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DottaandClaude Opus 5.5 e01ba16bfd fix(native): continue the interrupted turn after a relaunch that failed before its runner existed (#20944)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Native agent runs survive a server restart: recovery verifies the
old runner stopped, then resumes the same provider session and its
interrupted turn
> - Recovery is a chain of steps. When one step fails once, the next
attempt must still be allowed to finish the work
> - Here the first recovery step was correct, its runner spawn failed
once (EAGAIN), and the next attempt refused to continue the interrupted
turn. The run died and needed a manual Retry
> - This pull request lets the scheduled same-run resume prove that the
failed launch left nothing behind, and then continue the turn
> - The benefit is that a single failed spawn during recovery no longer
turns a recoverable lost turn into a terminal failure

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

Restart-chaos wave `w-20261111T190113-s5303` (local, codex, A1, fault K1
with `--fail-recovery-step runnerd-start:1`) on master `683fd1e9a5`. Run
timeline:

1. K1 killed the server mid-turn. Recovery recorded
`native.local_process_stopped` for the dead runner and chose
`resume_dead_runner`.
2. That attempt wrote `native.process_start_requested`, then the spawn
failed with `spawn paperclip-runnerd EAGAIN`. The executor persisted a
scheduled same-run resume (`recoveryMode: exact_checkpoint_resume`,
`providerSessionEstablished: true`, `checkpointExists: true`,
`recoverable: true`).
3. The scheduled attempt resumed the session. The runner reported
`provider_turn_lost_on_restore` (recoverable). The run ended
`native_provider_terminal_failed` with "Automatic recovery stopped", and
the task needed Retry.

The same seed with K1 and no injected step passes.

Root cause: in `executePaperclipNativeSession`
(`native-session-executor.ts`), `resumeInterruptedTurn` is
`restartRecovery.kind === "resume_dead_runner" ||
scheduledResumeContinuation`. The second attempt is not a restart claim,
so it depends on `scheduledResumeContinuationAllowed`
(`scheduled-resume-continuation.ts`). That decision refused with
`local_stop_unverified`: `readNativeLocalProcessStop` reads the newest
launch event, and the newest one was the failed
`process_start_requested` with no process identity and no stop receipt.
The checkpoint evidence was correct; the stop evidence was the gap. The
refusal was not logged.

**Expected behavior**

When a launch fails before its runner exists, a scheduled same-run
resume proves on this host that no runner for the run exists and that
the launch wrote no runner state, records that stop, and continues the
interrupted turn. A live runner for the run still blocks it.

**Steps to reproduce**

`node cli/node_modules/tsx/dist/cli.mjs tests/restart-chaos/main.ts
--env local --adapters codex --workloads A1 --faults K1
--fail-recovery-step runnerd-start:1 --fault-after-seconds 10
--concurrency 1 --tasks 1 --seed 5303`

## What Changed

- `scheduled-resume-continuation.ts`: when the decision refuses only for
`local_stop_unverified` on a local target,
`scheduledResumeContinuationAllowed` calls the existing
`recordUnidentifiedLocalRunnerStop` (the same proof explicit
continuations use). It requires that the newest event is this host's
launch request, that no process carries `--run-id <runId>`, and that no
runner state for the run changed after the launch request. On success it
records `native.local_process_stopped` (`basis:
unidentified_runner_absent`) in the claim transaction and decides again.
All other checks (exact checkpoint, recoverable, session established,
checkpoint exists, no replacement, admitted attempt) still apply first.
- `native-session-executor.ts`: logs the refusal reason when a scheduled
`exact_checkpoint_resume` will not continue the interrupted turn.
- `native-scheduled-resume-continuation.integration.test.ts`: two cases.
A failed relaunch after a verified stop now continues the turn
(`resumeInterruptedTurn: true`, attempt 2). A failed relaunch while a
process with `--run-id <runId>` is alive still refuses. The fixture now
advances `nextEventSeq` after inserting events directly.
- `tests/restart-chaos/README.md`: records what the existing
`runnerd-start:1` cell found and what now passes.

## Verification

- RED on master: "continues the lost turn after a relaunch that failed
before its runner existed" fails with `expected [ false ] to deeply
equal [ true ]` (the runtime gets `resumeInterruptedTurn: false`, which
is the path that produced `provider_turn_lost_on_restore` →
`native_provider_terminal_failed`).
- GREEN: `scheduled-resume-continuation`,
`native-scheduled-resume-continuation.integration`,
`native-exact-resume-failure`, `native-restart-recovery`,
`native-runner-restart-recovery.integration`, `native-session-executor`,
`native-session-resumption`, `heartbeat-native-restart-suspension` pass
(1797 tests). `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passes.
- Chaos rerun of seed 5303 with `runnerd-start:1`: result is added in a
comment on this PR.

## Risks

- The proof is host-local: it only applies on the host that wrote the
launch request, the same as explicit continuations. Remote targets and
restart claims are unchanged.
- Old saved state: a run already stuck in a scheduled resume after a
failed spawn now continues on its next attempt instead of failing. That
is the intended recovery; the checkpoint and attempt limits still bound
it.
- Sibling recovery steps (`teardown`, `directory-lock`) are
Daytona-only. The saved waves that armed them (`s5311`, `s5312`) never
reached the step, so this PR does not change or prove them.

## Model Used

- Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, via Claude Code with
tool use (shell, file edits, test runs).

## 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 Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-11 16:36:17 -06:00
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