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Devin Foley 62e367c1b2 fix(ui): rewrite recovery and blocked-notice copy in plain language (#10065)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The issue-detail UI shows recovery cards and blocked/parked notices
when a task loses its next step — a run finished with no disposition, a
task is stranded, work is blocked behind other tasks, or an assigned
item sits in the backlog
> - That copy was written in the scheduler's internal vocabulary —
"Corrective wake queued", "Graph Liveness", "lost a live action path",
"the responsible" — which describes Paperclip's internals rather than
the user's situation
> - Users seeing these cards report having no idea what the card means
or what they are supposed to do
> - This pull request rewrites the user-facing copy in plain language
and adds explicit calls to action that match the options in the card's
Resolve menu
> - The benefit is that a non-expert operator can read a recovery or
blocked notice and immediately understand what happened and which action
to take next

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public GitHub issue exists for this; describing the problem here
(bug-report format):

- **What happened:** Recovery action cards and blocked notices render
internal jargon, e.g. the headline "Paperclip detected this task lost a
live action path. A recovery owner needs to act.", the chip "Corrective
wake queued", the kind label "Graph Liveness", and phrases like
"Comments still wake the responsible". Status values also appear as raw
code literals (`in_progress`, `todo`).
- **Expected behavior:** These notices should tell a normal user, in
plain language, what happened and what to do next (retry the task, mark
it done, send it for review, or record a blocker).
- **Impact:** Operators stall on tasks that only need a simple
disposition because the UI doesn't tell them that's what is being asked.

Related prior work: #9417 (merged) made the reopen-suppressed blocked
message explicit; this PR extends the same plain-language treatment to
the rest of the recovery and blocked-notice copy.

## What Changed

- Recovery card headlines for `missing_disposition`,
`stranded_assigned_issue`, and `issue_graph_liveness` now say what
Paperclip found and name the concrete next steps ("try the task again,
mark it done, or send it for review") matching the card's Resolve menu.
- The `issue_graph_liveness` kind label "Graph Liveness" is now "Task
Needs Next Step", and the "Wake" metadata row is now "Follow-up".
- Wake-policy chips describe actual behavior: "An agent will be asked to
choose the next step" (was "Corrective wake queued"), "Board will
decide", "Manual follow-up needed", "Repair needed before retry", "Check
scheduled".
- Blocked/waiting/parked notices say "the assignee" instead of "the
responsible" / "responsible agent", and "notify" instead of "wake".
- The still-needs-a-next-step notice drops raw `in_progress` code
literals and keeps a plain-language option list (mark done or cancelled,
send for review, record what is blocking it, delegate follow-up).
- Parked-backlog notice renders "To do / In progress" as plain labels
instead of code literals.
- Component tests updated to pin the new copy and the successful-run
example options.

## Verification

- `cd ui && npx vitest run
src/components/IssueRecoveryActionCard.test.tsx
src/components/IssueBlockedNotice.test.tsx
src/components/IssueAssignedBacklogNotice.test.tsx
src/components/IssueChatThread.test.tsx` — 4 files, 126 tests, all
passing.
- Copy-only review: the diff touches display strings, one label map
entry, and test assertions; no control flow, props, or identifiers
change.

## Risks

- Low risk — user-facing strings and test updates only. No behavior,
API, or schema changes. The only functional surface is that anything
keying off the displayed text (e.g. screenshots, external docs) will
show the new wording.

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic) — Claude Fable 5, model ID `claude-fable-5`,
extended thinking enabled, running in Claude Code with agentic tool use.

## 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 (no
docs reference this copy)
- [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
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
2026-07-22 20:47:00 -07:00
DottaandPaperclip e400315cbf Guard assigned backlog liveness (#5428)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - The issue graph and liveness recovery system decide whether assigned
work is executable or parked
> - Assigned issues created without an explicit status could silently
land in backlog, making parents look blocked with no productive wake
path
> - The server, shared validators, recovery analysis, and UI all need to
agree on that execution semantic
> - This pull request makes assigned issue creation default to `todo`,
flags assigned backlog blockers, and surfaces the state in the board
> - The benefit is that parked assigned work becomes intentional and
visible instead of creating silent liveness stalls

## What Changed

- Adds contract tests for assigned issue creation defaults.
- Defaults assigned issue creation to `todo` when status is omitted
while preserving explicit `backlog` parking.
- Exposes `resolveCreateIssueStatusDefault` through shared validators.
- Teaches liveness/blocker attention paths to distinguish assigned
backlog blockers.
- Adds UI notices, row/header badges, and issue detail safeguards for
assigned backlog blockers.
- Adds Storybook fixtures and execution-semantics documentation for the
assigned-backlog behavior.

## Verification

- `pnpm run preflight:workspace-links && pnpm exec vitest run
packages/shared/src/validators/issue.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/issue-assigned-backlog-contract-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/issue-liveness.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-issue-liveness-escalation.test.ts
ui/src/components/IssueAssignedBacklogNotice.test.tsx
ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx` — 50 passed, 23 skipped.
- Skipped tests were embedded Postgres suites on this host with the repo
skip message: `Postgres init script exited with code null. Please check
the logs for extra info. The data directory might already exist.`
- Pairwise merge check against the issue-controls PR branch completed
without conflicts via `git merge --no-commit --no-ff` in a temporary
worktree.
- Screenshots for assigned-backlog UI states:
[light](docs/pr-screenshots/pr-5428/assigned-backlog-light.png),
[dark](docs/pr-screenshots/pr-5428/assigned-backlog-dark.png).
- Follow-up checks: `pnpm --filter /ui typecheck`; `pnpm --filter
/mcp-server build`; `pnpm --filter /mcp-server test`; `pnpm exec vitest
run packages/shared/src/validators/issue.test.ts`; focused UI component
tests.
- Remote PR checks on head `6300b3c`: policy, verify, serialized server
shards 1/4-4/4, Canary Dry Run, e2e, Greptile Review, and Snyk all
passed.

## Risks

- Medium: changes status defaulting for assigned issue creation when the
caller omits status. Explicit `backlog` remains supported, and
server/shared tests cover both paths.
- Medium: liveness classification changes can affect blocker attention
labels; focused service and UI tests cover the new assigned-backlog
state.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex coding agent, GPT-5 model family (`gpt-5`), tool-enabled
Paperclip heartbeat environment. Context window and internal reasoning
mode are not exposed by the runtime.

## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-05-07 12:25:26 -05:00