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DottaandClaude Fable 5.2 b01959cb15 fix(recovery): release a handed-off run's saved-files hold for the person it handed the task to (#20941)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - An agent can hand its own task to a person for review. With #20884,
a native run that does this keeps running and finishes its turn.
> - A restart can land between that hand-off and the end of the same
turn. Restart recovery then settles the run as failed and keeps its
unsaved sandbox files, so no work is lost.
> - Automatic workspace recovery saves those files. But the
workspace-repair hold then stayed on the person's task, because the hold
only released for a newer agent owner.
> - This pull request releases that hold for the person who received the
task through the stopped run's own recorded hand-off, once the files are
saved.
> - The benefit is that the person's task rests in review with no stale
"Saved work recovered" hold, and the agent's files are still saved
first.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Follow-up to #20884 (merged). It was reviewed there as a known limit:
"Restart blocks the person's task". It uses the
`resultJson.humanSelfHandoff` record that #20884 added. Related: #19184,
which released the same hold for a newer agent owner.

**What happened?**

A native run handed its own task to a person, and a restart landed
before the run finished its turn. Restart recovery settled the run and
retained its files. After automatic recovery saved them, the task still
had a workspace-repair hold ("Saved work recovered. Send a message to
continue."). The person had nothing to do with that run's work, and
nothing released the hold.

**Expected behavior**

The hold protects the workspace until the files are saved. After that,
the task rests with the person and has no execution blocker.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. A native run records a hand-off to a person, and the task is now
`in_review` with that person.
2. A restart settles the run as failed, with its prepared remote
workspace retained.
3. Automatic workspace recovery completes.
4. Before this fix, `getExecutionBlocker` still returns the run's
workspace-repair hold.

## What Changed

- `server/src/services/execution-blocker.ts`:
`restoreHoldReleasedForCurrentOwnerPredicate` now also releases a
recovered file-preservation hold in one more case. The task must be
assigned to a person, and the stopped run's
`resultJson.humanSelfHandoff` must name that task and that person. The
existing proof is still required: the completed-recovery receipt bound
to the action, and a copyback rather than a snapshot-only save. Until
the files are saved, the hold stays.
- `server/src/services/workspace-recovery-admission.test.ts`: two
embedded-Postgres tests.
- The hold blocks the person's task before recovery and releases after
it.
  - A hand-off recorded for a different person keeps the hold.
- `doc/execution-semantics.md`: one sentence on the restart case.

## Verification

- Red: with the `execution-blocker.ts` change removed, `releases a
handed-off run's recovered files hold for the person it handed the task
to` fails. `getExecutionBlocker` still returns the hold after
`recoverRetainedWorkspace`.
- Green: `cd server && npx vitest run
src/services/workspace-recovery-admission.test.ts
src/__tests__/interrupted-preparation-hold-settle.test.ts
src/services/explicit-native-continuation.test.ts
src/services/native-runtime/native-human-self-handoff.test.ts`. All 617
tests pass. The server typecheck passes.
- Chaos: the H2 workload from #20884 covers the hand-off with a K1
restart after it. Locally the runs had no unsaved files, so no hold
appeared. This PR's case needs a remote sandbox with unsaved files. **No
Daytona wave was run.**

## Risks

- The release applies only when the stopped run's own record names the
current person and task, and only after the completed-recovery receipt.
Other holds, snapshot-only saves and unsafe archives are unchanged.
- No schema change. A run without the record behaves as before.
- This branch is rebased onto master after #20884 merged. The only
conflict was an adjacent import line.

> 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

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.2 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-11 15:52:35 -06:00
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