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DottaandPaperclip 199670ba99 fix(accounting): prevent usage receipt stalls during streamed run updates (#20385)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Native Runner commits usage receipts before it acknowledges retained
events.
> - Usage receipts and streamed run logs update the same run row.
> - A repeatable-read snapshot can become stale before the receipt
writer locks that row.
> - Continuous log writes can exhaust all accounting retries and stall
the retained event.
> - This pull request uses the existing run lock with READ COMMITTED for
standalone receipt writes.
> - Other accounting operations keep their consistent snapshot. Stall
diagnostics retain safe nested error codes.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Related: #20235.

**What happened?**

A hosted native run stopped on a retained usage event. Its diagnostic
reported `Error at source seq N`. The saved outbox and accounting
records locate the failing delivery boundary. Traces show repeated
accounting transactions while streamed events still updated the run row.
The historical inner exception is unavailable.

A controlled PostgreSQL reproduction proves a matching defect: a run-log
append after company validation makes the receipt writer's
repeatable-read snapshot stale. Repeated appends exhaust all four
retries with SQLSTATE `40001`. This is a demonstrated failure mechanism;
attribution of the historical incident remains an inference.

**Expected behavior**

Commit the receipt under its existing run-row lock despite concurrent
run-log writes. Observe concurrent finalization and preserve
late-receipt debt. Keep duplicate receipts idempotent and reject
conflicting or cross-company receipts.

**Steps to reproduce**

Run `server/src/services/usage-receipts-read.test.ts`. The concurrency
regression uses real PostgreSQL and the production run-log append
function. It commits a log append after company validation and before
the receipt locks the run. Before the repair, the receipt rejects with a
wrapped `40001` after four attempts. After the repair, it commits once.
The finalization variant verifies that a newly settled run receives
late-receipt debt without replacing settled state.

## What Changed

- Allow aggregate-lock-protected accounting writers to select READ
COMMITTED. Keep repeatable read as the default.
- Use READ COMMITTED only for standalone usage receipt writes. Keep the
existing run lock, immutable receipt journal, replay checks and
transactional budget-work publication.
- Add PostgreSQL regressions for concurrent log appends, concurrent
finalization, duplicate delivery and the unchanged default snapshot.
- Read the outer event-commit error and at most three nested causes for
an existing safe error code. Exclude exception messages and SQL.
- Document receipt isolation and bounded stall diagnostics.

## Verification

- Red: the production receipt writer exhausted four retries with
PostgreSQL `40001` under controlled concurrent run-log appends.
- Red: wrapped database and transport stall diagnostics returned `Error`
instead of `40001` and `ECONNRESET`.
- Green: Runner control-plane tests passed all 207 cases. All 68 server
assertions passed across receipt reads, native usage delivery and cost
accounting. Cost-accounting teardown exceeded its 30-second limit twice
on this loaded host, after all 28 assertions passed. The workspace
project retained its configured 30-second hook limit despite the CLI
override. This is a local suite cleanup failure, not a passing suite;
the same revision passed the complete server suites in CI.
- Server layered TypeScript checking passed, including source and test
layers. Runner TypeScript checking passed. Server checks cover
`ccfe3bdeb1ab88537a03fd6af9044f66863939a5`; the unchanged Runner checks
cover its parent.
- Local environment: macOS arm64, Node 26.4.0, disposable embedded
PostgreSQL. Native usage-delivery tests use the real Rust receiver.
- CI at `ccfe3bdeb1ab88537a03fd6af9044f66863939a5`:
[build](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42714760702/job/129493568428),
[typecheck](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42714760702/job/129493568367),
native Runner integration, browser shards and all nine serialized server
groups passed. All 12 general server shards passed in the [full
run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42714760702).
Final rollup: 59 successful checks/statuses, three intentionally skipped
checks, no pending or failed checks.
- [Greptile reviewed this revision at 5/5 with no actionable
findings](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/20385#issuecomment-6753163397).
- Hosted evidence came from the task, run, saved sandbox outbox,
accounting receipts and traces. The run started fresh and did not cross
a deployment. No original agent turn was replayed.
- The hosted repair has not been deployed. The original task has not
been resumed. A fixed-revision remote-provider user journey remains
unverified.

## Risks

- READ COMMITTED changes snapshot timing for standalone receipt writes.
The run-row lock protects all mutable receipt/accounting reads and
serializes competing receipts and finalization. Other accounting
operations retain repeatable read.
- Receipt identity, replay conflict checks, company scoping, budget
publication, retry bounds and acknowledgement rules remain intact.
- No persisted format, provider identity or database schema changes.
Existing saved state needs no migration.
- Diagnostics inspect at most four objects and retain only the existing
identifier format, with an 80-character code limit.
- The reproduced race matches the incident boundary and timing, but the
original inner exception was not recorded. Rollout and live acceptance
remain necessary before incident resolution.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with code and shell tools. The exact model
ID and context window are not exposed in this session.

## Checklist

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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-11-09 17:35:13 -06:00
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