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DottaandPaperclip 2b374caba0 fix(recovery): preserve unfinished remote exports before Retry (#18678)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agent work and preserves each task's saved files.
> - A completed native result can still need workspace export.
> - Remote workspaces now use a different saved descriptor from legacy
copyback.
> - The execution hold checked only the legacy descriptor.
> - Task Retry could admit another run before the original export
finished.
> - A later failure could then supersede the original recovery record.
> - This change keeps unfinished remote exports fenced and permits
explicit historical file recovery.
> - Recovery keeps human review and newer execution authority intact.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

A native run completed successfully, but its remote workspace export
failed. The recovery action used
`native_workspace_sync_out_retry_exhausted`. Task Retry created a second
task run while the original files still needed preservation. The newer
failure then superseded the original action. A board file-recovery
request could queue that cancelled record, but the worker excluded it
from discovery.

**Expected behavior**

Keep Retry behind the unfinished export. Save the exact source and
finalize the existing accepted result once. Preserve pending human
review. An explicit request for a superseded source must save its files
without applying an old result over newer work.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Save an accepted successful native result with a prepared
`remoteWorkspace` descriptor.
2. Fail its final export and retain its exact sandbox lease.
3. Select Task Retry before preservation completes.
4. Observe another task run before the original workspace is saved.
5. Supersede the original action and request file recovery for its exact
source. Observe queued work that the worker does not select.

**Paperclip version**

Observed at `1f8f2e195f4897cd1c237bdc068de95780ab0c3c`. The regression
is present on current master before this patch.

**Deployment mode**

Authenticated hosted instance with native Paperclip Runner and remote
sandbox workspaces.

Related: #18403 introduced the remote workspace path. #18644 reduces
export scratch disk use. #17916 covers a separate legacy warm-copyback
policy case. This change repairs remote export admission and explicit
historical preservation.

## What Changed

- Include prepared remote descriptors in the existing native export
hold.
- Retain remote source identity in the blocker and continuation read
projections.
- Let the existing worker select a cancelled export-repair record only
after an explicit board file-recovery request. Keep the current action
and workspace binding unchanged.
- Add real PostgreSQL, HTTP, filesystem and Git regressions. Update
execution semantics and recovery maps.

## Verification

- Red before the admission fix: HTTP Retry creates two task runs instead
of one.
- Red before the historical-source fix: the explicit recovery stays
scheduled and saves no snapshot.
- All 588 focused tests pass across the workspace recovery, recovery
source, explicit continuation and native export retry suites. The three
new integration cases verify duplicate request identity, original result
finalization, restored bytes and Git HEAD, pending human review,
current-writer exclusion, and preservation without older-result
commitment over newer work.
- `pnpm -r typecheck`, `pnpm build`, map validation and `git diff
--check` pass.
- Full hosted CI passes on `c598718379fa939ec539e8e91a15a94d90321b59`,
including all server, workspace, serialized, Runner and browser lanes
([run](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/41529739604)).
Greptile reviewed that commit at 5/5 with no findings; there are no
unresolved review threads. Paperclip Review also published a complete
5/5 assessment for that exact commit with zero findings. Its check
conclusion is advisory/neutral, titled `5/5`. The first attempt lacked a
structured assessment; one normal completion request recovered the saved
analysis and published the validated assessment.
- The local `pnpm test:run` passed all six chat partitions, then was
stopped during the general server group after equivalent full CI
completed. Its partial log is retained; it is not reported as a
completed local full-suite pass.
- The test provider boundary uses real temporary files and the
production archive path. It simulates provider resume/stop calls. The
deployed fix and original hosted task recovery remain unverified until
merge and rollout.
- The older local Node 24.11.0 runtime failed to load the installed tsx
worker. Node 26.4.0 passed the isolated worker check. Required
repository checks use an isolated Node 24.22.2 runtime. The earlier
failure logs remain recorded.

## Risks

- Recognizing another unfinished export can keep previously admitted
work waiting. This is intentional until persistence is verified.
- Explicit historical recovery can resume the exact stopped sandbox to
read files. It retains source, allocation, ownership, writer and
bounded-attempt checks. It starts no provider turn.
- A newer run still prevents commitment of an older accepted result.
This change does not infer that a cancelled run had no external effects.
- No schema, credential, deployment or fleet configuration changes.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family. The runtime does not expose the exact model
ID or context-window size. Reasoning, repository inspection, tool use
and code execution assisted this change.

## 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
#` 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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-11-02 16:03:09 -06:00
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Paperclip feature map

Start here when reproducing a user-facing bug, verifying a change, or deciding which surfaces a fix must cover. Each recipe describes what a person can do, where they can do it, the expected result, and the evidence needed to verify it. Product behavior is still governed by the implementation spec.

The sibling agent access map records APIs, agent entry points and permission boundaries for the same capability IDs. Follow the shared map contract when maintaining either map.

The chat scenario catalog describes how people might request these capabilities in conversation, including setup and permission branches. These are planned Product E2E journeys, not live coverage results.

IDs and references

Use the existing IDs in issues, PRs, Storybook annotations, tests, and verification evidence:

Reference Example Defined by
Feature ID onboarding The recipe filename without .md.
Capability ID onboarding/company The feature ID plus a key from its Sub-features list, separated by /.
Entry-point reference onboarding.md#web-wizard The recipe filename plus its entry-point heading. The local entry-point ID is web-wizard.

For example, report verifying onboarding/company through web-wizard. Capabilities describe behavior; entry points identify the surface used to exercise it. Entry-point IDs are separate from generated capability IDs. Both maps and Storybook use the same full capability IDs. Each child page states its feature ID; recipe bullets show the full capability ID beside the local key, and access companions show it beneath the local heading. Local keys remain unchanged for parsing and existing anchors.

Keep recipe filenames, sub-feature keys, and entry-point keys stable when changing display titles or navigation. Renaming a filename or key changes its references. The section headings below are navigation labels, not additional IDs.

Browse features

Use this index to open a recipe or copy its feature and full capability IDs.

Getting started and access

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
onboarding Onboarding and first work onboarding/instance, onboarding/company, onboarding/adapter, onboarding/first-task, onboarding/resume
access Login, invitations, and access access/login, access/invitations, access/membership, access/resources, access/cli-auth
companies Companies and portability companies/selection, companies/identity, companies/decision-models, companies/prompt-injection-prevention, companies/fast-responses, companies/agent-observability, companies/archive, companies/portability

Tasks and conversations

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
tasks Task creation and lifecycle tasks/create, tasks/organize, tasks/properties, tasks/discussion, tasks/completion, tasks/privacy
task-coordination Delegation, dependencies, and signoff task-coordination/delegation, task-coordination/dependencies, task-coordination/signoff, task-coordination/tree-control
inbox-search Inbox, decisions, and search inbox-search/views, inbox-search/triage, inbox-search/decisions, inbox-search/search, inbox-search/toasts
agent-chat Agent conversations and project handoff agent-chat/discovery, agent-chat/history, agent-chat/handoff, agent-chat/conference-room
questions-and-approvals Questions and approvals questions-and-approvals/questions, questions-and-approvals/dismiss-and-reopen, questions-and-approvals/confirmations, questions-and-approvals/plan-review, questions-and-approvals/audience, questions-and-approvals/governance, questions-and-approvals/tool-review, questions-and-approvals/continuation
steering Steering and queued messages steering/queue, steering/edit-order-discard, steering/steer, steering/interrupt, steering/stop-and-pause, steering/drafts, steering/approval-queue
documents-artifacts Documents, attachments, and work products documents-artifacts/documents, documents-artifacts/annotations, documents-artifacts/attachments, documents-artifacts/work-products, documents-artifacts/library

Agents and reusable capabilities

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
agents Hiring, configuration, and organization agents/hire, agents/grok-bot, agents/instructions, agents/organization, agents/primary-agent, agents/lifecycle, agents/built-in, agents/api-keys, agents/managed-agent-setup
runs-adapters Runs, harnesses, and model accounts runs-adapters/availability, runs-adapters/validation, runs-adapters/runs, runs-adapters/session
skills Skills and Skill Studio skills/discovery, skills/authoring, skills/versions, skills/policy, skills/testing
teams Team packages and installation teams/discovery, teams/preview, teams/install, teams/configuration

Projects and execution

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
projects Projects and repositories projects/lifecycle, projects/task-context, projects/repositories, projects/defaults, projects/privacy
goals Goals and work alignment goals/hierarchy, goals/alignment, goals/navigation
workspaces Workspaces, services, and files workspaces/binding, workspaces/provisioning, workspaces/services, workspaces/files-git, workspaces/closure
execution-environments Execution environments execution-environments/configuration, execution-environments/capabilities, execution-environments/probe, execution-environments/assignment, execution-environments/images
recovery Recovery recovery/diagnosis, recovery/bounded-continuation, recovery/source-action, recovery/exhaustion, recovery/workspace, recovery/unknown-outcome, recovery/user-continuation, recovery/reconnect

Apps, channels, and extensions

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
connection-setup Connection setup connection-setup/catalog, connection-setup/identity-and-access, connection-setup/credentials, connection-setup/handoff, connection-setup/draft-recovery, connection-setup/task-request, connection-setup/channel-setup, connection-setup/failure
assistant-connections Assistant connections (MCP) assistant-connections/setup, assistant-connections/consent, assistant-connections/device-login, assistant-connections/client-use, assistant-connections/revocation
app-permissions App access and action permissions app-permissions/agent-access, app-permissions/action-policy, app-permissions/catalog-change, app-permissions/test-action, app-permissions/account-maintenance
chat-channels External chat and email chat-channels/providers, chat-channels/identity, chat-channels/conversation, chat-channels/attachments, chat-channels/lifecycle, chat-channels/outbound-email
gateways-profiles Tool gateways and access profiles gateways-profiles/gateway, gateways-profiles/profiles, gateways-profiles/client-connect, gateways-profiles/tokens, gateways-profiles/activity
secrets Secrets and proposals secrets/company-secrets, secrets/user-secrets, secrets/proposals, secrets/vault-import, secrets/runtime-delivery
plugins Plugins plugins/installation, plugins/configuration, plugins/contributions, plugins/lifecycle

Automation and structured work

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
routines Routines, schedules, and triggers routines/definition, routines/triggers, routines/run-now, routines/history, routines/management
cases Cases cases/browse, cases/structure, cases/history, cases/task-links, cases/handoffs
status-cards Status cards status-cards/authoring, status-cards/generation, status-cards/inspection, status-cards/archive

Oversight and operation

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
budgets-costs Costs and budgets budgets-costs/cost-reporting, budgets-costs/budgets, budgets-costs/incidents, budgets-costs/resolution, budgets-costs/subscriptions, budgets-costs/accounting-recovery
activity Dashboards and audit trails activity/overview, activity/activity, activity/runs, activity/routine-audit, activity/timeline, activity/agent-commentary
navigation-preferences Navigation, profile, and announcements navigation-preferences/navigation, navigation-preferences/preferences, navigation-preferences/profile, navigation-preferences/announcements, navigation-preferences/fallbacks, navigation-preferences/command-palette
instance-operations Instance operations instance-operations/install-update, instance-operations/server-service, instance-operations/configuration, instance-operations/diagnostics, instance-operations/backup, instance-operations/runtime-setup
cli-operations CLI/API and local worktrees cli-operations/context, cli-operations/domain-commands, cli-operations/outputs, cli-operations/run-controls, cli-operations/worktree-instances, cli-operations/feedback-export

Contributor surfaces

Feature ID Recipe Capability IDs
developer-labs Developer previews and diagnostic labs developer-labs/design, developer-labs/interaction-labs, developer-labs/performance, developer-labs/route-gates

Open the published Storybook guide for the assembled feature and capability index. The Markdown recipes in this directory are the authored source. Each has a same-named agent-access companion.

Run node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs to generate local navigation in maps/generated/feature-map.md, maps/generated/agent-access-map.md, and the Storybook guide. Recipes are discovered automatically from their navigation metadata; generation does not depend on this high-level index.

Before driving a journey

  1. Use this checkout's isolated test drive for manual product checks. It creates a temporary instance and prints its URL and data directory. Do not guess that a server on port 3100 belongs to you.
  2. Record the commit, URL, company, login role, relevant experimental settings, adapter, runtime mode, and live versus simulated dependencies. Use disposable tasks and provider resources. A fresh test drive creates a company and CEO, but no task or first run.
  3. Use the current navigation and company prefix. Paths in recipes omit that prefix. Record whether the streamlined or production shell is selected; Agent Chat, chat connectors, and the combined Inbox/Tasks view have separate gates. A hidden surface is an unmet prerequisite, not a successful test.
  4. Run the smallest relevant test first. Vitest commands below run from the repository root after installing dependencies. Playwright recipes use their named configuration and its isolated environment, not an unrelated running instance. Reserve expensive runner/provider tests for the behavior at issue.
  5. Exercise the actual user action, inspect its result, reload, and verify the persisted state or continuation. Use read-only API checks to corroborate UI evidence; creating state through the API does not prove the creation UI.

For agent-driven acceptance work, start with the Paperclip verification skill for an isolated launch, ownership/readiness checks, browser driving, evidence, and cleanup. It uses this directory as its feature map. The existing dev-workspace run/verify skill and evaluation skill describe runtime ownership and evidence handling. Reuse them; this map introduces no environment launcher, credentials, scheduled job, or second test framework.

Evidence contract

Report each entry point as passed, failed, blocked (with its missing prerequisite), or not run. Include the feature ID, full capability IDs and entry-point ID (for example, onboarding/company through web-wizard), plus the recipe link, commit/environment, user action, expected and observed result, command/exit code, and evidence links. Screenshots or traces should show both the action and the discriminating result. Include task/run/request IDs when relevant, without secrets.

A fix is verified across its affected surfaces only when each has evidence or an explicit reason it does not apply. Shared code alone does not prove parity. Keep product regressions visible; do not change the recipe to bless a failure. For Paperclip-assigned work, attach evidence through the artifact workflow.

Inventory and remaining depth

The generated maps/generated/coverage.json lists the current non-test TSX page modules and the recipes that directly reference each one. An unreferenced module is a documentation candidate, not proof that its feature is absent or untested. Remaining workflow limits live in each recipe. Inventory and example associations describe documentation scope, not runtime health.

Maintaining the reference

The map documents user journeys. It does not execute them automatically; generated inventories record documentation scope rather than live test health. Product E2E reports reuse these capability IDs through the journey associations. Their coverage view shows which scenarios in a campaign are linked to each capability and the associated test results. An association or passing scenario does not certify the whole capability; unselected and unmapped journeys remain distinct.

When maintaining a recipe, compare its entry points and expected results with the current source. Check that linked tests still exercise the stated behavior and that local references still exist. Keep the same-named agent access companion and stable sub-feature IDs aligned when behavior or access changes. Source-only access inventory remains distinct from live verification. Run node scripts/check-maps.mjs after map edits for structural/reference checks; follow the shared contract for the source and behavioral checks it cannot perform.

Each recipe starts with a small frontmatter navigation record, then an H1:

---
navigation: {"section":"Tasks and conversations","sectionOrder":20,"order":10}
---

The H1 supplies the feature title, and the first paragraph supplies its summary. Orders are local to the section; leave gaps for additions. Equal orders use the stable filename as a tie-breaker. Keep a section's name/order consistent across its recipes. Discovery uses the recipe and companion; keep the readable ID index above aligned when features or capability IDs change.

Optional ### Storybook verification guidance lives inside the recipe's Gotchas section. Each level-four heading contains a backtick-quoted capability key and has Scope (ui, cli, or browser), Storybook, Production, and Sources fields. These are verification instructions and intentional scope limits, not run results or a required story for every API. The generated gap report combines this guidance with current story associations.

After frontmatter, each recipe starts with an H1 and a user-visible description, then exactly:

  1. Sub-features — stable backticked local keys, full capability IDs, and observable behavior/states, such as - `company`: `onboarding/company` — create a company.
  2. How to get to it (user POV) — one H3 backticked entry-point ID per surface.
  3. Driving it with — starts with Preconditions:; repeat each entry-point H3, with Automated: and Manual: paragraphs. Name test scope and gaps honestly.
  4. Gotchas — misleading look-alikes, feature gates, and invalid evidence.

New or updated entries follow Poteto's feature-map examples. Existing entries with a Driving it heading can adopt the named harness when their recipes are updated. The original format was inspired by Omnigent's feature map. Paperclip's recipes and checks follow its own task model and test infrastructure.