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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 3a8f95d928 fix(ci): let verified Dependabot lockfiles merge through the reporting-lock gate (#19356)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Only trusted environments may change `pnpm-lock.yaml`: the lockfile
refresh workflow and Dependabot. Contributors never commit it.
> - Paid evaluation jobs also install a lock only when the
reporting-lock proof (`tests/runner-e2e/report-lock.json` and `.patch`)
admits it.
> - #19283 added a CI test that checks the committed lock against that
proof. Only the refresh workflow writes the proof, so every Dependabot
lockfile pull request now fails CI. Examples are #17364, #17172, and
#17911.
> - A merged Dependabot lockfile also breaks the refresh workflow.
`prepare-report-lock.mjs --refresh` refuses to renew the proof for a
lock that the proof does not already admit.
> - This pull request lets a verified Dependabot lockfile pass, and it
keeps both lockfile rules strict. It also closes a gap in the
contributor rule.
> - The benefit is that Dependabot security updates can merge again, and
only trusted environments write lock content.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19283, #17364, #17172, #17911, #19303.

**What happened?**
`server/scripts/reporting-lock-policy.test.mjs` fails on each Dependabot
pull request that changes `pnpm-lock.yaml`. The error is "Reporting lock
changed; review the dependency correction before install". A Dependabot
pull request cannot change the proof files, so it can never pass. After
a merge, the lockfile refresh also stops at "Committed report lock is
not reviewed; refusing to refresh its proof".

**Expected behavior**
- Contributors cannot change `pnpm-lock.yaml` or the reporting-lock
proof.
- Dependabot can change `pnpm-lock.yaml`.
- The lockfile refresh workflow can change `pnpm-lock.yaml` and the
proof.
- After a Dependabot lockfile merges, the refresh workflow admits it and
renews the proof.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Open a Dependabot pull request that changes `pnpm-lock.yaml`, such as
#17364.
2. Let CI run. The `server (9/12)` shard fails on the reporting-lock
policy test.

**Security gap found during this work**
The old rule skipped the lockfile check when `github.head_ref` was
`chore/refresh-lockfile`. A contributor could open a pull request from a
fork branch with that name and commit a lockfile change. The old rule
also exempted any pull request that Dependabot opened, including commits
that other people pushed to its branch.

## What Changed

- Add `.github/scripts/lockfile-trust.mjs`. It decides which writers may
change lock content:
- The refresh workflow: the head is `chore/refresh-lockfile` in this
repository, and `github-actions[bot]` opened the pull request.
- Dependabot: Dependabot opened the pull request from this repository,
and the head `pnpm-lock.yaml` matches a Dependabot commit. That commit
must have `dependabot[bot]` as its author, GitHub (`web-flow`) as its
committer, and a verified signature. The script reads these fields from
the GitHub API.
- The reporting-lock proof files count as lock content. Only the refresh
workflow may change them.
- `pr-trusted.yml` policy job: replace the inline `head_ref` and author
exemption with `lockfile-trust.mjs pr`. The job runs the script copy
from the base commit, so a pull request cannot change the check that
judges it. If the base predates the script, the job uses the earlier
rule.
- `refresh-lockfile.yml`: add `lockfile-trust.mjs merged`. It checks
that the last lockfile change on `master` is a GitHub-signed merge of a
Dependabot pull request, and that the lockfile at the pull request head
matches a verified Dependabot commit. If both checks pass, it gives the
lockfile SHA-256 to `prepare-report-lock.mjs --refresh
--trusted-lock-sha256`.
- `refresh-lockfile.yml` PR step: check `pnpm-lock.yaml` and both proof
files before it exits as unchanged. A refresh that renews only the proof
now opens a pull request.
- `prepare-report-lock.mjs` and its `.d.mts` declaration:
`refreshReportLock` accepts a trusted lock hash. If the trusted lock
already resolves, the proof admits it exactly with an empty patch. If
not, the proof records the resolution as the reviewed correction, as
before.
- `reporting-lock-policy.test.mjs`: skip on Dependabot pull requests.
The policy job verifies those lockfiles. The general test job gets
`PAPERCLIP_CI_PR_AUTHOR` for this purpose. This keeps the test, so it
still merges cleanly with #19303.
- `check-pr-lockfile.mjs` (advisory gate): allow Dependabot lockfile
changes, and flag changes to the proof files.
- `CODEOWNERS`: add the two proof files.
- `doc/RELEASE-AUTOMATION-SETUP.md`: describe the writers, the
`@dependabot recreate` path, and the proof renewal after merge.

## Verification

- `node --test '.github/scripts/tests/*.test.mjs'`: 707 passed. This
includes 17 new tests in `lockfile-trust.test.mjs` and 3 new tests in
`check-pr-lockfile.test.mjs`. The new tests run the `pr` command against
real git histories with a stub `gh`.
- `tests/runner-e2e/prepare-report-lock.test.ts`: 10 passed, including 3
new trusted-lock refresh tests. I ran it with a minimal Vitest config,
because the runner-e2e config builds a provider bundle first.
- `server/scripts/reporting-lock-policy.test.mjs`: passes normally, and
skips with `PAPERCLIP_CI_PR_AUTHOR=dependabot[bot]`.
- Live check of the `pr` mode against #17364 with the real GitHub API:
- With the real author, it reports "pnpm-lock.yaml matches verified
Dependabot commit 83c328c15c…" and `writer=dependabot`.
- With a contributor as the author and `chore/refresh-lockfile` as the
head ref, it fails.
- Live check of the `merged` mode at the real merge commits of #16018,
#16020, and #15361. All three report a trusted lock hash. For #16018 and
#15361, `master` changed after Dependabot's commit, so GitHub's merge
produced different lockfile bytes. An exact-bytes rule would refuse
them. That is why the rule trusts GitHub-signed merges of a verified
Dependabot head.
- Greptile reviewed `513ca2def8` at 4/5 with one P1: a proof-only
refresh was never committed, because the PR step checked only
`pnpm-lock.yaml`. `edbeb1ea0d` fixes it. A new test in
`lockfile-refresh-merge.test.mjs` runs the step's change check on a
proof-only change. The test fails without the fix.
- CI `Typecheck + Release Registry` failed at `edbeb1ea0d`:
`prepare-report-lock.d.mts` did not declare the new options argument
(TS2554 twice in `prepare-report-lock.test.ts`). `9139aaad85` updates
the declaration. A local `tsc -p tests/runner-e2e/tsconfig.json` shows
the 2 errors with the old declaration and none with the new one.
- CI at `9139aaad85` failed in six general test shards. None of them run
code that this pull request changes, and PR CI loads `pr-trusted.yml`
from `master`. The failures:
- `heartbeat-plugin-environment.test.ts`: "expected 'running' to be
'succeeded'"
  - `status-card-evaluation-work.test.ts`: a deadline comparison
  - `isolated-repository-rehome.test.ts`: timed out after 15 seconds
- `chat-channels.integration.test.ts`: GitHub webhook recovery
scheduling
- `company-import-export-e2e.test.ts`: child server start timeout, which
also fails on unrelated branches
- `workspaces-b`: every test passed, but an `EPIPE` error came after
`acpx-engine/execute.test.ts`
  I started a rerun of the failed jobs.
- Superagent found a P1 at `9139aaad85`: a verified signature proves who
committed, not who authored. A collaborator could sign a commit with
their own key and set Dependabot as the author. `4fe180d6c1` also
requires GitHub (`web-flow`) as the committer. New tests cover the
spoofed-author case. #17364, #16018, #16020 and #15361 still verify
against the GitHub API.
- `git merge-file` merges this test change with #19303 without
conflicts.
- Not run: the full repository test suite and typecheck. These changes
touch only CI scripts, workflows, one helper, and tests. GitHub CI
covers full regression.

## Risks

- `pr-trusted.yml` loads from `master`, so the new policy takes effect
only after merge. This pull request's own CI uses the earlier rule.
- A Dependabot pull request that is behind `master` now fails if someone
merges `master` into it and the lockfile changes. Use `@dependabot
recreate`. The policy job error says this.
- Paid evaluation jobs refuse a merged Dependabot lockfile until the
refresh pull request merges. The refresh merges without review when it
adds no new package versions. If the release-age gate holds it, the wait
lasts until a maintainer merges it or the daily refresh runs. During
that time, the reporting-lock policy test also fails on other pull
requests, which is the current behavior for any unrenewed lock.
- The rule trusts GitHub as the signer of Dependabot commits and of
merge commits (`web-flow`). Superagent uses the same trust root.
- People with write access can still push to `chore/refresh-lockfile`.
This was already true. The bot merges only its own head commit
(`--match-head-commit`), and code-owner review covers anything else.
- A future manual proof renewal, such as #19283, now needs the refresh
workflow or an admin merge. A contributor pull request that changes the
proof files fails.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`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 (focused tests; see
Verification)
- [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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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 7d194e901f feat(ci): merge lockfile refresh PRs through a dedicated bot (#18238)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - CI owns `pnpm-lock.yaml`. Contributors do not commit it, so a
poisoned lockfile cannot come in from a community PR.
> - `refresh-lockfile.yml` regenerates the lockfile from the manifests
on master and opens a PR.
> - That PR waits on required checks and code owner review. A
`GITHUB_TOKEN` push does not start the checks, so a maintainer must
merge each PR by hand.
> - The PR content comes only from manifests that maintainers already
reviewed on master. A human review adds little.
> - This pull request lets a dedicated GitHub App merge the refresh PR
at once, without CI or review.
> - A release-age gate holds the merge when the refresh adds a package
version that is less than 3 days old on npm.
> - The benefit is a lockfile loop that closes itself, without a bypass
for any identity that other workflows can use.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #12115 (the same stuck-PR problem, fixed there by starting the
checks). Refs #18219 (an example refresh PR that needed a manual
approval and merge).

**What happened?**

Each lockfile refresh PR stays open until a code owner approves it and a
maintainer merges it. The required checks `ci / verify` and `ci / e2e`
also do not start, because the workflow pushes with `GITHUB_TOKEN`.

**Expected behavior**

The refresh PR merges with no human action and no CI run, unless it adds
a package version that is too new to trust without review.

**Steps to reproduce**

Merge a manifest change to master. Look at the `chore/refresh-lockfile`
PR that the workflow opens. It stays blocked.

## What Changed

- `refresh-lockfile.yml` runs in a new `lockfile-refresh` environment.
Only `master` can use this environment.
- The workflow creates a token for a dedicated lockfile bot app after
dependency resolution is complete. The token has only contents and pull
request write access.
- The workflow merges with `gh pr merge --squash --admin
--match-head-commit <sha>`, not `--auto`. It merges only the commit that
it pushed.
- New `.github/scripts/check-lockfile-release-age.mjs` compares the base
and refreshed lockfiles. It looks up the npm publish time of each added
package version. The bot merges only when every version is at least 3
days old. A lookup error, a missing publish time, a non-registry
version, or a resolution that is not a plain registry tarball also holds
the merge.
- When the gate holds the PR, the workflow posts or updates one report
comment on the PR and does not merge.
- A daily schedule runs the refresh again, so a held PR merges after its
versions are old enough.
- A held run uploads its lockfile as a `held-pnpm-lock` artifact. The
artifact records the hash of the master lockfile it started from. The
next master run resolves from it only while master still has that
lockfile, so held versions stay while their manifests do not change, and
a maintainer's lockfile correction replaces them. The workflow does not
read the PR branch for this, because users with write access can push to
it.
- The generated PR body now describes the gate.
- `tests/runner-e2e/OPERATIONS.md` now says that the bot can merge the
report-lock correction without review, under the same gate.
- New `lockfile-refresh-merge.test.mjs` pins the merge safeguards: the
environment, the step order, the gate conditions, and
`--match-head-commit`.
- `doc/RELEASE-AUTOMATION-SETUP.md` §8.1 tells an admin how to create
the app, the environment, and the ruleset bypass. It also tells why we
do not use `github-actions` or `commitperclip` for the bypass.

## Verification

- `node --test .github/scripts/tests/check-lockfile-release-age.test.mjs
.github/scripts/tests/lockfile-refresh-*.test.mjs` passes (17/17).
- I ran the gate against the real lockfile diff of #18219 and the live
npm registry. With 3 days, all 7 added versions passed
(`eligible=true`). With 60 days, it held all 7 `turbo` 2.11.10 versions
(9.1 days old) and wrote the report.
- The workflow YAML parses. actionlint did not run, because it is not
installed locally and Docker was not available.
- No live run yet. After the admin setup in §8.1, run the workflow with
`workflow_dispatch` on master, or merge a manifest change. Then make
sure that the bot opens and merges the refresh PR.

## Risks

- **Setup order.** An org admin must do the steps in §8.1 before this PR
merges. If not, the next refresh fails at the token step, and the PR
stays open for a manual merge, as it does now.
- **No CI on lockfile changes.** A bad resolution can land on master
without a check. The next manifest PR or the canary release shows the
problem.
- **Release-age gate limits.** The gate stops only fast-detected attacks
on new versions. A malicious version that stays undetected for more than
3 days still merges without review. Lockfile changes that add very new
versions now wait for a maintainer or up to 3 days.
- **Bypass scope.** The app bypasses the master ruleset only in pull
request mode. It cannot push to master directly. Only the master-only
`lockfile-refresh` environment holds its key. If the key leaks, the
holder can merge any open PR past review. Rotate the key if you think it
leaked.
- **More master runs.** A merge by an app token starts push workflows on
master. A merge by `GITHUB_TOKEN` does not. After each lockfile merge,
the canary release runs, and the refresh workflow runs again with no
change.

## Model Used

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

## 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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