The pre-READY readiness gate searched the full accumulated buffer with
buffer.indexOf("\\n") for every chunk. String#indexOf is linear in the
searched string, so many small newline-less chunks made the cumulative
scan work quadratic in the bytes received before the cap fired. An
untrusted provider could monopolize a host worker CPU.
Record the buffer length before each append and search from that offset
with buffer.indexOf("\\n", from). A newline can only be inside the new
chunk, so the search is correct and the total scan work is linear. Reset
the offset to 0 after the blank-line skip consumes a line.
Add a regression test that counts the scan work through a test-only seam
and asserts it stays proportional to the bytes received. The O(1) buffer
cap, the protocol_contamination result, the settled byte-drop guard, the
nonce check, and the file-bridge fallback stay unchanged.
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Shared utilities for Paperclip adapters: process spawning, environment injection, sandbox/SSH transport, workspace sync, and the round-trip helpers that move code between the local execution-workspace cwd and wherever the agent actually runs.
For the adapter-author guide see
docs/adapters/creating-an-adapter.md
and the in-repo notes at packages/adapters/AUTHORING.md.
No-remote-git contract
The local execution-workspace cwd is the only persistence boundary across runs. No adapter may depend on a git remote for cross-run state.
Adapters that run the agent on a different host should use the SSH round-trip
helpers in src/ssh.ts:
prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir })— bundles the local cwd (tracked files, dirty edits, untracked additions, and the git history needed to reconstruct it) toremoteDirbefore the run starts. Runs with nogit remoteconfigured.restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir, ... })— syncs the remote cwd back intolocalDirafter the run, including any new commits the agent created. Also runs with nogit remoteconfigured.
prepareRemoteManagedRuntime in
src/remote-managed-runtime.ts wraps both
calls for adapters that want a per-run remote workspace and an automatic
restoreWorkspace() finally hook.
The invariant is pinned by the no-remote-git contract case in
src/ssh-fixture.test.ts, which asserts that a
remote-only commit propagates to the local worktree through the
prepare → restore round-trip with no git remote configured at any point. Do
not regress that test.