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Devin FoleyandClaude Opus 5.5 6452e964a3 fix(runner): ignore replayed history for restored terminal turns (#19035)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip Runner executes native provider sessions (Codex app-server
and ACPX) and can resume a run from an exact persisted checkpoint on a
replacement sandbox.
> - When a turn completes without a semantic result, the server
schedules one same-run disposition recovery from that checkpoint.
> - On the replacement sandbox, the restored runner can deliver the
committed history of the checkpointed turn again as live notifications,
before the disposition turn starts.
> - Between turns there is no active turn. The identity classifier only
marks settled-turn notifications as `stale_turn` while a different turn
is active, so the replayed `turn/started` reaches the live-turn guard
and fails the session with `turn_binding_mismatch` ("Provider started an
unexpected turn."). Recovery then stops with
`native_event_replay_conflict`.
> - This pull request makes the driver drop replayed history for turns
that were already terminal in the restored checkpoint.
> - The benefit is that exact-checkpoint disposition recovery can
continue instead of failing closed on its own history.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**
A hosted ACPX run (Claude model) completed its first turn without a
semantic result. The server persisted an exact-checkpoint disposition
recovery. The second attempt restored the harness state from the
verified failover backup on a new sandbox. About 3.7 seconds after the
runner transport was ready, and before any `turn.submitted` event, the
driver failed with `turn_binding_mismatch: Provider started an
unexpected turn.` The run then stopped with
`native_event_replay_conflict` and required workspace repair.

**Expected behavior**
Notifications that only replay a turn that the checkpoint already
recorded as terminal must not fail the resumed session. The disposition
turn must start normally.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Open a session, start turn `turn-1`, and complete it without a
semantic result.
2. Take the snapshot and recover the session on a new transport.
3. Deliver `turn/started`, `item/*` and `turn/completed` notifications
for `turn-1` again, before or during the disposition `turn/start`.
4. Before this change, the session fails with `turn_binding_mismatch`.
If the replay arrives while `turn/start` is pending, the driver binds
`turn-1` as the new turn and fails with "Codex turn identity changed
during start".

**Paperclip version or commit**
Observed on a staging release built from `c2163b3ecf08`. Reproduced on
`master` at `89703c3`.

## What Changed

- `CodexSessionState` records the turn IDs that were terminal in the
restored checkpoint (`restoredTerminalTurns`). It also adds
`isRestoredTerminalReplay(turnId)`. This is true only when the turn was
restored as terminal, is not the active turn, and the session has not
failed.
- `codex-session-notifications.ts` drops `turn/started`, `item/started`,
`item/completed` and item or turn delta notifications for such turns. It
emits no turn or item events for them. It emits a bounded
`provider_notification_identity` diagnostic with `classification:
"restored_terminal_replay"`, and shares the existing limit of 32
diagnostics.
- A replayed `turn/completed` is unchanged. It still goes through
`mapTerminalTurn`, which compares the terminal fingerprint and fails on
a conflict.
- New regression file `codex-app-server-driver.terminal-replay.test.ts`.
It replays history before and during the disposition submission. It also
checks that a live session still fails closed on `turn/started` for a
turn that ended in that same session.

## Verification

- Red before the fix, on `master` with only the test file added:
- `npx vitest run
src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.terminal-replay.test.ts` gives
2 failed and 1 passed. The "before" case fails with
`NativeProviderTerminalFailure: Provider started an unexpected turn.`
(`providerCode: turn_binding_mismatch`). This is the production error.
The "during" case fails with `Codex turn identity changed during start`.
- Green after the fix: the same command gives 3 passed.
- Related suites: `npx vitest run src/drivers/codex
src/drivers/acpx/codex-acpx-driver.test.ts
src/conformance/harness-driver.test.ts
src/backends/harness-driver-backend.test.ts
src/live/live-session.test.ts` gives 567 passed and 1 failed. The
failure is `codex-boundaries.test.ts > defers provider-owned workspace
existence without weakening its assignment`. It also fails on unchanged
`master` in my sandbox, because the sandbox workspace path triggers the
sensitive-path check. It is not related to this change.
- `tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit` shows no errors in the changed files.
The only errors come from the unbuilt
`@paperclipai/paperclip-eval-kernel` package in
`src/eval/workflow-harness.ts`, because I did not run the eval build
prep step locally.

## Risks

- The change relaxes the guard only for turn IDs restored as terminal
from the checkpoint. Notifications for those IDs are now ignored and do
not fail the session. A provider cannot use a settled turn ID for new
work, so these notifications cannot be new provider activity.
- Live post-terminal notifications, pre-turn notifications, foreign turn
IDs, `paperclip/runResult`, and tool calls keep their current
fail-closed behavior. The new test covers the live post-terminal case.
- Limitation: this change makes the driver tolerant of the replay. It
does not change why the runnerd transport cursor replays the committed
window on exact-authority recovery. The transport-level reason was not
reproduced here. The new diagnostic makes the event visible in run logs,
so later evidence can confirm or reject that path.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, used as an agent with
tool use, shell and test execution, and repository search.

## 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
- [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] 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: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-04 18:43:37 -08:00
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