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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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import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import os from "node:os";
import path from "node:path";
import { execFile as execFileCallback, spawn } from "node:child_process";
import { promisify } from "node:util";
import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
import {
createCommandManagedRuntimeClient,
prepareCommandManagedRuntime,
type CommandManagedRuntimeRunner,
} from "./command-managed-runtime.js";
import type { RunProcessResult } from "./server-utils.js";
const execFile = promisify(execFileCallback);
interface SpawnRunnerHandle {
runner: CommandManagedRuntimeRunner;
calls: Array<{ command: string; args?: string[]; cwd?: string; stdin?: string }>;
}
// A runner that actually executes the shell scripts (piping stdin through a real
// pipe so multi-MB payloads work) and replays stdout through onLog in several
// chunks so the streaming readFile byte-counter is exercised.
function makeSpawnRunner(options: {
supportsSingleStreamStdinProgress?: boolean;
maxStdoutBytes?: number;
} = {}): SpawnRunnerHandle {
const calls: Array<{ command: string; args?: string[]; cwd?: string; stdin?: string }> = [];
const runner: CommandManagedRuntimeRunner = {
supportsSingleStreamStdinProgress: options.supportsSingleStreamStdinProgress,
execute: async (input) =>
await new Promise<RunProcessResult>((resolve) => {
calls.push({ command: input.command, args: input.args, cwd: input.cwd, stdin: input.stdin });
const startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
const command =
input.command === "sh" ? "/bin/sh" : input.command === "bash" ? "/bin/bash" : input.command;
const child = spawn(command, input.args ?? [], {
cwd: input.cwd,
env: { ...process.env, ...input.env },
});
let stdout = "";
let stderr = "";
child.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
stdout += chunk.toString("utf8");
});
child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
stderr += chunk.toString("utf8");
});
child.on("error", () => {
resolve({ exitCode: 127, signal: null, timedOut: false, stdout, stderr, pid: null, startedAt });
});
child.on("close", async (code) => {
if (
options.maxStdoutBytes != null &&
Buffer.byteLength(stdout, "utf8") > options.maxStdoutBytes
) {
resolve({
exitCode: 1,
signal: null,
timedOut: false,
stdout,
stderr: `stdout exceeded ${options.maxStdoutBytes} bytes`,
pid: child.pid ?? null,
startedAt,
});
return;
}
if (input.onLog && stdout.length > 0) {
const chunkSize = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(stdout.length / 4));
for (let offset = 0; offset < stdout.length; offset += chunkSize) {
await input.onLog("stdout", stdout.slice(offset, offset + chunkSize));
}
}
resolve({
exitCode: code ?? 0,
signal: null,
timedOut: false,
stdout,
stderr,
pid: child.pid ?? null,
startedAt,
});
});
if (input.stdin != null) child.stdin.write(input.stdin);
child.stdin.end();
}),
};
return { runner, calls };
}
function toArrayBuffer(buffer: Buffer): ArrayBuffer {
return Uint8Array.from(buffer).buffer;
}
async function withBase64StringByteLimit<T>(limitBytes: number, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
const originalToString = Buffer.prototype.toString;
Buffer.prototype.toString = function patchedToString(
this: Buffer,
encoding?: BufferEncoding,
start?: number,
end?: number,
) {
if (encoding === "base64" && this.byteLength > limitBytes) {
throw new Error(`test guard: attempted to base64-encode ${this.byteLength} bytes at once`);
}
return originalToString.call(this, encoding, start, end);
} as typeof Buffer.prototype.toString;
try {
return await fn();
} finally {
Buffer.prototype.toString = originalToString;
}
}
describe("command managed runtime", () => {
const cleanupDirs: string[] = [];
afterEach(async () => {
while (cleanupDirs.length > 0) {
const dir = cleanupDirs.pop();
if (!dir) continue;
await rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => undefined);
}
});
it("keeps the runtime overlay out of sandbox workspace sync by default", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-runtime-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const localWorkspaceDir = path.join(rootDir, "local-workspace");
const remoteWorkspaceDir = path.join(rootDir, "remote-workspace");
await mkdir(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime"), { recursive: true });
await mkdir(remoteWorkspaceDir, { recursive: true });
await writeFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "local workspace\n", "utf8");
await writeFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "state.json"), "{\"keep\":true}\n", "utf8");
const calls: Array<{
command: string;
args?: string[];
cwd?: string;
env?: Record<string, string>;
stdin?: string;
timeoutMs?: number;
}> = [];
const runner = {
execute: async (input: {
command: string;
args?: string[];
cwd?: string;
env?: Record<string, string>;
stdin?: string;
timeoutMs?: number;
}): Promise<RunProcessResult> => {
calls.push({ ...input });
const startedAt = new Date().toISOString();
const env = {
...process.env,
...input.env,
};
const command =
input.command === "sh" ? "/bin/sh" : input.command === "bash" ? "/bin/bash" : input.command;
const args = [...(input.args ?? [])];
if (
input.stdin != null &&
(input.command === "sh" || input.command === "bash") &&
(args[0] === "-c" || args[0] === "-lc") &&
typeof args[1] === "string"
) {
env.PAPERCLIP_TEST_STDIN = input.stdin;
args[1] = `printf '%s' \"$PAPERCLIP_TEST_STDIN\" | (${args[1]})`;
}
try {
const result = await execFile(command, args, {
cwd: input.cwd,
env,
maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024,
timeout: input.timeoutMs,
});
return {
exitCode: 0,
signal: null,
timedOut: false,
stdout: result.stdout,
stderr: result.stderr,
pid: null,
startedAt,
};
} catch (error) {
const err = error as NodeJS.ErrnoException & {
stdout?: string;
stderr?: string;
code?: string | number | null;
signal?: NodeJS.Signals | null;
killed?: boolean;
};
return {
exitCode: typeof err.code === "number" ? err.code : null,
signal: err.signal ?? null,
timedOut: Boolean(err.killed && input.timeoutMs),
stdout: err.stdout ?? "",
stderr: err.stderr ?? "",
pid: null,
startedAt,
};
}
},
};
const prepared = await prepareCommandManagedRuntime({
runner,
spec: {
remoteCwd: remoteWorkspaceDir,
timeoutMs: 30_000,
},
adapterKey: "claude",
workspaceLocalDir: localWorkspaceDir,
});
await expect(readFile(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "utf8")).resolves.toBe("local workspace\n");
await expect(readFile(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "state.json"), "utf8")).rejects
.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
// The single-stream upload pipes the tarball through exactly one stdin-backed
// process (the speed fix); nothing else streams stdin.
expect(calls.filter((call) => call.stdin != null).length).toBe(1);
await mkdir(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime"), { recursive: true });
await writeFile(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "remote workspace\n", "utf8");
await writeFile(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "remote-state.json"), "{\"remote\":true}\n", "utf8");
await prepared.restoreWorkspace();
await expect(readFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "utf8")).resolves.toBe("remote workspace\n");
await expect(readFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "state.json"), "utf8")).resolves
.toBe("{\"keep\":true}\n");
await expect(readFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "remote-state.json"), "utf8")).rejects
.toMatchObject({ code: "ENOENT" });
// Restore streams the download through `base64`/onLog (no stdin), so the only
// stdin-backed call remains the single upload from prepare.
expect(calls.filter((call) => call.stdin != null).length).toBe(1);
});
it("runs setup commands from a stable root cwd when staging into a nested remote workspace dir", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-runtime-nested-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const localWorkspaceDir = path.join(rootDir, "local-workspace");
const remoteBaseDir = path.join(rootDir, "remote-base");
const remoteWorkspaceDir = path.join(remoteBaseDir, ".paperclip-runtime", "runs", "test", "workspace");
await mkdir(localWorkspaceDir, { recursive: true });
await mkdir(remoteBaseDir, { recursive: true });
await writeFile(path.join(localWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "local workspace\n", "utf8");
const { runner, calls } = makeSpawnRunner();
await prepareCommandManagedRuntime({
runner,
spec: {
remoteCwd: remoteBaseDir,
timeoutMs: 30_000,
},
adapterKey: "codex",
workspaceLocalDir: localWorkspaceDir,
workspaceRemoteDir: remoteWorkspaceDir,
});
expect(calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
expect(calls.every((call) => call.cwd === "/")).toBe(true);
await expect(readFile(path.join(remoteWorkspaceDir, "README.md"), "utf8")).resolves.toBe("local workspace\n");
});
it("uploads a multi-MB payload in a single process and preserves exact bytes", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-write-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const remotePath = path.join(rootDir, "nested", "payload.bin");
// ~3 MB of every byte value so the test catches any non-binary-safe handling.
const payload = Buffer.alloc(3 * 1024 * 1024);
for (let i = 0; i < payload.length; i++) payload[i] = i % 256;
const { runner, calls } = makeSpawnRunner({ supportsSingleStreamStdinProgress: true });
const client = createCommandManagedRuntimeClient({ runner, commandCwd: "/", timeoutMs: 30_000 });
const progress: Array<{ done: number; total: number | null }> = [];
await withBase64StringByteLimit(4 * 1024 * 1024, async () => {
await client.writeFile(remotePath, toArrayBuffer(payload), {
onProgress: (done, total) => {
progress.push({ done, total });
},
});
});
// Exactly one upload process: O(1) round-trips regardless of payload size.
expect(calls.length).toBe(1);
expect(calls[0].stdin).toBeTypeOf("string");
const written = await readFile(remotePath);
expect(written.equals(payload)).toBe(true);
// Progress is monotonically non-decreasing and reaches the total.
expect(progress.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (let i = 1; i < progress.length; i++) {
expect(progress[i].done).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(progress[i - 1].done);
}
expect(progress.at(-1)).toEqual({ done: payload.length, total: payload.length });
});
it("falls back to chunked upload progress when the runner cannot report mid-stream stdin progress", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-write-fallback-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const remotePath = path.join(rootDir, "nested", "payload.bin");
const payload = Buffer.alloc(12 * 1024 * 1024);
for (let i = 0; i < payload.length; i++) payload[i] = i % 256;
const { runner, calls } = makeSpawnRunner({ supportsSingleStreamStdinProgress: false });
const client = createCommandManagedRuntimeClient({ runner, commandCwd: "/", timeoutMs: 30_000 });
const progress: Array<{ done: number; total: number | null }> = [];
await client.writeFile(remotePath, toArrayBuffer(payload), {
onProgress: (done, total) => {
progress.push({ done, total });
},
});
const written = await readFile(remotePath);
expect(written.equals(payload)).toBe(true);
// Provider-backed sandbox runners cannot surface mid-flight progress for a
// single stdin RPC, so we intentionally use several large append commands.
expect(calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(2);
const stdinCalls = calls.filter((call) => call.stdin != null);
expect(stdinCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(2);
expect(stdinCalls.every((call) => Buffer.byteLength(call.stdin ?? "", "utf8") <= 4.1 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe(true);
expect(progress.length).toBeGreaterThan(2);
for (let i = 1; i < progress.length; i++) {
expect(progress[i].done).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(progress[i - 1].done);
}
expect(progress.at(-1)).toEqual({ done: payload.length, total: payload.length });
});
it("falls back to bounded chunks when the runner does not explicitly opt in", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-write-fallback-no-progress-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const remotePath = path.join(rootDir, "nested", "payload.bin");
const payload = Buffer.alloc(12 * 1024 * 1024);
for (let i = 0; i < payload.length; i++) payload[i] = i % 256;
const { runner, calls } = makeSpawnRunner();
const client = createCommandManagedRuntimeClient({ runner, commandCwd: "/", timeoutMs: 30_000 });
await withBase64StringByteLimit(4 * 1024 * 1024, async () => {
await client.writeFile(remotePath, toArrayBuffer(payload));
});
const written = await readFile(remotePath);
expect(written.equals(payload)).toBe(true);
// A runner that doesn't mark single-stream stdin support must avoid passing
// the whole base64 archive as one string, so we expect multiple append calls.
const stdinCalls = calls.filter((call) => call.stdin != null);
expect(stdinCalls.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
expect(stdinCalls.every((call) => Buffer.byteLength(call.stdin ?? "", "utf8") <= 4.1 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe(true);
});
it("downloads in bounded stdout chunks and reports monotonic byte progress to the total", async () => {
const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-command-read-"));
cleanupDirs.push(rootDir);
const remotePath = path.join(rootDir, "download.bin");
const payload = Buffer.alloc(7 * 1024 * 1024);
for (let i = 0; i < payload.length; i++) payload[i] = (i * 7) % 256;
await writeFile(remotePath, payload);
const { runner, calls } = makeSpawnRunner({ maxStdoutBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024 });
const client = createCommandManagedRuntimeClient({ runner, commandCwd: "/", timeoutMs: 30_000 });
const progress: Array<{ done: number; total: number | null }> = [];
const bytes = await client.readFile(remotePath, {
onProgress: (done, total) => {
progress.push({ done, total });
},
});
expect(Buffer.from(bytes as ArrayBuffer).equals(payload)).toBe(true);
// The old single `base64 < file` path would exceed the runner's stdout cap.
// The bounded path reads with several small `dd | base64` commands instead.
expect(calls.some((call) => call.args?.join(" ").includes("base64 <"))).toBe(false);
expect(calls.filter((call) => call.args?.join(" ").includes("dd if=")).length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
expect(progress.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
for (let i = 1; i < progress.length; i++) {
expect(progress[i].done).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(progress[i - 1].done);
}
expect(progress.every((entry) => entry.total === payload.length)).toBe(true);
expect(progress.at(-1)?.done).toBe(payload.length);
});
});