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Devin Foley dd1a7f5290 Ensure app-home ownership before the privilege drop, not only on remap (#10530)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The Docker image persists all instance state (project checkouts,
worktrees, run logs, uploads) under `PAPERCLIP_HOME`, and deployments
mount a volume there for durability
> - The entrypoint starts as root and drops privileges to the `node`
user, but it fixes `PAPERCLIP_HOME` ownership only when it remaps the
user's UID/GID
> - A freshly mounted volume arrives root-owned and shadows the image's
build-time `chown`, so a default-UID boot drops privileges onto an
unwritable home and the server crashes on its first `mkdir`
> - This pull request makes the entrypoint probe the home's ownership
and chown whenever it does not match the runtime user, before the
privilege drop
> - The benefit is that the image works out of the box on any
platform-managed volume, with the common already-correct boot staying
chown-free

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

No public issue exists — describing the bug inline (per the bug report
template).

**What happened?**
Running the image with a freshly created volume mounted at `/paperclip`
(a Docker named volume, a Kubernetes PV, or any platform-managed volume)
and the default `USER_UID`/`USER_GID` crashes on boot: `Error: EACCES:
permission denied, mkdir '/paperclip/instances/default/logs'`.

**Expected behavior**
The container boots and initializes its instance tree on the mounted
volume, exactly as it does when `/paperclip` is the image's own
(build-time chowned) directory.

**Steps to reproduce**
1. `docker volume create paperclip-data`
2. `docker run -v paperclip-data:/paperclip
ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:<any current tag>`
3. Observe the EACCES crash on the first `mkdir` under `/paperclip`.

**Root cause**
`scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh` chowns `/paperclip` only inside its
UID/GID remap branch (`changed=1`). A fresh volume mount is root-owned
and shadows the image's build-time `chown node:node /paperclip`; with
the default 1000:1000 no remap happens, so no chown happens, and `gosu
node` drops onto an unwritable home.

**Paperclip version or commit:** reproduces on `master` and any
published image.
**Deployment mode:** any; observed on managed-cloud volume mounts and
reproducible with plain Docker named volumes.
**Installation method:** Docker image (`ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip`).

**Related PRs (dedup search):** no open or merged PR touches the
entrypoint ownership logic; the entrypoint's privilege-handling tests
were added previously and this extends them. No duplicate found.

## What Changed

- `scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh`: the remap-conditional `chown` is
replaced by an ownership probe — after any UID/GID remap, the entrypoint
stats `PAPERCLIP_HOME` (default `/paperclip`) and runs `chown -R
node:node` only when the owner does not match the runtime user, before
`exec gosu node`. Covers fresh root-owned mounts and trees written under
a previous UID mapping; the already-correct boot performs no chown. The
unprivileged (non-root start) branch is unchanged.
- `server/src/__tests__/docker-entrypoint.test.ts`: `stat` stub added to
the harness; new cases for the fresh root-owned mount with default
UID/GID and for `PAPERCLIP_HOME`-relative probing; the remap case now
models the post-remap ownership mismatch.

## Verification

- `pnpm vitest run server/src/__tests__/docker-entrypoint.test.ts` — 7
passed (5 existing behaviors unchanged, 2 new).
- Live on a managed deployment: a container that crash-looped with the
EACCES above boots cleanly once the home is chowned before the drop (the
same effect this entrypoint change produces; forced there by a UID remap
as an interim workaround).

## Risks

- Low. Behavior changes only for boots where `PAPERCLIP_HOME` exists
with mismatched ownership — exactly the boots that crash today. `chown
-R` on a large previously-mismatched tree adds one-time boot latency;
correctly-owned homes skip it entirely. Kubernetes restricted /
OpenShift non-root starts keep the existing exec-directly path
untouched.

## Model Used

Claude Fable 5 (`claude-fable-5`, Anthropic; Claude Code CLI with
extended thinking and tool use; tests executed locally via Vitest).

## 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 (no duplicates; extends the existing entrypoint privilege
tests)
- [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] 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
- [x] 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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#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Capture runtime UID/GID from environment variables, defaulting to 1000
PUID=${USER_UID:-1000}
PGID=${USER_GID:-1000}
# Without root we can neither remap the node user (usermod/groupmod/chown)
# nor switch users (gosu needs CAP_SETUID/CAP_SETGID), so exec directly.
# This covers Kubernetes restricted PodSecurity (runAsNonRoot + runAsUser)
# as well as platforms that assign arbitrary UIDs (e.g. OpenShift); for the
# latter a UID/GID mismatch is unfixable here, so warn instead of letting
# usermod fail cryptically and keep volume-permission issues diagnosable.
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne "$PUID" ] || [ "$(id -g)" -ne "$PGID" ]; then
echo "docker-entrypoint.sh: running unprivileged as $(id -u):$(id -g); cannot remap to requested ${PUID}:${PGID}" >&2
fi
exec "$@"
fi
# Adjust the node user's UID/GID if they differ from the runtime request
if [ "$(id -u node)" -ne "$PUID" ]; then
echo "Updating node UID to $PUID"
usermod -o -u "$PUID" node
fi
if [ "$(id -g node)" -ne "$PGID" ]; then
echo "Updating node GID to $PGID"
groupmod -o -g "$PGID" node
usermod -g "$PGID" node
fi
# Ensure the app home is owned by the runtime user BEFORE dropping
# privileges -- not only after a UID/GID remap. A freshly mounted volume
# (Docker named volume, Railway volume, Kubernetes PV) arrives root-owned
# and shadows the image's build-time chown, so with the default UID the old
# remap-only condition dropped privileges onto an unwritable home and the
# server crashed on its first mkdir. The probe is a first-mismatch find
# over the WHOLE tree (uid and gid): a root-owned mount or descendant
# (init containers, backup restores, files written before a remap) is
# found immediately and repaired recursively, a GID-only remap is caught,
# and a fully-correct tree costs one metadata-only walk with no chown.
home_dir="${PAPERCLIP_HOME:-/paperclip}"
if [ -d "$home_dir" ] && [ -n "$(find "$home_dir" \( ! -user node -o ! -group node \) -print -quit 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
chown -R node:node "$home_dir"
fi
exec gosu node "$@"