## Thinking Path > - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for work. > - The full-stack runner campaign checks local and Daytona runner behavior. > - A Daytona image content miss starts a cold multi-stage Docker build. > - Stable dependency and agent CLI layers take most of the image build time. > - Development targets must not write shared cache state. > - This pull request adds a registry cache with a default-branch write gate. > - It also puts volatile source inputs after stable install layers. > - The benefit is a shorter Daytona image build without weaker secret isolation. ## Linked Issues or Issue Description **What existing behavior does this improve?** This improves the Daytona runner image stage in the full-stack E2E workflow. **Subsystem affected** The GitHub Actions runner E2E workflow and its Daytona Docker image are affected. **Current behavior** Each new Daytona image content ID starts with an empty BuildKit cache. A runner source change also invalidates dependency and agent CLI install layers because volatile inputs occur before those layers. **Proposed behavior** All authorized campaigns can read one GHCR BuildKit cache. Only a campaign whose target ref is the repository default branch can update that cache. The Dockerfile installs dependencies and agent CLIs before it consumes volatile runner source or revision metadata. **Reason and benefit** The paid runner matrix spends several minutes building the image before any selected cell can start. Cache reuse removes repeated stable setup work and makes focused Daytona iterations faster. **Breaking changes** None. The immutable content tag, digest inspection, Cosign signature, image labels, pinned base images, and provider credential boundary stay unchanged. ## What Changed - Read a registry-backed BuildKit cache for Daytona image content misses. - Export the cache only when the resolved target ref is the default branch. - Keep provider credentials outside the image build and cache. - Install provider-pack dependencies before runner source is copied. - Keep expensive agent CLI installs before source revision metadata. - Add workflow and Docker layer-order contract checks. ## Verification - `prettier --write .github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml tests/runner-e2e/daytona-image.test.ts tests/runner-e2e/workflow-security.test.ts` - `actionlint .github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml` - `git diff --check` - I did not run a test suite or Docker image build locally. The requested iteration policy reserves those checks for GitHub Actions. ## Risks Low risk. BuildKit can use a cache record only when its content key matches the build instruction and input. Development targets have read-only cache access. The cache contains public source and build outputs, but it does not receive provider credentials or the GitHub token as Docker build inputs. > 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, 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 - [ ] 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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README.md
Paperclip Daytona runner image
This image is the Paperclip Cloud fleet sandbox image plus a source-built
paperclip-runnerd and immutable provider pack. The pack contains Node 24.11,
OpenCode 1.18.17, the compiled OpenCode proxy, ACPX 0.13.1 sidecar, qualified ACP
agents, and the production lockfile. Its manifest digests each executable bridge
and binds the pack to the runner source revision, avoiding artifact upload and
npm installation on every fresh lease.
The fleet pins are intentionally copied from
paperclip-cloud/fleet-sandbox-image/Dockerfile.
Update both definitions together until the fleet base is published as a stable
image that this Dockerfile can extend directly.
Build and verify
The fleet image is currently amd64-only because the pinned Cursor and GitHub CLI checksums cover amd64.
content_id="$(pnpm --silent test:e2e:runner:image-id)"
docker buildx build \
--platform linux/amd64 \
--build-arg PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_CONTENT_ID="${content_id}" \
--build-arg PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_SOURCE_REVISION="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" \
--tag "paperclip-daytona-runner:e2e-content-${content_id}" \
--load \
--file docker/daytona-runner/Dockerfile \
.
docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 \
--entrypoint paperclip-runnerd \
"paperclip-daytona-runner:e2e-content-${content_id}" \
--build-metadata
The metadata must advertise dial_ws_loopback, dial_wss, and listen_ws.
The explicit entrypoint is needed only for this local probe because Daytona's
base image uses its own long-running sandbox entrypoint.
test:e2e:runner:image-id hashes the audited Docker build dependency closure,
target platform, the immutable Dockerfile syntax-frontend digest, and every
immutable FROM reference. It fails before the paid workflow can build when
the frontend or a base is not pinned to a sha256 digest. When updating the
syntax version, resolve and review its registry digest and update both values in
the first Dockerfile line. Git commits that do not change those inputs reuse the
same content tag.
PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_SOURCE_REVISION remains the full Git SHA that built the first
published copy and is retained as provenance rather than cache identity.
Use in Paperclip
Publish the image to a registry Daytona can pull, or use the environment
editor's Configure image flow to produce a Daytona snapshot. Set the
environment image to that immutable tag or snapshot. Paperclip probes the
sandbox user's PATH for paperclip-runnerd and codex and checks
/opt/paperclip-runner/provider-pack for OpenCode and ACPX. It uses the pack
only when its complete manifest matches the controller's build-owned pack;
otherwise it stages the pack configured by
PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_REMOTE_PROVIDER_PACK_PATH. Remote OpenCode and ACPX never
fall back to host-local processes.
Do not promote paperclip-runner-e2e-20260826-v2 for OpenCode or ACPX. Build a
new immutable image or snapshot from a clean committed revision and pass that
full Git SHA as PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_SOURCE_REVISION.
Do not bake provider credentials, Paperclip bootstrap tickets, or Daytona preview tokens into this image. They remain per-run secret material.