## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - The agent runtime page saves account, model, and environment settings. > - The save handler starts a computer and runs a live account test before it writes the edit. > - A slow computer or provider can make a healthy account save take tens of seconds. > - Saved account health, access, installation, and compatibility can be checked without a runtime test. > - This pull request uses those checks for ordinary configuration saves. > - Legacy adoption, task adoption, and Copilot model checks keep live verification. > - The benefit is a fast save while Test and execution retain runtime checks. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** Saving a new AI account selection on an existing agent can take 20–30 seconds. Model edits can take the same path. The configuration PATCH acquires a computer, prepares account credentials, runs a provider/runtime probe, and releases the computer before it saves. **Expected behavior** A healthy installed account can be saved after current access and compatibility checks. A save confirms persistence. Test verifies the runtime. An unverified legacy account must still pass live adoption checks. **Steps to reproduce** Run the PostgreSQL regression with a 20-second controlled delay at computer allocation. On the original route, a successful save takes 20,191 ms and calls allocation and the runtime probe once. With the first patch, the same fixture takes 51 ms; with the environment-guard correction, it takes 37 ms and calls neither operation. Each timing has one sample. This is a local fault experiment with real HTTP and PostgreSQL. It is not a hosted latency measurement. Related: #17760 addresses binding comparison and prospective probe environment resolution. This change deliberately removes the live probe from ordinary healthy-account saves. It keeps live checks for legacy and task adoption. #17965 fixes the result of an explicit managed Runner test. Neither change removes this save-time wait. #18687 optimizes a different Apps configuration read. ## What Changed - Replace the internal probe boolean with explicit none, legacy, and always modes. - Use legacy mode for ordinary configuration saves. Keep current account health, access, installation, compatibility, environment, audit, and revision checks. - Keep the environment company check before the live-probe branch. Keep the live task-adoption transaction and Copilot model checks. - Add twelve real PostgreSQL save-route regressions, including company-bound environment checks. Keep the existing inherited-sandbox adoption fixture for legacy and task adoption. - Cover healthy and legacy settings changes separately. Keep provider rejection and reconnect tests on the legacy save path. - Update the specification and feature/access maps to distinguish saving from runtime verification. The configuration route owns this policy. The account service still owns account access and health. The existing environment test service still owns live probes. No new endpoint, migration, dependency, background job, or provider protocol is added. ## Verification Base: `3f8ebfff8aa9febd0733c6f65b07485dcadfd0e2`. - Original route with initial regressions: three failures and two passes. Healthy saves reached computer allocation. The controlled 20-second baseline saved successfully but failed the no-allocation assertion. - Initial save/adoption/Copilot selection: 21 passed. The name filter excluded 141 unrelated tests. The seven new cases cover persistence, revision and activity records, model edits, roster edits and stale retries, missing installation, revoked grants, legacy verification, and controlled allocation latency. - Explicit Test-route suite: 55 passed. The first attempt reached the 30-second import hook limit. The same suite passed with a 90-second hook limit. - Saved harness preflight suite: six passed. Account revocation, compatibility, probe failure and target release checks remain. - `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` and `git diff --check`: passed. - Review revision: both full save/account suites passed, 96 tests total. The controlled save took 37.08 ms with zero computer allocations and zero provider probes. The five new environment checks passed after the three foreign-environment cases failed against the first patch. - Local full `pnpm -r typecheck`: unavailable because cargo is missing. - Local full `pnpm build`: unavailable at the verified Copilot runtime prerequisite. Server typecheck preparation also reaches missing cargo. - Local full `pnpm test:run`: stopped after concurrent broad checks exceeded the container memory limit. No full-suite pass is claimed. Direct server TypeScript checking and its bounded retry were also killed by the container memory limit. The first remote Typecheck + Release Registry check passed; the next head still requires fresh CI. Reproduce the controlled timing: ```sh cd server PAPERCLIP_CONFIG_SAVE_PROFILE_DELAY_MS=20000 pnpm exec vitest run src/__tests__/agent-configuration-save.test.ts --hookTimeout 90000 ``` The fixture keeps real Express, authorization, account selection, PostgreSQL persistence, revisions and audit writes. Only remote allocation and the provider probe are controlled. The default tests do not contact a provider. Successful configuration saves no longer depend on either controlled operation. A later explicit Test or task must still verify the actual runtime. Review follow-up: the first Greptile review found that the new healthy-account path skipped the environment company guard. The corrected route checks the effective environment before it decides whether to probe. Five real PostgreSQL cases cover foreign, same-company and global environments, inherited defaults, and an existing account binding. Against the first patch, the three foreign-environment cases returned 200 and failed their expected 403 assertions; the two allowed cases passed. Initial fixture attempts hit unique environment constraints; the fixture now uses distinct sandbox rows and names. The first CI server shard found 11 tests that required a live probe for every save. Those expectations are changed to the documented healthy/legacy split, with additional healthy-selection cases. The build and Runner jobs were cancelled after this test failure. Their logs show no separate compile or test verdict. No cancelled check is counted as a pass. Latest commit `6257e9e67f289e1c650a8b4c2b818fcca37e2800`: [CI run 41542980091](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/41542980091) passed typecheck, build, all test shards, Runner checks, and E2E. All 55 check runs are complete: 52 passed and 3 were skipped by their workflow conditions. The commit status check also passed. [Greptile review](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/pull/18690#issuecomment-6590555746) is 5/5 for this commit with no new findings. The earlier environment ownership thread is resolved. These remote results complete the checks that the local tool and memory limits prevented. The earlier local failures remain recorded above. ## Risks A healthy saved account can become invalid at the provider before the next runtime use. Ordinary saves no longer detect that through a live test. They still reject unhealthy, revoked, incompatible, or uninstalled accounts in current storage. Explicit Test and execution retain provider authentication and project-authentication checks. Legacy-account adoption, task connection adoption, and Copilot account-specific model checks keep their existing live validation. There is no migration. Reverting the route change restores the earlier synchronous probe behavior. ## Model Used OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with repository tools and code execution. This runtime does not expose the exact model ID, context-window size, or reasoning setting. Those values are not inferred. ## 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 and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details - [x] I have run tests locally and they pass (focused suites; full-suite limits are above) - [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 maps
The maps describe the same capabilities from two perspectives:
- Feature map: what a person can do, where to reach it, and how to verify the user journey. Preserve its Poteto format.
- Agent access map: the APIs and agent entry points for those capabilities, their permission boundaries, and access verification.
The chat scenario catalog adds natural-language requests, starting context and expected conversational outcomes for the same capability IDs. It lives with Product E2E as planning data; a scenario reference is neither a registered execution nor evidence that a journey passed.
These are sibling directories under maps/. Each feature file has a same-named
agent access companion. Reuse the product map's sub-feature IDs, so tasks/create
identifies the same capability in both maps. Product behavior remains governed by
the implementation spec; a map cannot grant
authority or redefine a permission denial as success.
Capability identifiers
The feature ID is the recipe filename without .md, such as onboarding.
The full capability ID joins that feature ID and a Sub-features key with /:
the company key in feature-map/onboarding.md is onboarding/company.
Its agent-access-map/onboarding.md companion uses the same local company key.
The feature-map index lists the existing
feature and full capability IDs.
Each child page states Feature ID: `onboarding`. after its introduction or
product-map link. In feature recipes, show the full ID beside the parsed local
key: - `company`: `onboarding/company` — create a company. In access
companions and Storybook verification guidance, keep the existing local heading
and put Capability ID: `onboarding/company`. beneath it. These labels make
the existing identifiers visible without changing keys, anchors, or ID generation.
Use full capability IDs in cross-feature references, Storybook annotations, tests, issues, PRs, and verification evidence. Both segments use lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens. Keep filenames and keys stable when display titles or navigation labels change; renaming either changes the capability ID.
Entry-point IDs describe a surface, such as web-wizard, and are scoped to their
recipe. Reference them with a recipe link, such as
onboarding.md#web-wizard, and record the
capability exercised separately. Navigation section labels are not capability IDs.
See IDs and references for examples.
Access contract
Every business operation needs both an API and a usable agent entry point for an
actor authorized to perform it. A dedicated tool is optional when REST, the CLI,
an assigned MCP client, or native search_api / call_api already provides the
operation. Record which agent surfaces actually have that path; an installed CLI
or optional MCP package cannot be assumed available to every native/remote run.
Track these independently:
| Dimension | Values and meaning |
|---|---|
| API | present, missing, not-applicable, or unreviewed. Use exact methods/paths; distinguish protocols from REST. |
| Agent access | available, partial, missing, restricted, operator-only, not-applicable, or unreviewed. Name the supported surface and actual entry point. |
| Policy | Actor, action/grant, company/resource/ownership scope, responsible-user intersection, run requirements, work modes, and gates relevant to the operation. |
| Evidence | source-only, verified, failed, blocked, or not-run. Source presence and successful board calls are not agent verification. |
| Review depth | baseline records representative operations and known gaps; operation-reviewed enumerates the capability's meaningful operations and their individual access contracts. |
Broad capabilities such as task properties must be split into operations before they count as operation-reviewed: renaming, metadata edits, assignment, dependencies, and lifecycle changes can use different tools and permission rules. An available read path cannot certify a write path. List/get/create/update/delete, execution/control, credential handling, and resolution are separate where their authority or transport differs. Do not duplicate request schemas from OpenAPI.
Exceptions and restrictions
Presentation-only state, static developer fixtures, and pre-start/local operator
work may use not-applicable for a domain API, with a concrete reason and the
existing local path. When a capability combines shared data with presentation,
split the operations: browser recents do not exempt resource lookup from API
coverage. Promoting local state to a shared feature requires revisiting the entry.
A board-only endpoint is restricted for agent identity, not an automatic
exception or a missing API. Cite the enforced policy and record whether the
agent can request the authorized human's action and observe its result. An
unresolved delegation question remains in Gaps. Company access, a job title,
a personal assistant's OAuth grant, or an accepted interaction does not grant
board identity. Keep budget, approval, secret and execution authority intact.
Check actual route/service authorization and production tool admission. OpenAPI actor labels and scenario/evaluation tool declarations are supporting metadata; record disagreements rather than using them as proof of access. Native API fallback restrictions, tool field/scope limits, and rollout settings are part of the agent path, even when a legacy agent can call the REST endpoint directly.
Companion file format
Each agent-access-map/<area>.md has an H1, a relative link to its product file,
and its feature ID, followed by one H2 backticked local key per product
sub-feature. Each capability starts with its full capability ID and contains
these fields:
- Review:
baselineoroperation-reviewed. - API: presence state and exact operation IDs, or a reasoned exception.
- Agent access: availability state and concrete entry points by surface.
- Policy: relevant permission and runtime boundaries, with source references.
- Evidence: evidence state, reviewed commit and sources or executed proof.
- Verification: allowed/denied assertions and observable result; record what has actually run separately from the proposed recipe.
- Gaps: missing APIs/paths, discovery drift, unreviewed operations or policy
decisions; use
noneonly for the enumerated scope that was reviewed.
For an operation-reviewed capability, use H3 backticked operation IDs and repeat
API, Agent access, Policy, Evidence, Verification and Gaps for each operation.
Use small operation names such as create, update, read, or run-now.
The enclosing capability has Review: operation-reviewed only after its
meaningful operations have been enumerated. The following excerpt shows one
operation; include the others before using that review label:
## `definition`
Review: `operation-reviewed`.
### `create`
API: `present` — POST /api/companies/{companyId}/routines.
Agent access: `available` — agent REST, CLI routine create and native call_api
under the enabled rollout and active-run/mode gates.
Policy: same company; assigneeAgentId must be the calling agent; cite the
routine authorization and native API policy sources.
Evidence: `source-only` — reviewed commit and source links; no live proof.
Verification: `not-run` — create an owned routine; reject assignment to another
agent; inspect saved configuration, attribution and retry behavior.
Gaps: verify ownership and responsible-user resolution with a permitted agent
context; source presence alone does not qualify this operation.
Keeping the maps synchronized
Add entries only for substantial new features under the feature-map scope rule. Routine fixes, polish, refactors, performance work, and test changes do not require map updates. Correct or remove existing text only when behavior or access changes make it materially inaccurate; keep the correction local to the affected recipe or companion. Preserve IDs across renames where the capability is unchanged; update the affected cross-links together. Indexes discover recipes automatically. An API-only change may update the companion without rewriting unchanged user instructions. Update the corresponding chat scenarios when their request, assumptions or expected outcome changes; use multiple cases for meaningfully different starting conditions rather than treating an API path as conversational coverage.
maintain-verification-skill owns reconciliation of both maps. It follows changed source and authorization, checks real agent reachability, and records product gaps without implementing them during a maintenance pass. The creation skill uses this structure. verify-paperclip consumes the relevant recipes and reports evidence/drift; map editing belongs to maintenance.
Run the structural check after map changes:
node scripts/check-maps.mjs
It checks paired areas/IDs, navigation metadata, required fields, and local references. It does not certify endpoint authorization, production bindings, operation completeness, or live behavior. Source audits must check those against the existing API and tool contracts; avoid a second schema catalog or runtime.
For live access proof, use Paperclip's existing API/runner/MCP fixtures or an owned
isolated instance. Use the actual agent identity, target and work mode. Assert the
allowed result and relevant denial (another company/private resource, wrong
owner, missing grant, invalid run, restricted mode or resolver). Mutations also
need persisted state/attribution and retry behavior. Capture evidence using the
existing artifact workflow; keep executed run results
separate from generated maps/generated/coverage.json, which lists page references.
Local authorship and generated indexes
Change only the recipes, access contracts and stories whose behavior or intent
changed. Feature recipes own navigation metadata; stories own small
parameters.paperclip annotations. Keep the feature-map README's readable ID
index aligned with those sources; it does not register entries for generation.
Do not refresh counts in shared READMEs, inventories, fingerprints or review
journals.
node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs validates and generates aggregate navigation,
Storybook data, verification routes and the page inventory. All outputs live in
ignored maps/generated/, ui/storybook/generated/, and the ignored Storybook
preview.tsx wrapper. Start/build and UI typechecking generate their own inputs.
A clean merged checkout therefore assembles both branches' changes automatically.
Git provides history and diffs. PRs, issues and CI artifacts retain review/run evidence for the named revision. Capability associations do not create whole-file review dependencies. Keep durable scenario limits in the affected recipe or story.