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## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work > - Native Codex runs survive control-plane restarts: runnerd restores the provider conversation, and the control plane continues the task from its checkpoint > - A hard kill can land after the agent proposed its result (`run.result.proposed`) but before the provider turn ended > - The restored runner then proves that the turn ended with the accepted result. It records `session.reconciled` and `run.terminal`, but no provider turn terminal > - The Codex recovery read did not see that turn as ended, so recovery failed with "persisted active turn … is missing from thread/read". Retries ran out, and the Retry re-ran finished work > - This pull request lets recovery settle that turn with its durable result > - The benefit is that a task that already finished its work continues to finalization after a restart, instead of failing and redoing the work ## Linked Issues or Issue Description Refs #19525, #19591, #19539, #19501 **What happened?** In a restart storm, a native Codex task (B1) proposed a complete `paperclip.run_result.v1` with passing tests. The control plane accepted the completion tool call. About 9 s later, a K1 (SIGKILL and restart of the control plane) killed the controller, runnerd, and the Codex app-server. After startup, `resume_dead_runner` resumed the same run two times. Each resume spent about 25 s in `runner.session.startup` and failed with `native_session_recovery_failed: HarnessReconciliationError: persisted active turn <id> is missing from thread/read`. Then `native_session_retry_exhausted`, replay was blocked (`preserve_without_replay_v1`), and the run ended `native_session_interrupted`. The task needed a Retry, which re-ran the finished work. **Steps to reproduce** 1. Start a native Codex task through runnerd. 2. Let the agent call `paperclip_finish`, and let Paperclip accept the result. 3. Kill the controller, runnerd, and Codex before the provider turn ends. 4. Let restart recovery resume the run. Durable evidence from the kept instance: - The run events have `run.result.proposed` for the turn, then a `completion.tool_accepted` span, then the kill. - The saved checkpoint has `activeTurnId` set to that turn and `semanticResult: null`. - The Codex rollout on disk does contain the turn. The provider did persist it. - The runnerd journal for the first resume has `session.reconciled {previousProviderTurnId: <turn>, activeProviderTurnId: null}` and then `run.terminal {turnTerminalState: completed, runTerminalState: succeeded, reportedWorkDisposition: done}`. It has no `turn.*` event for that turn. The runnerd Codex provider state shows `completedTurnAuthoritative: true` and `completedProviderTurnId: <turn>`. **Expected behavior** Recovery finalizes the accepted result. It does not re-run the task. **Actual behavior** The runnerd Codex transport builds the recovery `thread/read` reply from runnerd's journal. It looked only for `turn.completed|failed|interrupted|cancelled` events that name the turn. Runnerd's "turn ended with an accepted result" branch (`provider_backend.rs`, `recovered_turn_ended_with_result`) emits only the reconciliation and the run terminal. So the reply omitted the turn, and `CodexHarnessSession.reconcile()` threw at `codex-harness-session.ts:796`. The second resume read the same journal and failed the same way. ## What Changed - `runnerd-codex-transport.ts`: a new `runnerdRecoveredTurnTerminal` helper selects the terminal for a restored turn. A provider `turn.*` terminal that names the turn wins, as before, with its cause. A `run.terminal` that follows a `session.reconciled` that names the turn as the ended previous turn (no active turn, no later `turn.started`) now also settles that turn, with the run terminal's `turnTerminalState`. The `thread/read` wait loop uses this helper. - `codex-harness-session.ts`: `reconcile()` now settles a checkpointed active turn that provider history no longer contains when the session holds the semantic result that this exact turn proposed (`resultTurnId` equals the turn). Recovery restores that result from the durable `run.result.proposed` event. Without such a result, a missing turn still fails closed. - `codex-harness-session.ts`: the same rule applies when the restored runner reports that turn `failed` with `provider_turn_lost_on_restore`. This happens when the runner cannot prove the accepted result itself. Later recoveries keep the settled outcome. Without a held result, a restore-lost turn keeps its existing failure and same-conversation continuation. - `fake-codex-app-server`: a test-only `--hold-after-terminal-result` flag keeps the turn open after an accepted completion report. - `doc/execution-semantics.md`: one additive paragraph on this recovery rule. ## Verification - Red before the fix, real `paperclip-runnerd` and fake Codex: `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner exec vitest run src/live/runnerd-restart-continuation.test.ts -t "durable proposed result"` failed with `native_session_recovery_failed: HarnessReconciliationError: persisted active turn provider-turn-1 is missing from thread/read` at `native-session-runtime.ts:2267`. This is the same stack as the incident. - Green after the fix: the run finalizes on `provider-turn-1` with the proposed result and `runTerminalState: succeeded`. It has no `session.failed` or `turn.failed`, and Codex received only one `turn/start` (no re-run). With the transport fix alone, the test passes in about 5 s. With only the session fix, it also passes (about 30 s, through the 5 s read wait). - Driver red/green: `src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.recovery.test.ts -t "missing persisted turn"`. The settle case failed before the fix (`recovered: false`) and passes after it. The guard case (the held result belongs to another turn) still fails closed. The existing "fails recovery explicitly when the persisted active turn is missing or replaced" test still passes. - Driver red/green for the restore-lost case: `-t "restore-lost turn"`. The held=true case failed before the fix and passes after it. The held=false case still maps `turn.failed` with the lost cause. - Transport unit test: `runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts -t "reconciled result terminal"` covers the run-terminal rule and its negative cases. - Suites: `src/drivers/codex/`, `src/native-session-runtime.test.ts`, `src/backends/`, `src/live/runnerd-restart-continuation.test.ts`, and `src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.test.ts` pass. Some load-sensitive tests time out at host load 25–30 and pass when rerun alone. The two `proves local suspension after an event backlog … (1024 suffix deltas)` cases also time out on unmodified master. - `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/paperclip-runner typecheck:typescript` passes. - Live chaos replay with real Codex: K1 0–3 s after `run.result.proposed`, 3/3 PASS (R1). Each case resumed the same run, which ended `succeeded`. No Retry was needed and no work was re-run. Details are in the comment below. ## Risks - The transport rule accepts a run terminal only directly after runnerd's own reconciliation that names the ended turn with no active turn. Runnerd emits that pair only after it restored the conversation and proved the turn ended. A provider turn terminal still wins. Other run terminals do not settle a turn. - The session rules use only a result that Paperclip already holds for the exact turn. The control plane accepted that result before the kill. A later provider terminal for that turn cannot change the outcome. The finalizer can already interrupt a provider after an accepted result. - A missing turn without a durable result still fails closed. Its outcome is unknown, and the existing Retry stays available. - No profile, schema, pack contract, or database changes. The Rust change touches only the fake Codex test binary. ## Model Used - Claude Opus 5.5 (`claude-opus-5-5`), Anthropic, with tool use and code execution in Claude Code. ## 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 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>