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Dotta f1d925b726 fix(issues): keep workspace restoration failures retryable (#16489)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agent work and its saved files.
> - Finished Git workspaces can expire and restore from a saved commit.
> - A task comment must restore a closed workspace before the comment is
saved.
> - Failed restoration returned HTTP 503 and hid the restoration
message.
> - The composer treats 5xx writes as uncertain, so it blocked the draft
instead of offering a clear retry.
> - This change returns a definite rejection before the write and
preserves the restoration message.
> - Users can restore repository access and retry the same draft.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #16457 and #16476.

Live acceptance found this gap with a disposable expired workspace and
an unavailable upstream. The saved commit and unique-file control stayed
intact. No fallback workspace or comment was created. The UI still
showed an uncertain comment result because the route returned 503.

## What Changed

- Return HTTP 409 for a rejected workspace rebuild before the consuming
write.
- Preserve the service's safe restoration message in the response.
- Cover rejected comment, comment-update, and checkout paths.
- Document the response and draft retry behavior.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/__tests__/issue-closed-workspace-routes.test.ts
ui/src/api/issues.test.ts`: 38 passed in 26.80s.
- Route tests assert that failed restoration does not save a comment or
update the task.
- Existing client controls preserve 409 rejections and still treat
network failures and 5xx writes as uncertain.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed. Full PR CI passed on
attempt 2: [run
38804449401](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38804449401).
The first attempt timed out in the unrelated fresh personal-AI
connection browser case while waiting for its first reply. Logs and
browser evidence were inspected and retained; only failed jobs were
rerun once, and that shard passed.
- Retained live fixture will verify the error, retry, exact saved
commit, and subsequent persisted work after deployment.

## Risks

Clients now receive 409 instead of 503 for this known pre-write
rejection. They must retry after repository access is restored. The
route uses the service's fixed messages, not raw Git errors. This change
does not alter restoration, authorization, cleanup, or genuine
uncertain-write handling.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with code execution and browser tools. The
exact deployment model ID 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
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details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
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them above
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issue template
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- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
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requesting merge
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