## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - The wake queue releases task locks and can promote saved follow-up work when a run ends. > - An operator can stop a queued run before dispatch selects its runtime. > - The legacy release path can promote the old follow-up after that Stop. > - For an obsolete routine cycle, this can conflict with the current active cycle after cancellation has already committed. > - This pull request preserves the deferred input without promoting it at that release boundary. > - The benefit is that a queued Stop stays stopped and does not return an error from starting an obsolete follow-up. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Related: Refs #14300 and Refs #16339 describe other pre-dispatch cancellation paths. Related PR #16238 changes former-owner wake selection. This change addresses expected operator cancellation before legacy runtime selection, without changing those contracts. **What happened?** Stopping an unstarted legacy run committed its cancellation, then tried to promote a deferred wake. When another cycle of the same routine was already active, the issue lock update failed against `issues_open_routine_execution_uq`. The cancel request returned HTTP 500 even though the run was cancelled. Without a competing cycle, the Stop launched the old follow-up. **What did you expect to happen?** Release the stopped run's own locks and preserve deferred input for a later eligible instruction. Do not start the old queue as a side effect of Stop. **Steps to reproduce** Create two cycles of the same routine. Keep the current cycle active. Give the old cycle an unstarted legacy run with a verified bootstrap record and a deferred wake. Cancel that run as a board operator, then release its issue execution. The added database regression reproduces the failed lock update before the fix. **Paperclip version / commit** Reproduced on parent commit `976cdc77ed564dc3e014621505890b647e554a7f`. **Deployment mode** A remote runtime exposed the symptom. The regression uses embedded PostgreSQL and the real wake-queue adapter. ## What Changed - Recognize an expected operator Stop only when the legacy run has no runtime-selection time, start time, process-start time, or process identity. - Use the existing release boundary to preserve deferred input without promoting it. - Add database regressions for ordinary Stop, a competing routine cycle, repeated release, provider cancellation, runtime selection, and dispatched-run reconciliation. - Document the behavior and update both recovery maps. ## Verification - Before the fix, both queued Stop cases failed. The competing-cycle case raised `issues_open_routine_execution_uq`. The three control cases passed. - `node node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run --project @paperclipai/server server/src/modules/wake-queue`: 7 files and 214 tests passed, including all five new database cases. - `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` and `git diff --check` passed. - `pnpm -r typecheck`, `pnpm build`, and all 10 map-script tests passed locally. The complete CI suite is green on `8e204eef87f1a593df5c183abef764e4b9eb5fd1`. The remaining serial local full-suite run was stopped once that unchanged-head CI verification passed; a local full-suite pass is not claimed. Apex review passed at 5/5 on the same head with no review threads. ## Risks - The change is limited to recorded operator cancellation before legacy runtime selection. Selected runtimes, dispatched work, provider cancellation, and native stop acknowledgement keep their existing paths. - Deferred work is retained. A later eligible instruction must still use normal admission and all current gates. - No schema migration or new authority is required. This regression is not proof of a live provider stop. ## Model Used OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with reasoning, tool use, and code execution. The exact serving snapshot ID and context window size 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 Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Feature modules
A feature module under server/src/modules/<name>/ uses three layers. Each
layer has one rule: which layer below it, it may import from.
adapters → application → domain
domain/holds pure business rules. A domain file takes plain data in and returns plain data out. A domain file must not importdrizzle-orm,@paperclipai/db, a service underserver/src/services/, a route underserver/src/routes/, or a Node.js I/O module (node:child_process,node:fs,node:net). A domain function must not read the system clock; the caller passesnowas an explicitDatevalue.application/holds use cases and the ports they need. A use case takes its ports as constructor arguments and calls domain functions for policy decisions. An application file must not importdrizzle-orm, a SQL client, a concrete adapter, or the server's HTTP error helpers. The outer service or route translates application errors into transport responses.adapters/holds the concrete implementations of the ports: Postgres queries, transactions, and process control. An adapter file may importdrizzle-orm,@paperclipai/db, and Node.js I/O modules.
A module exposes its commands through index.ts, which composes the adapters
and the use cases behind a factory function. Code outside the module imports
that entry point, never a file inside domain/, application/, or
adapters/ directly.
pnpm check:module-boundaries enforces these rules for production source
files. It also checks access to the company deletion entry point below.
Company deletion
The existing company deletion service owns the database transaction and deletion
order. A module can expose a separate company-deletion.ts entry point.
Only services/company-deletion.ts can import this entry point.
The entry point exports an implementation of CompanyDeletionParticipant from
lib/company-deletion.ts. Do not export it through the normal module index.
The service must complete external cleanup before it starts the transaction. It must lock the company before it deletes dependent records or calls a module. Creation commands must use the same company lock. The service removes dependent records before it calls the module. The module checks its deletion conditions and deletes the records it owns. Use the supplied transaction. Do not start another transaction or call external systems. Throw an error if deletion cannot proceed. An error must roll back all database changes in the deletion transaction.
Call each module explicitly in dependency order. No module registry is required.
The agent lifecycle module also has a restricted configuration.ts entry point.
It saves configuration and invalidates verification in the caller's transaction.
The lifecycle guide lists its permitted callers.
Ordinary configuration updates use the root lifecycle command.
The agent lifecycle module owns agent creation, pause, resume, and termination. Use its commands for these changes.