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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip manages agents and their work. > - Recovery must preserve execution ownership and accepted results. > - A saved PID proves nothing outside its recorded process namespace. > - Uncertain unfinished work must stay held until its original owners stop. > - Operators need a source-bound containment action and a separate ordinary Retry. > - Accepted results must use the existing finalizer without another provider turn. > - This PR keeps those paths safe, recoverable, and quiet between real obligations. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs: #19713 Refs: #19591 Recovery could use a local PID to release or replace a controller from another process namespace. Connected-chat Retry also rejected successful containment on a task in `todo`. The new containment action used a broader permission than the existing owner-stop action. A later review found that result-less guards also rejected the existing accepted-result confirmation action. ## What Changed - Record and verify the controller's kernel/PID namespace. Keep unknown and foreign unfinished ownership held. Preserve independent durable stop evidence and the existing remote lease fences. - Use the shared accepted-result ownership reconciler. Bind settlement to the observed lease token, generation, boot, PID, namespace and process birth. Retain finalizer, cleanup, current-controller, live-owner and remote exclusions. - Share the remote-owner reader across recovery consumers. Scope runner leases to the same company, task and run. Do not make local PID probes for remote accepted-result ownership. - Gate original-host containment on `runtime:confirm_owner_stop`. Bind it to the current task, source, assignee, original expiry, lease and Stop state. Audit separate controller/provider containment and reviewed action outcomes. - Keep containment separate from ordinary Retry. Use one canonical committed receipt and the normal admission, budget, workspace and lineage checks. Preserve the recorded external-action outcomes. - Keep the controller-only confirmation actionable for both result-less work and accepted results. Result-less work gets its next source-bound attention in the same transaction. Accepted results keep their original result and use normal shared settlement/finalization. - Keep identity inspection quiet. Preserve the original foreign-owner expiry and use the existing scoped finalizer in accepted-result recovery controls. - Update the recovery card, validators, execution projection, docs and access maps. Reuse existing canonical columns; add no migration or ownership backfill. ## Verification Current publication head: `71ea76b568de09d6313d8992e803131d9d5c54f3`. **The current fix has a causal red/green check.** On the test-only revision, both foreign-local stopped/fenced controller cases failed because recovery probed saved runner, process-group and provider PIDs in this host's namespace. This measured the wrong probes; it did not run duplicate providers. After the fix, the same two cases passed every no-probe, no-claim, no-controller-stamp, no-stop-receipt and unchanged-authority assertion. Three existing remote preparation, grace and fenced-controller progress cases also passed. Total: **5 passed, 0 failed;170 filtered rows excluded**. All three normal affected App TypeScript programs passed on this head (660,681 and428 roots). The fix separates a controller wait from execution stop proof. Independent live/grace evidence still schedules recovery. A stopped/fenced foreign controller can pass this namespace guard only for remote execution, which keeps its later checkpoint and never-launched checks. Foreign local execution stays held before runner or provider PID inspection. Earlier source-scoped results remain evidence, not fresh executions on the current head: - On `c86dd741`, the complete failed-owner file passed **25/25**, with no skips or filters. Empty scans wrote no controller stamps. Foreign ownership kept its original expiry. Normal returned-claim settlement and attention at the exact deadline passed. - On `c86dd741`, **15 selected accepted-result/restart controls passed**. The81 filtered rows are excluded. Both completion cases used the existing scoped finalizer and kept their accepted result without another provider turn. - Trusted CI at synthetic merge `50d072a5` (actual master `1b7fe334` plus `c86dd741`) passed the complete **17-case maintenance-server file**. This includes the original90-real-second quiet observation and two qualified hourly windows. The quiet case took118,918ms. The four jobs that failed on the earlier publication all passed on that synthetic merge. - On `6243b32c`, the complete ownership-report file passed **29/29**. Native NULL namespace stayed unprovable and generic compatibility remained. Three selected recovery controls passed;170 filtered rows are excluded. - On `f81f2c3c`,356 business cases passed: whole ownership-route221, recoveryUI70, owner-proof38 and controller-confirmation8; selected accepted-result authority18; and one real connected-chat containment, separate authorized Retry, useful Native result and downstream reply case. The2,024 filtered rows are excluded. A separate earlier accepted-result causal case kept the original result and completed after restart without replay. Normal Shared exports, App programs, UI typecheck, token gates and map checks passed on their recorded revisions. Unchanged DB, adapter, Eval and Runner inputs/outputs have explicit carry proofs. The clean normal merge with fetched master `8fe524f7` preserves all31 exclusive owned paths and14,827 unrelated master entries. The nine overlapping paths were reviewed, including the upstream unidentified-run stop action. Fresh CI must validate that actual merge composition. PG cases used existing external PG17, fresh owned databases, pools at most4, one worker and no SQL observer during cases. Registered clients and recorded process groups closed. Independent final SQL audits found zero campaign sessions before normal database cleanup. Original failing fixtures remain retained. Original failures are preserved. One new test first failed compilation due to a missing getter import; an import-only correction passed its full owning programs before the causal red/green check. A local quiet attempt stopped in the normal prerequisite hook before any business case and its collector rejected two normal build markers. The later17-case CI pass establishes quiet recovery; it does not turn that failed local collector into a pass. An earlier useful case passed before its private cleanup collector failed on an owned read-only directory; normal cleanup completed after all owners closed. Earlier runner-shutdown cancellation and a separate private whole-suite failure remain unexplained. Current-head checks are complete:57 success,1 neutral and3 skipped, including the successful aggregate CI gate. The legacy status passed. Greptile is5/5 and Ponytail gives an explicit5/5 Ship verdict for this head. All seven review threads are resolved. Full recursive typecheck, the full test suite and release build were not repeated locally. No result here proves deployed suspension, a live provider or termination on another host. ## Risks - Unknown physical ownership can require an owner/admin action. A false containment statement can be unsafe. - New work, reassignment, Stop, renewed authority, accepted results or pending cleanup can invalidate an action. The operator must refresh. - Controller confirmation does not prove provider/tool containment. Completed external actions must not be replayed. - Generic legacy and child-process compatibility remains separate from the strict Native controller policy. - Existing saved state and canonical schema are preserved. Permanent safety refusals remain held with their normal named recovery path. ## Model Used OpenAI `gpt-6.1-sol` agents implemented and tested the changes with reasoning, repository tools and code execution. A GPT-6-based Codex managing agent reviewed and integrated them. The host does not expose the manager's exact build or the context-window sizes. ## 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 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
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.