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DottaandPaperclip 98d17da1e2 Fix native monitor dispatch and finalization recovery (#16975)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native runs persist their results and workspace before they release
execution.
> - A task monitor must wait for that settlement before it starts the
next run.
> - The scheduler checked provider status but did not check unfinished
finalization.
> - A timer could dispatch too early, then its old finalizer could no
longer find the consumed schedule.
> - This pull request delays dispatch and reconciles prior delivery from
server records.
> - The task can continue without repeating the provider turn or
removing a newer run's ownership.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

A native run saved a yielded monitor result while workspace finalization
needed recovery. Its timer dispatched after the provider stopped. The
follow-up failed because the earlier run still held workspace recovery.
The old finalizer then retried `monitor_wait_authority_lost`
indefinitely.

**Expected behavior**

Timer dispatch waits for native finalization. If an older timer already
dispatched, the finalizer uses its saved scheduling receipt and admitted
successor to settle the old result. It preserves current task state and
ownership.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Schedule a task monitor from a native run and save a yielded result.
2. Leave native finalization retryable after the provider reaches a
terminal state.
3. Let the monitor become due. Before this change, the scheduler
consumes it.
4. Restore workspace persistence and retry the old finalizer. Before
this change, the missing schedule leaves it retryable.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced against master `34be1b831bcaba070264ae8d214ceffe6a8f9eab`.

**Deployment mode**

Self-hosted server built from source, with PostgreSQL and the native
runner. Related recent recovery work: #16962 and #16963. No duplicate
repair found for this failure.

## What Changed

- Scheduled and manual monitor dispatch wait for unfinished native
finalization. If the monitor expires during workspace recovery, the
accepted result can settle into the persisted schedule, and the
scheduler then applies its existing expiry policy. New monitor-wait
results still require an unexpired, unexhausted schedule.
- A narrow reader joins the run's server-issued monitor receipt to its
durable wake and admitted successor.
- The finalizer and locked status commit verify that evidence and
preserve current task ownership. They do not create another wake.
- Monitor delivery participates in assessment identity, so recovery can
replace a prior error decision without violating the decision ledger's
uniqueness constraints.
- PostgreSQL regressions cover saved-result replay, active successors,
wrong task or agent, missing receipts, unadmitted wakes, ownership
races, and failed workspace persistence.
- The execution contract and verification maps describe the recovery
boundary.

## Verification

- Red: the saved monitor regression remained `retryable_failure` instead
of `committed` on unpatched code.
- Red: the scheduler admitted a wake while terminal-run finalization
remained retryable.
- Red/green: two PostgreSQL cases reproduce timeout during workspace
recovery for scheduled and manual checks. Before the review repair, both
remain `retryable_failure` with `monitor_wait_authority_lost`.
Afterward, both commit, apply board escalation once, preserve the saved
result, and enqueue zero provider wakes. New completion still rejects
the expired schedule.
- Typecheck: `pnpm -r typecheck` passed.
- Build: `pnpm build` passed.
- Maps: `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` passed.
- Review: Greptile 5/5 and Ponytail Paperclip Review 5/5 on the current
head, with no unresolved findings. Both reviews are static; execution
evidence is recorded separately above and below.
- Linux staging: the original repair passed 170 tests across monitor
integration, scheduling, status arbitration, and workspace finalization.
The expanded suite passes all 172 tests, including both new timeout
regressions.
- Live acceptance: deployed the original repair to the authorized Linux
ARM64 self-hosted instance. The stranded saved result finalized
automatically; the original task then completed through normal
admission, with its final answer persisted after browser reload. The
other original task was already complete and its external delivery was
verified without repeating it.
- The initial Mac regression run passed 68 tests, but three suites
failed during embedded PostgreSQL startup. A subsequent focused run
confirmed the host had exhausted its PostgreSQL semaphore allowance.
Linux verification uses isolated databases; the local failure logs
remain preserved.
- The local full test suite is not claimed as passed. It is blocked by
the same PostgreSQL startup limitation; full-suite CI passed on head
`8bc29d1b7783446f397b858e558083570a96bb66`
([run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39447913466)).

## Risks

- A delivery match must not grant new execution authority. The lookup
requires the original run's server receipt and a matching company,
agent, task, wake, and admitted successor. The locked commit rejects
old-run checkout ownership and permits no status effects.
- Workspace persistence must succeed before settlement. Its existing
failure path remains effective.
- The scheduler waits while a native finalizer is unfinished. Workspace
recovery must settle before dispatch; elapsed monitor limits transfer to
the existing scheduler recovery policy instead of stranding the result.
Neither settlement path renews a deadline or changes budget, approval,
pause, or provider authority.
- No schema, migration, credential, or provider configuration change.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, based on GPT-6, with tool use and code execution. The
exact backend 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-20 10:58:41 -05:00
DottaandPaperclip 8cfedd7df8 fix(runner): restore task monitors and durable timed waits (#15446)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their task execution.
> - Agents need a durable way to return to work after a delayed check.
> - The issue monitor scheduler already provides a one-shot wake for an
assignee.
> - Native runners reject generic execution-policy writes and had no
bound monitor tool.
> - Scheduling alone is insufficient because native completion also
needs to accept a timed wait.
> - This pull request adds an authorized monitor tool and connects it to
completion and the existing scheduler.
> - An agent can now schedule its next check, end the run, and resume on
the same task.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

A native runner could not set its own task monitor. `call_api` correctly
rejected execution-policy writes, while `schedule_wake` had no
production binding. `paperclip_finish` also rejected monitor waits.

**Expected behavior**

A standard native run can set a one-shot monitor on its current task or
another accessible task assigned to the same agent. After a confirmed
schedule on the current task, it can yield. The scheduler later delivers
`issue_monitor_due`.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a standard native task.
2. Ask the agent to check the task again later and end its current run.
3. Inspect available tools and try the generic issue execution-policy
update.
4. Observe the missing native tool and the lifecycle-write denial.

Related PRs: #14680 concerns monitor notes in the shared wake prompt.
#11919 changes attempt-limit scope. This PR adds native scheduling and
completion authority and retains the existing cumulative attempt bounds.
It does not depend on either PR.

## What Changed

- Add provider-neutral `set_task_monitor` with a default current-task
target, future timestamp, required notes, existing bounds, and explicit
clearing.
- Check company, task visibility, ownership, runtime permissions, work
mode, and active-run authority. Preserve review-only restrictions.
Reject the reserved server-owned quota-recovery name before saving or
accepting a native wait.
- Commit the monitor, audit event, and retry receipt together. Retry
receipts survive a successor run without re-arming cleared or consumed
timers.
- Permit `paperclip_finish` to yield to a persisted monitor. Recheck
ownership and the schedule when committing final disposition. Release
execution without an immediate continuation.
- Preserve due monitors during native execution. Fence wake admission
and consumption against replacement, clearing, reassignment, and
completion. Preserve unrelated review policy.
- Expose scheduled and consumed monitor instructions in task context.
Update provider schemas, Rust validation, generated contracts, and
execution documentation.
- Add an opt-in live Codex smoke script with isolated data and explicit
run/session/runner/process evidence.

## Verification

- Repository `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed after rebase.
Server typecheck passed again after review fixes. All CI test shards
pass on `3def77b1b`, including runner TypeScript/Rust, server,
serialized server, workspace, and browser tests. All CI gates are green,
including the canary dry run. Greptile is 5/5 on the same commit with
zero unresolved threads.
- The local monolithic `pnpm test:run`, started before the rebase, was
interrupted after current-head CI test coverage passed. It is not
counted as a standalone full-suite pass; the focused local regression
suites passed.
- Targeted server tests cover scheduling, replacement, clearing, policy
preservation, cumulative bounds, cross-run retries, permissions,
provider-neutral discovery, review restrictions, completion authority,
and scheduler/finalizer races.
- Runner contract/catalog/semantic tests and Rust terminal-tool tests
cover the new operation and monitor completion.
- Live Codex test passed twice (latest live run on `e0bcd63e6`) in a
temporary database and workspace, with a 300,000 ms warm window. First
run `67bd7709-c089-4d4a-9d2b-0d6b618a34b0` yielded at
`2026-10-07T13:15:03.274Z`. Second run
`97c323f9-595a-4cc5-a007-db5a2fbb937c` started at `13:15:30.952Z`,
received `issue_monitor_due`, and completed the same task. Exactly one
monitor wake was recorded.
- Both live runs used native session
`7b1dd753-1c9b-4e7a-b22f-a125dbc3748c`, runner
`e90d9a1b-3502-4ee3-b15e-edc024c555d4`, provider session
`01a11680-6d01-70c0-9a55-db7246ed66c3`, and PID `64218` with the same
process start time. This proves warm reuse for that local Codex test,
not only successful scheduling.
- Reproduce the paid live test with `node --import
./server/node_modules/tsx/dist/loader.mjs
server/scripts/smoke-native-task-monitor.ts --run`, with the installed
Codex binary on `PATH` and a valid local login.

## Risks

- The scheduler now defers monitor dispatch while the task has an active
native run. A stuck run still depends on the existing recovery
lifecycle.
- Idempotency uses the existing run ledger; no table or migration is
added.
- Other providers share the tested tool and completion contracts. Only
Codex received a live model test.
- Existing `call_api` lifecycle restrictions remain enforced. Monitor
waits do not bypass task blockers, reviews, or approvals.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with tool use, code execution, and
TypeScript/Rust editing. The session does not expose the exact deployed
model 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
- [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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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-07 08:41:24 -05:00