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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 18644a3263 feat(recovery): instrument 20 durable write boundaries with crash points (#19938)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - A control-plane restart between two durable writes leaves an
in-progress record owned by a dead process
> - #19937 added `crashPoint(name)` and a registry of 20 named
boundaries from the Phase 0 inventory
> - A name without a call site cannot fire, so the crash-point suite
cannot test it
> - This pull request puts one call at each registered boundary and adds
a test that keeps the registry and the call sites in step
> - The benefit is that the on-demand suite (next pull request) can kill
the control plane at every known write-ahead gap

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19831 (plan, Phase 5). Refs #19846 (inventory, "Write-ahead
coverage"). Stacked on #19937 (helper and registry). Refs #19861
(ownable kind ids).

**Problem**
The registered crash points have no call sites.

**Expected behavior**
Each registered point is called at its gap: after the first durable
write or outside effect returns, before the next one starts. Disarmed
(always in production) each call is one comparison.

**Scope**
Call sites and a coverage test only. The suite runner and CI workflow
follow.

## What Changed

- Server call sites (`@paperclipai/shared/crash-points`):
- `sandbox-creation-operations.ts`: around the provider `create` call
(intent → provider → lease).
- `native-session-executor.ts`: after `native.process_start_requested`,
before spawn.
- `paperclip-control-plane-port.ts`: after the result-accept
transaction, before finalization starts (only when a result was
inserted).
- `native-run-finalizer.ts`: after `commitNativeStatusDecision`, before
the run projection.
- `workspace-operations.ts`: `workspace_finalize` only — after the
running row, and after `settle()` before the done row.
- `environment-runtime.ts`: provider release → lease row; teardown claim
→ destroy; reusable destroy → lease release; stop-and-retain claim →
stop.
- `heartbeat.ts`: lease release → runtime services; budget reservation
hold → dispatch.
- `heartbeat/queue.ts`: run claimed `running` → wake request `claimed`.
- `run-cost-accounting.ts`, `usage-receipts.ts`: accounting commit →
spool unlink; receipt spool → DB row → unlink.
- `packages/paperclip-runner/src/crash-point.ts`: a small copy of the
helper for controller code in this package, which does not depend on
`@paperclipai/shared` (adding that dependency would change the runner
content ID). It arms only `runner.*` names. runnerd never sees the
variable: its environment is an allowlist.
- Runner call sites: after the runnerd spawn, before its identity is
published (both spawn paths); `turn.start` result received → controller
journal saved → next send.
- `server/src/__tests__/crash-point-call-sites.test.ts`: every
registered point has a call site, every call names a registered point,
and every `kinds` entry is an ownable kind id of the Phase 1 registry.

## Verification

- `cd server && npx vitest run
src/__tests__/crash-point-call-sites.test.ts` → 3 passed.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` → clean. `pnpm --filter
@paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec tsc --noEmit -p .` → clean.
- Behavior with nothing armed is unchanged: each call returns at its
first comparison (measured in #19937: about 3.7 ns).

## Risks

- Low risk. No call changes control flow unless `PAPERCLIP_CRASH_POINT`
names it and `NODE_ENV` is not `production`.
- Points on the path before `turn.start` (process start, runner spawn)
cost nanoseconds, within plan invariant 8.
- `usage-receipts.ts`: the persist-then-unlink one-liner became a block
with the same statements in the same order.
- The runner package change gives the runner a new content ID, as any
runner source change does. No persisted run state changes
(rules/upgrade-safe-run-state.mdc).

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits) and a read-only exploration subagent that
mapped the boundaries.

## 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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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 20:56:33 -06:00
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