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Devin FoleyandPaperclip
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**Builds on.** #10055 — the `catalogVersion` this config document pins is the feature-catalog artifact #10055 emits. **Summary.** Instances operated by a managed hosting control plane can now receive instance configuration through a single environment variable, `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` (versioned JSON: `mode`, `catalogVersion`, `features`, `plugins.autoInstall`). When the variable is absent the instance is self-hosted and nothing changes. When present, parsing is strict and **fail-closed**: blank value, malformed JSON, unknown feature key, a feature key this build's feature catalog does not mark tier `managed`, missing required section, or unsupported version refuses startup with a precise error — a typo that silently does nothing is how a security control quietly fails. Managed feature values are overlaid **at read time** inside the instance settings service (never persisted), so a DB restore or manual row edit cannot resurrect a disabled capability; responses expose per-key `managedKeys` metadata (`managed: true`, `managedBy`) so clients can render locked state. ## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Paperclip runs both self-hosted and under managed hosting, where an operator's control plane owns instance configuration > - Today instance feature settings live only in the tenant database; a hosting control plane has no way to enforce a configuration that tenant-side writes or restores cannot undo > - Managed configuration will carry security posture, so delivery must be atomic and parsing must fail closed — a typo that silently does nothing is how a security control quietly fails > - This pull request adds strict parsing of one `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` env var and overlays its feature values at read time inside the settings service, never persisting them > - The benefit is a minimal, auditable managed-hosting contract: absent var ⇒ self-hosted instances are byte-for-byte unchanged; present ⇒ deterministic, locked configuration surfaced to clients via per-key managed metadata ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #966 — this PR delivers that issue's "managed config injection" hook, via a strict env-var contract rather than the config-file path it sketches; the issue's other hooks (identity header, health, usage webhook, lifecycle, external secrets, IAM auth) are out of scope, so the PR refs rather than closes it. *Mechanism differs from #966's proposal, so the `feature_request` fields are also filled in:* - **Problem or motivation:** managed hosting deployments need to centrally enable/disable instance features; DB-stored settings can be edited, restored, or migrated back to permissive values, and nothing marks a value as operator-enforced. - **Proposed solution:** one versioned JSON env var; fail-closed parse at startup; read-time overlay in the settings service (precedence: managed value over stored value over schema default); `managedKeys` metadata in settings responses so clients can render locked state. - **Alternatives considered:** per-feature env vars (non-atomic across a half-updated env set, unbounded env surface); seeding the DB at boot (persisted values can be edited or restored over, and cannot express "forced"); lenient warn-and-drop parsing (fails open — unacceptable for a security-bearing control). - **Roadmap alignment:** supports the in-progress "Cloud deployments" milestone in `ROADMAP.md`. ## What Changed - New `server/src/services/managed-config.ts` (pure parser over the env record) - Startup parse ordered before the first `instanceSettingsService` construction in `server/src/index.ts` - Read-time merge + `managedKeys` in the settings service - Shared validator updates ## Verification - 29 parser/overlay tests (fail-closed matrix incl. blank/whitespace env, missing sections, catalog-tier mismatch, empty-section happy path): `pnpm vitest run src/__tests__/managed-config.test.ts src/__tests__/instance-settings-managed-overlay.test.ts` (from `server/`) - 40 existing settings route/service tests green: `pnpm vitest run src/__tests__/instance-settings-routes.test.ts src/__tests__/instance-settings-service.test.ts` (from `server/`) - 15 shared validator tests: `pnpm vitest run src/validators/instance.test.ts` (from `packages/shared/`) - Server `tsc --noEmit` clean: `pnpm typecheck` (from `server/`) ## Risks - Self-hosted instances (no `PAPERCLIP_MANAGED_CONFIG` set) are byte-for-byte unchanged — the parser only runs when the variable is present. - For managed instances, a malformed document now refuses startup by design (fail-closed). This is an intentional behavioral guarantee, not a regression: the control plane owns the variable and a precise startup error is the contract. - Overlay values are never persisted, so no migration or data-shape risk. ## Model Used Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`), extended thinking, agentic tool use; independently peer-reviewed by a second AI agent before push. ## 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 --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>