## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - Recovery must save retained workspace files before ordinary execution can resume. > - The environment runtime blocks access to retained sources to prevent unsafe reuse or deletion. > - The recovery worker also used that ordinary resume path. > - The guard returned no lease, so recovery reported an invalid source binding before it could save files. > - This pull request gives the physical preservation owner a separate, source-bound resume path. > - Ordinary execution and destructive cleanup keep their existing guards. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #16965. **What happened?** A retained workspace with a workspaceRestoreRecovery marker could not recover through the real environment runtime. The runtime returned null before calling the provider. Recovery classified this as source_binding_invalid. Earlier recovery fixtures replaced the runtime facade, so they did not exercise this guard. **Expected behavior** The verified preservation owner can reopen its exact stopped allocation to save files. Other callers remain blocked. Recovery preserves newer local files and does not start another agent or repeat a completed external action. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Seed a terminal source run with a retained sandbox, a recovery action, and the workspaceRestoreRecovery lease marker. 2. Give the source a verified stop receipt. 3. Call recoverRetainedWorkspace through environmentRuntimeService. 4. Before this change, the recovery action returns to blocked with source_binding_invalid. No files are copied. **Paperclip version or commit** Reproduced on master at65f59e339a. The same failure was observed in a served build containing #16965. ## What Changed - Add an internal preservation resume method. It validates the exact company, task, run, action, lease, environment, current physical owner, and stop-only cleanup claim before provider access. - Keep ordinary resume and destructive cleanup blocked for protected sources. - Run all retained-workspace fixtures through the assembled environment runtime. Add a failing-before/passing-after protected-source regression and four rejection cases. - Use the same runtime path and protection marker in the opt-in Daytona interruption probe. Allow a verified immutable snapshot UUID as its input. - Document the authority boundary and verification recipes. ## Verification - Red: the protected-source regression failed with expected recovered, received blocked. It recorded source_binding_invalid before provider resume. - Green: 235 tests passed across workspace recovery, durable task Retry, and environment runtime. These include saved files, newer local files, bounded retries, competing owners, and no extra run or wake. - pnpm -r typecheck and pnpm build passed. The initial sandboxed typecheck could not open a tsx IPC pipe; the same command passed with local process access. - node scripts/check-maps.mjs and git diff --check passed. - Live Daytona qualification passed using the same immutable snapshot ID as the affected deployment. Export was interrupted after a real download; a second controller restored the files and verified one original agent start, one simulated external action, one saved snapshot, and a stopped retained source. The disposable sandbox was deleted after verification. - Greptile reviewed804dfe24efat 5/5 with no actionable findings or unresolved review threads. - Full current-commit CI passed: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/39540771747. Required ci / verify and ci / e2e passed. Superagent, Socket, and Snyk checks passed. - Full local pnpm test:run did not pass: 22,992 tests passed, one managed-run identity test timed out at 60 seconds, and 100 tests skipped across the first general-server phase. The command stopped before its later phases. The unchanged agent-identity.test.ts suite then passed all 11 tests in isolation in 15.53 seconds. The original timeout remains recorded; it is not reclassified as a full local pass. The same commit's complete CI test matrix passed. - The optional Paperclip Review completed with a neutral advisory 5/5 on the same head and no actionable findings. It inspected all eight changed files and connected code. It did not independently run tests or the provider probe. - Hosted ordinary Retry recorded one durable intent and no successor run while file preservation remained blocked. The existing published review stayed unchanged. Hosted recovery remains unverified until this follow-up is deployed. A Retry acknowledgement alone does not prove recovery. ## Risks - Recovery can reopen a retained sandbox. The dedicated path requires the current physical ownership claim and the exact source's stop-only intent. It does not clear the ordinary protection marker. - Provider failures retain the source and use the existing bounded recovery budget. The provider cannot substitute another allocation. - The live probe uses a disposable sandbox and simulated agent/external-effect counters. It does not prove a live LLM or GitHub review journey. - No schema, public API, permission, budget, pause, or approval changes. ## Model Used OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with repository inspection, code execution, browser verification, and test tools. The exact served model variant and context window are not exposed by 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 (focused suites; full suite still running) - [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 --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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.
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 requires operator rollout admission, 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.
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.