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DottaandPaperclip e09f40888a fix(recovery): preserve native task access during resolution (#18489)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip controls agent execution and task ownership.
> - A native run needs its task binding until it reports its result.
> - Direct task updates already reject self-status changes that remove
this binding.
> - Recovery resolution can also change the source task status.
> - That route did not use the same protection.
> - This change rejects the unsafe status change before the task or
recovery receipt changes.
> - The run can then use semantic completion while normal recovery
permissions remain effective.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #18411.

**What happened?**

A running native owner can resolve an older recovery action with
`sourceIssueStatus: "in_review"` or `"done"`. The request succeeds and
changes its own task status. That can release the execution binding
before the run reports. Later task tools fail with
`paperclip_runner_tool_binding_not_authorized`.

**Expected behavior**

Return a conflict before the task status or action receipt changes. Tell
the run to report through `paperclip_finish` or `paperclip_block`.
Preserve unchanged-status resolution, Board recovery, legacy-agent
behavior, and the existing conversation and handoff rules.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Give a running native owner the task execution lock and an older
recovery action.
2. Call `POST /api/issues/{id}/recovery-actions/resolve` as that run.
Use `outcome: "restored"` and `sourceIssueStatus: "in_review"`.
3. Before this fix, the route returns 200 and changes the status. After
this fix, it returns 409 with `native_run_status_reported_by_finish` and
makes no task or action mutation.

## What Changed

- Reuse the existing native self-status guard inside recovery
resolution's source-task transaction.
- Let the guard receive the requested status from either route contract.
- Add HTTP route regressions for rejected review/completion transitions
and continued task editing after rejection.
- Cover unchanged-status native resolution, Board recovery and
legacy-agent resolution.
- Update execution semantics and both recovery maps.

## Verification

- Baseline `91fdf02`: the two new rejection cases fail because the real
Express route returns 200. Three safety cases pass.
- Fixed source: all 198 tests in
`server/src/__tests__/issue-agent-mutation-ownership-routes.test.ts`
pass.
- `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` passes. This is structural evidence.
- Greptile and Paperclip Review both give the integrated head 5/5 with
no actionable findings.
- Full recursive typecheck, full build, and a repeat of all 198 route
tests pass at integrated head
`0fa104dfb240500acd01303cd446363ea39c6c75`. All current-head CI gates
pass (55 successful checks/statuses; no failed or pending checks).
- The full local `pnpm test:run` command fails in chat-test line
selection with `No test found`, before assertions. This also occurs with
the unchanged master chat test file. It is not a passing full local
suite.
- The route tests use the real route, validation and guard. They mock
service and database boundaries. The observed hosted failure establishes
the original mechanism. Fixed-source live provider acceptance remains
unverified. No deployment or merge is part of this PR.

## Risks

- A native owner now receives a conflict for a previously accepted
recovery status change. It must use the existing semantic result path.
- This prevents a new binding loss. It does not prove that an old remote
executor stopped or recover missing provider state.
- Board, legacy, conversation and handoff behavior retains existing
authority. The regression includes representative allowed paths.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with reasoning, repository tools and code
execution. The runtime does not expose a more specific snapshot ID or
context-window size.

## 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 (198 focused route cases;
the full local command has the recorded selection failure)
- [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>
2026-10-31 22:06:08 -05:00
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