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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 5820d43197 fix(runner): relaunch a settled OpenCode Runner with its admitted artifact paths (#21076)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - OpenCode agent turns run in a remote Runner in a Daytona sandbox.
The Runner saves its state, so a retry of the same run can start a new
Runner from that saved state.
> - The first launch of a run starts OpenCode from the admitted provider
files under one folder in the sandbox. The new Runner replays that first
launch and checks that its own launch profile names the same files.
> - When a retry reconnects to a Runner that already stopped, Paperclip
starts a new Runner. On that path, Paperclip did not restore the
admitted provider files and gave the new Runner the provider pack folder
instead.
> - The new Runner then refused the replayed launch ("does not match the
runner-owned qualified profile"). That used the last retry, and the task
stayed blocked.
> - This pull request restores the admitted provider files and gives the
new Runner the same folder as the first launch.
> - The benefit is that a retry after a server upgrade continues the
same run instead of blocking the task.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
On staging, after an automatic upgrade, a run used all 3 attempts. The
last attempt started a new Runner from its saved state. It failed in the
drain step with "OpenCode run.prepare launch does not match the
runner-owned qualified profile". The task was blocked and needed a
person.

**Expected behavior**
The new Runner gets the same OpenCode launch files as the first launch
of the run, and the run continues.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start an OpenCode run on a remote sandbox with durable provider
artifacts.
2. Let the server restart, so the retry reconnects with
`reattach_remote_runner`.
3. The Runner is found settled, so a new Runner starts from the saved
state. Its launch profile points at the provider pack folder, not at the
admitted artifact folder.

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts`: when a reconnect relaunches a settled
Runner and the run has admitted provider artifacts, restore those
artifacts and prepare the same artifact folder as the first launch.
Other reconnects (live adoption) do not change. Normal turn starts do
not change.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: the existing settled-relaunch case
now also covers a run with admitted provider artifacts. It expects the
restore and the admitted folder in the launch profile.

## Verification

- Red: without the fix, the new test case fails
(`restoreNativeProviderArtifacts` is not called, and the launch uses the
provider pack folder).
- Green: `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/remote-opencode-artifacts.test.ts` passes
1417/1417.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json` passes.

## Risks

- Low risk. The change applies only when a reconnect must relaunch a
settled OpenCode Runner and the run has admitted provider artifacts.
- That relaunch now downloads the admitted artifacts from storage, as a
cold continuation already does. This adds time only on that recovery
path, not on a normal turn start.
- The artifact folder check (same account and same digest) still
applies, so a different sandbox account still fails closed.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Claude Code agent with tool use
(shell, code search, 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 (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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2026-11-12 05:24:17 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 559551e977 fix(native): wait for a busy agent directory while retiring a predecessor (#20991)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native run on a reused warm sandbox first retires the previous
run's warm session, and that retirement collects the old session's agent
files
> - On a server without a persistent volume, agent-file collection takes
a per-agent Postgres lock, so runs of one agent collect one at a time
> - #20863 sends a run whose predecessor cannot be retired to a fresh
sandbox. It classified every retirement error as unprovable, including a
busy lock held by another run of the same agent
> - So ordinary lock contention failed the run, dropped a healthy
sandbox and rested the task
> - This pull request makes retirement wait for a busy directory lock in
the same run, and keeps the fresh-sandbox fallback for retirements that
stay unprovable after the lock is obtained
> - The benefit is that busy agents no longer fail follow-up runs on
their warm sandboxes

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A no-fault restart-chaos wave with 8 concurrent runs of one Claude agent
on Daytona, with a volume-free server, failed one monitor-due follow-up
after 6 seconds. The error was `adapter_failed`, cause
`native_predecessor_retirement_unproven`: "The previous run's session on
this sandbox could not be retired (Agent directory operation is already
active)". The run also logged `INSTRUCTION_COLLECTION_UNAVAILABLE`. The
stack shows the error came from `claimWarmNativeInstructionCopy` during
instruction preparation. The previous session had closed; only its
agent-file collection met the per-agent lock that another run held.

**Expected behavior**
A busy agent-directory lock is transient. The run waits for it and then
retires the predecessor on the same sandbox. Only a retirement that
stays unprovable after the lock is obtained takes the fresh-sandbox
fallback.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run several warm native tasks of one agent at once on Daytona with a
volume-free server.
2. Re-wake one task while another run of the agent collects its files.
3. The follow-up fails with `native_predecessor_retirement_unproven` and
its sandbox is dropped.

Refs #20863, #20829, #20957.

## What Changed

- `retireWarmPredecessor` (native executor): a busy agent-directory lock
(`AgentDirectoryOperationBusyError`) is waited out in the same run,
polling every second for up to five minutes
(`warmRetirementDirectoryWait`). The usual holder is another run's short
collection, so retirement then finishes on the same sandbox with the
copy this run adopted. The run is not deferred: deferring after adoption
would release the adopted copy and could skip saving the predecessor's
edits.
- Past that budget the run fails with its own error,
`native_predecessor_retirement_directory_busy`, not as an unprovable
retirement. Before failing it files the adopted copy's retirement
receipt, so the copy is kept as `pending_collection` and run cleanup
does not mark it `unavailable`. The owner is not marked unretired and
stays registered for its sandbox, so a later run retires it there.
- An idle-timeout close that meets the lock retries after the
agent-directory retry delay instead of leaving the session registered
with no retry.
- Closing idle sessions for environment delete (#20957) reports such an
owner as `busy`, not `failed`.

## Verification

- RED on master, then GREEN:
- `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "directory lock"`: two runs of one
agent contend on the lock while a follow-up retires the predecessor. On
master the claim rejects with `NativePredecessorRetirementUnprovenError`
(`Agent directory operation is already active`). Now a short-lived lock
is waited out and the predecessor is retired and collected on the same
sandbox; a lock that outlasts the budget fails with
`native_predecessor_retirement_directory_busy`, environment delete
reports `busy: 1`, a fresh-sandbox attempt does not forget the owner,
and once the lock is free a later run retires it.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "idle close whose file
collection"`: on master the idle close never retries; now it retries and
closes.
- Existing suites pass: native executor, agent-directory busy heartbeat,
native pre-dispatch retry, native controller recovery and plugin runner
eviction. Server `tsc --noEmit` passes.

## Risks

- Under contention a follow-up can wait up to five minutes before its
first turn. The normal path adds no wait.
- A lock held for more than five minutes fails the run visibly instead
of dropping the sandbox.
- An idle owner whose collection stays busy keeps retrying at the 5 to
15 second agent-directory delay until the lock frees, a controller
restart, or the next admission.
- No persisted state changes.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, agentic coding with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs) in Claude Code.

## 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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2026-11-12 05:08:15 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 814fe5d20f fix(runner): issue the remote bootstrap ticket at dispatch and retry unauthenticated starts (#21073)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on a remote sandbox start `runnerd` in the sandbox, and
Paperclip connects to it through provider ingress and authenticates it
with a one-use bootstrap ticket
> - The ticket lives for 60 seconds, but Paperclip issued it before the
remote launcher staged its files in the sandbox
> - Under load, staging took 60 to 81 seconds, so `runnerd` presented an
expired ticket and every connection was closed. The run failed with
`runner_ingress_auth_failed`, and the task stopped behind a manual Retry
> - This pull request issues a fresh ticket right before dispatch,
retries these failures automatically when the controller checkpoint
proves no runner ever authenticated, and adds spans that attribute the
slow startup window
> - The benefit is that a slow but healthy start authenticates, a failed
start recovers on its own, and the remaining startup delay becomes
measurable

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

On a hosted instance, 9 runs of one Codex agent on Daytona failed in
about 70 minutes with `native_session_interrupted` and the message
`runner_ingress_auth_failed: Runner ingress did not complete PRP
authentication before the deadline.` In the same window only 6 runs
succeeded company-wide. The run log showed Paperclip reconnecting for 60
seconds while `runnerd` reported that its peer closed each WebSocket. In
294 remote runs with timing spans, the time between the bootstrap ticket
issue (end of `runner.transport.connect`) and the process dispatch
(start of `runner.process.launch`) decides the outcome without
exception:

- 60 s or more: 23 of 23 runs failed authentication.
- Under 60 s: 271 of 271 runs authenticated, in 0 to 1 s.

The tasks did not recover by themselves, because the failure was
classified as ambiguous state.

**Expected behavior**

A runner that starts slowly but correctly authenticates. If ingress
authentication still fails before any runner authenticated, Paperclip
retries the start automatically. The time between the start request and
the runner connection is visible in run spans.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run a Codex agent on a Daytona sandbox environment that uses provider
ingress.
2. Make remote staging (`runner.runtime.stage`, inside the remote
launcher) take 60 seconds or more. Many concurrent runs of the same
agent do this on staging.
3. See that `runner.prp.authenticate` fails after 60 seconds and the run
ends with `runner_ingress_auth_failed`.
4. The regression test `runnerd-bootstrap-ticket-refresh.test.ts`
reproduces this locally with a 75-second staging delay.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`4e519bd4` (deployed), reproduced on `origin/master` at `4228bcf89c`.

**Deployment mode**

Hosted (cloud), controller on Railway, sandboxes on Daytona.

**Agent adapter(s) involved**

`paperclip_runner` with the Codex app-server provider (`gpt-6.1-sol`),
remote sandbox target, provider-ingress transport.

## What Changed

- `RunnerProcessLaunchSpec` and `spawnRunner` accept
`refreshBootstrapTicket`. A restart does not inherit it.
- The runnerd Codex transport passes a refresh that issues a new
bootstrap ticket and flushes the controller checkpoint. It does not do
this for a warm-transition launch.
- The remote sandbox launcher calls the refresh after `ensureArtifact`
and immediately before the launch RPC, and puts the new ticket in the
launch environment.
- `inspectUnauthenticatedBootstrapCheckpoint` proves from a controller
checkpoint that no runner authenticated: no connections, no leases, no
used tickets, no events, and only pending commands.
- `nativeSessionFailureSourceCode` classifies the outbound ingress
startup failures as `runner_ingress_startup_failed`.
`nativeProviderRecoveryEvidence` treats it as pre-session
(`bootstrap_retry`) only when that proof holds for the exact run
identity and there is no provider session or provider event. Restart
recovery and failed-run retry accept the new code with the same rules as
similar startup codes.
- Remote startup now records `runner.control_plane.open`,
`runner.launch.prepare`, `runner.checkpoint.register` and
`stage.asset.codex_skills.verify`. The 6 to 11 minute gap between
`native.process_start_requested` and `runner.transport.connect` had no
spans before.

## Verification

- Red/green:
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-bootstrap-ticket-refresh.test.ts`
starts a real `runnerd` with a 75-second staging delay. Without the fix
it fails with `runner never connected`. With the fix it opens the
session.
- Red/green: `native-session-executor.test.ts` "launches runnerd with a
bootstrap ticket issued after remote staging". Without the fix the
launch RPC gets the stale ticket.
- Red/green: `native-controller-recovery.integration.test.ts` "retries a
fresh remote start whose launched runner never authenticated through
provider ingress" (embedded Postgres). Without the fix the failure is
`native_session_interrupted` and `ambiguous_state`.
- `durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts`: the new checkpoint proof, its
negative cases, and the restart rule for the refresh.
- `native-run-trace.test.ts`: remote startup spans are recorded without
duplicate launcher spans.
- Focused suites pass: runner package 5 files and 235 tests; server 9
files and 1,607 tests, including `native-session-executor`,
`native-runner-execution-driver`, `remote-launch-assets`,
`native-restart-recovery`, `runner-prp-outbound` and the recovery
integration tests.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `packages/paperclip-runner` and `server`.

## Risks

- A launch now issues two bootstrap tickets. The first one is never sent
to `runnerd` and expires in 60 seconds. Bootstrap counters already allow
more than one issued credential.
- The new retry path needs a checkpoint proof that no runner
authenticated, so a run that did provider work cannot be retried this
way. The existing attempt budget still bounds the retries.
- This change does not remove the 6 to 11 minute controller-side delay
before `runner.transport.connect`. The new spans make it attributable
for a follow-up change.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`) in Claude Code, with tool use
(shell, browser, code search) and extended reasoning.

## 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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2026-11-12 05:02:30 -06:00
DottaandClaude Fable 5.2 fd9985b571 fix(native): say what a Runner command waited behind when it times out (#21056)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on remote sandboxes talk to a Runner through durable PRP
commands. The controller waits for each command's result
> - After a server replacement, the new controller reattached to live
Runners. For runs it reached later than about 115 s after detach,
`session.snapshot` got no answer within 30 s
> - The failure said only `provider_transport_failed: PRP command
session.snapshot timed out`. The run log could not tell whether the
Runner was disconnected, whether the command waited behind older
commands, or when the Runner last sent an event
> - This pull request adds that evidence to the timeout message. It
names types, counts and durations only, never payloads
> - The benefit is that the next upgrade's failures explain the stall,
so the runner-side cause can be fixed

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #21053, #21052, #21039

**What happened?**
At the 07:10Z staging swap, 9 remote native runs that the new controller
reached 114–152 s after detach failed. Each recovery read ended with
`PRP command session.snapshot timed out`. The transport had
authenticated, and in some runs the same Runner process was verified.
The Runner journal recorded no diagnostic other than "WebSocket peer
closed the connection". Runs reached within 39–116 s succeeded.

**What did you expect to happen?**
A command timeout should say what the command waited behind, so the
cause can be found from the run log.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a remote native run and replace the server while a provider
turn is active.
2. Let the new controller reach the Runner more than about two minutes
after detach.
3. Read the run log. The failure says only "timed out".

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`:
`waitForRunnerCommand` accepts an optional `describeStall`. When a
command times out, the message ends with a bounded description, for
example `(runner connected; pending ahead 1 [semantic_tool.result]
oldest 188s; last runner event seq 152 181s ago)`. The description
covers whether a Runner is connected or how long it has been
disconnected, the pending commands ahead of this one (types and count,
up to 6 types, and the age of the oldest), and the last committed Runner
event's sequence and age. A failing or empty description keeps the plain
message.
- The transport passes this description for every command it waits on.
The last event's age comes from the PRP payload's `emittedAt`.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: the
startup `session.open` timeout classifier accepts the optional
description, so a startup timeout stays `provider_session_open_timeout`
and keeps its bounded same-run retry. A regression case covers each
startup code with the suffix.
- Tests: the exact message for the staging shape, the plain message when
there is nothing to describe or the description throws, and a
disconnected Runner with no events.

## Verification

- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts -t "a Runner command that gets
no answer"` passes 3 of 3. These tests fail on `origin/master`, which
has no `describeRunnerCommandStall` export and no description in the
message.
- The full `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts` file passes 307 of 308. The
one failure (`stops a lost runnerd's provider and escaped tool job from
its lineage journal`) is a process-timing test that passes alone and
does not touch this code.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.json` passes.
- Message matchers: the only matcher anchored on the end of the timeout
text was the startup `session.open` classifier. It now accepts the
suffix. `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t
"classifies a startup session.open timeout"` passes. Without the
classifier change it fails, because the suffix turns the timeout into
`native_session_interrupted`.

## Risks

- Low. Only the text of a timeout message changes, by appending text. No
control flow, persisted state or Runner behavior changes.
- The description holds command types, counts and durations only. It
holds no payloads, identifiers or provider text.
- No wait is added before a turn start.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic) via Claude Code, with tool use (shell, file edits,
test runs, read-only staging API reads). Model ID as attributed in the
commit trailer: Claude Fable 5.2.

## 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
- [ ] 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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2026-11-12 03:00:32 -06:00
Nicky Leach d68088465c Reuse retained Runner descriptions during startup (#21004) 2026-11-11 21:20:08 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 85bb942aad fix(native): prove an unconnected bootstrap from the sandbox's own Runner state on a volume-free server (#20992)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs execute through a Runner (`paperclip-runnerd`) in a
remote sandbox. When a Runner exits before `session.open`, the run
restarts its bootstrap on the same run.
> - #20972 lets host preparation restart that bootstrap when the Runner
wrote `runner-state.json` but no provider state. It needs a proof that
this run's own interrupted Runner is stopped or gone.
> - That proof is recorded only when the server still has the run's
local Runner controller root. A volume-free server, or a root that held
no identity, skips it. The live chaos wave after #20972 still failed
with `runner_harness_state_mismatch: resumed_unavailable`.
> - This pull request lets host preparation establish the same proof
from durable sandbox evidence when no local proof exists.
> - The benefit is that the restart also works on volume-free servers,
which is how Cloud runs.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave `w-20261112T002811-s6402` ran #20972 (Claude through
ACPX, Daytona warm, `--ephemeral-server`, K1/K2/K15 with
`--k15-fresh-home`, seed 6402, `--runner-bind-fault`). 5 of 6 tasks
needed Retry, with 6 `resumed_unavailable` failures. Run `fbb1666d` in
t01: the sandbox held `runner-state.json` for this run with `lifecycle:
connecting`, the same Runner instance and session,
`lastConnectionProtocolVersion: null`, and no provider state. That is
exactly the state #20972 restarts, but its proof was absent.

**Root cause**
`recordRemoteBootstrapRestartProof` is called only inside the
`existsSync(scoped)` block of the restart path in
`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`, after
the local controller identity is read. With no local root (volume-free,
a fresh home, or an emptied root), `provenOwnBootstrapRestart` stays
false, so `inspectOwnUnpreparedBootstrap` from #20972 returns nothing
and the resumed branch throws `resumed_unavailable`.

**Expected behavior**
A run with a `bootstrap_incomplete` recovery claim whose sandbox Runner
state proves it never connected restarts its bootstrap without Retry.

## What Changed

- `inspectOwnUnpreparedBootstrap` now runs for any
`bootstrap_incomplete` claim of this run. When no proof was recorded, it
records one only if the sandbox Runner state proves it never connected
(`remoteRunnerStateNeverConnected`: `lastConnectionProtocolVersion:
null`, `lastControllerCommandSeq: 0`, `reconnectCount: 0`, empty outbox
and processed commands, no pending terminal delivery). The exact Runner
process must also be stopped or proven absent by the existing
`stopStaleRemoteRunnerBeforeBootstrap`, which uses the Runner state's
own identity. All earlier conditions from #20972 still apply: same run,
Runner instance and session, a lifecycle other than `suspended`, no
failover backup and no archived rotation snapshot.

## Verification

- Red on master (#20972 merged): `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec
vitest run src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
-t "bootstraps only an untouched provider session"`. The new
`interrupted_bootstrap_unprepared_unrecorded` cells failed: resumed
lease `Error: runner_harness_state_mismatch: resumed_unavailable`,
created lease no restart.
- Green: those cells pass. `_connected` (a Runner state that connected,
no local proof) and `_unproven` (the stop is not proven) keep the
refusal. The full file passes (1409 of 1409). Server `tsc --noEmit`
passes.
- Chaos, same cell with `--runner-bind-fault`. Wave
`w-20261112T002811-s6402` (#20972 only): 1 of 6 passed, 6
`resumed_unavailable`. Wave `w-20261112T010800-s6402` (this change): 3
of 6 passed, 2 `resumed_unavailable`. In this wave, run `0a080e83`
restarted its bootstrap three times on the same sandbox: three
`.bootstrap-restart-*` roots were moved aside. The baseline wave on
master before #20972 (`w-20261111T230537-s6402`, no injected fault)
passed 2 of 6.

## Risks

- The new path runs only for a `bootstrap_incomplete` claim of this run
when the full harness check fails, so the normal path is unchanged and
adds no wait before `turn.start`.
- A Runner state that ever connected, received a command or holds outbox
data keeps today's refusal. The moved-aside root is kept for inspection.
- Not fixed here, and seen in both waves: every Runner on a sandbox
listens on one fixed port (43127 in all captures). A live Runner of
another run or session on the same sandbox therefore makes each relaunch
fail with `runner_ingress_bind_conflict`, until the bounded retry is
exhausted (`native_session_retry_exhausted`). A later attempt can still
end with `resumed_unavailable` or `resumed_not_suspended`. That needs
its own fix in predecessor retirement or port selection.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, through Claude Code
with tool use (shell, file edit, test runs). Default context window,
extended reasoning on.

## 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

Refs #20972, #20928, #20953, #20863.

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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 66344b76ae fix(native): restart a bootstrap whose Runner exited before writing provider state on a resumed sandbox (#20972)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs execute through a Runner (`paperclip-runnerd`) inside a
remote sandbox. A warm Daytona sandbox is reused by later runs.
> - When a Runner exits before `session.open`, the run does a bounded
same-run bootstrap retry. Durable evidence proves that no provider
session and no provider event exist.
> - The retry fails when the Runner wrote `runner-state.json` but exited
before it wrote its provider state. Host preparation then calls the
sandbox state "unavailable" and refuses with
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: resumed_unavailable`. The task needs
Retry.
> - This pull request reads the Runner state on its own when the full
check fails, but only for a proven bootstrap restart of the same run. A
non-suspended Runner state of this run is then the run's own interrupted
bootstrap, and the existing restart path moves it aside and claims a new
session root.
> - The benefit is that a Runner that exits before `session.open` on a
reused sandbox recovers without a person. Saved state, a verified backup
and every other mismatch keep their refusal.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave `w-20261111T230537-s6402` (Claude through ACPX,
Daytona warm sandboxes, `--ephemeral-server`, K1/K2/K15 with
`--k15-fresh-home`, seed 6402) needed Retry on 4 of 6 tasks, with the
same signature after each restart kind. The first attempt of each run
reused the warm sandbox. Its Runner failed with
`runner_ingress_bind_conflict: failed to bind listener: Address already
in use` and exited with `lifecycle=connecting`. Recovery logged
"Restarting an incomplete native runner bootstrap on the same heartbeat
run". The second attempt reused the environment and failed with
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: resumed_unavailable`. The earlier wave
`w-20261111T212429-s6402` had one run with the same error code.

**Root cause**
`inspectRemoteHarnessState` in
`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts` checks
the persistence directories, `runner-state.json` and the provider state
file in one shell test. A Runner that exits at bind time wrote
`runner-state.json` but no provider state, so the one test fails and the
result is `incompleteReason: "unavailable"` before the Runner state is
read. The restart path (`restartableBootstrapState`) accepts only
`not_suspended` and `provider_unopened`, so it is skipped.
`claimUntouchedRemoteSession` then cannot create the session root that
the first attempt created, and the resumed branch throws
`resumed_unavailable`. On a created lease the same state fell through
without a restart.

**Expected behavior**
A proven, interrupted bootstrap of the same run restarts on the same
sandbox. The run finishes without Retry.

**Steps to reproduce**
Run the s6402 cell above, or add `--runner-bind-fault` (this pull
request) to force the Runner exit on every run's first launch.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: when
the full harness check fails during host preparation,
`inspectOwnUnpreparedBootstrap` reads `runner-state.json` alone. It
returns `not_suspended` for this run only when all of these are true:
this run has a proven bootstrap restart (`bootstrap_incomplete` recovery
plus the stop proof), no failover backup exists, no archived rotation
snapshot is in use, and the Runner state names this run, this Runner
instance and this session with a lifecycle other than `suspended`.
Otherwise the result stays `unavailable`, as before. The existing
restart path then moves the session root aside (it is kept, not deleted)
and claims a new one.
- Chaos coverage: `--runner-bind-fault` in `tests/restart-chaos` gives
every server of the wave
`PAPERCLIP_TEST_RUNNER_BIND_FAULT=first_launch`. With `NODE_ENV=test`
only, the remote Runner launcher starts a short-lived listener on the
Runner's listen port before a Runner's first launch on that server, so
the Runner exits with a real `runner_ingress_bind_conflict`. Documented
in `tests/restart-chaos/README.md`.

## Verification

- Red on master: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t
"bootstraps only an untouched provider session"` failed 2 of the new
cells. Resumed lease: `Error: runner_harness_state_mismatch:
resumed_unavailable` (the staging error). Created lease: no restart
happened (`expected [] to have a length of 1 but got +0`).
- Green: the same cells pass. The negative cells keep
`resumed_unavailable`: no restart proof, a Runner state of another run,
a `suspended` Runner state with missing provider state, and a failover
backup present.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: 1406 of 1406 pass. A new test
proves the bind fault holds the listen port (a second bind gets
`EADDRINUSE`) and fires once per Runner instance.
- `tests/restart-chaos`: `runner-bind-fault.test.ts`,
`question-handoff.test.ts`, `shape-cells.test.ts` pass. Server and
harness `tsc --noEmit` pass.
- Chaos wave: see the comment below for the before/after counts.

## Risks

- The new read runs only for a proven bootstrap restart of the same run
with a failed full check, so the normal path has no extra command and no
wait before `turn.start`.
- A partly saved session (`suspended` Runner state without provider
state), a Runner state of another run and any failover backup keep
today's refusal. The moved-aside root is kept for inspection.
- A Runner that started under an older server and is restarted by this
version takes the same path, because it reads only files that older
Runners already write.
- The bind fault is test instrumentation. It is inert unless
`NODE_ENV=test` and the variable are both set.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, through Claude Code
with tool use (shell, file edit, test runs). Default context window,
extended reasoning on.

## 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

Related: #20928 (restart a Runner that exited before session.open),
#20874, #20863, #20953.

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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 c45f54ee74 fix(native): stop or release unclosable idle warm Runners on environment delete, and say why a close failed (#20957)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs keep a warm Runner in a Daytona sandbox between turns of
a task, so the next turn starts fast
> - Each idle warm Runner has an in-memory owner in the controller.
Deleting an environment closes these owners before it destroys the
sandboxes
> - In every warm chaos wave today, some owners never closed. The server
logged only `{"failed":2}`. Environment delete returned 409 forever, and
all sandboxes of the wave stayed `started` until their 60-minute TTL
> - On staging, that is leaked sandboxes (cost) and owners that block
the work after them
> - This pull request logs and reports the exact close error, stops an
unsettled idle Runner when its environment is deleted, and releases an
owner whose sandbox is already destroyed
> - The benefit is that environment delete finishes or names the exact
run and error, and every warm chaos wave now grades a clean shutdown

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
After warm Daytona chaos waves (W2, W2Q, W2C cells, `--faults K0`) on
Codex, Claude and OpenCode, the server logged `idle native session
cleanup failed before controller shutdown {"idleSessions":{"failed":2}}`
with no reason. `DELETE
/api/environments/:id?destroyReusableSandboxLeases=true` returned 409
"warm native runner did not shut down cleanly" on every retry. Eight
sandboxes per wave stayed `started`.

**Root cause.**
`closeIdleWarmNativeSessions`
(`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`)
dropped the close error (`catch {}`) and counted it. The owners that
failed are the W2Q owners. A W2Q task parks a question and is answered
by a later run on a fresh sandbox. With the reason logged, a wave shows
two causes for the same owner:

1. The owner's close cannot settle (`native_session_close_unrecoverable:
runner did not durably suspend before checkpoint`, the governed-wait
shape from #20844). Only a successor reset could force a stop
(`discardUnsettledSession`). An idle sweep or environment delete had no
forced stop.
2. The owner's sandbox lease was already destroyed by the
pending-cleanup sweep after the successor moved to a fresh sandbox
(#20863). Every close then fails with `Daytona sandbox lease <id> is no
longer active.`, because the stop RPC has no sandbox to reach. The owner
stays registered for ever.

The Runner close memoizes its rejection, so every later attempt fails at
once with the same error. This is not the "controller sequence must be
contiguous" exit (#20946): no close failure in these waves names a
sequence mismatch.

**Expected behavior**
An idle warm owner with no turn in flight never blocks environment
delete for ever. Every failed close names its run and its error.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run `tests/restart-chaos/main.ts --env daytona --daytona-warm
--adapters claude --workloads W2,W2Q,W2C --faults K0 --concurrency 8
--tasks 8`.
2. Read `<wave>/sandbox-sweep.json`: `environmentDeleteBlocked` is set
and the sandboxes are `started`.

## What Changed

- `closeIdleWarmNativeSessions` now returns `failures: [{ runId,
issueId, environmentId, providerLeaseId, reason }]`. The reason is the
close error with its code, its settlement record and its cause. It also
logs `idle warm native sessions did not close` with that list. The
idle-timeout close logs its error too.
- `closeWarmNativeSessionsForEnvironment` takes `forceStopUnsettled` and
`db`. The environment delete route sets both. When the graceful close
fails, Core retires the owner as #20844 does: one confirmed Launcher
`stop`, the credential snapshot, `complete`, then instruction
collection. A failed forced stop is added to the reason.
- When retirement still fails and the owner's sandbox lease has a
`destroyed` termination receipt, Core releases the owner. It does not
contact the sandbox. It logs `warm native session's sandbox was already
destroyed; released its owner` with the close error.
- The environment delete 409 now names each run and its reasons, and
`details.nativeRunnerSessions.failures` lists them.
- Idle timeout, controller restart and tenant sleep do not force a stop.
Their conversation can still be resumed, so they only log the reason.
- Chaos harness: new check `warm-shutdown.ts`, "no leaked sandboxes /
clean warm shutdown". Every warm wave (`--daytona-warm` or `--lifecycle
warm`) runs it. It fails the wave on a blocked delete, on a sandbox left
running after cleanup, or on a warm session that did not close at
environment delete or controller shutdown. It writes
`<wave>/warm-shutdown.json` and a section in `SUMMARY.md`.
- Docs: `doc/plugins/PLUGIN_RUNNER_EXECUTION.md` and the chaos README.

## Verification

- RED on master: `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "stops an idle warm
owner whose close cannot settle"` fails: `expected { closed: 0, busy: 0,
failed: 1 } to match object { closed: 0, failed: 1, failures: [...] }`
(a bare count, no reason). `environment-routes.test.ts -t "names the
warm runner session"` fails: the 409 does not name the run. On the first
fix commit, `-t "sandbox lease is gone"` fails: the lease state is never
read, and the owner stays.
- GREEN: those tests pass. The executor suite, environment routes, run
control, recovery, heartbeat process recovery, instance settings, the
idle-sleep, eviction, release-resume, restart-recovery and
warm-checkpoint integration suites pass (11 files, 2471 tests).
`tests/restart-chaos` unit test `warm-shutdown` passes. Server and
harness `tsc --noEmit` pass.
- Daytona warm waves (Claude, W2/W2Q/W2C, K0, 8 tasks). The runner image
`sha256:e04d9ce4…` matches 7e8901aa60, not current master, so each wave
ran this change cherry-picked onto 7e8901aa60:
- `w-20261111T210049-s6111` (first commit only): the close reason is now
logged: `close failed: Daytona sandbox lease 192606aa… is no longer
active.` The delete stayed 409 with that reason. The new check failed
the wave correctly.
- `w-20261111T222826-s6112` (all commits): two W2Q owners were released
with `sandbox was already destroyed`. The environment was deleted. 0
sandboxes left running. The warm-shutdown check passed. No 409 from a
warm session.
- Not verified: a wave where the graceful close fails and the forced
Launcher stop succeeds on a live sandbox (that path is covered by the
unit test). The wave's task failures (`T:first_run_succeeded`,
`R3:retry_needed`) are other open defects. They are also on master.

## Risks

- Environment delete now stops an idle Runner whose close did not
settle. The delete already has the operator's consent to destroy those
sandboxes. The workspace-export and restore-source guards on sandbox
destruction are unchanged. Instruction files are collected after the
confirmed stop, as in #20844.
- An owner is released without contact only when a lease for the same
company, environment and sandbox has a valid `destroyed` termination
receipt. A `stopped` receipt is not enough, because a stopped sandbox
can be resumed.
- `closeIdleWarmNativeSessions` results have a new `failures` field.
Callers that read only the counts are unchanged.
- No persisted state changes. Warm owners live only in controller
memory, so older saved state and mid-run deploys are not affected.
- The new harness check can fail a warm restart-fault wave that leaves a
warm session unclosed at controller shutdown. That is a real leaked
Runner.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, agentic coding with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs, chaos waves) in Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 d9d5958d09 fix(runner): reject an out-of-order controller command instead of exiting (#20946)
## Thinking Path

- Paperclip's controller and the sandbox Runner exchange numbered
commands; the Runner refuses a command whose number is not exactly one
past the last it processed.
- Staging's most common "Runner gone" failure was a follow-up controller
whose journal was behind the Runner. #20928 removed the cause on the
server (a warm follow-up now launches from the journal its retired
predecessor saved) and added a defence that reconciles a journal behind
only by the predecessor's settled close.
- The Runner still treated an out-of-order command as fatal:
`durable/state.rs` returned an error and the process exited. A
controller with a stale journal from any other cause (state saved by an
older release, a mid-run deploy) therefore lost the Runner process and
the run could only fail as "Runner gone"
(`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`).
- This pull request makes the Runner refuse such a command with a
precise result instead of exiting, and makes the server rest that run
with a precise code and a Retry whose next run reconciles the journal
(the #20928 defence) before it opens the session.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- Refs #20928 (the server-side root-cause fix and the journal
reconciliation this relies on)
- Refs #20907 (makes runnerd exit text visible in the run log)
- Duplicate search: searched PRs for "controller sequence contiguous",
"controller_sequence_mismatch" and "out-of-order command"; none changes
the Runner's handling.

## What Changed

- `runner-core/src/durable/state.rs`: a new command whose
`controllerSeq` is not `lastControllerCommandSeq + 1` (behind or a gap)
now yields `CommandDisposition::Reject` with `status: "rejected"` and `{
code: "controller_sequence_mismatch", message, expectedControllerSeq,
receivedControllerSeq }`. The command is not executed or journaled and
the last sequence is unchanged; the process keeps running. Replay of an
already-processed command and the compacted-history rejection are
unchanged.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: a failure carrying
`controller_sequence_mismatch` is classified as
`native_controller_journal_behind_runner`, a permanent (terminal)
failure with a Retry action that says no provider work began and that
Retry reconciles the journal from the saved checkpoint or stops with a
precise error.
- Tests:
- Rust `tests/durable_recovery.rs`: out-of-order (behind and gap)
commands are rejected with the precise code, the journal is unchanged,
and the next contiguous command executes. The existing
`command_gaps_and_identifier_reuse_fail_closed` unit test now asserts
the rejection instead of an error.
- Real runnerd `src/live/runnerd-stale-controller-journal.test.ts`: a
follow-up controller with a journal missing the predecessor's close now
gets `"code":"controller_sequence_mismatch"`, the Runner process stays
alive and its durable sequence is unchanged; with the current journal it
resumes.
  - Server: the classification and terminal disposition of the new code.

## Verification

- Red (master Runner): the Rust test panics on `expect("an out-of-order
command is not fatal")`; the real-runnerd test receives `runnerd exited
unexpectedly with code 1: paperclip-runnerd: controller sequence must be
contiguous: expected 6, received 4`.
- Green: `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test durable_recovery`
(4 passed); `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core` lib suite (the only
other failure, `task_memory::tests::monitor_bounds_notices`, is a timing
test that passes alone); `npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-stale-controller-journal.test.ts` with a runnerd built
from this branch (2 passed); server `native-session-executor.test.ts`
focused tests (71 passed).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner check:acpx-profiles`:
profiles match the release manifest. No ACPX profile, attestation, pin
or pack contract schema changed (`rules/acpx-profile-identity.mdc`): the
change is Runner source behaviour with an existing command-result shape,
so no profile version or `commandDigest` changes.

## Risks

- A controller that is *ahead* of the Runner (a gap) is now rejected
instead of fatal. Neither case executes the command; the Runner journal
is unchanged, so this is strictly safer than exiting.
- The rested run needs a Retry. Before this change the same run failed
after its retries as "Runner gone" with no precise cause.
- Runner source changes the Daytona image content ID; a new image is
needed for chaos waves on this revision.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), 1M-token context, tool
use (shell, file edits, tests) in Claude Code.

## 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
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Devin FoleyandPaperclip 6a43890326 Fix image attachments in remote native workspaces (#20939)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - Native runs must receive the files that users attach to their
messages.
> - Remote wake preparation returned file metadata without readable
bytes.
> - The historical chat reader also rejected every remote target.
> - Command-backed sandboxes and SSH targets already provide a bound
command transport.
> - This pull request stages verified files through that transport and
clears them after the turn.
> - Agents can then open attached images with their normal image reader.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19740. This change covers SSH and command-backed sandbox
execution, including Daytona. Plugin Runner tasks without a command
transport still need a separate versioned file-transfer contract. This
PR does not close that broader issue. The open attachment-recovery PR
#20778 concerns provider-session attachment journals, not input files.

**What happened?**

A user uploaded an image and sent it to an agent. The remote native run
received its filename and size, but no readable file. Wake preparation
reported `remote_workspace_staging_unsupported`. The historical read
fallback also refused remote execution.

**Expected behavior**

Copy the exact admitted attachment into the bound remote workspace. Let
the provider read the image. Preserve company, task, source-comment,
size, and hash checks. Clear temporary file contents when the turn ends.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Select a native agent on a command-backed sandbox or Linux SSH
environment.
2. Attach a PNG to its current task or in-app chat message.
3. Ask the agent to inspect it.
4. Check that wake preparation supplies a readable workspace-relative
image path.

## What Changed

- Add a remote staging owner with bounded commands, stdin transfer, hash
verification, opaque paths, and safe image extensions.
- Confine Linux filesystem operations through directory descriptors.
Refuse symlinks and replacement files during cleanup.
- Bind current wake files and authorized historical external-chat reads
to the selected lease transport.
- Join active writes during cancellation. Retain failed cleanup work
until scope close.
- Tell providers to open image files with an image-capable reader.
- Handle stdin stream errors in the shared SSH transport. Failed uploads
return failure instead of raising an unhandled EPIPE or reporting
success.
- Add database, transport, cancellation, integrity, cleanup,
executor-wiring, and Linux filesystem regressions. Document support and
limits.

## Verification

- Prepared an isolated source checkout with `node
scripts/agent-preflight.mjs --skip-rust-debug`.
- Focused suites: `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/services/native-runtime/remote-attachment-staging.test.ts
server/src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-file-handoff.test.ts
server/src/services/native-runtime/chat-attachment-read.test.ts` — 74
passed, 4 Linux-only tests skipped.
- Executor checks: `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t
'attachment staging to the remote|stages from the authenticated|verifies
frozen staged admission'` — 7 passed.
- Server typecheck: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`,
followed by the server layered check after the final changes.
- `git diff --check` passed. The local secret, PII, and
private-reference diff scan found no matches.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 because the documentation change
requires broad CI. No full local suite is claimed.
- The four Linux filesystem tests were skipped locally because this
macOS host has no available Docker daemon. Linux CI executed all 17
remote-staging tests successfully, including those four confinement
tests: [server shard
10](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43102035096/job/130796646266).
- SSH regression: the real pipe test reproduced two unhandled EPIPE
errors before the fix, plus false success when the peer exited with code
zero. The fixed SSH tests and existing argv tests pass (12 tests). The
remote-staging transport suite also passes (13 tests; 4 Linux tests
require CI).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-utils typecheck` passed after the
SSH change.
- Final revision `1c5a9288b8d5f267ddeac84638ff6075dbbbf8ec`: all
applicable CI jobs passed, including typecheck, build, general and
serialized tests, Runner checks, canary dry run, and all eight browser
shards. [CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43102035096).
Linux CI also passed all 6 native SSH tests: [server shard
5](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43102035096/job/130796646349).
- Greptile reviewed that final revision at 5/5 with no remaining
findings. The review thread is resolved. GitHub reports the PR mergeable
with a clean merge state.
- No live model turn or deployed release is claimed.

## Risks

- Remote staging requires Linux, Node, and a command transport bound to
the selected lease. Plugin Runner tasks without that transport retain
their unavailable result.
- Each file uses bounded independent commands. Slow transports can delay
preparation or cleanup. File bytes stay out of command arguments and
provider-facing error messages.
- An abrupt controller or remote-host failure can bypass cleanup.
Ephemeral sandbox disposal remains the backstop. Retained files are
never blindly overwritten or deleted.
- Previous-release provider sessions and checkpoints retain their format
and identity. New turns receive newly staged input files. Existing
restart-admission checks still apply. No migration, runner-image change,
or account-credential transfer is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI `gpt-6.1-sol` through the Codex harness in T3 Code, with xhigh
reasoning, repository inspection, code execution, and tests. No
subagents were used. The context-window size is not exposed by this
runtime.

## 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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2026-11-11 14:12:09 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 757a20d2f1 fix(runner): keep remote recovery and launch through a short plugin RPC stall (#20945)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A remote run starts `paperclip-runnerd` in a sandbox. The controller
reads and controls it through the environment plugin
(`environmentExecute`).
> - #20940 made a stalled supervision probe "unknown" while the Runner
stays connected. Other callers still turn the same plugin stall into a
terminal failure.
> - During restart reattachment, the saved-state read, the
identity-marker read and the process check share a 30-second budget. One
plugin RPC that stalls for 40 seconds uses all of it, so a short stall
fails a reattachment to a healthy Runner.
> - At launch, a stalled launch call or identity read fails the run with
`runner_process_termination_unconfirmed` or
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`, although the runner may be
healthy.
> - This pull request treats a plugin RPC timeout as "unknown" and
retries the read-only call within a bounded stall budget. A stalled
launch call is not repeated: the controller reads the launch nonce's
identity marker instead.
> - The benefit is that a short plugin stall during recovery or launch
no longer fails a healthy run. Every positive answer from the sandbox
keeps its meaning, and the bound still fails closed.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20940, #20909

**What happened?**
A plugin `environmentExecute` RPC stall of more than 40 seconds makes a
remote recovery read fail. Plugin RPCs time out at the requested timeout
plus a 30-second overhead, so a 10-second probe can take 40 seconds. The
reattachment read budget is 30 seconds. One stalled read therefore
failed reattachment with `probe_transport_failed` or `probe_timeout`. At
launch, a stalled launch call rejected the run with exit unconfirmed. A
stalled identity read (20-second wait, 2-second reads that can take 32
seconds) failed the run with
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`.

**Expected behavior**
A plugin RPC timeout is a stall of the plugin, not an answer from the
sandbox. Read-only recovery reads retry within a bound. A launch call
that stalls is not repeated. The launch nonce's marker decides whether
the one runner was launched. At the bound, the run fails closed and
Retry works.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a remote (Daytona) run.
2. Restart the controller so that the run reattaches, or start a new
run.
3. While the controller reads the sandbox, stop the plugin worker for 45
seconds.
4. The reattachment or launch fails.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 48d23d1530.

## What Changed

- `remote-runner-recovery-probe.ts`: adds `isPluginRpcTimeout` (an
error, or its cause chain, with `PLUGIN_RPC_ERROR_CODES.TIMEOUT`). It
also adds a per-recovery `RemoteRunnerPluginStall` with a 3-minute
budget (`REMOTE_RUNNER_PLUGIN_STALL_BUDGET_MS`). The caller's recovery
deadline caps it. After the first plugin RPC timeout in a recovery, its
read-only probes use the stall deadline instead of the 30-second
deadline. Signals are never retried. Other transport failures keep the
30-second budget.
- `verifyRemoteRunnerReattachment` and `verifyRemoteRunnerOrSettledExit`
share one stall budget across the saved-state read, the identity-marker
read, the process check and the post-exit settled-state read
(`readRemoteRunnerState`).
- `waitForRemoteRunnerProcessIdentity`: a plugin RPC timeout extends the
20-second identity wait to the stall budget.
- Launch: a launch call that fails with a plugin RPC timeout is not
repeated. The controller goes on to the identity-marker wait for the
same nonce. A found marker adopts the one launched runner. A missing
marker uses the existing nonce cleanup, and the result stays unconfirmed
when the cleanup fails.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md` describes these rules.

## Verification

- Red on master: 7 new tests in
`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`
failed. Each one stalls a plugin RPC for 40 seconds with a
`JsonRpcCallError` `TIMEOUT`:
- reattachment through a stall in the saved-state, identity-marker and
process-check reads (the reattachment failed with the stall error);
  - the bound test (it settled before the stall budget);
  - the post-exit settled-state read (it failed with the stall error);
- launch-call and identity-read stalls (they failed with the stall error
or `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`).
- Green: all 7 pass, and a control test proves that a non-stall
transport error keeps the 30-second bound.
`native-session-executor.test.ts` and
`remote-runner-recovery-probe.test.ts` pass (1400 tests). `tsc --noEmit`
passes for `server`.
- The tests also assert that one launch call happens, no cleanup or
signal runs on the success path, and the bound fails closed without exit
proof.

## Risks

- During a real plugin stall, recovery and launch can now wait up to 3
minutes instead of about 30 seconds before they fail closed. The longer
wait applies only after a plugin RPC timeout. A sandbox that answers, or
a non-timeout transport error, keeps the old timing.
- No wait is added before `turn.start` on the normal path.
- State saved by an older version is not changed.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, through Claude Code
with tool use (shell, file edit, code search). Extended reasoning was
on.

## 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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2026-11-11 16:04:13 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 48d23d1530 fix(runner): keep a connected remote Runner through a stalled plugin supervision probe (#20940)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A remote run starts `paperclip-runnerd` in a sandbox. The controller
monitors the process with a health probe that goes through the
environment plugin (`environmentExecute`).
> - A stall of the Daytona plugin worker makes that probe RPC time out
after 40 seconds. The monitor treated the timeout as "process
supervision failed".
> - The transport then failed closed with
`runner_process_termination_unconfirmed`. The run ended
`notification_transport_failed`, `recoverable: false`, and the close
path suspended a healthy Runner. The task rested blocked with Retry.
> - Nothing was wrong with the sandbox, the Runner or the provider. The
Runner held its own authenticated connection to the controller during
the full stall.
> - This pull request makes a failed or timed-out probe "unknown". While
the Runner stays connected on its own channel, the monitor keeps the
same runner and turn and probes again, for a bounded time.
> - The benefit is that a short plugin stall no longer kills a healthy
run. The fail-closed cases stay the same.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20909 (chaos cell CR3, which reproduces this failure)

**What happened?**
A 45-second stall of the Daytona plugin worker killed a healthy run.
Chaos cell CR3 reproduced it 2 of 2 times (OpenCode and Claude,
Daytona). A staging run had the same failure with no deploy: a plugin
`environmentExecute` RPC stalled for more than 40 seconds. The run
failed with "Notification transport failed closed:
runner_process_termination_unconfirmed: runnerd process supervision
failed: RPC call \"environmentExecute\" timed out after 40000ms". The
close path then sent `runner.suspend`, and the healthy Runner suspended
and exited. The task rested blocked with Retry.

**Expected behavior**
A probe that times out or fails in transport is not proof that the
process stopped. While the Runner stays connected on its own channel,
the run continues. If supervision cannot come back within a bound, the
run rests with a working Retry. A probe that positively reports the
process gone still starts the existing recovery.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a remote (Daytona) run with a T1 workload.
2. Send SIGSTOP to the server's Daytona plugin worker for 45 seconds,
then SIGCONT.
3. The run fails `notification_transport_failed` about 40 seconds into
the stall.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 7cd5558e41.

## What Changed

- `createRemoteRunnerProcessLauncher`
(`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`): when
the health probe throws (RPC timeout or transport error) and the Runner
holds an authenticated connection, the monitor waits one poll interval
and probes again. It does not reject the process completion. The unknown
period has a bound: the remote runner reconnect grace (7 minutes). When
the Runner is not connected, the monitor keeps the old behavior: it
rejects after the 30-second probe budget, without exit proof.
- Probe results that positively answer (exit 45 "process gone", or
identity and generation failures) keep their exact current handling.
- `RunnerProcessLaunchSpec`
(`packages/paperclip-runner/src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.ts`)
has a new optional `isRunnerConnected` callback. `spawnRunner` passes it
to the process owner and keeps it on restart.
- The runnerd transport and the external runnerd driver supply
`isRunnerConnected` from the control plane's count of authenticated
Runner connections.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md` describes the unknown-probe rule and its
bound.

## Verification

- Red, on master: `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "plugin
RPC timeouts until"` (in `server/`). The completion rejected after the
first stalled probe with `{ stage: "process_verification", reason:
"probe_transport_failed" }`. The transport turns that into
`runner_process_termination_unconfirmed`, which is the staging error.
- Red, on master: `npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts -t "live evidence of the
runner"` (in `packages/paperclip-runner/`). The launch spec had no
`isRunnerConnected` (`expected undefined to be true`).
- Green: both tests pass. New tests also prove:
- three 40-second plugin RPC timeouts with the Runner connected leave
the same runner supervised, and a later exit-45 probe still confirms
exit;
- with the Runner disconnected, the same timeout rejects without exit
proof (`probe_transport_failed`, `isExitConfirmed() === false`);
- with the Runner connected and probes that never answer, supervision
rejects without exit proof after the 7-minute bound.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`,
`remote-runner-recovery-probe.test.ts`,
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`,
`src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts` and
`src/drivers/external` pass locally.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `server` and `packages/paperclip-runner`.
- Chaos: CR3 results are in a follow-up comment on this PR.

## Risks

- While the Runner stays connected and the plugin cannot answer, the
controller waits up to 7 minutes before it fails closed. Before this
change it failed after about 40 seconds. During that time the Runner's
own connection is the liveness evidence, and the controller never
reports an exit.
- When the Runner is not connected, the timing is the same as before.
Sandbox loss still fails closed after the 30-second probe budget.
- The new spec field is optional. A process owner that does not read it
keeps the old behavior. State saved by an older version is not changed.
- No wait is added before `turn.start`.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, through Claude Code
with tool use (shell, file edit, code search). Extended reasoning was
on.

## 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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2026-11-11 15:45:25 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 884a9e19ea fix(native): launch a warm follow-up from its predecessor's saved journal, and restart a Runner that exited before session.open (#20928)
## Thinking Path

- Paperclip runs agent work through a controller (server) and a runner
(`paperclip-runnerd`) that exchange numbered commands; the runner
refuses any command whose number is not exactly one past the last it
processed.
- Staging's most common failure is "Runner gone"
(`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`,
`native.remote_runner_recovery_failed` with `process_not_running`,
`runnerLifecycle: ready`, `runnerSettled: false`). Chaos wave
`w-20261111T192658-s5201` (Daytona, warm, Codex, W2/W2Q/W2C re-wake
cells) captured it live: the new runner wrote `controller sequence must
be contiguous: expected 13, received 11` (and `expected 5, received 3`)
and exited 0.15 s after authenticating.
- In all three captured failures the follow-up run started 1–2 s before
the predecessor's warm session was closed (`transport_close_requested`
for the predecessor arrives after the follow-up's `run started`). The
close is issued by the follow-up's own admission.
- Admission first materializes the controller projection for the session
root. With an idle retained warm owner the root only holds the
external-persistence marker, so `restoreWarmRunnerdController` copies
that owner's saved checkpoint into the root. Later in the same
admission, `executePaperclipNativeSessionWithinScope` finds the owner
cannot be reused (configuration, process or GitHub access changed) and
retires it. Retirement sends `runner.drain` and `runner.suspend`; both
are saved to the owner's checkpoint before they are sent, but the root
still holds the projection taken before the close.
- The follow-up then opens its controller from that projection. Its
journal is two commands behind the runner's durable
`lastControllerCommandSeq`, so its first command repeats sequence 11;
the runner treats this as fatal and exits, and every later attempt only
reattaches to a process that is gone.
- So the saved controller journal was persisted correctly; it was not
selected: the projection is never refreshed after the retirement that
extends it.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

- Refs #20874 (the runner-exit proof this extends from a rejected
`session.open` to a Runner that exited before answering it)
- Refs #20907 (makes the runnerd exit text, including `controller
sequence must be contiguous`, visible in the run log; independent of
this fix)
- Refs #20853 (related: resumes a remote Runner that died at a settled
`ready` cut; this PR covers the unsettled `ready` state left by an exit
before `session.open`)
- Duplicate search: searched open and closed PRs for "controller
sequence contiguous", "runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable" and
"Runner gone"; none fixes the stale controller projection.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/warm-controller-journal.ts` (new):
- `refreshRetiredWarmOwnerProjection` reloads the retired owner's
canonical checkpoint into the session root after retirement, only when
the root still projects that owner and the saved journal extends the
projected one. A diverged journal holds admission with
`native_runner_checkpoint_projection_held:retired_owner_journal_diverged`;
a projection changed underneath holds with `...:journal_changed`.
- `reconcileControllerJournalWithRunner` is the defence for state
already saved in the bad shape (old-saved/new-resumed, mid-run deploys).
When the remote runner state shows its journal ahead of the controller
projection and the runner's last command is a completed
`runner.suspend`, it reconciles only if every extra sequence is a
completed `command_close_drain_*`/`command_close_suspend_*` in the
runner's processed-command journal and the predecessor's canonical
checkpoint holds exactly those commands. Anything else refuses before
launch with
`native_controller_recovery_missing_evidence:controller_journal_behind_runner`
instead of guessing. A runner whose last command is not a completed
suspend is left to the existing live-adoption checks.
- Defence in depth for the server side of the same failure
(`native_session_recovery_failed: runnerd exited while waiting for
session.open`, then `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` on
every same-run retry): a Runner proven to have exited while this
attempt's opening command (`session.open`, or the recovery probe) was
still unanswered is a failed fresh start, not a live Runner to reattach.
- `runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: `runnerExitConfirmed()` (#20874's proof)
now also holds for a resumed session whose provider identity was
preloaded, when the attempt's opening command is still pending at the
proven exit.
- The Codex driver's recovery result, `HarnessDriverBackend` and
`native-session-runtime` carry that proof on the
`native_session_recovery_failed` error.
- The executor records `runnerExitedBeforeSessionOpen` on the settled
failure; restart recovery puts `exitedBeforeSessionOpen` on the
`reattach_remote_runner` claim; `verifyRemoteRunnerOrSettledExit` and
`verifyStagedRemoteRunner` then start a new Runner when the process is
gone and the saved Runner state has no pending terminal delivery,
provider cleanup or warm transition (any lifecycle other than an active
turn). Attempt budget and identity checks are unchanged.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: calls the refresh right after the
configuration-changed retirement of a warm owner, and the reconciliation
in `restoreRemoteSuspendedRunnerCheckpoint` with the runner state it
already reads (no added remote read, no wait before `turn.start`).
- Tests:
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: new `changed-external-checkpoint`
scenario of "rotates an owned warm codex remote runner before checking
changed configuration" with a real `DurablePrpControlPlane`: the retired
owner's close saves drain/suspend, and the journal the follow-up
launches from must end with them.
- `warm-controller-journal.test.ts`: refresh, divergence hold, untouched
marker/other run, reconcile of a settled close, refusal when the
canonical journal cannot prove the close, refusal for any other extra
command, and no action for a live runner.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-stale-controller-journal.test.ts`:
real `paperclip-runnerd` + fake Codex. A follow-up controller on the
predecessor's suspended runner with a journal that lacks the close
commands reproduces `controller sequence must be contiguous` and loses
the runner; with the current journal it resumes.

## Verification

- Red for the added part: `verifyRemoteRunnerOrSettledExit` with the
staging state (process gone, lifecycle `ready`, unsettled outbox)
rejects with `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` without the
change; with `exitedBeforeSessionOpen` it resolves to a fresh start, and
stays fail-closed for a pending cleanup, terminal delivery, active turn
or exhausted budget. Without the propagation, the backend recovery
result lacks `runnerExitConfirmed`; the real-runnerd stale-journal test
asserts the transport's exit proof after the contiguity exit (`expected
false to be true` on the old transport).

- Red on master (executor unchanged, new scenario): `AssertionError:
expected [] to deeply equal [ 'runner.drain', 'runner.suspend' ]` — the
follow-up launched from the projection taken before the predecessor's
close.
- Green: `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "rotates
an owned warm codex remote runner before checking changed
configuration"` (14 passed), `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/warm-controller-journal.test.ts` (7 passed).
- Real runner: `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-stale-controller-journal.test.ts` (stale journal →
`controller sequence must be contiguous`; current journal → resumes).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`, `pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/paperclip-runner typecheck:typescript`; `pnpm verify`
selected broader verification (a new runner test file is outside the
resolved graphs), so broad coverage comes from required CI.

## Risks

- The refresh replaces the root projection only with a checkpoint whose
identity matches and whose journal extends the projection; otherwise it
holds admission with an existing
`native_runner_checkpoint_projection_held:*` code, which is safer than
launching a runner that will exit.
- The defence refuses launch when a runner is ahead by anything other
than a provable settled close. Before this change that launch always
ended in a runner exit and a failed run, so the refusal only changes the
error code and the moment of failure.
- This PR does not change the runner. The runner still exits on an
out-of-order new command; a follow-up runner PR will turn that into a
rejected command result.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), 1M-token context, tool
use (shell, file edits, tests) in Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude 80b2369f26 fix(native): keep remote runnerd exit evidence and report it on failed recovery (#20907)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on Daytona start a detached `paperclip-runnerd` in the
sandbox, and the controller adopts it after a restart
> - On staging, recovery fails with
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` when the Runner is gone,
but nobody can see why it exited
> - The launch script sends runnerd's stdout and stderr to `/dev/null`,
so only a panic or a graceful error reaches `runnerd.stderr.log`, and
the recovery event does not read that file
> - This pull request keeps runnerd's stderr in a bounded file in its
private diagnostics directory, and adds the exit reason to the
`native.remote_runner_recovery_failed` event
> - The benefit is that the reason a Runner exited shows in the run log
on staging without SSH, which the class R investigation needs

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Staging runs fail with `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`
after the remote Runner exits (`native.remote_runner_recovery_failed`
with `stage: process_verification`, `reason: process_not_running`). The
event does not say why the Runner exited.

**What did you expect?**
The run log names the Runner's exit reason: its durable
`recoverableFailure` and diagnostics, and what it wrote to stderr.

**Steps to reproduce**
Restart-chaos re-wake and stall cells reproduce the refusal. Each failed
run log shows only `runnerLifecycle` and `runnerSettled`.

Refs #20893

## What Changed

- `REMOTE_RUNNER_CHILD_LAUNCH_SCRIPT` sends runnerd's stderr to
`diagnostics/runnerd.process-stderr.log` (mode 0600, in the 0700
directory) instead of `/dev/null`.
  - At launch, a file above 1 MiB is rotated once to `.1`.
- While runnerd runs, a detached trimmer is a disk backstop. Past 8 MiB,
it keeps the last 1 MiB. It checks every 15 s and ends when runnerd
ends. It is double-forked with its own argv, so it is not a child of
runnerd and does not carry runnerd's arguments. runnerd's own exit
reason goes to `runnerd.stderr.log`, which is never trimmed.
- A symlink or non-file at that path keeps the old `/dev/null` behavior.
- Stdout is unchanged (`/dev/null`). Runnerd's PID is still the launch
shell's PID, so the identity marker and fingerprint are unchanged.
- `remote-runner-recovery-diagnostics.ts` has a read-only
`REMOTE_RUNNER_EXIT_EVIDENCE_SCRIPT`. It prints a 2 KiB tail of
`runnerd.stderr.log` and of `runnerd.process-stderr.log`. It reads the
session diagnostics directory first, then the shared runtime-root
directory used by external Runners (Dot, Muse, grok_bot). It never reads
through a symlink. Each file keeps its own share of the 4 KiB budget.
- When recovery's process verification finds `process_not_running`, the
diagnostic adds these fields:
- `runnerRecoverableFailure`: a code-shaped string from
`runner-state.json`;
- `runnerDiagnostics`: the last 4 entries, redacted, 500 characters
each;
  - `runnerExitEvidence`: the redacted file tails, 4 KiB at most.
  
  `native.remote_runner_recovery_failed` carries them.
- The live process monitor's exit report now puts the durable state
summary first, then the file tails. Before, it used one or the other.
- `run-failure-diagnostics.ts` is unchanged. It still copies only the
closed labels, so no free text reaches failure reports.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/services/native-runtime/remote-runner-launch-stderr.test.ts`:
the launch writer keeps stderr in the file, writes the identity marker
with the child's PID, appends across relaunches, rotates an oversized
file, trims a growing file while the child runs, and never writes
through a symlink.
- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/services/native-runtime/remote-runner-recovery-diagnostics.test.ts`:
the evidence script output is bounded and refuses symlinks. Redaction
and bounds hold, and the new fields survive the event payload.
- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`
passes (1374 tests). One expectation was updated for the combined exit
report.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json` is clean.
- Older runner images: the script is server-side. It adds only `wc`,
`tr`, `tail`, `cat`, `mv`, `sleep` and `kill`. The script already needed
`node`, `date`, `chmod`, `mv` and `printf`, so any image that launched
runnerd before has these tools. The runner content ID is unchanged, so
the current Daytona image runs it unmodified. The restart-chaos waves
run on that image.

## Risks

- Low. A sandbox disk that is already full could make the stderr
redirect fail. `exec ... 2>>file` then fails, and the launch reports
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` the same way a launch that
cannot write its identity marker does. The marker is written first, in
the same directory tree.
- Stderr content stays in the sandbox. Only a redacted 4 KiB tail goes
into the instance's own run log (run-log data path; not Telemetry and
not Observability).
- No wait is added before `turn.start`. The evidence read runs only on
the recovery failure path, with its own 10 s bound.

## Model Used

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

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 566a97b882 fix(native): an unretirable predecessor sends the next attempt to a fresh sandbox (#20863)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on a reused sandbox keep the previous run's warm Runner,
and a new run must retire that owner before it starts
> - #20844 retires the owner when Paperclip can prove it stopped. Some
owners can never be proven stopped: the controller journal drain
outlives the close grace, the Runner never confirms suspension, or a
parked question leaves a tool input unanswered
> - Then the new run failed before any provider work, and the task
stayed blocked with no automatic continuation
> - The general answer is to leave the old Runner on its sandbox and
start the next attempt on a fresh sandbox restored from the saved
workspace
> - This pull request adds that fallback for every path that retires a
predecessor, and settles a parked question's tool input once its Runner
is gone
> - The benefit is that an unprovable predecessor no longer fails a task
that did no work

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
An automatic wake started a new run 30 to 60 seconds after a long
successful run on the same task, on the same reused sandbox. The new run
had to retire the previous run's warm session first. The retirement
failed and the run failed before any provider work, with one of:
- `Controller journal drain timed out; preserve the session before
replacing its writer.` (during instruction preparation, before runtime
selection, or in the executor);
- `provider_transport_failed: runner did not durably suspend before
checkpoint` (during instruction preparation);
- `runner_state_identity_mismatch:
prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate;
retirement_refused=journal_tool_input_unanswered` (the previous run had
parked on a question).
The tasks rested `blocked` with a reconciliation hold or with nothing
scheduled. One bounded retry reused the same sandbox and ended
`execution_finalization_deadline_exceeded`, then its recovery refused
with `allocation_ownership_ambiguous`.

**Expected behavior**
A run that did no provider work does not fail the task because its
predecessor cannot be retired. The next attempt drops the reused sandbox
and starts on a fresh one restored from the saved workspace. Unsaved
work is never dropped: when the workspace or the session backup is not
durably saved, the sandbox is kept and today's behavior applies.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Complete a warm native run on a Daytona sandbox.
2. Wake the task again so that the next run must retire the warm owner
(configuration change, new session, changed agent files).
3. Make the owner's close fail (journal drain timeout, unconfirmed
suspension).
4. The new run fails before provider work and the task is not continued.

Refs #20844, #18373.

## What Changed

- `native-runtime/predecessor-retirement.ts`: a typed pre-provider error
`NativePredecessorRetirementUnprovenError`
(`native_predecessor_retirement_unproven`) and the `replaceBeforeReuse`
lease marker.
- Native executor: every path that retires a predecessor for a new run
(instruction-copy claim, instruction-directory reservation, session
reset, configuration change) throws the typed error when the close
fails. The owner stays registered for its own sandbox, so no run on that
sandbox launches over it. A run on a different sandbox forgets that
owner instead of replaying its cached rejected close. The executor does
not settle this error as a provider failure.
- A prior-owner fence that refuses a terminal owner on a resumed sandbox
(`prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate`) also throws the typed
error.
- Retirement of a finished remote owner accepts an unanswered tool input
when the owner's committed result is a governed-wait park
(`response_wake` on a task interaction) and its Runner's sandbox lease
ended elsewhere.
- Heartbeat (`heartbeat/predecessor-retirement-fallback.ts`): on the
typed error with no execution-start evidence and no result, mark this
run's reusable lease on that sandbox `replaceBeforeReuse` and log
`environment.lease_replacement_requested`. After the run ends, `failRun`
hands the prepared workspace on only through the shared unchanged-files
proof (`proveRemoteWorkspaceUnchanged`; a provisioning command or any
runner command refuses it). With the proof it records
`predecessorRetirementFallback`, closes the run's coordinator without a
result and re-queues the run in the uncharged `interrupted_preparation`
lane (native and legacy runtime modes); a run that answered a task
interaction keeps its own wake in that uncharged lane, so the retry
still carries the answer. Without the proof the workspace stays dirty,
heartbeat runs today's failed-workspace preservation and no retry is
scheduled.
- Environment runtime: a marked lease is replaced instead of resumed,
under the same rule as a failed resume
(`reusableSandboxReplacementIsSafe`: run ended, clean workspace with a
committed save, verified harness backup). The old lease goes to
`pending_cleanup` for the sweep. Otherwise the sandbox is resumed as
before.
- Chaos: session fault SR1U, the SR1 variant where the retained owner
cannot be retired. The server gets a test-only fault
(`PAPERCLIP_TEST_WARM_RETIREMENT_FAULT=unconfirmed`, armed only when
`NODE_ENV=test`). The oracle allows only the fallback failure and
requires the succeeding follow-up on a different sandbox.
- Docs: `doc/plugins/PLUGIN_RUNNER_EXECUTION.md`, chaos README.

## Verification

- RED on master before this change (with #20844), then GREEN:
- `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "predecessor cannot be retired"`:
base fails with `Error: Controller journal drain timed out…` instead of
the typed error.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "unretired predecessor"`
(instruction preparation): same base failure.
- `native-recovered-owner-followup.test.ts -t "unacknowledged"`: base
fails with `runner_state_identity_mismatch:
prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate;
retirement_refused=journal_tool_input_unanswered`.
- New contract tests: `heartbeat-native-predispatch-retry.test.ts`
(claimed native run: lease marked, activity logged, uncharged
`interrupted_preparation` retry, no recovery action, task not blocked,
retry succeeds) and
`environment-runtime-reusable-resume-replacement.test.ts` (a marked
lease is replaced without a resume; with unsaved work or no verified
backup it resumes as before),
`remote-workspace-unchanged-release.test.ts` (an untouched workspace is
handed on; a setup-written one stays dirty) and `retries.test.ts` (an
answered interaction re-queued in the uncharged lane stays a
resolved-interaction continuation with no failure retry spent).
- Existing suites pass: the native executor, recovered-owner follow-up,
instruction working copy, run completion, run failure cause and resume
replacement test files. `pnpm exec vitest run --config
tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts question-handoff scheduler config`
passes. Server and chaos harness `tsc --noEmit` pass.
- Not run: a Daytona SR1U wave. It needs a runner image that matches
this checkout.

## Risks

- A sandbox marked for replacement is resumed when it cannot be replaced
safely. That run can meet the same unretired owner again, fail again in
the bounded lane, and then rest with Retry, as today.
- The replacement session restores the latest verified harness backup.
When the old Runner's final checkpoint was never saved, a same-session
continuation resumes from that backup.
- An unanswered tool input is accepted only for a committed
governed-wait park whose Runner's sandbox lease ended on another
sandbox.
- Previous-release story: the marker and the run record are additive
JSON. An older server ignores the marker and resumes the sandbox as
before.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, agentic coding with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs) in Claude Code.

## 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
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 a52f622be8 fix(native): retry a remote provider startup failure once its runner exit is proven (#20874)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on a remote sandbox (Daytona) start a Runner in the
sandbox, and the Runner opens the provider session
> - When the provider rejects `session.open` at startup, no provider
work began
> - #20808 ends every such remote rejection at once with Retry, because
restart recovery could not prove that the failed runner was gone. A
fault that clears by itself therefore needs one human click
> - The Runner transport already settles the failed runner on close and
observes its exit. That is the missing proof
> - This pull request records that proof on the failure and lets the
same-run bootstrap retry use it. It stops a startup error that repeats,
so an image fault that a retry cannot fix does not loop
> - The benefit is that a transient remote startup failure recovers
without a person, and a permanent one still rests at once with a working
Retry that names the error

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20808
Refs #20832
Refs #20820

**What happened?**
A remote (Daytona) native run whose provider rejected `session.open` at
startup ended as `native_provider_startup_rejected` with Retry. This
happened even when the Runner had settled and exited, and no provider
session, event or checkpoint existed. A person had to click Retry for a
fault that the durable record proves did no provider work.

**Expected behavior**
With a proven runner exit and no provider work, the run retries its
bootstrap on the same run automatically. A startup error that repeats on
the next attempt stops at once with Retry and names that error. Failures
saved without the proof keep today's behaviour.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-startup-rejected-retry.integration.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts
-t "remote startup rejection|session.open rejection"`
2. On master, 3 cases fail: the proven remote rejection is
`terminal_failure`, the repeat does not name its error, and restart
recovery holds the proven failure on
`ambiguous_remote_recovery_evidence`.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 3ded7bbd91.

## What Changed

- Runner transport (`runnerd-codex-transport.ts`): new
`runnerExitConfirmed()`. It is true only after a completed close settled
the runner (provider stopped, runner suspended) and the runner process
exit was observed.
- Codex driver (`codex-app-server-driver-impl.ts`): after it closes the
transport for a failed session open, it sets `runnerExitConfirmed` on
the error when the transport proves the exit.
- Executor (`native-session-executor.ts`):
- A remote `provider_session_open_rejected` with a startup
`providerFailure` keeps the same-run `bootstrap_retry` only with that
proof. The saved failure records `runnerExitConfirmed: true`.
- Each failed attempt's recovery history entry records a startup failure
signature: provider, category and message, with numbers ignored. When
the next attempt fails with the same signature, it stops as
`native_provider_startup_rejected`. Its next action names the startup
error and keeps "Retry starts a new run".
- Deterministic rejections (`requires_action` authentication, permission
or invalid request) stop at once as before.
  - Local targets are unchanged.
- Restart recovery (`native-restart-recovery.ts`):
`remoteRunnerExitedBeforeProviderWork` also accepts a settled
`provider_session_open_rejected` with `runnerExitConfirmed: true`. All
its other checks still apply: no provider session, no provider event, no
checkpoint, no runner-sent event, no successor.
- Docs: `doc/execution-semantics.md` and
`packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md`.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here:
- `native-startup-rejected-retry.integration.test.ts`: proven remote
rejection → `retryable_failure` with `runnerExitConfirmed`; unproven →
terminal; repeat → terminal, the next action names `bwrap: loopback`,
and Retry is offered.
- `native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts`: proven failure →
`bootstrap_incomplete` (`remote_runner_exited_before_provider_work`); an
older release's failure without the proof stays held.
- `codex-app-server-driver.lifecycle.test.ts`: the driver records the
proof only when the transport reports it after close.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: unit cases for the rule, the
`cause` chain, the repeat signature and deterministic rejections.
- Local runs: the 3 server files above pass (1380 tests); restart
recovery `-t remote` 75 pass; driver lifecycle 25 pass.
- `tsc --noEmit` clean for `server` and `packages/paperclip-runner`.
- Not run: a Daytona chaos wave. There is no in-sandbox startup fault
seam yet (see Risks).

## Risks

- The proof depends on the transport's close settling the runner after a
failed `session.open`. The Rust runner keeps serving after a failed
`session.open` (lifecycle `Continue`) and accepts `runner.suspend`, so
close should settle. If it does not settle, there is no proof and the
run ends at once with Retry, which is today's behaviour. It is never
less safe than today.
- Retries stay bounded: the startup retry budget (3 attempts) and the
repeat rule both apply. A repeated identical error stops after one
automatic retry.
- Saved state: failures saved by older releases have no
`runnerExitConfirmed` and keep the old rule. History entries without a
signature never match a repeat. A mid-run deploy is safe: an old
executor never writes the proof.
- Not covered by chaos: a remote "Codex fails at startup N times" fault
needs a hook inside the sandbox Runner or Codex. DF1's seam is
server-side only, and no open chaos PR adds a seam inside the sandbox.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic) Opus 5.5, model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, run in Claude
Code with tool use (shell, file edit) and extended reasoning.

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 e6b538efd2 fix(native): retire a superseded warm owner instead of failing the new run (#20844)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs keep a warm Runner between turns of the same task, so
the next run can start fast
> - When the next run needs a new provider session (for example after an
agent setting or skill changes), it first retires the previous run's
warm Runner
> - That retirement uses the previous owner's close. When the close
cannot prove checkpoint suspension, the new run failed before any
provider work, with the previous owner's error
`provider_transport_failed: runner did not durably suspend before
checkpoint`
> - A governed-wait park (a saved question or review request) always
leaves such an owner: its question callback stays unsettled by design. A
failed Launcher stop RPC leaves one too
> - Nothing retried the run, and the task rested as "recovery needed"
with no provider work done
> - This pull request lets the new run retire the old owner when that
owner is contained, and forces the containment when the close left it
unproven
> - The benefit is that a fresh run never fails on its predecessor's
close, and the chaos harness now covers this class

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A new run on a task whose previous run left a warm Runner retained
failed within two minutes, before any provider turn. The error was
`provider_transport_failed: runner did not durably suspend before
checkpoint`. The run row recorded `executionRecovery: { kind:
"bootstrap", providerWorkStarted: false }`. Two runs of the same agent
on two tasks failed this way 47 seconds apart, after a configuration
change made both start new provider sessions. One predecessor had parked
on a `request_human_input` question; its callback never settled.

**Expected behavior**
A run that has done no provider work does not fail because its
predecessor's Runner could not prove suspension. The new session never
resumes the old checkpoint. Core must only prove that the old owner is
contained, and then start.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a warm native task that parks on a saved question (chaos workload
Q1).
2. After the asking run settles, change the agent's adapter
configuration, so the next run cannot resume the saved session.
3. Answer the question. The follow-up run retires the parked owner and
fails with the error above.

Related: #18373 added the stopped-owner reset path that this change
extends.

## What Changed

- `closeWarmNativeSession` (server native executor): during retirement
for a different normalized session, accept an unrecoverable close when
the old owner is contained. A plugin task owner must show its
`executionStopped: true` receipt and a completed handoff. Without a task
owner, the Runner's own durable suspension
(`settlement.runnerSuspended`) is the proof. Unsettled Core tool
callbacks of the discarded conversation no longer block the reset.
- With a plugin task owner, any close error qualifies once the Launcher
receipt exists. This includes a failed `stop` that
`releaseRunnerProcessOwnership` rethrows, and "Controller journal drain
timed out": the discarded session's journal lives in its own state root.
Owners without a task keep the narrower rule. `--matrix` now rejects
session faults.
- `createPluginRunnerTaskOwner`: add `retireSupersededTask()`. When
close left the receipt unproven, the new run sends one confirmed `stop`
(not resent after a confirmed stop), takes the credential snapshot, and
calls `complete`. It never reads the old state.
- Same-session continuation, a handoff that still fails, other close
errors and failed instruction collection still block replacement.
- Chaos harness: add session fault SR1
(`tests/restart-chaos/session-faults.ts`). With Q1 and `--lifecycle
warm` (or `--daytona-warm`), the board changes
`adapterConfig.idleTimeoutMs` after the asking run settles and before it
answers. `--tasks 2 --concurrency 2` is the two-concurrent-runs variant.
Q1's oracle applies, plus `session_rotated_before_answer` and
`follow_up_new_session`.
- Docs: `doc/plugins/PLUGIN_RUNNER_EXECUTION.md` and the chaos README
describe the new boundary and cell.

## Verification

- RED on master: `native-session-executor.test.ts -t "permanently
rejected plugin close during reset"` fails the `pending-semantic` and
`stop-unconfirmed-at-close` cases with
`NativeSessionCloseUnrecoverableError: provider_transport_failed: runner
did not durably suspend before checkpoint`. GREEN with this change: all
identity-transition cases pass (49).
- Chaos SR1 local, master server code (`--env local --lifecycle warm
--workloads Q1 --faults SR1`, seeds 301 with 2 tasks and 303 with 1
task): all tasks pass, and the follow-up started a new provider session.
The local parked owner closes cleanly, so the local cell does not
reproduce the failure. It needs a Daytona task owner.
- Chaos SR1 local with this change (seed 302, 2 concurrent tasks on one
agent): 2/2 pass, `follow_up_new_session` true for both.
- Not run: the Daytona SR1 variant. No runner image matches this
checkout's runner content ID, and this change does not touch runner
inputs.
- `pnpm exec vitest run --config tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts
question-handoff scheduler config` passes. Server and harness `tsc
--noEmit` pass.

## Risks

- The reset no longer waits for unsettled Core tool callbacks of the
discarded session. Their run is already terminal and their provider is
stopped, so no result can reach a provider, and the new session never
replays them. Core-side tool executions keep their own receipts under
the old run.
- A local owner without a task needs the Runner's durable suspension. A
local owner that did not suspend still blocks replacement, as before.
- Previous-release story: this changes no persisted state. Warm owners
live only in controller memory, so a deploy drops them as before.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, agentic coding with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs) in Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude c8ae02e5ce fix(native): start a fresh session when an accepted run's provider state was not saved (#20811)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - A native run in a per-turn remote sandbox saves a provider state
backup after its result is accepted. The sandbox is then released, so
the backup is the only copy of the provider session.
> - When that backup fails to save (for example, #20772: storage
throttling), the run keeps its accepted result. Nothing records that its
checkpoint can no longer be resumed.
> - The next run on the session rebinds that checkpoint and asks the
Runner to resume. The Runner has no state and refuses (#20757). With the
normal policy, the run opens a replacement session after that failed
attempt. With a governed-wait or unfinished-goal checkpoint, the run
fails with `native_provider_state_incompatible`, and only Retry or the
next message starts fresh.
> - The server already knew the state was gone when the backup failed.
The failed resume is wasted work.
> - This pull request marks the accepted run's checkpoint as not
resumable at the moment the backup fails. The next run then starts a
fresh provider session directly.
> - The benefit is that a lost backup no longer costs a failed run or a
failed resume attempt before the task continues.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20757 (the missing-state refusal that the next run reaches today).
Refs #20772 (the throttled backup upload that loses the backup). Refs
#20809 (a related fix for governed-wait follow-ups that reach the
missing state; this PR stops most of them from reaching it).

**What happened?**

1. A native run in a per-turn sandbox finished, and its result was
accepted.
2. `harness_state.backup.persist` failed. The run recorded
`native.post_result_failure`. Its run row kept a normal
`sessionCheckpoint`.
3. The sandbox was released.
4. The next run on the same session selected that run as its resume
source, and `rebindNativeSessionCheckpoint` returned the checkpoint.
5. The Runner found no saved state and refused with `PRP provider resume
state is unavailable`. The run then opened a replacement session after
the failed attempt, or (governed-wait or unfinished-goal checkpoint)
failed with `native_provider_state_incompatible`. Retry or the next
message then started fresh.

**Expected behavior**

The next run starts a fresh provider session at once, because the server
already knows the saved state is not there. The accepted result and the
task outcome stay as they are.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Give a run row an accepted result and a normal `sessionCheckpoint`.
2. Make its close checkpoint fail in a per-turn sandbox
(`reusableLeaseConfigured: false`).
3. Select the next run's resume source with `findNativeSessionResumeRun`
and call `rebindNativeSessionCheckpoint`.
4. On `master` it returns the checkpoint, so the next run tries to
resume state that does not exist.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at `556b249897`.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-provider-state-unsaved.ts`
(new): `markAcceptedRunProviderStateUnsaved` adds
`nativeProviderStateUnsaved: { code:
"native_provider_state_incompatible", reason: "harness_backup_not_saved"
}` to the run's `runnerProfileJson`. One conditional `UPDATE` writes it
only when the run's coordinator holds a result with `schema_status =
'accepted'`. `clearRunProviderStateUnsaved` removes it.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: the
remote close checkpoint (`checkpointRemoteRunner`) now wraps the
existing body. When the checkpoint throws in a sandbox without a
reusable lease, it calls the marker, writes one run-log line, and throws
the original error. A marker or log failure cannot replace that error.
If a later checkpoint of the same run saves, it clears the mark.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-resume.ts`:
`rebindNativeSessionCheckpoint` returns `null` for a source with the
mark, as it already does for `errorCode =
native_provider_state_incompatible`. `findNativeSessionResumeRun`
projects the new key.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: one additive paragraph.
- Tests in `native-session-resume.test.ts` and
`native-session-executor.test.ts`.

Guard conditions. The mark is written only when all of these are true:

- The close checkpoint threw before the durable backup was stored (after
the upload's own bounded retries). A later local publication, stamp or
cleanup failure does not mark the run.
- The target is a remote `sandbox` with `reusableLeaseConfigured !==
true`. A retained sandbox or an SSH host keeps the live state, so its
resume path is unchanged.
- The run holds an accepted result. A failure before acceptance changes
nothing.

Saved state from the previous release: run rows without the key keep
today's resume path. An older server that reads a row with the key
ignores it, and so it behaves as it does today. No schema change.

User-visible: the next run's transcript shows "Paperclip session
started" instead of "resumed", with a new session id. The source run's
log shows `provider state was not saved after the accepted result; the
next run starts a fresh provider session`. The fresh session gets the
full task context, as for other fresh starts.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-resume.test.ts -t "not
resumable only after|provider state was not saved"`: 9 pass (6 pure, 3
embedded Postgres).
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "marks
the provider state unsaved|uses the bundled Linux image authority for
remote opencode-new-durable"`: 8 pass. They include a durable store
failure (marked) and a local publication failure after the store (not
marked).
- Red on `master` (source files reverted, tests kept): the 3 "starts the
next run in a fresh provider session directly" cases fail (`expected {…}
to be null`), the DB "accepted" case fails the same way, and the
executor per-turn case fails (`mark` called 0 times).
- Guard removal checks:
- Sandbox guard replaced with `true`: the "retained sandbox" case fails
(`mark` called once).
  - `!checkpointBackupStored` removed: the "publish-failed" case fails.
- `schema_status = 'accepted'` removed from the marker: the "rejected"
case fails (`expected true to be false`).
- Negative cases that pass: no result, rejected result, retained
sandbox, records without the key or with another code (all three
recovery policies), and a later save that clears the mark.
- `cd server && npx tsc --noEmit -p .`: clean.
- Not related to this change and failing on `master` in this worktree
too: `runtime-selection.test.ts` connector skill cases (missing
`.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md`) and `native-session-resume.test.ts`
"archives a damaged prior epoch" (`ENOENT … authority-epochs`). Required
CI is the authority for those suites.

## Risks

- Low. The change only skips a resume that cannot succeed. The fresh
session uses the same workspace and full task context, like a Retry
after `native_provider_state_incompatible`.
- If the backup failed but the provider state were still somewhere
recoverable, the next run would lose provider context. For a per-turn
sandbox without a reusable lease, the restore path uses only the backup,
so this does not apply. Retained sandboxes and SSH hosts are excluded.
- One extra conditional `UPDATE` runs only on the failure path. The
normal path before `turn.start` has no new waits or work.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md` is also edited by #20809. The paragraphs
are at different places; whichever merges second rebases.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code, with
tool use (shell, file edit, 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 (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
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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 ff8ec41e6a feat(runner): upgrade ACPX to 0.22.0 and move patched behavior into Paperclip (#20770)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip Runner and the shared `adapter-utils` engine run ACP
agents through the embedded ACPX library
> - Paperclip pins ACPX 0.13.1 and keeps a large patch
(`patches/acpx@0.13.1.patch`) on it
> - ACPX 0.22.0 adds host hooks (`onAcpMessage`, `assertActive`,
`processLifecycle`, prompt-response `_meta`, `spawnAgent`-friendly
launch) that make much of that patch unnecessary
> - A large patch is expensive to port and hides behavior that belongs
to Paperclip
> - This pull request upgrades to ACPX 0.22.0 and moves most patched
behavior into Runner and `adapter-utils`
> - The benefit is a patch that is 484 lines instead of 1,334, with the
moved behavior covered by Paperclip tests

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20675, #14430, #15075, #17942, #9980

**Proposed enhancement**
Upgrade the embedded ACPX library from 0.13.1 to 0.22.0. Keep only the
patch behavior that stock 0.22 cannot express.

**Motivation**
The 0.13.1 patch held behavior that Paperclip owns, for example usage
receipts, Copilot policy, model checks and the agent environment. Each
ACPX upgrade had to port all of it. ACPX 0.22 gives hooks that let
Paperclip do this work itself.

**Current behavior**
Runner and `adapter-utils` depend on 1,334 lines of patched ACPX 0.13.1
code.

**Expected behavior**
Runner and `adapter-utils` use ACPX 0.22.0. The patch keeps only:
extension methods, Cursor subagent routing, event `_meta` and the
message boundary chunk, the protocol guard hook, `spawnAgent`, and
`requestExtension`.

## What Changed

- ACPX 0.13.1 → 0.22.0 in Runner, `adapter-utils`, the server, the
Daytona runner images and the qualified profiles (`acpxVersion`).
`@agentclientprotocol/sdk` moves to 1.9.0.
- New `patches/acpx@0.22.0.patch` (484 lines). The 0.12.0 and 0.13.1
patches are removed.
- Delivery receipts: Runner confirms a permission reply when
`onAcpMessage` sees the exact outbound reply. Question and extension
replies count as delivered when Runner hands them back to ACPX. New
`interaction-delivery.ts`.
- Copilot policy: the existing policy function runs from `onAcpMessage`.
A violation stops the agent, cancels later permission requests and fails
the next prompt through `assertActive`.
- Model selection: stock 0.22 validation, plus a sidecar gate
(`createAcpxEffectiveModelGate`) that refuses a prompt if the agent
reports another model. Grok binds its model when the session opens.
Antigravity adds its concrete model to the model list ACPX reads.
- Typed session failures: Runner and `adapter-utils` read them from the
turn result `_meta` and fail the turn. They advertise the capability
themselves.
- Pi and Cursor usage receipts: a collector (`prompt-receipts.ts`) binds
them to the turn's own `session/prompt` reply.
- Goal capability: Runner reads it from the `initialize` reply. It keeps
it under `paperclip.goalCapability` in the saved agent capabilities
`_meta` and restores it when a saved session loads.
- Agent environment: Runner and `adapter-utils` set the agent
environment in `spawnAgent`. ACP terminals keep their current
environment. `adapter-utils` blocks inheritance of `XAI_API_KEY` and
refuses to start if the server has an `ACPX_AUTH_*` variable.
- `adapter-utils` spawn hooks (`spawnCwd`, stderr, `onAgentSpawn`): a
new `stockAcpRuntimeOptions` maps them to stock `spawnAgent` and
`processLifecycle`.
- Windows: ACPX 0.22 rejects raw command strings on Windows.
`adapter-utils` now passes an argv array there.
- Grok rules: a Runner guard (`grok-session-rules.ts`) writes
`session/new` `_meta.rules`.
- Turn-dispatch journal (#20675): ACPX 0.22 ignores errors from
`onAcpMessage`. The adapter keeps a failed `dispatched` write and throws
it from the turn's `assertActive`. ACPX calls `assertActive` before the
prompt write, so the write still stops. The real-ACPX test now checks
this route. `docs/durable-recovery.md` is updated.
- Plan events: the sidecar reads 0.22 `status` events tagged `plan`.
- CI: the backup-checkpoint lane now installs through the shared
`setup-ci-dependencies` action, like PR CI, so it resolves a stale
`pnpm-lock.yaml` in place. It runs on any root `package.json` change,
and pull requests never commit the lockfile, so its own frozen install
failed on dependency changes.
- Tests that checked removed patch internals are removed or rewritten:
the response-delivery, Cursor-usage and Pi-receipt package contracts,
and the goal-persistence packaging test. New unit tests cover the moved
behavior.

## Verification

Local runs on macOS (darwin-arm64), Node 26, on the rebased head:

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run
src/drivers/acpx src/cli`: 2,000 passed.
- `tsc -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.json` and
`tsconfig.test.json`: no errors, except the existing
`@paperclipai/paperclip-eval-kernel` build gap in `workflow-harness.ts`.
- Runner package contracts (`node --test
test/acpx-*-package-contract.test.mjs
test/acpx-sidecar-contract.test.mjs`), `scripts/build-inputs.test.mjs`,
`scripts/contracts/contract-fingerprints.test.mjs`,
`scripts/acpx-patch-packaging.test.mjs`: all pass. `node
scripts/generate-acpx-sidecar-contract.mjs --check` passes.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test acpx_park_preparation
--test acpx_park_readiness --test acpx_warm_attachment --test
native_provider_backend`: 86 passed. `cargo fmt --check` passes.
- `adapter-utils`: `tsc` clean. `vitest run src/acpx-engine
src/mcp-isolation.integration.test.ts`: 457 passed (one Gemini flag test
failed once under load and passes when run alone).
- Adapters: `claude-local` and `codex-local` `acp.quota.test.ts` (23 and
39 passed), `grok-local` (149 passed).
- Server: `scripts/prepare-runner-vendor.test.mjs`,
`native-session-executor.test.ts`, `quarantined-task-retry.test.ts`
(1,416 passed).
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib -- previous_acpx_release
acpx_upgrade unrestorable_saved_sessions`: 3 passed. `node --test
test/acpx-session-carry-forward-package-contract.test.mjs`: passes.
- `patch -p1 --forward` on a clean `acpx-0.22.0.tgz` gives output
identical to the port.
- Under full-suite load, some Runner live and recovery tests time out.
Each one passes when run alone. Full regression is left to CI.

Not run: live provider runs (they need provider credentials), the opt-in
Kimi live peer test, the Gemini filesystem smoke test, and Windows.

## Risks

- Previous-release story: sessions saved by the previous release (ACPX
0.13.1) carry forward. ACPX 0.22 loads the session records 0.13.1 wrote.
Runner moves a saved descriptor that names 0.13.1
(`CARRIED_ACPX_RELEASES`) to 0.22.0, and the sidecar keeps 0.13.1 as the
ACPX value in the session identity, so the saved session key and
identity record still match. The existing launch-profile rebind still
decides which sessions resume: a settled session, or the same run's
interrupted turn through lost-turn recovery. A session saved by any
other ACPX release is still refused as `provider_state_incompatible`.
`rules/acpx-profile-identity.mdc` and `docs/durable-recovery.md` now
describe this.
- Proof: `acpx-session-carry-forward-package-contract.test.mjs` resumes
a session record written by the real ACPX 0.13.1 with its Paperclip
patch. 0.22 loads the same provider session (no `session/new`), runs a
turn and keeps the earlier turn. Rust tests cover a settled 0.13.1
session that the next run attaches to, and a turn interrupted by the
upgrade. A recovery-identity test checks that the session key and
identity record match across the versions.
- `pnpm-lock.yaml` is not committed. CI resolves it for each run, and
the lockfile refresh workflow updates it after merge.
- Behavior change on the server: `adapter-utils` refuses to create an
ACPX runtime if the server environment has an `ACPX_AUTH_*` variable.
Before, ACPX ignored such variables. Stock 0.22 would use them to
authenticate agents with server credentials.
- Delivery confirmation is now Runner-owned. A permission reply is
confirmed by the exact outbound message. Question and extension replies
are confirmed when Runner hands them to ACPX, not when the pipe accepts
them.
- Users can select only models that the agent advertises. Stock 0.22
rejects other model IDs (Claude is exempt).
- ACP terminals keep the sidecar or server environment, as before. This
existing exposure is not changed by this pull request.
- The `adapter-utils` Gemini version probe now runs with the server
environment plus the run variables, not the run variables alone.
- The pack contract digest and profile `acpxVersion` change, so Daytona
needs a new runner image.
- Grok launch flags (`--model`, `--reasoning-effort`) were checked on
1.0.13 but session open needs a login, so Grok keeps the existing
`_meta` path.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, in Claude Code with tool
use (shell, file editing, subagents). Extended reasoning was used.

## 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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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 fa3cd6f330 fix(native): end provider startup rejections with Retry instead of an ownership hold (#20808)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The Paperclip Runner starts Codex for native runs. On a remote
sandbox such as Daytona, the sandbox is the OS boundary.
> - A Codex planning run on Daytona failed in `session.open`. Codex's
read-only sandbox helper could not set up loopback in the container
(`bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR`), and Codex loads `AGENTS.md`
through that helper.
> - The server treated that definite provider rejection as an
interrupted transport. Its same-run bootstrap retry went through remote
restart recovery and stopped on `ambiguous_remote_recovery_evidence`.
The task showed "Recovering saved work…" and no Retry, although no
provider work was done.
> - This pull request gives such startup rejections a named, permanent
outcome with a working Retry, and pins ask and standard runs to the
external sandbox policy.
> - The benefit is that a provider startup refusal ends as a clear
failure with Retry, never as an ownership hold.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A Codex planning run on a Daytona sandbox failed in `session.open` with
`error creating thread: failed to load AGENTS.md instructions ... bwrap:
loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted`. The server
recorded `native_session_interrupted` with recovery mode
`bootstrap_retry`. Thirty seconds later, remote restart recovery blocked
the run with `native_restart_recovery_blocked` /
`ambiguous_remote_recovery_evidence`. No server restart happened. All
default-mode Codex runs on the same image succeeded that day; only the
planning run failed.

**Expected behavior**
A provider startup failure with no provider work must end as a clear
failure with a working Retry, or get a bounded automatic retry that also
ends with Retry. It must never become an ambiguous-ownership hold.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-startup-rejected-retry.integration.test.ts`.
On master the deterministic case is `retryable_failure` /
`native_session_interrupted`.
2. `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "provider
itself rejected"`. On master the new code is not produced.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 84fc67317e.

## What Changed

- Server (`native-session-executor.ts`): new permanent code
`native_provider_startup_rejected`.
- A definite `session.open` failure maps to it when its startup
`providerFailure` is `requires_action` for `authentication`,
`permission` or `invalid_request`.
- On a remote execution target (`nativeRemoteStartupRejectionCode`), any
definite `session.open` failure with a startup `providerFailure` maps to
it. A remote same-run bootstrap after the runner launched cannot prove
ownership and stops on `ambiguous_remote_recovery_evidence`.
- The run ends as `terminal_failure` with a board owner and a plain next
action. The board offers Retry, which starts one new run with a fresh
provider session.
- On a local target, unknown, transient, rate-limit, quota and model
startup failures keep the bounded same-run retries and end as
`native_session_retry_exhausted` with Retry. That code is unchanged
because the chat-channel failed-run retry depends on it.
- Runner: planning runs keep Codex's
`paperclip-runner-workspace-read-only` profile, also in an external
sandbox. Codex 0.160.0's plan collaboration mode is a prompt ("Plan Mode
(Conversational)") and does not block writes or commands, so it cannot
replace that enforcement.
- Ask mode: an ask task builds `executionMode: "default"`. Its launch
has `readOnly: false`, the external sandbox profile, and no
collaboration mode. Ask mode restricts only Paperclip mutation tools,
not the Codex sandbox.
- Tests:
- `native-startup-rejected-retry.integration.test.ts` (new, embedded
Postgres, Codex provider): a deterministic rejection ends at once with
`canRetry: true`, and Retry starts exactly one new run. Unknown and
transient local failures stay `retryable_failure`. A spent retry budget
ends `terminal_failure` with `canRetry: true`.
  - Unit tests for the deterministic, local-retry and remote rules.
- `runner-provider-launch.test.ts`: ask, standard and planning launches
in an external sandbox.
- The Rust external-sandbox test now fails if a non-planning turn sends
a collaboration mode (`--forbid-plan-collaboration` switch on the fake
app server).
- Docs: `packages/paperclip-runner/docs/codex-driver.md`,
`packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md`,
`doc/execution-semantics.md`.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: the commands in "Steps to reproduce".
- `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`: 1364 pass.
- `npx vitest run src/live/runner-provider-launch.test.ts`
(packages/paperclip-runner): 22 pass.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test codex_provider
external_sandbox`: pass. `cargo fmt --check`: clean.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json`: clean.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 (a global CI input changed). Required CI
supplies the broad coverage.

## Risks

- Codex planning on Daytona still fails at thread creation. With this
change it ends at once with the provider message and Retry instead of an
ownership hold. A follow-up must make Codex's read-only sandbox work in
that container, or add a verified Paperclip read-only guard. This PR
does not relax read-only enforcement.
- A remote startup failure that could clear by itself now needs a Retry
click instead of an automatic same-run retry. Before this change, that
retry ended in an ownership hold, so no working automatic path is lost.
- A false `native_provider_startup_rejected` costs automatic retries and
shows Retry earlier. It never replays provider work, because
`session.open` precedes every prompt.
- Saved state: no persisted shape or launch argument changes. A run that
an older release held on `ambiguous_remote_recovery_evidence` after the
same rejection already offers Retry once its saved workspace is
recovered. No migration is needed.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic) Opus 5.5, model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, run in Claude
Code with tool use (shell, file edit, browser reads) and extended
reasoning.

## 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
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Nicky Leach 4d141cdf64 Carry plugin task refusals and batch project reads (#20762) 2026-11-11 00:49:03 -08:00
DottaandClaude f25fee3532 fix(native): hash runner artifacts and run archive tar off the event loop (#20722)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - One server process prepares native runs, renews every controller
lease on timers, and serves every request
> - On a run path, the server hashed the 31 MB runner binary with
`readFileSync` (more than once per run), hashed provider packs and
harness backups synchronously, and ran `tar` with `execFileSync`
(timeouts up to 60 s, one with no timeout)
> - On a slow disk, each of these calls freezes the whole process. A 103
s stall on a hosted instance lapsed every lease. The last event before
that stall was immediately before a synchronous read and hash of the
runner binary (see #20694 and #20709)
> - This pull request moves those reads, hashes and archive commands off
the event loop. It computes the runner binary digest once per boot
> - The benefit is that a slow disk delays only the run that waits for
it. Turns also start faster, because the runner binary is no longer
re-read for every run

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20694, #20709

**What happened?**

On a hosted instance, the server process stopped for 103 s without a
restart. Every controller lease lapsed, and two tasks needed a manual
Retry. The last run event before the gap was immediately before
`matchesControllerRunnerArtifact`, which does
`createHash("sha256").update(readFileSync(controllerRunnerBinary))`.
Four workspace restores were running at the same time, and file I/O was
very slow (a 43 s archive hash, 20 s snapshot decrypts). The trigger is
not proven. But each synchronous call below blocks the event loop for as
long as the disk is slow.

**Expected behavior**

File hashing and archive commands on a run path must not block the event
loop. A slow disk must delay only the run that waits for it.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Make a remote runner binary slow to read (the test uses a FIFO whose
writer waits), or make `tar` slow (the test puts a `tar` wrapper that
sleeps first on `PATH`).
2. Call `resolveRemotePaperclipRunnerBinary`,
`stageRemoteRunnerDirectory`, or `syncRemoteRunnerDirectoryOut` while a
10 ms timer runs.
3. Before this change, the timer stops for the whole slow step (814 ms,
1,764 ms and 3,379 ms). After this change, it keeps firing.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/off-loop-file-work.ts` (new):
  - `sha256FileStreamed`
- `cachedFileSha256`: a streamed digest, reused while the file's device,
inode, size, mtime and ctime do not change
- `binaryTargetFromHeader`: reads 64 KiB; reads the rest of the file
only when the header cannot answer, so the result equals
`runnerBinaryTarget(readFileSync(path))`
  - `sha256DirectoryTreeStreamed`
- `execFileBuffered`: `execFile` with stdin input, `maxBuffer`,
`timeout` and `env`. It rejects on a non-zero exit, a timeout or a
`maxBuffer` overflow, like `execFileSync`.
- `native-session-executor.ts`:
- `matchesControllerRunnerArtifact` uses `cachedFileSha256`. Each boot
reads the binary once, not once or twice for every run.
  - The remote Claude daemon target is read from the binary header.
- The bundled remote runner binary is checked by
`verifiedBundledRemoteRunnerBinary`: the same checks and errors, with a
cached digest.
- Provider-pack upload verification uses the new
`verifyRemoteProviderPackManifest`. It runs the same checks, in the same
order, with the same errors. One generator drives both the sync and the
streamed readers.
- Harness backup build and verify on run paths use streamed digests
(`buildNativeHarnessBackupManifestStreamed`,
`verifyNativeHarnessBackupStreamed`). The digest format does not change.
- `stageRemoteRunnerDirectory` (3 calls),
`assertSafeRemoteCheckpointArchive` (3 calls) and the checkpoint extract
use `execFileBuffered`, with the same arguments, timeouts and buffer
limits. `stageRemoteRunnerFile` uses `readFile`.
- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runner-binary.ts`: the default
daemon lookup (`resolvePackagedRunnerBinary`, used by the local and
remote resolvers) classifies the daemon with `runnerBinaryFileTarget`.
It reads the 64 KiB header, not the whole file.
- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/bundled-remote-provider-pack.ts`:
the release-manifest checks now live in one helper,
`bundledRemoteRunnerRelease`. The sync `bundledRemoteRunnerBinary` and
the server's streamed check both use it.
- `native-codex-runner.ts`:
  - `resolveRemotePaperclipRunnerBinary` reads only the header.
  - The local `runnerDigest` uses `cachedFileSha256`.
  - New `verifiedBundledRemoteRunnerBinary`.

**Ordering and atomicity.** I checked each converted call for code that
relied on the sync call being atomic with respect to other runs:
- **Checkpoint copy-back.** It extracts into a private `mkdtemp`
directory. The replace sequence (`existsSync`, `rename`, `rename`, `rm`)
stays synchronous, so no other run can see a half-installed checkpoint.
This function already awaited a remote command before the extract, so
this change adds no new interleaving with the target.
- **Harness backup verify then restore.** The verify was sync, but the
restore after it was already async. The window between them existed
before. One owner serializes the turns of a session, so no other turn
publishes a backup for that session while a turn verifies it.
- **Staging and provider-pack hashing.** These read build-owned,
immutable trees, or the private staging copies of a run.

## Verification

- Red/green: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/off-loop-file-work.test.ts`
- With `native-session-executor.ts` and `native-codex-runner.ts` from
`origin/master`: 3 failed. The longest timer gaps were 814 ms (runner
binary target read), 1,764 ms (directory staging tar) and 3,379 ms
(checkpoint list, size check and extract).
- With this change: 6 passed. The gaps stay under 400 ms. The same file
also checks the digest cache, the header fallback, and the
`execFileSync`-like errors (exit code, timeout kill,
`ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER`).
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`:
- The streamed provider-pack verifier returns the same manifest as the
sync reader, and rejects a changed asset tree with the same error.
  - The streamed harness backup manifest equals the sync one.
- The streamed verify agrees with the sync verify, for a valid backup
and for a corrupt one.
- Run together: `native-session-executor`, `off-loop-file-work`,
`native-codex-runner`, `setup-readiness`, `antigravity-connection-probe`
(1,653 passed). `run-completion.test.ts` passed all 153 tests. Its
`afterAll` embedded-Postgres cleanup timed out locally, which is not
related to this change; CI runs it.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsc --noEmit` passes.

## Risks

- **Turn start.** This change adds no wait before `turn.start`; it
removes work. The first run of a boot streams the runner binary once.
Later runs reuse the digest after one `stat`.
- **Cache staleness.** The cache keys on device, inode, size, mtime and
ctime. An in-place rewrite changes mtime and ctime, and a replaced file
changes its inode, so a changed binary is hashed again.
- **stderr.** `execFileSync` wrote a child's stderr to the server's
stderr. `execFileBuffered` captures it. Tar warnings no longer appear in
server logs; errors and exit codes are unchanged.
- **Persisted state.** No persisted shape changes. Old saved state and
new code (and the reverse) read the same manifests and digests.
- **Not converted in this PR:** small metadata syscalls (`existsSync`,
`lstatSync`, `readdirSync`, small JSON reads and writes, renames) in the
native state machines. Some of these rely on running synchronously. Also
not converted: the sync harness backup verify inside the sync
restart-authority checks, and the sync stamp verify in
`native-harness-backup-storage.ts`. Both are listed for a follow-up.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), used through Claude
Code with tool use, shell, 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 (code
comments carry the contract)
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
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DottaandClaude 08ff0828d6 fix(native): offer Retry at once when the Runner refuses a turn start on a closed session (#20729)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native ACPX run (for example Claude) starts each turn with
`turn.start`. When a start is cut off, the Runner reads the sidecar's
dispatch journal (#20675).
> - If the prompt never left, the Runner keeps the session reopenable,
and the same-run resume sends the prompt once. If the prompt may have
left, the Runner closes the session, because a resend could duplicate
it.
> - A closed session cannot reopen for the same run. Every same-run
resume got `ACPX session is not open`. The server treated that as a
generic interruption and spent three attempts (about 95 s) before the
board offered Retry.
> - This pull request gives that refusal a closed class in the Runner
and a permanent, named failure code in the server.
> - The benefit is that the board offers a working Retry on the first
refusal, while every recoverable case keeps recovering by itself.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave `w-20261111T011704-s9107`, task t05 (local, claude,
workload C1, fault TM2). A freeze cut off a turn start, and the Runner
saved the session `closed`. Three same-run resumes each failed with `PRP
command turn.start failed: … "message":"ACPX session is not open"`.
Recovery stopped with `native_session_retry_exhausted` at 01:25:14, and
the board then offered Retry. The Retry run succeeded.

**Expected behavior**
When the Runner proves the session is closed for this run, the run stops
at the first refusal with a named failure, and the board offers a Retry
that works. A start that the Runner proved never reached the provider
still recovers by itself.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-closed-session-retry.integration.test.ts`
2. On master, "offers Retry on the first refusal, and Retry starts a new
run" fails: the coordinator is `retryable_failure` /
`native_session_interrupted` (a same-run retry in 30 s).

Refs #20675, #20720

## What Changed

- Runner (`durable/mod.rs`, `acpx_provider_backend.rs`): new closed
class `provider_session_closed`. The Runner sets it on these refusals:
- a turn start that saves the session `closed` (`ACPX turn start failed
closed: …`), but not the rejected-checkpoint case, which stays
`prepared` and reopens;
- `ACPX session is not open` when the saved lifecycle is `closed` for
this run;
- the saved turn-end-restart refusal for this run (asserted in
`acpx_turn_end_restart`).
A session that waits for provider-exit proof can reopen after a restart.
Its refusal gets no class.
- Server (`native-session-executor.ts`): a `turn.start` failure with
that class maps to the new permanent code
`native_provider_session_closed`. The server reads the class from the
authenticated command result, and from the command-failure text if the
error was rewrapped. `nativeSessionFailureDisposition` treats the code
as permanent, so the first refusal ends the run as `terminal_failure`
with a board owner and a plain next action.
- Docs: `packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md` states the
class and the older-Runner behavior.
- Tests:
- `native-closed-session-retry.integration.test.ts` (new, embedded
Postgres) drives `executePaperclipNativeSession` with the Runner
refusal. On the first refusal, the board shows `canRetry: true`.
`requestTaskRetry` is accepted, and `resumeTaskRetry` starts exactly one
new run with a fresh provider session. A start proved undispatched stays
`retryable_failure`.
- Unit tests in `native-session-executor.test.ts`: both closed refusals,
a rewrapped error, an undispatched start, an unclassified older-Runner
refusal, and a class on another command.
- Rust `acpx_cut_turn_start`: a start cut off before dispatch has no
class. A start cut off after dispatch, and the later refusal, carry
`provider_session_closed`.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: step 1 above.
- `npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`: 1358/1358
pass.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test acpx_park_preparation` (26
pass), `--lib acpx` (94 pass), `--test acpx_provider_turns --test
acpx_provider_session --test acpx_warm_attachment` (all pass), `cargo
fmt --check` clean.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json`: clean.
- Not run: a chaos wave.

## Risks

- This changes the Rust Runner. Daytona needs a new runner image before
remote runs get the class. Until then, an older Runner sends the refusal
without the class, and the server keeps today's bounded same-run
retries. That path is unchanged and ends with a working Retry. The
server does not trust the text alone, because an older Runner sends the
same text for a session that can still reopen.
- The class is set only where the Runner's saved state proves that no
later start of this run can reopen the session. A false class would cost
one automatic resume and show Retry earlier. It never replays provider
work.
- No persisted shape changes. The class is an optional field of a failed
command result. Old saved state resumes unchanged. Nothing new runs
before `turn.start`.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude (Anthropic), model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, run in Claude Code
with tool use (shell, file edit) and extended reasoning.

## 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
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DottaandClaude 200c6e40e2 fix(native): restart a bootstrap whose Runner suspended before the provider opened (#20691)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - When a native run's first provider start fails before any session
opens, Paperclip retries the bootstrap on the same run. Durable
controller evidence proves that no provider session or provider event
exists.
> - A remote sandbox keeps the Runner state inside the workspace. A
replacement sandbox gets that state back when the saved workspace is
restored.
> - When the provider refused `session.open` (for example an Anthropic
429), the Runner still suspended cleanly. Its state says `suspended`,
but the provider state has no session identity.
> - The same-run restart handled a Runner that never suspended. It did
not handle a Runner that suspended before the provider opened a session.
It failed with `runner_harness_state_mismatch:
provider_identity_incomplete (provider_not_suspended)`, and the task
showed "Recovery needed" without Retry.
> - This pull request lets that proven restart set the unopened session
aside and start the provider again.
> - The benefit is that a rate-limited provider start continues by
itself after the limit resets.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20627 and #20683 (other restore paths). This PR changes only the
same-run bootstrap restart.

**What happened?**

Two ACPX Claude tasks on remote Daytona sandboxes, on staging:

1. The first attempt sent `session.open`. ACPX rejected it with
`classification=provider_rate_limit` (Anthropic 429). The Runner exited
with `lifecycle=suspended`.
2. Paperclip recorded `recoveryMode: bootstrap_retry`,
`providerSessionEstablished: false`, `providerEventsExist: false`, and a
retry after the limit reset.
3. One hour later the retry ran as `bootstrap_incomplete` on the same
run, in a new sandbox with the saved workspace restored.
4. Host preparation inspected the restored Runner state. The Runner was
`suspended`, but the provider had no session identity. The inspection
threw `provider_identity_incomplete (provider_not_suspended)` before the
bootstrap restart branch ran.
5. The run failed. The task stopped at "Recovery needed" with only
inspect actions.

**Expected behavior**

The restart sets the unopened session aside and opens a new provider
session, as it already does for a Runner that never suspended.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Restart a remote run as `bootstrap_incomplete` with a proven
bootstrap restart.
2. Give the sandbox a Runner state for this run with `lifecycle:
suspended` and a provider state with no session identity.
3. Prepare the host. On `master` it throws
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: provider_identity_incomplete`.

The new `interrupted_bootstrap_unopened` cases of `bootstraps only an
untouched provider session in a $outcome workspace lease` run these
steps for a created and a resumed lease.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at `7435abcc63`.

## What Changed

- During host preparation, a Runner state that is suspended with no
provider session identity returns the new incomplete reason
`provider_unopened`, but only when all of these hold:
  - the run is restarting as `bootstrap_incomplete`;
  - the state belongs to this same run;
- the controller already recorded the bootstrap restart proof (its
durable journal shows no provider turn, and the old Runner is stopped or
absent).
- the provider state is the one saved before any session opened
(`remoteProviderStateNeverOpened`): `prepared`, no session or identity,
no turn in progress, no unconfirmed exit. Only ACPX and Codex-family
states qualify.
- The created-lease and resumed-lease restart branches share one check
(`restartableBootstrapState`) and accept `provider_unopened` exactly
like `not_suspended`. They move the old session aside and claim a new,
untouched session root.
- Every other case still throws `provider_identity_incomplete`: another
run's state, a restart without the proof, a normal resume, and close
checkpointing.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t
"bootstraps only an untouched provider session"`: 47 passed.
- Red on `master`: the `created` and `resumed`
`interrupted_bootstrap_unopened` cases fail with
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: provider_identity_incomplete
(identity_binding)`. Green with this change.
- Fail-closed cases stay red-proof:
`interrupted_bootstrap_unopened_unproven` (no restart proof) and
`interrupted_bootstrap_unopened_other_run` (another run's state) still
throw.
- Full `native-session-executor.test.ts` and `pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/server typecheck` pass.

## Risks

- Low risk. The new branch needs the same proof that already authorizes
a fresh bootstrap for a Runner that never suspended. The proof comes
from the controller's durable journal, not from the sandbox.
- The normal path is unchanged and has no added wait.
- Not proven live: I did not confirm on staging that the controller
recorded the restart proof for these runs. If it did not, the run still
fails closed as before.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code
execution in Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude a1ec05a1a4 fix(native): read settled harness state again after a dropped sandbox connection (#20690)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native Runner keeps one provider conversation across the per-turn
runs of a task. After each turn, the controller reads the settled Runner
and provider state out of the sandbox and saves it as the harness
backup.
> - A per-turn sandbox is released after the turn. The harness backup is
then the only copy of the provider session.
> - On staging, one dropped sandbox connection (`write ECONNRESET`)
during that read lost the backup. The run itself succeeded, because its
result was already accepted.
> - The next run of the task could not resume the conversation: `PRP
provider resume state is unavailable`. When the task was waiting for a
reply, the run stopped at "Recovery needed" with no Retry. A person had
to send a message to start a new conversation.
> - This pull request reads the settled state again when the sandbox
connection drops during that read.
> - The benefit is that one network reset no longer loses a task's
conversation.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20627 (warm backup restore when the source sandbox is idle) and
#20683 (relaunch of a settled runner). This PR changes a different step:
the backup capture at the end of a turn.

**What happened?**

A per-turn OpenCode task ran on a remote Daytona sandbox with reuse
disabled.

1. Run A accepted its result. The Runner suspended.
2. The controller read the settled state out of the sandbox. The read
failed with `remote checkpoint failed: write ECONNRESET`.
`harness_state.backup.persist` and `session.checkpoint.persist` failed.
3. Run A still finished as `succeeded`, because the result was durable.
The sandbox was released. No harness backup of turn A existed.
4. Run B started in a new sandbox. It failed in 0.2 s with
`native_session_recovery_failed: Error: PRP provider resume state is
unavailable`. When the prior turn yielded for a reply, the checkpoint
policy does not allow a replacement session, so the task showed
"Recovery needed" with only inspect actions.

On staging this happened on 4 tasks in 48 hours. In all 3 predecessor
runs that I could inspect, the backup capture failed. 2 of them show the
`ECONNRESET` in the run log. No deploy happened between run A and run B
in one case, so a deploy is not the cause.

**Expected behavior**

A transient connection drop while reading settled state does not lose
the provider conversation. The read is repeated, and the backup is
saved.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run the first durable turn of a remote OpenCode session.
2. Make the sandbox `syncOut` of the backup directories fail once with
`ECONNRESET`.
3. Call the settled checkpoint. On `master` it throws `write
ECONNRESET`, and no backup is saved.

The new test `uses the bundled Linux image authority for remote
opencode-new-durable-reset without controller overrides` runs these
steps.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at `7435abcc63`.

## What Changed

- The settled-state capture (inspect plus `syncOut` of each persistence
directory into a pending directory) is now one step that can repeat. The
step writes nothing durable, so it is safe to repeat.
- A dropped, reset or refused sandbox connection repeats the step, at
most 3 attempts, with 1 s and 2 s delays. Each repeat clears the pending
directory and inspects the live state again, so the copy always matches
the inspected identity.
- Any other failure fails at once, as before: a state mismatch, a
missing directory, an unsafe archive, or a TLS failure.
- The durable backup upload and the local publish run only after a
complete capture. They did not change.
- `isTransientRemoteCheckpointReadFailure` classifies the error with the
existing `classifyRemoteConnectionError`, plus a message match for SDK
errors that lose their `code`.
- The first completeness inspection and its visibility-window re-reads
use the same bounded retry (`retryTransientRemoteCheckpointRead`). A
dropped provider-state read keeps its `provider_state_unreadable`
refusal for every other caller, but the checkpoint retry looks through
it to the dropped read. Undici `fetch failed` and `no response returned`
also count as drops.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`: 1343
passed.
- Red on `master`: the new `opencode-new-durable-reset` case fails with
`Error: write ECONNRESET`. Green with this change.
- The `isTransientRemoteCheckpointReadFailure` test checks that state
mismatches, unsafe archives and TLS failures do not repeat.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.

## Risks

- Low risk. The normal path has no added wait. A repeat adds at most 3
s, and only after a connection failure.
- A repeated read inspects the live state again. If the state changed
between attempts, the existing identity checks still refuse it.
- A connection that stays down for all 3 attempts fails the same way as
before.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code
execution in Claude Code.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
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- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
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- [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
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#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
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links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
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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
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DottaandClaude 2eede8b318 fix(native): give a relaunched settled runner its admitted provider pack (#20683)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - After a server restart or a same-run retry, a remote native run
reattaches to its runner in the sandbox (`reattach_remote_runner`).
> - When the controller saved the runner artifact, the executor prepares
that run as an adoption. It skips provider-pack selection, because a
live adopted runner keeps its launched provider.
> - The reattach probe can instead find the runner settled and exited
(`verifyRemoteRunnerOrSettledExit`). Then nothing is adopted, and the
transport relaunches the runner from its durable state. That relaunch
must start the provider again, so it needs the provider-pack launch
inputs.
> - The executor did not give them. OpenCode failed with "OpenCode
executable is missing from the provider pack". ACPX failed with "ACPX
launch profile omitted its provider-pack authority or verified artifact
digests". Both ended the run.
> - This pull request selects the saved (admitted) provider-pack
authority on that settled-exit relaunch and verifies it as an exact
installed identity, as an ordinary reattach does.
> - The benefit is that a restart or a same-run retry can resume an
exited runner with the same provider pack, instead of failing.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
On a hosted staging instance, two OpenCode runs and one ACPX (Claude)
run were interrupted by a deploy (SIGTERM) or ended a turn without a
result. The server scheduled a same-run retry that reattached to the
existing remote runner. The runner had exited cleanly
(`runner_remote_process_exited lifecycle=suspended`). The retry then
failed within three seconds with
`runner_remote_provider_artifact_incompatible`.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Prepare a remote OpenCode or ACPX run with a persisted runner
artifact (`controllerPersistence.runnerArtifact`).
2. Reattach with `restartRecovery.kind = "reattach_remote_runner"`,
where the runner process is not running and its state is `suspended` and
settled.
3. Observe that the transport options have no `adoptExistingRunner`, no
`providerPackAuthorityDigest` and no `opencodeCommand` /
`acpxSidecarSha256`.

**Expected behavior**
The relaunch gets the admitted provider pack's launch inputs, or it
fails with a clear pack-identity error.

## What Changed

- `createRunnerdBackend` (native session executor): when a
persisted-runner reattachment finds no live runner to adopt, select the
saved provider-pack authority (`reattach: true`), so
`expectedProviderPackManifest` is the admitted pack.
- `prepareRemoteRunnerAssets` no longer returns early for that relaunch.
It verifies the installed pack as an exact identity and sets the active
pack root, the same path as a reattach without a persisted artifact.
- A live adopted runner is unchanged: it still skips pack selection.
- The test `uses the bundled Linux image authority for remote
opencode|claude-x64` now also covers the settled-exit relaunch for
OpenCode and ACPX.

## Verification

- RED on `origin/master` (`c444da7d05`): the extended test fails for
`opencode` and `claude-x64` (the relaunch options have no provider-pack
inputs).
- GREEN with this change: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest
run src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "uses
the bundled Linux image authority"` (14 passed).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- `pnpm verify`: see the result below.

## Risks

- Upgrade safety: the relaunch reads the saved authority, so a newer
controller does not select a newer pack for an older session. It
requires an exact installed identity. If the sandbox no longer has that
pack, the relaunch fails with a pack-identity error, and the existing
Retry path applies, as before.
- No change to a live adoption, to fresh runs or to the normal path
before `turn.start`.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

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

## 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
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2026-11-10 19:14:43 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 fd6e71a7ff fix(native): restore a warm backup when its source sandbox is idle (#20627)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on remote sandboxes keep a warm sandbox and a verified
harness backup so the next run continues the same provider session
> - A run that starts while the previous run's workspace export is still
saving gets a new (created) sandbox lease, because reuse skips an
exporting sandbox
> - When that run prepares the harness, it finds a backup but no
recorded reusable lease, and it fails closed with
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: backup_without_reusable_lease`
> - #20278 accepted a destroyed source and a settled restore hold as
retired backup sources, but not an idle warm source that is still
`retained` for reuse
> - This pull request accepts an idle warm source under the same proofs,
claims it so it is never resumed again, and covers the resumed lease
that the failed run leaves behind
> - The benefit is that these recoveries continue the same session
automatically instead of blocking the task

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20278

**What happened?**
A monitor wake started about 90 seconds after the previous run on the
same task finished. The previous run's warm sandbox lease was `retained`
with policy `reuse_by_environment`, but its workspace export was still
saving. Reuse skipped it and created a new sandbox. Workspace
realization waited for the export (about 136 s) and restored the saved
files. Then harness preparation found the previous run's backup (its
lease stamp names this exact manifest, and no provider work followed
it). The source lease was not destroyed and was not a restore hold, so
the run failed with `native_session_recovery_failed: Error:
runner_harness_state_mismatch: backup_without_reusable_lease` and the
task was blocked.

**What did you expect?**
The run continues the same provider session. The idle source sandbox
holds exactly the backed-up state, so restoring the backup into the new
sandbox is safe.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Finish a warm native run on a remote sandbox. Its workspace export is
still saving.
2. Start the next run on the same task before the export settles.
3. Reuse skips the exporting sandbox and creates a new lease. Harness
preparation fails with `backup_without_reusable_lease`.
4. A retry resumes that new lease, which has no harness state, and fails
with `resumed_unavailable`.

## What Changed

- `native-retired-backup-source.ts`: an idle warm source is a third
retired backup source. It must be `released` or `retained` with policy
`reuse_by_environment`, its own run must be terminal and not the current
run, and it must have no cleanup in flight, no restore hold or pending
shutdown settlement, and no pending native workspace export. The backup
stamp, single-owner chain, and later-provider-work checks still apply.
- Before the restore, the idle source is claimed with a compare-and-swap
on the checked row. The claim moves its `reusableSandboxLease` scope
into a `reusableSandboxLeaseSuperseded` receipt. Reuse never resumes
that older state again, and the next acquisition treats it as obsolete
and destroys it. If a run resumed or changed the source first, the claim
matches no row and the backup is not restored.
- `environments.ts`: a cross-run reuse handoff now requires that the
source row has no superseded receipt. The supersede claim and the
handoff compete on the same row, so an acquisition that selected the
source before the claim cannot resume it afterward.
- The proof now rejects a backup whose source is the target allocation
itself (`targetProviderLeaseId`).
- `native-session-executor.ts`: a resumed lease whose sandbox has no
harness state at all (`unavailable`) restores the backup under the same
proof. This recovers the lease that the failed run left behind, so rows
saved by older releases recover after deploy without a migration.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: documents the idle-source rule, the
supersede claim, and the resumed stateless lease.

## Verification

- Red before the fix, green after:
- `native-session-executor.test.ts` "restores a warm backup into a
created lease only when an idle warm source finished its run and its
export" failed with `backup_without_reusable_lease`.
- "... a resumed lease never held the session and the warm source is
idle" failed with `resumed_unavailable`.
- `native-retired-backup-source.integration.test.ts` (real Postgres)
"authorizes an idle retained/released warm source and claims it as
superseded" failed (returned false).
- Integration test "refuses a reuse handoff of a source superseded while
its provider resume was pending" fails without the handoff guard and
passes with it.
- Safety rows stay refused: source run still running, workspace export
pending, cleanup in flight, restore into its own allocation, stamp names
another checkpoint, provider work after the backup, two host leases for
one allocation, claim lost to another run, and a resumed lease that lost
its own state. Existing destroyed-source and restore-hold rows are
unchanged.
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-retired-backup-source.integration.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/remote-warm-session-recovery.test.ts` passes
(1408 tests).
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json` passes.
- `pnpm verify` exits 2 because a global CI input
(`doc/execution-semantics.md`) changed. Required CI supplies the broad
coverage.

## Risks

- Previous-release story: no persisted shape changes. Lease rows saved
by earlier releases carry forward. The new
`reusableSandboxLeaseSuperseded` metadata key is additive.
- The idle source is destroyed at the next acquisition for its
workspace. Its state is the verified backup, which the restored lease
now holds, so no work is lost.
- Not covered: when the source cannot be proven retired or idle (for
example a live owner or later provider work), the run still fails closed
with the same named code. An automatic fresh-session fallback for that
case is not in this PR.
- The root trigger (reuse skips a sandbox while its export saves, then
waits for that export) is unchanged. This PR does not change the reuse
lookup.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic), model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, with tool use
and code execution in Claude Code.

## 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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2026-11-10 14:11:10 -06:00
Nicky LeachandPaperclip 19e938415a fix(runtime): omit Codex refresh handoffs from backups (#20614)
## Thinking Path

> - Managed ACPX Codex retains its final refresh after provider exit so
Core can save it.
> - Shutdown saves a checkpoint before Core removes the live credential
handoff.
> - Checkpoint profiles must exclude the handoff while retaining
resumable session history.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Follow-up to #20580 and its credential-backup review finding. Refs
#20457.

## What Changed

- Exclude `auth-refresh.json` and `auth-refresh.json.tmp` from the
shared Codex checkpoint profile, covering native and ACPX homes.
- Extend real checkpoint-copy coverage to ACPX Codex, both handoff
filenames, and native Codex. Keep the live files and session history
intact.

## Verification

- A real ACPX checkpoint-copy test failed before the exclusion fix; Grok
passed.
- Five targeted real-copy/profile tests pass, including after applying
the change to current master.
- `git diff --check` and local secret/PII diff review pass.
- Full regression coverage runs in GitHub CI at the maintainer's
request. No live provider credentials were used.

## Risks

- Two entries added to an existing exclusion list; no runtime lifecycle,
schema, persisted identity, or session format changes. Saved sessions
remain readable. Existing backup restoration uses the same exclusion
profile.
- Provider credential cleanup still follows final writeback; excluding a
backup entry does not delete the live handoff.

## Model Used

- OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with tool-assisted implementation and
verification. The runtime does not expose a more specific 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
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2026-11-10 18:57:03 +00:00
Nicky Leach 17136a6c25 fix(runtime): persist managed Runner credential refreshes across execution targets (#20580) 2026-11-10 10:15:29 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 be0d100a8b fix(native): settle cleanup-gate refusals after a completed turn without a dead-end Retry (#20572)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs execute a provider turn, then close the provider session
and prove it stopped
> - When close cannot prove that the old runner, provider and tools
stopped, the runner holds a cleanup gate
(`native_session_cleanup_quarantined`) that refuses the next session on
that task
> - A run finished its provider turn and saved its work. A server
restart had left one tool callback without a saved result, so close
could not prove the drain, and the gate refused the run's own same-run
recovery 30 seconds later
> - The task then showed "Couldn't finish this attempt" with a Retry
button, but the retry route refuses this error code with 409. The saved
error text told an operator to act
> - This pull request makes the task projection, the execution blocker,
the executor and the retry route agree, and replaces the operator text
with plain wording
> - The benefit is that finished work no longer looks like a failed
attempt, and the UI never offers a Retry that the server refuses

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A remote native run completed its provider turn and saved its comments
and documents. A server restart during the turn left one semantic tool
callback without a saved result. Session close then reported
`native_session_settlement_incomplete` (runner suspended, provider drain
unproven), and the runner kept an operator-required cleanup gate. The
same-run disposition recovery was refused at admission, and the run
ended `failed` with `native_session_cleanup_quarantined`.

**Expected behavior**
The task should show its real state (here, waiting on a child task). It
should not show a failure banner or a Retry that the server refuses. No
text should ask an administrator to act.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a remote native run and restart the server while a tool
callback runs.
2. Let the resumed turn complete without a semantic result, so a
same-run recovery is scheduled.
3. Observe the refusal at admission, the "Couldn't finish this attempt"
banner, and a Retry that returns 409.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at d0057ee384 (remote native runner, Daytona sandbox).

## What Changed

- Add `server/src/services/native-runtime/completed-turn-cleanup.ts`. It
holds one predicate for "a cleanup-gate refusal after this run's own
provider turn completed" and the plain user wording. It reads only the
saved `errorCode` and `runnerProfileJson.sessionCheckpoint`.
- `task-interruption-presentation.ts`: the projection never sets
`canRetry: true` for a cleanup-quarantined run, which matches
`routes/agents.ts` and `canRetryStoppedRun`. A quarantine after a
completed turn projects as `resolved` only while the task waits on
unresolved blocker tasks, so the task shows that wait. Without such a
wait, the missing task disposition stays visible. Other quarantined runs
show a plain settling message without Retry. The list query computes the
completed-turn fact in SQL.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: the refusal keeps its permanent, named
code, its hold and its ownership, and does not replay provider work. The
next action uses plain wording, and names the saved work after a
completed turn.
- `execution-blocker.ts`: show plain wording for this code instead of
the stored error text, also for rows that earlier releases saved.
- Runner error message and retry-route conflict message use plain
wording.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: document how the cleanup gate settles
and how the task shows it.

## Verification

- Red before the fix, green after:
- `server/src/services/task-interruption-presentation.test.ts` "native
cleanup quarantine presentation" (2 failed before: `canRetry: true`,
`state: failed`).
- `server/src/__tests__/task-interruption-query.test.ts` "reads a
quarantine saved after a completed turn as settled work" (real Postgres,
row in the previous release's saved shape; before: `state: failed,
canRetry: true`).
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`
"settles a cleanup refusal after a completed turn" (before: operator
next action and board ownership).
- `server/src/services/explicit-native-continuation.test.ts` "shows
plain wording for a cleanup refusal saved with the earlier operator
text" (before: stored operator text).
- The four files pass in full: 1851 tests.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `server` and `packages/paperclip-runner`.
- `pnpm verify` returns exit 2 (a global doc input changed), so required
CI supplies the broad coverage.
- No UI files changed, so token gates and UI tests do not apply.

## Risks

- Previous-release story: no persisted shape changes. Runs that earlier
releases quarantined carry forward. The new rules read existing fields,
so these runs show the new projection without a migration.
- The code stays permanent and named. No automatic provider replay is
added.
- A quarantine whose turn did not complete keeps its board-owned
recovery. Only its text and its Retry visibility change.
- The runner still keeps the in-process cleanup gate until environment
release proves the stop. Existing lease termination receipts
(`acknowledgeRemoteStop`) clear it. This PR does not change the runner
drain rule for a callback that a restart orphaned. That is a separate
follow-up.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, used through Claude
Code with tool use 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

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2026-11-10 11:09:59 -06:00
Nicky LeachandPaperclip 2e3cbe57a4 fix(native): preserve parked Runners across controller restarts (#20586)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native execution parks a released sandbox Runner for a later turn.
> - The warm idle timer detaches Core and leaves Runner retention to the
host.
> - Controller shutdown instead stops recently parked Runners through
checkpoint cleanup.
> - This makes reuse depend on whether the idle timer fired before
shutdown.
> - This pull request uses the same detach operation for idle expiry and
shutdown.
> - The benefit is consistent Runner retention without a new retention
or recovery mechanism.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Fixes: #20012.
Related: #20005 unified cached and adopted process reuse. Closed #19975
included this shutdown change within a broader retention proposal.

## What Changed

- Detach confirmed released entries during controller shutdown. Keep
busy, unreleased, and close-marked entries on the existing cleanup path.
- Share the detach operation with idle expiry and cached-owner handoff.
- Record that a local handle has started detaching. Later cleanup cannot
fall back to stopping its Runner after a partial detach failure.
- Preserve explicit environment deletion, release proof, admission, and
process-reuse checks.
- Add Codex and Claude restart, detach-failure, and environment-deletion
regressions. Add real Runner adoption cases after the restart sweep,
including managed GitHub rebinding.
- Document the lifetime rule and make the shutdown warning cover both
detach and checkpoint failures.

## Verification

- Final source revision: `e4bb6ecbd7`. Local environment: macOS arm64,
Node 26.12.0.
- New controller-restart and detach-failure tests fail against unchanged
master: 4 expected failures. Old shutdown calls close or reports success
instead of reporting detach failure.
- Focused executor tests: 22 passed.
- Full native session executor suite: 1,328 passed.
- `cd server && node scripts/typecheck-layers.mjs`: passed all source
and test layers.
- `node scripts/check-module-boundaries.mjs` and `git diff --check`:
passed.
- Manual diff review and added-line credential/PII scan: passed.
- `cd server && node ../node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run
src/services/native-runtime/plugin-runner-release-resume.integration.test.ts
--bail=1 --reporter=verbose`: 14 passed on this revision. This includes
new Codex and Claude restart cases and managed GitHub rebinding.
- Failure history: an earlier concurrent run had 4 passes and 10
failures. Its first failure was the existing Claude cached case
exceeding 60 seconds. Later cases encountered a leftover prototype spy,
recursive calls, and startup timeouts. No source changed before the
passing full rerun. A clean worktree of unchanged master (`e01fe7f84a`)
passed all 11 original cases. The first timeout's exact cause remains
unknown; the later pass does not establish that cause.
- Standard Greptile review: 5/5 on
`e4bb6ecbd7bd965b5f56507d2c42c580e8a1d547`, with no actionable findings.
- `node scripts/local-verify.mjs --explain` returned exit 2 because the
execution-semantics document requires broad CI. Required CI will supply
broad typecheck, test, and build coverage.
- A hosted deployment and an actual controller process replacement have
not been run. The added integration cases exercise the shutdown sweep
and a new adopting transport against a real Runner.

## Risks

- SIGINT and SIGTERM preserve confirmed parked Runners, including
ordinary service stops. The host still owns eviction and retention.
- Detach failure retains a fenced local owner and reports failure. Core
does not infer permission to stop the Runner from that failure.
- Reuse remains conditional on current admission, process configuration,
and host availability.
- No persisted schema, checkpoint format, launch identity, or migration
changes. State from the previous release uses the existing adoption or
verified restore paths.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-6, with reasoning, repository inspection, tool use,
and local test execution. The exact deployment 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 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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2026-11-10 16:48:30 +00:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 c0593b69f1 fix(accounting): close a remote-Runner turn completed across a session restore as a lower bound (#20524)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native runs settle their charge once the final usage receipt is
complete.
> - #20517 fixed one case for the local Runner. If a restart stops the
provider before a turn's final usage report, and the restored Runner
then reports that turn completed, the turn now closes as a lower bound
instead of waiting 10 minutes.
> - Remote Runners deliver usage through a separate producer-owned
receiver. That receiver dropped `session.resumed`, so the same turn
there still waited for the 10-minute closure timeout.
> - This pull request applies the #20517 rule to that receiver.
> - The benefit is that remote ACPX and OpenCode runs settle promptly
with an honest lower-bound label after a mid-turn restore.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20517.

**What happened?**

After #20517, `session.resumed` reached turn accounting only through the
local Runner's fallback recorder. The remote producer receiver
(`native-usage-delivery.ts`) and the session-authority filter
(`isNativeUsageAccountingEvent`) both dropped it. A remote ACPX or
OpenCode turn that was open across a session restore, and then reported
terminal without a complete report, left the receipt incomplete until
the closure timeout.

**Expected behavior**

Same rule as the local Runner. Such a turn closes as a lower bound right
away. A complete report that arrives after the restore is still used,
and a turn that starts after the restore stays pending until its own
report is complete.

**Steps to reproduce**

`native-usage-delivery.integration.test.ts > a turn restored mid-turn on
a remote Runner > closes the turn as a lower bound, also after the
controller restarts between restore and terminal` fails on master: the
receipt stays `accountingReceiptReady: false`.

## What Changed

- **Receiver (`createNativeUsageReceiver`).** It now accepts
`session.resumed` for turn-reporting providers (ACPX, OpenCode) while a
turn is open. It journals the restore as a receipt like any other
producer event, so turn accounting marks the open turn restored. A
replacement controller rebuilds the same state from that journal.
- **Restores never fail delivery.** A restore from another run or
source, or one with no open turn, is ignored, not rejected. An
unacknowledged lifecycle event would otherwise replay without end.
- **Session-authority filter.** `acceptAccountingEvent` now uses a new
`isNativeUsageDeliveryEvent`: the usage events plus `session.resumed`. A
restore for another run is ignored there too.
- **Recovery routing is unchanged.** `acceptRecoveryAccountingEvent` and
`onRecoveryAccountingEvent` keep the usage-only
`isNativeUsageAccountingEvent`, so a source run's restore never requires
a proven recovery source.
- **Turn accounting** gets a `hasOpenTurn()` helper.
- **Docs:** `doc/SPEC-implementation.md` now covers both Runners.

## Verification

- `native-usage-delivery.integration.test.ts`, describe `a turn restored
mid-turn on a remote Runner` (real PostgreSQL):

  | Test | On master | Here |
  |---|---|---|
| `closes the turn as a lower bound, also after the controller restarts
between restore and terminal`: the restore is journaled by one receiver
and the terminal arrives at a rebuilt one; replaying everything again is
idempotent | fails | passes |
| `keeps the turn's own final report when it arrives after the restore`
(guard) | passes | passes |
| `keeps a turn started after the restore pending, and journals nothing
for a restore with no open turn` (guard) | passes | passes |

- `native-session-executor.test.ts > binds retained warm transport usage
to the successor run authority` covers routing through the
session-authority filter:
  - a current-run restore reaches the successor's capture;
  - a draining-run restore reaches the drained capture;
  - an unrelated-run restore resolves with no capture;
  - recovery routing ignores a source restore.

It fails when the filter is reverted to `isNativeUsageAccountingEvent`.
- Related suites pass: `native-usage-delivery.integration` and
`native-usage-accounting` (46 tests), and the usage, accounting, receipt
and authority cases in `native-session-executor.test.ts` (224 tests).
Server typecheck passes.
- **The live remote path is unproven.** No Daytona wave ran because the
Daytona Runner image has not been rebuilt yet. The local Runner
counterpart (#20517) passed restart-chaos L1, seed 20386, 4/4
(`w-20261110T104332-s20386`).

## Risks

- **Upgrade safety.** Usage state saved by current master has no
journaled restore and rebuilds as before. A receiver that predates this
change replays a journaled restore as an ignored event, which is the
behaviour on master. A restore that an older controller already
acknowledged is not replayed, so that run waits for the closure timeout
as it does today.
- **One extra receipt per mid-turn restore**, only for ACPX and OpenCode
and only while a turn is open. Nothing is added before `turn.start`: a
restore with no open turn returns immediately.
- **Codex and other providers are unaffected.** They do not use turn
accounting.
- No schema or persisted-format change.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic), model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, used through
Claude Code with shell, file-edit and code-execution tools.

## 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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2026-11-10 05:42:52 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 37808f2a4e fix(accounting): close a local-Runner turn completed across a session restore as a lower bound (#20517)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native runs record usage receipts, and accounting settles a run's
charge once its final receipt is complete.
> - ACPX Claude reports provisional zero usage until a turn ends, then
one final report.
> - A restart can stop the provider after the agent's finish call and
before that final report. The restored Runner then resumes the session
and reports the same turn completed with no complete report.
> - The receipt stayed incomplete, so the accepted run waited for the
10-minute closure timeout and then settled as unpriced. Its spend was
missing from company totals in the meantime.
> - This pull request closes such a turn as a lower bound, the same way
a turn the Runner fails as lost on restore is already closed.
> - The benefit is that an accepted run settles right away with its
observed usage and an honest lower-bound label.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20484 (restart-chaos L1 contention follow-up).

**What happened?**

After #20484 fixed the database contention, restart-chaos L1 (`--seed
20386 --db-pressure 4`, codex and claude, K1) reached 4/4 tasks done.
Each task still failed the T-oracle `company_spend_settled` with
`pending_runs=1`. A replay on master with `--keep`
(`w-20261110T100747-s20386`) reproduced it, and I read the kept
database:

- The pending run (`71f71d10`, ACPX Claude) succeeded and had its result
accepted. Its usage had `accountingReceiptReady: false`, zero tokens,
`costStatus: unpriced`, and no cost event.
- Its only turn started before K1, and every usage report in it was
provisional (`runDeltaComplete: false`). K1 struck right after the
agent's `paperclip_finish` call (source seq 118), before the turn's
final report.
- On restart, recovery verified the local process stopped and resumed
the session (`session.resumed`, seq 119). The restored Runner then
reported the same turn `turn.completed` (seq 124) with no usage report.
- The other Claude run in that wave lost its turn as
`provider_turn_lost_on_restore`, ran a new turn live with full usage,
and settled at once.

**Expected behavior**

An accepted run whose open turn's final report was lost with the
provider process settles promptly. It records its observed usage as a
lower bound, like a turn lost on restore. A complete report that does
arrive after the restore is still used.

**Steps to reproduce**

`server/src/services/native-runtime/native-usage-accounting.test.ts >
closes a turn that completed across a session restore without its final
report, as a lower bound` uses the event sequence from the kept
database. It fails on master because the snapshot stays incomplete.

## What Changed

- `createNativeTurnAccounting` observes `session.resumed` and marks
every open turn as restored. A terminal event for a restored turn
without a complete report marks it lost. The snapshot then closes it as
a lower bound (`accountingUsageLost`), through the existing
lost-on-restore path. A new `turn.started` clears the mark.
- A lost terminal turn keeps its identity in the snapshot, so the
executor's terminal-turn match certifies the final checkpoint as
complete. This came from review.
- The native session executor includes `session.resumed` when it
rebuilds turn state from the run's event log after a controller restart.
- `doc/SPEC-implementation.md` documents the case next to the existing
lost-on-restore rule.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: `native-usage-accounting.test.ts > closes a
turn that completed across a session restore without its final report,
as a lower bound`. It also checks that replaying the history twice gives
the same snapshot.
- Red on the first revision, green after the review fix:
`native-session-executor.test.ts > certifies a turn completed across a
session restore as a lower bound (history replay: false|true)`. It
drives the restored sequence through executor completion, both live and
from the event history.
- New guards that pass before and after:
- `keeps a restored turn's own final report when it arrives after the
restore`: a complete report after resume is used, not marked lost.
- `keeps an incomplete turn pending when the session resumed before it
started`.
- The existing `keeps an incomplete provider report pending instead of
trusting placeholder zeroes` still passes.
- Related suites pass: `native-usage-accounting`,
`native-usage-delivery.integration`, `closed-native-receipt-accounting`
(107 tests), and the usage, accounting and receipt cases in
`native-session-executor.test.ts` (151 tests). Server typecheck passes.
- Live, restart-chaos L1, seed 20386, `--db-pressure 4`, codex and
claude, K1, head `a6e521f06c`, clean worktree:
`w-20261110T104332-s20386` passed 4/4. R1–R6 and the T-oracle passed for
every task. `company_spend_settled` reported `pending_runs=0` (summary
85.30823 = cost events 85.30823), with zero serialization failures under
about 397k pressure updates. On master the same seed failed every task
on `company_spend_settled pending_runs=1` (`w-20261110T100747-s20386`,
among others).

## Risks

- A restored turn without a complete report now settles at its observed
usage, flagged as a lower bound, instead of after 10 minutes as "closure
timed out". In both cases the final report never arrived. The money
recorded is the same observed usage; only the timing and the provenance
label differ.
- Scope: local Runner only. The executor fallback-recorder path sees
`session.resumed`. The producer-owned delivery path for remote runners
(`native-usage-delivery.ts`, `isNativeUsageAccountingEvent`) still drops
it, so a remote ACPX/OpenCode turn restored mid-turn still waits for the
closure timeout. That is a follow-up.
- No schema or persisted-format change.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic), model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, used through
Claude Code with shell, file-edit and code-execution tools.

## 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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2026-11-10 04:46:29 -06:00
DottaandPaperclip 0e325e8d52 fix(runner): settle saved handoffs after verified shutdown (#20336)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - An agent can save a question or approval handoff before its provider
stops.
> - A missing provider terminal notification does not prove that the
saved work failed.
> - Runner already verifies provider exit, event drain, tool settlement
and suspension.
> - This change uses that proof to settle the same saved handoff.
> - Unproven shutdown holds continuation and explains that the work is
saved.
> - Recovery must never repeat the completed work or allow overlapping
execution.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20330. That PR extends the Codex terminal drain window. This
change handles the separate case where no terminal arrives but the owned
shutdown can prove stopped execution.

**What happened?**

A native run saved a human handoff, accepted cancellation, and later
stopped its provider. The missing terminal notification still made the
attempt fail and show “Couldn’t finish this attempt.”

**Expected behavior**

Keep the saved handoff. Accept its yielded result after either an
authoritative provider terminal or verified shutdown of the exact
execution. If shutdown remains uncertain, retain the handoff and explain
the hold without offering a duplicate Retry.

**Steps to reproduce**

Save a governed wait, acknowledge interruption, and omit the provider
terminal. The new regression uses the real Runner binary and a
controlled Codex process. The old runtime rejects the handoff instead of
asking the existing shutdown owner to settle it.

**Deployment mode**

Native Runner with Codex. Local verification used macOS arm64 and Node
26.4.0. Hosted sandbox recovery has not been qualified.

## What Changed

- Add an optional driver shutdown-settlement operation. Runner returns
proof only after its existing stop, drain, tool settlement and
suspension barrier passes.
- Bind the receipt to the run, normalized session and turn. Persist it
with the saved wait and validate it during recovery.
- Complete the same yielded handoff after verified shutdown. Retire the
stopped session from warm reuse. Do not invent a provider terminal or
complete usage.
- Retain a named shutdown-pending condition under the existing bounded
same-run recovery policy. Preserve actual provider failures and
integrity failures.
- Show saved-work shutdown guidance in task and inbox presentation. Keep
genuine approvals authoritative and disable duplicate Retry.
- Document the completion and restart contract. The checkpoint field is
additive; older checkpoints retain the terminal-or-shutdown path.

## Verification

- Red: the new runtime regression failed against the original
implementation because verified shutdown was never requested. Server
presentation and error-classification regressions also failed before the
fix.
- Red: both inbox shutdown states showed generic text before the inbox
change.
- Green: Runner runtime, shutdown and harness-backend suites pass 301
tests. Tests cover missing terminals, failed stop proof, wrong identity,
cancellation, late proof, genuine provider failure, and restart after
receipt persistence. Recovery completes once without another model turn.
- Green: the native executor and task-presentation suites pass 1,371
tests. Execution projection, inbox and blocker presentation pass 125
tests. Two test-authoring mistakes were corrected: an integrity-error
text expectation and an assertion for a nonexistent projection field.
Their initial failures remain in local logs.
- Runner TypeScript and full server layered type checks pass. Token
gates and diff whitespace checks pass.
- Live provider acceptance: real Runner and Codex with gpt-6.1-sol, one
disposable local workspace, one tool call, and one deliberately dropped
terminal notification. The saved file, bound settlement receipt, one
accepted yielded result, one provider turn, confirmed provider exit and
suspended Runner all passed. The tool handler and persistence port were
controlled. This does not claim a full server or hosted journey.
- The full browser question-and-answer cell stopped before execution
because OPENAI_API_KEY was absent. No model work ran in that attempt.
Hosted sandbox recovery and the full browser continuation journey remain
unverified.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 because the execution-spec change
requires broad CI. Required CI will supply that coverage; a full local
repository suite was not repeated.

- Review correction in `8553da244e`: a failed trailing-event write could
hide a provider failure. A new regression reproduced red, then passed
after all ordinary drain errors retained the named pending condition. No
settlement receipt or result can be accepted after that error. The live
missing-terminal check passed again on the corrected runtime.
- The real PostgreSQL control-plane regression and three existing
governed-wait controls pass. The new case persists one accepted yielded
result, a bound shutdown receipt, and the original pending human
question without a provider terminal.
- First CI revision `7c2cb9b1`: test-program typecheck found a missing
`PrpEvent` annotation in the new fixture. The annotation is fixed and
the Runner test-program typecheck passes. Runner support also timed out
in the unchanged `registered roots remain protected even when equal to
genuine public static bytes` case after 30 seconds. One unchanged local
diagnostic passed in 3.69 seconds overall. The hosted timeout cause
remains unknown; no timeout, fixture, or assertion was weakened.
[Original failed support
job](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42670851821/job/129346900133).

- Rebased onto the merged #20330 and current recovery changes. The
combined branch passes 1,402 executor/presentation tests. Both prompt
and 18-second provider terminals still pass. A warm session with no
terminal passes after the full 30-second drain and verified
stop/suspension. Its initial overly broad assertion rejected a
nonterminal turn event; the corrected assertion rejects every terminal
type. The rebased CI gate was cancelled before any runner or step
started; its cause is unconfirmed and it supplies no validation credit.
Final revision `b49ec5a144` starts fresh CI and review.

- Final-head CI attempt 1 failed before creating jobs. GitHub reports an
internal server error (correlation
`2c576b07-b67f-4179-a69f-74f7d99cd926`), followed by empty
runner-selection outputs for the aggregate jobs. One unchanged-commit
retry was requested; the initial admission failure remains recorded. [CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42673159868).

- **Current blocker:** final head
`b49ec5a144e94e41e96e2508a79bd9aec91fe45a` has a fresh 5/5 Greptile
review and zero unresolved threads, but required CI is not complete.
GitHub reports an active [Actions and Checks API
incident](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/tp8cghg7tlc4). Attempt
2 ran only part of the full selected graph. Build, canary, Rust, sandbox
providers, admitted browser shards and other completed test jobs passed.
The E2E aggregate correctly failed because `policy` and `e2e_shards` had
`abandoned` results. Server shard 5/12 received a runner shutdown signal
at 18:36:55 UTC and its test step was cancelled; its job still reports
in progress. The shutdown cause is not established. The separate review
workflow had the same pre-execution internal-error class and passed one
bounded retry. No further retry was submitted during the incident.
Resume with the missing/cancelled coverage after GitHub recovers; do not
count the absent typecheck, Runner or support jobs as passes. [Failed
coverage
gate](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42673159868/job/129354318236),
[interrupted server
shard](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42673159868/job/129350854174).

## Risks

- A missing terminal can use one additional bounded shutdown interval.
Unknown shutdown still blocks continuation.
- Provider terminal and usage accounting keep their separate meaning.
The receipt proves stopped execution and settled tool outcomes, not
model success.
- Recovery rejects a foreign receipt, a later turn, an active turn with
a settled receipt, and an actual failed provider terminal.
- There is no database migration. Older checkpoint shapes remain
readable. Drivers without this optional proof retain a named pending
state.
- This PR does not deploy the fix or repair an existing hosted task.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, repository tools and local
code execution. The exact serving model ID and context window are not
exposed in this session. Live test inference used gpt-6.1-sol.

## 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
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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2026-11-09 13:46:16 -06:00
Dotta a3e7e63330 Guard Native recovery with process-space proof and explicit containment (#19813)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agents and their work.
> - Recovery must preserve execution ownership and accepted results.
> - A saved PID proves nothing outside its recorded process namespace.
> - Uncertain unfinished work must stay held until its original owners
stop.
> - Operators need a source-bound containment action and a separate
ordinary Retry.
> - Accepted results must use the existing finalizer without another
provider turn.
> - This PR keeps those paths safe, recoverable, and quiet between real
obligations.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs: #19713

Refs: #19591

Recovery could use a local PID to release or replace a controller from
another process namespace. Connected-chat Retry also rejected successful
containment on a task in `todo`. The new containment action used a
broader permission than the existing owner-stop action. A later review
found that result-less guards also rejected the existing accepted-result
confirmation action.

## What Changed

- Record and verify the controller's kernel/PID namespace. Keep unknown
and foreign unfinished ownership held. Preserve independent durable stop
evidence and the existing remote lease fences.
- Use the shared accepted-result ownership reconciler. Bind settlement
to the observed lease token, generation, boot, PID, namespace and
process birth. Retain finalizer, cleanup, current-controller, live-owner
and remote exclusions.
- Share the remote-owner reader across recovery consumers. Scope runner
leases to the same company, task and run. Do not make local PID probes
for remote accepted-result ownership.
- Gate original-host containment on `runtime:confirm_owner_stop`. Bind
it to the current task, source, assignee, original expiry, lease and
Stop state. Audit separate controller/provider containment and reviewed
action outcomes.
- Keep containment separate from ordinary Retry. Use one canonical
committed receipt and the normal admission, budget, workspace and
lineage checks. Preserve the recorded external-action outcomes.
- Keep the controller-only confirmation actionable for both result-less
work and accepted results. Result-less work gets its next source-bound
attention in the same transaction. Accepted results keep their original
result and use normal shared settlement/finalization.
- Keep identity inspection quiet. Preserve the original foreign-owner
expiry and use the existing scoped finalizer in accepted-result recovery
controls.
- Update the recovery card, validators, execution projection, docs and
access maps. Reuse existing canonical columns; add no migration or
ownership backfill.

## Verification

Current publication head: `71ea76b568de09d6313d8992e803131d9d5c54f3`.

**The current fix has a causal red/green check.** On the test-only
revision, both foreign-local stopped/fenced controller cases failed
because recovery probed saved runner, process-group and provider PIDs in
this host's namespace. This measured the wrong probes; it did not run
duplicate providers. After the fix, the same two cases passed every
no-probe, no-claim, no-controller-stamp, no-stop-receipt and
unchanged-authority assertion. Three existing remote preparation, grace
and fenced-controller progress cases also passed. Total: **5 passed, 0
failed;170 filtered rows excluded**. All three normal affected App
TypeScript programs passed on this head (660,681 and428 roots).

The fix separates a controller wait from execution stop proof.
Independent live/grace evidence still schedules recovery. A
stopped/fenced foreign controller can pass this namespace guard only for
remote execution, which keeps its later checkpoint and never-launched
checks. Foreign local execution stays held before runner or provider PID
inspection.

Earlier source-scoped results remain evidence, not fresh executions on
the current head:

- On `c86dd741`, the complete failed-owner file passed **25/25**, with
no skips or filters. Empty scans wrote no controller stamps. Foreign
ownership kept its original expiry. Normal returned-claim settlement and
attention at the exact deadline passed.
- On `c86dd741`, **15 selected accepted-result/restart controls
passed**. The81 filtered rows are excluded. Both completion cases used
the existing scoped finalizer and kept their accepted result without
another provider turn.
- Trusted CI at synthetic merge `50d072a5` (actual master `1b7fe334`
plus `c86dd741`) passed the complete **17-case maintenance-server
file**. This includes the original90-real-second quiet observation and
two qualified hourly windows. The quiet case took118,918ms. The four
jobs that failed on the earlier publication all passed on that synthetic
merge.
- On `6243b32c`, the complete ownership-report file passed **29/29**.
Native NULL namespace stayed unprovable and generic compatibility
remained. Three selected recovery controls passed;170 filtered rows are
excluded.
- On `f81f2c3c`,356 business cases passed: whole ownership-route221,
recoveryUI70, owner-proof38 and controller-confirmation8; selected
accepted-result authority18; and one real connected-chat containment,
separate authorized Retry, useful Native result and downstream reply
case. The2,024 filtered rows are excluded. A separate earlier
accepted-result causal case kept the original result and completed after
restart without replay.

Normal Shared exports, App programs, UI typecheck, token gates and map
checks passed on their recorded revisions. Unchanged DB, adapter, Eval
and Runner inputs/outputs have explicit carry proofs. The clean normal
merge with fetched master `8fe524f7` preserves all31 exclusive owned
paths and14,827 unrelated master entries. The nine overlapping paths
were reviewed, including the upstream unidentified-run stop action.
Fresh CI must validate that actual merge composition.

PG cases used existing external PG17, fresh owned databases, pools at
most4, one worker and no SQL observer during cases. Registered clients
and recorded process groups closed. Independent final SQL audits found
zero campaign sessions before normal database cleanup. Original failing
fixtures remain retained.

Original failures are preserved. One new test first failed compilation
due to a missing getter import; an import-only correction passed its
full owning programs before the causal red/green check. A local quiet
attempt stopped in the normal prerequisite hook before any business case
and its collector rejected two normal build markers. The later17-case CI
pass establishes quiet recovery; it does not turn that failed local
collector into a pass. An earlier useful case passed before its private
cleanup collector failed on an owned read-only directory; normal cleanup
completed after all owners closed. Earlier runner-shutdown cancellation
and a separate private whole-suite failure remain unexplained.

Current-head checks are complete:57 success,1 neutral and3 skipped,
including the successful aggregate CI gate. The legacy status passed.
Greptile is5/5 and Ponytail gives an explicit5/5 Ship verdict for this
head. All seven review threads are resolved. Full recursive typecheck,
the full test suite and release build were not repeated locally. No
result here proves deployed suspension, a live provider or termination
on another host.

## Risks

- Unknown physical ownership can require an owner/admin action. A false
containment statement can be unsafe.
- New work, reassignment, Stop, renewed authority, accepted results or
pending cleanup can invalidate an action. The operator must refresh.
- Controller confirmation does not prove provider/tool containment.
Completed external actions must not be replayed.
- Generic legacy and child-process compatibility remains separate from
the strict Native controller policy.
- Existing saved state and canonical schema are preserved. Permanent
safety refusals remain held with their normal named recovery path.

## Model Used

OpenAI `gpt-6.1-sol` agents implemented and tested the changes with
reasoning, repository tools and code execution. A GPT-6-based Codex
managing agent reviewed and integrated them. The host does not expose
the manager's exact build or the context-window sizes.

## 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
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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2026-11-09 12:06:11 -06:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 2dd7a98753 fix(recovery): return a settled restore hold's warm sandbox to reuse (#20278)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Recovery tells a waiting parent or dependent when a child or blocker
stalls on the board (`issue_blocker_stalled`)
> - A legacy child that an older release bound to its parent's remote
workspace failed its save, and its save recovery was exhausted. Its
ended run still holds the shared workspace, days past the one-hour
holder cutoff
> - Workspace reservation refuses a run on such a hold and fails setup
with "The workspace still has an unfinished writer or save operation."
Every stall wake of the parent created a run that could only fail this
way
> - The stall sweep treated each failed run as an undelivered wake and
retried it every ten minutes, with no backoff and no limit. On staging
this made 72 failed runs (58 of 60 failures since a deploy), in pairs
every ten minutes
> - This pull request makes the stall sweep hold a wake while the
waiter's workspace hold refuses a run, and bounds retries of a wake
whose run fails
> - The benefit is that a held workspace no longer produces a failed run
every ten minutes, and the wake still arrives once the hold settles

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A parent task was woken by `issue_blocker_stalled` twice every ten
minutes. Each run failed in setup (`setup_failed`,
`executionRecovery.kind=bootstrap`, `providerWorkStarted=false`) with
"The workspace still has an unfinished writer or save operation." The
parent's remote workspace was held by a child's ended writer run whose
save recovery was exhausted
(`native_workspace_sync_out_retry_exhausted`, last failure
`agent_stop_unconfirmed`). The child shared the parent's workspace
because an older release created it before subtasks got their own
workspace (#19860).

**Expected behavior**
A wake that cannot start because its workspace is held must not create a
failed run every time. It should wait until the hold settles. Automatic
retries must be bounded.

**Root cause**
- `server/src/services/heartbeat/workspace-preparation.ts` rethrows
`RemoteWorkspaceWriterActiveError` as a setup failure when the ended
writer is silent past `WORKSPACE_BUSY_HOLDER_STALE_AFTER_MS`
(documented, intended).
- `server/src/services/recovery/blocker-stall-wakeups.ts` retried every
non-delivered wake row (including `failed`) after
`REFUSED_WAKE_RETRY_MS` (10 minutes) with no backoff and no limit, and
it did not check whether the waiter could start at all.

## What Changed

- `remote-workspace-writer-hold.ts`: add
`remoteWorkspaceHoldRefusesStart`, the one rule for a hold that
reservation refuses outright (unattributed writer, or a writer silent
past the cutoff with no live owner fence).
- `workspace-preparation.ts`: use that rule instead of an inline copy,
so reservation and wake senders cannot drift.
- `blocker-stall-wakeups.ts`: before waking a waiter, read its bound
remote workspace hold. When the hold refuses a run, do not wake it;
count it as deferred and re-check at most hourly. A workspace with an
unchanged-release baseline is left to reservation, which can release it.
- `blocker-stall-wakeups.ts`: a stall wake whose run failed is retried
after 10, then 20 minutes, and not after the third failed run. Refusals
(wake-on-demand off, agent paused) keep the 10-minute retry. A new stall
(new recovery action) wakes again.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: document both rules.

## Verification

- Red before the fix
(`server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-stall-wakeups.test.ts`): 3 new
tests failed. The held-workspace test got a delivered wake; the backoff
test got a third wake 11 minutes after the second failure.
- Green after the fix: `npx vitest run
src/__tests__/issue-blocker-stall-wakeups.test.ts` passes 20/20.
- The new tests use the staging shape: a legacy `shared_workspace`
remote workspace owned by the parent, a child bound to it, the child's
failed native writer run ended four days ago with
`native_workspace_sync_out_retry_exhausted`, a dirty authority, and the
child's board-owned exhausted recovery action. They also prove that a
writer inside the cutoff still gets its wake (the run parks in a
workspace wait), and that the wake is delivered once the hold settles.
- Related suites pass: `heartbeat-remote-workspace-busy.test.ts`,
`heartbeat-dependency-scheduling.test.ts`,
`native-cancelled-workspace-preservation.test.ts`,
`src/modules/run-dispatch`.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p server` passes.
- `pnpm verify` exits 2 because `doc/execution-semantics.md` is a global
CI input; required CI supplies the broad coverage.

## Risks

- Low. No schema or persisted-shape change. Saved state from the
previous release (existing wake rows, existing workspace authority) is
read as-is: earlier `failed` stall wake rows count toward the new
three-run limit, which stops the current loop at once after deploy.
- A parent whose workspace stays held is not woken for the stall until
the hold settles. The stall is still listed on its page and the child's
recovery action stays with the board.
- Not fixed here: the exhausted save hold itself is never settled
automatically (`agent_stop_unconfirmed` exhaustion in workspace
recovery), and legacy children that still share a parent's workspace are
not moved. Both touch workspace recovery code that is under concurrent
change and are left for a follow-up.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, used through Claude
Code with tool use (shell, file edits, browser read-only inspection of
staging).

## 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
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 6459488984 fix(native): open a remote replacement as a new runner after archiving the reattached one (#20242)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - After a restart, a remote (Daytona) run can resume by reattaching to
its surviving sandbox runner. If provider recovery fails and the
checkpoint allows it, the run opens a replacement provider session
instead.
> - Before a replacement, the executor archives the local controller
state and the remote session root as a continuity break, then opens a
new session.
> - On a reattach backend, the replacement still adopted the archived
runner and asked for its old authority, so it failed. The archive had
already moved the remote state, so the next retry could not verify the
runner and the issue waited 17 minutes on an unconfirmed stop.
> - Review showed that a reattach backend fixes many launch inputs once
at creation (runner binary, provider pack and companions, artifacts,
live-recovery mode, authority, spawn barrier), so resetting them after
the archive does not scale.
> - This pull request builds the replacement on a new backend for the
same run, created under a `bootstrap_incomplete` claim after the
archive, so every launch input resolves through the ordinary fresh path.
> - The benefit is that a failed reattach after a restart falls back to
a working replacement instead of a stuck issue.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
In restart-chaos Daytona K13 storm wave seed 9503, task t36 graded R1
(no rest within budget). A K2 drain suspended run a53dd948's sandbox
runner (pid 589) during startup. On restart the run claimed
`reattach_remote_runner`. The adopted runner authenticated and restored,
then its connection closed, and provider recovery failed. The runtime
opened a replacement: `provider.session.archive_before_replacement`
archived the local and remote state, then the replacement failed with
"PRP provider resume state is unavailable". The same-run retry at
10:25:50 then failed with `runner_remote_state_unavailable: exit=1` (the
remote `runner-state.json` had moved), and file preservation deferred on
`agent_stop_unconfirmed` until the wave ended.

**Expected behavior**
After the continuity archive, the replacement opens a new runner for
this run, as it does for every other claim kind.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a remote (Daytona) native run and restart the server so the run
claims `reattach_remote_runner`.
2. Make provider recovery fail on the adopted runner with a checkpoint
that allows replacement.
3. See the replacement open on the adopted runner's authority and fail
after the archive.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 465da4227a

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts` `openReplacementSession`, on a
`reattach_remote_runner` backend: archives the continuity state (local
and remote, as before), then calls
`createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim` for the same run with the claim
re-kinded to `bootstrap_incomplete` (minus `remote` and
`stagedAttachment`) and without warm recovery, and opens the replacement
on that backend. Root migration then quarantines the empty archived root
(the #20241 rule) and every launch input resolves fresh.
- A backend that adopts only through warm recovery (no claim to re-kind)
throws `native_runner_replacement_requires_fresh_launch` **before**
archiving, so its saved state stays intact.
- Tests: a classic Daytona reattach backend for `codex` and `acpx`
(Claude). The replacement comes from a second backend: the original
backend's `openSession` is never called, and the new transport has no
adopted runner, uses `turn-<runId>`/`item-<runId>`, has a new
still-pending spawn barrier, and (for `acpx`) carries the packaged
provider paths. The bundled-image replacement test now expects a new
backend and its own pack admission, not the recovered session's cold
admission.

## Verification

- Red before the fix: both new replacement tests fail on master. They
pass with the fix.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`,
`native-recovered-owner-followup.test.ts`,
`native-harness-filesystem-independence-continuation.integration.test.ts`:
1,398 passed.
- `PAPERCLIP_TYPECHECK_LOW_MEMORY=1 pnpm typecheck` in `server`: passes.

## Risks

- Medium. The replacement now constructs a second backend inside the
same session claim. The new backend's tool-authority epoch supersedes
the reattach backend's, which is being abandoned anyway.
- A warm-recovery-only replacement now fails with a named error instead
of archiving and then failing. Its saved state stays intact for the next
recovery.
- Previous-release story: no saved state or schema changes.
- Not covered: why provider recovery on the suspended, adopted runner
failed in t36 in the first place. This PR makes the fallback work.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use and code execution.

## Checklist

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planned core work
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them above
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#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
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URLs)
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 3374ca54f5 fix(runner): record a runner exit mid-turn as runner loss, and stop the lineage sampler panicking (#20259)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The native runner (`runnerd`) runs each provider turn, and the
server records why a run stopped and what the person can do next
> - When `runnerd` exits during a provider turn, the server saved the
run as `native_provider_terminal_failed`: "The provider session is
permanently unusable", with automatic retries stopped
> - The real cause was the runner process, and the transport already
names it (`native_runner_process_exited`) at the start of the
closed-stream message
> - Separately, the process-lineage sampler added in #19727 panicked on
Linux debug builds when a provider tool started its own session, and
that panic text became the run's visible failure
> - This pull request records a runner exit mid-turn as runner loss, and
reads session IDs without the assertion that panicked
> - The benefit is that a person sees the true cause of a stopped run,
and recovery treats a lost runner like every other runner exit

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19727

**What happened**

A chat eval killed only the owned `runnerd` process (SIGKILL) while a
provider tool was running. The run failed with `errorCode:
native_provider_terminal_failed` and the next action "The provider
session is permanently unusable". The error text was `Notification
transport failed closed: native_runner_process_exited: runnerd exited
unexpectedly: paperclip-runnerd panic: panicked at
rustix-1.1.4/src/pid.rs:61:9: assertion failed: raw > 0`. The panic came
from the lineage sampler thread before the kill. It called
`rustix::process::getsid`, which asserts a nonzero session. A kernel
thread, or a process whose session leader is outside the PID namespace,
reports session 0.

**Expected behavior**

A runner process exit is recorded as `native_runner_process_exited`, the
same cause the server already uses for a runner exit outside a turn.
Recovery then applies its normal runner-loss rules (checkpoint evidence,
bounded attempts, cleanup quarantine). The lineage sampler does not
panic, and its diagnostics do not replace the real failure text.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a native OpenCode run on Linux with a debug `runnerd`.
2. Let the agent run a shell tool that starts its own session (for
example a long `node -e` command).
3. Send SIGKILL to the `runnerd` PID only.
4. Read `GET /api/heartbeat-runs/<runId>`: `errorCode` is
`native_provider_terminal_failed` and the error names the rustix panic.

## What Changed

- `nativeSessionFailureSourceCode` returns
`native_runner_process_exited` for a `NativeProviderTerminalFailure`
with code `notification_transport_failed` when its message starts with
`Notification transport failed closed: native_runner_process_exited: `.
Only the runner transport writes that prefix. Other closed-stream causes
stay `native_provider_terminal_failed`.
- `paperclip-process-table` has a new `session(pid)` function. Linux
reads the session field of `/proc/<pid>/stat`. macOS calls `getsid`. A
session of 0 or an error gives `None`.
- `process_lineage` reads sessions through
`paperclip_process_table::session` instead of rustix `getsid`.
- Regression tests: the runner-loss classification (attempts 1 and 3,
and three negative shapes), the stat session parser with a kernel-thread
line, and a live read of this process's session.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "runner
process exit that closed|preserves stable provider and runner|model
rejection from a provider terminal|operator-owned through terminal"` (8
passed)
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner/runner && cargo test -p
paperclip-process-table` (macOS: 3 passed; the Linux-only parser tests
run in CI)
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner/runner && cargo test -p
paperclip-runner-core --lib process_lineage` (6 passed)
- End to end: the `recovery.*` chat eval cells that kill `runnerd` are
run against this change on a separate eval branch.

## Risks

- Behavior shift: a runner exit during a turn now follows runner-loss
recovery instead of stopping as a permanent provider failure. Recovery
still decides from durable evidence. Ambiguous state stays terminal, and
an unverified cleanup stays quarantined.
- Previous-release story: no persisted shape changes. Runs saved earlier
with `native_provider_terminal_failed` keep that code. Only new failures
are classified with the new rule.
- The session read on Linux now uses `/proc` instead of a syscall. It
gives the same value, and it reports 0 (now `None`) in the same cases.

## Model Used

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

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- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
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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
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links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 3f2a940d5b fix(runner): answer held Paperclip tool calls after a local restart before the next turn (#20227)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - When a restart interrupts a turn, the Runner keeps each Paperclip
tool call the model made as "held" until Paperclip answers it, and it
refuses to start the next turn while any call is held
> - Paperclip answers held calls after a reattach through its tool
recovery path. That path was wired only for remote runners
> - In restart chaos wave `w-20261109T084023-s9403`, t101 (local codex,
K2 then K1) held a `read_document` call that nothing answered, so the
continuation's `turn.start` failed and the task needed a Retry
> - This pull request wires held-call recovery for local runners too,
and makes `turn.start` answer or wait for held calls first
> - The benefit is that a turn lost to a restart no longer strands the
run behind one unanswered call

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831. Restart chaos wave `w-20261109T084023-s9403` (master
`fc5c79a327`), task t101 (codex C1, K2, local).

**What happened:**
- Run `4b5810d5` called `read_document` (`exec-ac8fa9b4`) around the K2
drain at 09:08:18. A K1 then killed the next server start.
- At 09:08:36 the third controller reattached. The Runner restored the
conversation and reported the old turn lost
(`provider_turn_lost_on_restore`, recoverable). The held call stayed
pending, by design: a held call accepts a late result.
- The controller had the call: the quarantine detail lists
`exec-ac8fa9b4` under `semanticTools.pending`. But
`recoverPendingSemanticInputs()` returned at once: for a local run
`controllerPersistence` is unset, so `recoverSemanticToolInput` was
`undefined`.
- At 09:08:46 the continuation's `turn.start` failed with "cannot
prepare the next provider turn while tool calls are active (pending: 1
[read_document:exec-ac8fa9b4…])". The run ended
`native_session_interrupted`.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: the
runnerd transport now always gets `recoverSemanticToolInput`, not only
when `controllerPersistence` (remote) is set. It uses the same epoch
check and `SessionAuthorityEpoch.recover`. Recovery re-authorizes and
re-runs reads, and replays receipts for mutations; it never repeats an
uncertain mutation.
- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`
(`#startTurnWork`): when the control plane has unsettled semantic
inputs, it runs `recoverPendingSemanticInputs()` before queueing
`turn.start`, and waits for that pass, bounded by the turn-start
deadline. Recovered results are queued as commands ahead of
`turn.start`, and the Runner applies commands in order. If recovery has
not finished by the deadline, the turn start fails with
`native_turn_start_held_tool_calls_unresolved` instead of sending
`turn.start` behind it. When everything is settled there is no wait, so
a normal turn start is unchanged. Live calls of a turn being replaced
are not waited on; the replaced start still rejects them.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.ts`:
`recoverPendingSemanticInputs()` passes are serialized. A call made
while the startup pass is still answering a held call waits for that
pass, then runs its own, so the turn-start gate cannot finish early by
skipping a call that is already being recovered.

## Verification

Red/green:
- `native-session-executor.test.ts` "answers a local run's held
Paperclip tool calls after a restart (restart chaos t101)". On master
`recoverSemanticToolInput` is `undefined` for a local run; with this PR
it is wired.
- `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts` "answers a held call before starting
the next turn (restart chaos t101)", against real runnerd and fake
Codex, with a slow startup recovery pass already in flight when
`turn/start` arrives. On master `turn/start` never ran recovery, and
without the serialization `turn.start` is queued before the held call's
result. With this PR the held call is recovered once and its result is
queued before `turn.start`.

Regression and static checks:
- `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`,
`durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts`,
`runnerd-codex-transport-adoption.test.ts`: 510 passed.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts` and `native-session-resume.test.ts`:
1368 passed, 1 failed. The failing case, "archives a damaged prior epoch
… with real runnerd", fails identically on master on this Mac (`ENOENT …
authority-epochs`), so CI is its reference.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `packages/paperclip-runner` and `server`.

## Risks

- Local runs now recover held calls after a reattach, as remote runs
already did. Reads re-run under current authority. A mutation without a
saved receipt still returns no result and stays held, as before.
- `turn.start` may now wait up to its existing deadline while a recovery
pass runs, then fails clearly if it has not finished. It never waits
when nothing is unsettled, so normal turns get no added latency before
`turn.start`.
- No schema change and no change to persisted run state formats.

## 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
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 3964ee1fca fix(native): a governance pause Stop with no turn result stays a cancellation (#20186)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A budget hard stop pauses the company; the pause's lifecycle Stop
cancels the agents' running native turns
> - When a Codex turn is interrupted this way, it ends without a
semantic result
> - The native executor treated that missing result as a retryable
interruption, so it rewrote the cancelled run to `failed` and scheduled
an exact resume
> - The pause held that recovery, and Raise budget and resume continues
only runs that are still cancelled, so the task stayed blocked with no
new run
> - This pull request makes the executor treat an acknowledged
governance pause Stop like a person's Stop: the run stays cancelled
> - The benefit is that Raise budget and resume continues the task
(#20144), with no manual Retry

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20144 (resume continues budget-stopped work), #20143 (governance
pause stops are not failures), #20113

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave w-20261109T051242-s9802 (H1, seed 9802), task t03
(Codex, fault K2). The company budget crossed its hard limit at
05:19:39.9. The pause's lifecycle Stop ("Agent lifecycle stop
requested") cancelled run 59e976bc at 05:19:40.05, and Codex
acknowledged the interrupt. The turn ended without a semantic result,
and at 05:19:41.27 the executor rewrote the run to `failed` /
`native_session_interrupted`, with an agent-owned `active_run_watchdog`
recovery (exact checkpoint resume). The task went to `blocked`. After
`raise_budget_and_resume` at 05:20:20, no run started for 14 minutes.

**Expected behavior**
A pause's Stop is intentional. The run stays cancelled with its pause
record, and resuming continues the task once.

**Steps to reproduce**
Pause a company for budget while a Codex native turn runs, so the Stop
interrupts the turn before it records a result. Before this change, the
run becomes `failed` with a scheduled exact resume instead of staying
`cancelled`.

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts`: the no-semantic-result branch now also
accepts an acknowledged governance pause Stop (`isGovernancePauseStop`
with an acknowledged native Stop receipt) as an intentional stop. It
settles the coordinator as `native_retry_cancelled` and raises
`NativeCancellationPendingRecoveryError`, as it already does for a
person's Stop and for a reassignment. The run is not rewritten to
`failed`, and no recovery action is created.
- The Stop's cancellation record is written by its fence before
dispatch, so the check does not depend on whether the terminal write has
landed.

## Verification

- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: new cases for "Agent lifecycle stop
requested" with a `pauseStop`, and for "Cancelled due to budget pause".
Each was red before the fix (it reached the retryable-failure write) and
is green now. A control case shows that a system lifecycle Stop without
`pauseStop` (termination) still takes the retry path.
- Full `native-session-executor.test.ts`: 1309 passed. Server typecheck
(`typecheck-layers`, low-memory): no errors.
- Not run: the H1 chaos rerun. Phase 3 runs it after merge.

## Risks

- A governance pause Stop that lands during a turn no longer schedules
an exact resume of that turn. The task continues on resume through a new
Retry (#20144) instead.
- Termination and cleanup use the same lifecycle Stop reason. They are
excluded because only the pausing path records `pauseStop`.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

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

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 fa7950121d fix(native): move an interrupted bootstrap's session aside on the run's own created sandbox lease (#20154)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - When restart recovery proves a remote bootstrap reached no provider
work, it bootstraps the same run again in the same sandbox. Before
relaunching, it stops the interrupted runner (#20103)
> - The relaunch starts a fresh controller record, whose command ids
restart at `command_prp_00000001`. The sandbox still held the
interrupted runner's journal, which had already recorded that command id
with different data
> - The relaunched runnerd rejected it ("commandId was reused with
different command data") and exited while waiting for `run.prepare`.
Every same-run retry collided the same way until the retry budget ran
out and the task blocked
> - The proven interrupted-bootstrap session move (#20103) ran only for
a resumed lease. A same-run retry on a per-turn sandbox reuses the run's
own created lease, so nothing moved the interrupted session aside
> - This pull request applies that same proof-gated session move on the
run's own created lease
> - The benefit is that a same-run bootstrap retry starts its runner on
a clean journal, and the old journal is kept as evidence

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20103

**What happened?**
Daytona per-turn restart-chaos M1 rerun w-20261109T013733-s9501 (master
8e3b64a257, image 34bc12bf):
- **t10 (codex M1):** the codex subtask's run `f8a8f483` went through
eleven same-run bootstrap retries between 01:56 and 02:07.
- Each relaunched runnerd logged `paperclip-runnerd: commandId was
reused with different command data` and exited about 12 s later while
waiting for `run.prepare`.
- The run then failed `native_session_retry_exhausted` ("Provider
startup failed on 3 attempts before any provider work began"). The
subtask blocked, and so did the parent.
- **t02:** the same "runnerd exited while waiting for run.prepare"
pattern appeared on retry run `2e13568f`.

**Expected behavior**
A same-run bootstrap retry moves the interrupted session aside, keeping
it as a `.bootstrap-restart-<time>-<uuid>` sibling, and claims a fresh
session root before relaunching. The relaunched runner then cannot see
the interrupted attempt's command ids. This already happened on a
resumed lease and now also happens on the run's own created lease.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Let a remote bootstrap reach the runner (it journals
`command_prp_00000001`), then restart before any provider work.
2. Recovery bootstraps the same run again in the same sandbox. Before
this change, the relaunched runnerd sees the old journal, rejects the
reused command id and exits, and every retry repeats this.

**Paperclip version or commit**
8e3b64a257 (wave). Branch rebased on current master.

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts`: the created-lease branch of remote
harness preparation now applies the resumed branch's proven restart. It
runs when all of these hold:
  - the session is `not_suspended` and belongs to this run;
  - there is no backup;
  - the claim is `bootstrap_incomplete`;
- the stale-runner stop proved the interrupted runner gone
(`hasRemoteBootstrapRestartProof`).

It then runs `moveInterruptedBootstrapSessionAside` and
`claimUntouchedRemoteSession`. If the move or the claim fails, it throws
`runner_harness_state_mismatch: created_not_suspended` and changes
nothing.
- An earlier revision of this PR archived only the `runner` directory.
Review showed that would leave a session the existing claim cannot
reopen on a resumed lease, so that revision was replaced.
- On a fresh command namespace: moving the session aside removes every
id the relaunched runner could see, so a separate namespace isn't
needed. It would also change the persisted command id format that saved
controller state depends on.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts`: the existing "bootstraps only an
untouched provider session" matrix runs the real move and claim scripts
against a temporary filesystem. It gains two created-lease cases:
- an interrupted bootstrap: the old session is kept as a sibling and a
fresh root is claimed;
  - a symlinked parent: refused, and nothing moves.

## Verification

- Red/green: both created-lease cases fail on master and pass with the
change. The resumed cases from #20103 are unchanged: 42 cases in the
matrix pass.
- `vitest run` over the restart-recovery and bootstrap test files and
`native-session-executor.test.ts`: 7 files, 1540 tests passed (14
skipped).
- `PAPERCLIP_TYPECHECK_LOW_MEMORY=1 pnpm typecheck` (`server`): passed.
- The collision itself happens in runnerd (the production log shows it
on every retry). The live check is a Daytona per-turn K2/K4 rerun.

## Risks

- Low risk. The move reuses the resumed path's proof gates, its symlink
checks and its whole-session move, which keeps the session and never
deletes it. The new branch acts only when every gate holds; otherwise
preparation continues exactly as before.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via Claude Code with tool use
(shell, file edits, 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 (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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 6451d2bfbf fix(native): verify a staged attachment restart on the claimed sandbox lease (#20136)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A follow-up codex run on a per-turn Daytona sandbox gets a fresh
sandbox, with harness state restored from the previous turn's
checkpoint, and attaches the previous runner session to the new run
through a staged attachment
> - A graceful restart during that start suspends the run. The next
controller reattaches to the surviving remote runner, after proving it
is on the sandbox lease the restart claim names
> - The staged-attachment path required the lease to have been acquired
as `resumed`. A per-turn follow-up's lease is `created`, so every such
restart was refused with
`native_runner_staged_attachment_recovery_unproven`
> - The run then needed a Retry
> - This pull request binds the staged restart to the claimed lease the
same way the ordinary remote reattach does: same provider lease, same
remote directory, and not a replacement sandbox
> - The benefit is that a per-turn follow-up interrupted by a restart
continues on its own

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20103

**What happened?**
Daytona per-turn restart-chaos wave w-20261108T225520-s9501 (master
15b987d9b8, image cbbe8224). Two codex C1 follow-up runs, created during
a K2 graceful drain at 23:11:45, were suspended mid-start:
- `4d1d3563` (t07);
- `71b43ea1` (t08).

Two to three seconds after the controller came back, both failed with
`native_runner_staged_attachment_recovery_unproven`, rested in
`native_continuation_requires_reconciliation`, and needed a Retry. The
stack shows the first guard in `verifyStagedAttachmentRestart`. Both
runs' environment leases were acquired with
`sandboxLeaseAcquisition.outcome: "created"`, because per-turn mode
creates a fresh sandbox for each turn. The guard accepted only
`"resumed"`.

**Expected behavior**
When the restart claim's provider lease and remote directory match the
run's own lease, the staged attachment's restart is verified as before,
and the run continues without a Retry. The rest of the staged proof is
unchanged. A replacement sandbox, or a different provider lease or
directory, is still refused.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a codex follow-up on a per-turn Daytona environment, so the lease
is `created` and the start stages an attachment.
2. Gracefully restart the control plane during the start.
3. Before this change, the restarted run fails with
`native_runner_staged_attachment_recovery_unproven`.

**Paperclip version or commit**
15b987d9b8 (wave). Branch rebased on current master.

## What Changed

- `verifyStagedAttachmentRestart` (`native-session-executor.ts`) no
longer requires `sandboxLeaseAcquisition.outcome === "resumed"`. It
requires the same lease binding as `verifyRemoteRunnerReattachment`:
- the target's provider lease equals the claim's
`remote.providerLeaseId`;
  - the target's remote directory equals the claim's `remoteCwd`;
  - the lease is not a `replacement` sandbox.
- A new test case in `native-session-executor.test.ts` covers a created
sandbox (admitted), a replacement sandbox, another provider lease, and
another remote directory (all refused).

## Verification

- Red/green: on master, the created-sandbox case fails with
`native_runner_staged_attachment_recovery_unproven`. With the change it
reaches the staged recheck. The three refusal cases are refused on both.
- `vitest run` of `native-session-executor.test.ts` and
`native-restart-recovery-isolation.test.ts`: 2 files, 1305 tests passed.
- `PAPERCLIP_TYPECHECK_LOW_MEMORY=1 pnpm typecheck` (`server`): passed.

## Risks

- Low risk. The check now matches the ordinary remote reattach, which
already admits created leases. Everything after it is unchanged: the
encrypted staged header, the source run and result, the template digest,
and the remote runner identity are all still proven before any RPC.

## Model Used

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

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
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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
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links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
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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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 776f4cb602 fix(native): restart an interrupted remote bootstrap on a resumed reusable lease (t06) (#20103)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native run on a remote sandbox must survive a control-plane
restart; a bootstrap interrupted before its first turn is restarted on
the same run
> - With a reusable (warm) sandbox lease, the restart always resumes the
same sandbox. The interrupted runner's state is still on disk there:
never suspended, and with no provider turn
> - The resumed check accepted only a suspended checkpoint or no state
at all, so it failed closed with `resumed_not_suspended`, and the task
needed a Retry (restart chaos t06)
> - The pre-phase had already proven no turn was sent and had stopped
the stale runner, but that proof never reached the resumed check
> - This pull request carries that proof forward, for this run only, and
starts the bootstrap again on the resumed sandbox
> - The benefit is that a warm task interrupted during startup continues
on its own after the restart

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
In restart-chaos wave w-20261108T192459-s9501 (Daytona warm, claude C1),
run 9bf86b59's runner reached transport-ready at 19:37:42 UTC. The
control plane was then down (another task's K4, then this task's K1).
Restart recovery classified the run `bootstrap_incomplete` and restarted
it on the same run at 19:41:51. The reusable lease resumed the same
sandbox. `inspectRemoteHarnessState` found this run's runner state with
`lifecycle` other than `suspended`, and the run failed at 19:41:59 with
`runner_ingress_unavailable: runnerd process failed:
runner_harness_state_mismatch: resumed_not_suspended`. The task needed a
manual Retry. Per-turn and non-reusable leases do not resume, so they
take another branch and were unaffected.

**Expected behavior**
A same-run restart of a bootstrap that provably sent no turn starts the
bootstrap again on the resumed sandbox, with no Retry. It must never
take over a live provider session or another run's warm session.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a task on a reusable (warm) Daytona lease.
2. Kill the control plane after the runner connected and before the
first turn, so the run is `bootstrap_incomplete`.
3. Before this change, the restart fails with `resumed_not_suspended` on
the resumed lease.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at d007afbf86 (the wave ran on c5a172a183).

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts`:
- **Pre-phase:** the `bootstrap_incomplete` remote-sandbox pre-phase
clears any earlier proof for the run, then records a per-run proof
(`recordRemoteBootstrapRestartProof`). It records one only for a
confirmed stop:
    - `absent_confirmed`: verification reported `process_not_running`;
    - `stopped` or `killed`: the exit was confirmed after the signal.

An uncertain probe or a runner that outlives SIGKILL records nothing
(`stopStaleRemoteRunnerBeforeBootstrap` now distinguishes these
outcomes).
- **Inspection:** `inspectRemoteHarnessState` also returns the `runId`
of a not-suspended runner state (`notSuspendedRunId`). Its other fields
are unchanged.
- **Resumed check:** on a `bootstrap_incomplete` restart, a
not-suspended state with no backup is restarted only when all of these
hold:
    - the on-disk state is this run's own;
    - the proof is present;
- the interrupted session folder moved aside by rename, kept as evidence
and never deleted. The runtime root, the sessions parent and the folder
must each be a real, non-symlink directory.

    The proof is consumed only after the move succeeds.

It then claims a fresh session through the existing
`claimUntouchedRemoteSession`, which still requires an unconnected
controller with matching identity.
- Every other case keeps `runner_harness_state_mismatch:
resumed_not_suspended`.

## Verification

- Red/green: a new resumed-lease scenario, `interrupted_bootstrap`, in
"bootstraps only an untouched provider session in a $outcome workspace
lease". It fails without the change and passes with it. It checks that
the old session folder is kept beside the new claim and that the claim
runs exactly once.
- Counter-cases that still fail closed, with nothing moved aside:
`interrupted_bootstrap_other_run` (a previous warm run's state on disk),
`interrupted_bootstrap_unproven` (no pre-phase proof) and
`interrupted_bootstrap_symlink_parent` (a symlinked sessions parent).
The existing warm "no-proof" case keeps `resumed_not_suspended`.
- Stale-runner stop: "does not confirm absence when the process probe is
uncertain", "reports a runner that outlives SIGKILL as not stopped", and
"records a bootstrap restart proof only for a confirmed stop" (one case
per outcome).
- `pnpm exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts`
(server): 2 files, 1440 tests passed (14 skipped).
- `PAPERCLIP_TYPECHECK_LOW_MEMORY=1 pnpm typecheck` (server): passed.

## Risks

- **Taking over a live session:** this is the risk to watch. It is
bounded by every gate together: the `bootstrap_incomplete` claim, the
pre-phase proof from the restored controller record (no turn sent) with
the stale runner stopped, this run's own on-disk state, no backup, the
folder move, and the existing unconnected-controller claim. A failure at
any step keeps the current fail-closed error.
- **Upgrade safety:** the old runner's session folder is kept by rename,
never deleted. The change applies only to state a restart left behind,
so old-saved state takes the same gated path.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via Claude Code with tool use
(shell, file edits, test execution, a read-only research subagent).

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 d007afbf86 fix(native): let a follow-up wait out the previous turn's warm release instead of failing busy (#20068)
## Thinking Path

- With a warm lifecycle, one session serves consecutive turns on a task.
A follow-up comment wakes the next run, which claims the warm session's
instruction copy and reuses the session.
- #20048 makes warm the default on remote sandboxes. Its merge condition
includes "no restart or follow-up ever leaves a task needing Retry".
- In the #20048 Daytona chaos wave, task t12's follow-up run was created
43 ms after the previous run settled. The previous run was still
releasing its warm session, so `claimWarmNativeInstructionCopy` saw it
busy and failed the run with `native_session_supervisor_busy`. The task
then needed a Retry.
- The release takes seconds and always finishes, so a follow-up should
wait for it rather than fail. A session busy because another run is
preparing or executing a turn is a genuine conflict and must still fail
at once, as existing tests require.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20048

**What happened?**
Wave w-20261108T142906-s9501, t12 (claude, warm): run 5b839da4 succeeded
at 14:46:36.224. The follow-up run f2bf2f05 was created at 36.267 and
failed immediately with `adapter_failed` /
`native_session_supervisor_busy`, from `claimWarmNativeInstructionCopy`
called by `instruction-working-copy.prepare`. Its automatic retry also
failed, and only a user Retry completed the task.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a warm native session turn to completion.
2. While that run is still releasing its warm session (post-turn
instruction check, release, hand-back), admit the next run on the same
session.
3. The next run's instruction-copy claim throws
`native_session_supervisor_busy`.

**Expected behavior**
The follow-up waits for the previous run's release (bounded) and reuses
the session. A session held by a run that is still preparing or
executing fails admission at once, as before.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`:
- When the provider turn ends, the executor records the session scope as
settling (`settlingNativeSessionScopes`). The outer `finally` clears the
mark once the run has handed every scope back.
- `claimWarmNativeInstructionCopy` waits, polling every 25 ms for at
most 30 s (`warmSessionReleaseWait`), while the warm entry is busy and
its scope is settling. It then re-reads the entry and runs the existing
checks. If the entry is still busy at the deadline, or busy for any
other reason, it throws `native_session_supervisor_busy` as before.
- No wait happens on the normal path (entry idle), so turn admission
adds no latency.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts`:
two cases.
- A follow-up claimed while the previous turn's post-turn check is held:
it waits, then succeeds once the release finishes. It fails on master
with the wave's error.
  - The release outlasts the bound: it fails busy.

**Previous-release state:** the change touches only in-memory admission
state, so no saved run or session state changes.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
src/services/heartbeat/instruction-working-copy.test.ts`: 1301/1301
pass.
- With the wait removed (behaviour on master), the "release finishes"
case fails with `native_session_supervisor_busy`.
- The existing concurrency tests ("fences owned instruction preparation:
concurrent", and the settled-release ownership tests) still fail
admission at once.
- Not yet covered: the Daytona warm wave rerun for #20048.

## Risks

- **A wait that never ends.** The wait is bounded at 30 s and happens
only while the owner is past its turn, which always reaches the outer
`finally`. Every caller of the inner executor runs inside that `try`,
and attachment staging keeps the same session scope.
- **Hiding a real conflict.** Only a settling owner is waited for. A
preparing or executing owner fails at once, as the existing tests
assert.
- **Scope.** I tried a similar wait at execution admission, but it
conflicted with deliberate fences that reject a run during a settled
release (the existing "releases settled codex only under its current
owner" tests). It is not part of this PR.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`, Anthropic), 1M context window, tool
use and code execution, via Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 b32ef9f111 perf(budgets): judge time to first visible agent activity; keep time to first text as a reported metric (#20077)
## Thinking Path

- The native speed budgets (plan invariant 8) judge how fast an agent
responds. They judged `task.time_to_first_token`: time to the first
deliverable **text**.
- In the clean local restart storm (w-20261108T153612-s9401), Claude
breached its TTFT budget (cold p50/p95 17.4/34.7 s against 16.5/30). The
per-run spans showed this was not a control-plane wait: in all 49 cold
runs (and 76% of warm), Claude started a tool call before writing any
text. Its first visible activity came at 7.4 s p50 from run creation;
first text came at 19.6 s. Codex never calls a tool first.
- So first text charges model tool work as latency for tool-first
adapters. What the user experiences as "the agent responded" is the
first visible activity: a text delta, a tool-call start, or a thinking
indicator.
- The coordinator decided: budgets judge time to first visible agent
activity from run creation, with the budget numbers unchanged; first
text stays a reported metric with no budget for tool-first adapters.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Local storm s9401: the Claude TTFT budget breached on every aggregate,
while the control-plane steps (queue 0.05 s, prepare 0.3 s, runner
startup ~4 s, first provider event 1.3–1.8 s) were well within budget.
The rest of the first-text wait was Claude streaming tool input (about
5.5 s per call) and running tools before it wrote text.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run a Claude task whose first action is a tool call (most real
tasks).
2. Read the run log: `provider.time_to_first_agent_event` ends at the
tool call; `task.time_to_first_token` ends many seconds later at the
first text.
3. The speed budget judges the later one and reports a breach.

**Expected behavior**
The budget judges the first visible agent activity from run creation
(`task.time_to_first_agent_activity`). Time to first text is still
recorded and reported.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: when
the first meaningful agent event commits (the existing
`firstMeaningfulAgentEventKind`: text delta, tool-call start, or
reasoning), record `task.time_to_first_agent_activity`. It uses the same
detached anchor resolution as TTFT (accepted comment, answered question,
durable wake request, or run creation), so it adds nothing to the turn
path.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-speed-budgets.ts`: the
metric is now named `time_to_first_activity` (was `ttft`), with
identical budget numbers. The type comment documents the definition and
why first text is unbudgeted.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-run-trace.ts`: the budget
check judges `task.time_to_first_agent_activity` from run creation,
keeping the existing input-wait handling. `task.time_to_first_token` is
no longer budgeted.
- `tests/restart-chaos/ttft-baseline-stats.ts` and `ttft-baseline.ts`:
report first activity from run creation (the budgeted value) next to
TTFT.
- Docs: `doc/observability.md` (new span) and
`doc/plans/2026-11-07-ttft-baseline.md` (metric table).
- Tests:
- A tool-first turn records first activity at the tool call (5 s) while
TTFT records first text (16 s).
- A tool-first trace with slow first text but fast first activity is
within budget.
  - The existing budget tests now judge the activity span.

Observability path (AGENTS.md section 5.7): the new run-log span uses
only the existing `eventKind` and `anchor` attributes. Its name survives
run-log redaction intact; checked with `redactEventPayload`. The
operator OTLP gate is unchanged. It is not Telemetry.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-speed-budgets.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-run-trace.test.ts`: 44/44 pass.
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "first
visible activity|first assistant text once|first-token timing"`: 7/7
pass.
- `npx vitest run --root tests/restart-chaos`: 159/159 pass; `tsc` on
`tests/restart-chaos` is clean.

## Risks

- **A metric rename.** Consumers of `run.performance.budget_exceeded`
see `metric: "time_to_first_activity"` instead of `"ttft"`. In-repo
there are none besides the tests; Phase 3's chaos speed grade switches
to the new span.
- **A looser budget for slow first text.** Intentional: first text is
reported, not judged. A regression in control-plane latency still shows
up in first activity.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`, Anthropic), 1M context window, tool
use and code execution, via Claude Code.

## 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 c910651115 fix(native): start each rebound run with a fresh restart-continuation marker (#20053)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - When the control plane restarts during an agent turn, the runner
restores the same conversation. A Codex, Claude (ACPX) or OpenCode turn
lost in the restart is marked `provider_turn_lost_on_restore`, and the
run continues it once in the same conversation
> - That one continuation is guarded by a disposition-only recovery
marker in the session checkpoint. It is run state: it names a turn of
the run that used it
> - A follow-up run (a user comment on the same task) reuses the
provider session by re-binding the previous run's checkpoint to the new
run. Re-binding clears the run-scoped turn, result and request state,
but it kept the marker
> - The chaos K13 storm (wave w-20261108T134237-s9401) hit this three
times (t24 and t45 on Claude, t77 on Codex). The task's first run had
already used its restart continuation. The follow-up run inherited a
spent marker naming a turn it never had, so when a restart lost its own
turn, the driver kept the session closed. The run failed, and the user
had to click Retry
> - This pull request resets the marker at both re-bind sites, as for
every other run-scoped field
> - The benefit is that a restart during a follow-up turn continues on
its own instead of putting a Retry click on the user

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831 (durable ownership plan, restart continuation). Found by the
restart chaos campaign. In all three failed follow-up runs:

- After `resume_dead_runner`, the run emitted `turn.failed {code:
provider_turn_lost_on_restore, recoverable: true}` for its own active
turn.
- The checkpoint still carried `dispositionOnlyRecoveryConsumed: true`,
with `dispositionOnlyRecoveryTurnId` set to the previous run's
continuation turn.

## What Changed

- `native-session-resume.ts` (`rebindNativeSessionCheckpoint`) and
`native-session-executor.ts` (warm checkpoint rebind): a rebound run
starts with `dispositionOnlyRecoveryConsumed: false` and
`dispositionOnlyRecoveryTurnId: null`.
- Nothing changes inside a run: the driver's reopen rule
(`mapTerminalTurn`) and `nativeRestartInterruptedTurnId` are untouched.
The first commit changed the helper; review found the driver keeps its
own copy of the rule, and the second commit reverts the helper in favour
of this fix.

## Verification

- `native-session-resume.test.ts` "retains provider identity but clears
prior turn and event state" now seeds a spent marker on the previous
run. It fails on `master` and passes here.
- `native-session-executor.test.ts` "starts a new run's usage from the
prior run's total when a warm checkpoint resumes" (3 cases) seeds the
first run's checkpoint with a spent marker and asserts that the second
run starts with it reset. It fails on `master` and passes here.
- The other `native-session-resume.test.ts` tests pass. One test,
"archives a damaged prior epoch before completing guarded same-task
replacement with real runnerd", fails locally identically with and
without this change (ENOENT under `authority-epochs`, from the
real-runnerd environment). It's left to CI.
- Next: a targeted chaos rerun (Codex and Claude C1 under repeated K2)
on this branch. I'll add the result here.

## Risks

- **Previous-release story (upgrade-safe run state):** no persisted
shape changes. A run re-bound by this build gets a fresh marker. A run
re-bound before the deploy, still in flight with an inherited spent
marker, behaves as before: a lost turn falls back to Retry, once.
- Inside a run, nothing changes: the marker still bounds same-run
continuations, together with the provider-attempt restart budget.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code
execution in Claude Code.

## 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
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Nicky Leach e7e870cfc4 fix(native): decide warm and adopted Runner process reuse from one key (#20005) 2026-11-08 01:02:50 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 f6cb3e43f4 fix(admission): admit new work independent of other runs' cleanup and accounting (#19944)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Budget admission decides if new agent work can start in a company
> - Five admission gates waited on the cleanup or accounting of other
runs
> - The restart-chaos campaign found that these gates froze companies
for up to 10 minutes, caused false budget pauses, denied in-run writes,
and dropped wakes, comments and Retries
> - The durable ownership plan (Decision 1) removes the company-wide
accounting gate. It does not narrow it again
> - This pull request removes the five gates. Unfinished accounting now
adds its bounded estimate to exposure
> - The benefit is that one run's unsettled accounting never stops the
other work in its company

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831 (plan, section D), #19838 (inventory, finding 3), #19927
(Phase 2 reconciler data), #19497, #19724, #19826.

**What happened?**
Admission refused new work in these cases, with no reached hard stop and
no pause:
- a terminal run awaited accounting (`waitingRunCount`);
- a native run recovered its accounting (`recoveringRunCount`);
- a budget-owned scope hold awaited reconciliation, after the hard stop
no longer applied;
- a budget input was older than 15 s (`budget_evaluation_work`);
- the predecessor run row of a task was missing (`hasPendingRunCleanup`
failed closed).

**Expected behavior**
Admission never waits on the cleanup or accounting of another run. Only
a reached hard stop, an explicit pause or an inactive company refuses
new work (invariant 3).

**Steps to reproduce**
Make a company with an active budget policy. Leave one failed run with
`cost_accounting_pending = true`. Request work for another agent. On
`master` admission refuses with "Company cannot start work while
completed runs await accounting."

## What Changed

- `budgets.ts`: admission refuses only for a reached hard stop or an
explicit pause. The code removes `observedBlocks`, the
`recoveringRunCount` check, the stale `budgetHeld` refusal and the 15 s
input-age gate. It also removes the unused
`inspectInvocationEligibility`. `reconcileScope` no longer returns
accounting holds.
- `budget-exposure.ts`: removes the `waiting` and `recovering`
aggregates and the own-task subquery. The admission query is smaller.
Unfinished accounting stays exposure: the larger of the held reservation
and the observed cost.
- `budget-evaluation-work.ts`: removes `oldestBudgetInputAt`, which
nothing reads now.
- `execution-blocker.ts`: `hasPendingRunCleanup` returns false for a
missing run row. A run row that is deleted removes its finalization
coordinator and nulls its lease references, so the row owns nothing. A
predecessor that owns a lease or a coordinator still holds the successor
of its own task.
- `recovery/ownership-invariant-report.ts`: the I3 check no longer
mirrors the removed gate. It reports a wake request or a run that was
refused with an accounting-hold reason. Any such report is a regression.
- `doc/SPEC-implementation.md`: adds the product rule "Admission is
independent of cleanup and accounting". `doc/execution-semantics.md` is
aligned.

## Verification

- New `server/src/__tests__/admission-independent-of-cleanup.test.ts`,
on embedded Postgres. It has one case per gate. All six cases fail on
`master` and pass here. A seventh case (an explicit pause still refuses)
passes on both. One case also asserts invariant 3 together with
exposure: two failed runs that each hold a 400-cent reservation fill a
1000-cent budget, and a hard stop still refuses.
- Existing tests that asserted the old gates now assert admission
(invariants 3 and 4): `closed-native-receipt-accounting`,
`budgets-service`, `budget-evaluation-work`,
`heartbeat-held-comment-wake`, `ownership-reconciliation-report`. In
`heartbeat-held-comment-wake`, each saved comment, Retry, assignment and
continuation is delivered exactly once while another run's accounting is
pending. Settling accounting later does not deliver it again.
- All six files pass locally, one file per process. The server package
typecheck passes.
- Speed: admission is on the turn path. This change only removes work
from it: two correlated aggregates, one own-task subquery and one
`budget_evaluation_work` read per policy. No wait or I/O is added before
`turn.start`.
- Not run here: the chaos waves (K13 storm, K6 crash loop, K4 long
holds). The coordinating session schedules them on the shared harness.

## Risks

- Behavior change: work starts while accounting for other runs settles.
Spend stays bounded by the reservation capacity check and the hard stop,
which read the ledger plus observed cost. A run that has no reservation
and no observed cost adds zero exposure until its charge commits. This
is the gap that Decision 1 accepts. Budget enforcement was already best
effort (SPEC 11.6).
- A budget-owned pause with no reached hard stop no longer refuses work
in budget admission. The paused company or agent is still refused by the
existing pause checks until the budget worker lifts the pause.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code
execution in Claude Code.

## 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
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Nicky Leach 94718ce168 fix(native): continue on a replacement when a retained Runner retires before claim (#19897) 2026-11-07 14:51:32 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 0189fedffc fix(native): bound an idle warm local runner whose controller died (#19879)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - A warm runner (`lifecycleMode: warm`) keeps runnerd alive between
runs so a follow-up turn starts fast. The follow-up default flip (next
PR) makes warm the default for local Codex and OpenCode agents.
> - The controller owns a warm runner's idle window. Runnerd ignores the
idle timeout itself.
> - A graceful controller shutdown suspends idle warm sessions. A
controller that dies (SIGKILL, crash) does not. Local runners launch
with no process reconnect grace, so the idle runner kept running until
its 1-hour connection lease ran out, owned by nobody.
> - This pull request gives warm local runners the 7-minute reconnect
grace that remote runners already use.
> - The benefit: idle runners are reaped by proof within a bounded time,
never left orphaned, before warm becomes the default.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19874 (warm completion contract), #19846 (TTFT baseline), #19852.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**
Ownership of an idle warm local runner after its controller dies.

**Current behavior**
`runnerProcessReconnectGraceMs` is `undefined` for local targets, so
runnerd launches without `--reconnect-grace-ms`. An idle warm runner
whose controller was killed stays alive until its connection lease (one
hour) expires. The restart-chaos harness cannot show this: its K1 kills
the controller's whole process tree, runner included.

**Proposed behavior**
`localRunnerProcessReconnectGraceMs(policy)` returns the remote grace (7
minutes) for a warm policy and `undefined` for per-turn. After the
grace, runnerd records `transport_reconnect_grace_exceeded`, stops its
provider, keeps durable state and exits. The next run resumes cold.

**Reason and benefit**
The restart plan requires idle runners to be reaped by proof, never
orphaned. Seven minutes is far longer than a controller restart (13–20 s
locally) and the long-outage fault holds (3–5 minutes), so a live turn
still reattaches.

## What Changed

- `native-runner-recovery-contract.ts`:
`localRunnerProcessReconnectGraceMs`.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: the local runnerd transport passes it as
`runnerProcessReconnectGraceMs`. Remote targets keep `null`
(lease-owned).
- `runnerd-warm-idle-orphan.test.ts` (new): real runnerd and fake Codex.
An idle warm runner, after its turn completed, whose controller
detaches.
- `doc/DEVELOPING.md`: the grace and its bound.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run
src/live/runnerd-warm-idle-orphan.test.ts`: with a process grace, the
idle runner exits with `transport_reconnect_grace_exceeded` and the next
transport resumes the same provider session cold. With no grace (`null`,
today's local launch), the runner is still alive after the controller
left.
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-recovery-contract.test.ts`:
warm gets the remote grace; per-turn keeps none; the grace outlasts a
controller restart and a long outage.
- `tsc --noEmit` passes for `server` and `packages/paperclip-runner`.
- Local restart measurement with warm runners (K1/K2, codex, claude,
opencode, n = 3 each): every interrupted run recovered, with recovery
latency equal or lower than per-turn. The chaos waves with this change
are in the default-flip PR.

## Risks

- A warm local runner whose controller stays down for more than 7
minutes exits. A turn in progress then resumes through
`resume_dead_runner`, the same path as a controller crash that kills the
runner. Remote runners already behave this way.
- Previous-release story (`rules/upgrade-safe-run-state.mdc`): no
persisted state changes. A warm runner launched by the previous release
keeps the launch arguments it started with (no grace) until it exits.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`) in Claude Code, with
tool use (shell, file edit, test execution).

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