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Dotta 75708fec6d feat(runner): add ACPX sidecar transport (#12412)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The runner needs a bounded process boundary for each qualified
provider runtime
> - The package now provides a reviewed Codex-only ACPX sidecar
executable
> - Runnerd does not yet have a strict client for that sidecar protocol
> - A later provider adapter must not mix process transport defects with
provider mapping
> - This pull request adds the package-local Rust transport and keeps it
unselected
> - The benefit is a tested fail-closed boundary for the later Codex
provider adapter without a production behavior change

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #12410

Refs #12386

## What Changed

- Add a Rust client for the generated ACPX sidecar v2 contract.
- Validate the executable path, launch arguments, request timeout, and
shutdown grace before process start.
- Require exact request identities and contiguous event sequence
numbers.
- Reject replayed events, sequence gaps, wrong response identities,
malformed frames, unknown fields, and unsupported protocol versions.
- Bound stdout frames to 1 MiB and buffered events to 512 entries.
- Bound event poll timeouts to 120 seconds before any `Instant`
arithmetic.
- Buffer valid events that arrive while a command waits for its
response.
- Treat an empty event poll as a normal timeout without poisoning the
transport.
- Discard retained events and reject all polling after a terminal
transport failure.
- Terminate the process group after a timeout, transport failure, or
protocol failure.
- Keep a valid sidecar command rejection separate from a transport
failure so the next command can run.
- Redact and bound stderr diagnostics before they enter an error.
- Add a deterministic fake sidecar and twelve integration tests for
success, polling, timeout bounds, poisoned queues, replay, gaps,
identity mismatch, rejection, event floods, oversized frames, and secret
redaction.
- Document that the transport remains package-local and does not change
runnerd provider selection.
- Do not change dependencies, lockfiles, workflows, runnerd selection,
server behavior, UI, or migrations.

## Verification

- Replay base: `9ad8dbffa0a4759dcda2769042d6e8f02adcdf8d` (`master`
after #12410 merged).
- Exact replay head: `5c41111c4f9564405a6e87a02b6cf253a4424e5f`.
- Stable patch ID: `60aca2620fdbb73fbbc203e928d39dcd450e085b`; this
preserves the reviewed `1334a7f5..c5654218` six-file delta and keeps
trusted bounded-reader failures distinct from fully redacted child
stderr.
- The exact delta is 6 files and 896 additions, all in
`packages/paperclip-runner`; it contains no lockfile, workflow, server,
UI, or migration change.
- Focused Rust transport, package, repository, security, and Greptile
checks: **PASSED** on the replayed exact head. Full CI run `33359202433`
is green; its failed-job retry passed the two unrelated flaky jobs
without a patch change. Greptile is exact-head 5/5, all security checks
pass, and no review threads remain unresolved.
- No local test result is claimed. GitHub Actions is the authoritative
verification environment for this replayed revision.

## Risks

- The transport crosses an untrusted process boundary and is
security-sensitive.
- It fails closed on malformed frames, identity drift, event replay,
sequence gaps, queue overflow, frame overflow, timeout, process exit,
and channel failure.
- A terminal failure clears retained events before it marks the
transport unavailable.
- It redacts and bounds retained diagnostics before it returns them to a
caller.
- A valid remote command rejection does not corrupt the transport state.
- The package exports a new Rust module, but no production path
constructs it in this pull request.
- The later provider adapter must validate run, turn, session, model,
and tool bindings before it selects this transport.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex with GPT-5.6, agentic reasoning, tool use, and code
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
- [ ] 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
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