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DottaandPaperclip ae6761e2b0 fix(server): authorize agent resume through direct grants (#12047)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Paperclip keeps agent lifecycle changes behind control-plane
authorization
> - Plugins can create agents in a paused state until an operator
activates them
> - An agent with a direct configuration grant could not resume these
agents
> - A paused plugin-managed agent also had no stable provenance in its
pause reason
> - This pull request adds one protected resume path and preserves every
other lifecycle gate
> - The benefit is safe recovery from plugin provisioning without a
broad permission change

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #8168. That pull request uses a role capability and also opens
clear-error. This change uses the current grant system and keeps
clear-error closed.

**What happened?**

A plugin can create a paused managed agent. An agent actor cannot resume
that agent, even when the actor has a direct `agents:configure` grant.
The paused agent can also have a null pause reason.

**Expected behavior**

An agent with a direct `agents:configure` grant can resume an accessible
paused agent. An agent without that grant cannot resume it.
Plugin-managed paused agents show stable plugin provenance. A completed
resume stays in effect after reconcile.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Install a plugin that declares a managed agent with `status: paused`.
2. Give a same-company agent a direct `agents:configure` grant.
3. Call `POST /api/agents/{id}/resume` with the granted agent key.
4. On the base revision, observe a board-only authorization error.

**Paperclip version or commit**

`master` at `63df7ad2b3`.

**Deployment mode**

All deployment modes. This is a server authorization and reconcile
behavior.

## What Changed

- The resume route now uses the protected `agent_config:update` decision
with `requiresChangeGrant: true` for agent actors.
- The route keeps board access, tenant non-disclosure, and invalid
organization-chain protection.
- Resume activity now records the real user or agent actor, run, and API
key.
- Plugin-managed paused agents now receive a stable provenance reason
and pause time at creation.
- Reconcile backfills only a null reason on an agent that is still
declared and stored as paused.
- Reconcile preserves manual, budget, system, and other pause reasons.
It does not pause a resumed agent again.
- The implementation specification now records the narrow resume
exception.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
server/src/__tests__/agent-cross-tenant-authz-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-managed-agents.test.ts` passed: 2 files and
26 tests.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passed.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` passed.
- `pnpm build` passed.
- GitHub CI passed all policy, typecheck, build, test, e2e, canary, and
security gates on commit `306edf469c`.
- Greptile reviewed all 5 changed files. Its check passed with 0
comments and 0 unresolved threads.
- The host uses Node 22.22.2. The repository requests Node 24.11 or
newer, so pnpm printed engine warnings.
- A broad `pnpm test:run` attempt did not complete its general-server
group. Runtime port fixtures failed because host port `52000` was
already bound. The isolated failing fixture reproduced the same port
conflict. The focused feature tests passed before and after the final
commit.

## Risks

The main risk is an unintended lifecycle permission increase. The change
limits agent access to resume only. It requires a protected
direct-change decision. It does not open pause, clear-error, terminate,
approval, or key-management routes. Tests cover denial, self-denial,
tenant isolation, organization-chain checks, and activity attribution.
There is no database migration.

> This change fixes a narrow gap in the completed plugin, approval, and
activity-log roadmap areas. It does not add a new roadmap feature.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex `gpt-5.6-sol`, with xhigh reasoning, tool use, and code
execution. The runtime did not expose its context-window size.

## 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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