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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - A native run claims its finalization coordinator before task preparation. Then it starts the provider turn. > - Task preparation can fail after the claim and before any provider turn. > - In that case the executor kept its claim. Failure settlement read the claim as a live owner and stopped. Nothing failed the run. > - The 60-second execution-control watchdog then failed the run as `execution_finalization_deadline_exceeded`. The original error was lost. > - This pull request releases only that exact fresh, unstarted claim after renewal stops. > - The benefit is that ordinary settlement fails the run at once with its real error and keeps the workspace files. The watchdog stays a backstop. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #19028. That PR keeps the earlier failure code when the watchdog fails a run. In this case no earlier code is saved, so it cannot help. This PR removes the wait for the watchdog. I searched open PRs for duplicates. #18820, #19034 and #19038 touch near code, but none release a preparation claim. **What happened?** A native task with a prepared sandbox workspace failed during preparation, after the controller claim committed. The coordinator stayed `observed` and kept this controller's lease owner. The heartbeat failure path calls workspace preservation. Preservation refuses any lease owner without a matching restart claim, so it raised `NativeWorkspaceFinalizationBusyError`. The heartbeat then treated ownership as held and returned without a terminal write. About 60 seconds later the watchdog failed the run with a generic "verify the provider stopped" action. The real error (for example `native_harness_storage_owner_missing`) stayed only in the workspace operation record. **Expected behavior** When no provider turn started under a fresh claim, settle the failure like a failure before the claim: retain the source, fail the run with its own error, and do not wait for the watchdog. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Start a native run with a prepared remote workspace. 2. Make task preparation fail after `native.coordinator.claim` commits (for example, a preparation callback throws). 3. See that the run stays `running` until the control deadline fails it as `execution_finalization_deadline_exceeded`. ## What Changed - `native-execution-lease.ts`: add `releaseUnstartedNativeExecutionClaim`. It clears the lease owner and expiry only for the exact run, company, issue, owner and attempt, while the phase is `observed` and no result exists. - `native-session-executor.ts`: when task preparation fails after a fresh claim, mark that claim. The startup owner releases it after renewal stops. A restart-recovery claim, a startup-cleanup context, Stop, restart detach, or a different owner keeps the old behavior. - Tests: an executor regression for the fresh and restart cases, and a real-database test for release and workspace retention against the exact owner, a foreign owner, a different attempt and an accepted result. - `doc/execution-semantics.md`: state that the deadline is a backstop and describe the release. ## Verification - Red before the fix: `cd server && npx vitest run src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts -t "releases only a fresh claim"` fails with "releaseUnstartedNativeExecutionClaim ... Number of calls: 0". - Green after the fix, with the same command. - `npx vitest run src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts src/services/native-runtime/native-failed-workspace-recovery.test.ts src/services/native-runtime/native-execution-lease.test.ts src/services/execution-control-reconciliation.test.ts` passes (embedded Postgres for the retention test). - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes. - Not done: a live run against a real sandbox at this revision. The staging evidence is read-only. ## Risks - The release is fenced by the exact owner, attempt, `observed` phase and no result. Renewal stops before the release, so a renewal cannot see a missing owner and detach or cancel the run. - The fix covers failures inside task preparation only. Failures later in startup, or after a restart-recovery claim expires, still reach the watchdog. Those keep fail-closed behavior and need separate evidence. - If the release write fails, the run keeps the old watchdog path. > For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`. ## Model Used - Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code execution in Claude Code. ## 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 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>