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Nicky LeachandPaperclip 835966dec8 Prepare agent-owned environments during hiring (#17761)
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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agents and their execution environments.
> - New agent setup saves an inactive agent before model connection
tests.
> - Some plugins need that agent to prepare its execution resource.
> - The wizard tested without the agent ID, while the setup hold
prevented preparation.
> - Environment changes also discarded the selected model account.
> - This change prepares the saved draft during setup and keeps normal
execution held.
> - Users can test the prepared resource before they finish hiring.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

An agent-owned plugin environment could not acquire a test lease during
hiring. Changing environments also returned the user to Connect and
cleared the selected account.

**Expected behavior**

Keep the selected account, invalidate its test, and prepare the saved
agent resource in the background. Test that same agent before finishing
setup.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a new Claude or Codex agent and select a saved account.
2. Change to an agent-owned plugin environment.
3. Try to finish setup or reconnect the account.

Related: #17750 defers probes until after hire submission. This change
implements preparation during the wizard instead. The related PR search
and ROADMAP review found no other implementation of this setup
preparation path.

## What Changed

- Add the optional `requiresAgent` driver declaration. Require agent
lifecycle participation when it is set.
- Prepare saved drafts on creation or environment changes. Keep the
setup hold and wait in `verifying` without background verification
scans.
- Bind tests to the saved agent. Return a warning without allocating a
lease when the required agent is absent or still preparing.
- Preserve the account and configuration step when the environment
changes. Save the selection and invalidate the old test.
- Show active preparation and support authorized retries. Keep approval,
company, budget, and normal task admission controls.
- Document the contract and cover lifecycle, lease, manifest, and wizard
behavior.

## Verification

- Server and UI TypeScript checks passed.
- 112 wizard and setup helper tests passed. The shared manifest suite
passed.
- 123 lifecycle, policy, lease, and environment-test API cases passed
after the approval-gate fix. The diagnostic and driver suites and all 80
agent adapter route tests also passed.
- Token gates, module boundaries, map validation, and whitespace checks
passed.
- All 66 lifecycle/policy cases passed after the stopping-draft
permission fix. The new real-DB route case verifies creator success,
other-creator denial, and refusal to complete a hire while stopping.
- Full workspace typecheck and build were attempted. Both stop at the
unchanged Rust Runner step because Cargo is not installed on this host.
- CI on 43be3c93d passed all automated checks, including full test
shards, typecheck, build, Rust checks, browser suites, and canary
checks:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/40368174530.
- The full local repository test command was started. Two unchanged
workspace tests assume Git's initial branch is master; this host
defaults to main. Both fail in isolation under the host default and pass
with process-scoped init.defaultBranch=master. The broad run was stopped
after those confirmed fixture failures; CI supplies the full clean
check.
- Early new-test failures were fixture collisions and an unscoped sweep
assertion; the fixtures and assertion were corrected. One route-suite
load raced with SDK output regeneration; rebuilding first and running
the suite afterward passed.
- Initial CI exposed a route mock missing the new prerequisite lookup.
The fixture was updated and a real HTTP no-lease case was added; all 54
cases in that route suite pass. Security review identified allocation
before required approval; the new approval gate and its tests address
it.
- CI on 50b5a08af reported 32 of 33 expected calls in the unchanged
cleanup-history scheduling test. Its isolated case passed locally
without cleanup-code changes; the original failure remains recorded and
the final CI run passes on the current head.
- Standard Greptile reviewed 43be3c93d at 5/5. A subsequent deeper
review identified runner selection, stale detail reads, error retention,
and test file size issues; 70343387b addresses all four with resolved
threads. Standard review returned 5/5 on that commit and again on
rebased head fda42c5ab. The rebase preserves master's new managed
environment skill declarations alongside requiresAgent. Full CI on
fda42c5ab passes: 55 successful checks, two intentional skips, no
failures. Run:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/40405121641.
- After those fixes, 133 UI tests and 61 lifecycle/policy cases pass;
all eight focused UI regressions fail against the previous
implementation and pass with the fix. Token, map, and whitespace gates
pass. The stale-read fixture initially omitted the setup URL because
navigation is mocked; following the URL activates the real detail query
and reproduces the race.
- UI TypeScript passes. This host's server dependency links now point to
a separate scratch checkout lacking requiresAgent, so the ordinary
server check reports that missing property. A no-emit check pinned to
this branch's shared declarations passes; it disables declaration
generation and supplies explicit local type roots. The first temporary
configuration lacked those type roots; the corrected configuration
passes. CI remains the full workspace verification.
- After rebasing onto 8373d7867, all 133 UI, 61 lifecycle/policy, and 44
manifest cases pass again, as do UI TypeScript, token, map, and
whitespace checks. The server no-emit check now hits three mismatched
SDK/Runner declarations from the scratch dependency links; these are
outside this change. Full CI builds the complete dependency set.
- Review cycle: the first Apex review scored 3/5 with four findings. All
were fixed together, the branch was rebased to resolve a schema
conflict, full CI and standard Greptile passed, and a second Apex review
returned 5/5 on fda42c5ab with zero new comments. All six review threads
are resolved, and the PR is conflict-free. Review:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/17761#issuecomment-6422635718.
- No live provider resource was created and no deployment was performed.

## Risks

Plugins must opt in and ship a compatible declaration. Companies
requiring hire approval keep drafts paused and defer allocation and
verification until approval. Other companies prepare drafts during the
wizard under their existing agent-creation authority; the setup hold
still blocks ordinary work. Preparation uses existing lifecycle
ownership, retry, and cleanup paths. The open wizard polls only while
preparation or stopping is active. No database migration is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, based on GPT-6, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The exact serving model ID and context window size are 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 described the issue in-PR using the bug report fields
- [x] I have not referenced internal or instance-local issues or links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
ticket id
- [x] I have run the targeted tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation
- [x] I have considered and documented the risks
- [x] All Paperclip gates are green — 55 successful checks and two
intentional skips on fda42c5ab
- [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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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-26 15:21:47 -07:00
Nicky LeachandPaperclip 2dd9811e8b Own agent hiring and termination in a lifecycle module (#15631)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - Agent creation, approval, pause, and termination change whether an
agent can work.
> - These changes currently use separate service and database paths.
> - Some agents need setup after their record exists and before their
harness can run.
> - This PR adds one module that owns those state changes and their
transactions.
> - The module records progress and retries incomplete work after a
server restart.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Problem or motivation**

A hire can become active before its execution environment is ready.
Direct agent state writes also bypass one common lifecycle boundary.
Termination does not have a durable step for resource cleanup.

**Proposed solution**

Use agent lifecycle commands for hiring, approval, pause, resume, and
termination. Keep proposed hires pending until approval. Prepare each
approved hire, test its saved harness configuration, and then permit
work. Wait for required plugin work before completing a step.

**Alternatives considered**

A general database commit hook would expose transaction details to
callers. A timer alone would delay each new hire. This module owns each
command transaction and starts its worker after commit. A periodic scan
recovers work after a process stops.

**Roadmap alignment**

This change adds the lifecycle boundary for the existing agent and
plugin systems. It does not add a user interface or a provider
implementation. It replaces the lifecycle delivery approach in #15391.
Related proposals include #11475 and #13099; this change does not add
their external executor protocols.

## What Changed

- Add durable approval, preparation, verification, pause, resume, stop,
and cleanup states.
- Keep agent creation, lifecycle state, configuration writes, and agent
record deletion behind `modules/agent-lifecycle`. Keep validation,
credential rules, reads, onboarding, invitations, general approvals, and
company data deletion in their services.
- Commit a hire before the remaining onboarding or invitation work.
Serialize requests with the existing dedicated database connection
helper. Reuse the hire after a failed attempt.
- Keep accepted work in the run queue during setup. Require execution
and cleanup evidence before completing pause or termination.
- Retain the original credential owner when approving migrated hires.
- Start lifecycle work after each command commits. Use database leases
and revision checks for retries and late results.
- Add a generic required plugin method and capability. Store the
required plugin IDs for each agent. Track host and plugin completion
separately.
- Keep harness verification and credential rules in services. Supply
their results to lifecycle through explicit ports. Reject failed logins
and incomplete probes.
- Remove reverse imports from lifecycle adapters into services. Share
record queries and validation below both layers.
- Use one hire decision path for agent IDs and approval IDs. Resolve the
approval and agent change in one transaction. Expose policy
reconciliation on the command object.
- Save configuration and verification invalidation through one module
operation. Ordinary commands own their transaction. Restrict the shared
transaction integration to its listed callers. Reject identity, company,
accounting, timestamp, and unknown fields.
- Require completed termination before deleting agent records. The
company deletion service calls the module through a separate deletion
interface.
- Save an approved secret before applying its agent binding. A failed
binding leaves the secret approved. A retry reuses it.
- Remove old permission and metadata export files. Move hire
configuration rules out of lifecycle persistence.
- Report failed worker steps and scans with operation context and known
error codes. Omit provider messages, stacks, and configuration values.
Document ordinary application use and extension rules.
- Recover expired native owners only after execution stops. Retry
cleanup of failed retained leases. Wait for setup in the live smoke
script.
- Keep manual, budget, and company pause reasons separate. Guard
execution status writes with the ready state.
- Add a migration, boundary checks, regression tests, and a lifecycle
guide. Keep the current UI.
- Limit periodic policy checks to 100 eligible agents per minute.
Continue from the last agent ID. Exclude pending hires and agents in
termination or a final state. Keep explicit company and budget updates
immediate.

## Verification

- Latest head `ccc3c86b0` aligns the shared status update schema with
the PATCH route. All 15 shared tests, 104 server route/OpenAPI tests, 2
CLI tests, and shared/server/CLI TypeScript checks pass. The Greptile
comment is fixed. CI is running; no new Apex review was requested for
this small fix.

- Rebase `75708ac94` rebases onto master at `2eb5187e4`. The backup test
uses the shared 90-second timeout from master; the older timeout commit
was removed. The affected backup test passes.
- Agent budget edits now pass the target agent ID through enforcement.
All 50 affected tests, server TypeScript, and 11 boundary tests pass.
Both configuration update paths have regression coverage. CI is running
on the latest head. No new Apex review was requested for these small
fixes.

- Rebase `9b568666a` preserves the run-control extraction and
delivery-work startup changes from master. All 559 affected tests,
server TypeScript, and 11 boundary tests pass. CI and Apex review are
running on the final head.
- The policy scan fix passes 56 lifecycle and diagnostic tests, 24
policy and caller tests, and 11 boundary tests. A regression test checks
the page limit, interval, excluded states, and cursor wraparound.

- Rebase `fd4698750` passes all 611 tests in eight affected lifecycle,
route, and heartbeat suites. Server TypeScript and all 11 module
boundary tests pass. The company deletion rollback and concurrent hire
tests are included.

- Follow-up `00aac7646` fixes the failed decision deletion test and the
public update schema. All 126 affected server tests, 8 shared tests, 2
CLI tests, and 11 boundary tests pass. Shared, server, CLI, and UI
TypeScript checks pass.

- Server TypeScript passes: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsc
--noEmit`.
- All 11 boundary tests pass: `node --test
scripts/check-module-boundaries.test.mjs`. The repository boundary scan
also passes.
- All 68 lifecycle, failure diagnostic, and harness verification tests
pass. Tests reject forbidden fields through the root command, combined
transition command, and restricted transaction integration. They also
check invalid fields returned by configuration preparation.
- Failure tests cover host work, plugin work, claims, renewals,
deferrals, and scans. Log tests check known error codes and exclusion of
private error contents.
- All 355 tests in 10 existing caller suites pass. These tests cover
secret approval, pairing, pending hires, credentials, company import,
built-in agents, managed agents, instructions, and skills.
- The branch is rebased onto `origin/master` at `2eb5187e4`. The queue
guards and cancellation lock fix use the extracted heartbeat queue.
Agent cancellation uses the extracted run-control file. The source diff
scan found no secrets or private URLs.
- Earlier checks cover approval retries, rollback, late verification
results, policy holds, deletion rollback, concurrent company deletion,
and queue admission during setup.
- Before the rebase, CI passed on `00aac7646` and Greptile Apex rated it
5/5 with no open comments. CI and a new Apex review are pending for the
rebased commit. The branch has no merge conflicts.
- The full local build and native Dot suite were not run. The host has
no Cargo. No live provider test was run.

## Risks

- Background policy recovery takes more than one minute when more than
100 agents are eligible. Explicit company and budget updates still
reconcile immediately.

- The restricted configuration integration keeps an agent reference and
its dependent records in one transaction. It cannot change a budget or
invoke a lifecycle transition. A periodic scan starts pending setup
after that transaction commits.
- Secret approval and binding use separate transactions. A failed
binding can leave an approved secret with no agent binding.
- New approved hires remain unavailable until setup and verification
complete. Existing clients see `paused` during these steps. This PR does
not change the UI.
- Migration `0320_daily_onslaught.sql` maps existing statuses and pause
reasons. It does not create external resources or claim that an existing
harness passed verification.
- Use a coordinated server update for this migration. Older server
versions can write legacy status without the new lifecycle checks.
- A failed onboarding or invitation request can leave a committed hire.
A retry reuses that hire and completes the remaining records.
- Deletion requires completed termination. Company deletion can require
another request while cleanup is pending.
- Required plugins must make repeated calls safe and reject older
revisions. A disabled or removed required plugin blocks completion until
it is restored.
- A new hire can run a second harness test after the existing UI test.
Some adapters can charge for this test.
- No live provider test was run. Provider implementation and resource
backfill remain separate work.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with reasoning, code tools, and local test
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 described the issue in this PR with the feature request
field labels
- [x] I have not referenced internal or instance-local issues or links
- [x] My branch name describes the change
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation
- [x] I have considered and documented risks
- [x] Targeted local tests pass
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green on the new commit
- [x] Greptile Apex is 5/5 with no open comments on the new commit
- [x] I will address review comments before requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-09 09:05:12 -07:00