Improve orphaned local heartbeat recovery

Persist child-process metadata for local adapter runs, keep detached runs alive when their pid still exists, queue a single automatic retry when the pid is confirmed dead, and clear detached warnings when the original run reports activity again.

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
import fs from "node:fs";
import net from "node:net";
import os from "node:os";
import path from "node:path";
import { spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
import {
applyPendingMigrations,
createDb,
ensurePostgresDatabase,
agents,
agentWakeupRequests,
companies,
heartbeatRunEvents,
heartbeatRuns,
issues,
} from "@paperclipai/db";
import { runningProcesses } from "../adapters/index.ts";
import { heartbeatService } from "../services/heartbeat.ts";
type EmbeddedPostgresInstance = {
initialise(): Promise<void>;
start(): Promise<void>;
stop(): Promise<void>;
};
type EmbeddedPostgresCtor = new (opts: {
databaseDir: string;
user: string;
password: string;
port: number;
persistent: boolean;
initdbFlags?: string[];
onLog?: (message: unknown) => void;
onError?: (message: unknown) => void;
}) => EmbeddedPostgresInstance;
async function getEmbeddedPostgresCtor(): Promise<EmbeddedPostgresCtor> {
const mod = await import("embedded-postgres");
return mod.default as EmbeddedPostgresCtor;
}
async function getAvailablePort(): Promise<number> {
return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const server = net.createServer();
server.unref();
server.on("error", reject);
server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
const address = server.address();
if (!address || typeof address === "string") {
server.close(() => reject(new Error("Failed to allocate test port")));
return;
}
const { port } = address;
server.close((error) => {
if (error) reject(error);
else resolve(port);
});
});
});
}
async function startTempDatabase() {
const dataDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-heartbeat-recovery-"));
const port = await getAvailablePort();
const EmbeddedPostgres = await getEmbeddedPostgresCtor();
const instance = new EmbeddedPostgres({
databaseDir: dataDir,
user: "paperclip",
password: "paperclip",
port,
persistent: true,
initdbFlags: ["--encoding=UTF8", "--locale=C"],
onLog: () => {},
onError: () => {},
});
await instance.initialise();
await instance.start();
const adminConnectionString = `postgres://paperclip:paperclip@127.0.0.1:${port}/postgres`;
await ensurePostgresDatabase(adminConnectionString, "paperclip");
const connectionString = `postgres://paperclip:paperclip@127.0.0.1:${port}/paperclip`;
await applyPendingMigrations(connectionString);
return { connectionString, instance, dataDir };
}
function spawnAliveProcess() {
return spawn(process.execPath, ["-e", "setInterval(() => {}, 1000)"], {
stdio: "ignore",
});
}
describe("heartbeat orphaned process recovery", () => {
let db!: ReturnType<typeof createDb>;
let instance: EmbeddedPostgresInstance | null = null;
let dataDir = "";
const childProcesses = new Set<ChildProcess>();
beforeAll(async () => {
const started = await startTempDatabase();
db = createDb(started.connectionString);
instance = started.instance;
dataDir = started.dataDir;
}, 20_000);
afterEach(async () => {
runningProcesses.clear();
for (const child of childProcesses) {
child.kill("SIGKILL");
}
childProcesses.clear();
await db.delete(issues);
await db.delete(heartbeatRunEvents);
await db.delete(heartbeatRuns);
await db.delete(agentWakeupRequests);
await db.delete(agents);
await db.delete(companies);
});
afterAll(async () => {
for (const child of childProcesses) {
child.kill("SIGKILL");
}
childProcesses.clear();
runningProcesses.clear();
await instance?.stop();
if (dataDir) {
fs.rmSync(dataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
}
});
async function seedRunFixture(input?: {
adapterType?: string;
runStatus?: "running" | "queued" | "failed";
processPid?: number | null;
processLossRetryCount?: number;
includeIssue?: boolean;
runErrorCode?: string | null;
runError?: string | null;
}) {
const companyId = randomUUID();
const agentId = randomUUID();
const runId = randomUUID();
const wakeupRequestId = randomUUID();
const issueId = randomUUID();
const now = new Date("2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z");
const issuePrefix = `T${companyId.replace(/-/g, "").slice(0, 6).toUpperCase()}`;
await db.insert(companies).values({
id: companyId,
name: "Paperclip",
issuePrefix,
requireBoardApprovalForNewAgents: false,
});
await db.insert(agents).values({
id: agentId,
companyId,
name: "CodexCoder",
role: "engineer",
status: "paused",
adapterType: input?.adapterType ?? "codex_local",
adapterConfig: {},
runtimeConfig: {},
permissions: {},
});
await db.insert(agentWakeupRequests).values({
id: wakeupRequestId,
companyId,
agentId,
source: "assignment",
triggerDetail: "system",
reason: "issue_assigned",
payload: input?.includeIssue === false ? {} : { issueId },
status: "claimed",
runId,
claimedAt: now,
});
await db.insert(heartbeatRuns).values({
id: runId,
companyId,
agentId,
invocationSource: "assignment",
triggerDetail: "system",
status: input?.runStatus ?? "running",
wakeupRequestId,
contextSnapshot: input?.includeIssue === false ? {} : { issueId },
processPid: input?.processPid ?? null,
processLossRetryCount: input?.processLossRetryCount ?? 0,
errorCode: input?.runErrorCode ?? null,
error: input?.runError ?? null,
startedAt: now,
updatedAt: new Date("2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z"),
});
if (input?.includeIssue !== false) {
await db.insert(issues).values({
id: issueId,
companyId,
title: "Recover local adapter after lost process",
status: "in_progress",
priority: "medium",
assigneeAgentId: agentId,
checkoutRunId: runId,
executionRunId: runId,
issueNumber: 1,
identifier: `${issuePrefix}-1`,
});
}
return { companyId, agentId, runId, wakeupRequestId, issueId };
}
it("keeps a local run active when the recorded pid is still alive", async () => {
const child = spawnAliveProcess();
childProcesses.add(child);
expect(child.pid).toBeTypeOf("number");
const { runId, wakeupRequestId } = await seedRunFixture({
processPid: child.pid ?? null,
includeIssue: false,
});
const heartbeat = heartbeatService(db);
const result = await heartbeat.reapOrphanedRuns();
expect(result.reaped).toBe(0);
const run = await heartbeat.getRun(runId);
expect(run?.status).toBe("running");
expect(run?.errorCode).toBe("process_detached");
expect(run?.error).toContain(String(child.pid));
const wakeup = await db
.select()
.from(agentWakeupRequests)
.where(eq(agentWakeupRequests.id, wakeupRequestId))
.then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null);
expect(wakeup?.status).toBe("claimed");
});
it("queues exactly one retry when the recorded local pid is dead", async () => {
const { agentId, runId, issueId } = await seedRunFixture({
processPid: 999_999_999,
});
const heartbeat = heartbeatService(db);
const result = await heartbeat.reapOrphanedRuns();
expect(result.reaped).toBe(1);
expect(result.runIds).toEqual([runId]);
const runs = await db
.select()
.from(heartbeatRuns)
.where(eq(heartbeatRuns.agentId, agentId));
expect(runs).toHaveLength(2);
const failedRun = runs.find((row) => row.id === runId);
const retryRun = runs.find((row) => row.id !== runId);
expect(failedRun?.status).toBe("failed");
expect(failedRun?.errorCode).toBe("process_lost");
expect(retryRun?.status).toBe("queued");
expect(retryRun?.retryOfRunId).toBe(runId);
expect(retryRun?.processLossRetryCount).toBe(1);
const issue = await db
.select()
.from(issues)
.where(eq(issues.id, issueId))
.then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null);
expect(issue?.executionRunId).toBe(retryRun?.id ?? null);
expect(issue?.checkoutRunId).toBe(runId);
});
it("does not queue a second retry after the first process-loss retry was already used", async () => {
const { agentId, runId, issueId } = await seedRunFixture({
processPid: 999_999_999,
processLossRetryCount: 1,
});
const heartbeat = heartbeatService(db);
const result = await heartbeat.reapOrphanedRuns();
expect(result.reaped).toBe(1);
expect(result.runIds).toEqual([runId]);
const runs = await db
.select()
.from(heartbeatRuns)
.where(eq(heartbeatRuns.agentId, agentId));
expect(runs).toHaveLength(1);
expect(runs[0]?.status).toBe("failed");
const issue = await db
.select()
.from(issues)
.where(eq(issues.id, issueId))
.then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null);
expect(issue?.executionRunId).toBeNull();
expect(issue?.checkoutRunId).toBe(runId);
});
it("clears the detached warning when the run reports activity again", async () => {
const { runId } = await seedRunFixture({
includeIssue: false,
runErrorCode: "process_detached",
runError: "Lost in-memory process handle, but child pid 123 is still alive",
});
const heartbeat = heartbeatService(db);
const updated = await heartbeat.reportRunActivity(runId);
expect(updated?.errorCode).toBeNull();
expect(updated?.error).toBeNull();
const run = await heartbeat.getRun(runId);
expect(run?.errorCode).toBeNull();
expect(run?.error).toBeNull();
});
});