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Nicky LeachandPaperclip 6204239cfc Support installed default project workspace providers (#17247)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Storage plugins already own project storage and task checkout
preparation.
> - Core only selected these plugins through an explicit project policy.
> - Installation could therefore leave new and existing projects on
incompatible Core preparation.
> - This pull request adds one generic manifest declaration and one
shared effective-policy resolver.
> - Project configuration shows inheritance while durable workspace
bindings retain their owners.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**Subsystem affected**

Plugin contracts, project configuration, and execution workspace
preparation.

**Problem or motivation**

An installed storage provider cannot become the company default.
Projects without an explicit provider keep Core preparation, even when
their execution environment cannot use a Core Git checkout.

**Proposed solution**

A provider declares supported `workspaceProvider.defaultForProjects`
mode and strategy. Company-enabled installations supply inherited
defaults. Explicit plugin selections and explicit Core/local
(`storageProviderPluginId: null`) win. Conflicting defaults require an
operator choice. The declaration and implementation contain no
provider-specific identifiers.

**Alternatives considered**

Rewriting every project would lose the distinction between inheritance
and overrides. Selecting by worker health would silently change storage
on an outage.

**Roadmap alignment**

Extends the existing workspace and sandbox provider contracts. The
roadmap has no duplicate default-provider implementation. Related public
work includes #17243, which covers prepared execution directories rather
than provider selection.

## What Changed

- Add a validated generic default-provider declaration and document it
in the SDK.
- Resolve provider selection and Git defaults consistently in project
responses, source selection, heartbeat source resolution, reservation,
and preparation.
- Keep stored policy separate from effective configuration. Add the
normal project configuration selector for inheritance, explicit plugins,
and Core/local.
- Preserve existing local and plugin workspace ownership. Pin selection
through preparation and keep provider failures visible.
- Add database, API, manifest, heartbeat, and UI regressions. Update the
verification maps.

## Verification

- Targeted Vitest runs cover manifest validation, project defaults and
API access, explicit overrides, existing ownership, new/imported task
inheritance, heartbeat routing, source-free tasks, selection pinning
during setup, and UI configuration.
- Combined policy, provider integration, and heartbeat run: 58 tests
pass; 60 unrelated cases excluded. After the final shared-provider
fallback fix, all 47 policy tests pass, including shared and
operator-mode regressions.
- Server and UI TypeScript checks, SDK build, verification-map
validation, credential-pattern scan, added-comment scan, and `git diff
--check` pass.
- A downstream integration uses this Core resolver and preparation
service with a real storage hook and mocked remote infrastructure. A new
Git project reaches the hook without a stored provider ID.
- Standard Greptile and Apex both scored 5/5 on
5d42998466. All review threads are
resolved.
- Final GitHub CI is fully green on
5d42998466. Browser shard 3 initially hit
a PostgreSQL deadlock during cleanup cancellation, which left an
experiment flag enabled for a later test. A failed-job retry passed all
26 browser tests. The workflow completed successfully on attempt 2. Full
final verification was delegated to CI at the user's request.
- No live provider or hosted tenant run was performed.

## Risks

- Installing one default-claiming provider changes effective selection
for unconfigured projects. Existing explicit settings and workspace
ownership remain intact; incompatible explicit settings fail clearly.
- Each configuration/admission resolution reads installed plugin
metadata and the selected company's enablement. Project list reads share
one catalog query. Selection does not call workers or external
providers.
- Deploy the Core contract before any downstream manifest uses the
declaration. No migration or backfill is required. A downstream
immutable image pin must include this change before packaging its
declaration.
- No merge or deployment is authorized by this PR.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with reasoning, repository tools, and code
execution. The exact served 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
- [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 described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue
template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
ticket id
- [x] I have run targeted tests locally and they pass; full gates are
delegated to CI at the user's request
- [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 on
5d42998466ad42400564ba34f48124f40c53fbc5; the branch has no merge
conflicts
- [x] Standard Greptile is 5/5 on 5d4299846 after all fixes, with no
unresolved threads
- [x] Apex is 5/5 on 5d42998466, after
standard Greptile 5/5 on that same head
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-22 17:12:29 -07:00
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