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DottaandPaperclip 3f1ad6b25b fix(chat): resume task Retry after retained-source containment (#17317)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages agent work through task and execution ownership.
> - A task Retry must retain the user's request while the system
verifies an old executor.
> - Connected conversations also retain their external principal and
accepted source batch.
> - Chat Retry admission required containment before it could save a
wait for that recovery.
> - A saved chat receipt could also remain deferred after containment
became available.
> - This pull request lets the exact recovery-bound request wait and
resume through its chat owner.
> - Normal admission still checks containment, current access and policy
before one successor starts.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

An ordinary task Retry on a connected conversation failed with
`failed_chat_retry_not_authorized` while its retained remote executor
still needed verification. The new recovery generation existed, but the
chat action failed before it could save a dispatch wait. This occurred
after the repairs in #17267 were confirmed live.

The local regression found a second gap. A processed chat action with a
deferred wake was not reconsidered after containment. Re-entering normal
admission also tried to insert its existing durable receipt again. A
historical hold for the same failed run could also hide the current
Retry's workspace strategy, so the request still waited after the old
executor was contained. Preparation could then read that sibling instead
of the recovery record that owned the fresh successor, losing the
fresh-workspace decision.

**Expected behavior**

Save the exact authorized Retry while its matching recovery generation
verifies the executor. Once containment is recorded, reconsider the same
chat receipt through normal admission. Start one successor with the
original source batch. Keep publication, principal, pause and budget
checks.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Admit a GitHub or Telegram request and record a failed native run
with a retained remote lease.
2. Leave the executor's termination unconfirmed and exhaust its prior
recovery generation.
3. Use ordinary task Retry to create a new recovery generation.
4. Process the connected Retry. The old admission code fails instead of
retaining a wait.
5. With a deferred receipt, record exact containment and reconcile
again. The old dispatch path leaves it stranded.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced from `412914cfa78d5abefcc34d3eb8d4bb86e461caac`. The branch
is rebased onto current master.

**Deployment mode**

Hosted tenant for the reported failure. Isolated local PostgreSQL and
the assembled heartbeat/chat services for the regression.

Refs #17267 and #16965. This change does not add a Cloud dependency or
change the absence protocol.

## What Changed

- Permit a saved admission wait only for the exact current task Retry
and active source recovery generation.
- Keep promotion and execution dependent on independent containment
proof.
- Bind a Retry to active automatic recovery without replacing its
generation, attempt count or deadline.
- Share the current exact Retry strategy across historical holds for the
same run. Retain each hold's stop and effect checks.
- Select the canonical recovery record that proves the committed fresh
successor during workspace preparation.
- Let task receipt reconciliation return the same deferred action to its
chat owner.
- Recheck current board and external authority, then update the existing
wake atomically with its successor.
- Preserve the exact chat source batch. Keep generic board-comment
filtering unchanged.
- Add GitHub and Telegram cases for waiting, containment, one successor,
stale generations, source edits, endpoint pause and supersession.
- Update recovery documentation and capability maps.

## Verification

- Red: real PostgreSQL tests reproduced the admission rejection for
GitHub and Telegram. Six active-recovery cases then failed on the
generation-ID assumption. Two same-run historical-hold cases remained
deferred after containment on the old strategy lookup. A preparation
regression then returned no readiness when the historical hold was
stored first.
- Green: 73 selected chat integration tests and 394 continuation, task
Retry, workspace recovery, recovery-state and workspace-preparation
tests passed. The chat tests use the real chat admission and heartbeat
queue. Unrelated capacity stays occupied so no real provider starts.
They assert no executor before containment, one successor afterward,
unchanged source leases while waiting, preserved recovery budgets, and
denial after authority changes. A separate source hold still blocks
work. Both sibling insertion orders pass through the committed-readiness
lookup and real workspace preparation: the new directory has independent
Git storage and files, and unpublished old work remains intact.
- `pnpm -r typecheck`, `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` and `git diff
--check` passed after the review fixes. The source build passed on
`f6660efa48e37a80cd9857217a537606de85b5c8`.
- The local host reached its PostgreSQL semaphore limit. Successful runs
used a test-only loader to reduce disposable cluster connection and
worker limits. No repository database helper or application setting
changed.
- The full local `pnpm test:run` began before the final review edits,
failed in its first server phase and was stopped after those failures.
Later phases did not run. This is not a full local pass. The transient
Retry-notice case passes after fixture isolation; the four Discord
close-owned publication cases also pass in isolation. Other broad-run
failure causes are not established.
- Exact-head CI and security checks pass on
`f6660efa48e37a80cd9857217a537606de85b5c8`; Greptile is 5/5 with zero
unresolved review threads. Optional Paperclip Review completed neutral
with a 5/5 static assessment of all 11 changed files and no findings; it
did not run tests or hosted acceptance. All 57 current-head checks are
terminal: 54 success, two skipped and the optional neutral review, with
no failures or pending checks.
- The real hosted workflow confirmed that the deployed absence repair
recorded containment. A later ordinary UI Retry was accepted and saved a
durable request, but it remains behind the historical source hold. The
useful existing review remains unchanged. This follow-up is not
deployed; a live successful successor and final task disposition remain
unverified. No missing files are claimed recovered.

## Risks

- The existing task reconciliation sweep can restage a deferred chat
action. This reuses its receipt and generation; it does not grant new
execution or publication authority.
- Dispatch must keep the board Retry identity separate from the
connected request's principal. The regression checks these bindings and
preserves current chat authorization at each phase.
- Historical holds reuse a strategy only from the locked same-run
recovery that names the current Retry intent. A different run, malformed
recovery record or independent source hold remains fenced.
- Unknown executors without a matching active recovery still fail
admission. Promotion and execution require containment even when
admission saved a wait.
- No schema or API shape changes. No credential changes, manual
deployment or service restart.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 through Codex, with repository tools, code execution and
browser verification. The exact served model variant and context window
are not exposed in 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
- [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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-10-23 07:51:34 -07:00
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