paperclip/doc/run-log-events.md

Run-Log Events

Run-log events write to the heartbeat_run_events table (packages/db/src/schema/heartbeat_run_events.ts:6-20). They are not Paperclip Telemetry events, and they are not OpenTelemetry exports. A run-log event needs no operator endpoint.

Native PRP Run-Log Events

The hidden native coordinator writes each validated PRP event to the bound run's existing event stream before it acknowledges the runner. The row keeps the PRP eventType, source instance, source event ID, source sequence, protocol schema version, and a SHA-256 digest of the canonical source envelope. Its payload is { "prpEvent": <canonical PRP event> }.

The writer locks the native heartbeat_runs row and allocates the existing per-run seq cursor. A byte-equivalent retry reuses the first row; a changed retry or source-sequence gap is rejected. Company, issue, agent, run, session, and runner-source bindings must match the persisted native run. Bootstrap tickets, reconnect leases, authentication proofs, encryption keys, and raw credential material are never written to the run log.

These records remain run-log events. They do not create an OpenTelemetry or Paperclip Telemetry export, and legacy adapters do not use this writer.

Native Restart Recovery Run-Log Event

Paperclip writes a native.recovery.transition event for every native restart classification and for graceful restart suspension. This immutable run-log record lets operators reconstruct recovery decisions without exporting data to Paperclip Telemetry or OpenTelemetry.

The payload contains the restart kind, recovery request id when one exists, runner disposition, and the controller generation and provider attempt for a claimed recovery. Live-runner adoption also records the runner PID, process group, and process-start fingerprint. A non-claim disposition records a bounded reason instead. Graceful suspension records the signal and confirms that it did not create a retry run.

The event never includes bootstrap tickets, reconnect leases, authentication proofs, encryption keys, environment variables, provider credentials, command arguments, or an unsanitized stderr stream. Detailed failed-attempt diagnostics remain in the bounded native_run_finalizations.recovery_history ledger.

Sandbox Startup Run-Log Event

Paperclip writes one run.startup.step event to the run log for each bring-up step. This event is a run-log record, not a first-party telemetry event. The generated telemetry contract does not cover it, so this section is its canonical contract.

The event payload carries only three fields.

Field	Type	Meaning
step	string	The bring-up step name, for example stage.sync.
durationMs	number	The wall time of the step. A skipped step reports 0.
outcome	string	The step outcome (ok, skipped, or failed).

The event no longer carries the per-step round-trip count or the provider duration fields. It dropped roundTrips, providerExecMs, providerGetMs, createRuntimeMs, and ensureSessionMs. The startup spans in doc/observability.md carry that detail now. The sandbox.exec child spans hold the round-trip and provider durations. The acp.handshake step span holds the create-runtime and ensure-session sub-times.

To read the detailed timing, use the startup spans. The spans need an OTLP endpoint. A run with no endpoint keeps only the three run-log fields above.

Run Phase Timing Run-Log Event

Paperclip writes one run.phase.timing event to the run log for each run-lifecycle phase. This event is a run-log record, not a first-party telemetry event. The generated telemetry contract does not cover it, so this section is its canonical contract. The producer is emitRunPhaseTiming in packages/adapter-utils/src/acpx-engine/startup-timing.ts.

The event payload carries only three fields.

Field	Type	Meaning
phase	string	The run-lifecycle phase name from the closed allowlist below.
durationMs	number	The wall time of the phase. A negative or a non-finite value clamps to 0.
outcome	string	The phase outcome (ok or failed).

The phase field is one member of a closed, low-cardinality allowlist. The producer drops any event whose phase name is outside this allowlist, so a free-form label never reaches the run log. The allowlist has twelve phase names.

Phase	Meaning
place_workspace	Place the run workspace.
start_transport	Start the agent transport.
create_runtime	Create the agent runtime.
ensure_session	Ensure the agent session exists.
configure_session	Configure the agent session.
prepare_turn	Prepare the turn.
turn	Run the turn.
end_session	End the agent session.
settle_reuse	Settle the session for reuse.
stop_transport	Stop the agent transport.
sync_back	Sync the workspace back.
release_staging_lease	Release the staging lease.

The payload never carries a command, an argument, a path, an environment value, or a raw identifier. The event rides the ctx.onEvent run-event bridge and is run-log-only. It needs no OTLP endpoint.

Related instrumentation

The sandbox duplex transport also writes one run-log event as one of its three sinks. See the Sandbox Duplex Transport Instrumentation section in the Observability contract.

Execution recovery

Provider identity diagnostics remain in the local run log. They record the notification method, expected and received thread/turn identifiers, and the classification (root, verified descendant, stale, unrelated informational, or invalid authoritative). They omit the original provider payload and credentials. Repeated informational notices are bounded.

Recovery lifecycle events retain the original structured failure code, retry attempt, next retry time, and predecessor/successor identifiers. Durable status delivery uses an idempotency marker; delivery grants no provider authority. Failed publication is retried without repeating provider work. These records are not first-party Telemetry.