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Nicky LeachandPaperclip 38501b1170 Add turn-scoped attachment downloads to native Runner (#20956)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages AI agents and their work.
> - Native agents open input images with a file reader.
> - Plugin Runner tasks use an authenticated Runner connection.
> - Runner needs a way to fetch an authorized file from the tenant app.
> - The tenant grants access to the exact attachment for the active run.
> - Runner downloads and verifies it before it returns a local path.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19740. Builds on the attachment authorization and command
transport added in #20939.

## What Changed

- Add the PRP v3 `runner.attachment.download` command for native
workspace providers.
- Issue short-lived grants for exact authorized wake and historical
attachments. Recheck the active run, source, size, and SHA-256 at the
tenant endpoint.
- Download current-wake inputs before provider dispatch. Download
historical files when the authorized chat reader asks for them. Preserve
SSH and sandbox command staging as a fallback.
- Run HTTPS transfers off the Runner control loop. Report completion
with one PRP event per transfer. Drop pending results on cancellation
and clear files at turn settlement, authority rotation, and restart.
- Grant restricted Codex sessions read-only access to the attachment
directory.

## Verification

- 69 targeted server attachment tests passed. They cover wake and
historical downloads, authorization failures, and command fallback.
- 22 focused historical attachment tests passed, including grant
redemption under a held database lock.
- Six focused Rust attachment tests passed, including a source-pinned
Codex sandbox check. The sandbox could read the staged file but could
not modify it or read adjacent Runner state.
- The real Runner transport test confirmed one durable command and one
completion event for a transfer. Restart-continuation tests confirmed
fresh attachment paths appear before dispatch.
- Server and Runner TypeScript checks, Rust formatting, and PRP
generated schema checks passed.
- Required GitHub CI passed on `7a33752bd7`. [CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43122967837)
- Greptile scored the same revision 5/5 with no unresolved review
threads.
[Review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20956#issuecomment-6808582134)

## Risks

- Saved provider and Runner identities keep their existing formats. A
previous Runner falls back to command staging where the target supports
it. A restart continuation refreshes temporary attachment paths before
dispatch.
- Plugin Runner tasks require a compatible Runner ROM and outbound HTTPS
access to the configured tenant origin.
- Live agent-computer qualification remains a release check.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with repository inspection, shell tools, and
local test execution. Exact variant and context window are unavailable
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: #123` /
`Closes #123` / `Refs #123` or (b) described the issue in-PR following
the relevant issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change
- [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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2026-11-11 16:28:02 -08:00
DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 1880526603 fix(runner): never start an OpenCode session without its Paperclip tools (#20964)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native OpenCode agents use Paperclip tools through a local MCP
bridge in the runner
> - OpenCode 1.18 connects each MCP server one time per process. It does
not retry
> - One failed `initialize` or `tools/list` at startup marks the
Paperclip server "failed" for the full session
> - The agent then works with only built-in tools. In one chat it told
the person "Switched the working design to blue", but no saved state
supported this claim
> - This pull request makes the runner confirm the Paperclip tools while
the session loads, reconnect them, restart OpenCode if necessary, and
fail the session by name if the tools stay unavailable
> - The benefit is that an OpenCode turn never starts without its
Paperclip tools, so the agent cannot silently claim actions that it
could not do

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20886, #20921.

**What happened**
In chat eval `steering.steer-active` (private paid run 43086418488, on a
commit with #20886 and without #20921), two of three OpenCode sessions
started without Paperclip tools. One was the CEO chat (fresh session).
One was the worker task after its saved session resumed in a new
OpenCode process. The CEO agent ran `opencode mcp list` and saw
`paperclip ✗ failed — Failed to get tools`. It then sent a request to
the bridge without the bearer token and got HTTP 401. That 401 came from
its own probe, not from OpenCode. The run still succeeded with the reply
"Switched the working design to blue …", because a plain chat reply
counts as the result.

**Expected behavior**
Every native OpenCode session starts with the Paperclip MCP tools. If
the tools cannot be loaded, the session fails with a named reason, and
the turn does not start without tools.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start OpenCode 1.18.34 with a remote MCP server whose first
`tools/list` request fails (for example, the server resets the socket
one time).
2. `GET /mcp` returns `{"paperclip":{"status":"failed","error":"Failed
to get tools"}}`. OpenCode keeps this status for the life of the
process.
3. `POST /mcp/paperclip/connect` returns `true`, and then `GET /mcp`
returns `connected` (about 8 ms). We measured this with the real 1.18.34
binary.

This is the same class as #20886: `Connection: close` made the one-shot
startup connect fail more often (about 9 of 25 sessions), and #20921
removed the trigger. Any other transient failure at startup still
produced a toolless session. This change removes the class.

## What Changed

- `opencode-server-driver.ts`: while a session opens (fresh, resumed or
recovered), the driver reads OpenCode's `GET /mcp`. If the `paperclip`
server is not `connected`, it calls `POST /mcp/paperclip/connect` up to
two times. If the server is still not connected, it throws
`paperclip_tools_unavailable`. The existing startup retry restarts
OpenCode for this error (three attempts in total). After that, the
session fails visibly.
- The check runs in parallel with session creation or resume. The added
work on a healthy start is one local HTTP request.
- `fake-opencode-server.mjs`: the fixture now serves `GET /mcp` and
`POST /mcp/paperclip/connect`. It connects to the real bridge with the
configured token, and it can simulate failed connects.
- New `paperclip-tools-startup.test.ts`: reconnect after one failed
connect, restart after a process stays failed, reconnect on a saved
session that resumes in a new process, and a named failure when the
tools never load. All four tests fail on master (master opens a toolless
session).

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
src/drivers/opencode/paperclip-tools-startup.test.ts` (in
`packages/paperclip-runner`): 4 passed. Red on master: 4 failed.
- All OpenCode driver, proxy, live runnerd OpenCode and native-runtime
server suites that use the fixture: 29 files, 567 tests passed.
- `node --test scripts/contracts/contract-fingerprints.test.mjs`: 11
passed. `tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner`: clean.
- Real OpenCode 1.18.34 probe (failure, then `connect`, then
`connected`) as in the steps above.
- Paid chat eval run 43117909094 on this change (steering.steer-active
and three other OpenCode chat cases). Result is in a comment on this PR.

## Risks

- Low. A healthy start adds one local `GET /mcp` request, in parallel
with session creation.
- If OpenCode cannot load the Paperclip tools after reconnects and
restarts, the session now fails with `paperclip_tools_unavailable`.
Before, it ran without tools. This is intended.
- No persisted run, session or pack state changes. A session saved by
the previous release resumes through the same open path and gets the
same check.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), agentic coding with
tool use (shell, file edits, 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
- [ ] 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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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 d1e4109df1 fix(runner): keep a connected adopted Runner through a failed liveness probe (#20965)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - After a controller restart, the controller adopts the remote Runner
that kept running in the sandbox. A monitor then checks the Runner's
liveness every 250 ms through the environment plugin.
> - #20940 and #20945 made a stalled plugin probe "unknown" for the
launched Runner's monitor, reattachment and launch. The adopted Runner's
monitor still failed the run on the first probe that failed without an
answer.
> - A short plugin stall after adoption therefore failed a healthy run
with `native_adopted_runner_identity_unverifiable`.
> - This pull request uses the evidence that is available: while the
adopted Runner holds its authenticated connection to the controller, a
liveness check that fails without an answer does not fail the run, for
at most the reconnect grace.
> - The benefit is that a healthy adopted Runner survives a short plugin
stall. A check that reports the process gone still fails the run at
once.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20940, #20945

**What happened?**
`#watchAdoptedRunner` in
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts` called
`failTransport("native_adopted_runner_identity_unverifiable: runner
liveness could not be revalidated")` on the first `isAlive()` rejection.
For a remote adopted Runner, `isAlive()` is a plugin
`environmentExecute` RPC. A plugin stall makes it reject, even while the
Runner holds its authenticated connection and works normally.

**Expected behavior**
A rejection is not an answer. While the Runner holds its authenticated
connection, the monitor keeps checking. The bound is the reconnect
grace. A check that returns `false` (the process is gone) still fails
the run at once.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Adopt a remote Runner after a controller restart.
2. Stall the plugin worker, so that the liveness probe rejects.
3. Within 250 ms the run fails with
`native_adopted_runner_identity_unverifiable`.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at ef755cecc6.

## What Changed

- `#watchAdoptedRunner`: on an `isAlive()` rejection, the monitor
records when verification was first lost. It does not fail the transport
while the control plane has an authenticated Runner connection and less
than `runnerReconnectGraceMs` has passed. A successful check resets the
clock.
- Unchanged: an `isAlive()` result of `false` fails the run at once. A
rejection with no Runner connection fails it as before. A transport with
no reconnect grace (local adoption) fails it as before. The close path
still uses `isAlive()` directly.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md` describes the rule.

## Verification

- Red on master: `npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-adoption.test.ts -t "liveness probe
rejects while"` (in `packages/paperclip-runner/`). It failed with
`native_adopted_runner_identity_unverifiable: runner liveness could not
be revalidated`.
- Green: the test passes. The real adopted runnerd keeps its connection,
`isAlive()` rejects for 1.5 seconds (6 monitor ticks), the run still
answers `thread/read`, no signal is sent, and the runner is alive.
- `runnerd-codex-transport-adoption.test.ts` passes (24 tests),
including "retains authenticated adopted-runner ownership when a close
probe rejects". `tsc --noEmit` passes for `packages/paperclip-runner`.

## Risks

- A remote adopted Runner whose liveness cannot be verified, but which
stays connected, keeps running for up to 7 minutes before the run fails
closed. Its own authenticated connection is the evidence during that
time, and no exit is reported.
- The change touches `packages/paperclip-runner/src`, so it changes the
Daytona runner image content ID.

> 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
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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
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
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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
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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
- [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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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 d7b04a8b6d refactor(runner): rename codex-runtime-adapter to acpx-runtime-adapter (#20938)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip Runner opens agent sessions through one ACPX runtime
adapter
> - The adapter began as the Codex ACPX adapter, so its file is
`codex-runtime-adapter.ts`
> - The adapter now opens sessions for every ACPX agent: Claude, Codex,
Pi, Cursor, Grok, Kimi, Copilot and Antigravity
> - The Codex name makes readers look for Claude and other agent
behavior in the wrong place
> - This pull request renames the module to `acpx-runtime-adapter.ts`
and changes no behavior
> - The benefit is a file name that tells readers what the module does

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No issue exists. Refs #20933, which adds Claude restore behavior to this
module.

**What existing behavior does this improve?**
The name of the shared ACPX runtime adapter module in Paperclip Runner.

**Subsystem affected**
Paperclip Runner, ACPX driver
(`packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/`).

**Current behavior**
The module that opens ACPX sessions for all agents is named
`codex-runtime-adapter.ts`. Its test file, which holds Claude, Pi, Grok,
Cursor and Copilot tests, is named `codex-runtime-adapter.test.ts`.

**Proposed behavior**
The module is `acpx-runtime-adapter.ts` and its test file is
`acpx-runtime-adapter.test.ts`. All imports, scripts and docs use the
new name.

**Reason and benefit**
The name matches the module's scope. Reviewers and contributors find
agent-specific session behavior faster.

**Breaking changes**
None. No exported name, behavior or contract changes.

## What Changed

- Rename `src/drivers/acpx/codex-runtime-adapter.ts` to
`src/drivers/acpx/acpx-runtime-adapter.ts`, and its test file in the
same way. Git records both as renames with no content change, except the
test file's import path.
- Update the imports in `acpx-runtime-sidecar.ts`,
`codex-acpx-driver.ts` and four test files.
- Update the `dist` import in `scripts/grok-native-smoke.mjs` and the
test file key in `scripts/vitest-lane-durations.json`.
- Update the links and file names in
`doc/RUNNER-INTEGRATION-PLAYBOOK.md`,
`doc/architecture/runner-cursor-capabilities.md` and
`doc/architecture/runner-rich-acp-capabilities.md`.
- Do not change the historical profile identity fixtures under
`packages/paperclip-runner/test/fixtures/`. They record the sources of
earlier releases with the old path, and tests check them by hash.

## Verification

- `npx tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit` in `packages/paperclip-runner`: no
errors in changed files. The only errors are in
`src/eval/workflow-harness.ts`, because
`@paperclipai/paperclip-eval-kernel` was not built in the local
worktree.
- `npx vitest run src/drivers/acpx
src/cli/acpx-runtime-sidecar.test.ts`: 93 files, 1859 passed, 9 skipped.
- `node --test scripts/contracts/contract-fingerprints.test.mjs`: 11
passed. The pack contract digest reads protocol schemas, the Rust crate
and the ACPX patch, not TypeScript sources, so the rename does not
change it.
- `node --check scripts/grok-native-smoke.mjs`, and
`scripts/vitest-lane-durations.json` parses.
- `git grep codex-runtime-adapter` finds the old name only in the
historical fixtures.
- Merge check with #20933: a local merge of that branch into this one
completed with no conflicts. Git applied #20933's changes to the renamed
files. The merged adapter tests passed (133 passed).

## Risks

- Low risk. The change renames files and updates references only.
- An open PR that edits the old file path must merge or rebase after
this PR. Git rename detection handled #20933 with no conflicts. A PR
that adds a new import of `./codex-runtime-adapter.js` fails typecheck
until it uses the new path.
- `openCodexAcpxRuntime` keeps its name. It is an alias of
`openQualifiedAcpxRuntime`, and this PR does not change exported names.
- `acpx-runtime-adapter.ts` and its test file were already longer than
1,000 lines. This PR does not add lines to them.

> 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 edits, local test runs). 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
- [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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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 c1edb9ec02 fix(native): keep an unreachable remote Runner alive when a failed run closes (#20923)
## 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 detached
`paperclip-runnerd`. After a recoverable failure, the server resumes the
same run and reattaches to that Runner
> - On staging, `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` was the
most frequent failure. The tasks stayed blocked until someone clicked
Retry
> - In 31 of the 34 failed runs the reattachment found the Runner gone
with an unsettled `ready` journal (`runnerSettled: false`). The Runner
was not lost by accident. The controller's own close stopped it with
`SIGKILL`: close could not prove suspension within its 10 s budget, so
it force-stopped the Runner in the middle of a turn
> - The server then scheduled a same-run reattachment that could never
succeed, because the close had just removed the Runner it needed
> - This pull request keeps an unreachable remote Runner alive when a
failed run closes. A Stop, a cancelled turn and a `stop_cleanup`
recovery still stop it
> - The benefit is that the same-run reattachment finds the live Runner.
The Runner then settles into a `suspended` journal, which the existing
relaunch path resumes. The task continues without Retry, and no provider
work is replayed

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20853, #20907

**What happened?**
Remote native runs failed with
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` and error code
`native_continuation_requires_reconciliation`. The tasks were left
blocked. In the failed runs the first attempt failed with a recoverable
transport error, for example `provider_transport_failed: PRP command
turn.start timed out`, `native_session_interrupted` or a server restart.
The run log then showed `runner did not prove durable suspension before
checkpoint` and `runner shutdown failed: Error: Durable recovery runner
timed out.` The second string comes from `waitForProcess`, which sends
`SIGKILL` when its deadline passes. The same-run reattachment ran 20–60
s later and reported `process_verification` / `process_not_running` with
`runnerLifecycle: ready` and `runnerSettled: false`. Most of these runs
had done provider work before the failure (turns and tool calls), so the
automatic Retry correctly refused them (`provider_turn_unsettled`).

**What did you expect to happen?**
When a run fails for a reason that the server resumes on the same run,
the close does not destroy the Runner that the reattachment needs. The
reattachment adopts it, and the run continues without Retry and without
a repeated tool effect.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a remote native run and let a turn start.
2. Make the Runner unreachable (a broken transport or a slow event
pump), so that the turn fails and the close cannot prove suspension
within its budget.
3. The close sends `SIGKILL` to the Runner. The same-run reattachment
then fails with `runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable`, and the
task is blocked.

**Relation to open PRs**
- #20853 covers the 3 runs whose journal was a settled `ready` cut
(`runnerSettled: true`). This PR does not change that path.
- #20907 makes the Runner's exit reason visible. It does not change
recovery. This PR does not overlap with it.

## What Changed

- `runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: `close(reason, {
retainUnsettledRemoteRunner })` accepts a new option. When the option is
set, the Runner is remote (a process launcher or an adopted Runner), the
close is not a `stop_cleanup`, the Runner is still alive and suspension
is not proven, the close does not stop the Runner. It skips the
`waitForProcess` kill, the adopted-runner `SIGKILL` and `forceKill`. It
still releases the controller route, writes the unsettled checkpoint and
throws `NativeSessionCloseUnrecoverableError`, so the session stays
quarantined and is never reused. The settlement diagnostic records
`runnerRetained: true`, and a new diagnostic records `remote runner left
alive unsettled for same-run reattachment`.
- `HarnessNativeSession.close` asks for retention only when the session
was not explicitly cancelled. After `cancel()` (Stop), it asks for the
old behavior, so Stop still stops the Runner.
- `CodexHarnessSession.close` passes the option to the transport.
`HarnessSession.close` and `CodexAppServerTransport.close` accept the
optional field. Callers that do not set it keep the old behavior.
- Docs: `doc/execution-semantics.md` and `doc/run-log-events.md`
describe the rule and the `runnerRetained` field.

How the run continues: the reattaching controller adopts the live
Runner. The Runner then completes the `runner.drain` and
`runner.suspend` that the failed close queued, and exits with a settled
`suspended` journal. That attempt fails as
`native_runner_process_exited`, which the server resumes on the same
run. The next reattachment finds the process gone with a settled
`suspended` journal and relaunches the Runner over it (the existing path
from #19745). If the Runner was only slow, it suspends by itself and the
first reattachment relaunches.

## Verification

- Red, on `master` with only the tests added:
`runnerd-codex-transport-remote-retention.test.ts` fails 2 of 5
(`expected 'gone' to be 'alive'`): the close killed the Runner.
`harness-driver-backend.test.ts -t "retain an unsettled"` fails 2 of 2.
- Green with the fix: `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-remote-retention.test.ts
src/backends/harness-driver-backend.test.ts`.
- The staging shape: a real `paperclip-runnerd` started through a
process launcher, a turn in progress, the Runner frozen with `SIGSTOP`
during close. The close throws `NativeSessionCloseUnrecoverableError`
with `runnerRetained: true`, the Runner stays alive, and its journal
stays `ready`.
- A second controller attaches through `adoptExistingRunner` (no
duplicate launch). The Runner settles into `lifecycle: suspended` with
an empty outbox and no pending terminal delivery, then exits.
- An explicit cancellation, a caller that does not ask for retention,
and a `stop_cleanup` close still stop the Runner.
- Also run: `src/backends`, `src/drivers/codex`,
`src/drivers/acpx/codex-acpx-driver.test.ts`,
`src/drivers/acpx/codex-runtime-adapter.test.ts`,
`src/native-session-runtime.test.ts` (1045 tests pass; 2 `spawnSync
ETIMEDOUT` under full-parallel load pass alone), and all of `src/live/`
(files that timed out under full-parallel load pass at
`--maxWorkers=2`).
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.json` is
clean.
- `pnpm verify` selects a broad plan (exit 2) because
`doc/execution-semantics.md` is a global CI input. CI supplies that
coverage.
- Not run: a live Daytona run. The fix is in the controller library that
runs on the server, so it needs no new Runner image.

## Risks

- Medium. A failed close now leaves an unreachable remote Runner alive
instead of killing it. This is the same state a restart detach leaves
today, and the same-run reattachment or a Stop cleanup owns it.
- If the server does not resume the run on the same Runner, the Runner
stays alive until something reattaches or the sandbox is released.
Remote Runners have no reconnect deadline
(`runnerProcessReconnectGraceMs: null`). Before this change they were
killed. The close still quarantines the session, so it is never released
for reuse.
- Stop is unchanged: an explicit cancellation, `settleCancelledTurn` and
`stop_cleanup` close without retention, so they still stop the Runner.
- Previous-release story: this change adds and changes no persisted
state. State that an older release left (a killed Runner with an
unsettled `ready` journal) keeps its current handling: the named refusal
`runner_remote_process_identity_unavailable` and a working Retry. Tasks
already blocked on staging keep their Retry button. A deploy during a
run changes nothing, because the decision is made in the closing
process.
- No wait is added before `turn.start`. The change only affects the
failure path of close.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via Claude Code with tool use
(shell, file edits, test runs, 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
- [ ] 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 Opus 5.5 64afd22d82 fix(runner): keep the OpenCode MCP bridge on keep-alive so OpenCode keeps its Paperclip tools (#20921)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native OpenCode agents call Paperclip tools through a local MCP
bridge in the runner's OpenCode proxy
> - #20886 made the bridge send `Connection: close` on every response,
as hardening for one stalled parallel tool call that was never
reproduced
> - After #20886 merged, many native OpenCode runs started without any
Paperclip MCP tools
> - Agents then said the Paperclip tools were missing, worked only with
bash and file tools, and never called paperclip_finish
> - This pull request removes the `Connection: close` header and keeps
the delivery diagnostics from #20886
> - The benefit is that OpenCode agents get their Paperclip tools again,
and a recurrence of the original stall still shows in the run log

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20886.

**What happened**
In chat eval runs on CI, every OpenCode session before #20886 sent a
first model request of about 34k–36k input tokens (prompt plus the
Paperclip tool schemas). After #20886, about 9 of 25 sessions sent only
about 8k–15k tokens on the same prompts (for example 14,711 for
questions-and-approvals.necessary-question, 15,481 for
cases.cases-disabled, 14,096 for cases.update-case-facts). The prompt
envelope size did not change (about 32.7k characters). Those sessions
made no Paperclip MCP calls: zero tool-delivery records, no
paperclip_finish. The agents' own reasoning said "The paperclip tools
aren't in my toolset". Sessions on a commit without #20886 (8d2e34eac1)
all had the full size.

**Expected behavior**
Every native OpenCode session starts with the Paperclip MCP tools.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run several chat-features OpenCode cells on master after #20886.
2. Compare the first usage record of each run (inputTokens plus
cacheReadTokens) and the tool names in the run events.
3. See sessions with about 15k tokens and no paperclip_* tool calls.

## What Changed

- `mcp-bridge.ts`: removed `response.setHeader("Connection", "close")`.
The bridge uses Node's default keep-alive again, as before #20886.
- The per-call delivery diagnostics from #20886 stay, so a recurrence of
the stalled parallel call still shows socket reuse, idle time and
`written` in the run log.
- `mcp-bridge-delivery.test.ts`: the pooled-client test now asserts that
the bridge does not close connections, that a later call reuses a
socket, and that each call still gets a correct delivery record.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run` for mcp-bridge-delivery, mcp-bridge,
mcp-bridge-diagnostics, opencode-proxy-finish-diagnostics,
opencode-app-server-proxy and opencode-proxy-abandoned-tool-call tests:
45 passed.
- The exact mechanism inside OpenCode/Bun is not reproduced locally (a
macOS Bun client against a `Connection: close` server completed 300
MCP-shaped handshakes without error). The evidence is the before/after
correlation above. The next chat eval runs will show the first-request
token counts again.

## Risks

- The original five-minute stall (one occurrence, cause not proven) can
recur. The diagnostics from #20886 will then name the socket state.
- No persisted run, session or pack state changes.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), 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 Opus 5.5 951d1b0b1b fix(opencode): ask for the empty-response correction with reasoning off (#20890)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The Runner drives OpenCode turns for agents that use OpenCode
models, such as DeepSeek through OpenRouter
> - Sometimes the model ends a turn inside its reasoning. It reasons
that it will reply and call `paperclip_finish`, and then it stops with
no answer and no tool call
> - The driver sends one correction prompt. The correction used the same
reasoning variant, and in the failed runs the model stopped inside its
reasoning again
> - The run then failed with `opencode_empty_response`, and the person
saw "The OpenCode run failed before it completed."
> - This pull request sends the correction prompt with the no-reasoning
variant, so the final answer comes in the answer channel
> - The benefit is fewer failed chat replies, with no extra prompts and
no change to the normal turn

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened**
A chat reply failed with `opencode_empty_response` in eval run
gha-43069861174 (`agent-chat.conference-room`, OpenCode with
`openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017`). The first completion
and the one correction each held only a reasoning item (403 and 411
output tokens). Both reasoning items said the model would reply and call
`paperclip_finish`. No answer text and no tool call followed. In
retained eval evidence, 14 of 879 attempts needed this correction and 3
of those 14 failed. Each failed correction was another reasoning-only
completion.

**Expected behavior**
After an empty completion, the correction gets a final answer or a
completion report.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start an OpenCode turn with reasoning enabled on an OpenRouter model.
2. Let the provider return a completion that holds only reasoning.
3. See that the correction prompt uses `paperclip-default` (reasoning
on), so the model can end inside its reasoning again.

## What Changed

- `OpenCodeServerDriver` sends the empty-response correction with the
`paperclip-no-reasoning` variant. Normal turns keep their own reasoning
mode.
- `empty-response.test.ts` starts the `reply` and `empty-again` cases
with reasoning on. It checks that the first prompt uses
`paperclip-default` and the correction uses `paperclip-no-reasoning`.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run src/drivers/opencode/empty-response.test.ts
src/drivers/opencode/reasoning-mode.test.ts
src/drivers/opencode/interrupt-pending-tool-call.test.ts` (in
`packages/paperclip-runner`): 23 passed. Without the driver change, the
`reply` and `empty-again` cases fail (red/green).
- `node --test
tests/runner-e2e/native-completion-source-contract.test.mjs`: 29 passed.
- A paid eval run with this change and the related eval fixes is in
progress. The PR comments will have its result. One run cannot prove the
rate change, because the failure is rare.

## Risks

- Low risk. Only the correction prompt changes. A model with no
reasoning can give a shorter final answer, but the correction asks only
for the final answer and the completion report from work already done.
- Providers other than OpenRouter do not get a variant. Their behavior
does not change.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), extended thinking, 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 Opus 5.5 e601f9d2fc fix(runner): answer each OpenCode MCP tool call on its own connection (#20886)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The Paperclip runner runs native OpenCode agents. OpenCode calls
Paperclip tools through a local MCP bridge in the OpenCode proxy.
OpenCode runs on Bun and uses Bun `fetch` for each MCP request.
> - In one chat eval, the model made two parallel tool calls. The bridge
produced and wrote both results in about 0.55 s. OpenCode received only
one of them.
> - The other call waited until Bun's default fetch timeout fired, about
five minutes later. The chat turn lost five minutes, and the eval missed
its deadline.
> - The most likely trigger is the reuse of an idle keep-alive socket.
We could not reproduce the loss locally, so this pull request is
hardening that is based on a hypothesis.
> - This pull request makes the bridge answer every request on its own
connection. It also records how each tool result left the bridge, so a
recurrence can be attributed from the run log.
> - The benefit is that a pooled socket can no longer strand a tool
result. If a call is stranded again, the run log shows whether the
bridge wrote the answer.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public issue exists. Related: Refs #18751 (draft native client
acceptance diagnostic), Refs #19546 (abandoned queued calls), Refs
#20862 (transport event delivery; it does not touch this path).

**What happened**

In CI run `gha-42925998380` (chat-features, runner-opencode,
`cases.create-case`), the CEO chat run used OpenCode 1.18.34 with an
OpenRouter DeepSeek model. At 00:01:12.16 the model issued
`list_workflows` (MCP id 3) and `list_projects` (MCP id 4) in parallel.

The runner emitted the dynamic tool results for id 4 at 00:01:12.468 and
for id 3 at 00:01:12.714 (ok, HTTP 200). The bridge writes the HTTP
response directly after that event. There is no queue between them.

OpenCode completed `list_projects` at 00:01:13.113. It failed
`list_workflows` only at 00:06:01.761 with `The operation timed out.`

We read the bundled OpenCode source. Its MCP tool call has no timeout
that produces that message: the MCP request timeout gives `-32001
Request timed out`, and the configured value is 1 h for durable calls.
With the same binary in Bun mode (Bun 1.3.14), a fetch on a reused
keep-alive socket that never gets an answer fails after 298 s with
`TimeoutError: The operation timed out.` So Bun's default fetch timeout
ended the call, and the client never consumed the written answer.

The previous call (`list_agents`) answered at about 00:01:06.89, so its
socket was idle for about 5.27 s when the parallel pair started. Our
thesis is that call 3 reused that pooled socket, and call 4 opened a new
one.

**Expected behavior**

When the bridge has the result of a tool call, the MCP client gets it.
The client must not wait for a five-minute transport timeout.

**Steps to reproduce**

We did not reproduce it locally. This is the only occurrence in the
retained evidence. A macOS stress test (Bun 1.3.14 client, Node 26
server with the bridge's default keep-alive, one call, then an idle time
of 4.8–7.2 s, then two parallel calls, 8 pairs in parallel) completed
343 trials and about 1,029 requests with 0 lost results. The failing run
was on Linux CI with Node 24.

## What Changed

- `mcp-bridge.ts`: every bridge response sends `Connection: close`. The
MCP client cannot reuse a pooled keep-alive socket for a later request.
A loopback connect per request costs much less than the failure mode.
- `mcp-bridge.ts`: each `tools/call` records one closed delivery
diagnostic. This includes rejected calls (unsupported tool, invalid
input, duplicate identity), which record the outcome `error`
(`paperclip.opencode.tool-delivery-diagnostic/v1`) when its response
closes. The fields are the call id SHA-256, the socket request index,
the socket idle ms, the handler ms, the outcome (`result`, `error` or
`unanswered`) and `written` (`writableFinished`). It holds no tool
names, inputs or results. The limit is 256 records per bridge.
- `opencode-proxy-finish-diagnostics.ts`: the proxy forwards these
records to the run log as `warning` frames after session binding. It
validates the exact key set and value types and drops anything else.
- Tests: a new `mcp-bridge-delivery.test.ts` uses a pooling keep-alive
client with the incident's call shape (one call, then two parallel
calls). New forwarder cases cover the record validation. The existing
finish diagnostic assertion now filters by its own schema.

## Verification

- Red: with the `Connection: close` line removed,
`mcp-bridge-delivery.test.ts` fails with `expected 'keep-alive' to be
'close'`. The pooling client then reuses the socket.
- Green: `cd packages/paperclip-runner && pnpm exec vitest run
src/drivers/opencode/mcp-bridge-delivery.test.ts
src/drivers/opencode/mcp-bridge-diagnostics.test.ts
src/drivers/opencode/mcp-bridge.test.ts
src/cli/opencode-proxy-finish-diagnostics.test.ts
src/cli/opencode-app-server-proxy.test.ts
src/cli/opencode-proxy-abandoned-tool-call.test.ts` gives 6 files and 45
tests passed.
- The new test asserts that all three results arrive with the correct
JSON-RPC ids, that no socket is reused, and that each call records
`socketRequestIndex: 1`, `outcome: "result"`, `written: true` without
tool names or raw ids. A second test asserts that a client that leaves
before its answer records `outcome: "unanswered"`, `written: false`. A
third test asserts that a rejected call records `outcome: "error"`,
`written: true`.
- `tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit` for `packages/paperclip-runner`
reports no errors in the changed files. Seven existing errors in
`codex-runtime-adapter.ts` and `eval/workflow-harness.ts` come from this
worktree's linked dependencies. Required CI typecheck is the source of
truth.
- This does not prove the production fix. A recurrence on CI will show
socket reuse, idle time and `written` for the stranded call in the run
log.

## Risks

- Low risk. Each MCP request now opens a new loopback TCP connection.
That adds well under 1 ms per call, and there is no TLS.
- The `notifications/cancelled` handling and the abandoned-call abort do
not change. The abort still reads `writableFinished` on response close.
- One extra run-log warning for each tool call (at most 256 for each
bridge). The record holds only a hash, counters and timings.
- Previous-release story (upgrade-safe run state): no persisted run,
session, launch or pack state changes. A bridge from the previous
release keeps its behavior until the proxy restarts.
- If the thesis is wrong, the five-minute stall can recur. The new
records will then show `written: true` on a fresh socket and point the
next investigation at OpenCode or Bun.

## 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
- [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 Fable 5.2 f9171ef621 fix(native): retry a throttled post-turn checkpoint for real; wait out storage throttling while saving the provider session (#20871)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - After a native turn in a remote sandbox, closing the session saves
the provider session (the harness backup) to object storage. The next
attempt resumes from it.
> - On staging, object storage throttled that save ("Please reduce your
request rate", S3 `SlowDown`). The close failed, was retried 3 times 1 s
apart, and the session was quarantined. The next attempt of the same run
was refused with `native_session_cleanup_quarantined`.
> - The retries could never succeed: the Runner transport memoizes
`close()`, so every retry returned the first rejected promise and never
ran the checkpoint again. Quarantine recovery and admission recovery
call the same `close()`.
> - Also, the backup upload did not wait out a throttle or outage longer
than one request's own retries.
> - This pull request makes a close that failed only in its checkpoint
run that checkpoint again on the next `close()`, and makes the backup
upload wait out storage unavailability inside the existing bounded
storage wait.
> - The benefit is that a transient storage throttle no longer ends in a
quarantine that refuses the next attempt of the same run.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20772 (made the backup upload resendable after `SlowDown`). Refs
#20165 (per-request throttle backoff). Refs #20833 (earlier steps of the
same failure chain).

**What happened?**

1. A staging Codex run on Daytona finished its turn. The post-turn close
ran the remote checkpoint.
2. The checkpoint failed: `remote checkpoint failed: Please reduce your
request rate.`
3. The Runner retried the close 3 times 1 s apart (`native session
cleanup recovery after close failure (1..3)`), then 3 quarantine
recoveries. All failed within about 5 s.
4. The next attempt of the same run was refused:
`native_session_cleanup_quarantined: prior session cleanup remains
incomplete`.

**Expected behavior**

A throttle slows the save down. A retry of the close saves the session
again. The next attempt of the same run proceeds once the save succeeds.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Make a transport close whose checkpoint throws once.
2. Call `close()` again.
3. On master the second call returns the first failure without running
the checkpoint again.
4. Separately, answer each harness-backup `PUT` with 9 `503 SlowDown`
responses. On master `persistNativeHarnessBackup` throws `SlowDown:
Please reduce your request rate.`

**Paperclip version or commit**

master at 381b862135.

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: when
a close fails because its checkpoint failed (and the control-route
release did not fail), the transport keeps the checkpoint and the rest
of the close. The next `close()` runs the checkpoint again and then
finishes the close. All other close failures (for example a missing
suspension proof) stay memoized as before.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-harness-backup-storage.ts`:
`persistNativeHarnessBackup` runs inside the existing storage outage
wait (`waitOutStorageOutages`, purpose "saving the provider session"). A
storage-unavailable failure (outage, throttle, rejected credentials)
that outlasts one request's retries is retried with the bounded
exponential storage wait (2 s doubling to 30 s, 5 minutes in total).
Each request still uses the jittered per-request throttle backoff from
#20165.
- Restart chaos: storage fault `ST8` answers the next 9 to 12 (seeded)
harness-backup `PUT`s with `503 SlowDown`. The storage audit reports it
when it never changed a request. The README documents it (for `--env
daytona --storage s3`).

## Verification

- RED on master (fix reverted, new tests kept):
- `runnerd-codex-transport-suspension.test.ts` "runs a failed close
checkpoint again on the next close": the second `close()` returns the
first `SlowDown` error.
- `native-harness-backup-throttle.integration.test.ts` "waits out a
throttle that outlasts one request's backoff": `SlowDown: Please reduce
your request rate.`
- GREEN: both pass. `native-harness-backup-throttle.integration.test.ts`
3 passed. `runnerd-codex-transport-suspension.test.ts` 12 passed.
`runnerd-codex-transport-release-resume.test.ts` 22 passed (twice).
`vitest --config tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts`: 46 files, 554
tests passed, including the new ST8 planning and proxy test.
- `tsc --noEmit` clean for `packages/paperclip-runner`, `server` and
`tests/restart-chaos`.
- `runnerd-codex-transport-settlement.test.ts` has one case that also
fails on unchanged master in this worktree.

## Risks

- A checkpoint retry runs the same server checkpoint callback again
after the runner process was stopped. It reads the settled state from
the sandbox. If the sandbox is gone, it fails as before and the
quarantine stays.
- A close attempt can now take up to the 5-minute storage wait during a
long outage. This is on the post-turn path only, not before
`turn.start`.
- No change to the quarantine admission rules: admission still
accelerates one bounded recovery batch and refuses if it fails. Those
recoveries now really retry the checkpoint.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Claude Code agent 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
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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
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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
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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 Fable 5.2 76da2fec4f perf(runner): deliver transport events when they arrive instead of polling every 5 ms (#20862)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The server runs each native agent session through a runner
transport. The transport reads the events that the runner commits to the
session's control plane and delivers them to the driver.
> - The transport found those events with a timer. Every live transport
ran a pass every 5 ms, for as long as the session was open, whether or
not an event had arrived.
> - A CPU profile of the staging server shows the cost. The main thread
was at 96% of one core, and this pass used 5.6% of it with about a dozen
live sessions. The cost grows with the number of sessions and never
stops.
> - The same timer also delayed every event. An event waited up to 5 ms
for the next pass before the driver saw it. Agent boot time and time to
first token are measured requirements.
> - This pull request makes the control plane tell the transport when a
reader can see a change, and the transport delivers in the next task.
The fixed timer is gone.
> - The benefit is that an open session with nothing to deliver costs
nothing on the main thread, and an event reaches the driver sooner than
before.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public issue exists. The problem is described here.

**What happened?**

The server's main thread on a hosted instance stayed at 96% of one core,
so every request and every agent turn waited behind it. A 30 second CPU
profile of the live server (Node 24, about a dozen live native agent
sessions) attributes 5.6% of the main thread to `#pumpEventsSafely` and
4.7% self time to `#pumpEvents` in
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`. Three
places started `setInterval(() => this.#pumpEventsSafely(), 5)`. Each
pass scans the session's committed-event window, so the cost is
`sessions x 200 passes per second x window size`, with nothing to
deliver.

**Expected behavior**

An open session that has no event to deliver does no periodic work. An
event that arrives is delivered at once, not at the next timer tick.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. `cd packages/paperclip-runner`
2. `PAPERCLIP_TRANSPORT_PUMP_BENCHMARK=1 pnpm exec vitest run
src/live/runnerd-transport-pump.benchmark.test.ts`
3. Read the `TRANSPORT_PUMP_BENCHMARK` lines.
`stateReadsPerSessionPerSecond` counts how often an open, idle transport
reads the control plane. `deliveryWaitMs` is the time from the moment a
reader can see a committed event to the moment the transport delivers
it.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Present on master at `c8ae02e5ce`. The profile is from `556b249897`.

**Deployment mode**

Hosted server with native agent sessions. The same code runs in local
development.

## What Changed

- `DurablePrpControlPlane` has a new `onReadableStateChange(listener)`.
It fires when the state that a reader of `store` can see may have
changed. The control plane calls it after every stored-state replacement
or save, after a saved checkpoint releases events that were waiting for
it, and after an authenticated runner moves the recovered cursor.
- The transport subscribes when it creates its control plane. A change
wakes one delivery pass in the next task (`setImmediate`). The pass
never runs inside the control plane's own commit, and several changes in
one task share one pass. This keeps the existing order: the control
plane finishes its commit before a reader reacts.
- The three `setInterval(..., 5)` timers are gone. `#startPump` and
`#stopPump` replace them and keep the same lifecycle: the pump runs from
session start, and it stops on release, controller retirement, failure,
and close.
- The delivery pass now reports what it left behind. Events that the
transport holds back itself (a pending turn start, a pending recovery
binding, a trace write that must be retried) are retried every 5 ms, as
before, and only while they are held. This is the only timer that
remains.
- A pass that stops after it exposes `turn/started` (so the driver can
bind the turn first) now continues in the next task. Before, the events
after it waited for the next 5 ms tick.
- `attachRun` wakes the pump when it moves the transport to the new run
identity.
- New regression test `src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-pump.test.ts`,
new opt-in benchmark
`src/live/runnerd-transport-pump.benchmark.test.ts`, a paced provider
fixture, and a test-only probe that records when each committed event
becomes readable.

How this meets `rules/sleep-aware-background-work.mdc`:

| Item | Answer |
| --- | --- |
| Trigger | The control plane's readable-state change. No timer. |
| Source of truth | The control plane's committed-event window and the
transport's delivery cursor. A notification is a hint to look at them. |
| Pending-work predicate | The pass returns `held` or `next_task`, or a
trace write is waiting. |
| Next deadline or retry | 5 ms, only while the predicate is true.
`next_task` uses one `setImmediate`. |
| Quiet condition | Nothing is held. Then the transport has no timer and
no scheduled task. Release, retirement, failure, and close stop it
completely. |

## Verification

**Reproduction and before/after measurement**

Run from `packages/paperclip-runner`:

```sh
PAPERCLIP_TRANSPORT_PUMP_BENCHMARK=1 pnpm exec vitest run src/live/runnerd-transport-pump.benchmark.test.ts
```

The benchmark opens 12 real transports against `runnerd` and a
credential-free provider fixture. It measures the open sessions while
nothing arrives. Then all 12 sessions stream one turn at the same time
(40 events each, one every 15 ms). "Before" is the unchanged source at
`e2cf9a670f`, which was the base of this branch when the measurements
were taken. "After" is this change on that base. Each cell shows two
runs, and the runs alternate between before and after. The host was a
shared macOS arm64 machine with other work running (load average 8 to
10), so absolute numbers carry that noise.

External checkpoint persistence. This is the mode that the server uses.

| Measure | Before | After |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Idle: control-plane state reads per session per second | 364 / 365 | 0
/ 0 |
| Idle: event-loop utilization, 12 new sessions | 1.5% / 1.5% | 0.0% /
0.0% |
| Idle: event-loop utilization, 49 retained events per session | 2.1% /
2.2% | 0.0% / 0.0% |
| Idle: process CPU, 49 retained events per session | 12.8 / 11.8 ms per
second | 0.05 / 0.04 ms per second |
| Delivery wait, mean (480 events) | 3.48 / 4.22 ms | 1.91 / 1.81 ms |
| Delivery wait, p50 | 3.16 / 3.97 ms | 0.83 / 0.58 ms |
| Delivery wait, p95 | 7.78 / 8.49 ms | 6.36 / 7.47 ms |
| Delivery wait, max | 8.84 / 9.23 ms | 9.07 / 8.86 ms |
| Delivery wait of the turn's terminal event, p50 | 2.37 / 2.58 ms |
0.08 / 0.05 ms |

The idle cost grows with the retained event window, as the profile
predicts. With `PAPERCLIP_TRANSPORT_PUMP_DELTAS=400` (409 retained
events per session, one run each): idle event-loop utilization 3.4%
before and 0.0% after, idle process CPU 21.5 ms per second before and
0.08 after. Delivery wait in that run: mean 5.93 ms before and 3.55 ms
after, p95 16.27 ms before and 8.03 ms after, max 66.94 ms before and
14.04 ms after.

Delivery wait is the time from the moment a reader can see a committed
event to the moment the transport hands it to the driver. It is equal or
better at every point. The p95 and the max did not move much. They
belong to the first events of each turn, which wait for the turn start
response. That wait is a separate 10 ms poll (`waitForRunnerCommand`),
and this pull request does not change it.

File persistence (the local journal, which writes and syncs on the main
thread):

| Measure | Before | After |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Idle: state reads per session per second | 363 / 364 | 0 / 0 |
| Delivery wait, 12 sessions, mean | 10.33 / 13.76 ms | 11.88 / 12.73 ms
|
| Delivery wait, 12 sessions, p50 | 6.04 / 6.87 ms | 6.34 / 6.20 ms |
| Delivery wait, 4 sessions and 400 events each, mean | 4.75 ms | 2.39
ms |
| Delivery wait, 4 sessions and 400 events each, p50 / p95 | 0.07 /
22.99 ms | 0.06 / 11.80 ms |

With 12 sessions the file journal saturates the main thread with its own
synchronous writes, and the wait is the time behind those writes. Three
more before-runs of that case gave means of 9.0, 14.0 and 20.2 ms, so
the two columns are the same within the noise. With 4 sessions the
journal does not saturate and the after column is better.

**Regression test (red, then green)**

```sh
pnpm exec vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-pump.test.ts
```

- `stops looking for events while an open session has none to deliver`
(file and external persistence). On the unchanged source: `expected 708
to be less than 100` and `expected 732 to be less than 100` state reads
in a 2 second idle window. With the fix: pass.
- `delivers each committed event in the next task, without a timer tick`
(file and external persistence). The test freezes every interval timer,
runs a full turn, and checks that each event is delivered before a task
that the test queues at the moment the event becomes readable. This is
an order check and does not depend on the speed of the host. On the
unchanged source: `the turn's events were delivered without a periodic
poll: expected false to be true`. With the fix: pass.
- Result: 4 of 4 failed on the unchanged source, 4 of 4 passed three
times with the fix, and 4 of 4 passed again after the rebase.

**Other local checks**

- `node ./node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit` and
`-p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit` in `packages/paperclip-runner`: pass on
the rebased commit.
- `pnpm exec vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport` (15 files, 455
tests). These suites cover attachment, recovery, warm transition,
suspension, and release and resume on real `runnerd` processes. Before
the rebase, on a quieter host: all passed. On the rebased commit, at a
host load average of 15 to 20: 454 passed and 1 failed. The failure is
the terminal-replay row that is described below.
- `pnpm exec vitest run src/live src/control-plane
src/native-session-runtime.test.ts src/backends
src/drivers/dot/runnerd-dot-driver.test.ts
src/drivers/muse/runnerd-muse-driver.test.ts
src/drivers/codex/codex-protocol-integrity.test.ts --maxWorkers=3` (81
files): 1566 passed, 32 failed, 6 skipped. The failures:
- 30 failures in `runnerd-acpx-permission-ordering.test.ts` and
`runnerd-acpx-permission-forwarding.test.ts`. Both replace the control
plane with a fixture that appended events in place and relied on the 5
ms poll to notice them. The fixture now implements
`onReadableStateChange` and notifies its readers when it emits. Both
files pass (30 of 30).
- 1 failure in `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`, `stops a lost
runnerd's provider and escaped tool job from its lineage journal
(journal=true)`: `runner did not durably suspend before checkpoint`. It
passed 3 of 3 when run again alone.
- 1 failure in `runnerd-codex-transport-settlement.test.ts`, the
terminal-replay row of `settles only retained control authority without
starting another provider turn`: `native_cleanup_maintenance_unproven`,
with events still in the runner outbox. It failed again in 2 runs of
that test group and in the rebased run above, each time while the host
load average was 11 to 20. At a load average near 8 it passed 3 of 3
alone and 1 of 1 as a group with the fix. The unchanged master source
(`c8ae02e5ce`) gives the same result: it passed 2 of 2 alone and 1 of 1
as a group at a load average near 8, and the same row failed with the
same error (`native_cleanup_maintenance_unproven`, 27 events still in
the runner outbox) in a group run at a load average of 11 to 15. So this
row is sensitive to host load with or without this change. The failing
step is the retained-session maintenance path. That path builds its own
control plane, has no transport pump, has no listener on the new
notification, and has a fixed 30 second deadline.
- `pnpm verify` returns exit 2 (broader verification required, because
of the new fixture file). CI supplies the broad coverage.
- Not run locally: the server test suites, the repository-wide
typecheck, and the build. CI ran them on `4bce83f50a`: 59 checks passed
and 4 were skipped (Storybook deploy, Storybook visual regression,
Sandbox provider tests, Select Vitest files).

## Risks

- **A change that does not notify.** With no periodic pass, an event is
delivered only when something wakes the pump. Every wake comes from one
of a small, closed set: the five places where the store replaces or
saves its state, the checkpoint publication, the recovered-cursor
update, and the transport's own identity and start points. A new code
path that changes readable state without one of these would leave an
event undelivered until the next change. The regression test runs a full
turn with every interval timer frozen, in both persistence modes, so a
missing wake on the normal path fails the test. The existing transport
suites (attachment, recovery, warm transition, suspension, release and
resume) now run with no timer that could hide a missing wake.
- **Delivery in the next task, not later.** An event now reaches the
driver up to 5 ms earlier. The pass still runs in its own task after the
commit, and the same gates hold a terminal event until the turn start
response is released. The order of events does not change.
- **No protocol, schema, Rust runner, or provider pack change.** The
contract fingerprint inputs are untouched. Saved state from an older
release resumes the same way.

> 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 Fable 5.2 (`claude-fable-5-2`), Anthropic, in Claude Code. Tool
use and local 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
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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
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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Nicky LeachandClaude Opus 5.5 a219dd7499 fix(runner): keep orphan-leaving tests apart from the verifying lineage reap (#20849)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip Runner stops a dead runnerd's provider and tool processes
from its process lineage journal
(`process_lineage::journal::reap_journals`)
> - The reap refuses its proof (`unattributed_orphan`) while any live
orphan (parent PID 1) of this user started after the dead runnerd's last
sample, whoever started it. This rule is deliberate
> - `cargo test` runs the runner-core lib tests in parallel in one
process, and several of those tests leave orphans of this user on
purpose
> - When one of those orphans starts during the reap in
`reaping_stops_a_dead_runners_provider_and_its_escaped_tool_job`, the
reap correctly refuses, and `ci / Verify Paperclip Runner (rust)` fails
> - This pull request keeps the orphan-leaving tests apart from that
reap with a test-only gate, and fixes a related zombie race in the
supervisor integration tests
> - The benefit is that the Runner Rust job stops failing on unrelated
pull requests

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20834. Refs #20770.

**What happened?**

`ci / Verify Paperclip Runner (rust)` failed intermittently in
`process_lineage::journal::tests::reaping_stops_a_dead_runners_provider_and_its_escaped_tool_job`
(journal.rs:649), for example in run 43044317310 on #20834. The panic
was `ReapReport { verified: false, reason: Some("unattributed_orphan"),
journals: 1, signalled: 4, remaining: [4178] }`. The test's own thread
was TID 4142, so the leftover process started while the test ran. The
same test failed once on #20770 and passed on re-run.

**Expected behavior**

The reap proves the test's provider and escaped tool job gone, and no
other test can make it refuse.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Build the runner-core lib tests for Linux (`cargo test --release -p
paperclip-runner-core --lib --no-run`).
2. Run the binary 40 times in `docker run --init --cpus 2 -e
RUST_TEST_THREADS=8`.
3. See `reaping_stops_a_dead_runners_provider_and_its_escaped_tool_job`
fail with `unattributed_orphan` (3 of 40 runs here).

## What Changed

- Root cause: the reap's orphan rule covers every process of this user
on the host. The reaping test and the orphan-leaving tests run in the
same test process at the same time. The test's own processes are always
attributed through the recorded group and session, so the leftover was
another test's orphan.
- `process_lineage::host_orphans` (test-only): a gate. A test that can
leave an orphan of this user holds `may_orphan()` until the orphan is
gone or a zombie. A test whose reap must verify holds
`no_foreign_orphans()`. Holders of `may_orphan()` never wait for each
other, so a test can hold several without a deadlock.
`wait_until_group_gone()` waits until a killed group has exited, because
a signal takes effect after `kill` returns.
- `reaping_stops_a_dead_runners_provider_and_its_escaped_tool_job` holds
`no_foreign_orphans()`.
- These lib tests now hold `may_orphan()`:
- `reaping_refuses_an_orphan_born_after_the_last_sample` (deliberate
orphan)
- the three `process_supervisor`
`*_stops_a_tool_job_that_left_its_session` tests (escaped tool job)
-
`orphaned_startup::restart_keeps_the_fence_while_a_child_survives_its_exited_leader`
(`sleep 30` outlives its leader)
- `exited_child_reader_deadline_bounds_continuous_descendant_stdout`
(flooding subshell outlives the Codex provider)
- `a_timed_out_turn_start_never_establishes_a_resumable_rejection`
(`sleep 10` can be orphaned for a moment during shutdown)
- the five `provider_backend` tests that use
`disconnected_receipt_limit_fixture` (`while :; do sleep 1; done`,
killed through `fence_local_receipt_limit`). The fixture returns its
guard first, so the guard is released after the executor stops the
provider
- the two `late_park_observation_*` tests (`cat >/dev/null` runs until
shutdown)
-
`a_held_cancellation_that_cannot_reach_the_provider_keeps_the_completed_turn`
(shutdown during `sleep 2`)
- New test
`a_verifying_reap_waits_for_held_orphans_and_holds_new_ones_back` checks
the gate's ordering.
- `tests/process_supervisor.rs`:
`forced_process_group_cleanup_stops_harness_and_worker` and
`natural_harness_exit_also_cleans_up_workers` slept 20 ms and then used
`kill -0` on a worker that was re-parented to init. `kill -0` succeeds
for a zombie, and init reaps it on its own schedule. The tests now check
that the process is not running (gone or a zombie), with no sleep.
Cleanup already proves that before it returns.
- No product code changes. The reap's orphan rule is unchanged.

Audit of the other tests in the job (`check:runner`):

- Only the runner-core lib binary can overlap the reap. `cargo test
--workspace` runs test binaries one after another.
- A second sweep, after review, checked every `/bin/sh` launch and every
external command (`sleep`, `cat`, `perl`, `nohup`, `touch`, `mv`) in
runner-core's `src/`, including `src/tests/*.rs`. The first sweep had
missed tests that start a provider through `CodexProvider::start` or
that live in `src/tests/`.
- Other lib tests that start processes are not affected. They run shells
that use only builtins (`configured_environment`, the other
`process_supervisor` and `codex_provider` tests,
`acpx_provider_session`), or run a short foreground `touch` that
finishes long before teardown
(`disconnected_codex_output_is_durable...`), or they start direct
children that the test waits for (`oom_score`, `exited_writer`,
`process_group_leader`). `publisher_crosses_real_codex_tool_boundary...`
is `#[ignore]`.
- The other `reap_journals` tests refuse before the orphan rule applies,
or (the orphan test) require only their own orphan in `remaining`.
- The `kill -0` checks in `tests/codex_provider.rs` and
`tests/acpx_park_preparation.rs` target direct children that runner-core
waits for before it returns, so they are deterministic.

## Verification

Linux runs used Colima on macOS (linux/arm64), `rust:1.97.1-bookworm`,
`--release`, and `docker run --init`, so orphans go to an init at PID 1,
as on CI.

- Full runner-core lib suite, `--cpus 2`, `RUST_TEST_THREADS=8`, 40
runs: before the fix, 3 runs failed with the CI signature. After the
fix, 0 runs failed, and no other test failed.
- The reaping test beside a temporary test that keeps leaving
short-lived orphans (not committed), `--test-threads 2`, 10 runs: before
the fix, 10 failed. After the fix, with the temporary test holding
`may_orphan()`, 0 failed.
- An orphan-leaving shell outside the test binary made the unfixed test
fail in 9 of 10 runs with the same signature. This confirms the
mechanism.
- After the review fix: macOS `cargo test --release -p
paperclip-runner-core --lib -- receipt_limit late_park_observation
a_held_cancellation process_lineage process_supervisor orphaned_startup
exited_child_reader_deadline a_timed_out_turn_start`: 65 passed. Linux
full lib suite (same settings) ×20: 0 failures.
- macOS (darwin-arm64): `cargo fmt --all -- --check` passes. `cargo test
--release -p paperclip-runner-core --lib -- process_lineage
process_supervisor orphaned_startup exited_child_reader_deadline
a_timed_out_turn_start`: 51 passed. `cargo test --release -p
paperclip-runner-core --test process_supervisor`: 7 passed.
- Worker cleanup tests: with `tini` as init, 60 unfixed runs on 0.5 CPU
with busy loops all passed, because `tini` reaps at once. In a container
whose PID 1 never reaps (`sleep infinity`), the unfixed tests fail at
`assertion failed: !process_exists(worker_pid)` because the killed
worker stays a zombie. The fixed tests pass. The unfixed tests depend on
how fast init reaps.

## Risks

- Low risk. All changes are in tests or `#[cfg(test)]` code.
- The gate covers the orphan producers that exist now. A new lib test
that leaves an orphan of this user must hold `may_orphan()`. The
`host_orphans` doc comment says so. Otherwise, it can make the verifying
reap refuse again.
- A process outside the test binary that leaves an orphan of this user
during the reap still makes the test refuse. This is correct product
behavior. CI runs no such process during `cargo test`.
- `no_foreign_orphans()` waits until every `may_orphan()` guard is
released, so the reaping test can wait a few seconds behind those tests.

> 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, Docker). 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
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DottaandClaude Fable 5.2 381b862135 fix(native): let a finish through after one stale-result refusal; rebuild a missing instruction bundle (#20833)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native Codex run ends its task with a Paperclip terminal call
(`paperclip_finish` or `paperclip_block`)
> - The Runner refuses a terminal call that the agent decided before it
saw earlier tool results (`terminal_call_before_results`). This protects
against stale calls held across a restart.
> - On staging, Codex cancelled a nested exec cell. Codex never sent
`item/completed` for one Paperclip tool call in that cell. The Runner
then refused every later finish and block in the turn, and the turn
ended with no semantic result.
> - The same-run recovery then resumed the run on a new controller
container. The run's admitted instruction bundle is stored on the
controller's local disk, so it was missing there, and runnerd failed
with ENOENT.
> - This pull request makes a refusal name a returned call once, and
rebuilds a missing admitted instruction bundle before the Runner backend
starts.
> - The agent-directory lock part of the same failure chain ("Agent
directory operation is already active") is fixed separately by #20829.
> - The benefit is that the agent can finish after one refusal, and a
resumed run does not fail because a deploy moved it to a host without
the bundle.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20829 (the agent-directory lock wait and dead-owner release; this
PR does not change that lock).

**What happened?**

Staging Codex runs on Daytona sandboxes failed after about 30 minutes of
work:

1. Early in the turn, the agent called `paperclip_search_assigned_tools`
from a nested exec cell. Codex cancelled that cell. The controller
returned the result, but Codex never sent `item/completed`, so the
Runner never committed `tool.execution.completed` for it.
2. At the end, the agent called `paperclip_finish` four times and
`paperclip_block` once. The Runner refused each one with
`terminal_call_before_results` ("Those calls have now returned"). The
old call stayed "returned but unseen" for the rest of the turn.
3. The turn completed with no semantic result
(`native_finalization_missing`). Same-run recovery scheduled another
attempt.
4. On the new controller container, the attempt failed with
`runner_ingress_unavailable: runnerd process failed: ENOENT ... scandir
'/paperclip/instances/default/runtime-context-assets/bundles/<sha>'`
(one run) or `ENOENT ... lstat` of the same kind of path (a run during a
rolling deploy). In both, `<sha>` is the run's admitted instruction
bundle. The asset root is controller-local, and the new containers had
no volume.
5. The last attempt failed with "Agent directory operation is already
active" (fixed by #20829).

**Expected behavior**

The agent finishes after one refusal. A resumed run rebuilds its exact
admitted instruction bundle on the new host.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run a Codex task that calls a Paperclip tool, then
`paperclip_finish`.
2. Drop Codex's `item/completed` for the first tool call (new chaos
fault `--faults PV2 --provider-fault-message tool_completed`).
3. On master, every `paperclip_finish` is refused and the run ends with
`native_finalization_missing`.
4. Separately, delete `runtime-context-assets/bundles/<instruction
digest>` and resume a run that pinned it: runnerd fails with ENOENT.

**Paperclip version or commit**

master at 1d67e309e0.

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/terminal-call-freshness.ts` and
`runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: when the Runner refuses a terminal call
with `terminal_call_before_results`, it records the refused call id with
the returned-but-unseen call ids it named. A later terminal call ignores
those calls only when the refused call's `tool.execution.completed` (the
refusal reached the provider) is committed before the later call starts.
A terminal call queued before the refusal reached the provider, a call
that was pending at the refusal, and a call made after it are judged as
before. The record is in memory, so after a Runner restart the agent can
get one more refusal.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/runtime-context.ts`: new
`rehydratePinnedInstructionAsset`. When the admitted instruction bundle
is not present on this host, it rebuilds it from the agent's instruction
revision whose content has the admitted digest (single-file bundles), or
from the current instructions when they still produce the admitted
digest. It never substitutes different content. When nothing matches, it
leaves the context unchanged.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`:
`createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim` calls it before the backend
starts. When the bundle is present this is two local file reads.
- Restart chaos: new provider message `tool_completed` for the Codex
shim (PV1/PV2/PV3). It targets Codex's `item/completed` for the first
Paperclip tool call that is not a finish or block. Config accepts it
with A1 and C1 on Codex only. The README documents it.

## Verification

- RED on master (fix reverted, new tests kept): `vitest run
src/live/terminal-call-freshness.test.ts` in `packages/paperclip-runner`
fails with `expected [ 'paperclip_search_assigned_tools' ] to deeply
equal []`.
- GREEN: `terminal-call-freshness.test.ts` 13 passed; the transport
tests for terminal calls pass, including a new test where the first
finish is refused and the second is dispatched, and tests where a queued
stale terminal call and a late-returning pending write are still
refused.
- `server/src/__tests__/runtime-skill-preservation.test.ts`: 9 passed,
including the new test that deletes an admitted instruction bundle and
its manifest, then rebuilds the exact bundle from the revision history
while a newer revision exists.
- `vitest --config tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts
provider-faults.test.ts`: 22 passed.
- Chaos wave `w-20261111T150212-s301` (`--env local --adapters codex
--workloads A1 --faults PV2 --provider-fault-message tool_completed
--tasks 1 --seed 301`): 1/1 PASS, `provider_fault_applied` applied=1,
R1–R6 and the A1 oracle pass.
- `pnpm verify` asks for broader verification (a restart-chaos README
change is a global CI input); required CI supplies it.

## Risks

- The terminal-call change lets a later finish through when a returned
call never reaches the agent. The earlier refusal named that call and
reached the provider first, so the agent decides with that knowledge.
- The instruction rebuild adds two local file reads before the Runner
backend starts. It writes only when the bundle is missing, and only
bytes whose digest equals the admitted digest.
- Not covered here: a multi-file (legacy) instruction bundle whose
content changed since admission still cannot be rebuilt; a skill bundle
with neither a version id nor a preservation receipt is not rebuilt; the
runner-side quarantine after an S3 `SlowDown` during the post-turn
harness backup.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Claude Code agent 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
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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 4529dfb77f fix(runner): keep Codex planning read-only on Daytona without network namespaces (#20820)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A planning task runs a native Codex agent in read-only planning mode
before the user approves a Plan
> - On a Daytona sandbox, every Codex planning run failed before its
first turn: `error creating thread: failed to load AGENTS.md
instructions for environment 'local': fs sandbox helper failed ...
bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not permitted`
> - Codex 0.160.0 reads files through a filesystem helper when the
permission profile restricts reads. That helper always runs bubblewrap
with `--unshare-net`. Daytona has no `CAP_NET_ADMIN`, so bubblewrap
cannot bring up loopback in the new network namespace
> - The planning profile must stay read-only. Codex's plan collaboration
mode is only a prompt, so the external-sandbox profile (#20808 tried it,
then reverted it) would let planning runs write files
> - This pull request keeps the read-only profile, but inside an
external sandbox it gives the profile full-disk read, no writes and
network. Codex then reads files directly and runs commands without a new
network namespace, and it still refuses writes
> - The benefit is that Codex planning works on Daytona and stays
read-only

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20808

**What happened?**
A Codex planning task on a Daytona execution environment failed at
startup. The run ended with `provider_session_open_rejected` and the
Codex message `bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not
permitted`. Standard and ask runs on the same sandbox worked.

**Expected behavior**
A planning run on Daytona starts, writes its Plan and asks for approval.
Codex must still refuse file writes and mutating commands during
planning.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Configure a native Codex agent with a Daytona execution environment.
2. Create a task in planning mode.
3. The first run fails before its first turn with the bubblewrap
loopback error.

## What Changed

- `createIsolatedCodexAppServerArgs`: when
`PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_EXTERNAL_SANDBOX=1`, the
`paperclip-runner-workspace-read-only` profile is now `{":root"="read"}`
(plus the brokered `GH_CONFIG_DIR` write that planning already had). Its
network still follows `PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_NETWORK_ACCESS`. It has no deny
entries, so Codex 0.160.0 treats it as full-disk read and skips its
filesystem helper, which always unshares the network. Local and SSH
planning keep the narrower profile unchanged.
- The Codex session context now records `rootAccess` `read` (planning)
or `write` (default) in an external sandbox, instead of always `none`.
- The Runner still sends `permissions:
"paperclip-runner-workspace-read-only"` and the plan collaboration mode
on `thread/start` and `turn/start` for planning. A new Rust test pins
that for an externally sandboxed read-only launch (no `sandbox:
danger-full-access`, no `externalSandbox` `sandboxPolicy`).
- A new Rust test proves that a launch saved with the previous planning
profile rules has the same stable launch identity as a launch with the
new rules, so saved sessions carry forward.
- New manual Product E2E suite `codex-planning-read-only`
(`runner-codex` on local and Daytona). The planning turn runs one shell
write, writes a Plan whose first line records the outcome, asks for
approval, and finishes after approval. A grader reads the run events and
fails if no write attempt was seen or if any write succeeded.
- `docs/codex-driver.md` describes the external-sandbox planning
profile, why it avoids the helper, and its read scope.

## Verification

- Red on Daytona, master `123ee31552`: [run
43029207500](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43029207500),
cell `core-compatibility.runner-codex.daytona.plan-revise-accept` failed
twice with `error creating thread: failed to load AGENTS.md instructions
for environment 'local': fs sandbox helper failed with status exit
status: 1: bwrap: loopback: Failed RTM_NEWADDR: Operation not
permitted`.
- Planning turn completes on Daytona: [run
43031462803](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43031462803),
cell `core-compatibility.runner-codex.daytona.plan-revise-accept`. The
planning run succeeded, saved a two-step Plan with the draft marker and
opened a confirmation for that revision (all API checks passed). The
cell then failed a later browser check: the Plan preview rendered as the
`task-chat-plan-preview-fallback` card, which the harness does not
accept. That is a separate UI placement gap.
- Write attempt on Daytona: [run
43038547892](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/43038547892),
cell `codex-planning-read-only.runner-codex.daytona.plan-write-refused`
on `f30aeb3e72`. The planning run succeeded and ran the shell write
`printf probe > plan-write-probe-....txt || echo WRITE_REFUSED`. It
ended `failed` with exit 1 and no file, because bubblewrap could not
start the command (`bwrap: setting up uid map: Permission denied`). The
write was refused fail-closed by the sandbox launcher, not by a
read-only filesystem error. The stricter grader in a3d43b7bfd reports
this case as 'sandbox failed to start' rather than a pass. Shell
commands in Daytona planning therefore do not run on the current image;
the driver doc records this as a remaining gap.
- Red/green unit test: `npx vitest run
src/drivers/codex/codex-security-config.test.ts` (in
`packages/paperclip-runner`). The new test failed on the unfixed code
(the profile was `":root"="none"` with `CODEX_HOME` denied and network
off) and passes with the fix.
- `cargo test --locked -p paperclip-runner-core --test codex_provider --
external_sandbox` and `cargo test --locked -p paperclip-runner-core
--lib -- external_sandbox_planning_profile_rules
runtime_launch_rebinding`: pass.
- `npx vitest run --config tests/runner-e2e/vitest.config.ts
tests/runner-e2e/codex-planning-read-only.test.ts
tests/runner-e2e/catalog.test.ts`: pass. `pnpm
test:e2e:runner:typecheck`: pass.
- Real Codex 0.160.0 app-server probe (macOS) with the generated launch
arguments and `PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_EXTERNAL_SANDBOX=1`: `thread/start`
returned sandbox `{"type":"readOnly","networkAccess":true}` and loaded
the workspace `AGENTS.md`; `command/exec` with the planning profile
refused `printf x > plan-write-probe.txt` (exit 1, `Operation not
permitted`, no file) and allowed `cat AGENTS.md`. Trace logs showed 0
filesystem-helper invocations with the new profile and 336 with the
previous restricted profile.
- Codex 0.160.0 source: `exec-server/src/fs_sandbox.rs` always sets
`NetworkSandboxPolicy::Restricted` for the helper,
`core/src/agents_md.rs` uses the helper only without full-disk read, and
`linux-sandbox` adds `--unshare-net` only for a restricted or proxy-only
network.

## Risks

- Inside an external sandbox, planning commands can now read the whole
sandbox filesystem, including the isolated Codex home. Default-mode
turns in the same sandbox already have full read and write access, so
this does not widen what the sandbox exposes. Local and SSH planning are
unchanged.
- Inside an external sandbox, planning shell commands fail closed on the
current Daytona image because bubblewrap cannot map user IDs there.
Planning still reads files and writes the Plan through Codex and
Paperclip tools.
- If a future Codex release adds deny-read entries or makes the helper
mandatory, planning on Daytona could fail again. The new Daytona E2E
suite detects that.
- Upgrade safety: the profile filesystem and network keys are excluded
from the stable launch identity, so saved sessions resume with the new
rules (new Rust regression). No persisted schema, pack contract or ACPX
profile changes.

> 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, GitHub CLI) 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
- [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 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
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2026-11-11 07:28:00 -08:00
DottaandClaude fd1460bb24 fix(native): continue a governed-wait follow-up in a fresh session when its saved provider state is gone (#20809)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The restart chaos harness (`tests/restart-chaos/`) runs real agent
tasks and breaks the control plane on purpose, so failures show up
before staging users see them
> - A census of 48 hours of staging failures found runs whose result
save-back failed because the sandbox disk was full (class F). The
harness never filled a sandbox disk, so it missed that class
> - #20758 made a full-disk save end recovery at once with cause
`sandbox_disk_full` and a Retry. Nothing in chaos exercised that path
end to end
> - A real full disk cannot be made on demand. The owner chose a
test-only hook that makes the save report a full disk, not a small disk
> - This pull request adds the hook at the save's sandbox boundary and a
DF1 fault that arms it, clears it, and grades the result
> - The benefit is that every wave can now check the disk-full rest, the
Retry offer, and that Retry works after space is freed

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20758 (product behaviour under test), #20678 (finalization hands a
full-disk copy-back to recovery)

**What is the problem?**
The chaos harness had no fault for a full sandbox disk during result
save-back. Staging saw this failure (census class F in
`doc/plans/2026-11-11-staging-failures-vs-chaos-coverage.md`), and chaos
could not reproduce it.

**What is the expected behaviour?**
A wave can schedule DF1. While DF1 is armed, the task's final workspace
saves fail as a full disk. When DF1 is cleared, saves succeed again. The
task must rest with `sandbox_disk_full` and a Retry, and that Retry must
finish the task.

**Why does it matter?**
Without a fault, a regression in the disk-full path (no Retry, a wrong
cause, or a Retry that does not work) reaches staging users before chaos
sees it.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/sandbox-disk-full-fault.ts` (new, test-only):
`sandboxDiskFullFaultTarget` wraps the target of a final save only when
the harness armed that save. The capture commands then exit 1 with the
exact message the in-sandbox script writes on ENOSPC, and the provider
download fails with `No space left on device`. The gate follows
`@paperclipai/shared/crash-points`: `PAPERCLIP_DISK_FULL_FAULT_CONTROL`
is read once at import and ignored under `NODE_ENV=production`.
Disarmed, the hook is one comparison and returns the save's own target.
- `server/src/services/remote-workspaces.ts`: the capture call in
`saveRemoteWorkspace` passes its target through the hook. No other
product change. `workspace-recovery.ts` is not touched.
- `tests/restart-chaos/disk-full-faults.ts` (new): the DF1 kind, the
control-file seam (atomic writes), the rest evidence
(`activeRecoveryAction.evidence.systemRecovery.failure.cause.label`),
the `disk_full_fault` T check, and the DF1 R3 rule (one expected Retry
that must finish the task).
- Harness wiring: `--faults DF1` (refused without `--env daytona`, with
a storm, or with PV faults), no scheduled restart, arm at launch, clear
at the first rest just before the Retry click, receipts in
`<wave>/disk-full-faults.jsonl`, and ledger fields `diskFull: {
faultedSaves, restedDiskFull, retryOffered, retryWorked }`.
- Docs: a "Sandbox disk full (DF1)" section in
`tests/restart-chaos/README.md`, and the census plan marks DF1 as built.

## Verification

- `cd server && pnpm exec vitest run
src/services/sandbox-disk-full-fault.test.ts`: the gate is off by
default and under `NODE_ENV=production`, the save's own target comes
back when disarmed, only a listed final save is faulted, the product
capture turns it into the named disk-full failure, and clearing the file
disarms the next save.
- `pnpm exec vitest run --config tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts
tests/restart-chaos/disk-full-faults.test.ts
tests/restart-chaos/grader.test.ts tests/restart-chaos/scheduler.test.ts
tests/restart-chaos/provider-faults.test.ts`: planning, the control
file, and grading.
- `node scripts/typecheck-test-projects.mjs tests/restart-chaos` and the
server `tsc --noEmit`: clean.
- Live wave: a Daytona DF1 wave is running. Its result is added here
before merge.

## Risks

- Low risk for production. The hook reads its variable once at startup
and is ignored under `NODE_ENV=production`. Without the variable it does
one comparison and returns the same target object.
- The hook fails every sandbox command of an armed capture, including
the read-only fallback's inventory. A real full disk can let that
inventory succeed and fail later at the download. The outcome is the
same (`sandbox_disk_full`), but the fallback's inventory step is not
exercised under DF1.
- DF1 runs only with `--env daytona`. A local run has no sandbox
workspace save, so the harness refuses DF1 there.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic, model ID `claude-opus-5-5`), in Claude
Code with tool use (shell, file edits, 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
- [ ] 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 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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2026-11-11 07:48:18 -06:00
DottaandPaperclip 84fc67317e feat(runner): export authorized read responses as artifacts (#20606)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native agents use authorized API reads to get task evidence.
> - Small responses return inline JSON, so an agent must copy each
document into a local helper.
> - Copying changes bytes and uses model output for data transport.
> - This pull request adds an explicit artifact export for non-sensitive
GET reads.
> - Helpers can download the exact response bytes and check their
identity.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

The native `call_api` response capture path.

**Current behavior**

Small JSON responses have no artifact reference. Local helpers need the
model to copy the JSON data.

**Proposed behavior**

`saveResponse: true` saves a complete authorized GET response below or
above the inline threshold. Zero-byte success returns an explicit empty
receipt without storage. The receipt returns an artifact ID, byte size
and SHA-256 for `download_artifact`. Other callers keep the current
behavior.

Related work: #17393 covers saved app-tool result size. #18105 covers
mutation response paging. This change adds an explicit read export.

## What Changed

- Add GET-only `saveResponse` validation and capture through the current
artifact store.
- Refuse sensitive operations, denied reads, partial responses and
combined text paging.
- Keep route authorization, actor visibility, storage budgets and
download integrity checks.
- Update the native tool contract, generated catalogs and API guide.
- Add boundary and real-route byte comparison tests.
- Preserve saved run state. This is an optional input field; old calls
and receipts keep their current shape. No schema migration or identity
reset is needed. The seeded catalog fixture is generated.

## Verification

- Final published head `d47b52e1bf412418e24768f865cc139097a6d068`:
[typecheck, build, all tests, Linux Rust and aggregate verify
passed](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42918883477);
[Windows Rust
passed](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42918883348);
[quality gate
passed](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42918883016).
Greptile completed successfully at this exact head, 5/5; all five review
threads resolved. Automated Paperclip review remains queued due to a
failed reviewer run; no final verdict is claimed for that service.
- Current head: `d47b52e1bf412418e24768f865cc139097a6d068`. Merged
current master to refresh GitHub's stale base snapshot; the PR now
contains exactly nine intended artifact transport files, with no
lockfile or UI changes. Fresh final-head CI/review is required.
- Previous head `986ad87490fff93cfec313ba6fd56d3dc0bb665b` passed
typecheck, build, Rust verification, artifact/native suites and
completed test shards; remaining shards were still running when the base
snapshot was refreshed. Greptile was 5/5, with one unrelated master UI
finding resolved as outside the corrected PR diff.
- Review fixes verified at `986ad87490fff93cfec313ba6fd56d3dc0bb665b`:
2,135 checks passed across the five focused suites; Runner TypeScript
build and regenerated contract/catalog checks passed. This head replays
the original implementation on current master and retains the original
PR commit in its history.
- Review red/green at replayed baseline `da3a1d4de9`: empty HTTP 200/204
tests failed with real storage's `File is empty`, then passed with zero
new assets or quota reservations. Error-body tests failed without
size/truncation fields, then passed.
- Empty successes now return `empty: true`, `byteSize: 0`, `data: null`
without storage. Nonempty JSON results such as `[]` export normally.
Error receipts report byte size and truncation. Docs and tool guidance
state the existing 10 MiB download limit and paged text alternative.
- Previous-head CI typecheck/build/tests passed except the Rust
process-lineage cleanup test (`unattributed_orphan`); final-head CI and
fresh review remain required.
- Red at `7368a0b15c`: the small-document export test failed with
`Invalid call_api arguments` before production edits. The same check
passed after the change.
- Final post-rebase run at `6e7a35ed6a59bb74f4218312d9f10557099433c3`:
all 2,124 checks passed across the API, capture, artifact boundary,
real-route export and artifact download suites.
- Real-route export test passed: HTTP bytes, stored bytes and downloaded
bytes were equal. Foreign-company access and forged download metadata
were rejected.
- Existing API integration and artifact suites passed. Nearby API
integration checks also passed (59 passed, 2 skipped).
- Disposable native helper scan passed: 12 existing documents, 15 GET
requests, zero mutations, 73,919 bytes, 17.985 seconds. All files passed
size/hash checks. The bridge passed file references only. Production
token savings were not measured.
- Runner TypeScript build and generated contract checks passed.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 and required broader CI coverage. Local
preflight stopped at missing Cargo after dependency and SDK setup. The
local server typecheck stopped during the cycle layer without a
diagnostic; the container recorded an OOM kill. This check has no pass
verdict. Required CI must cover typecheck, build and test at the final
head.

## Risks

- Each explicit export uses the current capture budget and storage
admission. Frequent small exports can reach that budget.
- An artifact holds one HTTP response. Callers must still follow list
pagination.
- No database or saved-state migration is required. The option does not
change default response behavior.

## Model Used

OpenAI `gpt-6.1-sol`, through Codex in Paperclip Runner. Used reasoning,
shell execution and native tools. The active agent configuration
supplied this exact model ID.

## 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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DottaandClaude ea25af759e fix(native): name a resume that finds no saved Runner state, so Retry starts a fresh session (#20757)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - A native run can continue the provider session of the previous run
on the same task. In a remote sandbox, the Runner keeps the session
state inside the sandbox, and the server saves a harness backup after
each run.
> - On staging, five runs in 48 hours failed with
`native_session_recovery_failed: Error: PRP provider resume state is
unavailable` (class P in
`doc/plans/2026-11-11-staging-failures-vs-chaos-coverage.md`).
> - In each case we read, the previous run had an accepted result, but
its `harness_state.backup.persist` failed. Its per-turn sandbox was then
destroyed. The next run started in a new sandbox with no Runner state
for the session.
> - The Runner transport threw an untyped error. The runtime could not
tell it apart from a transport drop. A governed-wait or same-session
checkpoint ended as a generic `native_session_interrupted` with an
"ambiguous state" hold that said not to open a replacement session.
> - This pull request types that refusal and lets the driver classify it
as `provider_state_incompatible` when nothing is in flight. The existing
recovery policy then decides.
> - The benefit is that the run ends with the permanent named code
`native_provider_state_incompatible`. Retry, or the next message,
continues in a fresh provider session in the same workspace. No provider
turn or tool call can be repeated, because the follow-up never started a
turn.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20712, #20723 (the same classification for a moved remote
workspace root). Refs #20691 (fixes the `provider_identity_incomplete`
part of class P).

**What happened?**

1. Run A on a chat task finished. Its result was accepted. Its harness
backup failed to save (`harness_state.backup.persist` failed,
`native.post_result_failure`).
2. Run B started for the next chat message in a new sandbox. It rebound
run A's checkpoint with `providerRecoveryPolicy:
allow_replacement_after_governed_wait`.
3. The Runner found no control-plane state and no archived authority
epoch. It threw `PRP provider resume state is unavailable` as a plain
`Error`.
4. The runtime refused a replacement for the governed-wait policy and
failed run B with the generic `native_session_recovery_failed`. The task
stayed blocked with an "ambiguous state" hold.

**Expected behavior**

The run ends with a permanent named code and a working Retry, as it does
for other deterministic refusals.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Create a Runner transport that resumes a saved provider session from
an empty state directory.
2. Request `thread/read`. On `master` it rejects with a plain `Error`.
3. Recover a saved Codex, OpenCode or ACPX session through the driver
when the transport fails that way. On `master` the result has no
`failureClass`.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at `9574065a28`.

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/contracts/harness-driver.ts`: add
`NativeRunnerResumeStateUnavailableError` (same message as before) and
`isRunnerResumeStateUnavailable`.
- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: throw
the typed error at the three branches where the control-plane state is
absent. The branch with no PRP identity and the quarantine branch are
unchanged.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver-impl.ts`:
classify the typed error as `provider_state_incompatible` when the saved
session has no turn or runtime request in flight. Extract the in-flight
test that the moved-root check already used, without changing it.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: describe the new classification
(additive).
- Tests: a transport test (local and external Runner state), driver
tests for Codex, OpenCode and ACPX Claude, in-flight cases that stay
unclassified, and a server case that shows the blocked task offers Retry
and that one click starts exactly one fresh-session run.

## Verification

- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/backends/native-backend-factory.test.ts -t "no saved state"`: 5
pass. With the driver change reverted, the 3 "reports … as provider
state incompatible" cases fail (no `failureClass`).
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-cold-restore.test.ts`: 5 pass. On
`master` the error is a plain `Error`.
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/backends/native-backend-factory.test.ts
src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.recovery.test.ts
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-cold-restore.test.ts
src/native-session-runtime.test.ts`: 410 pass.
- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/workspace-recovery-retry-copyback.test.ts -t "does not
continue automatically"`: 5 pass, including the new case. It checks
`canRetry: true`, an accepted Retry, exactly one queued successor, and
`forceFreshSession: true`.
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx tsc --noEmit -p .`: clean.
- `pnpm verify`: exit 2 (broader verification required) because
`doc/execution-semantics.md` is a global CI input. The focused checks
above pass. Required CI supplies the broad coverage.

## Risks

- Low. The change only adds a class to a failure that already failed. A
checkpoint with `allow_replacement_after_resume_failure` already
replaced the session for this failure, and still does.
- For `same_session_only` and `allow_replacement_after_governed_wait`,
the run now ends with `native_provider_state_incompatible` instead of a
retryable `native_session_interrupted`. Same-run retries stop at once.
They could not succeed, because the state is absent.
- A session with a turn or runtime request in flight keeps the old
unclassified behavior. This PR does not change it.
- The server code path is unchanged. The Rust Runner is unchanged, so no
new runner image 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 Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code, with
tool use (shell, file edit, test execution) and 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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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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
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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DottaandClaude 94c7c83ce8 fix(runner): refuse a moved-root same-session checkpoint by name (#20723)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs on a remote sandbox resume a task's provider session
from a saved checkpoint
> - #20712 made a checkpoint that names an abandoned remote workspace
root decline recovery, so a replacement session opens in the new root
> - A checkpoint that requires the same session (an unfinished goal,
`same_session_only`) cannot be replaced. It then failed with the generic
`native_session_recovery_failed`, which recovery treats as a retryable
interruption
> - A retry cannot move a saved session to another root, so the failure
repeats. The upgrade-safe rule requires a permanent, named code for this
case
> - Also, the working-directory errors said "Codex" on Claude and other
ACPX runs, because one app-server driver serves all of them
> - This pull request reports the moved root as provider state that is
incompatible, and makes the errors name the agent generically
> - The benefit is a named, permanent refusal with a working board
Retry, and error text that is correct for every agent

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20712

**What happened?**
After #20712, a `same_session_only` checkpoint with a moved remote root
ended with `native_session_recovery_failed: persisted session working
directory is not the assigned remote workspace`. That is not a named
permanent code, so recovery could retry a run that cannot succeed. On
ACPX Claude runs, path errors read "Remote Codex working directory ...".

**Expected behavior**
The run ends with the permanent code
`native_provider_state_incompatible`. Automatic retries stop. A board
Retry continues the task in a fresh provider session in the same
workspace. Errors do not name Codex on other agents.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Save a native checkpoint with `providerRecoveryPolicy:
same_session_only` under one remote workspace root.
2. Assign the run a different sibling root (the epoch was abandoned).
3. Resume the run.

## What Changed

- `codex-app-server-driver-impl.ts`: the moved-root decline from #20712
now carries `failureClass: provider_state_incompatible`. The runtime
already maps that class:
- checkpoint allows replacement
(`allow_replacement_after_resume_failure`): a replacement session opens
in the assigned root, as before;
- checkpoint requires the same session:
`NativeProviderStateIncompatibleError`, code
`native_provider_state_incompatible`.
- The server already treats `native_provider_state_incompatible` as a
permanent failure (no automatic retry, board action text "Retry the task
to continue in a fresh provider session with the same workspace").
`rebindNativeSessionCheckpoint` returns no checkpoint after that code,
so a board Retry starts a fresh session in the same workspace. No server
change is needed.
- A moved-root checkpoint with an active turn or a pending runtime
request now reports `provider_side_effect_pending`. The runtime never
replaces it under any policy, and the run ends with the permanent code
`native_provider_side_effect_pending` for an operator to reconcile.
Before, it threw the working-directory refusal, which recovery recorded
as the retryable `native_session_interrupted`.
- `harness-driver.ts`: the `PROVIDER_STATE_INCOMPATIBLE` doc now names
the moved-workspace case.
- `codex-boundaries.ts`: working-directory errors say "Agent working
directory", "Remote agent working directory" and "Provider thread
response" instead of "Codex". Tests updated to the new text.
- Tests:
- `native-session-runtime.test.ts`: the real app-server backend with
`remote_runner` authority and a moved root, for each recovery policy.
Same-session policies end with `native_provider_state_incompatible`, the
replacement policy opens a replacement in the assigned root, an
in-flight turn ends with `native_provider_side_effect_pending` under
every policy, and no transport starts.
- `native-backend-factory.test.ts`: the decline carries the failure
class, and an ACPX Claude refusal reads "Remote agent working directory
does not match the assigned workspace".

Previous-release story: no persisted shape changes. Saved checkpoints
are classified at recovery time. A saved same-session checkpoint under
an old root now ends with the named permanent code instead of a generic
one.

## Verification

- Red: without the failure classes, the same-session and in-flight
runtime cases fail (generic `native_session_recovery_failed`). Before
the rename, the ACPX Claude message test fails.
- Green: `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run src/backends
src/drivers/codex src/live/runner-prepared-launch-workspace.test.ts
src/native-session-runtime.test.ts` passes (784 tests).
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner` passes.
- Existing server coverage for the code: `native-session-resume.test.ts`
(no rebind after `native_provider_state_incompatible`) and
`native-session-executor.test.ts` (source-code mapping).

## Risks

- Low. Error message text changes. A search found no code that matches
on the old text outside the updated tests.
- Same-session checkpoints with a moved root now stop for a board Retry
instead of a generic interruption. That is the intended behavior: a
retry cannot succeed.

> 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 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
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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
- [x] 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
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
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DottaandClaude fcf4e39b41 fix(runner): do not count stopped time against a turn start or an ACPX sidecar request (#20720)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native run starts each provider turn with `turn.start`. The
control plane waits for the Runner, and an ACPX Runner waits for its
sidecar, which starts the provider and sends the prompt.
> - Both waits use a 30 s bound. When the host or container stops the
whole tree (SIGSTOP, a host sleep), the clocks keep moving while no
process can act.
> - On thaw both bounds have passed. The control plane reports `PRP
command turn.start timed out`, and the Runner fails the sidecar request
and closes the ACPX session.
> - #20704 added a stopped-time clock for startup and recovery. This
pull request puts `turn.start` and its follow-up waits on the same
clock, and adds the same rule to the Runner's sidecar response wait.
> - The benefit is that a freeze during a turn start no longer fails the
turn or closes the session.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave `w-20261111T011704-s9107`, task t05 (local, claude,
workload C1, fault TM2). A follow-up run sent `turn.start` at 01:22:21.
The harness then stopped the server, Runner, sidecar and Claude twice:
28 s, then 33 s after a 1 s thaw. At 01:23:25 the control plane reported
`provider_transport_failed: PRP command turn.start timed out`. Three
same-run resumes then failed with `ACPX session is not open`, recovery
stopped with `native_session_retry_exhausted`, and the task needed a
manual Retry. The Retry run succeeded.

**Expected behavior**
Time that the processes spend stopped does not count against the
turn-start bound or the sidecar request bound. A real timeout still
fires while the processes run.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-stall.test.ts`. On master it fails with
`provider_transport_failed: PRP command turn.start timed out`.
2. `cargo test --manifest-path
packages/paperclip-runner/runner/Cargo.toml -p paperclip-runner-core
--test acpx_sidecar_stopped_time`. On master it fails with `ACPX sidecar
request timed out at initialize`. It stops the process early in the wait
and again in its last half second.

Note on the repeated `ACPX session is not open`: the wave ran
`eafd5853d9`, which does not contain #20675. On master, #20675 settles a
cut-off start from the sidecar's dispatch journal. If the prompt never
left, the Runner reopens the session and sends it once. If the journal
shows the prompt left, or cannot prove it, the session stays closed and
the run ends with a working Retry, as the class rule requires. This pull
request stops the freeze from cutting off the start in the first place.

Refs #20704, #20675

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`:
`#startTurn` runs under `#withAdmissionClock`. The turn-start deadline,
the held-tool-call wait, the start-event wait, the adoption check time
and the `session.snapshot` wait all read `#waitNow()`, so they share one
stopped-time credit.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/runner/crates/runner-core/src/acpx_sidecar_transport.rs`:
`receive_response` blocks in 1 s slices. `credit_stopped_time` treats a
slice overshoot beyond 2 s as a stop. It moves the deadline by the
overshoot, and to at least 5 s after the thaw, so a stop in the last
slice still leaves the sidecar time to answer. Total credit per request
is capped at 15 min.
- The control-plane clock (`RunnerStallLedger`) now uses the same rule:
a stop is credited in full plus a 5 s grace, capped at 15 min per
admission.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-stall.test.ts`
(new): drives the real transport and Runner. It SIGSTOPs the Runner
tree, jumps `Date.now` by 40 s mid-wait, then resumes the Runner. It
fails if the turn start leaves the clock, or if the command wait stops
reading it (checked by removing `clock: this.#admissionClock`). This is
the transport-level test requested in the #20704 review.
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/runner/crates/runner-core/tests/acpx_sidecar_stopped_time.rs`
(new, its own test binary): a sidecar stops the test process for 6 s
against a 3 s bound and answers after the thaw.
- Unit test for `credit_stopped_time`.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: both commands in "Steps to reproduce".
- `npx vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-stall.test.ts
src/live/runnerd-acpx-source-reconciliation.test.ts
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-adoption.test.ts`: 342/342 pass.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib acpx_sidecar_transport` (12
pass), `--test acpx_sidecar_transport --test acpx_park_preparation
--test acpx_provider_turns` (all pass), `cargo fmt --check` clean.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json` and `-p tsconfig.test.json`:
clean.
- Not run: a new chaos wave.

## Risks

- A real stall longer than 2 s in the Runner (or 5 s in the control
plane) during a turn start or a sidecar request now extends that wait by
the stall plus 5 s. The waited-on process could not be observed during
the stall either. The 15 min cap bounds a process that keeps stalling.
- The Rust wait now wakes once per second while it waits for a sidecar
reply. This is an active request with no I/O per wake.
- The 1 s control-plane ticker from #20704 now also runs during a turn
start, and stops when the start returns.
- No persisted state, launch identity or saved-session shape changes.
Old saved runs resume through the same code, and an older Runner keeps
its old wait. Nothing new runs before `turn.start`, and no wait is added
on the normal 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 (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
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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 1fa7e92fa8 fix(native): restart in place a Runner that only settled an earlier attempt's suspend (#20724)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - A native run talks to a Runner process. When the control plane loses
that Runner, the run resumes itself with a limited number of same-run
attempts.
> - A server freeze while the controller suspends a finished turn can
stop the Runner inside `runner.suspend`. The controller journal then
keeps that suspend as pending.
> - The next attempt starts a new Runner. It settles the old suspend
from the welcome, records `suspended`, and exits with code 0 before it
accepts any command of the new attempt. The server reported "runnerd
exited unexpectedly with code 0", so one freeze spent one same-run
attempt. If a second fault then occurs, no attempt is left in reserve.
> - #20714 made both sides agree on that suspend's acknowledgement. This
pull request handles the clean exit that follows it.
> - During startup, the server restarts that Runner in place once,
through the existing `#recoverRunnerProcess` path, and only when the
durable Runner journal proves the exit.
> - The benefit is that one freeze during a suspend costs zero same-run
attempts.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20714.

**What happened?**

A restart-chaos task (local Runner, Claude, a freeze of the server
during a live turn) needed a manual Retry. #20714 fixed the identity
mismatch. The second same-run attempt still ended with
`runner_local_connect_failed: runnerd exited unexpectedly with code 0`,
because that Runner only settled the suspend left by the first attempt
and then exited as suspended.

**Expected behavior**

The attempt continues. The server restarts the Runner once. The new
Runner starts from a clean `suspended` state and serves the attempt's
commands. No provider work is repeated.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a native run. Let the controller send `runner.suspend` when it
closes the session.
2. Stop the Runner after it journaled the suspend and before the
controller records the result (a server freeze does this).
3. Resume the same run. The new Runner settles the old suspend and exits
with code 0, and startup fails.

The new live test reproduces this with the real runnerd and the fake
Codex provider.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at e719d42557 (after #20714).

## What Changed

- `runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: when the transport opens its controller,
it records the number of commands already in the journal. These commands
come from earlier attempts.
- When a Runner exits with code 0 during startup, the transport reads
the local Runner state once. It restarts the Runner in place, once per
attempt, with a bounded 30 s grace through the existing
`#recoverRunnerProcess`, only when all of these are true:
- the Runner's last command is a `runner.suspend` from an earlier
attempt, with the same command id, type and controller sequence in both
journals;
  - the controller has settled that suspend;
- the Runner is `suspended`, with no terminal fence, no provider cleanup
fence and no warm transition;
- no command of this attempt has a result, so no turn started and no
provider work ran.
- While that one restart runs, the startup waits for the replacement.
The startup does not fail on the old process.
- An exit that does not have that proof keeps its earlier failure. So do
remote, external-state and adopted Runners.
- The proof is a pure function, `carriedSuspendSettlementProven`,
exported through `runnerdRecoveryInternals`.
- `docs/durable-recovery.md`: it describes the restart.

## Verification

- Red, then green. New live test
`runnerd-codex-transport-carried-suspend.test.ts` (real runnerd binary,
fake Codex):
- `journaled`: the journals are rewritten to the freeze moment. Before
the change: `runner_local_connect_failed: runnerd exited unexpectedly
with code 0`. After the change: `thread/read` succeeds in the same
attempt, the old suspend is `failed / execution_indeterminate`, and the
provider has no `turn/start`.
- `fenced`: a released build left a terminal fence. The next Runner
keeps a provider cleanup fence, so it is not restarted. The test checks
that the earlier failure stays.
- Unit negatives for the proof: a suspend that this attempt queued, an
unsettled suspend, a last command that is not a suspend, a Runner that
went on to a later command, a command of this attempt with a result, a
Runner that is not suspended or has a fence, a receipt mismatch, and
another run identity.
- The live test passes with the Runner binary from before #20714 and
with the current `master` Runner.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner`: clean.
- `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`, `-cut-attach`, `-settlement`,
`-suspension`, `-cold-restore`: 335 of 336 passed in one parallel run.
The one failure was a 20 s settlement case under load, and it passed
when run alone (19/19).

## Risks

- A clean exit that is not this case keeps its earlier failure. The
proof needs exact durable evidence. The restart happens at most once per
attempt and is bounded to 30 s.
- No command runs again. The old suspend is never executed again. The
replacement Runner starts from `suspended` and receives this attempt's
commands for the first time.
- Old Runners and old saved state: the proof only reads the Runner state
fields that released Runners already write. A state with a fence or a
provider cleanup fence is not restarted.
- The normal path has no added waits or file reads. The Runner file is
read only after a code-0 exit during startup.
- This changes no Runner (Rust) code. No new Runner image 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 Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, in Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs). 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
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DottaandClaude e039be9202 fix(runner): replace a follow-up session whose remote workspace root moved (#20712)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs keep an execution lease. Restart recovery takes over a
run only when it can prove that the recorded controller stopped.
> - A stall (SIGSTOP) longer than the lease, with no restart, makes the
executor lose its own lease. The executor then detaches for "the next
controller" and exits.
> - The next controller is this same process. Recovery asks the PID
probe if the recorded controller is alive. The recorded controller is
this process, so the answer is always "alive".
> - The task then waits forever: `in_progress`, no Retry, an active run,
and an active environment lease.
> - This pull request lets recovery recognise its own process. When this
process no longer drives the run and its own lease lapsed, the prior
owner is gone. The existing evidence checks then decide, as for any
stopped controller.
> - The benefit is that a same-boot stall never needs a manual Retry.
When provider work may have started, the run fails with a working Retry
instead of a wait with no end.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20694 (the same class of fix for legacy `preparing` runs), #20529,
#20691.

**What happened?**
Chaos wave `w-20261111T034105-s9330`, task t02 (Daytona, OpenCode, fault
TM1). The server process was frozen with SIGSTOP for about 84 s while
run `89a3922b` prepared. After SIGCONT, `native.process_start_requested`
was recorded and `native.session.execute` failed after 118 ms: the lease
renewal found the lease lapsed, and the executor detached and exited.
From then on, recovery recorded `native.recovery.transition` "waiting
for safe ownership evidence" with reason `controller_still_alive` every
30 s for more than 20 minutes. The run stayed `running`, the issue
stayed `in_progress`, no Retry was shown, and the environment lease
stayed `active`.

**Expected behavior**
When this process no longer drives a run that it recorded as its own,
recovery takes the run back. No turn reached the runner here, so the
bootstrap restarts on the same run. When a turn or runner work may have
started, the run fails and shows a working Retry.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a native remote (Daytona) run.
2. Send SIGSTOP to the server during preparation, and hold it longer
than the execution lease.
3. Send SIGCONT. The executor loses its lease, detaches and exits.
4. See that every recovery scan waits with `controller_still_alive`, and
the run never settles.

The new tests in `native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts`
("same-boot controller whose own lease lapsed") reproduce this at the
recovery layer.

## What Changed

- `claimNativeRestartRecoveries`: when the recorded controller is this
exact process (same boot ID and PID):
- If this process still drives the run (heartbeat execution or native
executor registered), recovery leaves the run to it
(`current_controller_preparing`).
- If neither drives it and the self lease lapsed, the takeover is
allowed (`current_controller_released`). The existing evidence checks
then choose the outcome: bootstrap again on the same run when a durable
record proves no command reached the runner, or fail with a Retry
(`blocked`) when runner or provider work may have started.
- An unexpired self lease still waits. A claim that has not reached its
executor holds it, and it lapses by itself.
- A run that this process handed to the next server (graceful drain
`restart_suspended` record, or the in-process hot-restart handoff
marker) stays with the next server.
- `heartbeat/shutdown-handoff.ts`: add `isRunHandedOffForShutdown`.
Heartbeat recovery passes it to the claim.
- `suspendedByCleanDrain` now uses the shared
`handedToNextControllerSinceClaim` helper. Behavior is the same.
- Tests: five cases for the same-boot lapsed lease: bootstrap again with
no runner command; fail with a working Retry when a runner identity was
recorded; leave the run to a live in-process executor; leave a
handed-off run to the next server; still wait for a different live
controller.

## Verification

- Red before the fix: the three same-boot cases returned
`awaiting_evidence` / `controller_still_alive`.
- Green after the fix:
- `pnpm --dir server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-restart-recovery.test.ts
src/__tests__/heartbeat-native-restart-suspension.test.ts`
- `pnpm verify` (see the PR comments for the selected scope).
- `tsc --noEmit -p server` is clean.

## Risks

- A same-process recovery scan can now claim a run that this process
recorded as its own. The guard needs all of these: the self lease
lapsed, no in-process execution of the run, and no handoff to the next
server. A claim that is still on its way to its executor holds a live
lease, so it is not taken twice.
- Upgrade safety: the decision uses only the coordinator row and
in-process state. Old saved rows are judged by the same rules. A new
process never matches an old boot ID, so deploys keep the existing proof
path.
- No new waits or file operations run before `turn.start`.
- There is still no ceiling on `awaiting_evidence` for a genuinely
different live controller (case c). This PR does not change that policy.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), via 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
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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
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DottaandClaude e719d42557 fix(runner): accept the acknowledgement of an indeterminate suspend replay (#20714)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - A native run talks to a Runner process (runnerd). The controller in
the server sends commands. The Runner journals each command before it
acts and replies with a result.
> - `runner.suspend` and `runner.shutdown` are terminal commands. The
Runner waits for a `command_result_ack` before it exits. It compares
that acknowledgement with the receipt that it journaled.
> - A Runner that is killed inside `runner.suspend` journals the command
but not its result. The next Runner replays the command as
`indeterminate`. It sends it on the wire as `failed` with
`execution_indeterminate`, and it still treats it as terminal.
> - The controller acknowledged the `failed` status that it received.
The Runner compared that with its journal status `indeterminate` and
exited with "terminal command result acknowledgement changed its durable
identity". The controller also lifted its terminal fence for a failed
suspend and sent the next command to a Runner that was about to exit.
> - This pull request makes both sides agree on the status of that one
receipt, and keeps the fence.
> - The benefit is that a freeze or restart during a suspend no longer
burns the same-run retries and leaves the task at a manual Retry.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

A restart-chaos task (local Runner, Claude, a 28-second freeze of the
server during a live turn) needed a manual Retry. Retry worked.

1. The turn completed. The server then sent `runner.suspend`. The server
froze before the Runner reported the result.
2. The close found the Runner not durably suspended (`commandStatus:
pending`, `runnerLifecycle: ready`). The run failed with
`native_runner_checkpoint_owner_lost`, and same-run recovery stopped the
old runnerd. The suspend was journaled but not finished.
3. Attempt 2 started a new runnerd on the same state. The welcome
delivered the stale suspend. The Runner replayed it as `indeterminate`
and sent `failed`. The controller acknowledged `failed`. The Runner
exited with code 1: "terminal command result acknowledgement changed its
durable identity". The controller had recorded the suspend as `failed`.
4. Attempt 3 found the fence for a suspend that the controller no longer
listed as pending. The Runner reconciled it and exited with code 0. The
server reported "runnerd exited unexpectedly with code 0", and
`native_session_retry_exhausted` stopped automatic recovery.

**Expected behavior**

The controller acknowledges exactly the receipt that the Runner sent.
The Runner accepts that acknowledgement, records `suspended`, and the
next attempt starts from a clean suspended Runner.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a native run with a local Runner. Let the turn complete so that
the server sends `runner.suspend`.
2. Freeze the server (SIGSTOP) for about 30 seconds before the suspend
result arrives, so that recovery stops the Runner inside the suspend.
3. Let same-run recovery start a new Runner. It exits with "terminal
command result acknowledgement changed its durable identity". The unit
tests in this PR reproduce the same sequence without a live run.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at 200c6e40e2. The failing wave ran on 9296c74e8d plus #20656.

**Root cause**

`command_result_envelope` changes the journal status `indeterminate` to
`failed` on the wire. `wait_for_terminal_result_ack` compared the
acknowledgement with the journal status, not with the status that it
sent. The controller also treated a `failed` suspend as a refused
suspend (the Runner keeps serving), but the Runner treats an
indeterminate suspend as terminal.

## What Changed

- Runner (`runner.rs`): a new `wire_command_status` gives the status
that goes on the wire. `wait_for_terminal_result_ack` accepts the
acknowledgement when its status is the wire status (`failed`) or the
journal status (`indeterminate`). Command id, type, and controller
sequence must still match exactly.
- Controller (`durable-prp-control-plane.ts`): for a result with
`execution_indeterminate`, the `command_result_ack` names
`indeterminate`. Runners that shipped before this change accept only
that status. The controller keeps the terminal-lifecycle fence for an
indeterminate suspend, so it does not send the next command to a Runner
that is exiting. The command stays `failed` in the controller journal,
as before.
- Runner Rust test
`indeterminate_suspend_replay_accepts_the_acknowledged_wire_status`: it
seeds a journaled suspend, starts the Runner against a fake controller
that acknowledges `failed` and then `indeterminate`, and checks that the
Runner finishes as `suspended` with no fence. Before the fix it failed
with the production message.
- Controller test: it checks the `indeterminate` acknowledgement and
that the next queued command is not delivered on that connection.
- `docs/durable-recovery.md`: it describes this case.

## Verification

- Red, then green: `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib
indeterminate_suspend_replay` failed with `DurableRunnerError("terminal
command result acknowledgement changed its durable identity")` before
the Runner change and passes after it.
- Red, then green: `npx vitest run
src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts -t "indeterminate
suspension"` failed (`status: "failed"`, expected `"indeterminate"`)
before the controller change and passes after it.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib durable`: 152 passed.
- `npx vitest run src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts`:
215 passed.
- `npx vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-settlement.test.ts
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-suspension.test.ts`: 30 passed. These
use the real runnerd binary built from `master`, so they also cover the
new controller with an old Runner.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner`: clean.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 (broad input). Required CI supplies the
broad coverage.
- Not run: a chaos wave. The unit tests reproduce the exact sequence at
the Runner and controller boundary.

## Risks

- Version mix. Old Runner with new server: the acknowledgement says
`indeterminate`, which is the old Runner's journal status, so it is
accepted. New Runner with old server: the acknowledgement says `failed`,
which is the new Runner's wire status, so it is accepted. New with new:
accepted.
- No command runs again. The indeterminate suspend is never executed
again; only its acknowledgement changes. The Runner still refuses a
different command id, type, or controller sequence.
- The Runner change takes effect only after a new Runner image. The
controller change alone removes the failure for Runners that already
shipped.
- Remaining gap: the attempt that delivers the stale suspend still ends
when that Runner exits as suspended. The next same-run attempt then
starts from a clean suspended Runner. A later change can restart the
Runner inside the same attempt.

> 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 edits, test runs). 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
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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
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DottaandClaude 6d1eae73c0 fix(runner): do not count time the control plane was stopped against a Runner command wait (#20704)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The native runtime resumes a run after a control-plane restart. It
launches a Runner and waits for recovery barriers (`run.attach`, a
`runner.drain` probe, the provider identity).
> - These waits poll with a wall-clock deadline. When the control plane
and its Runner are stopped together (SIGSTOP, host sleep), the wall
clock passes the deadline before either process can act.
> - On thaw, the wait reports a timeout although nothing was slow.
Recovery then spends an attempt and a retry delay.
> - This pull request gives each startup or recovery admission a clock
that does not count stopped time.
> - The benefit is that a freeze or host sleep during an admission no
longer turns into a false `PRP command ... timed out` failure.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A restart-chaos wave (local, codex, fault TM2) stopped the server and
its Runner tree for 44 s, 1 s after a resumed Runner started. The resume
barrier `runner.drain` had a 30 s deadline. On thaw, the server reported
`runner_local_connect_failed: PRP command runner.drain timed out` 45 s
after the wait began (`provider.session.load` span 45130 ms). Recovery
spent attempt 1 and waited 30 s more before attempt 2.

**Expected behavior**
Time that the waiting process spends stopped does not count as waiting
time. A real timeout still fires when the Runner does not answer while
both processes run.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a Runner command wait with a 30 s deadline.
2. After 1 s, stop the process for 44 s (the test moves the system clock
without running timers).
3. Let the Runner complete the command 2 s after thaw.
4. Before this change, the wait rejects with `runner.drain timed out`.
After this change, it resolves.

Note: in that chaos task, this false timeout was not the reason that the
task needed a manual Retry. An earlier SIGKILL of the whole server tree
stopped the Codex turn while a foreground shell command (`./bench.sh`)
was running. On restore, Codex had no active turn
(`provider_turn_lost_on_restore`). Recovery correctly blocked automatic
replay (`uncertain_provider_action`), because no durable record proves
that the interrupted command had no side effect. The manual Retry then
completed the task. This PR does not change that policy.

Refs #20675

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: add
`RunnerStallLedger`, the clock of one startup or recovery admission.
`now()` is wall time minus the stopped time observed since the admission
began. Its poll loops and a 1 s ticker share one last-observation time,
so each stop is credited once, wherever the process was when it stopped
(a poll loop, a checkpoint flush, a spawn). Only the part of a gap
beyond 5 s is credited.
- `#start` and `#resume` run under one ledger (`#withAdmissionClock`). A
nested startup keeps the outer ledger. The ticker stops when the
admission ends.
- During an admission, `waitForRunnerCommand`, the provider-identity
wait, the cold admission deadline, the recovery admission deadline, and
the default 30 s command deadline all use this clock.
- Waits after admission, including `turn.start` and its event and
snapshot waits, keep wall-clock deadlines. Their behavior does not
change.
- Tests in `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`: the chaos sequence (red
before, green after), the unchanged wall-clock timeout outside an
admission, a barrier that still times out after a freeze, a 70 s freeze
between two barriers on one cold deadline, and a slow-but-running
process that still reaches its deadline.

## Verification

- Red: `cd packages/paperclip-runner && npx vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts -t "stopped"` failed before the
fix with `runner_local_connect_failed: PRP command runner.drain timed
out`.
- Green: the same command passes after the fix.
- `npx vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`: 301/301
pass, including the existing "shares Pi's absolute cold deadline across
recovery barriers and rejects a late ACK" test.
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.json`: clean.
- `pnpm verify` exits 2 (changes outside resolved test graphs). Required
CI supplies the broad coverage.
- Not run: a new chaos wave. The unit tests reproduce the exact wait and
clock sequence from the artifacts.

## Risks

- A real event-loop hang longer than 5 s during an admission now extends
that admission by the hang minus 5 s. The Runner answer could not be
observed during the hang either. Each credited gap still costs 5 s of
budget, so a process that is slow on every observation still reaches its
deadline.
- The ticker runs only while a startup or recovery admission runs (an
active operation), every 1 s, does no I/O, and is cleared in `finally`.
It does not keep an idle process awake.
- A `turn.start` that is cut by a freeze still reports a wall-clock
timeout, as before. That case needs its own change, because its event
and snapshot waits share one deadline.
- No persisted state, launch identity, or saved-session shape changes.
Old saved runs resume through the same code. A deploy mid-run only
changes how long an in-process admission wait tolerates a stop. No new
wait or file operation 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
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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 3fdcc2a28c fix(runner): resend an ACPX turn whose start was cut off before the prompt left (#20675)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native ACPX run (for example Claude) sends `turn.start` to its
Runner. The Runner asks the ACPX sidecar to start the turn, and the
sidecar sends the prompt to the provider
> - A start can fail without a definite answer. A host freeze can
outlast the sidecar request deadline, or the sidecar or Runner can die
during the start
> - The Runner then saved the session `closed`. Every same-run resume
failed with `ACPX session is not open`, and the task needed Retry
> - The Runner cannot tell from its own state whether the provider has
the prompt. Resending could duplicate it. A continuation could lose it
> - This pull request adds a durable record that answers that question:
a sidecar prompt-dispatch journal, written before the prompt reaches the
provider
> - The benefit is that a start cut off before the prompt left resends
the prompt exactly once, with no Retry. Every case the record cannot
prove keeps today's behavior

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Local restart-chaos wave `w-20261110T185315-s9107`, task t05 (claude,
workload C1, fault TM2). A follow-up run reopened the parked Claude
session and sent `turn.start`. The sidecar first starts Claude and loads
the conversation; the prompt goes out only after that. After 24 s
without a reply, the harness froze the server, Runner, sidecar and
Claude (SIGSTOP) for 33 s. On thaw the Runner's 30 s sidecar deadline
had passed. It reaped the sidecar and saved the session `closed`. Three
same-run resumes failed with `PRP command turn.start failed: … ACPX
session is not open`, recovery stopped with
`native_session_retry_exhausted`, and a person had to click Retry.

**Expected behavior**
When a durable record proves the prompt never reached the provider, the
run resends it once by itself. When the record cannot prove it, the run
behaves as today.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. On master, run `cargo test --manifest-path
packages/paperclip-runner/runner/Cargo.toml -p paperclip-runner-core
--test acpx_park_preparation cut_turn_start`.
2.
`a_start_cut_off_before_the_prompt_left_reopens_and_sends_the_prompt_once`
fails: the session is `closed` and the next start fails with `ACPX
session is not open`.

Refs #20507, #20645, #20674

## What Changed

- New file contract in
`protocol/provider-schemas/acpx-sidecar.schema.json`:
`turnDispatchJournalFile` (`paperclip-turn-dispatch.jsonl`) and
`turnDispatchJournalRecord` (`received` / `dispatched`). The generator
emits the file name and schema into TypeScript and Rust, so the pack
contract digest covers them.
- Sidecar (`turn-dispatch-journal.ts`, `codex-runtime-adapter.ts`,
`runtime-host.ts`, `acpx-runtime-sidecar.ts`): when the runtime port
starts a turn, before any provider work, it truncates the journal and
writes `received`. ACPX calls `onAcpMessage("outbound")` synchronously
before it writes a message to the provider. On the turn's first
`session/prompt` request the port appends `dispatched` and fsyncs it
there, so the record exists before the bytes leave. A failed dispatch
write aborts the prompt write. A failed `received` write removes the
file and runs the turn unjournaled.
- Runner (`acpx_turn_dispatch.rs`, `acpx_provider_backend.rs`): the
journal is read only after the provider lifetime fence proves that the
sidecar and provider are gone. A lone complete `received` record for the
turn proves the prompt never left.
- A start that failed in flight saves the session `prepared` with no
active turn and returns `ACPX turn start failed before its prompt
reached the provider`. The run's next `turn.start` reopens the
conversation and sends the prompt once. Until the proof settles, the
saved state stays `turn_starting`, so a Runner killed during the proof
goes through the restore check below.
- A Runner killed while the session was `turn_starting` restores the
session idle (`session.resumed`, no `turn.failed`). The same-run resume
then starts the turn once instead of sending a continuation that would
lose the prompt.
- A `dispatched` record, another turn's record, a torn or malformed
file, or no file keeps today's behavior (closed session, or lost-turn
recovery).
- Fake sidecar: writes the same journal and adds `hang-before-dispatch`
/ `hang-after-dispatch` faults.
- Docs: `packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md` ("ACPX turn
starts cut off before the prompt left"). The design note is
`doc/plans/2026-11-10-durable-turn-start-and-tool-call-records.md` (in
#20674).

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test
acpx_park_preparation cut_turn_start` (4 tests: cut before dispatch
reopens and sends once; cut after dispatch stays closed and never
resends; Runner killed before dispatch restores idle; Runner killed
after dispatch or with no journal reports the lost turn). The two
"before" cases fail on master.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core`: all pass. `cargo fmt --check`
clean.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run
src/drivers/acpx/turn-dispatch-journal.test.ts
src/drivers/acpx/codex-runtime-adapter.test.ts`: 121 passed. One test
uses a real ACPX runtime and an ACP peer that refuses a prompt arriving
before its `dispatched` record; it fails if the hook is removed.
- `node scripts/generate-acpx-sidecar-contract.mjs --check`, `node
--test scripts/contracts/contract-fingerprints.test.mjs`, and `tsc -p
tsconfig.test.json` pass.
- Time to first token, measured with the same open/write/fsync sequence
on this Mac (APFS, load average ~11, 300 samples): `received` p50 0.24
ms, p95 0.59 ms; `dispatched` (with fsync) p50 4.7 ms, p95 11.5 ms.
Against a Claude TTFT budget of 9.5–16.5 s p50 this is under 0.1%. No
wait, round trip or file transfer is added. Recovery work (fence,
journal read) runs only after a failed start.
- Live restart-chaos wave and runner image: see the comments on this
pull request.

## Risks

- A false "not dispatched" proof would duplicate a prompt. It needs a
lone, complete `received` record for this exact turn ID, read after the
fence proves the sidecar is gone. `dispatched` is fsynced before the
prompt write, and a failed write aborts the send. A failed `received`
write removes the file, so it cannot leave a lone record.
- Upgrade safety: saved provider state gains no field (its decoder
denies unknown fields), and only lifecycles an older Runner already
handles are written. An older Runner ignores the journal file. State
saved by an older Runner has no journal, which reads as unknown and
keeps today's behavior. A new Runner with an older sidecar never sees a
`received` record, so no proof forms.
- The changed sidecar schema changes the pack contract digest, so
Daytona needs a new runner image. Older image packs are not reused.
- A failed start now waits for the provider lifetime fence (at most 5 s,
usually immediate) before it settles. This is only on a failure path.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use (shell,
file editing) in Claude Code. 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
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DottaandClaude e33ede9a8a fix(native): settle a restart-orphaned write_document from its transactional receipt (#20674)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native run calls Paperclip tools such as `write_document`. The
runner saves each tool input durably before the server runs the tool,
and the server saves a result receipt
> - A control-plane restart can cut a `write_document` call after the
runner saved its input and before any result was saved
> - Recovery then has no proof of the outcome. A call from an earlier
server process settles as "unknown outcome" (#20628). A call the current
server process admitted stays pending, close cannot prove that the
provider drained, and the session quarantines
(`native_session_cleanup_quarantined`). A person must click Retry
> - `write_document` saves its revision and its idempotency receipt in
one database transaction, under the run and issue row locks. The
revision is also compare-and-swap on `baseRevisionId`. So the receipt is
a durable outcome record: present means applied, absent means not
applied
> - This pull request makes recovery use that proof. Recovery runs the
same receipt-guarded write. It replays the saved result, or it applies
the write exactly once
> - The benefit is that an orphaned `write_document` settles with its
real result. The document is never written twice, and the run does not
need Retry for this call

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Daytona restart-chaos wave `w-20261110T174930-s9205`, task t01 (codex,
workload C1, fault RR2). A restart cut a `write_document` call. The
close settlement showed `semanticTools.pending: [{ operationId:
"write_document", callId: "exec-8b79ab78-…" }]` and `providerDrained:
false`. The session quarantined with
`native_session_cleanup_quarantined`, and the task needed Retry. Since
#20628, a call that an earlier server process admitted settles as
`tool_call_interrupted_by_restart` with an unknown outcome. The agent
then has to guess whether the write applied.

**Expected behavior**
When a durable record proves the outcome, recovery uses it. A write that
applied returns its saved result. A write that did not apply runs once.
When the record cannot prove it, the call stays as it is today.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. On master, run `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/paperclip-runner-tool-authority.test.ts -t
"orphaned"`.
2. `authority.recover()` returns `null` for a `write_document` that has
no receipt, so the call stays unsettled.

Refs #20628, #20639, #20507

## What Changed

- `PaperclipRunnerToolAuthority.recover()` now settles `write_document`
through its transactional receipt (`#recoverTransactionalWrite`). It
runs the same receipt-guarded mutation as an ordinary call. If the
receipt exists, it returns the saved result and writes nothing. If no
receipt exists, it applies the write once.
- A definite refusal that rolls the transaction back (a 4xx such as a
stale `baseRevisionId`, a reused idempotency key, invalid input) settles
as a tool error. Any other failure leaves the call unsettled, as before.
- The set of operations with this proof is explicit:
`TRANSACTIONAL_RECEIPT_OPERATIONS` contains only `write_document`. Other
tools keep their current recovery rules.
- New test: an orphaned `write_document` with no receipt applies once; a
second recovery and a late original call replay the receipt; an applied
write recovers its saved result; a stale base settles as a tool error
with no change.
- Updated test: a reused idempotency key with other input now settles as
an `paperclip_runner_tool_idempotency_conflict` tool error instead of
staying pending. The receipt proves that this call can never apply under
that key.
- Docs: `packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md` (semantic
operations that outlive a turn) and a new design note,
`doc/plans/2026-11-10-durable-turn-start-and-tool-call-records.md`. The
note also covers the second change (an ACPX turn start cut off before
the prompt reached the provider), which comes in a separate pull
request.

## Verification

- Red on master, green here: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec
vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/paperclip-runner-tool-authority.test.ts` (43
passed).
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts`:
178 passed. One unrelated ACPX timing test failed once under load and
passed when run alone.
- Server typecheck: `npx tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json` passes.
- `pnpm verify` exits 2 (a runner doc changed), so required CI supplies
the broad coverage.
- Live restart-chaos wave: see the comment on this pull request.

## Risks

- Recovery can now apply a write that never applied before the restart.
This is the call the agent made, applied once. The write is
compare-and-swap on `baseRevisionId`, so it cannot overwrite a revision
that someone wrote after the agent read the document. That case settles
as a conflict error.
- Upgrade safety: no saved shape changes. Receipts saved by the previous
release have the same shape. A server on the previous release keeps its
current recovery for these calls.
- Time to first token: no change. This code runs only during recovery.
- No runner source changes, so no new runner image is needed.

## Model Used

Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use (shell,
file editing) in Claude Code. 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
- [ ] 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 358977454b test(native): cover unknown-outcome recovery and hold settlement without a recorded PID space (#20649)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - #20628 settles a host-tool callback that a server restart orphaned,
and settles the no-replay holds that earlier releases left for a
completed turn
> - Review of #20628 asked for two more cases. That PR merged before the
commit with those cases reached it
> - This pull request adds only those tests
> - The benefit is that the two edge rules of #20628 stay covered

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20628

**What happened?**
The review of #20628 named two untested rules. First, a recovery
authority that throws `semantic_tool_outcome_unknown` must settle only
for a callback from an earlier controller, and must rethrow for this
controller's own callback. Second, a coordinator row saved before
`controller_host_hash` existed must still settle its holds through the
stopped controller boot.

**Expected behavior**
Both rules have regression tests.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Read `recoverToolCallback` and `native_completed_turn_cleanup_hold`
on master.
2. Search the tests for a thrown `semantic_tool_outcome_unknown`, or for
a row with a null `controllerHostHash`. Neither exists.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 2150820bd8.

## What Changed

- `durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts`: an authority that throws
`semantic_tool_outcome_unknown` settles as
`tool_call_interrupted_by_restart` for `earlier_controller`, and
rethrows for `this_controller`. Any other rejection rethrows.
- `completed-turn-cleanup-hold-settle.test.ts`: a coordinator row
without `controllerHostHash`, whose server boot is recorded stopped in
`controller_instances`, settles the run's holds through the
controller-instance proof. No attestation is needed.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts -t
"orphaned by a server restart"` in `packages/paperclip-runner`: 7
passed.
- `npx vitest run
src/__tests__/completed-turn-cleanup-hold-settle.test.ts` in `server`: 5
passed.
- `tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.test.json` and
`tsc --noEmit -p server/tsconfig.json` pass.

## Risks

- Low risk. Test-only change. No production code changes.

## 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
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2026-11-10 15:42:00 -06:00
DottaandClaude 37c50f70c2 fix(native): continue a turn lost on restore in a proven same-run resume (#20645)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native run keeps its provider conversation when its local runner
dies. When the restored runner finds that the active turn was lost, it
reports `provider_turn_lost_on_restore` and does not invent a result.
> - After a control-plane restart, the admitted restart attempt may send
one continuation in that same conversation (#15297). The agent then
reconciles unfinished work. The task is not resent.
> - A runner can also be lost without a server restart, for example when
`runner.drain` times out. The run then resumes itself after the retry
delay from its exact checkpoint. That path never allowed the
continuation, because the executor passed `resumeInterruptedTurn` only
for a `resume_dead_runner` restart claim.
> - So the lost turn failed with `native_provider_terminal_failed`,
automatic replacement was refused (`uncertain_provider_action`), and the
user had to click Retry.
> - This pull request allows the same single continuation for that
resume, but only when durable records prove the same three facts that a
restart claim proves.
> - The benefit is that a runner lost mid-turn continues in the same
conversation with no Retry. No case that is refused today becomes
allowed without that proof.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #15297, #20625

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave L7 (seed 9107, local), task codex B5 TM2, run on
master after #20625. A TM3 restart resumed the run (attempt 1). During
the TM2 freeze the TS runtime lost its runner:
`native_session_recovery_failed: runner_local_connect_failed: PRP
command runner.drain timed out`. The executor saved `retryable_failure`
with `recoveryMode: "exact_checkpoint_resume"`. After the delay,
recovery verified the runner process stopped
(`native.local_process_stopped`). The same run then resumed as attempt 2
(`native.process_start_requested`, `providerAttempt: 2`). The restored
runner reported `turn.failed` with `provider_turn_lost_on_restore`
(`recoverable: true`). No continuation was sent. The run failed with
`native_provider_terminal_failed`, recovery stopped with
`uncertain_provider_action` / `preserve_without_replay_v1`, and the task
needed Retry.

**Expected behavior**
The run sends the one same-conversation continuation, exactly as it does
after a restart claim, and finishes without Retry.

**Steps to reproduce**
`node cli/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs tests/restart-chaos/main.ts
--env local --adapters codex,claude --workloads A1,B5,C1 --faults
TM1,TM2,TM3 --time-age-hours 1 --concurrency 3 --tasks 6 --seed 9107`
(timing-dependent: the drain timeout must land during an active turn).

## What Changed

- New
`server/src/services/native-runtime/scheduled-resume-continuation.ts`.
It decides whether a same-run scheduled resume may continue a lost turn.
Each of the three proofs comes from a durable record:
1. **The previous runner is stopped.** The latest process record of the
run in `heartbeat_run_events` (`native.process_start_requested`,
`native.process_identity_recorded`, `native.local_process_stopped`) must
be `native.local_process_stopped`. Its `processPid` must equal its
`processGroupId`, and neither the pid nor the group may be alive now.
This is the existing `readNativeLocalProcessStop` check, read in the
claim transaction before this attempt records its own
`native.process_start_requested`.
2. **The attempt was admitted under the bounded budget.** The executor's
claim moves `native_run_finalizations` from phase `retryable_failure` to
`observed`. It charges a provider attempt, and the claim refuses any
attempt above 3 (`native_session_retry_exhausted`). The decision also
requires `1 <= attempt <= NATIVE_PROVIDER_RECOVERY_ATTEMPT_LIMIT`.
3. **It is the same provider conversation.** The saved `failure_detail`
must show `recoveryMode: "exact_checkpoint_resume"`, `recoverable:
true`, `providerSessionEstablished: true` and `checkpointExists: true`,
with no `successorRunId` or `replacementDenied`. At run time the
existing runtime guards still apply: the backend must recover the
checkpointed session (`recovered`, not a continuity-break replacement),
and the lost turn must equal the checkpoint's `activeTurnId` and the
snapshot's interrupted turn. The provider kinds stay codex, acpx and
opencode, with no compaction, goal control, held result or pending
runtime request.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: computes that decision in the
coordinator claim. It passes `resumeInterruptedTurn` when either the
restart claim is `resume_dead_runner` (unchanged) or the decision allows
it.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: describes the rule and the refused
cases.

**Cases that stay refused** (each has a test in
`scheduled-resume-continuation.test.ts`):
- a restart-recovery claim (it keeps its own existing rule);
- a remote execution target;
- a coordinator that is not `retryable_failure`, including a fresh run;
- `recoveryMode` `bootstrap_retry` or `ambiguous_state`, or no saved
failure detail;
- a failure that is not recoverable;
- no established provider session;
- no checkpoint;
- a recorded replacement (`successorRunId` or `replacementDenied`);
- an attempt outside 1..3;
- no stop receipt, a stop receipt superseded by a newer launch, a
stopped process that is still alive, or a run that never had a process.

The runtime-side refusals are unchanged and already covered by
`native-session-runtime.test.ts`: real provider errors, historical
error-null failures, and no restart permission.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/scheduled-resume-continuation.test.ts`: 22
tests, covering the decision table and the stop receipt in embedded
Postgres.
- `cd server && npx tsc --noEmit` passes.
- Live: not proven. An L7 wave on this branch (seed 9107) did not
reproduce the drain-timeout path, so this pull request has unit and
database tests only. In that wave the same cell (codex B5 TM2) needed
Retry for a different reason: TM2 aged its restart-recovery claim lease
before dispatch, and budget admission refused with `Native recovery no
longer owns provider dispatch`. This pull request does not change that
path. Four other tasks passed. Claude C1 TM2 rested blocked without a
Retry button, which is a separate cleanup-quarantine issue.

## Risks

- This allows one more path to send the same-conversation continuation.
It is limited to local runs. It needs the same proofs as a restart
claim, and it uses the attempt the resume already charged. It does not
change the generation cap or `restartResumeKeepsAttempt`.
- A rolling deploy reads `failure_detail` and stop events written by
earlier releases. Those fields and events already have this shape, so an
older saved failure is judged by the same rule.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs). 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 4398a723c0 fix(native): settle tool callbacks and holds that a server restart orphaned (#20628)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs send provider tool calls to the server as durable
semantic inputs. The server runs the tool and saves the result in the
controller journal
> - Close must prove that every admitted tool call has a saved result.
Otherwise it reports `native_session_settlement_incomplete` and the
runner holds a cleanup gate (`native_session_cleanup_quarantined`)
> - A server restart in the middle of a tool call leaves its input
without a result. The new controller asks the tool authority for a
receipt. Tools without a receipt (assigned app tools,
`connections_search`) return nothing, so the input stays pending forever
> - Runs that already failed this way kept no-replay holds for a turn
that had completed. The task stayed blocked with no Retry and no
continuation
> - Restarts are normal. Work that a restart interrupts must settle by
itself, not wait for a person
> - This pull request settles such a callback as interrupted, with an
unknown outcome, when its owner is provably gone, and settles the holds
that earlier releases left once their controller is gone. It never runs
the tool or the turn again
> - The benefit is that close drains after a restart, and tasks that
earlier releases blocked this way continue on their own

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20572 (that PR fixed the presentation of this quarantine. Its
Risks section names this runner drain rule as a separate follow-up.)
Refs #20641 (it settles a resolved no-replay hold when a sibling action
saved the run's files. This PR covers a different case: the hold's own
recovery saved the files, and its run's turn completed. Both use the
same recovery receipt, `completedWorkspaceRecoveryCondition`.)

**What happened?**
A remote native run started an assigned app tool call. The server
restarted 3 seconds later. The new server adopted the runner, and the
provider turn completed about 9 minutes later. The tool call never got a
saved result. Close reported `native_session_settlement_incomplete` with
`runnerSuspended: true`, `providerDrained: false` and one pending
callback. The session quarantined, and the same-run recovery was refused
at admission. A second run showed the same shape with a
`connections_search` callback after a later restart.

The first run then had two resolved-but-blocked holds with
`preserve_without_replay_v1` and an unknown action outcome: the
cleanup-quarantine hold, and a continuation hold whose workspace
recovery saved the files. The task view said "Saved work recovered. Send
a message to continue." with no Retry and no continuation. The task
waits on a child task and stays blocked.

**Expected behavior**
After a restart, a tool call without a saved result settles
automatically. A durable receipt is replayed. Without a receipt, the
agent is told that the outcome is unknown. Close proves the drain, and
no cleanup gate is left. Holds that earlier releases left for a
completed turn settle without a person, and the task continues when its
own wait ends.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Start a native run and call an assigned app tool.
2. Restart the server while the tool call runs.
3. Let the adopted turn complete, then close the session. Close reports
`native_session_settlement_incomplete` and quarantines. The task stays
blocked by the no-replay holds.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at fd6e71a7ff.

## What Changed

- Root cause: `DurablePrpControlPlane.#recoverPendingSemanticInputsOnce`
(`packages/paperclip-runner/src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.ts`)
keeps an input pending when `recoverSemanticToolInput` returns null.
`PaperclipRunnerToolAuthority.recover` returns null for every tool
without a durable receipt. Nothing else could settle the input, so
`semanticToolResultsSettled()` stayed false and `#closeOnce` in
`runnerd-codex-transport.ts` threw
`NativeSessionCloseUnrecoverableError`.
- The control plane now passes `admission` to
`recoverSemanticToolInput`: `this_controller` when this instance
dispatched the callback live, `earlier_controller` when it restored the
input from an earlier controller's journal. The field is not written to
the result command or the journal. A live dispatch leaves this record
when its result is journaled.
- New
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/control-plane/orphaned-tool-callback.ts`:
- `dispatchToolCallback` records the callbacks that this process runs,
and the ones it saw fail.
- `recoverToolCallback` replays a durable receipt first. Without one, it
settles an `earlier_controller` callback that this process does not run
as `tool_call_interrupted_by_restart` (error result, `outcome:
"unknown"`, `retryable: false`). A `semantic_tool_outcome_unknown`
rejection from the authority settles the same way, only under the same
owner-gone proof.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: `SessionAuthorityEpoch.execute` runs
through `dispatchToolCallback`. `SessionAuthorityEpoch.recover` runs
through `recoverToolCallback`. The three recovery call sites pass
`admission`.
- New ownership kind `native_completed_turn_cleanup_hold`
(`server/src/services/native-runtime/completed-turn-cleanup-hold-settlement.ts`,
registered in `recovery/ownership-registry.ts`). It lists a native run
that failed with `native_session_cleanup_quarantined` after its saved
checkpoint recorded a completed turn, and that has a system-recorded
no-replay hold. After `proveOwnerGone` proves the closing controller
gone (its in-process cleanup gate went with it), it settles each such
hold as `restored`, removes its replay block, and logs
`issue.recovery_action_resolved`. A hold that still protects files not
verified as saved stays for workspace recovery. Operator decisions are
never reopened. It starts no turn. `heartbeat.ts` registers the ordinary
resume path (`resumeRemoteStopComments`) for saved user input.
- Docs: `doc/execution-semantics.md` and
`packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md`.

## Verification

- Red before the fix, green after:
-
`packages/paperclip-runner/src/control-plane/durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts`
"host-tool callback orphaned by a server restart". It uses the real
control plane and an authenticated runner. A callback starts 3 seconds
before the restart, the old controller retires with no result, the new
controller adopts the runner, the turn completes, and then recovery
runs. `paperclip_call_assigned_tool` and `connections_search` settle as
`tool_call_interrupted_by_restart`, the runner accepts the late result,
`semanticToolResultsSettled()` becomes true (the condition close
requires), and the tool is not dispatched again. Before the fix, 4 of 5
cases failed: recovery received no admission and the callback stayed
pending.
- `server/src/__tests__/completed-turn-cleanup-hold-settle.test.ts` uses
the staging shape of both holds (real Postgres, rows as earlier releases
saved them). Before the fix, the ownership reconciler did not list them
(4 of 4 failed), and the execution blocker was the files hold with
`canRetry: false` and `canContinue: false`. After the fix, both holds
settle as `restored`, the execution blocker is null, no run is created,
the task keeps `blocked`, and the next pass lists nothing.
- Safety cases:
- A callback that this process still runs stays pending. After it
finishes, the next recovery pass settles it.
- A callback that this controller dispatched and saw rejected stays
pending, as before.
  - A durable receipt is replayed and not replaced.
- Holds stay while the closing controller is alive (its gate may still
exist).
- A hold whose files are not saved stays; the run's other hold settles.
  - Holds of a run whose turn did not complete are never listed.
- Focused suites pass: `durable-prp-control-plane.test.ts` and
`runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts` (506 tests); runner adoption,
release-resume, semantic readiness, ACPX reconciliation and external
driver tests; `native-session-executor.test.ts` and
`native-runner-restart-recovery.integration.test.ts` (1496 tests);
`ownership-reconciliation-report.test.ts` and
`interrupted-preparation-hold-settle.test.ts`.
- `tsc --noEmit -p packages/paperclip-runner/tsconfig.test.json` passes.
`pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- `pnpm verify` returns exit 2 (a global doc input changed), so required
CI supplies the broad coverage.

## Risks

- Previous-release story: no persisted shape changes. `admission` is
computed at recovery and never saved. A journal that an earlier release
saved with a pending callback restores as `earlier_controller`, so that
session settles at its next adoption. Holds that earlier releases saved
settle on the reconciler's first pass after deploy. No migration.
- No double execution: recovery never calls the tool again. It replays a
durable receipt or reports an unknown outcome. The agent is told to
check the current state before it repeats the call. Hold settlement
starts no turn and replays nothing.
- The owner-gone proof for a callback: the new controller holds the
run's checkpoint fence, and the earlier controller retired its journal
writer. If the earlier process is still alive during an overlapping
deploy, it can still finish the tool, but it can never record a result
in this session. The unknown outcome is accurate in that case.
- Hold settlement requires `proveOwnerGone` on the closing controller's
stamp, because the cleanup gate lives in that process. On a server that
has not restarted since the quarantine, the holds stay.
- The in-process failure memory is bounded to 4,096 entries. Eviction
only lets a much older failed callback settle as interrupted later. It
never replays it.

## 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
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DottaandPaperclip 76c787fffc fix(runner): report monitor notes length limits (#20604)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agents use task monitors to resume a future check.
> - The monitor schema limits notes to 500 characters.
> - The field description did not state the limit. Rejection showed only
the schema path.
> - This pull request adds the limit to the description and to safe
length errors.
> - Agents can correct notes before they retry a rejected call.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Related prior fix: #16868.

**What happened?**

A native `set_task_monitor` call with 501 characters in `monitor.notes`
failed with a path that ended in `notes/maxLength`. The error did not
state 500. The schema already had `maxLength: 500`, but the field
description did not state it.

**Expected behavior**

State the limit in the field description and in the rejection. Accept
500 characters. Reject 501 characters before dispatch. Preserve a saved
monitor when a replacement is invalid.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Supply a future `monitor.nextCheckAt` and 501 characters in
`monitor.notes`.
2. Read the native provider error.
3. Before this fix, it shows the constraint path without the maximum.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced on `7368a0b15c2f02107778a961144d86e2eb59a952` in a Linux
source checkout, with Node 25.9.0 and Rust 1.97.1.

## What Changed

- Use one local value for the published notes limit and its description.
The server test checks agreement with the persisted shared validator.
Keep the standalone Runner package boundary.
- Read the numeric maximum from the authorized JSON Schema validation
error. Keep submitted values private and preserve the 512-byte feedback
bound.
- Test the published schema and real bridge dispatch path at 500 and 501
characters. Test saved contents and rejection without monitor changes
with real PostgreSQL.
- Refresh generated contracts and document the limit.
- Sync two SDK proof lock identities after the reviewed master lock
refresh in #20615. This fixes the remaining CI proof mismatch. Keep
compiler, parser, Zod, and all rejection checks unchanged.

## Verification

- Final head: `bac60234ab3a8fc7043a90c7f9c81b02e250428b`.
- Red: the server regression failed because the field description
omitted `500`. The Rust regression failed because the error omitted
`maximum 500 characters`.
- Local passes after the final base update: 44 PostgreSQL
monitor/scheduler tests, 14 real-source Rust bridge tests, 11
cache/Docker guard tests, and 56 SDK proof tests. Runner TypeScript
build and generated contract checks pass.
- The focused Rust check compiles the actual source in a small Cargo
workspace. The full Rust CI suites also pass on Linux and Windows.
- Final-head [PR CI
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42881633978)
passes. This includes typecheck, build, Runner support, Runner Rust and
Vitest, server tests, serialized tests, and all eight e2e shards.
- Final-head [Windows Rust
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42881633419)
passes.
- Greptile: 5/5 on the final head, with no open findings. There are 61
successful checks and five conditional skips. The separate Paperclip
Review remains queued; its comment says work is paused. No CI or test
check is pending or failed.
- `pnpm verify` returned exit 2 and selected broader CI. The full local
suite was not run. Final-head CI supplies that coverage. Earlier failed
attempts were repaired and are not counted as passes.

## Risks

- Low risk. The existing 500-character bound, scheduling semantics, and
permissions stay in place.
- Length feedback uses only a schema path and numeric bound. It does not
print submitted text.
- The Runner binary and tool contracts must reach an instance for the
new guidance to apply. This PR does not deploy or merge.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6, with reasoning, tool use, and code execution. 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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Devin FoleyandPaperclip d2832a5a0b fix(runner): keep redacted display events inside their schema bounds (#20607)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Agent runs execute through Paperclip Runner. Its daemon, runnerd,
stores provider events durably before the server receives them
> - Before storing rich display events, such as tool output and provider
notices, runnerd redacts credential-shaped values. It then checks the
result against the event's protocol schema
> - Redaction can make a string longer. A field already at its schema
limit then goes over the limit, runnerd rejects the event, and the
daemon exits
> - The event is replayed after each restart, so every replacement
runner exits the same way. The run loops until something outside it
stops the run
> - This pull request trims a field that redaction pushed past its
schema limit, in both places that redact rich display events, so the
event is accepted and the runner keeps working
> - The benefit is that long tool output that contains a secret no
longer crashes the runner

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

An agent run read GitHub Actions output and, after a context compaction,
entered a loop. About every 14 seconds runnerd started, restored its
durable PRP session, and exited with `paperclip-runnerd: redacted
display activity exceeds its schema bounds`. This continued for 15
minutes (62 launches) until a server restart ended the run. Every
reattach after that failed the same way, so the task was blocked.

**Expected behavior**

Redaction never makes a valid display event invalid. runnerd stores the
redacted event and continues.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Produce a tool output longer than 64 KiB that contains a
credential-shaped pair, for example a GitHub Actions log line
`GITHUB_TOKEN: ***`. The ACPX sidecar keeps its last 64 KiB, which is
exactly the `toolExecution.output` limit of 65,536 characters.
2. runnerd redacts the pair to `GITHUB_TOKEN: [REDACTED]`, which is
longer, so `output` now has more than 65,536 characters.
3. `preserve_bounded_display_content` returns `redacted display activity
exceeds its schema bounds`, and runnerd exits.

A probe test with 64 KiB of output that contains `GITHUB_TOKEN: ***`,
`token=abc`, `Authorization: Bearer x`, or `password: hunter2` gets
exactly this error on `master`.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at 491dfa1c6d.

## What Changed

- `acpx_event_payload.rs`: new `fit_redacted_display_to_length_bounds`.
- It asks the rich-event validator which fields fail `maxLength`, and
trims each one to its limit.
- `output` keeps its tail, like the sidecar's own truncation, and sets
`outputTruncated: true` on tool execution events. Other fields keep
their start.
- Fields within their limits do not change. A payload that still fails
its schema for another reason (type, pattern, or enum) is rejected as
before.
- Both places that redact rich display events call it before their
post-redaction schema check:
  - `decode_rich_event`, for ACPX `runtime.rich_event` payloads;
- `preserve_bounded_display_content` in `durable/state.rs`, before
durable storage.
- A new `tests/acpx_rich_events.rs` test decodes a 60,000-character
`plan.proposed` (Claude ExitPlanMode) with `token=abc`, and a
65,536-character tool output, through `decode_acpx_event`.
- Three new tests in `durable/tests/redaction_display_bounds.rs`,
included by the `durable/state.rs` test module:
- A full-length tool output stays within its bound for each of the four
credential shapes. It is the tail of the redacted text, no secret
remains, `outputTruncated` is set, and the stored event passes its
schema.
- A provider notice `summary` at its 4,000-character limit keeps its
start and gets no `outputTruncated` field.
- A short tool output that redaction makes longer, but still within its
limit, is not trimmed.

## Verification

- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: clean.
- `cargo check --locked --workspace`: passes, with no new warnings.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib -- redaction_
durable_display_content keeps_a_long_plan governance_display`: 16 pass,
including the three new tests.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test acpx_rich_events --test
acpx_event_payload`: 6 and 9 pass. Without the decoder call, the new
decoder test fails with `ACPX rich event redaction exceeded its schema
bounds`.
- Red check: before the fix, the probe described above failed with
`redacted display activity exceeds its schema bounds` for all four
credential shapes.
- Full `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --lib`: 620 pass and 2 fail.
The 2 failures are
`codex_provider::tests::fenced_receipt_output_reports_capacity_without_dropping_known_frames`
and `fenced_tool_rejection_keeps_identity_and_real_delivery_strict`.
They fail only under the full parallel run. In isolation they pass on
`master` and pass 3 of 3 times with this change.

## Risks

- Low. Only payloads that runnerd rejects today change, and those
payloads stop the runner. A trimmed display field loses some characters
at the limit. The tail of tool output is kept and `outputTruncated` is
set.
- Redaction still runs before trimming. Trimming only removes
characters, so it cannot expose a secret.
- Companion pull request #20608 bounds the transport's restore loop, so
any other event that runnerd rejects fails the run quickly instead of
looping.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`) via Claude Code, with tool use
(shell, file editing, cargo builds and tests, read-only log analysis).

## 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 11:48:27 -08:00
Devin FoleyandPaperclip 4f8dd0e25a fix(runner): stop relaunching a runner that keeps exiting after restore (#20608)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Agent runs execute through Paperclip Runner. The server-side
transport supervises the runnerd process and restarts it when it exits
unexpectedly
> - That recovery keeps launching replacements until one restores the
durable PRP session, within a grace window
> - Each successful restore starts a fresh grace window. So a runner
that restores and then exits again a few seconds later loops with no
limit
> - In a real run, a deterministic runnerd crash looped this way 62
times in 15 minutes, with no error recorded, until a server restart
ended it
> - This pull request fails the transport after 3 restored runners each
exit within a minute of their restore. The error carries the runner's
last diagnostic
> - The benefit is that a crashing runner fails the run in under a
minute, with the reason recorded, instead of looping silently

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

After runnerd exited unexpectedly, `#recoverRunnerProcess` launched a
replacement. The replacement authenticated ("runner process restored its
durable PRP session") and then exited about 5 seconds later with the
same diagnostic. `#watchRunner` then started a new recovery with a new
420-second grace window. This repeated every ~14 seconds for 15 minutes,
until the server shut down. The run produced no output and recorded no
failure during that time.

**Expected behavior**

A runner that keeps exiting right after each restore fails the transport
quickly. The failure names the runner's own diagnostic.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start a transport with `runnerReconnectGraceMs` set.
2. Kill runnerd. Recovery launches a replacement, which restores the
session.
3. Kill each restored replacement within a few seconds. On `master`,
recovery relaunches every time; the new test shows no failure after 3
restored runners exit.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at 491dfa1c6d.

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts`:
  - Records the time of each successful restore.
- Both runner-exit paths in `#watchRunner` (exit and completion
rejection) now go through `#recoverOrFailRunnerProcess`. It counts an
exit that comes within `RUNNER_RESTORE_STABLE_MS` (60 s) of the last
restore. A runner that stays up longer than that resets the count.
- On the third such exit (`MAX_UNSTABLE_RUNNER_RESTORES`), it fails the
transport with `native_runner_process_exited: runnerd exited 3 times
within 60000ms of being restored: <last diagnostic>`, and does not
launch again.
- The counting rule is a pure function, `unstableRunnerRestoreCount`,
exposed through `runnerdRecoveryInternals` for tests.
- `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`:
- An integration test with the real runnerd: it kills each restored
runner and expects the failure after 3 restores, with exactly 4 launches
and no further relaunch.
- A unit test for the counting rule, including the reset after a stable
runner.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts -t "keeps
exiting right after|stable window|replacement whose staging"`: 3 pass (2
new, and the existing replacement-restore test).
- Red check: with `master`'s transport and the same tests, the loop test
fails. The transport never reports the failure and keeps relaunching.
- Full `npx vitest run src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts`: 296
pass.
- `npx tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit` in `packages/paperclip-runner`
(after `pnpm run ensure:eval-build-deps`): clean.

## Risks

- A runner that crashes repeatedly right after restoring now fails the
run after 3 restores instead of retrying indefinitely. The server's own
recovery then handles the failed run as it does any other
`native_runner_process_exited` failure.
- A healthy runner that restores and stays up longer than 60 seconds is
unaffected, and a later exit starts a new count.
- A companion pull request, #20607, removes the runnerd crash that
caused the observed loop.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`) via Claude Code, with tool use
(shell, file editing, vitest and cargo runs, read-only log analysis).

## 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>
2026-11-10 11:48:21 -08:00
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 9009fbdedb fix(runner): accept request_human_input payload version forms models send (#20588)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Agents ask people for decisions with the runner's
`request_human_input` tool, which creates a question or confirmation
card
> - The tool schema required `payload.version` to be the number 1
> - The server ignores the version the model sends and always stores
version 1
> - Some models send `"version": "1"` as a string, so every call failed
with "/payload/version must be equal to constant"
> - This pull request accepts `1` or `"1"`, and lets the model omit the
version
> - The benefit is that the model's natural call creates the card on the
first try, and a turn does not end with no card and no reply

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19405 (adds invocation examples for the same tool; it does not
change validation). Refs #20134 (aligns the same tool's text limits).

**What happened?**
In a chat eval run on master `f4337bb5fb` (OpenCode runner,
`deepseek-v4.1-flash`), the agent called `request_human_input` up to six
times. Each call failed with `Invalid tool input: /payload/version must
be equal to constant`. The agent's reasoning shows it sent `"version":
"1"` and could not produce the number. In one case it then made the card
with `call_api`. In two other cases the turn lost the card. This
happened in `questions-and-approvals.reject-and-revise`,
`goals.align-existing-work` and
`assistant-connections.revoke-personal-grant`.

**Expected behavior**
A version field that the server overwrites must not block the call. The
tool must still reject an unknown version and a questions card without a
question form.

**Steps to reproduce**
Validate `{ interactionKind: "questions", payload: { version: "1",
questionSet: {...} } }` against the live `request_human_input` input
schema. Before this change, validation fails at `/payload/version`.

## What Changed

- `payload.version` in the tool schema accepts `1` or `"1"` and is
optional. Its description says Paperclip stores version 1.
- A questions card no longer requires `payload.version`. It still
requires `questionSet` or `questions`.
- The payload description no longer tells the model to send `version:1`.
- Regenerated the semantic tool contracts, the seeded eval catalog
digest and the protocol manifest with the existing generator.
- Added a regression test: number, string and missing version pass for
live and scenario schemas; version `2` and a payload without questions
fail.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run src/protocol-actions/` in `packages/paperclip-runner`:
red before the fix with the exact eval error (`/payload/version must be
equal to constant`), green after (47 tests).
- Focused runner tests for the tool bridge, semantic tools, mock control
plane, codex semantic results, catalog and semantic tools: 231 passed.
- `node scripts/generate-semantic-contracts.mjs --check`,
`generate-semantic-action-catalog --check`, `generate-protocol-manifest
--check`, `generate-replay-goldens --check`: current.
- `node tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-public-inputs.mjs <HEAD> --check`:
unchanged.
- Paid chat eval on a temporary branch with this change: see the comment
on this PR.

## Risks

- Low risk. The server already writes `version: 1` into every
interaction payload created by this tool
(`paperclip-runner-tool-authority.ts`), so no stored shape changes.
- Previous-release story: no persisted run, session or launch state
changes. Saved tool receipts keep the input they recorded. A retry with
a different version form under the same idempotency key is a different
input, as before.

## Model Used

- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), agentic coding with
tool use 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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2026-11-10 11:54:55 -06:00
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
DottaandPaperclip ce1ee9e89f fix: stop prompts from encouraging subtasks (#20362)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agents read runtime prompts, tool help, skills, and role
instructions.
> - Several of these texts tell agents to create child tasks as a normal
next step.
> - One accepted-plan prompt even forbids work on the current task.
> - Task parentage is useful, but it does not need a prompt that
encourages task creation.
> - This pull request removes those prompts and keeps the task APIs
available.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #10642. This change adjusts prompt wording; it does not add
delegation-cycle guards.

**Current behavior**
Prompts tell agents to create children after plan approval, use children
for long work, and create a task just to pass context. Onboarding
requires a child even for a single request.

**Proposed behavior**
Continue work on the current task. Keep explicit assignments, optional
task creation, parentage, dependencies, and approval gates. Use the
separate-task recipes when the user requests that structure or when
continuing existing work.

**Reason and benefit**
Reduce needless task trees without removing subtask support. Keep the
patch limited to wording, existing test expectations, and generated
catalog data.

## What Changed

- Align accepted-plan prompts and remove direct child-creation advice
from runtime and error text.
- Make task tool descriptions neutral. Keep their fields, defaults, and
handlers.
- Update the main skill, onboarding, CEO instructions, company
templates, specialist workflows, and matching guides.
- Keep historical release snapshots intact. Refresh the explicitly
seeded schema fixture's catalog digest; the server still verifies
historical release snapshot hashes.
- Refresh the affected generated catalogs, capability inventory,
semantic contracts, and fixture manifest.

## Verification

- Final tested head: `c6e304d0c105cdbfbe0b2ab0a233307fcd91a04b`.
- All 66 check runs are complete: 60 pass, one is neutral, and five are
skipped by CI conditions. Snyk also passes. No checks fail or remain
pending.
- [PR
CI](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226554)
passes typecheck, build, server/general tests, all eight E2E shards,
Runner support, Runner Rust, and the aggregate verify gate.
[Windows](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226546)
and [Docker
Runner](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42846226108)
also pass.
-
[Greptile](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20362#issuecomment-6751419835)
and [Paperclip
review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20362#issuecomment-6751454010)
give this exact head 5/5. All six inline threads are resolved. Neither
current summary has findings.
- Merged master `bf0220d34a156c81853755c3d1365ddc527037de`. Resolved
three generated-file conflicts with the canonical generators.
- Local verification passes: 473 focused prompt, continuation, UI,
catalog, runtime and native-execution tests; Runner TypeScript build;
generated metadata; UI token gates; and diff checks.
- The prior head `c22018cb0f` failed three SDK evidence tests because
two source hashes were stale. Reproduced all three failures locally. The
existing generator refreshed only the hashes for the denial-copy file
and its test. All 53 affected evidence/source-pin tests then passed,
including private-value rejection. No scanner logic, assertions, or
runtime dependency pins changed. Current CI confirms the support suite
passes.
- A prior commit failed the Rust process reaping test. Its cause remains
unproven. No Rust code or assertions changed. Later Rust runs pass; this
does not establish the cause of the earlier failure.
- Local preflight built shared/plugin SDK packages, then stopped because
`cargo` is absent. Current-head CI supplies Rust and full build
coverage. `pnpm verify --explain` selects broad required CI; full local
suites were not repeated.

## Risks

- Wording changes guide the model; they do not enforce a ban on
subtasks.
- Existing installed skill versions and saved custom instructions need
their normal refresh process. This PR does not migrate company
configuration.
- Existing approved task assignments and approval gates remain in
effect.

## Model Used

- OpenAI GPT-6, through Codex, with reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The exact routed model ID and context-window size were not
exposed in this session.

## Checklist

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

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2026-11-10 09:58:54 -06:00
79e28dc0d0 fix(runner): record pending calls at sidecar shutdown (#20272)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - The ACPX sidecar carries task tools between a provider and its
controller.
> - A closed controller pipe rejects all pending tools with `sidecar
stdin closed`.
> - Current logs do not record the first shutdown trigger or the pending
calls at that point.
> - The sampled runs record a server SIGTERM before the 300-second tool
idle timeouts and later pipe failures. The exact pipe-close cause
remains unresolved.
> - This pull request adds one bounded shutdown record before cleanup
removes the evidence.
> - Operators can use it to compare controller shutdown with pending
tool calls.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

Several task document reads failed together with `sidecar stdin closed`.
In two sampled staging traces, earlier task tools reached a 300-second
idle timeout. The sidecar source maps the closure error to pending-call
rejection during shutdown. It does not record the trigger or the pending
call population.

Pattern: [Task reads lose their tool
connection](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/p/Paperclip%20Staging/patterns/5544e6f3-9e33-4661-95c3-5849c9a8f2b6).

**Expected behavior**

Record the local shutdown reason and a bounded snapshot of pending calls
before cleanup removes them. Keep tool cancellation and authorization
unchanged.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Start the sidecar with pending task calls.
2. Close controller stdin, or send SIGTERM or SIGINT.
3. Inspect the sidecar event stream and stderr.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Baseline: `33a23e024697552a4a639e49957a3443c75a5bd5`.

### Hypothesis and thesis for a fix

The provisional hypothesis is that controller teardown causes the batch
failures after an earlier stall. The source proves how EOF rejects
pending tools. The traces establish ordering. They do not prove why the
controller closed stdin or why the earlier calls stalled. Run logs now
confirm an earlier server shutdown in both examples. One later recovery
could not find the provider; the other later ended at a durable receipt
limit. The first failed settlement and exact pipe-close trigger remain
unresolved. The later example already used a provider revision
containing #19365 and #19290, so those earlier fixes do not alone
explain all occurrences.

This is a **diagnostic-only change**. The sidecar owns the local
shutdown signal and its pending waiters. Record that state once at the
first shutdown request. Do not add retries or change deadlines without
evidence. This supports each provider that uses this sidecar. It
preserves company/task/run authority, approval checks, tool admission
and cleanup ownership. It does not resolve or claim recovery of the
original read stalls.

## What Changed

- Emit `sidecar_shutdown_requested` through the existing diagnostic
stream and stderr before shutdown can remove waiters.
- Record pending tool, input, permission and completion-normalization
counts. Include at most 16 oldest tool calls with elapsed time and a
SHA-256 call ID. Exclude arguments, results, operation names and raw
call IDs.
- Add real sidecar process tests for EOF and both shutdown signals.
Check successful resolution, cancelled calls, pending-call rejection,
provider cleanup and sidecar exit with code 0 and no signal before
fallback cleanup.
- Document the record and its limits. Saved session formats and
previous-release behavior stay unchanged.

## Verification

- Candidate: `85a929eef87d5f775bbed9f2c98409432c86c702`. The baseline
replay uses an isolated detached checkout at the baseline SHA with the
exact candidate regression file.
- Baseline red: the three process regressions failed because the
expected shutdown record was absent. The sidecar initialized, handled
calls and shut down before each assertion.
- Unchanged process regressions pass with the implementation. The
focused sidecar and snapshot suites passed: 117 tests, one unrelated
macOS candidate-admission test skipped on Linux x64.
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && pnpm exec vitest run
src/cli/acpx-runtime-sidecar.test.ts
src/cli/acpx-sidecar-shutdown.test.ts`
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && node --test
test/acpx-sidecar-contract.test.mjs`: 16 passed.
- `cd packages/paperclip-runner && pnpm exec tsc -p tsconfig.json
--noEmit`: passed after building the local eval-kernel dependency.
- `git diff --check`: passed.
- These tests use the real sidecar pipe and process boundary with a
controlled provider host. Independent outcome and cleanup files prove
rejection and process cleanup. They do not exercise a live authenticated
Claude/staging run or prove deployed recovery.
- The local preflight could not build Rust because this host has no
Cargo. CI must supply the applicable Rust/build checks. At head
`85a929eef87d5f775bbed9f2c98409432c86c702`, all 61 check runs are
complete: 58 passed and three conditional jobs skipped. The legacy Snyk
status passed. Greptile is 5/5 with both threads resolved. [CI
result](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42630335496).

## Risks

- The controller can stop reading before it receives the diagnostic
frame. Stderr is an additional path, not a delivery guarantee.
- EOF records a local pipe closure. It cannot identify the upstream
controller cause by itself.
- Hashed IDs require offline hashing of the existing tool-call journal
for correlation. At most 16 samples are retained; counts include the
full pending population.
- No persistent state, retry, cancellation or authorization contract
changes.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6, with reasoning, tool use and code execution. 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
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-10 09:57:01 -06:00
faae6b919f fix(runner): explain task scope on missing tool inputs (#19774)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agents read saved task documents through native tools.
> - Active-task tools use the task bound to the run. Other task tools
require a task UUID.
> - Agents sometimes call the second set with only a document key.
> - The validator rejects the call, but gives no instruction about the
active-task tool.
> - This pull request adds scope instructions to the tool schemas and
returns them for missing required fields.
> - Agents can correct a rejected call. Task selection and permission
checks stay in place.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

Two observed document reads sent only `{"key":"sentry-case"}` to
`read_task_document`. Each returned `Invalid tool input: / must have
required property 'taskId'`. Each later retry with a task UUID returned
without an error.

Pattern: [Task reads fail when agents omit
taskId](https://www.braintrust.dev/app/Paperclip/p/Paperclip%20Staging/patterns/703d8c29-6a40-4aa2-b2c6-e2c5c36b5657).
Related PR: #18824 changed document key validation. It does not address
task scope.

**Expected behavior**

The tool contract must state which task it reads. A missing-field error
must include the schema owner's recovery instructions. A retry must
still pass validation and task permission checks.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Call `read_task_document` through the MCP bridge with only a document
key.
2. Inspect the error sent to the caller.
3. Retry with an authorized task UUID. Confirm the returned document
belongs to that task.

### Hypothesis and thesis for a fix

Hypothesis: generic tool descriptions contribute to confusion between
active-task and explicit-task tools. An agent can also ignore a correct
schema. These tests do not measure the rate of model mistakes.

Thesis: Paperclip owns task scope instructions. Its five explicit-task
tools now describe the required UUID and the active-task alternative.
The two MCP transports return direct missing-property descriptions from
the admitted schema. The transports do not infer task IDs or apply
Paperclip task policy.

Proof: the same HTTP MCP regression fails on baseline
`f673bd3cb5b5b65ec51781e37355e168c3fe8ae4` and passes with the fix. It
still rejects before handler dispatch. An explicit retry reaches the
requested task. An isolated real API and PostgreSQL test checks the
saved revision, active-task selection, malformed UUIDs, and
cross-company denial through both transports.

## What Changed

- Add UUID and active-task guidance to `get_task`, `comment_on_task`,
and the three explicit-task document tools.
- Return bounded, distinct descriptions for up to three direct missing
required fields. Keep ordinary validation errors unchanged.
- Share this formatter between the Runner and OpenCode MCP bridges.
- Add transport regressions, real route and database checks, and tool
documentation.

## Verification

- Baseline red: both transport regressions return only the
required-property error and fail the recovery instruction assertion.
- Candidate green: 58 Runner and OpenCode transport and error formatter
tests pass on Linux with Node 24.22.2.
- Final-head server verification passed all 115 tests: 113 document-key
checks and two real API integration cases.
- The two local integration cases use real MCP HTTP, agent authority,
API routes, and disposable PostgreSQL. They read a selected other task
and its saved revision, read the active task separately, reject missing
IDs for all five tools, reject malformed UUIDs, and return 404 for a
foreign company task.
- Runner TypeScript typecheck and build pass.
- The full server typecheck passed on head
`03a37e9e50896416cfd45be33bf6dbe3e13169df` with
`PAPERCLIP_TYPECHECK_LOW_MEMORY=1 node scripts/typecheck-layers.mjs`.
The first run ended without a compiler diagnostic. Final-head CI passes
and Greptile is 5/5.
- Full preflight stops because cargo is absent. Rust checks were not run
locally.
- One existing delayed-body fetch test failed with a Node 25 fetch
runtime error. All transport tests pass on Node 24. The first
integration attempt used the wrong fixture return shape; the test was
corrected before the passing run.
- CI follow-up: the Runner test program reported four TS18046 errors
because `Response.json()` returns `unknown` under CI typings. Both tests
now declare the response type. `pnpm exec tsc -p tsconfig.test.json
--noEmit` passes, and both transport suites pass again (56 tests). Final
head `ffccebca19fe9e21a097829adc020679ffa7d86c` passes CI and Greptile
5/5.
- Review follow-up: the foreign task now has a saved document with a
distinct body. Both integration cases passed again after this test-only
change. The read must return 404 and must not return that body.
Current-head CI passes and Greptile is 5/5.
- Final CI:
https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42352822739 . All
required jobs passed for `ffccebca19fe9e21a097829adc020679ffa7d86c`.
Greptile is 5/5 with no unresolved review thread.
- Real local API behavior is verified. External model behavior and
deployed recovery are not verified. No merge or deployment is included.

## Risks

- Missing-field errors now contain schema descriptions. The text is
limited to direct properties in the admitted schema, at most three
distinct descriptions and 1,000 characters each.
- Nested schemas and references do not get recovery text. Their
validation errors remain intact.
- Clearer instructions can help callers recover. They do not guarantee
that a model will choose the correct tool.

## Model Used

- OpenAI GPT-6 via Codex, with tool use and code execution. The exact
deployment model ID and context window are not exposed to this session.

## Checklist

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

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-10 09:07:11 -06:00
f4337bb5fb test(evals): land the chat catalog eval harness on master (#19614)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The chat-feature evals measure whether agents complete real chat
requests through the product
> - The chat catalog eval harness and its repairs live on the
`chat-eval/master-candidate` branch, not on master
> - Today's work made 139 of 242 chat evals pass in verified single-case
live runs. Each product fix landed on master as its own pull request
> - The eval-side changes (setups, graders, fault seams, evidence
capture) still exist only on the candidate
> - This pull request lands the harness on master. Master stays the
source of truth for product behavior
> - The benefit is one tree: evals run against master commits, and
product fixes reach the evals as soon as they merge

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19441, Refs #19599, Refs #20270, Refs #20334, Refs #20342, Refs
#20344, Refs #20354, Refs #20360, Refs #20373, Refs #20382, Refs #20409

**What existing behavior does this improve?**
The chat catalog eval harness and the product it evaluates live on a
long-running branch outside master. Eval fixes do not reach master, so
master-based eval runs use old setups and graders.

**Subsystem affected**
`tests/runner-e2e` chat catalog harness, plus a small set of product
changes that exist only on the candidate.

**Proposed change**
Land the harness on master. Every product fix from this eval work
already merged to master as its own pull request. Conflicts keep
master's product behavior.

## What Changed

- Most of the diff (808 of 851 files) is under `tests/runner-e2e/`:
chat-catalog domains, scenarios, descriptors, the TestOps manifest,
private evidence tooling, and their tests.
- Graders now check saved state, setup literals and rendered or clicked
links. Many keyword and regex checks on free-form replies are removed.
Each changed grader has a bumped `oracleVersion` and calibration tests
(a valid reply, a reworded valid reply, and broken variants that must
fail).
- The shared link helper `hasLink` no longer treats a list link (for
example `/COM/issues?view=mine`) as a link to every task without a URL
key.
- Setup fixes build real state through supported product routes: routine
history, agent grants through the board grant route, budget holds with a
real cap, and a storage-layer archive fault for
`inbox-search.archive-partial-failure`.
- Browser boundary journeys (sign-in, chat-disabled, onboarding) now
write the standard pass evidence files.
- Retargeted cases, approved by the maintainer:
`agent-chat.chat-disabled` (Conference Room gate),
`agents.restore-instructions` (no saved instruction history),
`access.manage-membership` (member permission edits stay board-only).
- The private evidence trusted files (`manual-private-handoff.ts`,
`manual-private-retention.ts`, `manual-private-report-assets.ts`) are
byte-identical to master.
- Product files outside `tests/` (43 files, +1,328 −49) carry
candidate-only changes that master does not yet have. Most are tests.
The main code changes are in `request-human-input.ts`,
`heartbeat-run-summary.ts`, `native-completion-feedback.ts`,
`native-run-finalizer.ts`, `openapi.ts`, `secrets.ts` and
`IssueChatLongThreadPerf.tsx`.

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run chat-catalog-domains chat-catalog-contract.test.ts
chat-catalog-consistency.test.ts unit-launcher.test.mjs
--testTimeout=180000` in `tests/runner-e2e`: 269 files pass, 3,550 tests
pass.
- `node --test chat-full-catalog-testops-manifest.test.mjs`: 10 pass.
- `node tests/runner-e2e/source-sdk-public-inputs.mjs <HEAD> --check`:
no change.
- `tsc` for `server` and `tests/runner-e2e`: clean.
- Live single-case verification: 139 of 242 cases passed on paid runs,
and a person read the saved evidence for each. These are single-case
runs, not one full-cohort run.

## Risks

- Large diff. Most of it is test-only, but the 43 non-test files change
product code paths. Review those files first.
- Some graders are now less strict on reply wording. A person must read
replies for meaning on those cases.
- 42 cases need disposable outside accounts (Notion, Slack, GitHub,
Daytona and others) and stay blocked. `access.invite-teammate` stays
failing until local agent isolation lands, because the runner's durable
state keeps a live invite token.
- The paid workflow compares the trusted private-evidence files with
master. They are unchanged, so this risk is low.

## Model Used

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

## 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 08:02:11 -06:00
DottaandClaude bf45700ca3 fix(native): make Retry work after a turn start cut off once Codex recorded the turn (#20516)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native Codex run sends `turn/start` through its runner. A
control-plane restart can kill the runner and Codex while that request
is in flight
> - #20507 lets the runner resume by itself when Codex's thread history
proves the turn was never created. When Codex did record the turn, the
turn may have done work, so the runner still fails closed and nothing
replays it
> - That branch must still end in a Retry that works. The next run on
the same conversation is refused at the runner-state fence before it
asks for a runner. #20507 let Retry continue after that run by matching
the refusal's error text
> - Driving that branch end to end with the real runner exposed a second
dead end. When the owner's runner dies, its provider-session close
cannot prove suspension, so this server process can keep an
operator-required cleanup quarantine for the task. Retry was then
refused outright ("Send a new message")
> - This pull request replaces the text match with a server-authored
run-log event, lets Retry take the same verified-stop path as a new
message, and adds a real-runner test of the whole branch: the cut-off
owner fails closed, the follow-up is refused with structured proof,
Retry is admitted, and the fresh Retry run completes
> - The benefit is that this restart window cannot strand a task, and
the Retry gate no longer depends on error wording

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Follow-up to #20507 (restart-chaos wave `w-20261110T033426-s108`, t03).
#20507 left one item open: prove that a person's Retry produces a
working run when the restart cut off `turn.start` after Codex recorded
the turn. It also matched the fence refusal by its error text.

**Expected behavior**
After that cut-off, the owner stays failed closed and the turn is never
started again by itself. A person's Retry starts a new run that
completes. It never fails with `quarantine_owner_unverified` and never
returns 202 with no run.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec vitest run
src/services/native-runtime/native-cut-turn-start-retry.integration.test.ts`.
2. Without the new event, the test fails: the refused follow-up has no
proof that it never launched, so Retry after it would wait on
`process_identity_missing`.

## What Changed

- `native-session-executor.ts`: when the runner-state fence refuses a
run before launch (`prior_owner_*` or `legacy_prior_owner_*`), the
executor records the server-authored event
`native.prior_owner_fence_refused` with the closed refusal `reason`,
then fails the run as before. A failed write leaves the run held (the
safe side).
- `native-local-process-stop.ts`: `nativeRunNeverLaunched` accepts a
failed run that has this event (and still no launch, identity,
`adapter.invoke` or runner-sourced event). It no longer reads the error
text.
- `explicit-native-continuation.ts`: when the task's in-process cleanup
quarantine is operator-required, a Retry no longer returns
`cleanup_quarantined` at once. Like a new message, it must first pass
`verifyStoppedNativeSessionForContinuation`, which releases the
quarantine and records `native.stopped_conversation_verified`. A native
Retry always starts a fresh conversation (`forceFreshSession`), so it
never resumes the interrupted turn. If the proof fails, Retry still
returns `cleanup_quarantined`.
- `verifyStoppedNativeSessionForContinuation`
(`native-session-executor.ts`), three narrow additions:
- a run with `native.prior_owner_fence_refused` may stand in for the
saved state's owner, like a run refused by the cleanup quarantine (both
were refused before launch);
- when the session root is gone, it reads the fence's single
`identity_indeterminate` quarantined copy of the owner's state (several
copies stay ambiguous);
- a provider startup attempt in phase `initialization_failed` whose
direct child exited and whose process and process group are gone no
longer blocks the proof. A same-run restore that fails closed leaves
exactly this record. Those PIDs are also re-checked before the
quarantine is released.
- New real-runnerd integration test
`native-cut-turn-start-retry.integration.test.ts` (real runnerd and fake
Codex with `--hang-turn-start after`):
1. The owner run's `turn/start` hangs after Codex recorded the turn; the
runner and Codex are killed. The owner's provider state keeps the
ambiguous start, and the thread history keeps the turn.
2. The same-run resume restores the runner and fails closed with "cannot
safely recover an ambiguous Codex turn start". Codex saw exactly one
`turn/start`.
3. A follow-up on the same conversation is refused with `prior_owner_*`,
never `quarantine_owner_unverified`. It records
`native.prior_owner_fence_refused`, launches nothing, and
`nativeRunNeverLaunched` is true for it.
4. The owner's operator-required in-process cleanup quarantine is pinned
(whether the real close lands there is timing-dependent; about half of
the local runs did).
5. Retry of the refused follow-up passes
`admitExplicitNativeContinuation` (not a dry run) with no block reason,
releases the quarantine and records
`native.stopped_conversation_verified`.
6. The Retry run, prepared with a fresh conversation as task Retry does
(`forceFreshSession`), uses a different runner-state root and completes
with exit code 0. Codex saw one new `thread/start` and one new
`turn/start`; the cut-off turn was never started again.
- `explicit-native-continuation.test.ts`: the fence rows now insert the
event. A new row shows that the refusal text alone keeps the run held.
The "worker loss (retry)" case now expects a verified Retry to be
admitted like a new message.
- `native-recovered-owner-followup.test.ts`: a fixture event moves to a
free sequence number, because the refused follow-up now writes its own
event.
- Docs: `doc/run-log-events.md` (new event) and
`packages/paperclip-runner/docs/durable-recovery.md`.

## Verification

- Red/green:
- Without the event write, the integration test fails (no fence event,
so the follow-up is not proven unlaunched).
- Without the gate and proof changes, it fails with `expected [
'cleanup_quarantined' ] to deeply equal []`: Retry is refused while the
owner's quarantine is held.
  - With all changes, it passes.
- `vitest run` of `native-recovered-owner-followup`,
`explicit-native-continuation` (427 tests), `quarantined-task-retry`,
`issue-confirm-run-stopped-routes`, `native-finalization-recovery`,
`task-interruption-query`, `execution-projection`,
`chat-run-publications`, `closed-native-receipt-accounting`,
`agent-live-run-routes` and the new integration test pass.
- Server `tsc --noEmit` passes.
- Runner code and the pack `contractDigest` do not change.

## Risks

- Low-medium risk. The new event is written only on the fence refusal
path, which already fails the run. It is local run-log data (no
Telemetry or OpenTelemetry).
- Retry after an operator-required cleanup quarantine is a behaviour
change: it was always refused, and now it is admitted only after the
same exact stop proof a new message needs. That proof checks the owner's
runner stop record, every recorded provider and startup PID and process
group, and the unchanged state fingerprint before it releases the
quarantine.
- A run refused by a build between #20507 and this change has only the
error text. It stays held on `process_identity_missing` until a person
sends a new message or the board confirms the stop. #20507 has not
shipped in a release yet.
- The test models the restart in-process: it kills the runner and Codex
and calls the executor again. It does not drive the HTTP Retry route;
the route's own behaviour (fresh conversation, admission gate) is
covered by existing tests and by `nativeRunNeverLaunched` here.
- Open decision, unchanged: a turn Codex recorded before the restart is
never replayed or adopted. Continuing is a person's decision.

> 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`), 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
- [ ] 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 #20507

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2026-11-10 06:16:42 -06:00
DottaandClaude 16c30ac32b fix(runner): relaunch a provider whose startup only timed out without a reply (#20521)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runs execute through `paperclip-runnerd`. After a restart, a
new runner relaunches the provider (for example the Codex app server). A
durable startup fence stops a second runner from launching a provider
while an unadmitted one may still run.
> - #19784 lets a new runner retire a fence whose recorded provider
process and group have provably exited. That rule covers a launch that a
kill cut off. It deliberately keeps a failed initialization closed,
because that can be a real provider failure.
> - A relaunch whose reply never came within the runner's 30 s request
deadline is saved as the same failed initialization. A stalled or frozen
host causes this. The restart-chaos fault TM2 SIGSTOPs the runner and
Codex, and their monotonic clocks keep running while they are stopped.
> - Every later runner then refused to restore with "provider startup
ownership remains unadmitted", and the user had to click Retry. The
owner's rule is that a run interrupted by a restart or sleep must resume
by itself.
> - This pull request records whether initialization failed only because
the provider gave no reply, and lets a later runner retire that fence
once the provider is provably gone.
> - The benefit is that a stall during a provider relaunch continues
automatically, while a real provider rejection still fails as before.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19784

**What happened?**
Restart-chaos wave `w-20261110T091152-s426`, task t03 (Codex, B5), run
`c0bbce18-836b-43af-8195-92ebe3e21cca`. A TM3 restart relaunched the
Codex provider. A TM2 freeze stopped the tree 1 s later for 45 s, and a
TM3 kill followed the thaw. The next three runners each failed
`runner.drain` with "provider startup ownership remains unadmitted".
Recovery stopped with `native_session_retry_exhausted`, and the task
needed Retry.

**What did you expect?**
The new runner relaunches the provider and the run continues.

**Steps to reproduce**
The new test
`restart_relaunches_a_provider_whose_relaunch_timed_out_without_a_reply`
(runner-core `tests/codex_provider.rs`). The fake Codex stalls its first
`thread/resume` reply past the 30 s deadline. On `origin/master`, the
saved attempt is `initialization_failed` / `thread_open`, and the next
runner fails with "provider startup ownership remains unadmitted".

## What Changed

Design:
- The deadline that passes is the runner's own 30 s request deadline.
When a startup request (`initialize`, `thread/start`/`thread/resume`,
`thread/read`) reaches that deadline with the provider still running and
silent, the runner sets `noReply: true` on the durable
`initialization_failed` startup record.
- Not `noReply`: a provider error response, a provider that exited
before it replied, or closed stdout.
- `retire_orphaned_startup_attempt` retires an `initialization_failed`
fence only when `noReply` is set and the recorded process and its
process group are both gone (`ESRCH`). This is the same proof as
`spawned` in #19784. A rejection, an exit, a live process or group, and
spawn or admission failures stay fenced.
- Validation accepts `noReply` only on `initialization_failed` at the
`initialize`, `thread_open` or `thread_read` stage.
- Bounded: a runner restores once (`restore_checked` / `restore_error`),
so the loop is one relaunch per recovery attempt. Recovery's existing
resume budget (`native_session_retry_exhausted`, seen after three
attempts in the wave) stops a provider that never replies.
- Upgrade: `noReply` is `#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if =
"Not::not")]`. A new runner reads state saved by master as `noReply:
false`, so that state keeps today's behaviour and stays fenced.
- Rollback: an old runner (`deny_unknown_fields`) rejects state that
holds a `noReply` fence and fails closed. That run needs Retry, which is
today's outcome for the same fence. The field is written only while a
timed-out fence is present, and admission clears it, so all other state
is unchanged for old runners.
- Normal path: nothing is added before `turn.start`. The cost is one
in-memory flag per request; no extra I/O.

Files:
- `runner-core/src/codex_provider.rs`: `last_request_got_no_reply` and
the `no_reply` field on `ProviderStartupObservation::Failed`.
- `runner-core/src/provider_backend.rs`: the `noReply` field, its
validation, and the retirement rule, with unit tests:
- a no-reply fence is retired at `initialize`, `thread_open` and
`thread_read`;
  - it is kept while the provider may still run;
  - a rejection or a state saved without the field stays fenced.
- `runner-core/src/bin/fake-codex-app-server.rs`: the test-only switch
`--stall-first-thread-resume-ms`.
- `runner-core/tests/codex_provider.rs`: the end-to-end red/green test.
- `tests/restart-chaos/README.md` and `time-faults.ts`: correct the TM2
claim. A stopped process's monotonic clock keeps running, so TM2 is also
a long process stall.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core --test codex_provider
restart_relaunches_a_provider_whose_relaunch_timed_out` is red on
`origin/master` (the next runner refuses restore) and green here, in
about 31 s.
- `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core`: 1080 passed, 0 failed. This
includes
`failed_autonomous_restore_and_rollover_keep_their_exact_startup_origin`,
where a real "no rollout found" rejection still never restarts.
- `cargo fmt -p paperclip-runner-core -- --check` is clean.
- A restart-chaos proof wave on seed 426 will follow in a comment.

## Risks

- A provider that hangs for good is relaunched once per recovery attempt
until the existing resume budget stops it. Before, it failed on the
first attempt. This costs at most a few extra 30 s attempts, and they
are bounded.
- Rollback to an older runner while a `noReply` fence exists fails
closed for that one run, which needs Retry, as it does today.
- No database, server or API change.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits, cargo and 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
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
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DottaandClaude 289b402c26 fix(runner): settle a saved governed wait whose parked turn was lost on restore (#20519)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native agent run can ask the board a question and park on that
saved (governed) wait
> - PR #20494 made a saved wait settle after a control-plane restart for
Codex, which reports the parked turn as interrupted
> - Claude runs through ACPX. After a kill -9 restart, Runnerd restores
the conversation and reports the parked turn as `turn.failed` with
`provider_turn_lost_on_restore`
> - The governed-wait drain and the saved-replay check rejected every
failed terminal as unproven, so the saved question failed and the task
needed a human Retry
> - Runnerd emits `provider_turn_lost_on_restore` only after it proves
that the old provider lifetime ended. That is the same proof as an
interrupted terminal
> - This pull request accepts that recoverable restart loss as proof for
a saved governed wait, and only that failure
> - The benefit is that a Claude question survives a control-plane kill
the same way a Codex question does

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20494. Related: #20498 (Claude lost cancel reply; this change does
not touch that code).

**What happened?**
Restart chaos wave w-20261110T094930-s214 (Claude, Q1, PV1 and PV2 with
`--provider-fault-restart K1`) failed 2 of 2 Q1 tasks with
`R3:retry_needed`. The asking run ended `failed` with
`native_provider_terminal_failed`. Its events show the question saved,
the K1, recovery with `native_governed_wait_settlement_pending`, and
then `turn.failed` with `provider_turn_lost_on_restore` for the parked
turn. The thrown `providerCode` was
`governed_wait_provider_terminal_unproven`.

**What did you expect?**
The saved question settles after the restart. The asking run ends
`succeeded`. The board answer wakes the agent without a Retry.

**Steps to reproduce**
Run the harness with `--adapters claude --workloads Q1 --faults PV1,PV2
--provider-fault-restart K1 --provider-fault-delays 3
--provider-fault-restart-after-seconds 1 --concurrency 1 --tasks 4`. The
new unit-test variants `lost-on-restore-after-restart` and
`lost-on-restore-saved` failed with the same `providerCode` before this
change.

## What Changed

- `native-session-runtime.ts`: add `governedWaitTerminalProven(event)`.
A failed terminal proves the stop only when
`isNativeRestartInterruption(error)` is true (code
`provider_turn_lost_on_restore`, `recoverable: true`). Other terminals
keep the old rule (`providerTerminalObserved !== false`).
- The governed-wait accounting drain and the saved-replay check both use
that helper.
- Tests: two new variants of the #20494 test (a lost terminal after the
restart, and a lost terminal already saved before the next recovery).
Two new rejection cases: a non-restart failed terminal and a
non-recoverable restart loss still fail with
`governed_wait_provider_terminal_unproven`.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run
src/native-session-runtime`: 265 tests pass. The two new settle variants
failed before the fix.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec tsc --noEmit -p .`
passes.
- A live restart chaos wave on this branch (Claude Q1, PV1/PV2 + K1) is
linked in a comment below when it finishes.

## Risks

- Low risk. The change accepts one more terminal as proof for a saved
governed wait. That terminal comes only from Runnerd after it proves the
old provider lifetime ended, and the code already trusts it to continue
a restart-lost turn (`nativeRestartInterruptedTurnId`).
- A failed terminal with any other code, or a non-recoverable restart
loss, is still rejected.

## Model Used

- Claude (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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [ ] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
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DottaandClaude 8b3348c6ba fix(runner): classify Claude's rejected selected model as an unavailable model (#20513)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native runner agents on the Claude (ACPX) provider run with the
model the user saves on the agent
> - When the provider cannot run that model, Paperclip should classify
the run as `native_provider_model_rejected`, ask the user to choose a
model, and let Retry finish the task
> - Claude Code accepts an unknown model at session start and reports it
only on the first turn, as an AIR `request` failure with a fixed title.
The runner reported it as an unknown provider failure
> - So the run failed as `native_provider_terminal_failed`, and the task
stopped with `provider_effect_inventory_unavailable` ("Automatic
recovery stopped. Recorded work is preserved…") without naming the model
> - This pull request classifies that Claude title as an unavailable
model, the category the native runtime already turns into
`native_provider_model_rejected`
> - The benefit is that an unknown Claude model asks for a model choice
and names it, as Codex does after #20488

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Config wave `w-20261110T094430-s207-cf` on `master` (82abb3e),
`--adapters claude`: CF3 `model_id` failed both times (t01 K1, t04 K2)
as `CF3/model_id:actionable_message`. The task showed `Stopped`, cause
`provider_effect_inventory_unavailable`, "Automatic recovery stopped.
Recorded work is preserved; actions with unverified outcomes will not be
repeated." The run was `native_provider_terminal_failed`, "ACP agent
reported a terminal request failure."

Root cause, from a direct ACP probe of the bundled
`@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp` 0.73.0 with the AIR
`sessionFailure` capability and the model in
`_meta.claudeCode.options.model` (as ACPX passes it): `session/new`
lists `chaos-missing-model-abc12345` among the model options, so
admission's model check passes. `session/prompt` then returns
`stopReason: "end_turn"` with `_meta.jetbrains.air.sessionFailure` =
`{"category":"request","severity":"error","title":"There's an issue with
the selected model (chaos-missing-model-abc12345). It may not exist or
you may not have access to it. Run --model to pick a different
model.","actions":[]}`. ACPX turns that into "ACP agent reported a
terminal request failure.", and `acpxProviderFailure` classified only
AIR `limit` titles, so the provider failure stayed `unknown`.

(Selecting the same model later through `session/set_config_option`
instead returns JSON-RPC `-32603` "Internal error", `data.details`
"Invalid value for config option model: <id>". The runner does not take
that path for Claude, so this PR does not change it.)

**Expected behavior**
The run is `native_provider_model_rejected`, the task shows
`choose_model` with the rejected model, no recovery incident opens, and
Retry finishes the task after the model is repaired.

**Steps to reproduce**
`node cli/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs
tests/restart-chaos/config-wave.ts --faults CF3 --adapters claude
--references model_id --tasks 2 --concurrency 2 --restarts K1,K2 --seed
207` on `master`.

**Paperclip version or commit**
`master` at 82abb3e.

## What Changed

- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/acpx/provider-failure.ts`: for
the `claude` agent, an AIR `request` session failure whose title is
Claude Code's fixed "There's an issue with the selected model (…). It
may not exist or you may not have access to it." is classified
`model_unavailable` (`requires_action`). The native runtime already
marks such a failed turn `native_provider_model_rejected`, and the
server already projects that as `choose_model` with `rejectedModel`.
- Other AIR categories, other agents and other request titles stay
`unknown`.
- `server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts`: a
`native_provider_model_rejected` failure after the provider session
opened now gets a choose-model next action ("The provider rejected the
selected model. Choose a supported model for this agent, then retry the
task. Automatic retries are stopped."). Before, only a rejection before
the session opened got that action; the Claude case fell through to
"Inspect the original provider failure and explicitly resolve the
ambiguous session state; do not open a replacement provider session."
Recovery mode, blocking and retry behavior are unchanged; only the
action text changes.

## Verification

- Red before, green after: `src/drivers/provider-failure.test.ts` —
"classifies Claude's rejection of the selected model as an unavailable
model", with the exact title captured from `claude-agent-acp` 0.73.0,
through both `acpxTerminalResult` and the thrown form, plus negative
cases.
- Red before, green after: `native-startup-retry.integration.test.ts` —
"asks for a model choice when the provider rejects the model on an
opened session's turn (Claude ACPX)": a durable `turn.started` and the
`NativeProviderTerminalFailure` the runtime throws; the coordinator and
the board recovery action name the model choice, not ambiguous state.
- Live: on `master` the wave failed (see above). On this branch:
`w-20261110T103809-s208-cf` on head 3881650 (CF3 `model_id`, claude, K1
and K2): **2/2 pass**. Each task rests as `waiting_for_user` /
`choose_model` with `rejectedModel: "chaos-missing-model-…"`, cause
`native_provider_model_rejected`, next action "The provider rejected the
selected model. Choose a supported model for this agent, then retry the
task. Automatic retries are stopped.", rests again after the restart,
and is done after the model is restored and Retry. An earlier wave on
e552b24 (`w-20261110T100526-s207-cf`, 2/2 pass) still showed the
ambiguous-state text that the second commit replaces.

## Risks

- Low risk. The match is limited to the Claude agent, the AIR `request`
category and Claude Code's fixed title. If Claude Code changes the text,
the run falls back to today's generic failure.
- No profile, digest or pack contract change
(`rules/acpx-profile-identity.mdc`): ordinary Runner source.

> 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, test runs, a direct ACP probe of
`claude-agent-acp`).

## 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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DottaandClaude a09093a5c5 fix(native): resume a run whose turn.start a restart cut off before Codex created the turn (#20507)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A native Codex run sends `turn.start` to its runner, and the runner
sends `turn/start` to Codex. The runner marks the start "ambiguous"
before it sends the request
> - A control-plane restart can kill the runner and Codex while that
request is in flight. After the restart, neither journal says whether
Codex created the turn, and the resumed thread has no active turn
> - The restored runner then failed closed on every same-run resume with
"cannot safely recover an ambiguous Codex turn start without an active
replacement turn". The answer never reached the agent
> - The next run on the task was refused at the runner-state fence
(`prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate;
retirement_refused=journal_commands_unsettled(turn.start.failed)`)
before it asked for a runner. Retry after that run then waited forever
on `process_identity_missing` for a process that never existed
> - This pull request lets the runner prove from Codex's own thread
history that the start never created a turn, and then resume and start
the turn once. It also lets Retry continue after a run that the
runner-state fence refused before launch
> - The benefit is that a turn start cut off by a restart continues by
itself when Codex never saw it, and a person's Retry is no longer a dead
end

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
Local restart-chaos wave `w-20261110T033426-s108`. Command: `--env local
--adapters codex --workloads Q1,Q2 --faults K1 --triggers answered
--tasks 4 --concurrency 2 --seed 108`. Task t03 (Q2): the answer run
`92a57f50` resumed after the first restart. A second K1 restart landed
0.25 s after `session.resumed`, while its `turn.start` was in flight.
Each same-run resume then failed with `PRP command session.snapshot
failed: cannot safely recover an ambiguous Codex turn start without an
active replacement turn`. When the prerequisite finished, the next run
`0e6aa9d1` failed before launch with `runner_state_identity_mismatch:
prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate;
retirement_refused=journal_commands_unsettled(turn.start.failed)`. The
accepted Retry (202) never created a run: the task stayed on
`retryWait.reason=process_identity_missing` until the wave timed out
(`R3:retry_no_new_run`).

**Expected behavior**
If Codex never created the turn, the run resumes and starts it once by
itself. If that cannot be proven, a person's Retry starts a new run
instead of waiting forever.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Run the wave command above on master.
2. Or run `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run
src/live/runnerd-codex-transport-cut-turn-start.test.ts` on master (case
"before" fails with the wave error).

## What Changed

- Runner (`codex_provider.rs`, `provider_backend.rs`): when the restored
provider state has an ambiguous turn start, no active turn before the
loss, and the resumed thread has no active turn, the runner reads the
newest turn of the thread (`thread/turns/list`, limit 1, metadata only,
the same request `read_thread` already sends). If there is no turn, or
the newest turn is one Paperclip already settled, Codex never created
the turn. The runner clears the ambiguity, emits a `harness.diagnostic`
with code `ambiguous_turn_start_not_created`, and restores an idle
session. The old `turn.start` stays `execution_indeterminate` and is
never executed again. The same-run resume then starts the run's turn
once, through the existing "recovered session without an active turn"
path.
- Any other history (a turn Paperclip never settled, an in-progress
turn, an incomplete page, a non-Codex provider) keeps today's
fail-closed error. The probe runs only on this recovery path. The normal
turn path does no new work before `turn.start`.
- Server (`native-local-process-stop.ts`): `nativeRunNeverLaunched` also
accepts a failed native run whose error is the runner-state fence
refusal `runner_state_identity_mismatch: prior_owner_*` (or
`legacy_prior_owner_*`). The executor throws it only while it migrates
another run's saved state, before it requests a launch. The existing
evidence check still applies: any launch request, identity record,
`adapter.invoke` or runner event keeps the run held. Other runner-state
errors (for example `authority_indeterminate`) stay held.
- Fake Codex (`fake-codex-app-server.rs`): keeps the thread's turn
history in a `<state-file>.turns` sidecar, so `thread/turns/list`
returns history like real Codex (newest first, honours `limit`). New
`--hang-turn-start <file>` holds `turn/start` "before" or "after" the
thread records the turn, to model a kill in flight.
- Tests:
- New real-runnerd test
`runnerd-codex-transport-cut-turn-start.test.ts`. A real runner and fake
Codex start a turn; both processes are killed while `turn/start` is in
flight. "before": the resumed run completes, the journal holds the old
`turn.start` (`execution_indeterminate`) and one new completed
`turn.start` with the same task text, and Codex saw exactly one more
`turn/start`. "after": recovery still fails closed and no new
`turn/start` is sent.
- Rust:
`ambiguous_turn_start_that_never_created_a_turn_recovers_and_starts_once`
and
`ambiguous_turn_start_that_created_an_unsettled_turn_still_fails_closed`.
Both rewrite saved provider state the way a master runner wrote it, so
they also cover state saved before this change.
- `explicit-native-continuation.test.ts`: five new rows for the
runner-state fence. Admitted: refused before launch (with and without a
coordinator). Held on `process_identity_missing`: refused after a launch
request, refused after a runner event, and a run that failed its own
`authority_indeterminate` check.
- `docs/durable-recovery.md`: describes both behaviours.

## Verification

- Red/green, real runnerd: on master (the staged master runnerd),
`runnerd-codex-transport-cut-turn-start.test.ts` "before" fails with
`PRP command runner.drain failed: ... cannot safely recover an ambiguous
Codex turn start without an active replacement turn`, the wave error.
With this change, both cases pass.
- Red/green, Rust: without the `provider_backend.rs` change, `cargo test
-p paperclip-runner-core --test codex_provider
ambiguous_turn_start_that` fails the "never created" test. With it, both
pass. The full `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core` passes.
- Red/green, server: without the `native-local-process-stop.ts` change,
the two "refused at the prior-owner runner-state fence" rows fail with
`process_identity_missing`. With it, all 14 rows pass.
- Related suites pass: 11 Runner transport files, 419 tests
(`runnerd-codex-transport`, `-attachment-recovery`, `-cold-restore`,
`-warm-attachment`, `-release-resume`, `-cut-attach`, `-cut-turn-start`,
`-settlement`, `-suspension`, `runnerd-restart-continuation`,
`runnerd-saved-continuation`); server `explicit-native-continuation`,
`quarantined-task-retry` and `issue-confirm-run-stopped-routes`, 3
files, 470 tests; full `cargo test -p paperclip-runner-core`.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec tsc --noEmit` and
server `tsc --noEmit` pass.
- Pack `contractDigest` is unchanged: `sha256:3164357d…` before and
after (`scripts/contracts/contract-fingerprints.mjs`).
- Live proof: the wave command above on this branch. Results follow in a
comment.

**No duplicate provider work.** The runner starts a new turn only when
Codex's own history proves the cut-off start created nothing. The old
command is never executed again (the runner refuses an `indeterminate`
command). A recorded turn that Paperclip never settled keeps the run
failed closed.

## Risks

- Low-medium risk. The runner change runs only while it restores a
session whose saved state has an ambiguous turn start and no active
turn. Before this change, that run could never continue.
- The proof relies on Codex recording a turn in the thread before it
runs anything. If Codex accepted the request but died before it wrote
the turn, the runner treats the start as not created and starts the turn
once. Codex writes the user turn to the thread when it starts the turn,
before it asks the model for output, so no model output or tool call is
expected without a recorded turn.
- If the thread's newest turn is not in the runner's settled set (for
example after a provider identity epoch rollover forgot older
identities), the runner keeps failing closed, as today.
- **Open decision (not changed here):** when Codex did record the
cut-off turn, it may have done work. This pull request keeps the run
failed closed and does not replay or adopt that turn. Continuing is a
person's decision through Retry or a new message.
- The server change trusts the executor's own error text
`runner_state_identity_mismatch: prior_owner_*`, together with the
absence of every launch and runner event. A run that requested a launch
keeps every stop proof.
- **Runner release:** the pack `contractDigest` does not change. Local
runners use the runnerd built with the app, so the fix applies with this
release.
- Not covered: the related `authority_indeterminate` variant in the same
wave (t04, Q1) is a separate cause; its Retry already worked in that
wave.

> 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`), 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
- [ ] 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 #20477, #20482

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-10 03:49:22 -06:00