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2026-10-24-paperclip-canary-encrypts-sensitive-approvals-and-binds-retry-identity-to-actor-and-key-custody
Canary encrypts sensitive approvals and binds retry identity to actor and key custody. New sensitive tool-approval payloads encrypt arguments such as secretValue using the instance tool-action signing secret. Existing signed approvals are not rewritten. Sensitive request identities use the same key rather than guessable secret hashes. Default retry keys are versioned and actor-scoped; unverifiable old requests require reconciliation instead of replay. The configured signing secret takes precedence over a derived key from the persisted secrets master key. The October 23 implementation is absent from stable and beta but present in the October 24 canary and matching nightly source.
Channel: preview-or-beta. Half: both. Date: 2026-10-24.
Operator consequence: For 2026.1024.0-canary.7, back up and share the configured signing key or master-key fallback with the database and all serving processes. Plan for rotation invalidating retry matching, and inspect an old request’s prior effect before intentionally issuing a new explicit key. This improves custody for new records without retroactively rewriting history; no historical secret compromise is alleged.
Receipt
- https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/blob/5e26b733b9668d24b005418704d43f66109a7dd8/doc/connections/vercel.md#L198-L212
- https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/blob/5e26b733b9668d24b005418704d43f66109a7dd8/doc/connections/SUPABASE.md#L239-L254
- https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/commit/9c442cf48e633002fb9600ff0c137550889fdb08
Finding metadata
Run: 2026-10-24-weekly-digest-2026-10-13_2026-10-24-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-10-24-paperclip-canary-encrypts-sensitive-approvals-and-binds-retry-identity-to-actor-and-key-custody
Source links
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- tagged commit file2026-10-24-paperclip-canary-encrypts-sensitive-approvals-and-binds-retry-identity-to-actor-and-key-custodypaperclipai/paperclip / doc/connections/vercel.md#L198-L212tagged commit file2026-10-24-paperclip-canary-encrypts-sensitive-approvals-and-binds-retry-identity-to-actor-and-key-custodypaperclipai/paperclip / doc/connections/SUPABASE.md#L239-L254commit2026-10-24-paperclip-canary-encrypts-sensitive-approvals-and-binds-retry-identity-to-actor-and-key-custodygithub.com/paperclipai/paperclip/commit/9c442cf48e633002fb9600ff0c137550889fdb08
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