## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Paperclip runs agents through adapter execution lanes > - Duplex adapters can lose their control channel before a process completes > - The ACP lane already fails closed, but the CLI lane can report false success > - This pull request applies the same completion rule to the CLI lane and shares the loss code > - The benefit is consistent failure reporting when a duplex channel closes during a run ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** A CLI-lane duplex run can lose its control channel before clean process completion. The run can then report `succeeded` with exit code 0 and no error code. **Expected behavior** The execution target must fail closed when the channel dies before clean completion. It must return exit code 1, the typed `duplex_channel_lost` error code, and a short stderr note. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Start a duplex adapter run through the CLI execution lane. 2. Close the duplex control channel before the process completes cleanly. 3. Inspect the run result and error code. **Paperclip version or commit** Commit `5e01523d4eb6df4a20a0bddd05374c9c42225203`. **Deployment mode** Built from source. **Installation method** Built from source with pnpm. **Agent adapter(s) involved** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Kimi, OpenCode, and Pi local adapters. **Database mode** Not database-related. ## What Changed - Add an optional `errorCode` field to `RunProcessResult`. - Add a one-read completion seam to the execution target process options. - Fail closed when a duplex channel dies before clean process completion. - Add `settleRunDisposition()` to atomically read and mark orderly completion. - Share the typed duplex loss error code across the ACP and CLI lanes. - Mark non-success terminal results as orderly completion before teardown. - Wire the seam through the seven duplex adapters. - Add regression tests for channel loss, clean completion, and non-clean terminal results. ## Verification - `npx vitest run packages/adapter-utils/src/execution-target-sandbox.test.ts` — 118 passed. - `npx vitest run packages/adapter-utils/src/acpx-engine/execute.test.ts -t "sandbox duplex run-disposition seam"` — 4 passed. - The author confirmed a clean type-check for `@paperclipai/adapter-utils` and the seven duplex adapter packages. - Pre-existing environment failures remain outside this change. They include `EACCES mkdir '/srv/paperclip'` and remote file-size setup failures. ## Risks The change alters terminal status for CLI duplex runs that lose control before clean completion. The typed error code and stderr note keep the failure visible. The broker marks failed, cancelled, and timed-out results as orderly completion to prevent false loss events during teardown. ## Model Used OpenAI Codex, GPT-5, tool use and code execution, with the standard GPT-5 context window. The model assisted with the implementation and test work. ## 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 --------- Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
@paperclipai/adapter-utils
Shared utilities for Paperclip adapters: process spawning, environment injection, sandbox/SSH transport, workspace sync, and the round-trip helpers that move code between the local execution-workspace cwd and wherever the agent actually runs.
For the adapter-author guide see
docs/adapters/creating-an-adapter.md
and the in-repo notes at packages/adapters/AUTHORING.md.
No-remote-git contract
The local execution-workspace cwd is the only persistence boundary across runs. No adapter may depend on a git remote for cross-run state.
Adapters that run the agent on a different host should use the SSH round-trip
helpers in src/ssh.ts:
prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir })— bundles the local cwd (tracked files, dirty edits, untracked additions, and the git history needed to reconstruct it) toremoteDirbefore the run starts. Runs with nogit remoteconfigured.restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({ spec, localDir, remoteDir, ... })— syncs the remote cwd back intolocalDirafter the run, including any new commits the agent created. Also runs with nogit remoteconfigured.
prepareRemoteManagedRuntime in
src/remote-managed-runtime.ts wraps both
calls for adapters that want a per-run remote workspace and an automatic
restoreWorkspace() finally hook.
The invariant is pinned by the no-remote-git contract case in
src/ssh-fixture.test.ts, which asserts that a
remote-only commit propagates to the local worktree through the
prepare → restore round-trip with no git remote configured at any point. Do
not regress that test.