paperclip/doc
Devin Foley d9f91576a0
Add accepted-plan decomposition exact-once guards and UI state (#6831)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies, so
planning approvals and child-issue fan-out are part of the core
control-plane loop.
> - Accepted plans are supposed to be a safe bridge from planning into
execution, especially when agents wake from review decisions and reuse
isolated workspaces.
> - The duplicate-subtask incident showed that an accepted plan revision
could be interpreted more than once across overlapping runs, which broke
the single-source-of-truth model for issue decomposition.
> - Fixing that required tightening the backend contract first:
accepted-plan decomposition needs an exact-once fingerprint, durable
claim state, and retry-safe child creation.
> - Once that backend behavior existed, the board still needed
visibility into what happened, so the issue detail view needed a
dedicated decomposition section instead of forcing operators to
reconstruct child creation from raw activity.
> - This pull request adds the exact-once decomposition primitive,
hardens wake routing and regressions around the incident, and surfaces
decomposition state in the UI so future incidents are both prevented and
easier to inspect.

## What Changed

- Added accepted-plan decomposition semantics to
`doc/execution-semantics.md`, including the exact-once fingerprint,
durable claim/result expectations, and retry/resume behavior.
- Added persistent accepted-plan decomposition claims in the backend,
including schema, shared types/validators, service logic, and issue
routes for creating and listing decomposition state.
- Hardened heartbeat routing so an accepted-plan continuation stays
scoped to the relevant planning issue instead of opportunistically
re-decomposing another accepted issue on the same assignee.
- Added regression coverage for the original failure modes: concurrent
same-parent retries, cross-issue accepted-plan isolation, and partial
child recreation under the same fingerprint.
- Added the `Plan decomposition` issue-detail section plus supporting
API/query-key/activity formatting updates so operators can see revision
status, owner, child counts, and the linked child issues directly in the
UI.
- Included the small follow-up UI fix so the decomposition section still
renders when the issue work mode is no longer `planning`.

## Verification

- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/db typecheck`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/issues-service.test.ts`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/issues-service.test.ts -t
"lists persisted decompositions with child issue summaries"`
- `pnpm exec vitest run server/src/__tests__/issues-service.test.ts -t
"accepted plan decomposition"
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-accepted-plan-workspace-refresh.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-context-summary.test.ts`
- Manual UI path: create a planning issue without an isolated execution
workspace, add a `plan` document, accept the `request_confirmation`, let
Paperclip create child issues, then reopen the parent issue detail page
and confirm the `Plan decomposition` section shows the accepted
revision, status, idempotent-claim badge, and child links.
- Separate follow-up bug noted during manual UI validation: accepting a
plan on an issue whose run never records `workspace_finalize` is tracked
in `PAPA-445` and is not part of this PR’s fix scope.

## Risks

- This adds a new migration and a large Drizzle snapshot update;
reviewers should confirm the schema shape and generated metadata match
the intended decomposition table.
- The exact-once claim changes sit on the accepted-plan fan-out path, so
regressions there could block legitimate child creation or mis-handle
retries if the claim state machine is wrong.
- The new UI only appears when decomposition records exist; reviewers
should use the manual verification path above rather than expecting
existing issues on a stale local instance to show the section
automatically.
- `PAPA-445` remains an open follow-up for the `workspace_finalize`
accept gate when a planning handoff never records finalize; that bug can
interfere with reproducing the UI flow on isolated workspaces but does
not change the correctness of the exact-once decomposition feature
itself.

> Checked `ROADMAP.md`: this PR is a bug fix / control-plane hardening
change for accepted-plan decomposition, not a new uncoordinated roadmap
feature.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex via Paperclip `codex_local` (GPT-5-based coding agent;
exact backend model ID/context window not exposed in the run context),
with repository tool use, shell execution, and code-editing
capabilities.

<img width="806" height="1069" alt="Screenshot 2026-05-27 at 11 05
48 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5b00b670-96cd-4470-b0a3-581743bcae28"
/>


## 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

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-05-28 23:30:18 -07:00
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assets docs(readme): align README with brand guidelines (PAPA-439) (#6810) 2026-05-27 18:18:00 -07:00
experimental updating paths 2026-03-10 14:43:34 -05:00
plans [codex] Add skills CLI and catalog management (#6782) 2026-05-28 07:33:51 -10:00
plugins [codex] Add agent permissions and controls plan (#6386) 2026-05-22 08:12:52 -05:00
pr/5429 Add secrets provider vaults and remote import (#5429) 2026-05-09 18:22:17 -05:00
screenshots/pr-6381 [codex] Provider vault secrets UX (#6381) 2026-05-19 15:50:23 -05:00
spec [codex] Bundle local branch fixes from PAP-10032 (#6604) 2026-05-25 07:25:26 -05:00
AGENTCOMPANIES_SPEC_INVENTORY.md Add routine support to recurring task portability 2026-03-23 16:57:38 -05:00
CLI.md [codex] Add skills CLI and catalog management (#6782) 2026-05-28 07:33:51 -10:00
CLIPHUB.md refactor: rename packages to @paperclipai and CLI binary to paperclipai 2026-03-03 08:45:26 -06:00
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DEPLOYMENT-MODES.md [codex] Add private browser first-admin claim flow (#6755) 2026-05-27 21:15:01 -10:00
DEVELOPING.md [codex] Add skills CLI and catalog management (#6782) 2026-05-28 07:33:51 -10:00
DOCKER.md [codex] Add private browser first-admin claim flow (#6755) 2026-05-27 21:15:01 -10:00
execution-semantics.md Add accepted-plan decomposition exact-once guards and UI state (#6831) 2026-05-28 23:30:18 -07:00
GOAL.md [codex] Refresh docs and agent skills (#4693) 2026-04-28 16:12:03 -05:00
memory-landscape.md chore: improve worktree tooling and security docs 2026-04-10 22:26:30 -05:00
OPENCLAW_ONBOARDING.md Introduce bind presets for deployment setup 2026-04-11 07:09:07 -05:00
PRODUCT.md [codex] Add agent permissions and controls plan (#6386) 2026-05-22 08:12:52 -05:00
PUBLISHING.md fix(ci): gate new release packages on npm bootstrap (#5146) 2026-05-03 19:31:28 -07:00
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RELEASING.md Harden release flow with registry verification and dist-tag checks (#4800) 2026-04-29 15:56:20 -07:00
SECRETS-AWS-PROVIDER.md Add secrets provider vaults and remote import (#5429) 2026-05-09 18:22:17 -05:00
SPEC-implementation.md [codex] Add resource membership controls (#6677) 2026-05-25 13:12:41 -05:00
SPEC.md [codex] Add agent permissions and controls plan (#6386) 2026-05-22 08:12:52 -05:00
TASKS-mcp.md Add product spec and MCP task interface docs 2026-02-16 19:07:30 -06:00
TASKS.md Add task management data model spec 2026-02-16 14:25:00 -06:00
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