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From: Devin Foley <devin@devinfoley.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 11:40:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Retry canary registry verification (#5579)
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## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip orchestrates AI agents for zero-human companies, and the
release pipeline is part of keeping that control plane shippable.
> - The relevant subsystem here is the release automation in
`scripts/release.sh`, which publishes canary builds and then verifies
npm registry state.
> - The failing CI run showed a successful publish followed by an
immediate registry-state verification failure while npm dist-tag
metadata was still propagating.
> - That made the canary job flaky even when the publish itself had
succeeded, which is the wrong failure mode for release automation.
> - This pull request adds bounded retries around the post-publish
registry-state verification step instead of failing on the first stale
read.
> - The benefit is that canary releases tolerate transient npm
propagation lag while still failing clearly if registry metadata never
converges.

## What Changed

- Wrapped the post-publish `verify-release-registry-state.mjs` call in a
bounded retry loop inside `scripts/release.sh`.
- Reused the existing publish verification retry defaults and added
optional overrides via `NPM_REGISTRY_STATE_VERIFY_ATTEMPTS` and
`NPM_REGISTRY_STATE_VERIFY_DELAY_SECONDS` for dist-tag-specific tuning.

## Verification

- `bash -n scripts/release.sh`
- CI will also exercise the release path via the existing `Canary Dry
Run` workflow job in `.github/workflows/pr.yml`.

## Risks

- Low risk. The main behavioral change is that a genuinely broken
registry-state verification can now wait through the configured retry
window before failing.

> For core feature work, check [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) first and
discuss it in `#dev` before opening the PR. Feature PRs that overlap
with planned core work may need to be redirected — check the roadmap
first. See `CONTRIBUTING.md`.

## Model Used

- OpenAI Codex local agent, GPT-5-based Codex runtime in Paperclip with
tool use and shell execution. The exact backend model ID/context window
is not surfaced in this local heartbeat 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 checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [ ] 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
---
 scripts/release.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index fc9441a6..5945c455 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -314,7 +314,23 @@ else
     verify_args+=(--package "$pkg_name")
   done <<< "$VERSIONED_PACKAGE_INFO"
 
-  node "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/verify-release-registry-state.mjs" "${verify_args[@]}"
+  VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_ATTEMPTS="${NPM_REGISTRY_STATE_VERIFY_ATTEMPTS:-$VERIFY_ATTEMPTS}"
+  VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_DELAY_SECONDS="${NPM_REGISTRY_STATE_VERIFY_DELAY_SECONDS:-$VERIFY_DELAY_SECONDS}"
+  verify_registry_state_attempt=1
+
+  while true; do
+    if node "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/verify-release-registry-state.mjs" "${verify_args[@]}"; then
+      break
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$verify_registry_state_attempt" -ge "$VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_ATTEMPTS" ]; then
+      release_fail "npm registry dist-tag verification never converged after ${VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_ATTEMPTS} attempt(s)."
+    fi
+
+    release_warn "npm registry metadata is not fully propagated yet; retrying dist-tag verification in ${VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_DELAY_SECONDS}s (attempt ${verify_registry_state_attempt}/${VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_ATTEMPTS})..."
+    sleep "$VERIFY_REGISTRY_STATE_DELAY_SECONDS"
+    verify_registry_state_attempt=$((verify_registry_state_attempt + 1))
+  done
 fi
 
 release_info ""