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Nicky LeachandPaperclip 6019e2bd6e feat(adapter-utils): carry binary bodies and attachment routes over the HTTP/2 sandbox bridge (#12923)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip runs agents in local and remote sandboxes through adapter
utilities
> - The HTTP/2 sandbox bridge decoded every body as UTF-8 text and
rejected non-JSON content
> - This stopped agents from uploading or downloading issue attachments
through that bridge
> - This pull request carries raw bytes, permits the two attachment
routes, and enforces a shared body limit
> - The benefit is correct attachment transfer with a process-wide
memory guard

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

The HTTP/2 sandbox bridge forwards request bodies between an agent
sandbox and the Paperclip host. It now supports binary bodies and the
issue attachment routes.

**Current behavior**

The bridge decodes each body as UTF-8 text. It returns HTTP 415 for
content types outside the JSON route list. An agent cannot upload or
download an issue attachment through this transport.

**Proposed behavior**

The bridge carries raw bytes through the forward path. It permits the
attachment upload and content routes. The queue transport and file
gateway keep their existing route behavior. A shared 10 MiB body limit
and process-wide byte reservation protect memory use.

**Reason and benefit**

Attachment clients need byte-preserving transfer. The shared limit keeps
the gateway and host aligned. The reservation prevents concurrent
streams from exceeding the accepted process memory ceiling.

**Breaking changes**

The HTTP/2 bridge accepts two attachment routes and permits binary
content. The queue transport and file gateway keep their previous route
lists and HTTP 415 behavior. No schema or external endpoint changes.

## What Changed

- Carry request and response bodies as raw bytes through the HTTP/2
bridge.
- Permit attachment upload and attachment content routes on the HTTP/2
bridge only.
- Raise the resolved per-body limit to 10 MiB and share it between the
gateway and host.
- Reserve body bytes before allocation and release each stream
reservation on every terminal path.
- Document the body limit, process ceiling, and reservation behavior.

## Verification

- Run `pnpm exec vitest run
packages/adapter-utils/src/http2-bridge-server.test.ts
packages/adapter-utils/src/execution-target-sandbox.test.ts
packages/adapter-utils/src/sandbox-callback-bridge.test.ts`; 226 tests
pass.
- Run `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-utils typecheck`; it passes.
- Run the direct server TypeScript check with `tsc --noEmit` in
`server/`; it passes with zero errors.
- Verify multipart upload and binary download round trips over HTTP/2
without corruption.
- Verify the queue transport and file gateway return HTTP 415 for the
same routes.
- Verify the host rejects bodies over the resolved limit.
- Verify a denied reservation returns HTTP 503 and allocates no copy.
- Verify stream cleanup releases reservations after completion, error,
abort, timeout, and close.

## Risks

The bridge now accepts larger bodies and binary content. The
process-wide reservation limits total live body bytes to 1 GiB. Route
behavior changes only for the HTTP/2 bridge. The security review found
no blocking issue for this commit range.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-5. The runtime used tool calls and code execution. The
runtime did not expose the context window size. No model-generated code
changes were made for this pull request.

## 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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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-09-08 14:18:12 -07:00
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