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DottaandPaperclip 023f4a5d0c fix: preserve repository cache negotiation refs (#16687)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agent work and its execution environments.
> - A fresh repository task needs an independent checkout before its
runner can start.
> - The object cache from #16487 should reduce repeated network
transfer.
> - The cache kept Git objects but dropped remote-tracking refs during
its bare clone.
> - Git needs those tips to negotiate which objects it already has.
> - This pull request preserves the tips in a versioned mirror cache and
records explicit cache outcomes.
> - The benefit is less repeated transfer and clearer evidence when a
cache does not help.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #16487 and #16454. No duplicate cache-negotiation fix was found in
the public PR search.

**What happened?**

A valid object cache could make a fresh clone slower. A controlled
staging probe took 45.87 seconds and received 184.39 MB even though the
reference already held the objects. An earlier probe took 52.33 seconds.
An uncached clone took 20.94 seconds.

`git clone --bare` copied the pristine checkout's objects, local
branches, and tags, but omitted its remote-tracking refs. The source had
about 1,200 remote branches. Git could not use the missing tips to
negotiate those objects.

**Expected behavior**

Keep the pristine reference's negotiation tips. Each task must still
authenticate online, use the current remote refs, and end with
independent Git objects.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Clone a repository with many remote branches into a fresh checkout.
2. Publish a reference with `git clone --bare --no-hardlinks` from that
checkout.
3. Clone the remote with `--reference-if-able` and `--dissociate`.
4. Compare with a reference that retains the remote-tracking tips. Use
Git Trace2 and count received pack bytes.

**Paperclip version or commit**

The staging runtime was `27ab902d3db2770ada79c9f42a9c06e1d346f34b`, with
Git 2.47.3. The cache implementation was unchanged from #16487.

**Deployment mode**

Docker on a persistent application volume. The probe used the
application file owner and the public Paperclip repository. It did not
start agent tasks or alter the application cache.

## What Changed

- Publish pristine object caches with `--mirror` to retain
remote-tracking tips.
- Put cache format version 2 in the key and receipt. The first checkout
builds a new generation. Existing generations stay under the current
storage limits.
- Keep the existing online authentication, current remote refs,
credential and company isolation, independent objects, quotas, and
fallback behavior.
- Add closed Honeycomb cache outcomes and a boolean that states whether
a reference was supplied to clone.
- Document that a lookup hit or supplied reference does not prove Git
avoided transfer.

## Verification

- Controlled staging component experiment: a disposable reference copy
held exactly the same 210,057 objects as the original. It added 1,187
advertised branch tips whose commits were already in those objects.
- Before: 45.87 seconds and 184.39 MB received, one sample in this
comparison.
- After: 12.20 and 14.58 seconds; median 13.39 seconds. Received pack
sizes were 1.99 and 1.95 MB.
- All comparison clones used the same current remote HEAD and ended
without an alternates file.
- The remaining repack took 9.72–9.81 seconds. Checkout file writing
took 0.86–0.96 seconds.
- The staging experiment restored tips on a disposable cache copy. It
did not deploy this patch or measure complete agent latency.
- Confirmed both staging scratch locations were empty afterward. The
original cache timestamps stayed unchanged. The temporary operator SSH
key was revoked and its local files removed.
- TypeScript 5.9.3 transpilation reported zero syntax diagnostics across
the four changed TypeScript files. `git diff --check` passed.
- The new negotiation regression fails with the old `--bare` publisher
and passes with the mirror publisher.
- Focused Vitest suites: 26 tests passed across repository-object-cache
and execution-preparation-timing. These cover independent objects,
current refs, unavailable/revoked remotes, scope separation, invalid
storage, tracing isolation, and endpoint-off behavior.
- The first full focused run passed 24 tests but failed its existing
localhost HTTP fixture because the sandbox denied `listen` on
`127.0.0.1`. The rerun with local loopback permission passed all 26
tests.
- Server semantic typechecking passed with `tsc -p server/tsconfig.json
--noEmit` after building the required workspace declarations. Initial
attempts lacked generated dependency outputs; the completed dependency
build and rerun passed.
- A full application build was not run locally. CI passed: 55 checks
passed and two optional checks were skipped. Greptile is 5/5 on the
current head, with both findings resolved.

## Risks

- Version 2 causes one cold cache rebuild. Old cache generations retain
their disk usage, and the existing quota can prevent publication.
- A cache still needs a full repack to produce an independent task
checkout. This PR does not remove that cost.
- The component experiment establishes the negotiation effect on
staging. It does not establish an end-to-end agent speedup or the
under-30-second goal.
- The new trace fields remain behind the existing OTLP gate. Their
values are closed enums or a boolean. They export no refs, paths, URLs,
cache keys, credentials, or error text.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with code and tool use. The exact serving
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>
2026-10-18 21:28:20 -05:00

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import { execFile as execute } from "node:child_process";
import fs from "node:fs/promises";
import os from "node:os";
import path from "node:path";
import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
import { promisify } from "node:util";
import { createServer } from "node:http";
import { createReadStream } from "node:fs";
import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
import { withDirectoryMergeLock } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/workspace-restore-merge";
import { materializeManagedProjectWorkspace } from "../services/managed-repository-checkout.js";
import { assertReproducibleBaseGitStorage } from "../services/git-workspace-restoration.js";
import { readRepositoryObjectCache, resolveRepositoryObjectCache, publishRepositoryObjectCache } from "../services/repository-object-cache.js";
import * as preparationTiming from "../services/execution-preparation-timing.js";
const execFile = promisify(execute);
const roots: string[] = [];
afterEach(async () => {
vi.unstubAllEnvs();
vi.restoreAllMocks();
await Promise.all(roots.splice(0).map(root => fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })));
});
async function fixture() {
const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "repository-object-cache-")); roots.push(root);
vi.stubEnv("PAPERCLIP_HOME", path.join(root, "home"));
const source = path.join(root, "source"); await fs.mkdir(source);
const git = async (cwd: string, ...args: string[]) => (await execFile("git", ["-C", cwd, ...args])).stdout.trim();
await git(source, "init", "-b", "main");
await git(source, "config", "user.name", "Fixture"); await git(source, "config", "user.email", "fixture@example.test");
await fs.writeFile(path.join(source, "work.txt"), "initial\n");
await git(source, "add", "."); await git(source, "commit", "-m", "initial");
const repoUrl = pathToFileURL(source).href;
const company = path.join(root, "cache", "company");
const prepare = (name: string) => materializeManagedProjectWorkspace(path.join(root, name), { repoUrl, objectCacheCompanyDirectory: company });
return { root, source, git, company, repoUrl, prepare };
}
it("retains remote branch tips so a primed clone transfers no existing objects", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
await f.git(f.source, "checkout", "-b", "feature");
await fs.writeFile(path.join(f.source, "feature.txt"), "unmerged feature content\n");
await f.git(f.source, "add", ".");
await f.git(f.source, "commit", "-m", "feature");
const featureHead = await f.git(f.source, "rev-parse", "HEAD");
await f.git(f.source, "checkout", "main");
await f.prepare("first");
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
expect(await f.git(cache.directory, "rev-parse", "refs/remotes/origin/feature")).toBe(featureHead);
const packTrace = path.join(f.root, "received.pack");
vi.stubEnv("GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE", packTrace);
await f.prepare("second");
expect(await fs.stat(packTrace).then(stat => stat.size, () => 0)).toBe(0);
const target = path.join(f.root, "second");
expect(await f.git(target, "rev-parse", "origin/feature")).toBe(featureHead);
await expect(fs.stat(path.join(target, ".git/objects/info/alternates"))).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
await fs.rm(f.company, { recursive: true });
expect(await f.git(target, "show", "origin/feature:feature.txt")).toBe("unmerged feature content");
await f.git(target, "fsck", "--full");
});
it("uses current remote refs and produces an independent checkout without private cached refs", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
await f.git(f.source, "checkout", "-b", "private");
await fs.writeFile(path.join(f.source, "private.txt"), "private branch bytes");
await f.git(f.source, "add", "."); await f.git(f.source, "commit", "-m", "private");
const privateHead = await f.git(f.source, "rev-parse", "HEAD");
await f.git(f.source, "checkout", "main");
await f.prepare("first");
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
expect(await readRepositoryObjectCache(cache)).toBe(cache.directory);
await f.git(f.source, "branch", "-D", "private");
await fs.writeFile(path.join(f.source, "work.txt"), "current\n");
await f.git(f.source, "commit", "-am", "current"); await f.git(f.source, "tag", "current-tag");
const currentHead = await f.git(f.source, "rev-parse", "HEAD");
await f.prepare("second");
const target = path.join(f.root, "second");
expect(await f.git(target, "rev-parse", "HEAD")).toBe(currentHead);
expect(await f.git(target, "rev-parse", "current-tag")).toBe(currentHead);
expect(await fs.readFile(path.join(target, "work.txt"), "utf8")).toBe("current\n");
await expect(f.git(target, "cat-file", "-e", privateHead)).rejects.toThrow();
await expect(fs.stat(path.join(target, ".git/objects/info/alternates"))).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
await assertReproducibleBaseGitStorage(target);
await fs.rm(f.company, { recursive: true });
await f.git(target, "fsck", "--full");
expect(await f.git(target, "show", "HEAD~1:work.txt")).toBe("initial");
});
it("never substitutes a cached checkout for an unavailable remote", async () => {
const f = await fixture(); await f.prepare("first");
await fs.rename(f.source, `${f.source}-unavailable`);
await expect(f.prepare("denied")).rejects.toThrow("Failed to prepare managed checkout");
await expect(fs.stat(path.join(f.root, "denied"))).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
});
it("separates company and current credential scopes", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const auth = { source: "company_secret" as const, secretName: "GITHUB_TOKEN", configArgs: [], env: { TOKEN: "first-token" } };
const first = await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, auth);
const other = await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, { ...auth, env: { TOKEN: "new-token" } });
const company = await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(path.join(f.root, "cache/other-company"), f.repoUrl, auth);
expect(first!.directory).not.toBe(other!.directory); expect(first!.directory).not.toBe(company!.directory);
expect(JSON.stringify(first)).not.toContain("first-token");
});
it("skips contended optional cache publication without delaying a fresh checkout", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null);
await withDirectoryMergeLock(f.company, async () => {
await f.prepare("first");
expect(await fs.readdir(f.company)).toEqual([]);
});
expect(await fs.readFile(path.join(f.root, "first/work.txt"), "utf8")).toBe("initial\n");
});
it("rebuilds from the remote when the cached pack is corrupt", async () => {
const f = await fixture(); await f.prepare("first");
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
await f.git(cache.directory, "gc", "--prune=now");
const packs = (await fs.readdir(path.join(cache.directory, "objects/pack"))).filter(entry => entry.endsWith(".pack"));
expect(packs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (const entry of packs) {
const file = path.join(cache.directory, "objects/pack", entry);
await fs.chmod(file, 0o600);
await fs.writeFile(file, "corrupted");
}
await f.git(path.join(f.root, "first"), "fsck", "--full");
await f.prepare("second");
expect(await fs.readFile(path.join(f.root, "second/work.txt"), "utf8")).toBe("initial\n");
});
it("still authenticates to the HTTP remote when a matching object cache exists", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const remote = path.join(f.root, "remote.git");
await execFile("git", ["clone", "--bare", f.source, remote]);
await f.git(remote, "update-server-info");
let revoked = false, rejected = 0;
const server = createServer(async (request, response) => {
if (revoked || request.headers.authorization !== "Bearer fixture-token") {
rejected++; response.writeHead(403); response.end(); return;
}
const pathname = new URL(request.url!, "http://localhost").pathname;
if (!/^\/[a-zA-Z0-9/._-]+$/.test(pathname) || pathname.includes("..")) { response.writeHead(404); response.end(); return; }
const file = path.join(remote, pathname);
if (!await fs.stat(file).then(stat => stat.isFile(), () => false)) { response.writeHead(404); response.end(); return; }
response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
createReadStream(file).pipe(response);
});
await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
try {
const address = server.address() as { port: number };
const repoUrl = `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`;
const resolveGitAuth = vi.fn(async () => ({ source: "company_secret" as const, secretName: "fixture", configArgs: [], env: {
GIT_CONFIG_COUNT: "1", GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0: "http.extraHeader", GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0: "Authorization: Bearer fixture-token",
} }));
const prepare = (name: string) => materializeManagedProjectWorkspace(path.join(f.root, name), {
repoUrl, objectCacheCompanyDirectory: f.company, resolveGitAuth,
});
await prepare("authorized");
expect(await fs.readdir(f.company)).toHaveLength(1);
revoked = true;
await expect(prepare("revoked")).rejects.toThrow("403");
expect(rejected).toBeGreaterThan(0); expect(resolveGitAuth.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
await expect(fs.stat(path.join(f.root, "revoked"))).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
expect(await fs.readFile(path.join(f.root, "authorized/.git/config"), "utf8")).not.toContain("fixture-token");
} finally { await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => server.close(error => error ? reject(error) : resolve())); }
});
it("does not follow a cache directory symlink or grow an over-capacity company", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
await fs.symlink(f.source, cache.directory);
expect(await readRepositoryObjectCache(cache)).toBeNull();
await fs.unlink(cache.directory);
for (let i = 0; i < 64; i++) await fs.mkdir(path.join(f.company, `retained-${i}`));
await publishRepositoryObjectCache(cache, f.source);
expect(await fs.readdir(f.company)).toHaveLength(64);
await expect(fs.stat(cache.directory)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
});
it("skips oversized repositories without creating a cache generation", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
const oversized = path.join(f.source, ".git/oversized");
await fs.writeFile(oversized, ""); await fs.truncate(oversized, 2 * 1024 ** 3 + 1);
const detail = vi.spyOn(preparationTiming, "recordRepositoryObjectCacheDetail");
await publishRepositoryObjectCache(cache, f.source);
expect(detail).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ outcome: "capacity" });
expect(await fs.readdir(f.company)).toEqual([]);
expect(await f.git(f.source, "show", "HEAD:work.txt")).toBe("initial");
});
it("reports a symlink found during storage scanning as an invalid cache skip", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
await fs.symlink(f.source, path.join(f.source, ".git/unexpected-link"));
const detail = vi.spyOn(preparationTiming, "recordRepositoryObjectCacheDetail");
await publishRepositoryObjectCache(cache, f.source);
expect(detail).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ outcome: "invalid" });
expect(await fs.readdir(f.company)).toEqual([]);
});
it.each(["https://user:secret@github.com/fixture/repo", "https://github.com/fixture/repo?token=secret", "https://github.com/fixture/repo#secret"])("does not persist credential-bearing URLs: %s", async (repoUrl) => {
const f = await fixture();
expect(await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, repoUrl, null)).toBeNull();
await expect(fs.stat(f.company)).rejects.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
});
it("does not initialize or publish through a replaced cache parent", async () => {
const f = await fixture();
const other = path.join(f.root, "other"); await fs.mkdir(other);
await fs.symlink(other, path.dirname(f.company));
expect(await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null)).toBeNull();
expect(await fs.readdir(other)).toEqual([]);
await fs.unlink(path.dirname(f.company));
const cache = (await resolveRepositoryObjectCache(f.company, f.repoUrl, null))!;
await fs.rename(path.dirname(f.company), path.join(f.root, "retained"));
await fs.mkdir(path.join(other, "company")); await fs.symlink(other, path.dirname(f.company));
await publishRepositoryObjectCache(cache, f.source);
expect(await fs.readdir(path.join(other, "company"))).toEqual([]);
});