## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - Native remote sessions keep their controller state in a database checkpoint. > - An admission can also leave a full local copy of a prior run's state. > - The prior owner can commit more state without changing its run ID. > - Warm admission skipped a refresh when the local and saved run IDs matched. > - This pull request refreshes that prior-run copy when no retained warm owner exists. > - The next turn can use the committed state while existing ownership checks remain effective. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** A prior warm run can complete after an earlier admission reads its controller checkpoint. The local copy can still contain a pending command or lack the final terminal event. A later admission sees the same run ID and skips restoration. It can then hold work against that old copy even though the database checkpoint has settled. **Expected behavior** Read the canonical prior-run checkpoint before reuse when no retained in-memory owner exists. Keep current-run state with its controller. Keep unresolved canonical work and invalid checkpoint bindings blocked. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Create a full prior-run local projection while a command is pending. 2. Complete that command and record the terminal in the canonical checkpoint under the same run ID. 3. Start an ordinary remote warm continuation without a retained in-memory owner. 4. Before this change, the local command remains pending. With this change, the completed command and terminal replace the stale copy. **Paperclip version or commit** Reproduced on master `36df8933f0` before changing production code. Related work: #18018 restored per-turn checkpoints; #18343 added controller replacement recovery; #18554 restored missing remote suspension receipts. This change handles a full prior-run projection whose run ID already matches the saved supervisor. It does not change the settlement guard or MCP compatibility policy. ## What Changed - Refresh a prior-run warm controller projection even when its run ID has not changed. - Keep current-run and retained warm owner authority on the existing path. - Add five executor cases for a settled source, a pending canonical command, a current run, legacy file-backed state, and an invalid checkpoint binding. - Add an opt-in Linux continuity case with a stale full local projection and two follow-up turns. - Update execution documentation and the paired session verification recipes. ## Verification - RED before the production edit: the executor fixture retained `pending` in its local command record when the canonical record was `completed`. - GREEN on the final commit: 48 focused tests passed across executor restoration, retained warm owner rotation, per-turn restoration, and remote settlement guards. - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passed. The server TypeScript check also passed after the integration fixture was added. - `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` and `git diff --check` passed. - The unit fixture uses the real durable controller serializer and the real executor entry. It stops at current tool authority before provider/backend creation. It proves restoration and guard behavior, not full task acceptance. - Actual protocol RED/GREEN: the same opt-in continuity fixture uses real PostgreSQL, TLS, the current Linux Rust Runner, and a deterministic fake Codex backend. With only the executor restored to its parent revision, continuation fails with `prior_owner_terminal_state_indeterminate` in the settlement guard after one provider turn (20.16 seconds). The PR source completes all three turns with one provider thread and final suspension (34.77 seconds). Hard recovery permits one provider-process replacement; the healthy final follow-up starts no additional process. Both runs use the same Runner binary and owned container. - The exact PR executor source was restored after the baseline comparison, its Git blob was verified, and the worktree is clean. The disposable local container was removed. This fixture proves the controlled stale-projection recovery path; it does not establish a live model or Daytona API result. - Full current-head CI passes, including typecheck, build, general and serialized tests, Rust/Runner checks, all eight E2E shards, and the `ci / e2e` and `ci / verify` aggregate gates. Greptile is 5/5 on the current commit, with no unresolved review threads. No original task was retried and no staging sandbox lifecycle was changed. ## Risks - Admission without a retained owner performs one additional scoped checkpoint read when a full prior-run projection already exists. - The canonical checkpoint must still pass its company, task, session and record validation. A pending canonical command stays held. Current-run and retained owner state are not replaced. - The regression proves a stale local projection defect. It does not establish that a historical incident had those same local bytes. ## Model Used OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family. The harness does not expose the exact serving model ID or context-window size. Capabilities: repository inspection, code generation, tools, and test execution. ## 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 Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Paperclip agent access map
This map accompanies the feature map. It records APIs, agent entry points, permission boundaries and verification for the same capability IDs. The shared contract defines the format and maintenance rules.
The chat scenario catalog uses these same IDs for human requests and expected outcomes. Its scenarios retain the access boundaries here; neither a CEO role nor a planned scenario grants board authority or establishes a working production tool binding.
Use full capability IDs when referring to access contracts outside their file:
onboarding/company means the company capability in onboarding.md in both maps.
The feature index lists feature and
capability IDs; IDs and references
explains entry-point references and stable naming.
Browse access contracts
The same-named feature recipes define navigation and capability IDs. Run
node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs for the generated
maps/generated/agent-access-map.md index, or browse the
published feature guide.
Add or update the affected companion; there is no central registration or count.
Existing baseline source references describe the original inspection, not current verification. Record new executed evidence in the PR, issue, or CI artifact with its revision and scope. Do not refresh unrelated headers as bookkeeping.
Using an entry
Read its Policy and Gaps before selecting an agent path. Native fallback, legacy
REST/CLI, stdio MCP and a personal assistant connection can have different
authority and availability. Use a real admitted production binding; a scenario
declaration is not an installed tool. A restricted entry records current
enforcement and leaves any unresolved delegation decision visible.
For API catalog disagreements, follow the route/service authorization and record
discovery drift. For not-applicable, retain the concrete exception and local
path. Split shared business operations from client-only presentation.
Use maintain-verification-skill to reconcile changed source and both maps.
Use verify-paperclip and existing API/runner/MCP fixtures to collect the
permitted-agent and denial evidence; report blocked/not-run coverage honestly.
Run node scripts/check-maps.mjs after editing. The structural check does not
certify permissions, API catalog coverage, tool admission or live behavior.
Native REST transport
The call_api parity change reconciles affected baselines against
58e16dbddfc9c8d0cf60867f9d9847f0feda055b and the changes in this PR. Ordinary
REST operations use the same route authorization as legacy agent REST. Dedicated
tools remain optional for those operations; protocol endpoints still need their
existing clients. Board-only routes remain restricted for agent identity.
Native search_api / call_api is enabled by default, but explicit server,
company-allowlist and binding settings can narrow admission. It requires a running
authorized native run, current task assignment and execution-run binding, company
and budget authority, task privacy, and a permitted work mode. Ask and Plan retain
mutation restrictions, and runs retain their admitted JWT scope during restart
recovery even when task mode changes. A waiting
agent does not gain independent native control just because a REST route exists.
Connection-management reads support Standard, Ask and Plan; mutations require
Standard. Skill-test runs and nonstandard task-bridge keys cannot administer
connections. These gates supplement each operation's grants, resolved resource
and target scope, and responsible-user authority. See the
rollout policy
and connection authorization.
Credential-bearing replies, including company exports and their legacy alias, stay inline under a 10 MiB limit and use encrypted mutation receipts. Other saved API snapshots are limited to the issuing actor and responsible user, plus authorized administrators. Artifact uploads enforce the same access checks as downloads; private snapshots are excluded from company exports and public company logos. Explicit deliverables use the existing sharing path. Native event history, checkpoints and completion records omit API bodies while preserving receipt metadata and replay digests. Restored webhook secrets use the same encrypted receipt and inline response policy as newly created webhook secrets. Task image access requires the company boundary and the task permission; skill-test and low-trust agents do not need company-wide browsing authority. Completion replay applies the same idempotent projection to stored and expected payloads; the run-log guide describes its fields.
Sources: API client,
catalog,
native authority,
credential storage classification,
snapshot access,
and history redaction. The affected entries remain
baseline and source-only; this reconciliation does not certify every operation.
Targeted real-route proof lives in the
API integration suite,
including owned routines, skill tests, scoped secrets, proposals and private export replay.