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DottaandPaperclip 2f6fa3b6dc fix: recover provider authentication inside tasks (#14629)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Agents need a working model provider connection to run a task.
> - A provider can reject a stored credential after the task starts.
> - The failed run must ask the responsible user to repair that
connection.
> - This pull request adds that request directly to the task and reuses
Connections sign-in.
> - The user can choose an API key or subscription, then continue the
task with a fresh session.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

A run that ended with `acpx_auth_required` or another known provider
authentication error did not immediately offer an inline way to connect
the provider. A repair form could also lock the user to the failed
account's sign-in method.

**Expected behavior**

Show a provider connection card in the task as soon as the
authentication failure is saved. Allow the responsible user to connect
or repair the provider with any supported sign-in method. Keep the
connection name automatic and resume the task after successful setup.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Run a task with a supported provider and an expired or invalid
credential.
2. Let the run fail with a provider authentication error.
3. Open the task and attempt to repair the connection.

Related work: Refs #13724 and #13726. This change adds the inline task
repair flow and method choice.

## What Changed

- Classify provider authentication failures and create one connection
request for the current task. A persisted blocked classification
suppresses automatic retries only after the repair card is created;
unsupported providers retain their existing recovery path.
- Mark only the attributed, unchanged credential as needing sign-in.
Preserve credentials that were refreshed after the failed run started.
- Reuse the provider sign-in controls inside the task. Allow API key and
subscription choices for Claude, Codex, and Grok. Keep names hidden and
generate a default from the user, provider, and method.
- Keep the existing account when reconnecting with the same method.
Create and select another account when the method changes. Validate
updates to explicit agent bindings through the normal agent save path.
- Require explicit adoption for legacy agent authentication. Validate in
the agent environment, then commit the binding, connection install,
audit, and card completion in one transaction. Keep failed setup and
account selection visible and retryable.
- Add regression tests and update the specification and Connections
documentation.

## Verification

- Fresh local verification: 199 tests passed across the inline form,
provider method selector, default naming, authentication and recovery
classifiers, run liveness, OpenAPI routes, database adoption/rollback,
and Cursor execution suites. The adoption database suite also passed
against disposable Docker PostgreSQL.
- Full repository `pnpm build` and `pnpm -r typecheck` passed on the
latest commit. Token gates are clean.
- Embedded browser: opened real task cards from seeded authentication
failures; switched Claude from API key to subscription and back;
switched Codex from subscription to API key; confirmed the name field
stays hidden. Provider sign-in was not completed with real credentials.
- The broad local `pnpm test:run` started before review fixes and was
interrupted after the working tree changed; it is not counted as a
passing full run. Fresh focused tests passed. CI supplies the full test
and browser suite results for the current commit.
- CI is green on commit `4b97a4e447045ff3d7516525a187a5d1d21e0d4c`: 54
checks passed and two Storybook checks were skipped by their path rules.
The workspace preview job passed on one rerun after a local-server
startup timeout; its rerun passed 835 tests.
- Greptile is 5/5 on the same commit with no actionable findings and no
unresolved review threads.

## Risks

- Incorrect authentication classification could prompt for a connection
unnecessarily. Tests exclude tool authorization, quota, and unrelated
runtime failures.
- A method change selects the new personal provider default, which also
applies to other agents that use that user's default. Explicit account
bindings use the existing permission and runtime validation path.
- Credential invalidation must not race with refresh or reconnect. The
code compares the saved credential generation and grant update time
under locks.
- No database migration or new credential storage format is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex. The exact model ID and context window size
were not exposed in this session. Capabilities used: reasoning,
repository editing, shell commands, database tests, and embedded-browser
interaction.

## 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 (focused tests listed
above)
- [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>
2026-09-30 06:39:37 -05:00
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