## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - Cloud selects and updates the sandbox image used by its agents. > - Runner admission also required saved qualification for the exact snapshot and configuration. > - An image update left the old record stale and stopped work before runtime startup. > - This pull request trusts the image selected by Cloud and uses the real runtime startup check. > - Agents can continue after an image update without an operator running a separate qualification test. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What happened?** A managed Cloud image update could cause `sandbox_snapshot_qualification_required` before provider work began. Runner discovery also fell back to Legacy when saved platform qualification was absent. The agent Test action could require a separate qualification request even when discovery already offered Paperclip Runner. **Expected behavior** A managed Cloud image can start without a saved qualification record. Runtime startup and the handshake report actual compatibility failures. Custom images keep their existing qualification rules. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Use Paperclip Runner on a Paperclip-managed Cloud sandbox. 2. Save qualification for its current snapshot. 3. Update the platform-selected snapshot and leave the old record in place. 4. Start a task. Before this fix, admission rejects the stale record before starting the provider. Related work: Refs #17445, Refs #17724, Refs #17448. These changes cover saved-computer qualification and setup tests. This fix removes the qualification prerequisite only for managed Cloud images. ## What Changed - Use one managed-image policy in runner selection and lease admission. Require the active Cloud configuration to provision the provider. Active captured custom images are excluded. - Use the current Cloud image and ignore missing, stale, revoked or valid saved qualification records for that image. - Reuse the existing provisioned-runner selection path. Keep adapter availability checks and the Legacy choice for managed sandboxes. - Read custom-image metadata directly during discovery without resolving provider credentials. - Use the existing template-matching rule for captured images. Ignore outdated captures, preserve qualification for matching custom captures, and fall back to Legacy discovery for malformed saved capture config. - Skip the separate qualification request when discovery already offers Paperclip Runner as the default. Test checks the actual runtime. - Add regressions for image updates, provider failures, custom images, self-hosted environments and company access. Update the development and verification guides. ## Verification - Before the fix, managed-image discovery regressions returned Legacy, and the rendered Test action called the separate qualification endpoint. - The original runtime source fails four of the five managed-image regression cases. The fixed runtime passes all five, including provider startup error propagation. The baseline check uses the original module source through a temporary Vitest transform and the same database-backed tests. - All 603 focused tests pass: 231 runner selection, 185 environment runtime, 10 snapshot qualification, 168 rendered agent form and nine form source controls. Discovery controls cover unavailable credentials, stale managed markers without an active provisioner, outdated captures, matching custom captures and malformed saved config. The outdated-capture regression fails before the fix and passes afterward. - `node scripts/check-maps.mjs` and `pnpm check:token-gates` pass. - Full `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` pass. All five focused files passed together on `8275bbe72bb4d91fb3a02fb0658f0846b2abc966` (`codex/simplify-managed-runner-readiness`, Node 24.19.0, macOS ARM64). - The full local `pnpm test:run` suite is still in progress. Hosted CI is waiting at `ci / gate / Select trusted runner`; the separate `review` workflow is queued. Greptile is 5/5 on the current head, and both review threads are resolved. This PR is not yet verified by full CI. - Live fixed-source Daytona acceptance is not verified. This workspace has no Daytona API key or image configuration. The earlier deployed recovery is not evidence for this source change. ## Risks - Managed Cloud now trusts its selected image. A bad image can fail at real runtime startup instead of a saved qualification gate. - Company access, credentials, runtime integrity and handshake checks still apply. Self-hosted sandboxes, custom environments and active captured custom images keep their qualification and immutable snapshot binding. - No schema change or data migration is required. Existing qualification records can remain in place. ## Model Used - OpenAI Codex, GPT-6 family, with reasoning, tool use and code execution. The exact model ID 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 - [ ] 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>
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.