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DottaandPaperclip 297d8741f5 fix: resolve duplicate connections to the same GitHub account (#13022)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip lets people share agents while keeping GitHub access
personal.
> - Each managed Git or GitHub operation selects an eligible connection
grant.
> - Connecting the same GitHub account twice creates two grants.
> - The old resolver counted grants and rejected them as competing
identities.
> - Managed commands then ran anonymously and reported a misleading
login failure.
> - This change compares GitHub account IDs and selects one eligible
grant for the same account.
> - The benefit is reliable access after reconnecting, with clear
diagnostics for real failures.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #13005.

**What happened?**

Two active connections owned by one Paperclip user pointed to the same
GitHub account. Managed Git refused both as ambiguous. The agent could
not push, although the account was connected and had repository access.

**Expected behavior**

Multiple grants for the same GitHub account resolve to one eligible
authorization. Different accounts remain ambiguous. Unavailable access
explains its cause without blocking unrelated work.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Connect the same GitHub account twice for one Paperclip user and
allow the shared agent through both connection audiences.
2. Start an instruction as that user.
3. Run managed gh or git push. Before this fix, no credential is
provided.

## What Changed

- Compare stable GitHub account IDs when more than one eligible grant
exists. Never deduplicate by login alone.
- Prefer an available grant, then the newest authorization with a stable
ID tie-breaker. Refresh and webhook timestamps do not change the
selection.
- Keep the selected credential and connection policy together. Do not
combine permissions or fall back from a dedicated account to a personal
account.
- Print the redacted unavailable reason in managed command output.
Unrelated local operations still work anonymously.
- Add database and executable launcher regressions, and document
selection behavior.

## Verification

- Final `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed.
- Fourteen operation credential integration tests passed, covering
duplicate personal/dedicated grants, incomplete credentials, distinct
accounts with the same login, missing identity metadata, revocation,
membership, connection audiences, and A → B → A steering. Existing Git
credential and gateway suites and both executable launcher tests also
passed.
- The local broad test run encountered three embedded-Postgres lifecycle
timeouts and stale modules from edits made during that run. A fresh
process rerun of all four affected suites passed all 35 tests. The full
Node 24 CI test matrix passed on the final commit.
- CI passed all 31 checks on `797973b30beb16ba5fa69ed281835e1ab812b449`
(Storybook visual regression was correctly skipped). An unrelated
Company Settings UI test failed once; the focused local reproduction and
rerun of its CI shard both passed without code changes.
- Fresh Greptile review of the final commit: 5/5, with no open findings.
Security checks passed.
- Live acceptance passed with both duplicate connections enabled:
managed `gh api user` returned the expected account, managed `git push`
succeeded, and the agent created #13023 and pushed its review fixes. No
host login or credential changes were used.
- Applied the final source/compiled patch to the affected instance with
backups, after confirming no runs were active. Restarted service health
and the final resolver selection were verified. The patch is an overlay
on the existing deployment; this PR supplies the upstream fix.

## Risks

The resolver selects one authorization for an already permitted GitHub
account. It does not combine repository permissions across connections.
If the selected authorization has narrower access, that operation can
still be denied by GitHub. Different provider account IDs and unknown
duplicate identities continue to fail closed. No schema, host
credential, or connection permission changes are included.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex assisted implementation and verification with
shell, database, and browser tools. The exact model variant and
context-window size 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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