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Devin Foley 2c98c8e1e5 Fix sandbox git publishing and large workspace uploads (#8422)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - Sandbox and SSH runtimes need to preserve agent work across isolated
execution environments
> - Git-backed workspaces were being copied mostly as filesystem
archives, which breaks when `.git` points outside the mounted workspace
and makes sandbox agents unable to publish their own branches
> - Large ignored dependency trees could also be swept into the sandbox
overlay, causing multi-GB transfers and max-string failures in some
sandbox clients
> - This pull request makes sandbox runtime setup use a git-backed HEAD
sync plus a small dirty/untracked overlay, and bounds sandbox file
transfers so large archives do not need one huge string
> - The benefit is that sandbox agents can commit and push from a usable
git checkout without uploading dependency trees such as `node_modules`

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #8395

No public duplicate issue or PR was found after searches for `sandbox
git workspace`, `git push sandbox`, and `node_modules sandbox upload`.

Bug report:

- What happened: sandbox-backed agent workspaces could receive a `.git`
file that pointed at host-only git state, leaving the sandbox unable to
run normal git workflows. The sandbox overlay upload could also include
ignored dependency directories, creating very large transfers.
- Expected behavior: sandbox and remote runtimes should prepare a usable
git-backed workspace, copy only the necessary workspace overlay, and
restore git history plus file changes without depending on a host-only
`.git` path.
- Steps to reproduce:
1. Run an agent in a sandbox-backed workspace whose local git checkout
is a worktree.
2. Ask the agent to complete a GitHub workflow that requires commit/push
access.
3. Observe that git operations can fail inside the sandbox, and ignored
dependency trees can be uploaded as part of the workspace overlay.
- Paperclip version or commit: reproduced against `master` before this
PR, base `7aa212296eb1`.
- Deployment mode: local dev / sandbox-backed runtime.
- Installation method: built from source.
- Agent adapters involved: local adapters using shared adapter-utils
runtime preparation.
- Database mode: not database-related.
- Access context: agent runtime.
- Local verification environment: Node.js v25.6.1, pnpm 9.15.4, macOS
arm64.
- Privacy checklist: all pasted output was reviewed for secrets, private
hostnames, local usernames, and internal instance links.

## What Changed

- Added a GitHub workflow push preflight so agent runs can detect
missing push credentials when a workflow explicitly needs GitHub
publishing.
- Added shared git workspace sync helpers for shallow HEAD import/export
and dirty/untracked overlay tracking.
- Updated sandbox managed runtime setup to use git history plus a
selected overlay instead of uploading the full local workspace for
git-backed workspaces.
- Bounded sandbox archive upload/download paths so large payloads stream
or chunk instead of materializing one oversized string.
- Excluded `.git` and ignored dependency trees from sandbox upload,
download, and restore baselines while preserving local ignored
directories during sync-back.
- Added focused tests for git workspace sync, sandbox overlay selection,
transfer chunking, and heartbeat push-preflight behavior.

## Verification

- `pnpm exec vitest run
packages/adapter-utils/src/git-workspace-sync.test.ts
packages/adapter-utils/src/sandbox-managed-runtime.test.ts
packages/adapter-utils/src/command-managed-runtime.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-project-env.test.ts
server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-workspace-session.test.ts`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-utils typecheck`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/server typecheck`
- `pnpm build`
- Public-hygiene scan of the PR diff and commit messages for internal
issue ids, local paths, private hostnames, and obvious token patterns.

## Risks

- Medium risk: this changes sandbox runtime synchronization semantics
for git-backed workspaces, especially around dirty tracked files,
untracked files, deleted paths, and ignored files.
- The main mitigation is focused test coverage for upload contents,
restore exclusions, and git round-trip behavior.
- The SSH runtime keeps the current bundle-based implementation from
`master`; this PR only aligns shared excludes and sandbox behavior with
that model.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent, tool-enabled shell/git/GitHub
workflow, with code execution and repository inspection.

## 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] 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] 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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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-06-20 22:03:55 -07:00

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TypeScript

import path from "node:path";
import { GIT_ARCHIVE_EXCLUDES } from "./git-workspace-sync.js";
import {
type SshRemoteExecutionSpec,
prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution,
restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution,
syncDirectoryToSsh,
} from "./ssh.js";
import { captureDirectorySnapshot } from "./workspace-restore-merge.js";
import type { RuntimeProgressSink } from "./runtime-progress.js";
export interface RemoteManagedRuntimeAsset {
key: string;
localDir: string;
followSymlinks?: boolean;
exclude?: string[];
}
export interface PreparedRemoteManagedRuntime {
spec: SshRemoteExecutionSpec;
workspaceLocalDir: string;
workspaceRemoteDir: string;
runtimeRootDir: string;
assetDirs: Record<string, string>;
restoreWorkspace(onProgress?: RuntimeProgressSink): Promise<void>;
}
function asObject(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
: {};
}
function asString(value: unknown): string {
return typeof value === "string" ? value : "";
}
function asNumber(value: unknown): number {
return typeof value === "number" ? value : Number(value);
}
export function buildRemoteExecutionSessionIdentity(spec: SshRemoteExecutionSpec | null) {
if (!spec) return null;
return {
transport: "ssh",
host: spec.host,
port: spec.port,
username: spec.username,
remoteCwd: spec.remoteCwd,
} as const;
}
export function remoteExecutionSessionMatches(saved: unknown, current: SshRemoteExecutionSpec | null): boolean {
const currentIdentity = buildRemoteExecutionSessionIdentity(current);
if (!currentIdentity) return false;
const parsedSaved = asObject(saved);
return (
asString(parsedSaved.transport) === currentIdentity.transport &&
asString(parsedSaved.host) === currentIdentity.host &&
asNumber(parsedSaved.port) === currentIdentity.port &&
asString(parsedSaved.username) === currentIdentity.username &&
asString(parsedSaved.remoteCwd) === currentIdentity.remoteCwd
);
}
export async function prepareRemoteManagedRuntime(input: {
spec: SshRemoteExecutionSpec;
runId: string;
adapterKey: string;
workspaceLocalDir: string;
workspaceRemoteDir?: string;
assets?: RemoteManagedRuntimeAsset[];
// Upload progress sink. Threaded for the byte-counting transport rewrite; the
// child task wires it into the workspace/asset transfers.
onProgress?: RuntimeProgressSink;
}): Promise<PreparedRemoteManagedRuntime> {
const baseWorkspaceRemoteDir = input.workspaceRemoteDir ?? input.spec.remoteCwd;
const workspaceRemoteDir = path.posix.join(
baseWorkspaceRemoteDir,
".paperclip-runtime",
"runs",
input.runId,
"workspace",
);
const runtimeRootDir = path.posix.join(workspaceRemoteDir, ".paperclip-runtime", input.adapterKey);
const preparedWorkspace = await prepareWorkspaceForSshExecution({
spec: input.spec,
localDir: input.workspaceLocalDir,
remoteDir: workspaceRemoteDir,
onProgress: input.onProgress,
});
const restoreExclude = preparedWorkspace.gitBacked ? [...GIT_ARCHIVE_EXCLUDES, ".paperclip-runtime"] : [".paperclip-runtime"];
const baselineSnapshot = await captureDirectorySnapshot(input.workspaceLocalDir, {
exclude: restoreExclude,
});
const assetDirs: Record<string, string> = {};
try {
for (const asset of input.assets ?? []) {
const remoteDir = path.posix.join(runtimeRootDir, asset.key);
assetDirs[asset.key] = remoteDir;
await syncDirectoryToSsh({
spec: input.spec,
localDir: asset.localDir,
remoteDir,
followSymlinks: asset.followSymlinks,
exclude: asset.exclude,
onProgress: input.onProgress,
progressLabel: asset.key,
});
}
} catch (error) {
await restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({
spec: input.spec,
localDir: input.workspaceLocalDir,
remoteDir: workspaceRemoteDir,
baselineSnapshot,
restoreGitHistory: preparedWorkspace.gitBacked,
onProgress: input.onProgress,
});
throw error;
}
return {
spec: input.spec,
workspaceLocalDir: input.workspaceLocalDir,
workspaceRemoteDir,
runtimeRootDir,
assetDirs,
restoreWorkspace: async (onProgress?: RuntimeProgressSink) => {
await restoreWorkspaceFromSshExecution({
spec: input.spec,
localDir: input.workspaceLocalDir,
remoteDir: workspaceRemoteDir,
baselineSnapshot,
restoreGitHistory: preparedWorkspace.gitBacked,
onProgress,
});
},
};
}