## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies
> - The company import/export e2e exercises the local CLI startup path
that boots the dev server inside a workspace
> - That startup path loads server and plugin code which depends on
built workspace package artifacts such as `@paperclipai/shared` and
`@paperclipai/plugin-sdk`
> - In a clean worktree those `dist/*` artifacts may not exist yet even
though `paperclipai run` can still attempt to import the local server
entry
> - That mismatch caused the import/export e2e to fail before the actual
company package flow ran
> - This pull request adds a CLI preflight step that prepares the needed
workspace build dependencies before the local server import and fails
closed if that preflight is interrupted or stalls
> - The benefit is that clean worktrees can boot `paperclipai run`
reliably without silently continuing after incomplete dependency
preparation
## What Changed
- Updated `cli/src/commands/run.ts` to execute
`scripts/ensure-plugin-build-deps.mjs` before importing
`server/src/index.ts` for local dev startup.
- Ensured `paperclipai run` can materialize missing workspace artifacts
such as `packages/shared/dist` and `packages/plugins/sdk/dist`
automatically in clean worktrees.
- Made the preflight fail closed when the child process exits via signal
and bounded it with a 120-second timeout so the CLI does not hang
indefinitely.
- Kept the fix isolated to the CLI startup path; no API contract,
schema, or UI behavior changed.
- Reused the existing
`cli/src/__tests__/company-import-export-e2e.test.ts` coverage that
already exercises the failing boot path, so no additional test file was
needed.
## Verification
- `pnpm test:run cli/src/__tests__/company-import-export-e2e.test.ts`
- `pnpm --filter paperclipai typecheck`
- On the isolated branch, confirmed `packages/shared/dist/index.js` and
`packages/plugins/sdk/dist/index.js` were absent before the run, then
reran the targeted e2e and observed a passing result.
## Risks
- Low risk: the change only affects the local CLI dev startup path
before the server import.
- Residual risk: other entrypoints still rely on their own
preflight/build behavior, so this does not normalize every workspace
startup path.
- The 120-second timeout is intentionally generous, but unusually slow
machines could still hit it and surface a startup error instead of
waiting forever.
## Model Used
- OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-based coding agent in the Codex CLI environment,
with shell/tool execution enabled. The exact runtime revision and
context window are not exposed by this environment.
## 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 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
Replace single retentionDays with a three-tier BackupRetentionPolicy:
- Daily: keep all backups (presets: 3, 7, 14 days; default 7)
- Weekly: keep one per calendar week (presets: 1, 2, 4 weeks; default 4)
- Monthly: keep one per calendar month (presets: 1, 3, 6 months; default 1)
Pruning sorts backups newest-first and applies each tier's cutoff,
keeping only the newest entry per ISO week/month bucket. The Instance
Settings General page now shows three preset selectors (no icon, matches
existing page design). Remove Database icon import.
Restructure the TelemetryClient to send the correct backend envelope
format ({app, schemaVersion, installId, events: [{name, occurredAt, dimensions}]})
instead of the old per-event format. Update all event dimension names
to match the backend registry (agent_role, adapter_type, error_code, etc.).
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
Add the shared telemetry sender, wire the CLI/server emit points,
and cover the config and completion behavior with tests.
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
The root README uses relative doc/assets/ paths which work on GitHub
but break on npmjs.com since those files aren't in the published
tarball. This adds a cli-specific README with absolute
raw.githubusercontent.com URLs so images render on npm.
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
- probe host support on every platform instead of special-casing darwin
- re-export the db package helper from server and cli tests
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
The embedded-postgres library hardcodes --lc-messages=en_US.UTF-8 and
strips the parent process environment when spawning initdb/postgres.
In slim Docker images (e.g. node:20-bookworm-slim), the en_US.UTF-8
locale isn't installed, causing initdb to exit with code 1.
Two fixes applied:
1. Add --lc-messages=C to all initdbFlags arrays (overrides the
library's hardcoded locale since our flags come after in the spread)
2. pnpm patch on embedded-postgres to preserve process.env in spawn
calls, preventing loss of PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and other vars
Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
