DottaandClaude Fable 5.2
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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - A task has one assignee. An agent often finishes its work by handing its own task to a person for review. > - The task update route stops the outgoing run before it saves a reassignment. > - Since #16082, a legacy run that hands its own task to a person is exempt, so it finishes its turn. Native runs were not exempt. > - On staging, a native run (ACPX Claude, 11.5 minutes of work) sent `PATCH /api/issues/{id}` to hand its task to a person. The route cancelled that run with `issue_reassigned`. The agent saw `api_transport_failure`. The task moved to the person, but it kept a stale execution blocker ("Saved work recovered. Send a message to continue."). > - The native runtime assumes a running run still owns its task. So widening the exemption alone is not enough: the run then fails after its result is accepted, and its finalizer can act on the person's task. > - This pull request applies the exemption to native runs and makes the native terminal fence, restart recovery and finalizer handle a run that gave its task away. > - The benefit is that an agent can hand its task to a person and finish normally, with no blocker on the person's task. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #16082 (legacy exemption). Related: #20541 (agent-to-agent self handoff) and #18293 (agent key handoff). Those PRs cover other actors and targets. This PR covers native runs that hand their task to a person. **What happened?** A native agent run handed its own task to a person (`assigneeAgentId: null`, `assigneeUserId`, status `in_review`) through its signed run token. The route cancelled the run that sent the request (`issue_reassigned`, "Cancelled before issue reassignment"). The cancelled native run then went through workspace recovery. The person's task kept an execution blocker with `restore_failed`. **Expected behavior** The run that hands its own task to a person keeps running and finishes its turn. The task rests `in_review` with the person. No execution blocker or recovery action stays on the task. The outgoing run cannot change the task after the hand-off. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Run a native agent on its assigned task. 2. From that run, send `PATCH /api/issues/{id}` with `assigneeAgentId: null`, a person's `assigneeUserId`, and status `in_review`. 3. Before this fix, the route cancels the run with `issue_reassigned`. **Why the exemption was legacy-only** #16082 limited the exemption to the run shape of its incident and kept a verified stop for every other case. The new H2 chaos workload showed why native needed more than the route change. With only the route widened: 1. The run's terminal fence `assertCurrentWakeCommentsRead` requires the run to still own the task. It threw `native_current_wake_comments_binding_changed` after the result was accepted. The run then failed with `native_session_lease_lost`, and its finalizer recorded `workspace_finalization_failed` as an agent-owned recovery on the person's task. 2. A restart after the hand-off left the run `running`, because restart recovery refused it with `issue_execution_lock_changed`. 3. The native finalizer only superseded a `done` decision. A `needs_review` report moved the person's task back to `in_progress` and queued a continuation for the outgoing agent. 4. The REST guard against the outgoing run's later mutations (`issue_handed_off`) applied to legacy runs only. ## What Changed - `server/src/routes/issues.ts`: the signed current-run human self-handoff exemption now applies to native runs. All other checks stay: exact run, agent, company and task, `agent_jwt` source, human recipient. For a native run the route first records the hand-off on the run (`resultJson.humanSelfHandoff`, new `native-human-self-handoff.ts`). Board reassignment, agent keys, and handoffs to an agent or to nobody still stop the outgoing run. - `current-wake-comments.ts`: the terminal fence accepts a run whose recorded hand-off matches the person who now owns the task. Without the record (for example a board reassignment), or after a later reassignment, it still refuses. - `native-restart-recovery.ts`: after a restart, a handed-off run is not resumed. It passes the execution-lock check and is then settled by the existing ownership gate (`task_ownership_or_status_changed`) without changing the person's task, instead of staying `running`. - `status-arbiter.ts` and `native-run-finalizer.ts`: `supersedeHandedOffDecision` keeps the person's task status and strips retries, continuations, owner wakes, recoveries, blockers and reviewer bindings, also from decisions that already preserve the status. Two effects stay: a governed request's interaction, and the workspace-finalization repair, so saved work is not lost. Review runs are not affected. - `server/src/run-task-ownership.ts` (renamed from `legacy-run-task-ownership.ts`): `assertHandedOffRunTaskOwnership` rejects later task mutations from the outgoing legacy or native run, in the route and under the update transaction's locks. - `tests/restart-chaos/`: new opt-in workload `H2`. The agent saves a brief, then hands the task to its creator in review as its last step. The oracle requires the task to rest `in_review` with the creator, every run to settle without `issue_reassigned`, readable non-empty run history, and no execution blocker or active recovery action. - Docs: `doc/execution-semantics.md`, task feature map and agent access map, chaos README. ## Verification - Red on `origin/master` (same tests, master source): the route cancels the native run (500, and 409 `runner_goal_reassignment_stop_unconfirmed`); the finalizer moves the person's task to `in_progress` with a continuation for the outgoing agent; a late `done` from the outgoing native run closes the person's task. - Red chaos wave on master's server (`--server-from` a master checkout, `--adapters claude --workloads H2 --faults K1 --matrix`): 0/2 pass. Both runs ended `cancelled` / `issue_reassigned` (`T:handoff_did_not_cancel_run`). - Green focused tests on this branch: - `native-human-self-handoff.test.ts` (embedded Postgres): hand-off through the real issue service; the run stays `running`; `done`, `needs_review` and failed-turn reports leave the task `in_review` with the person, with `getExecutionBlocker` null and no recovery action; the terminal fence accepts only the recorded hand-off; a late change from the outgoing run fails with `issue_handed_off`; pure policy cases. - `issue-agent-mutation-ownership-routes.test.ts`: native and legacy self-handoffs persist without `cancelRun`, and native records the hand-off before the update. Board, agent key, other run, task, agent and company still stop the run. - Native runtime suite (restart recovery, wake comments, arbiter, stale-owner completion), `issues-service`, `low-trust-red-team-routes`: pass. Server and restart-chaos typecheck pass. `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` passes. - Green chaos waves on this branch (local, `--adapters claude --workloads H2`): - `--matrix --faults K1 --seed 4459`: 2/2 pass (K0 baseline and a K1 crossing). - `--tasks 3 --faults K1 --fault-after-seconds 60` and `--fault-after-seconds 100`: 3/3 pass each. In the first, all three restarts landed after the hand-off while the runs were live; the runs settled and the tasks stayed with the person. - The final waves ran on the pre-rebase head `8a2a3b6a74`. The rebase onto master only merged the chaos workload lists (`types.ts`, `config.ts`, `journeys.ts`). No Daytona wave was run. ## Risks - The outgoing native turn keeps running after the person owns the task. Its native task tools already require the run to own the task, so they refuse (`paperclip_runner_tool_binding_not_authorized`). Its REST mutations are rejected with `issue_handed_off`. - A restart after the hand-off settles the run as failed (`native_restart_recovery_blocked`) instead of resuming it. The person's task is not changed and needs no Retry. - The finalizer rule covers any native run whose task belongs to a person at finalization, not only a self-handoff. Before this change such a run could still move the person's task and queue its own continuation. - Saved state: `resultJson.humanSelfHandoff` is a new optional run key. An older server ignores it, so a run handed off on the new server and finished on an old one fails its fence as today. No schema change. - No API shape change. > 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 - Claude (Anthropic), model ID `claude-opus-5-5`, through Claude Code with tool use and code execution. The session does not expose the context window or reasoning mode. ## 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 - [ ] All Paperclip CI gates are green - [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups - [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before requesting merge 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Paperclip agent access map
This map accompanies the feature map. It records APIs, agent entry points, permission boundaries and verification for the same capability IDs. The shared contract defines the format and maintenance rules.
The chat scenario catalog uses these same IDs for human requests and expected outcomes. Its scenarios retain the access boundaries here; neither a CEO role nor a planned scenario grants board authority or establishes a working production tool binding.
Use full capability IDs when referring to access contracts outside their file:
onboarding/company means the company capability in onboarding.md in both maps.
The feature index lists feature and
capability IDs; IDs and references
explains entry-point references and stable naming.
Browse access contracts
The same-named feature recipes define navigation and capability IDs. Run
node scripts/storybook-catalog.mjs for the generated
maps/generated/agent-access-map.md index, or browse the
published feature guide.
Add or update the affected companion; there is no central registration or count.
Existing baseline source references describe the original inspection, not current verification. Record new executed evidence in the PR, issue, or CI artifact with its revision and scope. Do not refresh unrelated headers as bookkeeping.
Using an entry
Read its Policy and Gaps before selecting an agent path. Native fallback, legacy
REST/CLI, stdio MCP and a personal assistant connection can have different
authority and availability. Use a real admitted production binding; a scenario
declaration is not an installed tool. A restricted entry records current
enforcement and leaves any unresolved delegation decision visible.
For API catalog disagreements, follow the route/service authorization and record
discovery drift. For not-applicable, retain the concrete exception and local
path. Split shared business operations from client-only presentation.
Use maintain-verification-skill to reconcile changed source and both maps.
Use verify-paperclip and existing API/runner/MCP fixtures to collect the
permitted-agent and denial evidence; report blocked/not-run coverage honestly.
Run node scripts/check-maps.mjs after editing. The structural check does not
certify permissions, API catalog coverage, tool admission or live behavior.
Native REST transport
The call_api parity change reconciles affected baselines against
58e16dbddfc9c8d0cf60867f9d9847f0feda055b and the changes in this PR. Ordinary
REST operations use the same route authorization as legacy agent REST. Dedicated
tools remain optional for those operations; protocol endpoints still need their
existing clients. Board-only routes remain restricted for agent identity.
Native search_api / call_api is enabled by default, but explicit server,
company-allowlist and binding settings can narrow admission. It requires a running
authorized native run, current task assignment and execution-run binding, company
and budget authority, task privacy, and a permitted work mode. Ask and Plan retain
mutation restrictions, and runs retain their admitted JWT scope during restart
recovery even when task mode changes. A waiting
agent does not gain independent native control just because a REST route exists.
Connection-management reads support Standard, Ask and Plan; mutations require
Standard. Skill-test runs and nonstandard task-bridge keys cannot administer
connections. These gates supplement each operation's grants, resolved resource
and target scope, and responsible-user authority. See the
rollout policy
and connection authorization.
Credential-bearing replies, including company exports and their legacy alias, stay inline under a 10 MiB limit and use encrypted mutation receipts. Other saved API snapshots are limited to the issuing actor and responsible user, plus authorized administrators. Artifact uploads enforce the same access checks as downloads; private snapshots are excluded from company exports and public company logos. Explicit deliverables use the existing sharing path. Native event history, checkpoints and completion records omit API bodies while preserving receipt metadata and replay digests. Restored webhook secrets use the same encrypted receipt and inline response policy as newly created webhook secrets. Task image access requires the company boundary and the task permission; skill-test and low-trust agents do not need company-wide browsing authority. Completion replay applies the same idempotent projection to stored and expected payloads; the run-log guide describes its fields.
Sources: API client,
catalog,
native authority,
credential storage classification,
snapshot access,
and history redaction. The affected entries remain
baseline and source-only; this reconciliation does not certify every operation.
Targeted real-route proof lives in the
API integration suite,
including owned routines, skill tests, scoped secrets, proposals and private export replay.