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Dotta fe2ddfad2b feat(runner): validate ACPX event payloads (#12415)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The runner needs a bounded process boundary for each qualified
provider runtime
> - The ACPX transport now verifies frame shape, sequence, run scope,
and turn scope
> - The sidecar schema keeps event payloads open so each event family
needs a second validation boundary
> - A later provider adapter must not retain or act on malformed payload
fields
> - This pull request validates and redacts package-local payloads and
keeps the provider unselected
> - The benefit is a typed fail-closed boundary before provider state or
semantic tools can consume an event

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #12414

Refs #12412

## What Changed

- Decode sidecar payloads only after run and turn scope validation
passes.
- Limit each decoded payload to 256 KiB.
- Add typed payload variants for runtime events, permission requests,
input requests, semantic tool calls, terminal events, process events,
and diagnostics.
- Admit only the nine runtime event shapes emitted by the reviewed Codex
ACPX sidecar.
- Validate runtime text, plan entries, tool locations, semantic result
identities, notices, errors, and terminal status values.
- Validate input requests against `paperclip.question_set.v1`.
- Reject duplicate question IDs and duplicate option IDs within one
question.
- Require bounded control identities and object-shaped operational
values.
- Redact diagnostic, error, process, permission, tool, and retained
runtime values before they can enter provider state.
- Add six integration tests for every admitted shape, malformed values,
scope-before-decode ordering, size limits, question ambiguity, and
secret redaction.
- Document the payload boundary.
- Do not change dependencies, lockfiles, workflows, runnerd selection,
server behavior, UI, or migrations.

## Verification

- Replay base: `3db24d9366831559b1219782475e760ec041b639` (`master`
after #12414 merged).
- Exact replay head: `de045b42b5b52cca6c3021380747c56693ccd179`.
- Stable patch ID: `90a6f0ed68b2ca7fa5397a8bf93e5e95df5bb58c`, identical
to the reviewed `972a3b38..9bb85e93` delta.
- The exact delta is 4 files and 806 additions, all in
`packages/paperclip-runner`; it contains no lockfile, workflow, server,
UI, or migration change.
- Focused Rust payload, package, repository, security, and Greptile
checks: **PASSED** on the replayed exact head. Full CI run `33360832792`
completed 23/23 jobs successfully, Greptile is exact-head 5/5, all
security checks pass, and no review threads remain unresolved.
- No local test result is claimed. GitHub Actions is the authoritative
verification environment for this replayed revision.

## Risks

- This decoder is a security boundary because later code can act on
decoded semantic tool calls and input requests.
- It validates event authority before it inspects a payload.
- It fails closed on unknown runtime event types, malformed fields,
ambiguous question identifiers, unsupported terminal states, and
oversized payloads.
- It applies the existing durable redaction policy to retained values.
- The package exports a new Rust module, but no production path
constructs it in this pull request.
- A later provider adapter must preserve this validation order and must
not consume raw sidecar payloads directly.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex with GPT-5.6, agentic reasoning, tool use, and code
execution.

## 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
- [ ] 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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