Files
PaperClipAI/tests
DottaandClaude 182a7cd4fe test(restart-chaos): keep process start identity out of TM2/TM3 aging (#20500)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The restart-chaos harness (`tests/restart-chaos/`) checks recovery
under faults. TM2 (host sleep) and TM3 (aged outage) move every database
time back by an age.
> - The aging also moved process start times:
`controller_process_started_at`, `process_started_at`, and
`processStartedAt` copies in JSON.
> - A process start is identity, not a deadline. The server reads its
own start from the OS once and compares it with the stamp an owner
saved. A real sleep never changes it.
> - After a shift, every live owner looked like a different process and
failed its identity check, whatever its lease said. This harness
artifact hid whether a lease fix works (#20474).
> - This pull request keeps process start identity unaged and makes the
grader's unshift skip it too.
> - The benefit is that TM2/TM3 failures now come only from deadlines
that really lapse, as on a real laptop.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #20458 (adds TM1–TM3) and #20474 (the lease fix whose proof wave
exposed this).

**What happened?**
A TM2 wave against #20474 still failed at the 300 s renewal. The fix
takes back a lapsed lease only for the same owner (token, attempt,
generation, boot, pid and process start). The aging had moved the saved
`controller_process_started_at` back by one hour. The live process still
reported its real start, so the identity comparison failed.

**Expected behavior**
Aging moves deadlines and event times. It never moves facts that a real
sleep cannot change, such as when a process started.

**Steps to reproduce**
Run `node cli/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs tests/restart-chaos/main.ts
--env local --adapters codex --workloads B5 --faults TM2
--time-age-hours 1 --concurrency 1 --tasks 2 --seed 304 --server-from
<#20474 checkout>`. Before this change it fails 0/2
(w-20261110T072106-s304).

## What Changed

- `time-faults.ts`: add `isProcessIdentityTime`. `agingStatements` skips
columns named for a process start. `paperclip_shift_json` keeps JSON
keys named for a process start (any spelling) unchanged. `unshiftJson`
skips the same keys, so the grader does not move them forward.
- `time-faults.test.ts`: a unit test for the statements and the unshift.
- `time-faults-db.test.ts`: the embedded-Postgres aging test now checks
that a `controller_process_started_at` column and `processStartedAt` /
`processStartedAtMs` JSON keys keep their values.
- `README.md`: one paragraph under **Aging** that says why.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run -c tests/restart-chaos/vitest.config.ts
tests/restart-chaos/time-faults-db.test.ts
tests/restart-chaos/time-faults.test.ts`: 26/26 pass. Without the
`time-faults.ts` change, 2 fail (the new unit test, and the DB aging
test's identity check).
- `npx tsc --noEmit -p tests/restart-chaos` is clean.
- Test-only change. No product code.

## Risks

- Low. Only the harness changes. A column or key whose name contains
"process started at" is no longer aged. If such a field were really a
deadline, it would no longer lapse, but none is.

## Model Used

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

## 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
requesting merge

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-10 02:43:55 -06:00
..