## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Plugins extend the server with sandbox providers, tools, and jobs; a
loader activates them at boot
> - When activation fails, the loader marks the plugin `error` and skips
it on every later boot
> - Activation failures are often environmental — missing package
dependencies, a stale build output, a module that moved under a pull —
and the fix lands on disk without any write to the plugin row
> - The plugin therefore stays dead forever, and every feature behind it
(sandbox destroys, cleanup sweeps, probes) silently stops working until
an operator flips the row by hand
> - This pull request makes `loadAll` retry errored plugins once per
boot: flip to `ready`, attempt activation, and re-record the error if
the attempt fails
> - The benefit is that a plugin recovers on the next boot after its
environment is fixed, with no manual database or lifecycle intervention
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
**What happened?**
Several sandbox-provider plugins sat in `error` status for weeks after a
transient activation failure (a module resolution error from an older
checkout state). The boot loader only loads plugins in `ready` status,
so it never retried them. Environments backed by those providers lost
sandbox destroys, cleanup sweeps, and probes with no visible signal
other than the stale `last_error`.
**Expected behavior**
A plugin whose activation failure has been fixed on disk recovers on the
next server boot. A plugin that still fails stays in `error` with a
fresh error message.
**Steps to reproduce**
1. Install a plugin whose worker cannot start (for example, delete one
of its dependencies), then boot the server. The plugin lands in `error`
status.
2. Restore the dependency.
3. Restart the server. Before this change, the plugin stays in `error`
forever. After this change, the boot retries it and the plugin
activates.
## What Changed
- `server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts`: `loadAll` also fetches plugins
in `error` status, flips each to `ready`, and activates it with the
normal batch. The flip runs before activation because the `error` status
only legally transitions to `ready` or `uninstalled`; a retry that
failed while still in `error` could not re-mark itself. A failed flip
logs a warning and never aborts the boot load. The stale comment at the
`markError` site now describes the retry.
- `server/src/__tests__/plugin-loader-error-retry.test.ts`: covers the
flip-then-retry flow, the failed-flip isolation, and the empty case.
## Verification
- `npx vitest run server/src/__tests__/plugin-loader-error-retry.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/bundled-plugins.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-lifecycle-restart.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/cloud-image-bundled-plugins.test.ts`
- Manual: mark an installed plugin's status to `error`, restart the
server, and observe the loader log line `retrying plugins that failed
activation on a previous boot` followed by a successful activation (or a
fresh `last_error` if the plugin is genuinely broken).
## Risks
- A genuinely broken plugin now costs one bounded activation attempt per
boot (the attempts run in parallel with the ready batch under
`Promise.allSettled`). It cannot crash-loop within a running process,
and it returns to `error` with a fresh message.
- The flip clears `last_error` before the attempt. If the process dies
between the flip and the activation, the row is `ready` with no error
text; the next boot simply loads it as a ready plugin.
- Operators who relied on `error` as a manual "keep this off" latch
should use the `disabled` status, which this change does not touch.
## Model Used
- Claude (Anthropic) — Fable 5, model id `claude-fable-5`, extended
thinking, agentic tool use via Claude Code CLI.
## 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
- [ ] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
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- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Environments give each agent run an execution target, and sandbox
providers (Daytona, E2B, Novita, exe.dev) run as plugin workers
> - A managed deployment provisions one platform-managed sandbox row
with no credential in config; the provider is documented to fall back to
its process env var (for example `DAYTONA_API_KEY`)
> - Plugin workers spawn with a scrubbed environment, so that fallback
never sees the host env var — probe and lease acquisition fail with
"require an API key in config or DAYTONA_API_KEY" even when the
deployment sets the var
> - Separately, the managed-sandbox-only mode hides local rows from
every list, but the instance Default picker renders a hardcoded
synthetic "Local" option that no filter touches
> - This pull request forwards each bundled provider's documented
credential env var to its own plugin worker, and gates the synthetic
Local option on the flag
> - The benefit is that the documented host-env credential fallback
works for plugin-backed providers, and managed-sandbox-only instances no
longer offer Local anywhere
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
**Subsystem affected**
Plugin worker environment construction
(`server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts`) and the environments UI
(instance Default picker, agent form inherited-environment label).
**Problem or motivation**
Two follow-ups to the managed-sandbox-only mode (#11200), both found on
a live managed deployment:
1. The deployment sets `DAYTONA_API_KEY` as a server env var and the
managed sandbox row omits `config.apiKey` by contract. "Test Connection"
fails with `Sandbox environment probe failed for provider "daytona".
Daytona sandbox environments require an API key in config or
DAYTONA_API_KEY.` A real agent run fails the same way at lease
acquisition. The cause: sandbox providers run as plugin workers, and
`buildPluginWorkerEnv` passes only model-provider keys and in-cluster
Kubernetes vars. The provider's own documented credential env var never
reaches the worker, so the in-plugin `process.env` fallback reads
nothing. The self-hosted path has the same gap: the Daytona plugin
README documents `DAYTONA_API_KEY` as a host-level fallback, and it does
not work today.
2. With `enableManagedSandboxOnly` on, the instance Default environment
picker still shows "Local". The server filters local *rows* out of the
list, and the client filter mirrors that for cached lists, but this
option is a hardcoded `<option value="">Local</option>` — not a list row
— so no filter removes it. Selecting it writes a null default, which run
selection then rejects fail-closed.
**Proposed solution**
Forward each bundled sandbox provider's documented credential env var
into its plugin worker, keyed by the manifest's declared
`environmentDrivers[].driverKey` so a worker only receives its own
provider's credential (daytona → `DAYTONA_API_KEY`, e2b → `E2B_API_KEY`,
exe-dev → `EXE_API_KEY`, novita → `NOVITA_API_KEY`). Keep the existing
gate: only plugins that declare `environment.drivers.register` receive
any passthrough. In the UI, render the synthetic Local option only when
managed-sandbox-only is off; under the flag show a disabled "Select
environment" placeholder only while no default is stamped yet, and stop
the agent form's inherited label from reading "Local".
**Alternatives considered**
Adding `DAYTONA_API_KEY` to the existing `ADAPTER_ENV_PASSTHROUGH` list
was rejected: that list goes to every environment-driver plugin, so each
provider would receive every other provider's credential. A manifest
schema field for declared credential env vars was rejected as heavier
than needed: the bundled providers are known, and the mapping lives next
to the two existing passthrough lists.
## What Changed
- `server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts`: new
`SANDBOX_PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_ENV_PASSTHROUGH` map (driverKey →
documented credential env vars). `buildPluginWorkerEnv` reads the
manifest's `environmentDrivers` and forwards only the matching vars,
after the existing `environment.drivers.register` gate. Blank values
stay excluded.
- `server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts`: the daytona worker
receives `DAYTONA_API_KEY` and not another provider's key; a plugin
whose drivers have no mapping (kubernetes) receives no credential var.
- `ui/src/pages/CompanyEnvironments.tsx`: the Default picker's synthetic
Local option renders only when managed-sandbox-only is off. Under the
flag, a disabled "Select environment" placeholder renders only while the
default is unset.
- `ui/src/pages/CompanyEnvironments.test.tsx`: the Local option is
present by default and absent under the flag; saved non-local
environments stay selectable.
- `ui/src/components/AgentConfigForm.tsx`: the inherited-environment
label falls back to "Managed sandbox" instead of "Local" under the flag.
## Verification
- `server`: `npx vitest run src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts -t
buildPluginWorkerEnv` — 5 passed (3 existing, 2 new).
- `ui`: `npx vitest run src/pages/CompanyEnvironments.test.tsx` — 22
passed (2 new); `npx vitest run
src/components/AgentConfigForm.render.test.tsx` — 10 passed.
- `tsc --noEmit` clean in `server` and `ui`.
- Live managed deployment: confirmed the tenant service env carries
`DAYTONA_API_KEY` while the probe fails with the exact message above,
which pins the root cause to the worker env, not delivery.
## Risks
- The worker env grows by exactly one var per matching bundled provider,
only when the deployment sets it and only for plugins that declare a
matching environment driver. Plugins without a mapping see no change.
- Self-hosted behavioral shift is the fix itself: a host-level
`DAYTONA_API_KEY` (or E2B/EXE/NOVITA equivalent) now reaches the
provider as its README documents. Deployments that set the var but
expected it to stay inert had no working configuration to preserve — the
provider errored on every keyless probe and run.
- UI change is inert unless `enableManagedSandboxOnly` is on (default
false everywhere).
## Model Used
Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`) via Claude Code — extended thinking,
tool use, parallel read-only subagents for the two root-cause traces.
## 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
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Managed deployments can auto-provision bundled sandbox-provider
plugins so cloud or remote execution environments appear in the board UI
> - In a multi-service deployment, several server processes can share
one database and boot concurrently
> - A sibling process can create a bundled plugin row while the web
process sees it before it reaches `ready`
> - The web process correctly avoids clobbering the existing row, but
its startup `loadAll()` can miss the plugin and never start that worker
locally
> - The environments capabilities route then filters out the sandbox
provider because the plugin is ready in the database but not running in
the web process
> - This pull request adds a narrow managed-bundle recovery path that
lazily starts the missing worker when the capabilities route sees a
ready managed bundled plugin
> - The benefit is that the sandbox provider becomes visible after the
install finishes, without requiring a web-process restart
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
- No public GitHub issue found for this exact deployment race.
- Related broad plugin runtime context: Refs #432.
Bug description:
- What happened: in a managed multi-service deployment with shared
database state and bundled plugin auto-install enabled, the API-serving
process can skip a plugin row while it is still `installed`, run startup
plugin loading before that row becomes `ready`, and then permanently
omit the sandbox provider from environment capabilities.
- Expected behavior: once the managed bundled plugin row reaches
`ready`, the API-serving process should be able to start the plugin
worker and include its sandbox provider without a restart.
- Steps to reproduce: boot a web process and a sibling worker process
concurrently; have the sibling create the bundled plugin row and
transition it to `ready` after the web process has already skipped
auto-install and run `loadAll()`.
- Deployment mode: managed multi-service deployment with shared database
state and `plugins.autoInstall` configured.
## What Changed
- Added a managed bundled plugin worker recovery helper that
single-flights lazy `loadSingle()` starts and only allows configured
managed bundled plugin keys.
- Passed the managed recovery hook into the environments capabilities
route.
- Updated `listReadyPluginEnvironmentDrivers()` to attempt bounded
recovery for ready managed bundled plugins whose worker is missing in
the current process, and only for plugins that actually declare a
`sandbox_provider` environment driver.
- Made request-time recovery use `loadSingle(id, { markErrorOnFailure:
false })` so a local activation failure in one process never transitions
the shared plugin row to `error` (a sibling process may be running the
plugin successfully).
- When error writes are suppressed and activation fails after the worker
was spawned, the loader now tears down the partially-registered local
runtime (scheduler registration, event subscriptions, agent tools,
worker process) instead of leaving a half-activated worker lingering;
the teardown steps are factored out of `unloadSingle()` into a shared
helper.
- A failed recovery attempt now discards the crashed/stopped handle it
left registered in the worker manager (a worker that dies during
initialize is killed without a scheduled restart), so later capability
requests can retry recovery instead of being blocked by the
handle-presence gate until a process restart. Handles in
starting/running/backoff states are left to the worker manager's own
lifecycle; recovery only ever starts when no handle existed, so no
pre-existing worker can be affected.
- Added a regression test suite covering the installed-to-ready race,
allowlist behavior, the driver-kind gate, existing worker handles,
concurrent single-flight recovery, bounded slow recovery attempts,
suppressed shared error-state writes, partial-runtime teardown on late
activation failure, and retry after a dead handle is discarded.
## Verification
- `pnpm vitest run
src/__tests__/plugin-environment-driver-ready-recovery.test.ts` (in
`server/`) passed: 10 tests.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck` passed.
## Risks
- Low risk for self-hosted single-process deployments because lazy
recovery is only wired when managed plugin auto-install config is
present; with no managed config the capabilities route takes the exact
pre-change code path.
- The capabilities route can wait briefly while attempting recovery; the
attempt is bounded and defaults to 2 seconds.
- Failed recovery keeps the prior behavior of omitting the provider
until a later successful worker start, and now also cleans up any
partially-started local worker so retries begin from a clean slate.
## Model Used
- Initial implementation: OpenAI GPT-5 via Codex local coding agent,
with repository tool use and command execution.
- Review-feedback follow-ups (driver-kind gate, partial-runtime
teardown, expanded regression tests): Claude Fable 5 (claude-fable-5)
via Claude Code, with repository tool use and command 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
- [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>
- [x] I searched the GitHub PR list for similar PRs (dedup search). No
open PR touches the proactive `events.subscribe` ordering path; #10103
(merged) is the predecessor whose ordering bug this fixes.
## Thinking Path
The gateway worker's outbound push path is permanently dead
(`eventSubscriptions: 0`, `notifier.received: 0`, `decisions.delivered:
0`). The plugin loader authorizes the worker's **proactive company
scopes only AFTER `startWorker` resolves**, but a proactive plugin
issues its one-shot `events.subscribe` calls from `setup()` — which runs
*while `startWorker` is still awaiting the worker's initialize
response*.
So at subscribe time `proactiveCompanyScopes` is still empty →
`contextForWorkerMessage` resolves no scope → the governed-access gate
rejects every subscribe with `company context is required`. The gateway
subscribes once and never retries, so `eventSubscriptions` stays 0 for
the worker's life. This is an **ordering bug in the #10103 fix**, not a
new method — same #9557 governed-access class as `config.get` (#10092)
and `state.get` (#10103).
Confirmed live at the 18:21:21Z worker respawn on `3093c5e` (host log),
and again at the 19:01:04Z restart (still `events.subscribe: company
context is required`, `eventSubscriptions:0`).
## What Changed
1. **Loader ordering** (`plugin-loader.ts`): load
`registry.listConfigs(pluginId)` in a new step 4b **before**
`startWorker`, and thread the configured company set into
`WorkerStartOptions.proactiveCompanyScopes` so the worker handle is
authorized *before the child process issues any host call*. The same
rows are reused for startup config delivery (step 5b) — no second
`listConfigs` round-trip. The runtime config-change path
(`routes/plugins.ts`) still refreshes scopes via
`setProactiveCompanyScopes` (unchanged).
2. **Handle seed** (`plugin-worker-manager.ts`):
`createPluginWorkerHandle` seeds its `proactiveCompanyScopes` set from
options at creation, before spawn.
3. **Resolver/gate parity** (`plugin-worker-manager.ts`):
`referencedCompanyId(method, params)` now mirrors the SDK gate
`requestedCompanyScope` exactly in the functional direction — adds
`events.subscribe → params.filter.companyId` (how `ctx.events.on(name, {
companyId }, fn)` issues its subscribe), and declines the gate's
wildcard cases (`companies.list`, `scopeKind:"company"` without
`scopeId`) so proactive access only ever grants a **single explicit
configured company, never "all"**. Answers LOOA-693 AC#4 (host/gate
extraction parity) in the functional direction.
## Tests
New `plugin-worker-manager.test.ts` cases (drive a real worker):
- a `setup()`-time `events.subscribe({ filter: { companyId } })` for an
options-seeded company is **admitted** (fails on prior code — no options
seed, no filter parity);
- an unconfigured company stays **denied**;
- an unseeded worker stays **denied**.
Full `plugin-worker-manager.test.ts` suite: **21 passed**. Server `tsc
--noEmit`: clean. All PR CI green (typecheck, server/workspace suites,
e2e, build, security scans).
## Risks
- **Scope-widening risk (primary).** The change grants proactive host
access keyed off configured company rows. Mitigated by: the authorized
set is exactly `registry.listConfigs(pluginId).map(companyId)`; wildcard
cases (`companies.list`, company-scoped key without `scopeId`) resolve
to `null`, never `{ kind: all }`; empty/whitespace ids dropped; an empty
config set grants zero proactive access. This is the surface
SecurityEngineer must sign off (see Security gate).
- **In-invocation path unchanged.** Calls carrying a host-issued
`paperclipInvocationId` keep the existing strict single-company match;
the proactive branch only applies when there is no invocation id — so no
regression to the enforced request path.
- **Blast radius.** Loader step 4b is best-effort: a `listConfigs`
failure logs and proceeds with an empty seed (fails closed — no push,
not a crash), matching today's behavior.
## Model Used
Claude Opus 4.8 (`claude-opus-4-8`) via Claude Code (agent: CTO).
## Security gate
Touches the company-scope resolution path (same surface as #10103).
Routed through **SecurityEngineer review before merge** (tracked on
LOOA-696) — must not widen beyond configured companies; in-invocation
strict single-company match untouched; wildcard cases deliberately
declined in the proactive direction.
## Verification once live
- Host log clean of `events.subscribe: company context is required` at
worker start
- loader logs `eventSubscriptions: N>0`
- beat `notifier.received` / `decisions.delivered` move on real
issue/approval activity
Parent: LOOA-629 (outbound push half of "gateway active"). LOOA-695.
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Host authorizes the plugin's configured companies as the worker's proactive scopes, set by the loader right after the #10092 config-delivery step and refreshed on operator config-save. At the single worker→host chokepoint, a no-invocation call (notifier drain, decision reconcile, mirror drain, digest, aging, liveness beat) that references a configured company resolves to that company's scope, so the #9557 governed-access gate admits it. One change covers the full proactive surface (state.*, issues.*, approvals.*, config.get, secrets.resolve, etc.).
Safety: never widens beyond configured companies (any other company stays denied); in-invocation calls keep #9557's strict single-company match untouched.
Fixes the Slack gateway DM round-trip for LOOA-629. Security review PASS (LOOA-693); non-blocking LOW follow-up tracked in LOOA-694.
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - First-party **plugins** run as isolated workers spawned by the host
`plugin-loader`, reading company-scoped config through a governed
`ctx.config.get(companyId)` channel.
> - The host→worker `configChanged` RPC carries `{ config, companyId }`,
but the SDK dispatch dropped the scope — `onConfigChanged(newConfig)`
was companyId-blind by design — so a **proactive** worker kept a single
worker-global config.
> - #10092 added a startup replay that fans out **every** stored
company's config through `configChanged`. With no deterministic
ordering, a plugin configured for more than one distinct company ends up
running as whichever DB row was delivered last.
> - That is a latent cross-tenant identity/secret confusion bug: one
company's bot token could be applied to another company's traffic.
> - This pull request threads `companyId` through `onConfigChanged` and
adds a fail-closed cross-tenant guard at the SDK layer, so a
single-tenant worker can never silently collapse to a second company's
config.
> - The benefit is that the config-delivery class is fixed at the SDK
boundary — before any genuinely multi-company proactive plugin ships —
without changing today's single-tenant behavior.
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
No public GitHub issue — describing in-PR (hardening / latent security):
**Latent cross-tenant config collapse.** The worker-side `configChanged`
dispatch forwarded only `config` and dropped `companyId`, so a proactive
plugin kept a single worker-global config. #10092's startup replay
delivers every configured company's config sequentially with no `ORDER
BY`, so a plugin with configs for more than one distinct company would
apply a nondeterministic last-write-wins global config (one tenant's
credential applied to another's traffic).
- Builds on and must merge after #10092.
- Not exploitable today: the only proactive consumer (the chat gateway)
has single-tenant config rows, so last-write-wins is a no-op. This is a
hardening pre-condition before any multi-company proactive plugin ships.
## What Changed
- **Thread scope through:** `onConfigChanged(newConfig, context)` with a
new exported `PluginConfigChangeContext { companyId }`. Backward
compatible — the second arg is optional; existing single-arg
implementations are unaffected.
- **Fail-closed cross-tenant guard** (`worker-rpc-host.ts`): a
single-tenant plugin that receives `configChanged` for a second,
distinct company with a *different* config is rejected with the new
`PLUGIN_RPC_ERROR_CODES.CROSS_TENANT_CONFIG` instead of silently
overwriting the applied tenant's config. Idempotent replays of the
*same* config under a different scope row remain allowed.
- **Opt-in `multiCompanyConfig: true`** on the plugin definition for
plugins that genuinely serve multiple companies from one worker (keying
per-company state on `context.companyId`); the guard is bypassed for
those.
- **Deterministic `ORDER BY companyId`** on `registry.listConfigs`, so
the startup replay binds a single-tenant worker to a stable company
across restarts.
- **Loader visibility:** a `CROSS_TENANT_CONFIG` rejection is logged at
`warn` (was best-effort `debug`) so the misconfiguration is surfaced.
- **Regression test**
(`packages/plugins/sdk/tests/worker-rpc-host.test.ts`): two distinct
companies delivered via the startup-replay path fail closed and stay
bound to the first company; an idempotent same-config replay under a
different scope row is allowed; a `multiCompanyConfig` plugin receives
per-company config with the correct `context.companyId`.
## Verification
- SDK `tsc --noEmit`: clean.
- SDK vitest `worker-rpc-host.test.ts`: 7/7 pass (incl. 3 new). The
two-distinct-company case **fails against pre-fix code** and passes
after the fix.
- #10092 embedded-postgres `plugin-config-startup-delivery.test.ts`: 3/3
pass (unaffected by the new `ORDER BY`).
- Full server `tsc --noEmit` against this SDK: clean.
## Risks
- **Low functional risk.** The second `onConfigChanged` arg is optional
and existing implementations are unchanged. Today's single-tenant
gateway keeps working — idempotent same-config replays are explicitly
allowed, so the go-live is preserved.
- **Behavioral shift on misconfig:** a genuinely multi-company plugin
that has NOT opted into `multiCompanyConfig` now fails closed
(`CROSS_TENANT_CONFIG`) rather than silently collapsing to one tenant.
This is the intended safer default; opt in with `multiCompanyConfig:
true` to serve multiple companies from one worker.
- **Not in scope (residual).** Per-company workers/connections for a
genuinely multi-company gateway increase resource use and are tracked
separately (ties into the #10092 fan-out/timeout follow-up). This PR
fixes the class and fails closed; it does not build multi-tenant
connection management.
## Model Used
Claude — Anthropic `claude-opus-4-8` (Opus 4.8), extended thinking, with
tool use / code execution via 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)
- [ ] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
Paperclip ticket id — branch predates this rule; not renaming an open PR
mid-review
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes — no
doc surface; internal SDK/host behavior only
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work.
> - One capability is first-party **plugins** that run as isolated workers spawned by the host `plugin-loader`, reading company-scoped config through a governed `ctx.config.get(companyId)` channel.
> - A **proactive** plugin (e.g. a chat gateway that opens a Slack Socket Mode connection at startup) does its company work from `setup()`, where there is **no company-scoped invocation** — so `ctx.config.get()` is rejected with `company context is required`.
> - The worker swallows that error and falls back to its default (feature-off) config, so the plugin comes up **inert** even though correct config exists in the database.
> - This is a regression from #9557 ("governed access contracts"), which changed `plugin-loader.ts` `activatePlugin` from loading stored config into the worker bootstrap to `const config = {}`.
> - This pull request replays each configured company's stored config to the freshly-started worker over the **same `configChanged` host→worker path an operator config-save already uses**.
> - The benefit is that proactive plugins receive their config on worker start (both server boot and operator enable) without weakening the governed-access surface.
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
No public GitHub issue — describing in-PR (bug):
**Bug.** After a proactive plugin's worker spawns, it never receives its stored config. Governed access (`packages/plugins/sdk/src/host-client-factory.ts`) only resolves `config.get` inside a company-scoped invocation (event/action/tool, or explicit `params.companyId`). Proactive plugins operate from `setup()` where no such scope exists, so `config.get()` fails with `company context is required`, the worker falls back to defaults, and the feature stays disabled despite valid DB config.
- Regression introduced by #9557.
- Related follow-up (latent multi-company hardening): #10096.
## What Changed
- `plugin-registry.ts`: add read-only `listConfigs(pluginId)` returning all stored company config rows for a plugin (scoped `where eq(pluginConfig.pluginId, pluginId)`).
- `plugin-loader.ts`: after the worker starts in `activatePlugin`, replay each company's stored config through the existing `configChanged` host→worker RPC — one `{ config, companyId }` per row, the same payload shape as the operator config-save path in `routes/plugins.ts`. Best-effort and idempotent; covers both server-boot `loadAll` and operator enable.
- test: DB-backed `plugin-config-startup-delivery.test.ts` covering `registry.listConfigs` completeness and cross-plugin isolation.
## Verification
- `tsc --noEmit` on `@paperclipai/server` — clean.
- New `plugin-config-startup-delivery.test.ts` (embedded-postgres, 3 cases) — pass.
- Full PR CI green: typecheck, all server/e2e/serialized test shards, build, canary dry-run, verify, and the security scanners (Snyk, Socket, Superagent, Greptile).
## Risks
- **Low functional risk.** Adds an outbound host→worker push that mirrors the already-shipped operator-save path. A worker without an `onConfigChanged` handler (or momentarily unavailable) simply keeps the runtime `ctx.config.get(companyId)` model.
- **Startup fan-out.** One `configChanged` per configured company at activation (sequential, default RPC timeout). `plugin_config` rows are writable only by instance-admins, so fan-out size is operator-controlled — not a remote surface.
- **No secret-handling change.** `configJson` is delivered as-is, exactly as `config.get`/operator-save already deliver it. No new secret sink; catch-blocks log only ids + `err.message` at debug, never `configJson`.
- **Latent multi-company behavior (pre-existing, not introduced here).** The worker-side `configChanged` dispatch forwards only `config` (drops `companyId`), and `listConfigs` has no `ORDER BY`, so a plugin configured for **more than one** company would apply a nondeterministic last-write-wins global config. This is existing SDK behavior — operator-save already pushes into the same handler — and is **not reachable by the single-company consumer this fix targets**. Greptile flagged this shape (4/5). It is tracked and fixed as a separate, non-blocking hardening PR (#10096): thread `companyId` through `onConfigChanged`, deterministic ordering, bounded fan-out.
## Model Used
Claude — Anthropic `claude-opus-4-8` (Opus 4.8), extended thinking, with tool use / code execution via 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)
- [ ] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id — branch predates this rule; not renaming an open PR mid-review
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes — no doc surface; internal SDK/host behavior only
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [ ] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups — 4/5; two latent multi-company items triaged as non-blocking and fixed in follow-up #10096 (see Risks)
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Governed MCP access spans contracts, runtime enforcement, adapters,
UI surfaces, and operator verification
> - The parity reference PR #9534 is too large for effective automated
or human review
> - The feature therefore needs a linear stack whose individual diffs
stay below the 100-file review limit
> - This pull request is split 2/8 and focuses on database schema and
shared governance contracts
> - The benefit is a standalone, testable review boundary while
preserving byte-for-byte parity at the top of the stack
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
- Related parity reference: #9534
- Problem: The governed access model needs additive persistence and
synchronized shared types before server enforcement can compile.
- Proposed solution: Adds migrations 0148–0169, tool-access and Smoke
Lab schema, shared types/validators/gallery helpers, and the minimal
compile-required contract consumers identified by boundary testing.
- Alternatives considered: keeping #9534 as one 403-file review, or
rewriting the feature to manufacture seams; both were rejected in favor
of path extraction plus compile-driven boundary moves.
- Roadmap alignment: this advances the existing governed MCP/tool-access
work already represented by #9534; it does not introduce a separate
roadmap initiative.
- Stack position: base branch is `pap10341-split/01-demo-servers`.
- Merge policy: merge bottom-up, in order, only after the complete
eight-PR stack has been reviewed and the top-of-stack parity gate
remains empty.
- Requested review: QA for migrations/validators; Greptile on every PR.
## What Changed
- Adds migrations 0148–0169, tool-access and Smoke Lab schema, shared
types/validators/gallery helpers, and the minimal compile-required
contract consumers identified by boundary testing.
- Keeps this PR below 100 changed files and independently typecheckable.
- Preserves the final tree from #9534 when combined with the other seven
stack levels.
## Verification
- `pnpm typecheck` — passed, including migration numbering and safety
checks
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db test` — passed
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/shared test` — passed
## Risks
- Migration or contract mistakes could affect every upper layer; all
migrations are additive/idempotent and compile consumers are included in
this boundary.
- Stack risk: merging out of order can expose incomplete layers;
mitigate by following the documented bottom-up merge policy.
- Parity risk: later edits to an intermediate branch can drift from
#9534; mitigate by re-running the empty top-of-stack diff before merge.
> 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, exact model ID `gpt-5.4`; runtime-managed context
window; medium reasoning with repository, shell, Git, GitHub CLI, and
code-execution tools enabled.
## 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] Internal references are omitted except the execution-plan link
explicitly required for this coordinated split stack
- [x] My branch name describes the change 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
## Stack Coordination
- Internal execution plan:
[PAP-13874](/PAP/issues/PAP-13874#document-plan)
- Parity reference: #9534
- Stack: #9556 → #9557 → #9558 → #9559 → #9560 → #9561 → #9562 → #9563
- Merge bottom-up only after full-stack review and an empty parity diff
at #9563.
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Plugins extend the server with worker/UI surfaces, and bundled local
plugins under `packages/plugins/**` ship as TS source — their compiled
`dist/` is not checked in
> - On a fresh checkout, installing a bundled local plugin via the
in-app **Install** button failed because `paperclipPlugin.manifest`
points at `./dist/manifest.js`, which does not exist until the package
is built
> - The error surfaces as `Package … does not appear to be a Paperclip
plugin (no manifest found)`, which is misleading — the manifest is real,
the dist is just missing — and forces every contributor to run `pnpm
--filter … build` by hand before the bundled-plugin installer works at
all
> - This pull request teaches the install path to detect that case and
run the package's build (plus standalone runtime bootstrap for plugins
outside the root workspace) before manifest resolution, gated by a kill
switch and a bounded timeout
> - The benefit is bundled plugins like
`@paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff` install in one click on a fresh
checkout, with a clear error message and manual fallback when the
autobuild itself fails
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
No existing GitHub issue. Underlying bug, following the bug-report
template:
**What happened?**
Installing a bundled local plugin from a fresh checkout fails with
`Package @paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff at
packages/plugins/plugin-workspace-diff does not appear to be a Paperclip
plugin (no manifest found)`. The manifest is declared in `package.json`
(`paperclipPlugin.manifest = ./dist/manifest.js`) but `dist/` is not
built/committed, so the loader cannot find it.
**Expected behavior**
Clicking **Install** on a bundled plugin builds it if needed and
registers it, without a manual build step.
**Steps to reproduce**
1. Fresh checkout of `master`
2. Start the server, open Plugin Manager
3. Click **Install** next to `@paperclipai/plugin-workspace-diff`
4. Observe the "no manifest found" failure
**Scope**
Same failure mode affects every bundled plugin without a checked-in
`dist/` (`plugin-llm-wiki`, examples, sandbox-provider plugins, etc.).
## What Changed
- `server/src/services/plugin-loader.ts`: added
`ensureLocalPluginBuilt(packageRoot, pkgJson)` — when the package lives
under `packages/plugins/**` and its declared paperclipPlugin entrypoints
(`manifest`, `worker`, `ui`) are missing, run `pnpm --filter <name>
build` (and a standalone runtime-deps bootstrap for plugins outside the
root pnpm workspace) before manifest resolution
- `server/src/routes/plugins.ts`: invoke the autobuild from the
local-path install path; surface a `hasBuiltEntrypoints` boolean on the
`AvailableBundledPlugin` listing; invalidate the bundled-plugins cache
after a successful install so a freshly built plugin no longer reports
`hasBuiltEntrypoints: false`
- `ui/src/api/plugins.ts` + `ui/src/pages/PluginManager.tsx`: type and
consume `hasBuiltEntrypoints` so the installer can show that an
autobuild will run on install
- `server/src/__tests__/plugin-install-autobuild.test.ts`: new suite — 9
tests covering success, kill-switch, build failure, timeout, manifest
still missing after build, standalone variant, and the existing
`plugin-routes-authz` listing assertion
- `doc/plugins/LOCAL_PLUGIN_DEVELOPMENT.md`: documents the autobuild,
the `PAPERCLIP_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOBUILD=1` kill switch, and the manual
fallback command
- Detect the autobuild timeout via the child-process `killed` flag
rather than string-matching the error message, so the "after timing out"
context is actually emitted
Knobs:
- `PAPERCLIP_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOBUILD=1` — skip autobuild entirely;
restore prior behavior
- Build timeout: 120s, with a clear error that points at the manual
`pnpm --filter <name> build` recovery command
## Verification
- `cd server && pnpm vitest run
src/__tests__/plugin-install-autobuild.test.ts
src/__tests__/plugin-routes-authz.test.ts` → 44/44 pass
- End-to-end on a clean checkout: `rm -rf
packages/plugins/plugin-workspace-diff/dist`, invoke
`ensureLocalPluginBuilt()` against the real package, all declared
entrypoints (`dist/manifest.js`, `dist/worker.js`, `dist/ui/index.js`)
regenerated. The original `no manifest found` symptom no longer
reproduces.
## Risks
Low. The autobuild only fires when (a) the package sits under
`packages/plugins/**`, (b) at least one declared entrypoint is missing,
and (c) the kill switch is not set. In a packaged production server the
`packages/plugins/**` path does not exist on disk, so the helper
short-circuits and never shells out to `pnpm`. Failures from the spawned
build are surfaced as an install error with the exact manual command to
retry, so the worst-case is the same UX as before plus a clearer
message.
## Model Used
Claude Opus 4.7 (claude-opus-4-7), extended thinking enabled, tool use
(filesystem + bash).
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [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
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The execution subsystem runs those agents in environments (local,
ssh, sandbox), and sandbox-provider plugins let an environment
materialize per-run sandboxes
> - Stage 1 (#5790) contributed a first-party Kubernetes
sandbox-provider plugin, but the server core has no way to adopt it
operationally: no per-run adapter selection, no way to force an instance
onto sandboxed execution, no declarative adapter/model configuration,
and the plugin must be installed by hand
> - Without this, a multi-tenant or security-conscious deployment cannot
guarantee that agent runs never execute on the host, and a single
environment cannot serve agents with different harnesses
> - This pull request adds the server + SDK integration: per-run
adapterType on the lease protocol, an env-gated forced-Kubernetes
execution policy with provisioning and a per-run allowlist guard, a
declarative adapter registry and model list, in-cluster env passthrough
for sandbox plugin workers, fail-safe auto-install of the bundled
plugin, and the matching UI affordance
> - The benefit is that sandbox-provider plugins become fully usable for
Kubernetes execution: operators configure everything via environment
variables and GitOps, while self-hosters who set none of the variables
see exactly the behavior they have today
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
Refs #5790 (stage 1 of 3: the Kubernetes sandbox-provider plugin
package).
No existing issue. Feature description: the server core lacks the
integration seams to operate a sandbox-provider plugin as the mandatory
execution path of an instance. This PR is stage 2 of 3 of the staged
Kubernetes contribution; stage 3 will contribute the agent runtime
images and their build pipeline.
## What Changed
One line per piece:
- `packages/plugins/sdk/protocol.ts`: optional `adapterType` on
`PluginEnvironmentAcquireLeaseParams` so a provider can select the
runtime image per run; existing providers simply ignore it
- `server/services/environment-runtime.ts` +
`environment-run-orchestrator.ts`: thread the agent's adapter type into
both lease-acquiring drivers, including the heartbeat path (the two call
sites have historically drifted, hence the pinned test)
- `server/services/environments.ts`: `ensureKubernetesEnvironment` /
`findKubernetesEnvironment`, an idempotent managed Kubernetes
environment per company, identified by a metadata marker and refreshed
(not recreated) on config change; `timeoutMs` rides on the config for
slow cold-start leases
- `server/services/execution-allowlist.ts`: pure (driver, provider,
policy) -> allow/deny guard; `executionMode=kubernetes` only allows the
kubernetes sandbox provider
- `server/services/execution-policy-bootstrap.ts` + startup hook in
`server/index.ts`: parse `PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE` / `PAPERCLIP_K8S_*`,
persist `executionMode` into instance general settings, and provision
the managed environment for every company; fails loud on
misconfiguration
- `server/services/heartbeat.ts`: when the policy forces Kubernetes, pin
run selection to the managed environment (also overriding any persisted
workspace environment id), refuse to fall back to local, and re-check
the actually acquired environment against the allowlist as defense in
depth
- `server/services/adapter-registry-bootstrap.ts` + shared
`AdapterRegistryEntry` type/validator: declarative `PAPERCLIP_ADAPTERS`
registry (inline JSON or file) that reconciles adapter availability at
startup and rides on the Kubernetes environment config
- `server/services/adapter-models-env.ts` + `adapters/registry.ts`:
`PAPERCLIP_ADAPTER_MODELS` lets an operator declare picker model lists
the server cannot CLI-discover
- `server/services/plugin-loader.ts`: pass
`KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST/PORT(_HTTPS)` through to plugin workers that
register environment drivers, so in-cluster API clients can be
constructed; all other host env stays stripped
- `server/app.ts`: fail-safe auto-install of the bundled kubernetes
plugin at boot; no-ops when the bundle is absent and never blocks
startup on error
- `packages/shared` types/validators: `InstanceExecutionMode` on general
settings (optional, strict schema)
- `ui/lib/forced-kubernetes-environment.ts` + `AgentConfigForm`: when
the policy is active, show a read-only Kubernetes environment instead of
the environment picker and default new agents onto the managed
environment
- Tests for every new module plus the adapterType pin in
`heartbeat-plugin-environment` and the managed-environment lifecycle in
`environment-service`
Everything is gated: with `PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE`,
`PAPERCLIP_ADAPTERS`, and `PAPERCLIP_ADAPTER_MODELS` unset (and no
bundled plugin present), every code path reduces to current behavior.
The per-run `adapterType` is an optional SDK parameter that existing
providers ignore.
## Verification
- `cd server && npx tsc --noEmit`: clean (0 errors); `ui` typecheck also
clean
- Targeted suites all green (11 files, 90 tests): `npx vitest run
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-plugin-environment.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/environment-service.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/environment-runtime.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/environment-run-orchestrator.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts
server/src/services/execution-policy-bootstrap.test.ts
server/src/services/execution-allowlist.test.ts
server/src/services/adapter-registry-bootstrap.test.ts
server/src/services/adapter-registry-bootstrap.reconcile.test.ts
server/src/services/adapter-models-env.test.ts
packages/shared/src/validators/adapter-registry.test.ts`
- `npx vitest run ui/src/components/AgentConfigForm.test.ts`: green (6
tests)
- Full `npx vitest run server/src/__tests__`: 2323 passed, 1 skipped;
the only failures (heartbeat-process-recovery pid-retry,
workspace-runtime symbolic-ref/git tests) reproduce identically on
pristine `master` in the same environment, so they are
machine-environment issues unrelated to this change;
`server-startup-feedback-export` needed its `services/index.js` mock
extended with the new export and is green
- This integration has been running in production on a hosted
multi-tenant deployment, where it executes agent runs across five
different harnesses through the stage 1 plugin
## Risks
- Low for existing deployments: every behavior is env-gated and the
defaults preserve current semantics; the auto-install block is wrapped
fail-safe and skips silently when the plugin bundle is absent
- `executionMode` is a new optional field on a strict zod schema; absent
input normalizes exactly as before
- The forced policy intentionally fails runs loudly (rather than falling
back to local) when no managed Kubernetes environment exists; this only
affects instances that explicitly set
`PAPERCLIP_EXECUTION_MODE=kubernetes`
## Model Used
Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4-8, 1M context), extended thinking,
agentic tool use via Claude Code.
## UI screenshots
The UI change is a new read-only "Execution" section in
`AgentConfigForm`, shown only when the instance execution policy forces
Kubernetes (`executionMode=kubernetes`); there is no "before" state for
it (the section did not exist, and instances without the forced policy
render the existing picker unchanged). Captured from the new Storybook
stories added in this PR (`Product/Agent Management`):
Managed Kubernetes environment present (read-only display, no local/SSH
picker):
No managed environment available yet (warning notice, no silent local
fallback):
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [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
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## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is a control plane for AI-agent companies, with the CLI
acting as a scriptable operator and agent interface to that control
plane.
> - The REST API surface has grown across companies, agents, issues,
routines, plugins, auth, workspaces, secrets, and operational inspection
commands.
> - The CLI had drifted from that API surface: some commands were
missing, some command shapes differed from docs/reference material, and
several edge cases only failed during end-to-end local-source testing.
> - The local development runbook requires these tests to be disposable
and isolated from a real `~/.paperclip`, `~/.codex`, or `~/.claude`
installation.
> - This pull request adds broad CLI/API parity coverage, fixes the
actionable bugs found during that pass, and records the reproducible
test log under `doc/logs`.
> - The benefit is a more complete, scriptable CLI surface with
regression coverage for the command families exercised by the parity
run.
## What Changed
- Added or expanded CLI command coverage for access/auth, companies,
agents, projects, goals, issues and subresources, routines, plugins,
workspaces, activity/run/cost/dashboard inspection, assets, skills,
secrets, tokens, prompt/wake flows, and local setup helpers.
- Fixed CLI/API parity bugs found during the run, including context
profile patching, issue interaction optional payloads, malformed
tree-hold errors, environment duplicate handling, configure
invalid-section exit codes, worktree pnpm invocation, token agent ID
resolution, plugin tool worker lookup, and routine webhook secret
cleanup.
- Added missing CLI wrappers and route coverage for health/access,
invite resolution URL forwarding, join status normalization, secret
lifecycle commands, LLM docs routes, available-skill isolation, positive
board-claim coverage, and interactive `connect` prompt-flow tests.
- Added a schema-backed `/api/openapi.json` route sufficient for CLI
parity and `paperclipai openapi --json` smoke coverage.
- Added `doc/logs/2026-05-24-cli-api-parity-e2e-log.md` with the
detailed living test/bug log and renamed the log directory from
`doc/bugs` to `doc/logs`.
- Added `doc/plans/2026-05-23-cli-api-parity.md` and the OpenAPI parity
reference used during the pass.
OpenAPI note: this PR intentionally does not try to subsume
`feature/openapi-spec`. The OpenAPI implementation here is schema-backed
and better than the earlier route-inventory stub, but
`feature/openapi-spec` is the fuller/better OpenAPI branch because it
includes exact mounted-route coverage tests and additional current route
coverage. That branch should stay as its own PR and can supersede this
OpenAPI route implementation.
## Verification
Targeted automated checks run:
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/openapi-routes.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/board-claim.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run cli/src/__tests__/connect.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run cli/src/__tests__/agent-lifecycle.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/routines-service.test.ts`
- `pnpm --dir cli typecheck`
- `pnpm --dir server typecheck`
Manual/local E2E verification:
- Ran the full disposable local-source CLI/API parity pass with isolated
`PAPERCLIP_HOME`, `PAPERCLIP_CONFIG`, `PAPERCLIP_CONTEXT`,
`PAPERCLIP_AUTH_STORE`, `CODEX_HOME`, and `CLAUDE_HOME` under
`tmp/cli-api-parity`.
- Verified `DATABASE_URL` and `DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL` stayed unset for
the scratch server.
- Verified live health and schema-backed OpenAPI responses on
non-default port `3197`.
- Revoked created board/agent tokens and cleaned up temporary plugins,
secrets, non-default environments, and project workspaces.
- See `doc/logs/2026-05-24-cli-api-parity-e2e-log.md` for the full
command-by-command reproduction log.
Not run:
- Full `pnpm test`, `pnpm test:run`, or `pnpm build` were not run after
the entire branch because the branch is broad and the parity pass used
focused test/typecheck verification plus live isolated CLI reruns.
## Risks
- This is a broad PR and touches many CLI command modules, so review
surface is high. The changes are grouped around one theme, but a split
may be easier if maintainers prefer narrower PRs.
- The OpenAPI route in this PR is not the final/best OpenAPI
implementation. `feature/openapi-spec` has stronger exact-route coverage
and should remain the source for the dedicated OpenAPI PR.
- The living log is intentionally detailed and large. It is useful for
reproducibility but adds documentation weight.
- No UI changes are intended; screenshots are not applicable.
> 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, GPT-5-based coding agent in Codex desktop. Exact served
model/context-window identifier was not exposed in the local app. Work
used shell/Git/GitHub CLI tooling, local source inspection, targeted
test execution, and live isolated Paperclip CLI/API smoke testing.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Devin Foley <devin@devinfoley.com>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents through a control plane while
adapters execute work in local, remote, or sandboxed runtimes.
> - Remote sandbox execution depends on a strict host-versus-remote
workspace boundary: the host prepares/restores files, while the adapter
command runs inside the sandbox cwd.
> - Jannes' PR #5823 identified host-side failure modes that were not
covered by replacement PR #5822.
> - Persisting a remote pod cwd in session params could poison the next
host heartbeat resume and make Paperclip inspect or upload system temp
roots.
> - Plugin sandbox providers also need a narrow way to receive
model-provider API keys without exposing the full server environment to
every plugin worker.
> - This pull request ports the host-side fixes from #5823 in the
current codebase style, with focused regression coverage.
> - The benefit is safer remote sandbox resumes and plugin worker
environment handling without broadening core plugin privileges.
## What Changed
- Persist host workspace cwd, not remote sandbox cwd, in `claude_local`
session params while retaining remote execution identity metadata.
- Reject saved session cwds that point at system roots before heartbeat
falls back to agent home workspace.
- Skip sockets, FIFOs, devices, and other non-file entries during
workspace restore snapshot capture/comparison.
- Pass a small model-provider API-key allowlist only to plugins
declaring `environment.drivers.register`.
- Added focused regression tests for remote Claude session params,
unsafe session cwd detection, plugin worker env filtering, and non-file
snapshot entries.
Credits: ports host-side fixes from Jannes' #5823.
## Verification
- `pnpm vitest run
packages/adapter-utils/src/workspace-restore-merge.test.ts
server/src/services/session-workspace-cwd.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/claude-local-execute.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts` (25 passed, 7 skipped by
existing embedded-Postgres host guard)
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-utils typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-claude-local typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
## Risks
- Low risk: changes are scoped to remote sandbox/session metadata,
workspace snapshot filtering, and plugin worker env setup.
- Sandbox-provider plugins now receive only the explicit model-provider
key allowlist; any provider needing another key name will need a
deliberate allowlist update.
> 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, GPT-5-based coding agent, tool-enabled local code
execution and repository editing.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - The plugin system is the extension boundary for optional product
capabilities
> - Rich plugins need more than a worker entrypoint: they need scoped
database storage, local project folders, managed agents/routines, host
navigation, and reusable UI components
> - The LLM Wiki work exposed those missing host surfaces while keeping
plugin code outside the core control plane
> - This pull request expands the core plugin host, SDK, server APIs,
and UI bridge so plugins can declare and use those surfaces
> - The benefit is that future plugins can integrate with Paperclip
through documented, validated contracts instead of bespoke server or UI
imports
## What Changed
- Added plugin-managed database namespaces and migration tracking,
including Drizzle schema/migration files and SQL validation for
namespace isolation.
- Added server support for plugin local folders, managed agents, managed
routines, scoped plugin APIs, and plugin operation visibility.
- Expanded shared plugin manifest/types/validators and SDK
host/testing/UI exports for richer plugin surfaces.
- Added reusable UI pieces for file trees, managed routines, resizable
sidebars, route sidebars, and plugin bridge initialization.
- Updated plugin docs and example plugins to use the expanded host and
SDK surface.
## Verification
- `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`
- `pnpm run preflight:workspace-links && pnpm exec vitest run
packages/shared/src/validators/plugin.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-local-folders.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-managed-agents.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-managed-routines.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-orchestration-apis.test.ts
ui/src/api/plugins.test.ts ui/src/components/FileTree.test.tsx
ui/src/components/ResizableSidebarPane.test.tsx
ui/src/pages/PluginPage.test.tsx ui/src/plugins/bridge.test.ts` passed:
11 files, 67 tests.
- Confirmed this PR changes 89 files and does not include
`pnpm-lock.yaml` or `.github/workflows/*`.
## Risks
- Medium: this expands plugin host contracts across db/shared/server/ui
and includes a new core migration (`0076_useful_elektra.sql`).
- The plugin database namespace validator is intentionally restrictive;
plugin authors may need follow-up affordances for SQL patterns that
remain blocked.
- Merge this before the LLM Wiki plugin PR so the plugin can resolve the
new SDK and host APIs.
> 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, GPT-5 coding agent, tool-enabled shell/git/GitHub
workflow. Context window size was not exposed by the runtime.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies.
> - The plugin system is the extension path for optional capabilities
that should not require core product changes for every integration.
> - Plugins need scoped host APIs for issue orchestration, documents,
wakeups, summaries, activity attribution, and isolated database state.
> - Without those host APIs, richer plugins either cannot coordinate
Paperclip work safely or need privileged core-side special cases.
> - This pull request adds the plugin orchestration host surface, scoped
route dispatch, a database namespace layer, and a smoke plugin that
exercises the contract.
> - The benefit is a broader plugin API that remains company-scoped,
auditable, and covered by tests.
## What Changed
- Added plugin orchestration host APIs for issue creation, document
access, wakeups, summaries, plugin-origin activity, and scoped API route
dispatch.
- Added plugin database namespace tables, schema exports, migration
checks, and idempotent replay coverage under migration
`0059_plugin_database_namespaces`.
- Added shared plugin route/API types and validators used by server and
SDK boundaries.
- Expanded plugin SDK types, protocol helpers, worker RPC host behavior,
and testing utilities for orchestration flows.
- Added the `plugin-orchestration-smoke-example` package to exercise
scoped routes, restricted database namespaces, issue orchestration,
documents, wakeups, summaries, and UI status surfaces.
- Kept the new orchestration smoke fixture out of the root pnpm
workspace importer so this PR preserves the repository policy of not
committing `pnpm-lock.yaml`.
- Updated plugin docs and database docs for the new orchestration and
database namespace surfaces.
- Rebased the branch onto `public-gh/master`, resolved conflicts, and
removed `pnpm-lock.yaml` from the final PR diff.
## Verification
- `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db typecheck`
- `pnpm exec vitest run packages/db/src/client.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/plugin-database.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-orchestration-apis.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-routes-authz.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-scoped-api-routes.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/plugin-sdk-orchestration-contract.test.ts`
- From `packages/plugins/examples/plugin-orchestration-smoke-example`:
`pnpm exec vitest run --config ./vitest.config.ts`
- `pnpm --dir
packages/plugins/examples/plugin-orchestration-smoke-example run
typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
- PR CI on latest head `293fc67c`: `policy`, `verify`, `e2e`, and
`security/snyk` all passed.
## Risks
- Medium risk: this expands plugin host authority, so route auth,
company scoping, and plugin-origin activity attribution need careful
review.
- Medium risk: database namespace migration behavior must remain
idempotent for environments that may have seen earlier branch versions.
- Medium risk: the orchestration smoke fixture is intentionally excluded
from the root workspace importer to avoid a `pnpm-lock.yaml` PR diff;
direct fixture verification remains listed above.
- Low operational risk from the PR setup itself: the branch is rebased
onto current `master`, the migration is ordered after upstream
`0057`/`0058`, and `pnpm-lock.yaml` is not in the final diff.
> 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`.
Roadmap checked: this work aligns with the completed Plugin system
milestone and extends the plugin surface rather than duplicating an
unrelated planned core feature.
## Model Used
- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent in a tool-enabled CLI
environment. Exact hosted model build and context-window size are not
exposed by the runtime; reasoning/tool use were enabled for repository
inspection, editing, testing, git operations, and PR creation.
## 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 run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] If this change affects the UI, I have included before/after
screenshots (N/A: no core UI screen change; example plugin UI contract
is covered by tests)
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
---------
Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
- Added packagePath to plugin loader for improved manifest handling.
- Refactored GlobalToolbarPlugins for better slot and launcher management in BreadcrumbBar.
- Updated launcher trigger styles for globalToolbarButton.
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