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DottaandPaperclip 6da112ab40 perf: avoid flushing separate Git cache seed archives (#18308)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages work done by AI agents.
> - Native sandbox runs prepare a workspace before the agent can
respond.
> - A shared seed cache avoids repeated Git copies and archive
preparation.
> - Cache publication also flushes a branch-neutral Git seed that is
separate from recovery archives.
> - This cache can be rebuilt. Each reader checks the archive bytes
before reuse.
> - This change omits that separate cache file flush and measures the
remaining preparation gaps.
> - The benefit is less work before agent execution and clearer timing
evidence.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #18240.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Workspace seed cache publication and latency diagnostics for native
sandbox preparation.

**Current behavior**

Publication flushes both cache archives to disk under the company lock.
Slow storage can delay the publishing run and cache readers. A cache hit
also combines private copying, hashing, and last-used bookkeeping in one
span. Early controller preparation has gaps before environment
selection.

**Proposed behavior**

Keep the existing flush for recovery-backed workspace and Git archives.
Omit the flush only for a separate branch-neutral Git cache archive.
Reject an alternate cache file that is the recovery file or its
hardlink. Keep archive checksums, private copies, atomic publication,
quotas, and company locking. Measure cache read steps and the existing
early preparation operations.

## What Changed

- Skip the flush only for the separate branch-neutral Git seed used by
the company cache.
- Preserve the existing flush for recovery-backed archives, including
hardlink storage. Reject cache-only files that alias recovery bytes
before or during publication.
- Add a regression with a blocked cache-only Git flush. The deployed
code waits; the new code publishes verified cache bytes without waiting.
Test storage failure for both recovery-backed archives and same-path,
hardlink, and replacement alias cases.
- Add cache copy, hash, and bookkeeping spans beneath seed lookup.
- Add timing around existing agent, conversation, runtime, issue,
identity, trust, and task context preparation. Keep their execution
order.
- Update the trust-order guard to recognize the timed call while
continuing to assert trust resolution precedes workspace selection and
credential setup.
- Document the cache contract and the new spans. Keep the old flush span
in the allowlist for compatibility with older observations.

## Verification

- The blocked-flush regression fails on the old code and passes with
this change.
- Focused tests (`vitest run` on the six affected cache, timing, and
native-sync suites) cover cache corruption, private-copy integrity,
quota and eviction races, branch binding, per-run recovery, native
workspace synchronization, trace parentage, and tracing disabled or
failing.
- 115 focused tests and both typechecks pass after rebase on current
master. The tests include recovery storage failures and an archive
replaced with a recovery hardlink during verification.
- All seven trust tests pass with the actual service and migrations,
using a fresh database on an existing local PostgreSQL server. The local
embedded server could not allocate host semaphores, so only its test
startup helper was substituted; assertions and service code were
unchanged.
- A real SDK export with a retained public seed verifies that cache-read
detail spans have the lookup as their parent. The endpoint-off control
produces no spans.
- Current revision `28dea63432d462cad160906f8dfc2d21c81d3446`: all 53
checks pass, two optional checks are skipped, Greptile is 5/5, and no
review threads are open.
- No new staging latency claim is made by this PR. Hosted measurement
remains necessary after delivery.

## Risks

A crash or power loss can discard the cache-only Git seed. A later read
rejects missing or corrupt cache bytes and prepares the workspace again.
Recovery-backed archives retain their previous flush behavior. The
change adds no flush to warm per-run persistence. Hashes and
private-copy checks remain required. The new spans use the existing
opt-in exporter and closed names; they record no task content.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The session does not expose the exact model SKU or
context-window size.

## 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

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-30 09:13:08 -05:00
Nicky LeachandPaperclip 1d571de5f9 Add shared native turn attribution boundaries (#18213)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages work performed by AI agents.
> - Native execution crosses the plugin worker, Runner, sidecar, and
durable event boundaries.
> - Existing outer spans leave repeated preparation and admission work
unattributed.
> - Optimizations need a common baseline with accurate ownership and
event meanings.
> - This change extends the existing opt-in tracing contract with
bounded timing receipts.
> - It preserves execution policy and keeps provider internals opaque
where the API provides no timing proof.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**
Attribution of native task preparation, retained/cold Runner handoff,
and completion-to-text work.

**Current behavior**
Worker spans use a flat provider contract. Workspace calls lack a
consistent dispatch envelope. Submitted-to-started timing is named as a
provider queue even though it includes other work. The transport does
not expose a shared breakdown of its waits.

**Proposed improvement**
Add invocation-scoped nesting, bounded numeric remote receipts,
current-run transport timing, durable receipt intervals, and distinct
completion/text milestones. Reuse the existing exporter. No latency
optimization is included.

Related public work: #17842 consolidates existing startup tracing tests;
it does not add this runtime coverage.

## What Changed

- Extend the optional SDK tracer with nested async scopes and completed
timing receipts. Keep the host responsible for parent identity,
capability checks, attributes, clocks, depth, and count limits.
- Add dispatch and bounded host-read timings for environment and
workspace providers.
- Resolve transport parents on each call so retained sessions do not
retain an earlier run's trace.
- Split cold/resume/attach/prepare/registration/command/started-event
waits. Add opt-in numeric ACPX Runner/sidecar status and prompt-start
receipts.
- Distinguish first completion request, validated tool receipt, final
result commit, first nonempty text, and event persistence. Rename the
submitted-to-started interval to match its meaning.
- Link completed earlier remote lifecycles to their host-owned observer
rather than placing them under a later polling request. Preserve
sampling, timestamp limits and budgets.
- Document the versioned coverage map, causal clock limits, and baseline
acceptance requirements.

## Verification

- Current head: GitHub CI is fully green. Standard Greptile and Apex are
both 5/5, with no unresolved review threads. Full-suite validation was
performed in CI; follow-up local validation was limited to affected
packages and tests.

- Review follow-up: early rejection, missing provider capability and
startup-parent regressions were reproduced and fixed. The affected
worker/SDK/timing set passes 128 tests; 28 timing/context tests, SDK
typecheck and direct server TypeScript checking pass. The server
typecheck wrapper reached an unrelated Runner rebuild and stopped
because Cargo was absent from PATH; full Runner/image validation remains
in CI.

- CI failure accounting: the earlier Turbo cache/force conflict and
Linux OpenCode shell assertion were reproduced and diagnosed. A direct
proc probe ruled out permissions; a portable shell comparison identified
Bash skipping BASH_ENV with stripped SHLVL and socket stdin. Upstream
#18230 now supplies the CI and ignored-stdin fixture fixes; this PR
adopts them without duplicate CI changes. The strict Linux OOM assertion
passed before this source-equivalent merge.
- Retry follow-up: the three insertion/replay/failure timing cases and
server typecheck pass. The existing database regression now asserts a
single marker across identical result replay; the current-head CI
integration gate passes.
- Upstream CI alignment: all three real-Turbo 2.11.10 integration cases
pass. The repository policy gate rejected committing a generated
lockfile; the final PR contains no lockfile edit and uses the maintained
inline stale-lockfile recovery.
- Linked-lifecycle follow-up: 44 focused host/export tests pass (three
optional SDK-dependent cases skip); SDK and server typechecks pass. The
API contract test verifies an explicit root context, host-owned observer
link and unsampled suppression.
- SDK typecheck and focused worker/invocation tests: 30 passed,
including clock changes, bounded legacy IPC, and manual-span
creation-scope parentage.
- Focused reviewed host/native/transaction-boundary checks: 44 passed.
The 86-test worker-manager suite passes after updating its exact
assertions for the host-owned timing budget found by CI. Earlier
preparation/first-text checks also passed.
- Affected server and Runner TypeScript checks pass after building local
workspace declarations.
- Merge follow-up: the profile/candidate startup subset passes 94 tests,
the four Grok source-identity checks pass, and Runner TypeScript
checking passes. A subsequent execution-factory merge passes 21 focused
timing/trace tests and server TypeScript checking.
- Pinned Rust build and the ACPX Rust subset pass. The hostile receipt
projection test passes. Source profile compatibility checks: 127 passed,
one existing skip. Grok identity checks: four passed.
- Broad transport/ACPX suite: 410 passed after building all fake
provider binaries. Earlier attempts failed on missing
Runner/fake-provider outputs; building the required fixtures resolved
those failures.
- The first CI run correctly rejected stale source attestations. After
integrating current master, Grok advances 13→14 and Copilot 84→85;
master’s historical fixtures and Pi 35 stay byte-identical. Provider
dependencies, models and permission defaults are unchanged. Identity
generation/checks now pass.
- The added real-Postgres result lock regression could not initialize
its local embedded cluster. The insertion/replay/failure unit
regressions pass. The current-head CI integration gate passes.
- Comprehensive repository checks and image builds are delegated to CI,
as requested for this instrumentation pass. No deployment, model run,
collector-ingestion proof, or latency improvement is claimed.

## Risks

The new SDK methods are optional. Legacy span calls and endpoint-off
behavior remain supported. The host accepts only closed timing names and
bounded attributes. Remote durations are anchored at local receipt;
transport/scheduling uncertainty remains explicit. Trace trees have
count/depth limits. The first rollout must inspect actual collector
exports before treating the baseline as accepted. Fresh live
qualification for the new source identities remains a rollout
requirement. Revert these commits to remove the new measurements; no
schema migration is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning and local code/tool
execution. The exact runtime model ID and context-window size are not
exposed in this session.

## 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 following the enhancement
template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal issue
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] Standard Greptile and Apex are both 5/5, with no unresolved
findings
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-29 17:45:56 -07:00
DottaandPaperclip 2aa3ea47e3 Reduce restored workspace overhead and trace cache publication (#18240)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip runs agents in isolated workspaces.
> - A native sandbox turn must restore its workspace before the provider
starts.
> - Restored Git metadata can cause expensive work in the provider's
first snapshot.
> - Cache replay also hashes the same archives twice, and workspace
helpers open sessions that do not need output.
> - This pull request removes that repeated work and refreshes the
restored index before OpenCode starts.
> - It also adds cache-publication timings so the next measurement can
separate quota checks, lock waiting, and archive IO.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Native sandbox workspace preparation and copyback.

**Current behavior**

Cache replay validates shared archives, copies them, and validates them
again. Exit-status-only helpers use persistent sessions. A restored
checkout can make OpenCode's first snapshot recheck much of the
repository. Cache publication has an unexplained interval after archive
verification.

**Proposed behavior**

Validate the private archive copy that staging will consume. Use the
existing one-shot command path for helpers that only need an exit
status. Refresh the Git index after workspace transfer for a new native
OpenCode sandbox. Keep the refresh inside the awaited inbound barrier
and use the existing command timeout. Add nested publication spans.

**Reason and benefit**

Two matched local component pairs reduced preparation plus provider time
from 8.563/8.553 seconds to 7.313/7.511 seconds, including the refresh
cost. Two alternating remote copyback pairs reduced the median from
9.110 to 7.943 seconds. These are component results. They do not
establish an end-to-end hosted improvement.

Related: #18181 and the earlier closed #18195. This implementation uses
the existing fully awaited transfer boundary. It does not use an
optional preparation deadline.

## What Changed

- Materialize cache hits into caller-owned staging and validate those
exact bytes once. Remove incomplete copies on failure.
- Select the existing one-shot path for exit-status-only run and removal
helpers. Output-reading helpers keep their existing behavior.
- Refresh restored Git stat metadata before OpenCode starts. Enable this
only for newly acquired native OpenCode host-current workspaces. Skip
recovery and retained sandboxes. Keep dirty files unstaged, accept Git's
dirty-worktree status, and propagate real command errors.
- Trace cache capacity checks, eviction, the body after lock
acquisition, archive copy, sync, and hashing. Keep the operator endpoint
gate and bounded phase names.

## Verification

- On the rebased branch: 202 focused tests pass: 152 workspace
seed/cache/runtime tests, 27 managed command tests, and 23 native
workspace/tracing tests. Adapter TypeScript build and server typecheck
pass.
- Tests cover corrupted copies, cache changes after private
materialization, dirty working trees, quoted paths, recovery, the
awaited refresh barrier, real command failure, and company-lock
contention.
- A real-filesystem probe through the server phase mapper verified
parentage and endpoint-off behavior. A controlled lock wait stayed
outside the locked-publication span. No external export was used.
- A full local Core/Daytona replay on the pre-rebase implementation
saved its synthetic reply. It retained the pinned large public
workspace, all 209 skill files, positive Git context, and 66 tool
schemas. Both model calls stayed on sandbox loopback. Index refresh took
0.644 seconds and the first provider snapshot took 0.499 seconds. The
run took 162.004 seconds, including large laptop uploads; it is not a
hosted acceptance result or a matched end-to-end comparison. The failed
installer attempt remains recorded separately. Normal cleanup removed
all owned sandboxes.
- The current head passed 53 CI checks, with two optional skips.
Greptile is 5/5 on the exact head, with no open review threads. No
deployment or hosted latency claim is included.

## Risks

- Index refresh adds one awaited command. It uses the existing timeout.
A real Git failure stops preparation.
- Cache hits need temporary disk space for a private copy. Existing
corruption fallback and per-run recovery archives remain.
- One-shot command transport must preserve exit status and timeout
behavior across providers. The agent's native session and output-reading
helpers are unchanged.
- Local component gains are small relative to the remaining hosted
latency. Batch the fixes with the diagnostic spans; measure the actual
deployed path before claiming success.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The session does not expose the exact model SKU or
context-window size.

## 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

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-29 19:32:28 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 9f3fc2094f Fix shared workspace seed capacity and trace deferred copyback (#18181)
Apply the existing company quota to company-shared workspace seed buckets. Preserve individual seed limits and recheck size after verification.

Trace each deferred native workspace finalization check and its resumed copyback under the same hashed run ID. Keep existing admission, ownership and retry behavior.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-29 12:44:34 -05:00
3cd3af5d75 Trace native preparation and OpenCode execution phases (#17918)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Each native run prepares its workspace and skills, then starts its
provider.
> - A long preparation span does not show whether inventory refresh, a
cache lock, repository reads, or file checks caused the delay.
> - One hosted run spent 81 seconds in this phase. The same deployed
service and pinned files took 2.55 seconds in a separate diagnostic
process.
> - Another hosted turn spent 69 seconds before its first output. A
matched public-workspace local model replay took 7.64 seconds.
> - We need skill preparation and provider-internal measurements before
choosing another fix.
> - This pull request adds skill spans, a real-service benchmark, and
opt-in filtered provider timing.
> - The benefit is a faster and more precise diagnosis loop.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #17620. That PR owns the batched read optimization. This PR adds
diagnostics and does not change its read policy.
Refs #17907. That PR protects long cache lock transactions from the
database idle timeout.

**What happened?**

Native skill configuration can take much longer than matched standalone
resolution. Provider execution also has long gaps with no internal
timings. Existing spans cannot separate inventory refresh, cache
acquisition, repository reads, context loading, Git snapshots, or model
streaming.

**Expected behavior**

An operator-configured trace shows these phases under the existing run
context. Without an OTLP endpoint, the new spans stay off. A local
benchmark can reproduce the service path with real PostgreSQL, files, an
agent actor, and a responsible user.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx
scripts/benchmark-native-skill-preparation.ts --actor=agent
--staging-shape=true`.
2. Inspect cold and warm phase timings, SQL counts, and file
verification results.
3. Set the existing operator OTLP configuration and add
`--export-otlp=true` to inspect the same hierarchy in the collector.

## What Changed

- Add bounded skill inventory, refresh wait, cache acquisition, row,
version, repository, file check, and consumer spans.
- Keep the existing endpoint gate, attribute allowlist, cache locks,
authorization, file validation, and durable pin boundary.
- Add a standalone benchmark with a full repository fixture, immutable
snapshot input, calibrated local transport delay, and optional OTLP
export.
- Verify every delivered file and executable bit outside the timed
section. Create its fixture agent through the lifecycle API.
- Add an opt-in authenticated loopback sink for OpenCode. Discard raw
attributes, logs and content. Retain only closed phase names and
timestamps.
- Carry one bounded diagnostic batch through the real proxy, Rust
normalization, durable journal and server trace projection. Group
provider phases under their execution parent.
- Freeze the Date clock in an existing delegated Slack rate-limit test.
This fixes a CI failure when consecutive requests cross a rate-window
boundary. It does not change rate-limit behavior.
- Document phase boundaries and the difference between SDK startup and
confirmed ingestion.

## Verification

- Skill service, runtime selection, concurrency, cache and timing
suites: 122 tests passed with real PostgreSQL and migrations.
Enabled-span integration tests also passed. They verify parent
relationships and a real advisory-lock timeout.
- A captured 208-file repository produced 209 verified runtime files.
The benchmark uses real agent and responsible-user authorization. The
lifecycle fixture correction passed with the staging-shaped inventory.
- Affected OpenCode driver, collector and transport tests: 72 passed.
The tests cover authentication, content removal, size/count bounds,
disabled behavior and the rebuilt native Runner boundary. One Rust
projection test and 18 server trace tests also passed. A held run-log
sink proves that a full 128-span diagnostic batch adds no duplicate
database writes before terminal consumption.
- The two CI-failing delegated Slack rate-limit cases passed against
real PostgreSQL with only the Date clock frozen.
- Runner TypeScript and server TypeScript checks passed. Rust formatting
and module-boundary checks passed.
- Real Honeycomb readback confirmed the 14-span skill waterfall and a
40-span provider waterfall. Provider phases have the correct execution
parent. The provider export uses synthetic model replies and is
instrumentation proof only.
- Earlier full local checks failed on missing package-local executables,
then on the default Node heap and a missing generated service worker.
The dependency links were repaired. The server check passed with a
larger heap. The full local test attempt could not start embedded
PostgreSQL on this host and was stopped after retaining its failures;
real database coverage uses an isolated database on an existing local
server. These attempts do not count as a full local pass.
- CI on the prior revision passed typecheck, build, Runner and all E2E
shards. It failed the benchmark lifecycle boundary and one existing
rate-window test. Those fixes passed CI. A later Runner assertion
exposed the Copilot source identity pin on the shared transport file.
The diagnostic flag now uses the existing configured-environment
projection, preserving that file byte-for-byte. All 66 selected
installation and native transport tests passed. New-head CI and review
remain required.
- The under-15-second hosted response target remains unmet. This PR adds
diagnostics and does not claim a hosted latency fix.

## Risks

- Skill spans and Honeycomb export retain the operator endpoint gate.
OpenCode phase collection requires a separate explicit diagnostic flag.
Without an endpoint, its closed measurements stay in the instance run
log.
- Raw OpenCode OTLP can contain prompts and authorization attributes.
The new sink rejects unauthenticated requests and discards all
attributes before any measurement reaches PRP or the operator collector.
Request, event and per-phase limits bound memory and journal growth.
- Collection does not wait for a provider flush. Late or oversized
exports can be absent; these measurements are not a complete profiling
guarantee.
- The benchmark's inventory contents and transport delay are explicit
fixtures. They do not reproduce server contention or prove hosted
response time.
- The one durable diagnostic batch remains the local evidence. Its child
span export does not add per-phase run-log rows.
- No database migration, authorization policy, model selection or
inference transport changes. The Rust Runner and OpenCode proxy must be
shipped together for the new opt-in diagnostic.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with repository inspection, shell execution,
browser tools, and Honeycomb queries. The session does not expose a
verifiable backend deployment ID or context-window size.

## 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
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <paperclip@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-27 14:53:32 -05:00
Nicky LeachandPaperclip a3e8fa568a Reduce repeated work during plugin Runner admission (#17377)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agents and their execution authority.
> - A plugin can host Runner tasks on a persistent execution host.
> - Admission checks must observe current lifecycle state and
credentials.
> - The current runtime reader also resolves files, skills, and
connections for each check.
> - Some providers also repeat the same project authentication check
during submit.
> - This pull request adds a compact fresh reader and an explicit
submit-time validation contract.
> - Providers can remove repeated work while Core keeps lease and scope
checks.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Plugin Runner startup before task submission.

**Current behavior**

One measured startup made 30 full runtime reads during bootstrap. These
reads took 5.759 seconds. Each guard can resolve instructions, skills,
and connection assignments even when it only needs current identity and
lifecycle state. Providers that already enforce project authentication
in submit must also perform a separate Core preflight.

**Proposed behavior**

Use a lifecycle-owned runtime identity reader for guards. Keep the full
runtime reader for synchronization inputs. A trusted provider can
declare `projectAuthCheckAtSubmit: true` in its prepared result. Core
pins the exact configuration, provider, and project set on the lease.
The provider must reject authentication conflicts before credential
installation or task start. Providers that omit the flag retain the
existing preflight.

**Reason and benefit**

Estimated savings with a paired consumer: 4–5 seconds from compact
runtime checks, plus roughly 0.5–0.9 seconds from removing the duplicate
authentication operation. These estimates overlap and are not a measured
deployed result. Refs #17367 for the separate run-log HEAD optimization;
this PR does not duplicate it.

**Breaking changes**

No migration. The SDK adds a host method and an optional prepared-result
field. Consumers that use them require this Core host version. Older
providers retain their existing flow.

## What Changed

- Add `agents.getRuntimeIdentity` across SDK, RPC, host service, and
test fixtures.
- Reuse the existing company, plugin ownership, readiness, and
capability checks. Read lifecycle state and protected instance secrets
fresh on every call.
- Skip instruction, organization, skill, and connection hydration in the
compact reader.
- Allow explicit submit-time authentication enforcement, with prepared
scope pinned and checked again at dispatch.
- Emit fixed preparation, project-auth, submit, and connection timing
phases.

## Verification

- 72 targeted SDK capability, plugin task-owner, and environment-task
mediator tests passed.
- 33 real embedded-Postgres lifecycle and secret tests passed, including
pause, content revision, company isolation, plugin disablement, and
secret rotation.
- SDK and server TypeScript checks passed. Local Runner/eval TypeScript
outputs were built to satisfy server type resolution.
- Local Postgres required missing library aliases in ignored
dependencies; no product source was changed for that repair.
- Full repository suites are delegated to GitHub CI. No live rollout or
speedup claim.

## Risks

The submit-time flag delegates enforcement to a trusted provider. It is
not proof that prepare already checked authentication. The provider must
check before VM credential installation or task admission. Core still
checks exact prepared scope, active lease, run identity, credential
type, and dispatch fencing. Existing providers keep the separate check.
Roll back a paired consumer before rolling back this host.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 (Codex), with code execution and repository tools. Exact
deployment build 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 following the relevant issue
template
- [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 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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-23 14:54:25 -07:00
DottaandPaperclip 6c9b87d092 trace(server): expose repository admission waits (#17040)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages work performed by AI agents.
> - The controller prepares a task workspace before it starts a provider
turn.
> - Repository admission also runs when a checkout already exists.
> - One observed reuse took 16.877 seconds. Its child spans explained
only 3.556 seconds.
> - The missing detail covered repeated authority checks, catalog work,
and publication waits.
> - This change exposes those operations under the existing execution
attempt.
> - Operators can expand the slow phase before choosing a performance
fix.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #16963, #16330, and #16515. The provider-routing work in #17019 has
a different scope.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Repository-admission traces for new and reused checkouts.

**Subsystem affected**

server/ orchestration and operator-configured OpenTelemetry tracing.

**Current behavior**

The admission span can contain a long interval without child spans.
Existing project checks, HTTP requests, and checkout lookup do not
explain current-task checks, database awaits, credential refresh, or
publication locks.

**Proposed behavior**

Expose nested spans for current binding and task access, individual
identity reads, catalog construction, credentials, grant transactions,
filesystem validation, Git inspection, and directory-lock acquisition,
work, and release.

**Reason and benefit**

The trace can distinguish repeated checks, remote calls, database
awaits, and directory contention. A database-await span includes driver,
network, pool, and server time. It is not isolated SQL execution time.

**Breaking changes**

None. No API, schema, permission, retry, lock, or repository behavior
changes.

## What Changed

- Add fixed admission phases beneath the existing execution attempt.
Keep the existing project, checkout, and HTTP detail.
- Trace current-task authorization stages only under workspace access.
Unrelated decisions cannot consume that detail budget before admission.
- Trace GitHub catalog reads, credentials, provider metadata, grant row
locking and writes, transaction settlement, and webhook work.
- Separate directory-lock acquisition, the protected operation, and
release without changing the adapter lock contract.
- Document the hierarchy and timing limits. Keep endpoint gating, span
caps, and hashed run correlation. Add no span attributes or exception
text.

## Verification

- Nine new tests passed with real PostgreSQL, real Git, and SDK-exported
spans. They cover directory contention, grant-row blocking, all three
binding checks, reuse without cloning, dirty files, private-task denial,
receipt repair, conflict retry, endpoint-off behavior, and parent IDs.
- Twenty earlier unrelated authorization decisions do not exhaust the
admission detail budget.
- Existing authorization and trust suites: 105 tests passed. Existing
timing/context suites: 26 tests passed. Existing repository-access
tests: 6 tests passed.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed on commit
`5a986d8c86644dfb7ee39b3b832e2d7c86532598`.
- `pnpm test:run` could not complete locally. The temporary
five-connection cluster returned `sorry, too many clients already` in
chat fixtures, and the run was interrupted. It is not a pass. The
complete standard CI workflow passed on the same commit, including all
12 server shards and all three chat shards.
- Final current-head checks: 54 success, two neutral, two skipped, zero
pending or failing. The [CI
aggregate](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39522187940/job/118971261973)
passed.
[Greptile](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/17040#issuecomment-6305066520)
and [Paperclip
Review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/17040#issuecomment-6305017182)
both assessed this exact commit at 5/5 with no actionable findings or
unresolved threads.
- `node scripts/check-module-boundaries.mjs` and `git diff --check`
passed.
- This macOS host exhausted its SysV semaphore quota. Database tests
used a temporary command-scoped initdb preload with five connections,
fewer workers, and a larger lock table. No repository test
infrastructure or shared host settings changed. Initial skipped tests,
focused-fixture failures, and clock-order assertion failures were
corrected and rerun; they are not counted as passes. The complete local
run remained connection-limited and was interrupted.
- Local SDK export proves parentage and privacy. Hosted Honeycomb
ingestion remains unverified until deployment. No deployment occurred.

## Risks

Span recording requires an operator-configured OTLP endpoint. Each fixed
detail name remains capped at 16 occurrences per attempt. Later
operations still execute under their enclosing phase. Timing wrappers
preserve the existing operations and their errors. No migration is
required. The change does not itself reduce admission latency.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, based on GPT-6, with tool use, code execution, and
delegated agents. The exact hosted model identifier and context-window
size are not exposed in this session.

## 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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-20 19:50:51 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 023f4a5d0c fix: preserve repository cache negotiation refs (#16687)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agent work and its execution environments.
> - A fresh repository task needs an independent checkout before its
runner can start.
> - The object cache from #16487 should reduce repeated network
transfer.
> - The cache kept Git objects but dropped remote-tracking refs during
its bare clone.
> - Git needs those tips to negotiate which objects it already has.
> - This pull request preserves the tips in a versioned mirror cache and
records explicit cache outcomes.
> - The benefit is less repeated transfer and clearer evidence when a
cache does not help.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #16487 and #16454. No duplicate cache-negotiation fix was found in
the public PR search.

**What happened?**

A valid object cache could make a fresh clone slower. A controlled
staging probe took 45.87 seconds and received 184.39 MB even though the
reference already held the objects. An earlier probe took 52.33 seconds.
An uncached clone took 20.94 seconds.

`git clone --bare` copied the pristine checkout's objects, local
branches, and tags, but omitted its remote-tracking refs. The source had
about 1,200 remote branches. Git could not use the missing tips to
negotiate those objects.

**Expected behavior**

Keep the pristine reference's negotiation tips. Each task must still
authenticate online, use the current remote refs, and end with
independent Git objects.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Clone a repository with many remote branches into a fresh checkout.
2. Publish a reference with `git clone --bare --no-hardlinks` from that
checkout.
3. Clone the remote with `--reference-if-able` and `--dissociate`.
4. Compare with a reference that retains the remote-tracking tips. Use
Git Trace2 and count received pack bytes.

**Paperclip version or commit**

The staging runtime was `27ab902d3db2770ada79c9f42a9c06e1d346f34b`, with
Git 2.47.3. The cache implementation was unchanged from #16487.

**Deployment mode**

Docker on a persistent application volume. The probe used the
application file owner and the public Paperclip repository. It did not
start agent tasks or alter the application cache.

## What Changed

- Publish pristine object caches with `--mirror` to retain
remote-tracking tips.
- Put cache format version 2 in the key and receipt. The first checkout
builds a new generation. Existing generations stay under the current
storage limits.
- Keep the existing online authentication, current remote refs,
credential and company isolation, independent objects, quotas, and
fallback behavior.
- Add closed Honeycomb cache outcomes and a boolean that states whether
a reference was supplied to clone.
- Document that a lookup hit or supplied reference does not prove Git
avoided transfer.

## Verification

- Controlled staging component experiment: a disposable reference copy
held exactly the same 210,057 objects as the original. It added 1,187
advertised branch tips whose commits were already in those objects.
- Before: 45.87 seconds and 184.39 MB received, one sample in this
comparison.
- After: 12.20 and 14.58 seconds; median 13.39 seconds. Received pack
sizes were 1.99 and 1.95 MB.
- All comparison clones used the same current remote HEAD and ended
without an alternates file.
- The remaining repack took 9.72–9.81 seconds. Checkout file writing
took 0.86–0.96 seconds.
- The staging experiment restored tips on a disposable cache copy. It
did not deploy this patch or measure complete agent latency.
- Confirmed both staging scratch locations were empty afterward. The
original cache timestamps stayed unchanged. The temporary operator SSH
key was revoked and its local files removed.
- TypeScript 5.9.3 transpilation reported zero syntax diagnostics across
the four changed TypeScript files. `git diff --check` passed.
- The new negotiation regression fails with the old `--bare` publisher
and passes with the mirror publisher.
- Focused Vitest suites: 26 tests passed across repository-object-cache
and execution-preparation-timing. These cover independent objects,
current refs, unavailable/revoked remotes, scope separation, invalid
storage, tracing isolation, and endpoint-off behavior.
- The first full focused run passed 24 tests but failed its existing
localhost HTTP fixture because the sandbox denied `listen` on
`127.0.0.1`. The rerun with local loopback permission passed all 26
tests.
- Server semantic typechecking passed with `tsc -p server/tsconfig.json
--noEmit` after building the required workspace declarations. Initial
attempts lacked generated dependency outputs; the completed dependency
build and rerun passed.
- A full application build was not run locally. CI passed: 55 checks
passed and two optional checks were skipped. Greptile is 5/5 on the
current head, with both findings resolved.

## Risks

- Version 2 causes one cold cache rebuild. Old cache generations retain
their disk usage, and the existing quota can prevent publication.
- A cache still needs a full repack to produce an independent task
checkout. This PR does not remove that cost.
- The component experiment establishes the negotiation effect on
staging. It does not establish an end-to-end agent speedup or the
under-30-second goal.
- The new trace fields remain behind the existing OTLP gate. Their
values are closed enums or a boolean. They export no refs, paths, URLs,
cache keys, credentials, or error text.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with code and tool use. The exact serving
model ID and context window are not exposed in this session.

## 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

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-18 21:28:20 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip ce0eff7d1f perf: reduce fresh workspace clone and sandbox staging waits (#16487)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - Each run needs a private workspace and safe persistence.
> - Fresh isolated repository sources download upstream Git history
again.
> - Sandbox staging also verifies an optional seed cache before it
uploads the workspace.
> - That verification holds a company lock during a full extraction and
hash scan.
> - This pull request reuses pristine Git objects through an
authenticated remote clone.
> - It also overlaps seed verification with upload and moves
verification outside the publication lock.
> - The benefit is less repeated transfer and less serial preparation
work, with the same task isolation and recovery contract.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Fresh task-private repository preparation and inbound sandbox workspace
staging.

**Current behavior**

Each isolated remote source clones the full upstream history. Optional
seed verification then extracts and hashes another full tree before
upload. One workspace's verification can hold the company cache lock
while other workspaces wait.

**Proposed behavior**

Use a company and credential scoped cache of pristine upstream objects
for GitHub HTTPS sources. Each task still clones from the current
remote. It disconnects from the cache before publication. Run seed
verification alongside upload. Hold the company lock only for final
capacity checks and publication.

**Reason and benefit**

These operations lie on the workspace preparation path. Removing
repeated Git pack transfer and serial verification can reduce startup
time. Local measurements below cover these boundaries. They do not
establish hosted agent latency.

Related: #16425, #16454, #16398, #16461, #16468, #16473. The cache
inspection and durable folder proposal in #13376 covers separate product
work.

## What Changed

- Add a pristine upstream Git object cache for fresh isolated GitHub
HTTPS sources. Key it by company, repository and current credential
fingerprint. Do not store credentials.
- Keep online clone authorization and current remote refs. Use
`--reference-if-able --dissociate` so task objects remain independent. A
reference failure retries once online without the cache and resolves
credentials again.
- Cap cache storage at 64 entries and 4 GiB per company, with 2 GiB per
entry. Skip contended publication. Bound priming by a cooperative
five-second budget and a 4,096-entry scan allowance. Keep the existing
free-space reserve.
- Overlap optional seed verification and required workspace upload.
Settle both before returning or deleting temporary files. Recheck quotas
and company directory identity under the publication lock.
- Keep the independent fresh upstream reproducibility proof, task
commits, dirty source copies, ignored files, nested repositories and
durable recovery behavior.
- Suppress optional Git server-info generation during dissociation so
generated storage passes the existing safe-expiration checks. This uses
[the supported Git
setting](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config/2.43.0#Documentation/git-config.txt-repackupdateServerInfo).
- Add bounded timing phases, regression coverage and two repeatable
local benchmarks. No first-party Telemetry or dependency changes.

## Verification

- `pnpm -r typecheck`: passed.
- `pnpm build`: passed.
- Affected adapter suites: 240 tests passed. Native workspace
persistence/history and tracing: 33 tests passed. Server
checkout/isolation/tracing batch: 53 tests passed. Final object-cache
authority, path and capacity suite: 12 tests passed. These batches
overlap.
- Cache and expiration/restoration lifecycle batch: 34 tests passed. A
direct generated-storage check covers cached clones.
- Real HTTP Git fixture: a matching cache does not bypass revoked remote
access. Other fixtures cover current refs/tags, hidden cached commits,
independent objects after cache removal, corruption fallback,
credential/company scope, quota limits and publication contention.
- Initial restricted runs hit SQLite write and Unix socket permission
failures. The adapter batch passed with disposable writable instance
state and socket access. The first typecheck rejected the test use of
`Promise.withResolvers`; typed deferred gates now use the supported
library contract.
- Repository benchmark on final head
`9047368bf3b7fa2061e00d698b8b51cf4ae1da32`: five alternating samples,
real local `file://` Git transport, synthetic 32 MiB history, no
injected latency. Median 1143.8 ms to 240.5 ms; ranges 1085.7–1486.6 ms
and 188.0–254.8 ms. Received Git pack bytes fell from 33,569,788 to
zero. Initial cache priming took 1208.4 ms and is reported separately.
- Sandbox benchmark, five alternating samples per mode on 10,000 files
with real packing, extraction and verification: with a controlled
3-second transfer delay, median 9.450 s to 7.620 s (ranges 9.280–12.115
s and 7.296–7.983 s). With no injected delay, median 6.808 s to 6.450 s
(ranges 6.255–7.029 s and 5.709–6.902 s). The no-delay ranges overlap;
local copying competes with verification for disk. Both modes verify
final tree contents, ignored-file exclusion and Git HEAD. These are
synthetic local fixtures, not hosted agent runs.
- Reproduce with `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx
../scripts/benchmark-repository-object-cache.ts` and `pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/server exec tsx ../scripts/benchmark-workspace-staging.ts
--baseline-ref=307eb16c0c --transfer-delay-ms=3000`.
- Prior head `af766bc820` received Greptile 5/5 with no findings. Its
E2E shard 7 failed in `plan-task-fixture` cleanup: company deletion
raced an `activity_log` foreign key. That fixture has no provider run or
Git workspace. The failure is retained here; final-head CI must pass.
The corrected corruption fixture now forces a pack and verifies a real
damaged archive. Current head `9047368bf3b7fa2061e00d698b8b51cf4ae1da32`
has Greptile 5/5 with no review threads or findings. Final head has 55
passing checks and two optional Storybook skips. [The first
workspace-shard
attempt](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38802441857/job/116655485350)
passed all 1,778 cases, then reported a late `EPIPE` from unchanged
`server-utils.ts` while the ACP reuse test was active. That case mocks
workspace preparation and passed locally in isolation. [Its single retry
on the same
commit](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38802441857/job/116659728034)
passed, as did the dependent verification gate. The earlier E2E cleanup
fixture passed on this final head. Both initial failures remain recorded
here. A full local suite was not duplicated; the affected boundaries
were run locally and the complete suite runs in CI.

## Risks

- First cache population adds local copying. Cold clones, credential
rotation, capacity exhaustion and a corrupt cache retain the online
clone path. No eviction is added. Cached data is bounded, but many
companies can each consume their allowance.
- Individual filesystem calls and cleanup can exceed the cooperative
priming budget. Failed reference clones make one additional online
attempt.
- Parallel verification and upload compete for disk and CPU. The local
no-delay benchmark shows a smaller gain than a slow-transfer case.
Verification still checks contents before cache publication, and
required upload failures remain failures.
- Local fixtures do not prove hosted throughput or the 15–30-second
end-to-end target. The fresh checkout still writes its working tree, and
model startup, copyback and other preparation costs remain.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family. The exact serving model ID and context
window are not exposed in this session. Used reasoning, source editing,
shell tools and 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 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 and contains no internal task
identifiers
- [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

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-16 12:21:47 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 0e58f29eb7 fix(observability): trace pre-dispatch controller waits (#16515)
Measure usage startup, MCP handoff, dispatch admission, and budget reservation with the existing endpoint-gated tracer. Preserve outer attempt context across asynchronous provider dispatch.

Validated with 135 focused tests, full typecheck/build, fresh full CI/E2E, Superagent, and Apex 5/5 on 9b28865bb3.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-15 20:30:05 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 25b16e65fc fix(observability): detail workspace and connector preparation (#16454)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The server prepares a repository, sandbox workspace, and connector
access before an agent can reply.
> - Existing traces measure large preparation phases but leave important
work inside those phases unclear.
> - Repository source materialization and Browser Use discovery can do
more work than their callers suggest.
> - New detail must preserve access checks, run ownership, and the
existing work order.
> - This pull request adds fixed OpenTelemetry spans inside those
operations.
> - Operators can use one deployed trace to select the next performance
fix.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs: #16419, #16425, #16428.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Startup traces for server workspace preparation, native sandbox
synchronization, and connector assignment resolution.

**Current behavior**

Workspace and connector aggregate spans can take many seconds. The trace
does not separate private source cloning, seed reuse, archive work,
progress persistence, or each connector resolver. Browser Use resource
selection builds the full authorized tool catalog. The configuration and
native backend can each resolve connector assignments.

**Proposed behavior**

Show the awaited work as fixed child spans. Separate discovery queue
wait from catalog construction. Preserve the initiating run context when
another run releases a scheduler slot. Add no new lifecycle event writes
for workspace detail callbacks.

**Reason and benefit**

Operators need evidence about the hosted critical path before another
performance change. These spans distinguish filesystem work, provider
transfer, authorization, transaction entry, locks, and reporting
overhead.

**Breaking changes**

None. Authorization, query order, transaction ownership,
synchronization, existing progress events, and task results retain their
contracts. The change adds opt-in Observability spans under the existing
OTLP endpoint gate.

## What Changed

- Trace private source directory setup, Git credentials, clone,
requested ref, source identity, and checkout publication.
- Trace sandbox source capture, seed cache/replay, shallow clone and
archive, overlay copy/archive, verification, upload, warm stamps, and
descriptor persistence.
- Separate existing awaited progress reporting from useful workspace
work. Keep new detail callbacks trace-only.
- Trace each connector resolver and Browser Use catalog/grant work.
Split discovery queueing, descriptor sources, and policy evaluation.
- Trace Slack authority, credential reads, catalog synchronization,
transaction entry/settlement, and advisory locks.
- Update the real filesystem staging trace expectations and the
Honeycomb investigation guide.
- Add a real scheduler regression for a queued job released by another
run. Assert run ownership, parent spans, and exactly one completed queue
span.

## Verification

- Passed: server and adapter-utils TypeScript checks (`pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/server exec tsc --noEmit` and `pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/adapter-utils exec tsc --noEmit`).
- Passed: 252 checks across 9 focused files. These cover real filesystem
staging, native workspace synchronization, trace ownership, endpoint
gating, and workspace preparation.
- Passed after review: 26 trace-context, tracing-failure, and
discovery-scheduler checks across 3 files (these overlap the first run).
The new queued-discovery regression fails when context binding is
removed and passes after restoration. An initial submillisecond
timestamp assertion was replaced with explicit span-completion order to
avoid SDK clock precision assumptions.
- Passed on implementation commit
`0e68968a4bd61001893d833f281f12bb110edbe1`: `pnpm -r typecheck` and
`pnpm build`. The later commit updates only an engine test expectation.
- The first CI workspace lane found an old engine trace-tree
expectation. It expected the earlier span set. The updated assertion now
checks the new detail spans, their parents, and single completion. Its
targeted executor check passes.
- The full test suite, build, release registry, and end-to-end gates
pass in CI on final head `40e37d89ef679109d60a96bb5731a0616efeaa43`: 55
passing checks and 2 optional Storybook skips. The full suite was not
duplicated locally after the focused run.
- Greptile reviewed the final head at 5/5. No unresolved review threads
remain.
- After deployment, filter Honeycomb by the hashed run ID and verify
`service.version`. Inspect `heartbeat.prepare.workspace`,
`runtime_selection.workspace_sync`, and the connector assignment
parents. The guide in `doc/observability.md` explains each new family
and the nested intervals.
- No hosted run has used this new instrumentation yet. Local checks
cannot establish hosted latency improvement.

## Risks

- Tracing adds spans when an operator configures an OTLP endpoint.
Detail remains capped at 16 spans per phase per execution attempt.
- Parent and child durations overlap. The documentation explains how to
avoid counting them twice.
- A discovery job can start in another run's scheduler continuation. The
bound callback preserves the initiating async context.
- New spans export fixed names and the existing hashed run ID. They add
no paths, repository URLs, connector resource IDs, credentials, tool
schemas, or exception text.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The exact served model ID and context-window size are not
exposed in this session.

## 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

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-15 12:21:32 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 57fa6b358d fix(observability): separate workspace finalization and copyback spans (#16428)
Give native workspace finalization its own span name. Keep copyback and commit as separate child measurements, with an exported-span regression that preserves the workspace operation result.

Validation: 40 runtime/tracing tests and server typecheck passed locally. Final-head CI, E2E and security checks passed. Apex review: 5/5, zero findings and no unresolved threads.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-15 08:35:02 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip cccde7122b Trace execution preparation and durable response persistence (#16419)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The server prepares an execution environment before it starts an
agent.
> - Operators need to distinguish preparation, provider wait, and
response persistence.
> - Existing preparation phases start separate traces, and the native
session trace ends before the final response is saved.
> - This pull request adds an execution-attempt trace and detailed spans
at the existing work boundaries.
> - The benefit is a measurable startup and settlement path without
changing execution policy.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Operator-configured OpenTelemetry tracing for agent preparation,
startup, and durable response storage.

**Subsystem affected**

Server orchestration, native Runner startup, and the Honeycomb run link.

**Current behavior**

Preparation phases start independent roots. Workspace lock waits,
authorization groups, runtime asset work, provider-pack fallback, and
the gap after provider completion are hard to attribute.

**Proposed behavior**

Use a server-owned async context for each execution attempt. Parent
nested work to that attempt. Link the separately sampled native session
because its ingress and queue history can begin earlier. Record
transaction entry, lock waits, grouped authorization, asset preparation,
artifact fallback, copyback, and response commit.

**Reason and benefit**

Operators can identify expensive work from recorded boundaries instead
of inferring the cause from elapsed time. Nested and concurrent
durations remain visible and must not be added together.

**Breaking changes**

No API or execution-policy change. New Observability span names and
closed count attributes are documented. The existing local
run-performance schema also records the additional provider-pack and
harness measurements.

Refs: #16178, #16205, #16330.

## What Changed

- Add `task.execution_attempt` with same-run async ownership,
independent root sampling, and native-session links.
- Measure workspace transaction entry and settlement, advisory and row
waits, source scans, reader groups, notifications, and writes.
- Measure runtime selection and each concurrent instructions, skills,
and MCP branch. Separate manifest, cache, materialization, and
verification work.
- Measure provider-pack discovery, verified reuse or upload, final
verification, and remote harness state checks.
- Measure workspace settlement, accounting, liveness, response
authorization, comment commit, and publication enqueue.
- Preserve the silent endpoint-off path, including when another library
has registered a tracer. Bound repeated detail spans to 16 per name per
attempt.
- Extend the Honeycomb run link and document the actual coverage and
remaining gaps.

## Verification

- After resolving the conflict with retained-reader batching on
`b98cdaea531c8447637cd4dcc19c61b3f5f41844`, all 61 targeted query,
authorization, workspace-preparation and trace-boundary tests passed.
The server typecheck passed. Reader tests still bound query count, avoid
loading retained run payloads and enforce fresh project grants on every
publication attempt.
- Before that base integration, the tracing/exporter group passed 855
tests with 2 optional-SDK skips across 10 files and no inherited OTLP
endpoint. It covers real PostgreSQL waits/rollback, durable response
commit, assembled heartbeat preparation, concurrent parentage, sampling
and tracer failure isolation. Native workspace/history tests passed 23
cases. These results remain supporting evidence for the unchanged
tracing paths.
- Full workspace typecheck and build passed during implementation. Full
sharded CI, release validation, E2E and Apex 5/5 passed on prior head
`8cebad80f3856dbcff6f3a6d5d34880ff77a20f2`. Fresh CI, security and Apex
review are required on the current head before merge.
- `pnpm check:token-gates` passed. No styles changed.
- Earlier CI runs exposed exact-source-expression assertions changed by
wrappers, missing run hashes on transaction-boundary spans, and sampling
fixtures without an enabled endpoint. The fixes preserve the calls, add
the declared hash and span cap, and enable tracing explicitly in the
sampling fixtures. Focused repairs passed; the full prior-head CI passed
after those repairs. Earlier failed run:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38729131366.
- The full local `pnpm test:run` was stopped after the base advanced
during that process. Its mixed-version results are not final-head
evidence. A full local-suite pass is not claimed.
- The old-head Superagent scan stalled at 35%. The current head has a
fresh scan; no security pass is inferred from the old pending result.
- No deployed Honeycomb acceptance is claimed by this code change.

## Risks

- Enabled tracing creates more spans. Repeated detail spans are bounded,
and inventories use group spans.
- The attempt and native session remain linked traces. Historical queue
time can precede the attempt, and nested intervals overlap.
- A committed comment proves durable server storage. Publication enqueue
and realtime dispatch do not prove external delivery or browser paint.
- New custom attributes use only the existing run hash and validated
file/byte counts. No SQL, paths, permissions, content, or exception text
is added.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex. The serving model ID and context window size
are not exposed in this session. The agent used reasoning, tools, code
editing, 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
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-15 08:13:53 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip ebceb2a744 trace(server): time workspace, native setup and startup recovery (#16330)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agents and their work.
> - The controller prepares workspaces before it starts a Runner.
> - A slow run can spend 30–80 seconds inside the combined workspace phase.
> - Startup recovery can also delay queued work for minutes.
> - Native runs also have gaps before Runner startup and after the provider result.
> - Existing traces do not identify the awaited steps inside those intervals.
> - This change adds closed timing boundaries around the existing operations.
> - Operators can locate the wait without changing execution or exposing content.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Operator-configured OpenTelemetry diagnosis of controller preparation and startup recovery. Related: #16178, #16236 and #16285 introduced the existing preparation timing and sampling contract. #16306 and #16312 reduce separate configuration and copyback work.

**Current behavior**

The workspace interval combines source resolution, trust checks, provisioning, database persistence, binding and repository admission. Startup awaits accounting and native recovery before queued work resumes, but neither has a separate duration. Native backend setup and post-turn cleanup also contain unmeasured awaits. CPU profiles and a fast database probe cannot identify which await is slow.

**Proposed behavior**

Record workspace steps and native controller setup and cleanup with the existing hashed run ID. Record startup phases as independent, operator-sampled root spans without custom attributes. Keep the same operation order, results, failures and authorization.

**Reason and benefit**

These boundaries distinguish source work, database writes, repository admission and restart recovery. This is a diagnosis change. It does not claim a response-time improvement or a solved latency budget.

## What Changed

- Add 14 closed workspace step names around 16 existing awaits. Repeated updates and bindings produce separate spans.
- Time startup tool reviews, gateway sessions, delivery-worker readiness, accounting, plugin readiness, native recovery, hot restart, orphan reaping, retries, queued work and goal recovery.
- Time native GitHub setup, wake binding, backend construction, connector assignments, MCP discovery, tool authority, companion selection and binary resolution. Time selected post-turn GitHub, coordinator and instruction cleanup awaits.
- Move preparation timing to a pure shared module. Keep the existing heartbeat import as an alias. Both heartbeat and native timing skip tracer lookup when the endpoint is unset or blank, including when another library registered a provider.
- Tracing lookup, callback, status and end faults cannot repeat work or replace its value or error.
- Add real PostgreSQL workspace timing coverage and silent no-op/fault controls. Update the tracing contract and paired run maps.
- Keep span attributes closed. Startup spans add none; workspace steps use only the existing run hash. No commands, paths, returned records or exception messages are recorded.

## Verification

- Diagnostic-gap baseline: the new real workspace test fails against the unchanged workspace implementation because the expected step spans are absent. It passes with the wrappers.
- Final affected coverage: **804 distinct cases pass** across seven complete suites: 698 native-executor cases, 39 real PostgreSQL workspace cases, 61 timing/context/startup cases, and six execution-configuration integration cases. The final native and unit invocations pass with no selected skips. The workspace suite passed in the initial six-file invocation on the same final workspace source.
- Preserve the initial six-file attempt as failed: **7 failed and 789 passed**. All seven errors occurred during embedded PostgreSQL startup. The log reports local macOS shared-memory exhaustion. A fresh 15-case database group passes, followed by the complete 698-case native suite. These runs overlap; do not add their counts.
- The new native timing assertion fails against unchanged native code because the expected spans are absent. It passes with the wrappers and retains the credential-isolation assertions.
- Full `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build`: passed on the final production source. Earlier nullable-closure errors are fixed with erased assertions inside existing guards. The failed attempts remain recorded.
- Normalized AST comparison: removing only timing wrappers, timing imports/local handles and erased assertions restores the original workspace, startup and native executor programs. This checks call order and policy expressions; it is not live acceptance.
- The expanded head first failed two configuration integration assertions because their test providers had no endpoint. Configure the endpoint explicitly in those two tracing tests, and restore it after each test. All six cases then pass with the original credential cleanup, redaction and exact span assertions. Production is unchanged by this repair.
- The first PR head failed one unchanged attachment test at its 15-second deadline in CI. The complete 32-case attachment suite passes locally with that deadline. Do not label the failed CI attempt green. The expanded head needs fresh full CI.
- `node scripts/check-maps.mjs`: passed, 35 areas and 176 capability IDs. `node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs`: 283 files and 2,728 stories. Structural checks only; no browser, play or Storybook build claim.
- `git diff --check`: passed. No added prose comments, lockfile changes or new 1,000-line crossings.
- A duplicate full local test run was not started. Fresh exact-head full CI and E2E pass on `15a683bb2419960f611584f8c07cdcfc9ce3af0b`. All 56 check runs are successful or optional skipped. Superagent and legacy Snyk pass. Completed Apex review is 5/5 on this same head, with zero unresolved review threads.

Commands:

```sh
pnpm exec vitest run --project @paperclipai/server --maxWorkers=1 --fileParallelism=false server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts server/src/services/execution-preparation-timing.test.ts server/src/startup-recovery-timing.test.ts server/src/services/heartbeat/preparation-timing.test.ts server/src/services/heartbeat/preparation-timing-context.test.ts server/src/services/heartbeat/workspace-preparation.test.ts
pnpm -r typecheck
pnpm build
node scripts/check-maps.mjs
node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs
```

## Risks

- Configured operators receive more spans. They still follow the configured sampler and exporter.
- Startup spans measure the awaited phase, including remaining readiness waits. They do not measure earlier worker construction or a provider turn.
- Workspace and native setup intervals overlap their containing phases. Do not add them to the parent duration. Native timing covers named awaits, not every statement or every error path.
- These spans are not yet deployed or tested against a live latency run. No first-party Telemetry event, run-log write, schema or API changes are included.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with tool use and code execution. The exact served variant and context-window size are not exposed to this task.

## 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

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-14 17:16:07 -05:00