## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source control plane for agent companies.
> - People choose a harness when creating an agent.
> - The server should resolve that harness to a qualified runner.
> - Codex is the first harness in the staged default rollout.
> - Saved agents must retain their execution choices.
> - New Codex agents therefore use Paperclip Runner on qualified
macOS/Linux targets, with an explicit Legacy override.
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
Refs #16028, #15555, #15673, #15422, #15631, #15926, #15932, #16149.
The runtime/install prerequisite and release repair are merged. This
slice owns Codex creation, setup, configuration and preservation. Other
harness defaults remain unchanged. It adds no database migration;
incoming master migrations, required maps and regression coverage are
retained.
## What Changed
- Resolve `runner: auto | paperclip | legacy` at the common creation
boundary across onboarding, API/CLI, hires, built-ins, plugins and
imports. Freeze pending hires and export resolved execution choices.
- Preserve existing runners on upgrades, unrelated edits and import
updates, including compatible accounts, workspace settings, Codex effort
and intentional clears.
- Use the underlying harness picker and branding; put the runner
override in Advanced. Use the shared dropdown and update
production-component stories and creation contracts.
- Support qualified Apple Silicon, Intel Mac, Linux x64 and Linux ARM64.
Linux requires GNU libc 2.39+. Disabled, external, unsupported and
unqualified combinations retain their applicable Legacy execution.
- Test the selected runtime/account/model/environment. Ordinary Connect
probes eligible immutable managed targets and refreshes scoped
discovery. Creation/discovery do not provision. Auth, dependency,
incompatible-setting and cleanup failures remain actionable without
changing runners.
- Keep setup probes read-only, preserve local/SSH isolation and resolve
packaged assets before staging credentials. Bound cleanup reads by the
remaining absolute deadline; physically close every owned ingress socket
before endpoint release. Unconfirmed cleanup retains recovery state.
- Preserve validated completed-onboarding callbacks through startup
recovery. First file-producing work belongs to the child task and uses
the existing dependency/block handoff and task-scoped registration.
- Reuse existing E2E fixtures, artifact checks, reporting and controls.
Keep Docker/Cargo/native compilation remote. Paperclip tarballs contain
no Codex payloads; official optional npm platform dependencies remain.
## Verification
Current tested head: `1c03a8815672d82c264a9b08d4ea1984e8fae107`.
**Merge-ready: required CI, fresh review, package qualification, Mac
core acceptance and Test task/follow-up acceptance pass.** The existing
attachment and native-continuity oracles independently verify both Test
downloads, run attribution and unchanged native/provider/workspace
identities. The maintainer authorized a code-owner-review exception for
this PR only. The first Test setup failure and normal Board
completion-review friction are retained below. Actual post-merge
packages and private Cloud distribution remain separate qualification
gates.
- [Current
CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38564241625):
all 48 ordinary jobs and required verify/E2E pass. Attempt 1 retained
six simultaneous host-shutdown cancellations. One failed-only retry
passes those six lanes and two aggregates, preserving 40 successes.
Actual integration checkout `53104c1` combines this head with master
`c80`; it is not relabeled as the branch tree. Fresh exact-head Greptile
5/5, 30 resolved threads, no actionable findings.
- [Exact-source package
qualification](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38565287239):
nine applicable jobs pass, nine conditional jobs skip. Four remote
native producers; Linux x64 clean install; Intel Mac, Apple Silicon and
Linux ARM64 native startup/physical cleanup controls. All 18
tarballs/four daemon source/hash/manifest bindings and 343 migrations
through 0344 verify. No Codex payload is packed. These hosted tarballs
are not a published npm canary.
- Normal Apple Silicon installation and credential-free native
startup/cleanup pass using the packaged daemon, with no source build or
provider turn. Fresh installed DB initialization passes. Upgrade
651a→1c03 preserves all three complete execution configs, accounts, ten
recorded run profiles, paused budgets, active incidents, cost summaries
and two historical unpriced events. Historical recovery state is
retained.
- Cleanup regressions: four delayed-read baseline failures become 15
passing deadline/authority controls. No-acknowledgement and prior-error
socket ownership regressions become 12 passing controls. Direct
runtime/server types, maps: 35 areas / 176 IDs, diff checks and
independent reviews pass. Permission/auth/reconnect policy and the
10-second setup budget remain intact.
- Existing source coverage includes creation/selection/imports, pending
approvals, recovery, account/lifecycle handling, mounted forms,
dropdowns and E2E support. Full typechecks/tests/build/token and
applicable Storybook checks pass in the recorded current CI; no
duplicate suite or weakened grader.
- Literal 9546 live Mac proof: ordinary Auto Codex onboarding, useful
document, real completed-child callback/reply, seven successful native
runs, manual follow-up and independently downloaded1,101-byte child
file. Existing Legacy title edit/reload preserves execution; two real
Legacy runs produce independently checked15/34-byte files. These remain
historical source records.
- Current literal 1c03 Mac core acceptance passes independent checks:
ordinary Auto native Codex onboarding without runner override; only
timeout 180 seconds/concurrency 1 saved; six successful native runs and
six serialized turns (maximum overlap 1); both same-task continuity
checks and five mechanical callback checks; actual rendered parent reply
and exact child downloads. The useful handoff advances from revision 1
to 2. Both files are 48 bytes, SHA-256
`8b742bd4e8123a7c078f0a8d9f3449fbfa8a320d7d90be641a2818db3c53d92c` and
`f42db9774fa06e804ab7d596fc8b922a2b638921c418b87d0111151d290a6afe`;
exactly one byte changes and old history remains. The agent is paused
with zero active runs/errors. Both artifact work products have
`isPrimary=false`, and descriptive titles fail a stricter title-helper
assumption; these retained results are scoped editorial follow-up, not
new merge gates. Six source-bound screenshots are uploaded and verified
in the private primary QA report.
- [Literal 9546 managed
proof](https://d1p6rlowie26tp.cloudfront.net/runner-e2e/campaigns/gha-38485488621-1/index.html):
original 19 assertions and completed judge pass, four native turns,
child-bound240-byte file and session/workspace continuity. Checkout
reports a verified generated target-lock mutation; full final porcelain
was not retained. Signed execution-image identity remains separate from
Core source.
- Actual 651a Test deployment succeeds on one owned/pinned target. One
ordinary Auto API-key Connect then fails native cleanup before hire.
Controller turn/drain/suspend completion and service-recorded
environment cleanup are observed; they do not certify physical deletion
or native authority retirement. Failure/recovery/unknown holds are
retained. No Legacy switch or unchanged paid retry. The two source
repairs above require actual treatment.
- [Current immutable Core
preview](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38570365725)
and matching DB/shared artifacts pass. One owned, pinned Test target
serves exact `1c03`; identical migration history correctly skips the
migrator. Ordinary Auto Codex Connect succeeds and hires native; saved
native selection and QA bounds survive reload. The initial child
preparation attempt fails before provider work, with actual stdout
identifying `renewal_deadline`; its trigger remains unknown and the
failure is retained. Normal Board **Try again** and **Resume** recover
the child to Done, producing a browser-verified 44-byte file, SHA-256
`0a8458b1efcc2d7a0d815689458c4caab039a46c7c7a3e5805de6bc8b1a96ecc`. The
actual parent callback reports the completed child document/file. The
existing validator requires a parent-owned attachment, so recovery
enters normal Review; after byte checking, normal **Approve completion**
reaches parent Done. No forced status or duplicate parent file is used.
The validator is unchanged from integrated and current master.
Autonomous initial callback-to-Done is not proven. The same-child
follow-up completes document revision 2 and publishes a second
independently downloaded 44-byte file, SHA-256
`22022257300fae762784632d08d3bbe0bab61e2ce81f91864a14dcd7aa464591`; only
the revision digit changes. The unchanged existing native-continuity and
attachment oracles pass. All ten recorded runs are terminal: nine native
successes and the retained pre-provider setup failure. The QA agent is
paused with zero active runs. The pre-existing parent evidence scope
mismatch is a separate follow-up, with ordinary completion review
exercised rather than a forced status or relaxed validation. This
unsigned Core preview remains distinct from post-merge private Cloud
composition.
## Risks
- Saved agents are not migrated. Explicit runner changes use normal
configuration/session rules; historical runs retain their recorded
execution.
- Native readiness depends on verified assets and server-owned target
qualification. A Legacy probe, HTTP200 or successful account save cannot
prove native readiness.
- Recovery exceptions remain restricted to validated
completed-onboarding reports; process-loss, ownership and terminal-state
safeguards remain active. Unexecuted live journeys stay open.
- Linux ARM paid tasks, Windows, Alpine and 32-bit ARM remain deferred.
Cold Cargo cache misses are recorded; no warm-cache speedup is claimed.
- Historical invoices/physical cleanup remain unconfirmed and held.
After merge, exact published npm canary, signed standard image/migrator,
private composition and serving/live acceptance still require
qualification. Production deployment/default promotion is not
authorized.
## Model Used
OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, tools, code execution and
parallel agents. Exact serving snapshot 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 available 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 linked public issues or PRs above
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
ticket id
- [x] I have run the stated focused 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 risks
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green on the current candidate
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open findings on the current candidate
- [x] I will address all reviewer comments before requesting merge
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The `openclaw_gateway` adapter is how operators wire Paperclip
agents to an OpenClaw gateway over WebSocket
> - The adapter UI previously only exposed a handful of config fields in
edit mode; many timeout / auth / session-routing knobs were unreachable
through the form
> - The serializer also forgot to inject the configured `authToken` into
the `x-openclaw-token` header, and the server-side execute path lacked
retries on transient gateway errors and an `OPENCLAW_TOKEN` env fallback
> - This pull request exposes the full set of config fields in both
create and edit modes, fixes the serializer, hardens the server-side
execute path, and pins the existing default request timeouts (120s /
120000ms) — see the dedicated commit and the new unit tests
> - The benefit is operators can configure and reconfigure an
`openclaw_gateway` agent end-to-end through the UI, with no silent
change to the defaults documented in the adapter README and
`doc/ONBOARDING_AND_TEST_PLAN.md`
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
Closes#414Closes#1901Closes#2309
## What Changed
- **UI**: Removed the `!isCreate` guard so all `openclaw_gateway` config
fields are visible in both create and edit modes (`authToken`,
`agentId`, `sessionKeyStrategy`, `sessionKey`, `timeoutSec`,
`waitTimeoutMs`, `disableDeviceAuth`, `autoPairOnFirstConnect`, `role`,
`scopes`, `paperclipApiUrl`, `headersJson`, `payloadTemplate`,
`runtimeServices`).
- **Serialization**
(`packages/adapters/openclaw-gateway/src/ui/build-config.ts`): inject
`authToken` into headers as `x-openclaw-token`; apply safe defaults on
create (`timeoutSec=120`, `waitTimeoutMs=120000`,
`sessionKeyStrategy="issue"`, `role="operator"`,
`scopes=["operator.admin"]`).
- **Backend**
(`packages/adapters/openclaw-gateway/src/server/execute.ts`): add
`OPENCLAW_TOKEN` env-var fallback for `authToken`, retry logic (max 2
retries with backoff for transient gateway errors), session-key prefix
`agent:{agentId}:{sessionId}` when `agentId` is configured.
- **Defaults restoration** (dedicated commit): an earlier revision of
this PR lowered the default request timeouts to `60` / `30000`. The
current branch restores the historical `timeoutSec=120` /
`waitTimeoutMs=120000` defaults that match the values documented in
`packages/adapters/openclaw-gateway/src/index.ts`,
`src/server/execute.ts` on master, and the worked example in
`doc/ONBOARDING_AND_TEST_PLAN.md`.
- **Tests** (new):
`packages/adapters/openclaw-gateway/src/ui/build-config.test.ts` pins
the documented timeout and identity defaults so the silent-halve
regression cannot recur.
## Verification
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-openclaw-gateway typecheck`
- `pnpm typecheck` (root)
- Manual: create a new `openclaw_gateway` agent — all fields visible,
defaults populate as documented.
- Manual: edit an existing `openclaw_gateway` agent — every field
round-trips correctly and saves.
- Manual: unset `authToken` in the form and set `OPENCLAW_TOKEN` env var
— adapter picks up the env-var fallback.
- Manual: simulate a transient gateway error — execute retries up to 2
times with backoff before failing.
## Risks
- Low risk. Surface area is one adapter, behind explicit operator
configuration. The defaults change in this PR is a restoration of values
that already exist on master and in the adapter docs, so no production
agent sees a behavioral shift relative to the prior release. Field
exposure in edit mode is purely additive — existing values are preserved
on save.
## Model Used
- Provider/model: Claude (Anthropic) — `claude-opus-4-7`
- Mode: standard tool use, no extended thinking
- Capability notes: code execution + repository file edits via Claude
Code
## Cross-references and status (maintainer)
Closes#414Closes#1901Closes#2309
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] 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
- [ ] 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
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Co-authored-by: Paperclip Bot <bot@paperclip.dev>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Devin Foley <devin@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Agents run unattended and cannot respond to interactive permission
prompts from Claude Code. When dangerouslySkipPermissions is false
(the previous default), Claude Code blocks file operations with
"Claude requested permissions to write to /path, but you haven't
granted it yet" — making agents unable to edit files.
The OnboardingWizard already sets this to true for claude_local
agents (OnboardingWizard.tsx:277), but agents created or edited
outside the wizard inherit the default of false, breaking them.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rename all workspace packages from @paperclip/* to @paperclipai/* and
the CLI binary from `paperclip` to `paperclipai` in preparation for
npm publishing. Bump CLI version to 0.1.0 and add package metadata
(description, keywords, license, repository, files). Update all
imports, documentation, user-facing messages, and tests accordingly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add agent instructions file field to Claude and Codex adapter
config panels, allowing users to specify an absolute path to an
AGENTS.md-style file injected into the system prompt at runtime.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add --chrome flag support for Claude adapter. Detect max-turns
exhaustion (via subtype, stop_reason, or result text) and clear
the session to prevent stale session re-use. Add unit tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
AgentConfigForm.tsx exported both React components and a plain
object constant (defaultCreateValues), which broke Vite Fast Refresh.
Moved the constant to agent-config-defaults.ts so the component
module only exports React components.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
