[0]?.payload).toMatchObject({ parentSpan: "task.provider_session", startOffsetMs: -2_000,
durationMs: 6_500, anchor: "wake_request", eventKind: "agentMessage" });
});
it.each([
["item.delta", { kind: "reasoning", text: "thinking" }, "reasoning"],
["item.completed", { kind: "reasoning", text: "thought" }, "reasoning"],