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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 0b73c805e8 feat(environments): fill an unset instance default with a managed plugin environment (#19551)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A managed instance gets its instance-level environments from the
`PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` document, which can declare plugin
environments next to the managed sandbox
> - A platform that runs managed instances wants a new instance to start
with one of those plugin environments as its default, without changing
the default of any instance that already has one
> - #19632 made boot fill the instance default only when it is unset,
local or deleted, in one locked transaction, and removed the revert, so
every existing managed instance keeps a set default
> - This pull request adds an `instanceDefault` flag to a plugin entry.
That entry fills an unset default through the same locked fill, before
the managed sandbox does
> - The fill follows the same readiness rule as an admin's default
write, so it never moves ready agents onto a plugin that has not
prepared them
> - The platform also needs a way to know whether a release understands
plugin entries, so the release now ships a small capabilities file
> - The benefit: new instances get the plugin environment as their
default, and existing instances and admin choices are never changed

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19632 (the locked fill-if-unset rule this builds on), #19508
(plugin entries in the managed config)

**Subsystem affected**
Server environments: the managed config parser and the managed
environment bootstrap.

**Problem or motivation**
The managed config can declare plugin environments, but it can't make
one the instance default on a new instance. An external platform also
has no way to tell whether a given release supports plugin entries
before it sends one.

**Proposed solution**
- Add `instanceDefault: true` to at most one plugin entry. Right after
that entry's boot ensure succeeds, it fills the instance default through
`fillUnsetInstanceDefault`. The managed sandbox fill runs after it.
- On a new instance the plugin environment wins. On an existing instance
the default is already set, so neither fill changes it.
- The fill declines while an active agent that follows the default
hasn't been prepared by that plugin. This is the rule the
instance-settings route enforces. When the plugin fill declines, the
managed sandbox fills as usual.
- Ship `server/src/services/managed-config-capabilities.json`, which
lists `pluginEnvironments`.

**Alternatives considered**
- A recorded one-time decision with a retry worker. It needed pending
states and extra checks for many writer and trigger combinations.
Filling only an unset default, under the existing lock, needs none of
that.
- Rejecting the fill whenever agents exist. That is stricter than the
admin route and blocks harmless cases, such as agents that are paused or
already prepared.

**Roadmap alignment**
This extends existing managed-environment behaviour. It adds no UI.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/managed-config.ts`:
- `ManagedPluginEnvironmentSpec.instanceDefault` (boolean, default
`false`).
- The parser refuses `instanceDefault` on more than one plugin entry, on
the sandbox entry (even `false`), or as a non-boolean.
- `MANAGED_CONFIG_CAPABILITIES` and
`MANAGED_CONFIG_CAPABILITIES_SCHEMA_VERSION` constants. A plugin entry
is refused unless `pluginEnvironments` is listed.
- `server/src/services/managed-config-capabilities.json`: `{
"schemaVersion": 1, "capabilities": ["pluginEnvironments"] }`. A test
pins it to the constants and to this literal contract.
- `server/src/services/managed-environments.ts`:
- New `fillPluginInstanceDefault`. It runs right after a successful boot
ensure of the flagged entry and logs a fill or a decline. Recovery after
boot never fills.
  - The managed sandbox fill now runs once, after the plugin entries.
- `server/src/services/managed-instance-default.ts`:
`fillUnsetInstanceDefault` runs `agentsNeedSetupForEnvironmentChange`
inside its locked transaction and returns `declined:
"agents_need_setup"`. A sandbox target never needs agent setup, so the
managed sandbox fill behaves as before.
- `server/src/services/plugin-environment-driver.ts`: the readiness
query is factored into `agentsNeedSetupForEnvironmentChange`.
`assertAgentsReadyForEnvironmentChange` wraps it and still throws the
same conflict.
- `doc/DEVELOPING.md`: documents `instanceDefault`, the fill order, the
readiness decline, and the capabilities file.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/__tests__/managed-plugin-environments.test.ts` (embedded Postgres),
under `instanceDefault (fill only an unset default)`:
  - A new instance gets the plugin row as its default.
  - An existing sandbox default is kept, and so is an admin's choice.
- If the plugin was down at the first boot and the sandbox filled, a
later recovery and boot keep the sandbox default.
- An admin-cleared or local default is declined while a ready or
verifying agent follows the default without the plugin's setup. The
managed sandbox then fills it.
- It fills when the agents that follow the default are paused or already
prepared, or are pinned to another environment.
  - Without the flag, nothing happens.
- A new agent that follows the default gets the plugin in
`requiredPluginIds`.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/managed-instance-default.test.ts`
(embedded Postgres): the earlier fill, lock and overlap cases pass. A
sandbox fill also succeeds while active agents follow the default.
- `npx vitest run
src/services/managed-environments-plugin-entries.test.ts`:
  - The fill order is plugin then sandbox.
  - When the plugin is down there is no fill, and recovery never fills.
- A failed ensure gives only the sandbox fill, and a failed fill keeps
the ensure counted.
  - When the plugin fill declines, the sandbox still fills.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts
src/services/managed-config-capabilities.test.ts`: parser refusals and
the capabilities contract.
- `npx vitest run src/services/managed-environments.test.ts
src/__tests__/instance-settings-routes.test.ts
src/__tests__/environment-routes.test.ts`: pass. The route still throws
the same readiness conflict.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- I did not run the full `pnpm test:run`, `pnpm -r typecheck` or `pnpm
build`. CI covers them.

## Risks

- An instance whose default is unset at the first boot after this
release gets the plugin environment, if its agents are ready for it.
That covers a new instance, and an instance whose admin cleared the
default or chose the local environment. This is the intended behaviour.
- The readiness check doesn't lock agent rows. If an agent becomes ready
during the boot fill, it can miss the check, which is the same race the
admin route has. Agents created after the fill are prepared for the
plugin, because setup reads the current default.
- If the plugin is down at a new instance's first boot, the instance
keeps the managed sandbox default from then on.
- No schema change.

> 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 (file edits, shell, 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
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 1206373a95 fix(environments): close Apex findings on managed plugin environments (#19526)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A managed instance gets its instance-level environments from the
`PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` document, and #19508 added plugin environment
entries to it
> - Greptile's Apex review of #19508 arrived after it merged, with three
findings
> - A credential inside an array nested in an array passed the secret
check and the response redaction
> - Recovery of an archived environment listened on one worker handle,
which a restart replaces, and its attempts were not tracked through idle
checks and shutdown
> - This pull request closes all three findings
> - The benefit is that credentials never pass the check, an environment
comes back after any worker restart, and shutdown never cuts off a
recovery write

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19508 (the Apex findings this pull request fixes)

**Subsystem affected**
Server environments: the managed-config parser, the environment routes'
response floor, the managed environment bootstrap, and the plugin worker
manager.

**Problem or motivation**
Greptile's Apex review of #19508 found three problems. (1)
`findSecretLikeConfigKey` and `redactSecretLikeConfigKeys` skip array
elements that are arrays, so `{"groups":[[{"apiToken":"..."}]]}` passes
the boot check and is echoed to restricted readers. (2) Recovery
subscribes to `ready` on one worker handle. A restart such as a settings
save replaces that handle, so the new worker's `ready` never reaches the
listener, and the environment stays archived. (3) A recovery attempt is
fire-and-forget. The worker manager's work token ends when the worker
replies, but the database write continues, so an idle check or the
database shutdown can overlap it.

**Proposed solution**
Walk arrays at any depth in both functions. Add a manager-wide
`onWorkerReady` subscription and use it for recovery. Run every recovery
attempt through a controller that tracks it as idle work and that
shutdown stops and awaits before the database closes.

**Alternatives considered**
Re-subscribing on each new handle after a restart. That needs a hook in
every restart path. The manager-wide subscription covers all of them in
one place.

**Roadmap alignment**
This only fixes code that #19508 added or touched. It adds no product
surface.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/managed-config.ts`: `findSecretLikeConfigKey`
walks arrays at any depth (new `findSecretLikeConfigKeyInValue`). This
covers sandbox `config` and plugin `driverConfig`.
- `server/src/routes/environments.ts`: `redactSecretLikeConfigKeys`
walks arrays at any depth (new `redactSecretLikeConfigValue`).
- `server/src/services/plugin-worker-manager.ts`: new optional
`onWorkerReady(listener)` on `PluginWorkerManager`. It fires on every
worker `ready`, including a replacement handle from a restart. A
listener error is logged and does not affect the worker.
- `server/src/services/managed-environments.ts`:
- Sandbox and plugin recovery subscribe through `subscribeWorkerReady`.
It prefers `onWorkerReady` and falls back to the handle when the manager
has no such method.
- New `createManagedEnvironmentRecovery()` controller. Each attempt runs
inside `trackIdleWork` for its whole duration. `stop()` removes every
`ready` subscription, refuses new attempts, and awaits unfinished ones.
- `server/src/index.ts`: creates the controller, passes it to
`applyManagedEnvironments`, and awaits `stop()` during shutdown, after
the delivery workers stop and before the application teardown and
database close.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts`: a
secret-like key in an array nested in an array refuses boot, for plugin
`driverConfig` and sandbox `config`.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/environment-routes.test.ts`: a
nested-array credential is removed from the response, and other nested
values stay.
- `npx vitest run
src/services/managed-environments-plugin-entries.test.ts`:
- With `onWorkerReady`, recovery never consults the handle. It ignores
another plugin's `ready`, re-ensures on this plugin's `ready`, and then
unsubscribes.
- An attempt counts in `idleWorkSnapshot()` until its ensure settles.
`stop()` unsubscribes, waits for the unfinished attempt, and later
`ready` events start nothing.
- `npx vitest run src/services/managed-environments.test.ts
src/__tests__/managed-plugin-environments.test.ts`: pass.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- I did not run the full `pnpm test:run`, `pnpm -r typecheck` or `pnpm
build`. CI covers them.

## Risks

- The redaction now also walks nested arrays in sandbox config
responses. Only credential-shaped keys are removed; other values are
unchanged.
- The boot check now refuses a document that hides a secret-like key in
a nested array. A valid document has no such key.
- `onWorkerReady` is optional, so other `PluginWorkerManager`
implementations and test fakes keep working.
- Shutdown now waits for an unfinished recovery attempt. An attempt is
one worker call plus one short transaction.

> 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 (file edits, shell, 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
- [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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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 98ebeefbc9 feat(environments): let managed config declare plugin environments (#19508)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A managed instance gets its instance-level environments from the
`PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` document
> - #19490 added the plugin environment rows, their marker index and
write floor, but nothing creates them yet
> - The managed config still accepts only one sandbox entry, so a
managed instance cannot get a plugin-provided environment without manual
setup
> - This pull request lets the managed config declare plugin entries
beside the sandbox entry, and provisions one locked row for each at boot
> - The benefit is that a managed instance gets its plugin environments
with no manual setup, and the rows recover by themselves when their
plugin restarts

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19490 (the plugin environment rows this pull request provisions)

**Subsystem affected**
Server environments: the managed-config parser, the managed environment
bootstrap, and the environment routes' write floor.

**Problem or motivation**
A managed instance cannot get a plugin environment from its managed
config. The `environments` section accepts one entry, and that entry
always provisions the managed sandbox. Company settings cannot create a
plugin environment either. So each managed instance that needs one
requires manual setup.

**Proposed solution**
Let an `environments` entry declare `driver: "plugin"`. Boot provisions
one locked row for each plugin entry through the row layer from #19490.
A later pull request adds a one-time instance default for one plugin
entry, and advertises the new managed-config capability.

**Alternatives considered**
Manual setup on each instance, and a new control-plane endpoint. Both
need a step outside the deploy. The managed config already delivers the
sandbox entry.

**Roadmap alignment**
This extends the existing managed-config `environments` section, which
already provisions the managed sandbox. It adds no new product surface.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/managed-config.ts`: an `environments` entry may
set `driver` to `"sandbox"` or `"plugin"`. An entry without `driver` is
still the sandbox entry, so today's documents parse unchanged.
- A plugin entry has `name`, optional `description`, `pluginKey` (the
plugin's manifest id), `driverKey` and optional `driverConfig`.
- At most one sandbox entry. Names are unique across the section, and
`pluginKey`–`driverKey` pairs are unique. Secret-like keys in
`driverConfig` refuse startup, as for sandbox `config`. An unknown key
or driver still refuses startup, and that includes `instanceDefault`
until the follow-up pull request.
- Plugin entries parse into a new `pluginEnvironments` list. The
`environments` list keeps only the sandbox entry, so its consumers do
not change.
  - `MANAGED_ENVIRONMENT_DRIVERS` lists the accepted drivers.
- `server/src/services/managed-environments.ts`
(`applyManagedEnvironments`):
- Boot refuses to start unless an auto-installed catalog entry installs
each plugin entry's `pluginKey`. `plugins.autoInstall` holds catalog
keys, not manifest ids, so the parser cannot check this. Boot uses the
manifest ids `createApp` already resolves from the bundled and
distribution catalogs (`app.locals.managedBundledPluginKeys`, passed in
by `server/src/index.ts`). Without that list it resolves the catalog
itself.
- Plugin entries run after the sandbox entry and reuse its readiness
handling. Boot awaits `pluginsReady`, then requires the plugin `ready`,
declaring the entry's driver, and running a worker. Otherwise boot
archives the row and re-ensures it on the worker's `ready`.
- Recovery re-ensures on every worker `ready` until one ensure succeeds
or the plugin rejects the config (HTTP 422).
- If the ensure fails because the worker died, boot archives the row and
waits for `ready`. If the worker is still running (for example the call
timed out), boot keeps the row as it is, retries once at once and on the
next `ready`, and otherwise at the next boot. No timer is added.
  - Removing an entry never archives its row.
- A plugin-only document does not conflict with
`PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE`, because plugin rows do not use the sandbox
slot.
- Plugin entries never change the instance default. The sandbox stamp
still fills only an unset or local default, so it never replaces a
plugin default.
- `server/src/routes/environments.ts`: `isPlatformSlotEnvironment`
treats a marked plugin row as a live slot while the document declares
its entry. So the marker-clear escape hatch is refused then, and allowed
again after the entry leaves the document.
- `doc/DEVELOPING.md`: new "Managed environments" section.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts`:
old documents parse unchanged. Sandbox plus plugin parses. Each of these
refuses startup: two sandbox entries, `driver: null`, duplicate names, a
duplicate pair, a secret-like key, an unknown key (including
`instanceDefault`), an unknown driver, a malformed `driverKey` or
`driverConfig`.
- `npx vitest run
src/services/managed-environments-plugin-entries.test.ts` (the
sandbox-entry tests stay in `managed-environments.test.ts`; shared
fixtures are in `managed-environments.test-support.ts`):
- A plugin entry is ensured with the validator's worker manager, after
the sandbox entry.
- Boot refuses a plugin entry whose `pluginKey` no auto-installed
catalog entry installs, both from the passed list and from its own
catalog lookup.
- A plugin that is down archives the row, and worker recovery re-ensures
it. A missing plugin, a plugin without the driver, or a worker manager
without `call` counts as unavailable.
- Recovery stays armed after a failed attempt and stops after one
success or a permanent config rejection (422). A `ready` during an
attempt queues one more.
- A worker that dies during the boot ensure archives the row and arms
recovery. A failure while the worker keeps running leaves the row as it
is and retries.
- Removing an entry does not archive. Plugin entries and the sandbox
stamp never change a plugin default.
  - An ensure failure is counted, not thrown.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/managed-plugin-environments.test.ts`
(embedded Postgres, real `applyManagedEnvironments`): the first boot
creates the row and the second changes nothing. A plugin that is down
archives the row, and recovery brings it back. Removing the entry does
not archive the row. The instance default stays unset. The row tests
from #19490 still pass.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/environment-routes.test.ts`: the marker
clear is refused while the document declares the entry, and allowed
after it leaves.
- `npx vitest run src/__tests__/instance-settings-service.test.ts
src/__tests__/instance-settings-cloud-defaults.test.ts`: pass with the
new `pluginEnvironments` field.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- I did not run the full `pnpm test:run`, `pnpm -r typecheck` or `pnpm
build`. CI covers them.

## Risks

- No schema change.
- A managed-config document with a plugin entry now provisions a row at
boot. A document without one behaves as before.
- Adoption renames an unmarked row for the same plugin and driver to the
declared name and resets its driver config to the declared one. The row
keeps its id, agents and other metadata, and it is then locked like the
managed sandbox.
- Boot now refuses to start when a plugin entry names a plugin that no
auto-installed catalog entry provides. This is the same fail-closed
posture as an unknown sandbox provider.

> 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 (file edits, shell, 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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 2c39a2866b feat(plugins): let managed config grant worker variables to a plugin (#19049)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A managed instance gets its plugins from the control plane, and
people do not install them
> - Some of these plugins need deployment values, such as a service
origin and a capability
> - The plugin worker environment is scrubbed, and only a fixed list of
first-party providers gets deployment variables
> - Core also sends lifecycle events and project instance secrets only
to plugins with a saved config row
> - So a provisioned plugin cannot work until a person saves
configuration for it
> - This pull request lets the managed config grant named variables to a
selected plugin
> - The benefit is that a distribution plugin can run with no tenant
configuration, and Core does not need to name it

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No issue exists. This describes the problem. I searched open pull
requests for related work and found no duplicate.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

How a plugin provisioned through `plugins.autoInstall` receives its
deployment settings.

**Current behavior**

`buildPluginWorkerEnv` forwards variables only from a fixed list that
names first-party packages. A distribution plugin cannot be on that list
without Core naming it. A plugin with no `pluginConfig` row gets no
resource lifecycle events, and project instance secrets refuse it.

**Proposed behavior**

The managed config can include `plugins.workerEnv`. It maps a catalog
key to variable names. The worker of that plugin receives those
variables from the server process environment. The managed config can
also include `plugins.enabledCompanies`. It maps a catalog key to
company IDs. In those companies, the plugin gets lifecycle events and
can use project instance secrets with no config row.

**Reason and benefit**

The control plane stays the only place that decides which plugin gets
which values. Tenants do not handle these values, and they are not in
the database or in the managed config document.

**Alternatives considered**

- Create a config or enablement row for each company. The control plane
would need a new tenant write API, and a row can stay after the document
removes access or return after a database restore. The document is never
saved, like the other managed settings.
- Give a grant access to every company. This has no per-company opt-in.
- Put the values in the managed config document. The document does not
hold secrets, and this rule stays true because it holds only names.

## What Changed

- `parseManagedConfigEnv` accepts an optional `plugins.workerEnv`
object. Each key must be in `plugins.autoInstall`. Names must be
uppercase variable names, with no duplicates.
- Startup fails if a name looks like a host credential, such as a name
with `KEY`, `TOKEN`, `SECRET`, `PASSWORD`, `DATABASE` or `JWT` as a
word, or if it controls how the worker loads code, such as
`NODE_OPTIONS`.
- `parseManagedConfigEnv` accepts an optional `plugins.enabledCompanies`
object. Each key must be in `plugins.autoInstall`. Values must be
lowercase company UUIDs, with no duplicates.
- `managedPluginWorkerEnvGrant` and `managedPluginEnabledCompanies`
return values by plugin key. A managed instance only starts a selected
plugin from the current image, so the saved package path is not part of
this check. It can be old or null.
- `buildPluginWorkerEnv` forwards granted variables. This does not
depend on the `environment.drivers.register` capability.
- Plugin lifecycle delivery includes a plugin with no config row only
for the companies the document names. It still skips a company that
disabled the plugin. The runtime event listener follows the same rule.
- Project instance secrets accept a plugin with no config row only for a
company the document names.
- A variable grant alone gives no company access.
- `doc/plugins/DISTRIBUTION-PLUGINS.md` describes both sections.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run` in `server/` on `managed-config`,
`managed-plugin-worker-env`, `plugin-lifecycle-delivery`,
`project-instance-secrets`, `plugin-database` and `bundled-plugins`: 201
tests pass.
- The new tests cover a digest-verified distribution plugin, a stale
saved package path, a catalog key named after an inherited property, a
company the document does not name, a company that disabled the plugin,
a named company that does not exist, a grant with no enabled company,
and host credential names.
- `tsc --noEmit` in `server/` shows no errors in the changed files. My
worktree does not have the built `@paperclipai/paperclip-runner`
package, so unrelated files show errors locally. CI runs the full
typecheck.
- I did not run the full test suite locally. CI runs it.
- I did not test this change on a running instance.

## Risks

- **Older builds:** a build without this change refuses a document with
`plugins.workerEnv` or `plugins.enabledCompanies`, because it fails
closed on unknown keys. A control plane must send these sections only to
a build that supports them.
- **Trust:** the granted plugin gets the variable values in its process.
The image owner and the control plane already trust this plugin. The
name check stops a mistake with host credentials, but a name check
cannot prove that a value is not sensitive. Core cannot use an
allowlist, because it must not name the variables of a private plugin.
- **Company scope:** the control plane sets which companies a plugin
serves. A new company needs a new document, and the server reads the
document when it starts. Self-hosted instances do not change.
- **Rotation:** a new value reaches the worker only when the server
restarts. Rotation without a restart is not part of this change.
- **Background calls:** a grant does not add proactive company access. A
plugin that makes background calls with no invocation still needs a
saved config for that company.
- This changes core plugin behavior, and I did not discuss it in `#dev`
first. Maintainers can tell me if they want a discussion before review.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), 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
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-04 15:24:43 -08:00
DottaandPaperclip 9077748894 Remove the Pipelines experiment and preserve its data (#16834)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - Pipelines was an unused experiment with its own UI, API, CLI, and
automation.
> - Keeping it leaves unsupported product surfaces and extra task-detail
queries.
> - Removing the experiment must preserve data that users already saved.
> - This pull request removes the feature and keeps its database schema
and migration history.
> - Cases and Routines remain available as separate features.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Remove the unused Pipelines experiment across the application.

**Current behavior**

The experiment includes pipeline boards, stage settings, case
automation, review queues, learnings, permissions, and CLI commands.
Task detail also queries pipeline links.

**Proposed behavior**

Remove all these product surfaces and their implementation. Preserve
existing tables, records, and documents. Ignore the retired boolean in
older managed configurations so upgrades still start.

**Breaking changes**

Pipeline URLs, API endpoints, CLI commands, and `pipelines:write` are
removed. Task detail no longer includes the old `linkedCases` field. The
independent Cases API remains available. No database migration or
cleanup is included.

Related feature work: #7907, #9110, #10905, #11375, #13004, #14671,
#16133. Related issues: #9663, #10310, #10312. This removal supersedes
the feature; it does not implement those pending enhancements or delete
their saved data.

## What Changed

- Remove Pipeline UI pages, navigation, gates, clients, query keys,
helpers, and unused design tokens.
- Remove Pipeline REST routes, services, automation dispatch,
task-detail queries, and OpenAPI discovery.
- Remove the CLI commands, shared contracts, experimental flag, catalog
entry, and permission defaults.
- Remove feature-specific tests, tutorials, smoke scripts, maps, and
Storybook examples.
- Preserve database schema, migration history, and the reserved document
key used by old records.
- Keep Cases routes independent and cover obsolete stored and managed
settings.

## Verification

- Passed: `pnpm build` and `pnpm -r typecheck`.
- Passed: targeted settings, managed configuration, sidebar, settings
UI, routing, and feature-catalog tests. A first sidebar run caught a
shared Workspaces icon import; the import was restored and the sidebar
rerun passed.
- Passed: 40 tests covering Cases routes, OpenAPI discovery, retained
Pipeline table constraints, and schema snapshot drift.
- Passed: token gates, map validation, generated API metadata check,
Storybook catalog validation, and 28 map/catalog tests.
- Passed: isolated local browser verification of navigation and
Experimental settings with Pipelines absent; Cases and Routines still
open normally. Live GET/POST requests to retired Pipeline endpoints
return 404, and the retired setting is absent. CLI help has no Pipeline
commands.
- Passed: 22 access-service and agent-default-grant tests after
restoring unrelated permission assertions flagged in review.
- Local full run: `pnpm test:run` reported one failure in the unchanged
workspace-runtime port-allocation test. That test passed in an isolated
rerun. The long local run was stopped after full CI passed; it is not
reported as a complete local pass.
- Passed: all 56 checks on `def9181f3a4491d95fca1d38e9739f5b821aae3e` (2
conditional checks skipped), including build, typecheck, test shards,
and browser suites. Eleven interrupted CI jobs reported “The operation
was canceled”; their one-time retry passed. [CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39255211006).
- Greptile: 5/5 on the final commit, with the only review finding fixed
and resolved.
- Sandbox socket restrictions affected the first build/API test
attempts. The same commands ran with local sockets available.

## Risks

- Existing Pipeline clients must stop using the removed endpoints and
commands.
- Existing data remains in the database and backups, but the removed UI
no longer displays it.
- Historical boolean `enablePipelines` values are ignored. They cannot
restore the feature.
- Cases and Routines must retain their separate behavior. Targeted route
tests cover this boundary.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6, with repository inspection, editing, shell
execution, and browser verification. The exact deployed model ID and
context-window size are not exposed in this session.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-19 08:09:46 -05:00
Devin FoleyandPaperclip c274f10abc feat(server): computed owner instance-admin elevation for cloud-managed instances, behind platform floors (#10343)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Cloud-managed instances authenticate tenant users through a
trusted-header path (`resolveCloudTenantActor`) that deliberately never
grants `instance_admin`, so every tenant user is company-scoped
> - On a dedicated (single-owner) managed instance that leaves the
paying owner unable to administer their own instance: instance settings,
the environments admin surface, and the custom sandbox image flow are
all instance-admin gated (the environments UI can't even show the
provider/image of the platform sandbox because the restricted read view
blanks `config` entirely)
> - Re-granting the old blanket `instance_user_roles` row would repeat
the mistake the shared-pool hardening fixed: DB rows go stale, resurrect
via restores, and elevate through every auth path
> - This pull request elevates only the stack `owner`, computed per
request at the trusted-header boundary behind a new managed-tier feature
flag, and ships that elevation together with code floors on the
platform-owned surfaces an instance admin must not control on a managed
instance
> - The benefit is that dedicated-stack owners can administer their own
instance while platform credentials, execution policy, backups, and
runtime code-install stay platform-owned, and self-hosted behavior is
unchanged

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public GitHub issue exists for this change; the underlying issue is
described here following the feature-request template.

### Problem or motivation

- On cloud-managed instances, tenant users resolved from trusted headers
are always company-scoped. For dedicated instances with a single paying
owner, the owner cannot reach any instance-admin surface of their own
instance (instance settings, environments administration, custom image
setup), and the restricted environment read view hides even structural
fields like the sandbox provider and image.
- The previous hardening intentionally removed blanket elevation (and
purges stale `instance_user_roles` rows on every trusted-header
authentication). That protection must not regress for shared
multi-tenant pools.

### Proposed solution

- Owner-only, computed, flag-gated elevation plus code floors on
platform-owned surfaces, in one PR so the elevation can never ship
without the floors.

### Alternatives considered

- Re-inserting an `instance_user_roles` row for owners (the
pre-hardening model): rejected — DB rows go stale, survive restores, and
elevate through every auth path; #7525 removed exactly this.
- Widening only the environments read view without any elevation:
rejected — it fixes one screen but still leaves a dedicated-instance
owner unable to administer instance settings or custom images.
- Elevating additional stack roles (`member`/`admin`/`support`):
rejected — only the owner has an ownership claim over the whole
instance; other roles stay company-scoped.

### Roadmap alignment

- Extends the shipped "Cloud deployments" roadmap work (multi-tenant
isolation, company-scoped cloud tenants, managed-instance bootstrap)
without overlapping planned core items, and leaves self-hosted behavior
unchanged.

## What Changed

- **New feature key** `enableOwnerInstanceAdmin` (`packages/shared`):
boolean flag in `instanceExperimentalSettingsSchema`, catalog tier
`managed`, `cloudDefault: true`, `selfHostedDefault: false`. Inert on
self-hosted instances — the elevation path only exists behind the cloud
tenant trust token.
- **Computed elevation** (`server/src/middleware/auth.ts`):
`resolveCloudTenantActor` now returns `isInstanceAdmin: true` only when
the trusted-header stack role is `owner` **and** the flag is enabled.
The flag is resolved through the instance-settings service so the
managed-config overlay applies (the control plane can disable elevation
fleet-wide without touching tenant databases; a DB row edit or restore
cannot resurrect it). Resolution fails closed on settings read errors.
The `instance_user_roles` never-insert and the per-request stale-row
purge are byte-identical. `member`/`admin`/`support` stack roles stay
company-scoped.
- **Authorization guard split**
(`server/src/services/authorization.ts`): the blanket-allow now trusts
the actor's *computed* `isInstanceAdmin` flag (only the attested
resolver can set it for `cloud_tenant` actors) while keeping the
`instance_user_roles` DB lookup excluded for `cloud_tenant` — a stale or
hand-inserted role row still elevates nothing.
- **Floor F1 — platform environment credentials**
(`server/src/routes/environments.ts`): on cloud-managed instances,
platform-provisioned environment rows (`managedByPaperclip` marker, plus
the legacy managed-Kubernetes marker) use a single floored view for
every reader on all environment routes (list, get, create, update,
delete responses): `envVars` are never echoed and credential-shaped
`config` keys (reusing the managed-config
`SECRET_LIKE_CONFIG_KEY_PATTERN`) are dropped — for **all** actors
including instance admins — while structural config (provider, image,
template, region, …) and the managed markers stay visible. This also
fixes the environments UI for managed sandboxes, which previously lost
the provider/image entirely in the restricted view. The floor also
covers writes: `PATCH /environments/:id` and `DELETE /environments/:id`
on a platform-provisioned row are rejected (403,
`environment_platform_managed`) for every actor including instance
admins, and the guard binds to the persisted row's markers so a patch
cannot strip the managed marker to lift the floor. The one recovery path
is a metadata-only PATCH that solely clears the marker keys
(null/false), for rows stamped through the old unrestricted API before
the markers became reserved — and it never applies to a row whose slot
markers are live platform state: the single local row
(`environments_local_driver_idx`), which `ensureLocalEnvironment` adopts
and stamps on cloud-managed instances from every caller (company
creation, the heartbeat, run orchestration), and the single marked
sandbox row (`environments_managed_sandbox_idx`) while a managed-sandbox
bootstrap path is configured (managed-config `environments` section or
`PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE=kubernetes`) and the provisioner therefore
adopts and refreshes it on every boot. Clearing a live slot row's
markers would let the next write reclassify it as tenant-managed and
bypass the floor; conversely, when no sandbox provisioning path is
configured the platform holds no claim on any sandbox row, so a platform
marker there is stale by definition and the recovery patch applies.
Every marker outside a live slot is clearable, so no legacy row is ever
locked permanently. Custom-image setup and probes on the platform
sandbox stay available to instance admins — those are the owner-facing
flows this elevation exists for. The marker keys themselves are
reserved: client create/update payloads that set `managedByPaperclip` or
`managedKubernetesSandbox` are rejected (422,
`environment_platform_marker_reserved`) on cloud-managed instances, so a
tenant row can never be stamped platform-provisioned through the API and
self-locked behind the write floor (the provisioner writes markers at
the service layer, not through these routes). Tenant-created
environments are otherwise unaffected.
- **Floor F2 — executionMode**
(`server/src/routes/instance-settings.ts`): on cloud-managed instances,
`PATCH /instance/settings/general` rejects writes that would change
`executionMode` (403, `execution_mode_platform_managed`). Same-value
echoes pass so settings forms that submit the full general-settings
object keep working. The boot-time execution-policy bootstrap path is
untouched (it calls the service directly).
- **Floor F3 — manual database backups**
(`server/src/routes/instance-database-backups.ts`): floored off on
cloud-managed instances (403, `database_backups_platform_managed`);
backups are platform-owned there, and the result would also echo a
server-side filesystem path.
- **Floor F4 — adapter code install** (`server/src/routes/adapters.ts`):
`POST /adapters/install` and `POST /adapters/:type/reinstall` are
floored off on cloud-managed instances (403,
`adapter_install_platform_managed`). Adapter packages execute in the
server process, so a runtime install would let an instance admin read
the platform trust anchors out of the process environment. This mirrors
the existing bundled-only plugin install floor; adapter code on managed
instances comes bundled with the platform image.

## Instance-admin surface audit

Before widening who can hold `isInstanceAdmin`, every
instance-admin-gated surface in `server/src` was enumerated and reviewed
for whether its response or side effects could echo process environment
values or platform credentials (tenant trust token, JWT signing keys,
database connection strings, provider API keys): 29 distinct gate
definitions covering ~90+ call sites, in four groups — sole
instance-admin gates (12), instance-admin-or-company-permission gates
(10), response-shaping/scope-widening sites (6), and the central
`allow_instance_admin` short-circuit in the authorization service (58
`decide()` call sites).

Findings and dispositions:
- **Environment read/write responses** exposed platform sandbox
`envVars`/credential-shaped config to instance admins → closed by floor
F1.
- **Manual backup trigger** echoed a server filesystem path and triggers
a platform-owned operation → closed by floor F3.
- **Adapter install/reinstall** loads externally fetched code into the
server process (indirect, complete env exposure) → closed by floor F4.
The sibling plugin-install path already had a bundled-only floor on
managed instances and needed no change.
- **Token-minting surfaces** (gateway tokens, custom-image
terminal/connection tokens) mint credentials scoped to the instance's
own resources, not platform trust anchors → acceptable for an
owner-admin of a dedicated instance; unchanged.
- All remaining gated surfaces return ordinary instance-scoped business
data; none echo `process.env` or platform secrets directly. OAuth client
secrets are referenced by env-var *name* only; SSH private keys are
stored as secret refs before persistence and are not echoed.

Operational note for managed platforms: this model assumes the process
environment of a managed instance holds only that instance's own
credentials. Platform operators should keep provider credentials
per-instance (never fleet-shared) since an instance admin ultimately
controls in-process code on their own instance.

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run server/src/middleware/cloud-tenant-actor.test.ts` —
resolver matrix: owner × flag on/off, flag via managed overlay
(on-over-DB-off and off-over-DB-on), member/admin/support × flag on,
no-token self-hosted, fail-closed settings read, purge still runs and no
role row is ever inserted (14 tests).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/authorization-service.test.ts` —
computed flag elevates a `cloud_tenant` actor; a stale
`instance_user_roles` row still never does; `session` actors unchanged
(full suite, embedded Postgres).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/environment-routes.test.ts` —
F1: no secret echo to admins on get/list, structural config visible to
restricted readers, platform-row PATCH/DELETE rejected for admins
(including a marker-stripping patch), marker-clear recovery allowed for
stale legacy rows and for a marked sandbox row when no provisioning path
is configured, but refused on the managed local row and on the sandbox
slot row under a managed-config `environments` entry or the forced
kubernetes execution mode, client marker-stamping creates/patches
rejected, tenant rows still readable and writable, self-hosted
read+write regression (60 tests).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/environment-service.test.ts` —
`ensureLocalEnvironment` adopts a pre-existing local row on
cloud-managed instances (marker stamped, other metadata preserved,
idempotent — no rewrite on re-ensure) and leaves self-hosted rows
untouched (22 tests, embedded Postgres).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/instance-settings-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/instance-database-backups-routes.test.ts` — F2
change-vs-echo matrix incl. self-hosted regression; F3 floor for both
admin shapes (32 tests).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/adapter-routes-authz.test.ts` —
F4 floor; self-hosted install/reinstall behavior unchanged (existing
cases).
- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/first-admin-claim.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/bootstrap-claim-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/health.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/instance-settings-managed-overlay.test.ts
server/src/services/managed-environments.test.ts
server/src/services/execution-policy-bootstrap.test.ts` — first-admin
bootstrap gate and managed-config behavior unchanged (91 tests).
- `pnpm vitest run packages/shared/src/feature-catalog.test.ts` —
catalog/schema sync tests cover the new key (selfHostedDefault must
equal the schema default).
- `pnpm run typecheck` — all 31 workspace projects clean.

## Risks

- Self-hosted behavior is unchanged: every floor binds to
`isCloudManagedInstance()` (tenant trust token present), the new flag
defaults off with no elevation path, and regression tests pin the
self-hosted branches.
- The elevation is fail-closed and stateless: turning the flag off
(managed overlay or DB) de-elevates on the next request; there is no
role row to clean up and restores cannot resurrect elevation.
- On a cloud-managed instance a pre-existing unmarked local row is
adopted (stamped `managedByPaperclip`) by the next ensure and becomes
platform-owned — the intended managed-product semantic: the platform
owns the single local slot. Self-hosted instances are untouched.
- F1 widens restricted readers' view of platform-provisioned rows from
fully blanked `config`/`metadata` to structural-only `config` plus
markers. Platform-delivered config is guaranteed secret-free by the
managed-config contract (secret-shaped keys fail startup), and the floor
re-drops secret-shaped keys defensively.
- One extra instance-settings read per trusted-header request for
owner-role actors (the resolver already performs several queries per
request).

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic) — model id `claude-fable-5`, extended
thinking enabled, agentic tool use via Claude Code; read-only explore
subagents on the same model were used for the surface audit sweep.

## 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
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

---------

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-07-27 18:58:31 -07:00
Devin Foley 273315a4d0 feat(server): provision managed sandbox environments from the managed config (#10324)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Hosted/managed deployments configure instances entirely from the
control plane: `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` already delivers feature flags
and `plugins.autoInstall` (bundled sandbox provider plugins), parsed
fail-closed at boot
> - A plugin alone is not usable for execution: runs need an
instance-level `driver: "sandbox"` environment row pointing at the
provider, and today only Kubernetes has a boot path for that
(`PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE` → `ensureKubernetesEnvironment`); every
other provider requires a manual product-API call the control plane
cannot make on a managed instance
> - Adding one `ensureXxxEnvironment` per provider would multiply
near-identical boot hooks and env-var surfaces
> - This pull request generalizes the existing Kubernetes machinery: the
managed-config document gains an optional `environments` section that
declares a sandbox environment for any bundled provider, ensured
idempotently at boot by a provider-agnostic service function (the
Kubernetes hook becomes a thin wrapper over it)
> - The benefit is that a managed fleet can provision any sandbox
provider (Daytona, Modal, E2B, …) purely from configuration — no
per-provider code, no manual API calls, no secrets in the document —
while self-hosted behavior is untouched

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public issue exists. Refs #10157 (the cloud image variant that
bundles sandbox provider plugins — this PR is the configuration half
that makes an installed provider usable).

**Problem (feature-request shape):** on a managed instance the control
plane can auto-install a bundled sandbox provider plugin via
`PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG.plugins.autoInstall`, but cannot create the
environment row that makes the provider schedulable. The only boot-time
environment provisioning is Kubernetes-specific
(`PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE=kubernetes` + `PAPERCLIP_K8S_*`). A generic,
config-driven path is needed so any bundled provider can be provisioned
without per-plugin code or manual API calls.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/managed-config.ts`: optional `environments`
top-level section — `[{ name, description?, provider, config? }]` —
validated fail-closed: unknown keys, more than one entry (the DB permits
exactly one Paperclip-managed sandbox row,
`environments_managed_sandbox_idx`), a `provider` not present in
`plugins.autoInstall`, `config.provider`, or secret-looking config keys
at any depth (`api_key`/`token`/`secret`/`password`/`credential`) all
refuse startup. Absent section ⇒ `environments: []`, so pre-section
documents keep booting newer builds.
- `server/src/services/environments.ts`: new provider-agnostic
`ensureManagedSandboxEnvironment({ name, description?, provider,
config?, extraMetadata? })` — idempotently owns the single managed
sandbox row: refreshes name/description/config each call, adopts the
slot across provider switches (dropping the stale
`managedKubernetesSandbox` marker), adopts a same-name unmanaged sandbox
row (stamping it managed) instead of colliding on
`environments_name_idx` every boot, and falls back to keeping the
current name if the desired name belongs to a different row.
`ensureKubernetesEnvironment` is now a thin wrapper that pins `provider:
"kubernetes"` and stamps the legacy marker.
- `server/src/services/managed-environments.ts` (new):
`applyManagedEnvironments` boot step — no-op for self-hosted/empty;
throws (fail startup) when `PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE` is also set, since
both would own the same managed sandbox row; otherwise ensures each
declared environment fail-safe per entry (log + continue boot, matching
bundled-plugin provisioning posture).
- `server/src/index.ts`: runs the new boot step right after the
execution-policy bootstrap, before the heartbeat resumes queued runs.
- `server/src/services/index.ts`: exports `applyManagedEnvironments` and
`ManagedEnvironmentSpec`.
- Secrets stay out of the document by construction: provider credentials
reach managed instances only as process env vars (each provider's
documented fallback, e.g. `DAYTONA_API_KEY` for the Daytona plugin).

## Verification

```sh
cd server
pnpm exec tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json
pnpm exec vitest run \
  src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts \
  src/services/managed-environments.test.ts \
  src/services/execution-policy-bootstrap.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/environment-service.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/environment-instance-routes.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/environment-routes.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/plugin-install-guard.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/environment-execution-target.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/instance-settings-managed-overlay.test.ts \
  src/__tests__/bundled-plugins.test.ts
```

All pass locally (typecheck clean; environment-service suite runs
against embedded Postgres and exercises the refactored Kubernetes
wrapper plus the new generic ensure: create/refresh, provider switch,
unmanaged-row adoption, name-conflict fallback). New tests cover the
parser (12 cases incl. secret-key rejection at depth) and the boot step
(no-op, mutual exclusion, pass-through, fail-safe).

## Risks

- **Self-hosted: none intended.** Without `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG`
nothing new executes; the `PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE=kubernetes` path is
regression-covered by the existing bootstrap/service/route suites (all
green).
- **Behavioral shift in `ensureKubernetesEnvironment` (deliberate):** it
now also refreshes `name`/`description` to their managed defaults each
boot (desired-state semantics, same as config today) and adopts a
`managedByPaperclip` sandbox row that lacks the Kubernetes marker —
previously that state made the ensure throw every boot.
- **New startup failure modes are all explicit misconfigurations**
(malformed section, provider not auto-installed, secret in config,
execution-mode conflict) and fail with precise errors; DB-side ensure
failures never block boot (fail-safe per entry, logged).
- No migrations; no API surface changes.

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5 (Anthropic, model ID `claude-fable-5`) with extended
thinking and tool use, driving the change end-to-end inside a Claude
Code / agent-harness session (code, tests, and verification 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 (the
managed-config module header is the contract doc)
- [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
2026-07-27 12:00:21 -07:00
Devin FoleyandPaperclip 216d3d2680 Managed-instance config: fail-closed PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG parsing and read-time settings overlay (#10058)
**Builds on.** #10055 — the `catalogVersion` this config document pins
is the feature-catalog artifact #10055 emits.

**Summary.** Instances operated by a managed hosting control plane can
now receive instance configuration through a single environment
variable, `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` (versioned JSON: `mode`,
`catalogVersion`, `features`, `plugins.autoInstall`). When the variable
is absent the instance is self-hosted and nothing changes. When present,
parsing is strict and **fail-closed**: blank value, malformed JSON,
unknown feature key, a feature key this build's feature catalog does not
mark tier `managed`, missing required section, or unsupported version
refuses startup with a precise error — a typo that silently does nothing
is how a security control quietly fails. Managed feature values are
overlaid **at read time** inside the instance settings service (never
persisted), so a DB restore or manual row edit cannot resurrect a
disabled capability; responses expose per-key `managedKeys` metadata
(`managed: true`, `managedBy`) so clients can render locked state.

## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip runs both self-hosted and under managed hosting, where an
operator's control plane owns instance configuration
> - Today instance feature settings live only in the tenant database; a
hosting control plane has no way to enforce a configuration that
tenant-side writes or restores cannot undo
> - Managed configuration will carry security posture, so delivery must
be atomic and parsing must fail closed — a typo that silently does
nothing is how a security control quietly fails
> - This pull request adds strict parsing of one
`PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` env var and overlays its feature values at
read time inside the settings service, never persisting them
> - The benefit is a minimal, auditable managed-hosting contract: absent
var ⇒ self-hosted instances are byte-for-byte unchanged; present ⇒
deterministic, locked configuration surfaced to clients via per-key
managed metadata

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #966 — this PR delivers that issue's "managed config injection"
hook, via a strict env-var contract rather than the config-file path it
sketches; the issue's other hooks (identity header, health, usage
webhook, lifecycle, external secrets, IAM auth) are out of scope, so the
PR refs rather than closes it.

*Mechanism differs from #966's proposal, so the `feature_request` fields
are also filled in:*

- **Problem or motivation:** managed hosting deployments need to
centrally enable/disable instance features; DB-stored settings can be
edited, restored, or migrated back to permissive values, and nothing
marks a value as operator-enforced.
- **Proposed solution:** one versioned JSON env var; fail-closed parse
at startup; read-time overlay in the settings service (precedence:
managed value over stored value over schema default); `managedKeys`
metadata in settings responses so clients can render locked state.
- **Alternatives considered:** per-feature env vars (non-atomic across a
half-updated env set, unbounded env surface); seeding the DB at boot
(persisted values can be edited or restored over, and cannot express
"forced"); lenient warn-and-drop parsing (fails open — unacceptable for
a security-bearing control).
- **Roadmap alignment:** supports the in-progress "Cloud deployments"
milestone in `ROADMAP.md`.

## What Changed

- New `server/src/services/managed-config.ts` (pure parser over the env
record)
- Startup parse ordered before the first `instanceSettingsService`
construction in `server/src/index.ts`
- Read-time merge + `managedKeys` in the settings service
- Shared validator updates

## Verification

- 29 parser/overlay tests (fail-closed matrix incl. blank/whitespace
env, missing sections, catalog-tier mismatch, empty-section happy path):
`pnpm vitest run src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts
src/__tests__/instance-settings-managed-overlay.test.ts` (from
`server/`)
- 40 existing settings route/service tests green: `pnpm vitest run
src/__tests__/instance-settings-routes.test.ts
src/__tests__/instance-settings-service.test.ts` (from `server/`)
- 15 shared validator tests: `pnpm vitest run
src/validators/instance.test.ts` (from `packages/shared/`)
- Server `tsc --noEmit` clean: `pnpm typecheck` (from `server/`)

## Risks

- Self-hosted instances (no `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` set) are
byte-for-byte unchanged — the parser only runs when the variable is
present.
- For managed instances, a malformed document now refuses startup by
design (fail-closed). This is an intentional behavioral guarantee, not a
regression: the control plane owns the variable and a precise startup
error is the contract.
- Overlay values are never persisted, so no migration or data-shape
risk.

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`), extended thinking, agentic tool use;
independently peer-reviewed by a second AI agent before push.

## 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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2026-07-22 19:48:43 -07:00