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<!-- entire-trail-link-start --> https://entire.com/gh/paperclipai/-/trails/209/changes/paperclip/209 <!-- entire-trail-link-end --> ## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - Agents use managed launchers for Git and GitHub commands. > - These launchers exclude host credentials and host Git identity. > - A checkout without an author cannot save a local commit when managed GitHub identity is absent. > - A local author default belongs in the launcher that owns this isolation. > - This pull request supplies a private Paperclip default and preserves explicit and managed identity selection. > - Agents can save local work without manual author setup or extra GitHub access. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** An ordinary `git commit` fails with `Author identity unknown` in a fresh checkout without author settings or a usable managed GitHub identity. An agent must set its own author to continue. **Expected behavior** The managed launcher supplies a default local author. Repository and command settings override that default. A current managed identity retains its existing precedence. **Steps to reproduce** Run the managed launcher in a fresh Git repository without author settings or broker credentials. Add a file, then run `git commit -m work`. **Paperclip version or commit** Reproduced at `063cfd43813cabf18417605fb9eefb9aacf95c8d` on Linux with Node 25.9.0 and pnpm 9.15.4. **Deployment mode** Managed sandbox execution. The shared launcher also serves local and SSH execution that selects managed access. Related: #16662 changes precedence for a connected GitHub account. #8945 assigns identity to managed worktrees. This repair supplies the missing anonymous launcher default and keeps the current managed precedence. It does not require either change. ### Hypothesis and thesis for a fix **Hypothesis:** The launcher removes inherited author variables and host Git config. Without a broker identity or explicit repository settings, it has no author. Four real-Git cases reproduce the reported error on the base revision. **Thesis for a fix:** Put `Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>` in a private Git config for each operation. Git treats it as global config, so repository and command settings can override it. The existing broker environment still takes precedence. Do not store a person's identity in shared checkout config, where it could remain after steering or revocation. The default grants no GitHub access. ## What Changed - Write the default author to the existing private operation directory with mode `0600`. Remove it when the operation exits. - Point managed Git at this file while keeping host global/system config, credentials and SSH identity excluded. - Add real-Git regressions for missing, absent, unavailable and rejected access. Preserve explicit overrides, identity changes and revocation controls. - Verify two shell commits through normal launcher staging and a commit after anonymous heartbeat cleanup. Check saved files, commit metadata and temporary config cleanup. - Update identity documentation and the two run map recipes. ## Verification - Red: the four new local-commit cases fail on the base launcher with `Author identity unknown`. - Green: all 80 focused tests pass in one run across `github-launcher.test.ts`, `github-launcher-environment.test.ts`, `heartbeat-github-launchers.test.ts` and `native-github-access.test.ts` (23.31 seconds). - A controlled filesystem failure first made the candidate discard valid managed credentials. After the correction, the same real launcher process retains them. Default-author file failure does not change operation-directory readiness. - Review found a second failure: a partial write can leave invalid Git config. The real-process test failed before the repair with `fatal: bad config line` from `git status`. The launcher now selects the default file only after the write succeeds. Both write-failure cases retain managed credentials, allow status, require identity when no default is available, and save a commit with explicit identity. The test reads the stored commit metadata with real Git. - Real shells, generated launchers and Git create and inspect saved commits. Sandbox transport and broker replies use controlled fixtures. No live cloud rollout or GitHub write acceptance is claimed. - The isolated test process excludes inherited task launcher paths, Git config and broker authentication variables. An initial run exposed those test-environment inputs; the isolated replay passed. The heartbeat assertion now checks the private default file and its cleanup instead of expecting `/dev/null`. - Adapter-utils typecheck and build pass. Map validation and `git diff --check` pass. - Conflict repair on 2026-10-29: merged master `fa5e70faf47ef2ca20bf2daf95b7503c94469b89` into the PR branch. Resolved 19 conflict paths by retaining master for unrelated files. All seven Git identity files remain byte-for-byte equal to the reviewed fix. The final diff is seven files, 145 additions and 15 deletions. - At head `c501e3f28369d404c91082b89188dc150c9362a9`, all 80 focused tests pass again (37.53 seconds). Adapter-utils typecheck and build pass. Map validation and migration checks pass. The PR diff passes `git diff --check`. - Full workspace typecheck and build were attempted again. Both stop because this sandbox has no Rust `cargo`. The duplicate full local Vitest run was stopped after about five minutes without a final result while full CI was running. The earlier full local attempt was stopped without a final result. No local full-suite pass is claimed. - GitHub now reports the PR as mergeable. All current-head checks have completed. [Full CI run 40878973679](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/40878973679) passes, including typecheck, build, Rust, test shards and all eight E2E shards. The exact-head check inventory has 54 successes, one neutral Paperclip Review and two Storybook skips. Snyk passes. Greptile and Paperclip each reviewed `c501e3f28369d404c91082b89188dc150c9362a9` at 5/5 with no actionable findings. All review threads are resolved. GitHub reports the PR as clean and mergeable. - The prior CI run had one failed E2E test: `a lost creation response requires reload and cannot blindly replay commands`. Its YAML parser received page text that starts with `Skip to Main Content`. The new run passes E2E shard 7/8 and the full E2E gate. The prior failure remains part of this record. A passing run does not establish the earlier failure's cause. This change does not alter that test or the agent configuration UI. ## Risks - Commits without explicit or managed identity now use the generic Paperclip author. Operators can still set repository or command identity. - `git config --global` writes to temporary operation config and does not persist. The documentation states this behavior. - If the private config directory cannot be prepared, commits still need explicit identity. Existing redacted diagnostics and credential isolation remain. - One small synchronous file write is added to a directory the launcher already creates. No new subprocess, network request, persistent identity or authority cache is added. > 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, based on GPT-6, with reasoning, shell execution and tool use. The runtime does not expose the exact model ID or context window size to this agent. ## 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>