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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 b4cc2d30d2 fix(e2e): grade only started runs and bound the clarification readback (#19335)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Product E2E journeys grade agent work in the QA staging smoke plan
> - On the current QA deployment, two journeys failed after the product
had already done the requested work
> - protected-actions counted a wake that the control plane retired
before it started as a bound run, and failed its runtime binding check
> - question-answer-resume waited for its saved document in a view that
no longer exists. The wait lasted 27 minutes, until the case deadline,
and starved the run queue
> - This pull request grades only runs that started provider work, and
reads the document where the UI now shows it, with a bounded wait
> - The benefit is that both journeys measure the product, and a UI
readback failure costs about two minutes instead of a whole worker

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
- protected-actions: the task succeeded with two runs. A third
automation wake for the same agent and task was cancelled before it
started, with the reason "Agent cannot start work while completed runs
await accounting". Its `startedAt` was null, its
`resultJson.cancellation` had `source: "control_plane"` and `expected:
true`, and its `executionRecovery.providerWorkStarted` was false. That
run has no runtime binding, so `validateAgentTaskState` failed with
`agent_run_binding_mismatch`.
- question-answer-resume: the agent saved the requested document and the
task was done by 19:32. The journey then navigated to `#document-<key>`
and waited until 19:59 for an element that never appeared. With the task
chat shell and Artifacts V1, documents render in the properties pane's
Artifacts tab. The run reported `journey_operation_failed` and
`evidence_collection_timeout`, and the 60-minute job ended before four
other cases could run.

**Expected behavior**
- A wake retired before admission is kept as evidence but is not graded
as provider work.
- The saved document is read in its current view, and a UI readback
failure ends quickly.

**Steps to reproduce**
QA staging smoke launch 3074 on app cb8df178c8. The stack-side run
records are described above.

**Paperclip version or commit**
master at 03eb49053f.

## What Changed

- `agent-flows.ts`: add `retiredBeforeProviderStart(run)`. The run must
have status `cancelled` and `startedAt === null`, a control-plane
cancellation with `expected: true`, and
`executionRecovery.providerWorkStarted === false`.
`validateAgentTaskState` still checks such a run's company, agent and
task binding and counts it toward the run limit, then skips the runtime
checks.
- `clarification-flow.ts`: after reload, open the Artifacts tab with the
existing `openDocumentAuthoring` helper before reading the document.
task-dependency-resume uses the same path and passes on this deployment.
The UI readback is capped at 2 minutes after the API returned the saved
document. Agent work time is not changed.
- `agent-evidence.test.ts`: the retired wake is accepted. Nine variants
still fail: a started run, a missing `startedAt`, a failed status, an
unexpected cancellation, an operator source, `providerWorkStarted:
true`, missing recovery evidence, another agent, and another task. The
run limit still applies.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run --config tests/runner-e2e/vitest.config.ts
tests/runner-e2e/product-journeys`: 46 files passed.
- Negative control: without the skip, the new test fails.
- `clarification-readback.spec.ts` (browser support): 6 tests passed.
- `tsc -p tests/runner-e2e/tsconfig.json` shows no errors in the changed
files.
- Not verified live yet. QA uses the pinned harness, so the pin must
move to a commit that contains this change.

## Risks

- The exclusion is narrow, and every field it requires is positive
evidence that the wake did no work. Any started or unexpected extra run
still fails.
- The readback cap is stricter, not looser. It applies only after the
API has confirmed the document. Agent work and answer timing still use
the existing deadlines.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, browser, code editing). Extended reasoning was used.

## 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>
2026-11-05 14:39:18 -06:00
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