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Nicky LeachandPaperclip 0081863463 Fix isolated ACPX admission for assigned PRP tools (#17149)
## Thinking Path

- Paperclip uses Runner to execute agent tasks under Core's selected
policy.
- The ACPX sidecar can receive assigned MCP tools in its PRP catalog.
- Isolated admission still requires a separate native MCP endpoint for
those assignments.
- This check rejects a valid PRP route before the provider can start.
- This PR identifies the sidecar's PRP transport at the runtime-host
boundary.
- The benefit is that assigned tools work with the existing isolated
permission policy.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

An isolated Claude task with an assigned MCP binding fails with
`assigned native MCP launch binding is unavailable` when Core delivers
its tools through PRP.

**Expected behavior**

The sidecar must accept its authenticated PRP tool bridge as the
assigned-tool route. Callers that use the native gateway must still
supply its complete binding.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Open an isolated Claude sidecar session with `deny-all` permissions
and a read-only policy.
2. Supply an assigned MCP binding in the runtime context and its tools
in the PRP catalog.
3. Omit native gateway environment variables. Admission fails before
provider startup.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced against `92cfd701c39bb1ea394a796023481a21decb2532`.

**Deployment mode**

Runner with an ACPX sidecar and controller-owned tool delivery. Related
contract work: #16978. The search found no existing PR or issue for this
failure.

## What Changed

- Let runtime-host callers select PRP delivery when they supply the
semantic tool bridge.
- Select that route in the sidecar. Keep native gateway validation and
direct callers' default behavior.
- Preserve exact controller operation names in PRP mode, including the
compact assigned-MCP catalog. Keep existing aliases for other bridge
callers.
- Preserve the selected permission and read-only policies.
- Add one process-level sidecar regression and one host admission
regression. The host test calls the real authenticated MCP bridge.
- Document the route and refresh the generated Copilot source hashes.
The provider and profile versions stay the same.

## Verification

- Passed 11 focused tests after the rebase across the runtime host,
sidecar, tool bridge, and Copilot identity tests. They cover both
compact catalog operations, restricted and approve-all policies, legacy
aliases, missing and invalid gateway bindings, and the existing direct
gateway path.
- The process-level test crosses the real sidecar dispatcher and stops
at workspace validation before provider startup. The host test uses real
ownership sockets and MCP HTTP, with a fake provider port.
- The generated identity tests match the current source hashes. The
historical fixture stays unchanged.
- The standard review passed on the rebased commit. [Apex passed the
required 5/5
threshold](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/runs/119513362214)
on `e63a223`, with 11 files reviewed and no findings.
- Rebased onto master `734c265`. The conflicts affected generated source
identities and their test expectations. All reviewed behavior files
remain byte-for-byte unchanged. The user authorized retaining the Apex
result for this rebase. [CI passed on
`3facef5`](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39685163239).
The final PR checks contain 56 passes and four expected skips. The
branch is current with master, has no conflicts, and has no unresolved
review comments.
- `node packages/paperclip-runner/scripts/copilot-profile-identity.mjs
--check` passed.
- Initial local runs exposed missing test dependencies and sandbox
denial of loopback sockets. After the scoped dependency install and
socket permission, the selected tests passed.
- Broad typecheck, build, and test verification runs in GitHub CI, as
requested. No live provider or model request was made.

## Risks

- PRP callers must supply the assigned tools in the controller-owned
catalog. The existing bridge still enforces its closed catalog and
authentication.
- An explicit PRP selection without a semantic bridge still fails.
Invalid native gateway bindings still fail.
- No database, protocol-frame, provider-version, or credential-storage
change is required.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with source inspection, editing, and command
execution. The exact served model 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-21 16:00:14 -07:00
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