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Devin FoleyandPaperclip 35a4448c02 fix(cursor): select failure diagnostics after trace notices (#14636)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip manages work performed by AI agents.
> - The Cursor CLI adapter turns process output into run results.
> - Cursor can print a trace-file notice before a real error.
> - The adapter used the first stderr line as the failure summary.
> - This could hide the error behind an informational file path.
> - This change selects the first diagnostic after that known notice and
preserves the full logs.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

**What happened?**

When Cursor exits with a nonzero code, a leading `cursor-retrieval:
tracing to ...` notice can become the error summary. A later error
remains in stderr but is absent from the summary. If the notice is the
only output, the summary does not explain that the process exited
unsuccessfully.

**Expected behavior**

Prefer the structured error, then a stderr diagnostic, then the exit
code. Keep the run failed and preserve the original logs.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Use a fixture Cursor executable that writes the trace-file notice to
stderr.
2. Write `Authentication failed` on the next line, then exit with code
7.
3. The old adapter reports the trace-file notice. This change reports
the authentication error.
4. Repeat with only the notice. This change reports `Cursor exited with
code 7`.

**Paperclip version or commit**

Reproduced against master commit
`17780751551b3bc1c2521f7694026c34534c46c9` with local process fixtures.

**Deployment mode**

Local CLI adapter. The diagnostic helper is also used by environment
probes.

Searched open Cursor PRs and issues. PRs #14631 and #14435 concern
native ACP support; #11106 concerns MCP configuration. None changes this
legacy CLI diagnostic selection.

## What Changed

- Skip only the exact trace-location notice when choosing a diagnostic
line.
- Remove terminal control codes from summary candidates.
- Use the same selection for execution and environment probes.
- Preserve structured-error priority, exit status, retry decisions, and
raw stdout/stderr.
- Add child-process regression tests and narrow parsing cases. Document
the behavior.

## Verification

- Two execution regression cases failed on the previous implementation;
structured-error priority already passed.
- `pnpm exec vitest run packages/adapters/cursor-local`: all 16 tests
passed across five files.
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/adapter-cursor-local typecheck` passed.
- `pnpm -r typecheck` passed.
- All GitHub CI checks passed on the PR head. One preview-runtime
readiness test failed on the first attempt; its full local suite passed
(28 tests, three skips) and the failed CI shard passed on retry. No
unrelated source change was needed.
- The broad local `pnpm test:run` command did not complete in the
available verification window and was stopped; no full local-suite pass
is claimed. The full sharded GitHub CI suite passed. `pnpm build`
passed.
- Tests use local fixture processes. They make no Cursor provider
requests.

## Risks

A future Cursor notice format may no longer match and will remain
visible. Retrieval error lines and unknown diagnostics remain visible.
This improves diagnosis; it does not claim to fix an unknown provider or
machine failure. There are no schema, authentication, cancellation, or
retry-policy changes.

## Model Used

OpenAI Codex (GPT-6), with reasoning, repository inspection, and command
execution. The session does not expose a more specific model revision or
context-window size.

## 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 described the issue in-PR following the relevant issue
template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links
- [x] My branch name describes the change and contains no internal
Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run the targeted tests locally and they pass; full checks
are in progress
- [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

Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-09-29 16:36:36 -07:00
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