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DottaandPaperclip 96da284ed8 fix(workspaces): attach latest recovered files to Retry (#19542)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages work performed by AI agents.
> - A recovered run must retain its saved files when the user presses
Retry.
> - A prior fresh attempt can leave the task bound to a different
workspace.
> - Remote preparation restored older recovery attachments but omitted
the latest canonical snapshot.
> - The provider also received recovery paths only for fresh workspace
attempts.
> - This change attaches the latest verified snapshot and includes its
paths in the normal continuation context.
> - The selected workspace, its files, and execution admission rules
remain intact.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #19479, #19340.

**What happened?**

Retry could start with an older recovery attachment while the newest
saved files stayed in another workspace. A real database regression
restored an older one-line log and omitted a newer verified twelve-line
log. Workspace selection alone did not reveal this failure.

**Expected behavior**

The provider can find and read the newest verified saved files. Recovery
preserves the selected workspace and existing files. Missing or invalid
recovery proof stops preparation.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Recover a failed run into a canonical remote snapshot.
2. Retain a later selected workspace with an older recovery attachment.
3. Press Retry and inspect the actual files and provider continuation
paths after preparation.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced on master `5d25117ffad69a93fb92026950b9acd9cec08f69` with
synthetic data and local PostgreSQL 17.

## What Changed

- Follow the admitted run's committed recovery ancestry as well as
retained source IDs.
- Import canonical snapshots as separate `.paperclip-recovered/`
attachments. Reuse snapshot decryption, hash checks, and manifest
validation.
- Check the current writer, company, task, immutable committed snapshot
receipt, and source access before import. Read-only historical proof
remains valid when a later writer advances the source; execution
admission proof is unchanged.
- Preserve older attachments and later selected workspace files.
Repeated imports retain the same path and preserve user edits.
- Include only physically present recovery paths in ordinary provider
continuation context, using the caller’s storage backend.
- Document the contract and add actual-file regressions and negative
evidence cases.

## Verification

- Before the fix, normal Retry admission and remote preparation restored
only the older one-line log. The newest twelve-line archive was
independently readable but absent from the prepared workspace.
- With the original context projection, full heartbeat workspace
preparation restored the files but omitted their paths from provider
context. The regression failed on the missing newest path.
- All 28 focused real-database cases pass together at the final local
revision (46.32s). An earlier run had one asynchronous comment-admission
poll failure before workspace preparation; its bounded rerun passed, and
the fresh final 28-case run also passed without timeout or assertion
changes. These cover actual Retry admission, remote preparation,
provider prompt rendering, missing and corrupt evidence, company and
task scope, duplicate imports, and later workspace files.
- A controlled local child reads the path from provider context and
reports twelve lines with the expected first and last timestamps. It
does not run a loop or write the log.
- `node node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run
server/src/services/workspace-recovery.test.ts -t 'restores the newest
recovered tick bytes|canonical recovery attachments|deduplicates
immutable canonical sidecars|caller.s storage backend|restores ordinary
same-workspace Retry|admits one HTTP Retry|keeps verified
copyback|prepares the .* task workspace|continues recovered preparation'
--fsModuleCache` runs against a dedicated local PostgreSQL 17 test
database.
- Cold save and restore on a new allocation preserves user edits inside
an existing sidecar. Both review findings failed before their fixes.
Incomplete prepared or missing-snapshot references now stop preparation.
- An upgrade regression reproduced valid legacy and canonical sidecar
paths disappearing on same-allocation reuse. The fix rebuilds expected
proofs from existing scoped receipts and checks the live destination,
preserving user edits without copying files on that live allocation. The
same actual-file case also saves the parent workspace, reserves it for a
child, preserves both legacy and canonical paths, and refuses a revoked
receipt. For related-task sidecars, retention verifies the selected
workspace’s succeeded migration history, exact source run/task entry,
and matching workspace and source-run markers. When legacy migration
markers are absent, a verified committed snapshot of the selected
workspace can establish the same exact provenance. It is read once per
preparation with the existing decryption, hash, and manifest validators;
the live workspace is never modified. Task relationships alone grant no
access; fresh import stays scoped to the current task. Missing or
mismatched migration history fails closed. The retained-path checks live
in the attachment owner; remote-workspaces.ts remains below 1,000 lines.
- Further regressions failed before the fix for deleted-sidecar context,
caller-supplied storage, and a legitimately advanced source workspace.
The fixed cases preserve edited sidecars and ordinary same-workspace
Retry restore.
- Real non-root regressions reproduced EACCES when cleaning read-only
directories in import staging and snapshot verification.
Permission-aware cleanup fixes both while preserving live 0555 directory
modes and contents.
- The complete remote file-transport suite passes: 123 tests, including
six real-command provenance cases for absent, matching, foreign,
symlinked, and hard-linked proof.
- Server typechecks include the CI layered configuration, after building
the current Runner TypeScript package and SDK dependency closure. `cd
server && node scripts/typecheck-layers.mjs` passes all seven layers at
the latest head (exit 0).
- macOS arm64, Node 26.4.0, repository-pinned pnpm 9.15.4. The initial
embedded PostgreSQL startup timed out before tests; the passing runs use
a disposable PostgreSQL 17 container with temporary storage. No timeout
was increased.
- Required CI passes at `42495c7a73f3716240987fa403af7511fc9df9b9`: 55
successful checks, three expected skips, no failures; [aggregate
verification](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/42282134772/job/128121560893)
passes. Greptile is 5/5 with zero unresolved threads. The separate
hosted Paperclip Review remains queued and is disclosed as pending. This
change has not been deployed; its affected hosted workflow remains held.

## Risks

Canonical snapshot import adds bounded storage and archive work during
active preparation. Upgrading an older related-task sidecar without
migration proof may verify the selected workspace archive once; its
temporary copy is removed and later runs reuse the recorded provenance.
Missing objects, invalid receipts, or archive corruption stop
preparation. Imports use separate directories and do not replace
selected workspace files. Existing admission, Stop, budget, pause, and
provider replay rules still apply.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with repository analysis, code editing, and
tool execution. The runtime-specific model ID and context window are not
exposed in this session.

## 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-11-06 14:19:24 -06:00
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