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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 c49ab6b9ee feat(issues): wake the parent once when a child or blocker stalls on the board (#20098)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A parent task delegates to children and waits on blockers. Its agent
learns of progress only through wakes
> - Today only completion (`issue_children_completed`) and resolution
(`issue_blockers_resolved`) wake a waiting issue
> - In restart chaos `w-20261108T181313-s9701` t05, a blocker stopped on
a recovery action that needs the board, and its parent sat silently
blocked for 50+ minutes
> - This pull request wakes the waiting agent once per such stall, tells
it what it can do, and shows the stall on the parent's page with the
child's Retry
> - The benefit is that a stuck child or blocker no longer silently
strands its parent

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831 (durable ownership plan; restart chaos campaign). Restart
chaos wave `w-20261108T181313-s9701`, task t05 (M1, claude).

**Problem**

From the kept database:
- CHA-8 `blocks` CHA-5.
- CHA-8's board-owned recovery action (`native_session_retry_exhausted`)
was created at 18:44:02.909 and resolved with outcome `blocked` at
18:44:08, when CHA-8 moved to `blocked` for the board.
- CHA-5's only wake in the whole wave was its `issue_assigned` at
18:20:48. Its agent never heard about CHA-8.

**Expected behavior**
- When a child or blocker stalls on the board, the waiting agent is
woken once. It can then re-delegate, escalate, or block with a reason.
- The board sees the stall on the waiting task, with the child's Retry.

## What Changed

- **Shared:**
- `ISSUE_BLOCKER_STALLED_WAKE_REASON` (`issue_blocker_stalled`),
`ISSUE_BLOCKER_STALL_RELATIONS`, and the types
`IssueBlockerStallRelation` and `IssueBlockerStalledWakeContext`;
  - `Issue.stalledDependencies`.
- **Server, `services/recovery/blocker-stall-wakeups.ts`:**
- A stall is an issue that is not done or cancelled, whose latest
recovery action needs the board. That means either open
(`active`/`escalated`) and board-owned or escalated, or board-owned and
resolved as `blocked` while the issue is still `blocked`. The second
case is what t05 needed: recovery resolves its action that way when it
hands the issue to the board.
- Waiters are the parent, and every issue the stalled one `blocks`, when
they are open, visible and agent-assigned.
- Each waiter gets one wake per stall. The idempotency key
`issue_blocker_stalled:{waiter}:{stalled}:{recoveryActionId}` is checked
through the indexed `(company_id, payload->>'issueId')` path. A later
stall has a new action id, so it wakes again.
  - Each wake writes activity `issue.blocker_stalled_wake`.
- The pass runs from the recovery-action sweep
(`reconcileActiveRecoveryActions`) and from the per-issue blocked sweep
(`reconcileResolvedDependencyWakeBackstop`, which visits each blocked
issue). No new worker.
- A waiter's agent that cannot read the stalled issue (`issue:read`,
which honors private visibility) is woken without its title, identifier
or recovery details; the activity entry withholds them too.
- **Database:** migration `0450` adds the partial unique index
`agent_wakeup_requests_issue_blocker_stalled_uq` on `(company_id,
idempotency_key)` for `issue_blocker_stalled:` keys in delivered or
pending statuses, so two concurrent sweeps cannot both deliver a stall.
It is built `CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS` outside a transaction (listed
in `MIGRATIONS_WITH_TOP_LEVEL_STATEMENTS`).
- **Queue:** `allowsDependencyBlockedWake` (in
`run-dispatch/domain/wake-context.ts`) lets a stall wake run while the
waiter's blockers are unresolved, at both dependency gates. Without it
the wake was parked until the stalled blocker resolved, which is never.
Pause holds are unchanged.
- **Agent guidance:** the wake payload carries `blockerStall`, and
`renderPaperclipWakePrompt` adds a "Stalled dependency" section. It
names the task and its recovery action and the board's next action, then
the three choices: re-delegate, escalate with a comment, or block with a
reason naming the stalled task.
- **Other reason lists:** `issue_blocker_stalled` joins the
responsible-user wake reasons, the conversation execution-wake reasons
(it never drives a chat turn) and the wake diagnostic's known reasons.
- **Board surface:**
- `GET /issues/:id` returns `stalledDependencies`, readable issues only
(`readableIssueEdgeIds`).
- `StalledDependencyNotice` shows on the issue's chat notices, next to
`IssueBlockedNotice`: each stalled child or blocker, its board next
action, a link, and the child's own Retry (`useTaskRetry`), offered only
when the child's interruption allows it.

## Verification

Red/green:
- `server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-stall-wakeups.test.ts` (14 tests).
  - On master: no `issue_blocker_stalled` wake is raised.
- With this PR: the parent is woken once per stall, and re-woken after a
new stall. A blocker's dependent is woken.
- The t05 shape (an action resolved as `blocked`) wakes once, and
nothing more after a Retry.
- No wake for an agent-owned action, a done, unassigned or hidden
waiter, or an action resolved another way.
  - `listStalledDependencies` lists children and blockers.
- `heartbeat-dependency-scheduling.test.ts` "admits an
issue_blocker_stalled wake while a blocker is unresolved". On master the
wake was parked (`null`); once admitted, the run-start gate cancelled
it. With this PR it runs with `dependencyBlockedInteraction`. The file:
14 passed.
- `packages/adapter-utils` `server-utils.test.ts`: the new prompt test
failed on master (no `blockerStall`). The file: 141 passed.
- `ui/src/components/StalledDependencyNotice.test.tsx`: 3 passed.
`IssueChatThread.test.tsx`: 109 passed.

Regression and static checks:
- Nearby server suites (recovery durable wait, dependency wake routes,
recovery actions, run-preparation): 149 passed.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `packages/shared`, `server` and `ui/src`.
- `pnpm check:token-gates` is clean.

Review round 1 (Greptile, Superagent), each with a regression:
- A backlog waiter is never woken. The waiter's status and assignee are
guarded at enqueue.
- One stall per run: no coalescing, so a merged run cannot keep only the
last stall's context.
- Only a delivered or pending wake ends a stall. A refused one
(wake-on-demand off) is retried after 10 minutes, and an agent that
takes no wakes is skipped without writing a row.
- Company-wide passes resume after the last stall a capped pass reached.
The per-issue sweep also checks the issue's own children and blockers,
which covers an unassigned stalled blocker.
- The dependency gates no longer trust the reason string.
`verifyBlockerStallWake` requires a system request, the stalled issue's
current stall action, and a real child or blocker edge. An
agent-requested wake with the same context is parked (tested).
- The notice shows a refused Retry's reason, and a lost response as
"Taking longer than usual…", with Retry still available (tested).

Review round 2 (Greptile), each with a regression:
- Race: two passes claiming one stall leave one delivered row (unique
index; the loser's insert is skipped).
- The company recovery sweep selects companies whose only stall is a
resolved-`blocked` board action, so an unassigned stalled blocker with a
todo waiter is reached.
- Private stalled issue: the waiter's wake and activity carry no title,
identifier or recovery details.
- `GET /issues/:id` always returns `stalledDependencies`, so a cleared
stall replaces the cached list.
- The notice shows a failed child read with a Reload button (tested).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db check:migrations` passes.

Review round 3 (Greptile), each with a regression:
- A stall wake that fails to enqueue is retried: the recovery-action
pass reports `blockerStallWakeFailures` and the dependency pass counts
it in `enqueueFailed`, so the worker throws and retries at its backoff
(`issue-recovery-work-lifecycle.test.ts`).
- The notice drops a stall once the child's refreshed status has moved
on (`StalledDependencyNotice.test.tsx`, 7 tests).

## Risks

- A deploy wakes the waiters of every issue that is stalled today, once
each. That is intended (they are stranded now), and it's bounded at 200
stalls per pass.
- A stall wake may run while blockers are unresolved, like a comment
wake. It is bounded to one per stall, and pause holds still apply.
- The agent skill (`skills/paperclip`, CODEOWNER-owned) does not yet
list the new reason. The wake prompt carries the guidance.
- One additive index, built concurrently; no persisted run state change.
Existing rows cannot violate it before deploy, since no
`issue_blocker_stalled:` keys exist yet.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits).

## 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

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2026-11-08 18:26:07 -06:00
32745f4e84 feat(issues): keep follow-up parents and show the creation source (#15762)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Agents delegate work by creating follow-up tasks through the issue
API, the CLI, and the chat `create_task` tool
> - An agent can omit `parentId` when it creates a follow-up from an
ordinary execution task. The API accepts the task as a top-level task.
The task hierarchy does not show where the task came from, even though
the run provenance is recorded
> - The operator must read run history to learn why the task exists.
This is slow and it hides delegated work from the parent task
> - This pull request keeps the parent link for delegated follow-ups by
default, keeps intentional standalone tasks possible, and shows an
access-checked "Created from <task> by <agent>" note on the task page
from the recorded run provenance
> - The benefit is that each agent-created task shows its source without
log inspection, while structural parentage, provenance, and blockers
stay separate concepts

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #13241 (shows tasks created from a task on the source task page;
this PR shows the reverse direction on the created task)
Refs #9727 (open proposal for creation provenance tracking)

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Issue creation by agent runs, and the task detail page.

**Subsystem affected**

Server (`POST /api/companies/:companyId/issues`, `GET /api/issues/:id`),
shared types, UI task detail page, CLI `issue create`, Paperclip skill
docs.

**Current behavior**

When an agent run bound to an execution task creates a task and omits
`parentId`, the task is created with no parent. The task page shows no
source. The operator must inspect the run log to find the task that the
agent was working on. The source run and the privacy parent are
recorded, but the UI does not use them.

**Proposed behavior**

- When an agent run bound to an ordinary execution task omits
`parentId`, the server sets `parentId` to that task. The `issue.created`
activity records `parentDefaultedFromRunIssue: true`.
- An explicit `parentId: null` keeps the task standalone. Conversation
runs (chat handoffs), board or user creates, watchdog follow-ups, a run
task the agent may not mutate, a default parent that would cause a
delegation cycle, and a default parent the agent may not create a child
under (for example a protected assignment policy without a grant) also
stay standalone. The server runs the same `tasks:assign` decision with
the defaulted parent in scope before it accepts the default. No request
that succeeded before now fails. An explicit `parentId` is still checked
as before.
- `GET /api/issues/:id` returns `createdFrom` with the source task, the
run, and the agent. The server resolves it from `origin_run_id`, or from
the recorded creation activity for historical rows. It returns `null`
when the viewer may not read the source task or the run, when the run is
from another company, or when provenance is missing.
- The task page shows "Created from <task> by <agent>" in the classic
breadcrumb area and in the streamlined Tasks tab. The note is not a
blocker and it is shown with or without a parent.
- The CLI `issue create` command gets `--standalone`, which sends
`parentId: null`.

**Reason and benefit**

Operators see why a task exists on the task itself. Delegated follow-ups
stay inside the parent task tree, so parent completion and child
wake-ups keep working. Private and cross-company sources stay hidden.

**Breaking changes**

None for the API schema. Agents that create tasks from a run and relied
on the omitted `parentId` to mean "top-level" must now send `parentId:
null` (CLI: `--standalone`). The skill and the spec document this.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/issue-creation-source.ts` (new): resolves a
task's creation source from the origin run or the creation activity,
scoped to the company, and loads the run-bound task by UUID or
identifier.
- `server/src/routes/issues.ts`: `POST /companies/:companyId/issues`
defaults `parentId` to the run's task when the body omits it (with the
exclusions above) and records the default in the activity log. `GET
/issues/:id` adds the access-checked `createdFrom` field.
- `packages/shared/src/types/issue.ts` and index exports: new
`IssueCreationSource` type and the optional `createdFrom` field on
`Issue`.
- `ui/src/components/task-detail/IssueCreatedFromNote.tsx` (new),
`TaskDetailTasksPanel.tsx`, and `IssueDetail.tsx`: show the creation
source in both task page layouts and count it in the Tasks tab badge.
- `cli/src/commands/client/issue.ts`: `issue create --standalone`.
- Docs: `doc/SPEC-implementation.md`, `doc/CLI.md`,
`skills/paperclip/SKILL.md`.
- Tests: `server/src/__tests__/issue-creation-source-routes.test.ts`
(new), `TaskDetailTasksPanel.test.tsx`, `IssueDetail.test.tsx`.

## Verification

Run the new server route test (embedded Postgres):

```sh
cd server && pnpm exec vitest run src/__tests__/issue-creation-source-routes.test.ts
```

It covers: ordinary delegation gets the parent and `createdFrom`;
explicit `parentId: null` stays standalone but still shows the source;
conversation handoff and board create stay standalone; a would-be
delegation cycle falls back to standalone; a protected source task
without a grant falls back to standalone while an explicit parent still
returns 403; an explicit cycle still returns 409; historical provenance
from the creation activity; missing provenance, a private source for an
outsider, and a cross-company run all return `null`.

Related existing suites that passed locally (11 files, 313 tests):
`issue-created-from-routes`, `issue-create-deduplication-routes`,
`issue-agent-mutation-ownership-routes`, `chat-project-tools`,
`issue-assignee-invokability-routes`, `issue-watchdogs-routes`,
`issue-dependency-wakeups-routes`, `public-mcp`,
`native-runtime/task-creation-backlog`, `issue-access-grants-routes`,
`issue-list-assignee-filter-routes`.

UI:

```sh
cd ui && pnpm exec vitest run src/components/task-detail/TaskDetailTasksPanel.test.tsx src/pages/IssueDetail.test.tsx
pnpm check:token-gates
```

Manual check: as an agent run bound to a task, `POST
/api/companies/:companyId/issues` with only a title. The response has
`parentId` set to the run's task. Open the new task; the page shows
"Created from <task> by <agent>".

The related server suites pass locally (`issue-created-from`,
`issue-create-deduplication`, `issue-agent-mutation-ownership`,
`chat-project-tools`, `issue-watchdogs`, `public-mcp`,
`task-creation-backlog`, `issue-access-grants`,
`permissions-upgrade-boundary`). The full `pnpm -r typecheck`, `pnpm
test:run`, and `pnpm build` were not run locally because the sandbox has
a 4 GB memory limit and the TypeScript compiler is killed on the server
project; the CI gates on this PR cover them.

## Risks

- Behavior shift for agent clients: a run-created task without
`parentId` now becomes a child of the run's task. Clients that want a
top-level task must send `parentId: null`. The watchdog, conversation,
and board paths are excluded, and the default never adds a blocker.
- The default parent inherits the parent's execution workspace, which
run-created tasks already inherited from the run's task.
- `createdFrom` adds one run lookup, one issue lookup, one access
decision, and one agent lookup to the task detail request. It is skipped
when the task has no origin run and no creation activity with a run.
- Privacy: the field returns `null` unless the viewer can read the
source task and the run, so a private source is indistinguishable from
missing provenance.

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5.1 (`claude-fable-5-1`), Anthropic, run through Claude
Code in a Paperclip-managed execution workspace with tool use, shell
execution, and a local embedded Postgres for tests.

## 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
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2026-10-10 00:40:08 -07:00
DottaandPaperclip 0e5830887b perf: reveal task content sooner and parallelize issue reads (#14727)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip helps people manage AI agents and their work.
> - A task page must show saved replies quickly so a person can read the
work.
> - The title could appear while the conversation waited for unrelated
metadata and transcripts.
> - Thread requests also waited for enriched task details, while the
server read several independent fields in sequence.
> - This change shows saved content as soon as it is ready, starts
thread reads earlier, and runs independent server reads together.
> - Native event history takes priority over legacy log fallback, and
mentioned tasks load on intent.
> - Content-free timing spans make the remaining server delays visible
without recording task content.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

Task titles and properties appeared quickly, but saved conversation
content stayed hidden for several more seconds while metadata and run
transcripts loaded.

**Expected behavior**

Saved replies and the task description should be readable without
waiting for supporting history. Returning to a cached task should show
content within a frame or two.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Open a task with saved comments and completed runs.
2. Delay the task activity and runs responses by five seconds in the
browser.
3. Observe whether saved content remains hidden until those responses
finish.
4. Navigate away and return to the task to check cached navigation.

**Paperclip version or commit**

The change was developed from `1b48e73e0` and rebased onto `44736c9c7`.

**Deployment mode**

Built from source, tested in an authenticated staging deployment and
with local response replay.

Related: #14667 overlaps the transcript reveal behavior and adds
separate retry UX. This PR also changes navigation prefetch, parent
metadata gates, native log fallback, server read scheduling, and timing
spans. #12647 proposes a separate SQL predicate optimization in the runs
service. #13597 and #13095 are earlier loading fixes.

## What Changed

- Start activity and runs when the task page mounts, alongside task
details and comments, using the route reference for shared query keys.
Hover/focus prefetch does not start full history reads.
- Reveal saved comments and descriptions while metadata and transcripts
load. Preserve strict waits for linked-comment navigation and tasks with
only runtime content.
- For settled native runs, fetch legacy logs only when event history is
empty or fails. Preserve live-log subscriptions for queued and running
native runs. Fetch mentioned-task details on hover or focus.
- Run independent issue-detail enrichment and run metadata reads in
parallel while preserving recovery dependencies.
- Add `Server-Timing` phases and opt-in OpenTelemetry spans, plus
regression tests and observability documentation.

## Verification

- **313 tests passed** across the initial seven focused component,
cache, timing, and scroll suites. After review fixes, **313 tests
passed** across five task-page, cache, prefetch, and live-transcript
suites (`pnpm exec vitest run` with `--maxWorkers=1`; these sets
overlap).
- `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed locally before the final
UI-only review fixes. UI typecheck/build and `pnpm check:token-gates`
passed after those fixes. The final commit also passes full typecheck
and build in CI.
- The full local Vitest run was attempted. Several unrelated embedded
PostgreSQL fixtures failed to start, and parallel test workers hit
timeouts. Focused reruns passed. A later local full-suite rerun was
stopped after the complete CI suite passed; it is not claimed as a local
full-suite pass.
- Final commit `d1e147145`: **54 checks passed, 2 skipped**, including
all server/workspace test shards, all eight browser E2E shards, full
build/typecheck, Runner checks, release registry, and canary
clean-install verification. [CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/36734642034).
Greptile **5/5** after two reviews; both findings fixed and all review
threads resolved. No merge conflicts.
- Live browser tests on an existing task with two saved replies: median
full reload to visible content fell from **1.92 s** (3 samples) to
**1.40 s** (5 samples). Cached return fell from **421 ms** (1 sample) to
**29 ms** (3 samples). These are observed samples, not a performance
guarantee.
- With activity and runs delayed by five seconds, saved content appeared
in **1.38 s** on desktop and **1.33 s** on mobile. The inspected comment
did not move when metadata arrived. Verified history expansion, task
properties, pending-input navigation, dashboard return, and mobile
layout.
- A separate local replay with fixed responses reduced visible-content
time from **5.12 s** to **2.15 s**. This isolates frontend behavior and
is not a live-server benchmark.

## Risks

Progressive history can change the thread after first paint. Existing
anchor behavior is retained and covered by tests and delayed-response
browser checks. Query aliases must stay aligned for invalidation.
Parallel reads can increase short bursts of database work; dependent
recovery operations remain ordered. Full reloads still depend on network
and task-detail latency.

No schema or authorization change. OpenTelemetry remains disabled
without an operator endpoint. The added spans use a closed set of phase
names and carry no task IDs, task content, or exception text.

I checked `ROADMAP.md`; this is a performance fix within the existing
task page.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 in Codex. The runtime does not expose a more specific model
ID or context-window size. The agent used reasoning, code editing,
terminal tools, and Chrome performance profiling.

## 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

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2026-09-30 10:26:28 -05:00