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Dotta 10cf68295d feat(runner): bootstrap ACPX provider sessions (#12418)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The Rust runner now has bounded ACPX transport, scope, payload,
normalization, and state-reduction layers
> - A live provider needs a lifecycle owner that starts the sidecar and
proves it opened the exact requested session
> - The initial production slice is Codex-only and must fail closed on
capability, model, identity, policy, or catalog drift
> - Failed bootstraps must not leak a child process, and ordinary
shutdown must preserve resumable provider state
> - This pull request adds that package-local lifecycle without
selecting ACPX in runnerd
> - The benefit is a reviewable bootstrap/recovery boundary before turn
commands and production selection are connected

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #12417

Refs #12416

## What Changed

- Add a package-local ACPX provider session configuration and lifecycle
owner.
- Reject non-UTF-8 runtime and working directories before spawning so
JSON path serialization cannot panic.
- Validate the sidecar launch contract, Codex-only agent, model, run and
session identifiers, absolute directories, positive JSON-safe catalog
revision, pinned permission mode, bounded instructions, and canonical
authorized tool catalog before spawning.
- Verify the initialization protocol version, child PID,
persistent-session support, exact-model support, runner-owned permission
policy, semantic-tool bridge, and structured-input contract.
- Open an identity-bound session and require the requested and effective
models, permission mode, session identifier, digests, and optional
recovery identity to match exactly.
- Attach the run and require the sidecar to confirm the exact run
identifier and catalog revision.
- Retry failed transport cleanup while retaining lifecycle ownership;
terminate the sidecar after every failed bootstrap and on an unclosed
session drop.
- Close sessions without discarding persistent state and make explicit
shutdown idempotent.
- Extend the package-local fake sidecar with deterministic bootstrap,
wrong-model, and wrong-run responses.
- Add five integration tests covering successful bootstrap/shutdown,
pre-spawn policy validation, model mismatch, run mismatch, and recovery
identity matching.
- Document the session bootstrap boundary.
- Do not change dependencies, lockfiles, workflows, runnerd selection,
server behavior, UI, or migrations.

## Verification

- Replay base: `f038633bf5b04163ff985ef0542876bd9f455379` (`master`
after #12417 merged).
- Exact replay head: `a6d9ad62f20fdb47a1dbc76aa4baa9d8fa6dae53`.
- Stable patch ID: `82b6f2551749598a688c3f44a1a3714516030429`, identical
to the reviewed `e6e550f9..d51a8855` delta.
- The exact delta is 5 files and 609 additions, all in
`packages/paperclip-runner`; it contains no lockfile, workflow, server,
UI, or migration change.
- Focused Rust lifecycle, package, repository, security, and Greptile
checks: **PASSED** on the replayed exact head. Full CI run `33362799786`
is green; its failed-job retry passed one unrelated flaky server shard
without a patch change. Greptile is exact-head 5/5, all security checks
pass, and no review threads remain unresolved.
- No local test result is claimed. GitHub Actions is the authoritative
verification environment for this replayed revision.

## Risks

- This lifecycle owns a child process and session identity.
Configuration is fully validated before spawning, every bootstrap
response is checked against the child PID and requested identity, and
failed bootstrap always terminates the process.
- Recovery identity matching is exact so a persisted native record
cannot silently attach to another session, model, workspace, profile, or
permission policy.
- Explicit shutdown preserves persistent provider state; a dropped
unclosed session still terminates its process group as a safety
fallback.
- The package exports a new Rust module, but no production path
constructs it in this pull request.
- Turn commands, event polling, request resolution, and runnerd
selection remain later slices.

> 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

- OpenAI Codex with GPT-5.6, agentic reasoning, 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
- [ ] 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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