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DottaandPaperclip c3a9a8e92a perf(server): scope run identity reads to operation needs (#17931)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Tool and connection operations capture the current accepted
requester.
> - Capture locks the task and run, then reconciles pending steering.
> - Most callers use identity or task fields from the returned run.
> - The default query also transfers saved prompts, runner
configuration, results, and logs.
> - This pull request gives each production caller an explicit read
scope.
> - Narrow scopes keep their authority checks and return only selected
columns.
> - The Muse project path still reads its complete saved execution
input.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What existing behavior does this improve?**

Operation-time run identity capture for native tools, gateway sessions,
project and workspace access, Slack, voice, connection management, and
connection token admission.

**Current behavior**

These callers use the default full run read. Large saved execution
documents cross the database connection even when the caller only needs
the current accepted requester or task binding.

**Proposed behavior**

Use typed identity, task, broker, and project-execution scopes. Keep
task-before-run locks, company and agent predicates, active status
validation, and pending-steering reconciliation. Return the complete
saved native input only where project admission uses it.

**Reason and benefit**

A synthetic PostgreSQL 17.11 fixture matches a wide run with a 142 KB
context and a 77 KB runner profile. Its locked run DataRow falls from
225,101 bytes to 190–605 bytes for authority reads. The project scope
returns 66,004 bytes because it must retain a complete 64 KB execution
input. These are local DataRow measurements, not a forecast of
production billing or latency.

**Breaking changes**

None to public APIs, saved data, or authority policy. Internal narrow
return types omit columns that were not selected. The default full
compatibility read and the existing GitHub-credential and authentication
scopes keep their current contracts.

**Additional context**

The public issue and PR duplicate searches found no matching open
change. This is one independent query optimization. It does not require
other performance PRs.

## What Changed

- Add typed scopes for accepted identity metadata, task authorization,
token attribution, and saved project execution input.
- Assign explicit scopes at all production `captureRunIdentity` call
sites.
- Keep the full native execution input for Muse project admission while
omitting unrelated profile, context, result, and log data.
- Narrow the broker's initial read and the existing Slack and
connection-management historical reads to the same required fields.
- Extend steering and acknowledgement regressions to all new scopes. Add
real PostgreSQL projection, malformed JSON, tenant and agent,
session-generation, and saved-input coverage.
- Add a service-generated SQL benchmark with exact raw DataRow
accounting, retained-field equality, plans, and alternating transaction
timings.
- Document the scope contracts and reproducible benchmark.

## Verification

- Baseline: `623f1dc289a14a699ebbe3f09b94179d38fc2ae2`.
- `vitest run server/src/__tests__/run-identity-projections.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/run-identity.test.ts`: 54 tests passed on an owned
disposable PostgreSQL 17.11 database.
- The tests retain task-before-run and audit foreign-key lock behavior.
Every scope rejects uncertain steering, accepts its durable
acknowledgement, and preserves requester replay ordering.
- A full-row mutation makes the narrow identity regression fail. The
restored treatment passes.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx
../scripts/benchmark-run-identity-projections.ts
--baseline-ref=623f1dc289a14a699ebbe3f09b94179d38fc2ae2` captures the
real locked SQL for both versions.
- Every retained column and selected JSON field matches the baseline.
Identity contexts match. The complete stored run remains unchanged.
Capture keeps the same five queries.

| Scope | Before DataRow bytes | After DataRow bytes | Reduction |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Identity | 225,101 | 190 | 99.92% |
| Task authorization | 225,101 | 410 | 99.82% |
| Token broker | 225,101 | 605 | 99.73% |
| Project execution input | 225,101 | 66,004 | 70.68% |

- DataRow bytes include row framing and raw text-format column values.
They exclude response metadata, TLS, and TCP.
- Two warmups and seven alternating samples measure the complete capture
transaction. Several timing ranges overlap. The primary claim is byte
reduction; production latency is not verified.
- Initial fixture runs exposed an empty external schema and an
incomplete synthetic conversation binding. The test setup now applies
migrations and supplies the required user/state fields. The final 54
tests passed.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` and `pnpm build` passed locally.
- Four existing skill-setup tests passed. Four assembled
connection-management/native-tool consumer cases passed with real
JWT/API-key authentication. These include per-request identity freshness
and task-scoped activity authority.
- A CI-only stale mock assertion expected two capture arguments; it now
verifies the explicit identity scope. A repository-wide capture mock
audit found no other stale argument assertions.
- Review follow-up: the projection suite uses the existing
embedded-support guard while always enabling an explicitly supplied
external database. The audit-lock regression merges URL query parameters
and retains existing PostgreSQL options.
- `vitest run server/src/__tests__/run-identity-projections.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/run-identity.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/company-skills-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/project-skill-setup-identity.test.ts`: 123 tests
passed. The external PostgreSQL URL included both `application_name` and
`options`; lock tests verified `lock_timeout=1s` and retained
`statement_timeout=5s`.
- Full local tests are not run because the host's embedded PostgreSQL
setup is unavailable. Greptile reviewed
`06e1dd53a3fb24df74d5fbfb2ad397f291f1e30f` at 5/5 with zero unresolved
threads. The full final-head CI matrix passes. All 58 checks are
terminal: 55 success, one neutral, and two optional Storybook skips.
- No migration, lockfile, workflow, new polling, or cache change.

## Risks

A narrow read must retain each caller's actual fields. The caller audit
includes Slack's wake-request fallback, conversation generation, legacy
broker attribution, and the Muse parser's complete native input. JSON
selection retains value types, including malformed legacy values. The
saved-input scope preserves missing-key behavior. The default full read
still returns the complete stored row for compatibility. Locks and live
authority checks are unchanged.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6, accessed through Codex. The exact runtime model ID and
context-window size were not exposed in this session. Used repository
inspection, code execution, and PostgreSQL validation.

## 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>
2026-10-27 16:31:21 -05:00

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Run identity reads

captureRunIdentity locks the task before the run. It validates company, agent, and active status. Pending steering still requires its durable acknowledgement. The accepted requester is read for each operation. No scope adds a cache or skips these checks.

Callers choose a typed read scope:

Scope Retained run data Consumers
identity Run and accepted requester identifiers, status Gateway, native connection tools, connection intents, project skill setup
task_authorization Identity, task bindings, wake request, conversation generation, skill-test marker Projects, workspace repositories, Slack, voice, connection management
token_broker Identity, invocation source, task/project/routine and requester attribution Connection token broker
project_execution Task authorization plus runtime mode and the complete saved native execution input Muse project admission

Narrow return types omit unselected columns. JSON projections preserve the types of retained values. The default full read remains available for compatibility and explicit inspection. Existing GitHub-credential and request-authentication scopes keep their current contracts. Execution preparation and recovery retain their separate complete-input reads.

The synthetic real-PostgreSQL benchmark captures the actual locked query and compares every retained column, context and identity result. It keeps the same five-query reconciliation transaction, checks the unchanged stored run, records plans and alternating timings, and measures raw PostgreSQL DataRow bytes:

pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server exec tsx ../scripts/benchmark-run-identity-projections.ts --baseline-ref=623f1dc289a14a699ebbe3f09b94179d38fc2ae2

The default uses disposable embedded PostgreSQL. PAPERCLIP_TEST_DATABASE_URL can select a disposable local database whose name ends in _test. DataRow bytes exclude response metadata, TLS and TCP. Byte reduction does not establish a production latency or billing change.