feat(agent-server): add explicit conversation archiving

[neubig]

HUMAN:
Rerun formatting/lint and focused tests after replacing undefined BASE_STATE with base_state.json.

AGENT:

Why

Conversation archive state must be explicit and independent from runtime availability; missing infrastructure is not equivalent to a user-controlled archive decision. This is the #4994 layer stacked on #4998.

Summary

• persist explicit nullable archived_at independently from runtime state
• add archive/unarchive controls and archived search filtering without runtime hydration
• reap owned Docker runtimes on archive and block archived runtime recovery/reprovision
• expose additive TypeScript APIs and document archive versus deletion semantics

How to Test

• uv run pre-commit run --files ...
• uv run pytest -q tests/agent_server/test_conversation_service.py tests/agent_server/test_conversation_router.py tests/agent_server/docker_runtime/test_docker_routers.py (256 passed, 1 skipped)
• npm run format:check
• npm run build
• npm test -- --runInBand src/__tests__/api-clients.test.ts (86 passed)

Closes #4994

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Coverage Report •

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
openhands-agent-server/openhands/agent_server
conversation_router.py	278	21	92%	72–73, 190–192, 204, 233, 347, 429, 475, 535, 705–708, 720–723, 763, 801
conversation_service.py	1253	138	89%	199–200, 209, 236–237, 241–242, 247, 389–390, 393–394, 410–411, 425, 591–592, 653, 735, 757, 764–765, 854, 908, 911, 936, 987–988, 995, 1027–1028, 1044, 1075, 1079, 1093, 1119–1122, 1128–1129, 1138, 1140, 1206, 1216, 1241, 1249–1250, 1254–1255, 1263, 1292, 1299, 1397, 1403, 1408, 1414, 1422–1423, 1432–1435, 1444, 1456, 1464, 1493, 1499–1500, 1503–1505, 1532, 1584, 1633–1634, 1638, 1715–1716, 1787, 1842–1844, 1846–1847, 1850–1851, 1888, 1962–1963, 1995, 2010, 2019–2021, 2032–2034, 2037–2038, 2042–2044, 2047–2048, 2052–2054, 2057–2058, 2087, 2096, 2139, 2149–2151, 2211, 2214, 2241, 2251, 2256–2259, 2273, 2284, 2296–2297, 2329, 2425, 2482, 2540, 2555–2556, 2688, 2934, 2987, 2990
openhands-agent-server/openhands/agent_server/docker_runtime
routers.py	272	60	78%	58, 104–106, 149–150, 156, 176–177, 202–203, 208–209, 224, 230, 240–243, 267, 272–276, 325–326, 364–366, 386, 405, 422–424, 443, 501, 524, 530–533, 536–537, 540–541, 544, 547–549, 555, 560–564, 641–642, 654, 747
TOTAL	44240	18065	59%

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Verdict: ✅ APPROVE

Taste Rating: 🟢 Good taste

Clean, additive feature that separates archive state from runtime availability. The archived_at field is persisted independently in meta.json, the search filter is a simple boolean partition, and Docker runtime access is blocked via _is_archived guards in _workspace_or_404 and reprovision_conversation_runtime.

Key observations:

• Backward compatible: archived_at: datetime | None = Field(default=None) on StoredConversation (which inherits extra="forbid" from ConversationConfig) is purely additive — old meta.json files without the field load fine via the default.
• Idempotent archiving: archived_at = (record.stored.archived_at or now) if archived else None preserves the original timestamp on re-archive. Good.
• Runtime isolation: _get_or_load_event_service_locked returns None for archived conversations, blocking lazy recovery. The archive/unarchive Docker routes bypass _workspace_or_404 so unarchive always works. The catch-all proxy inherits the archived guard via _workspace_or_404.
• Thread safety: set_conversation_archived runs under async with self._conversation_lifecycle(conversation_id). Correct.
• Tests: Cover archive→search filtering, runtime stop on archive, 409 on reprovision/proxy for archived conversations, and the router-level 404 path. The service test exercises the disk-load path for _conversation_info after the event service is popped.

[RISK ASSESSMENT]

• Overall PR: 🟢 LOW
• No agent behavior, prompt, or tool changes — purely agent-server conversation lifecycle infrastructure. No eval-risk.
• No dependency changes, no version bumps.
• Additive REST endpoints and TypeScript APIs with no breaking changes to existing contracts.

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Verdict: ✅ APPROVE

Taste Rating: 🟢 Good taste

Clean, additive feature that separates archive state from runtime availability. The archived_at field is persisted independently in meta.json, the search filter is a simple boolean partition, and Docker runtime access is blocked via _is_archived guards in _workspace_or_404 and reprovision_conversation_runtime.

Key observations:

• Backward compatible: archived_at: datetime | None = Field(default=None) on StoredConversation is purely additive — old meta.json files without the field load fine via the default.
• Idempotent archiving: archived_at = (record.stored.archived_at or now) if archived else None preserves the original timestamp on re-archive.
• Runtime isolation: _get_or_load_event_service_locked returns None for archived conversations (line 1215), blocking lazy recovery. The Docker archive/unarchive routes bypass _workspace_or_404 so unarchive always works. The catch-all proxy inherits the archived guard via _workspace_or_404.
• Thread safety: set_conversation_archived runs under async with self._conversation_lifecycle(conversation_id) with disk writes via asyncio.to_thread. Correct.
• Docker ordering: _set_docker_archive_state persists metadata before calling registry.stop(), so the conversation is marked archived even if container reaping fails.
• Tests: Cover archive→search filtering with a real service persistence round-trip, runtime stop on archive, 409 on reprovision/proxy for archived conversations, and router-level 404 paths.

[RISK ASSESSMENT]

• Overall PR: 🟢 LOW
• No agent behavior, prompt, or tool changes — purely agent-server conversation lifecycle infrastructure. No eval-risk.
• No dependency changes, no version bumps.
• Additive REST endpoints and TypeScript APIs with no breaking changes to existing contracts.

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🛠️ REQUEST_CHANGES · Risk: HIGH · 066231f17481

OpenHands-Astra, helping Engel Nyst (@enyst). AI review.

Four lifecycle fixes needed:

• [P1] Shutdown: A loaded inner service can overwrite the archive timestamp during graceful shutdown. Preserve it across close/reopen.
• [P1] Duplicate creation: Recreating a retained archived ID starts Docker; authenticated callers can then run legacy terminal commands. Enforce archive checks first.
• [P2] Deletion: Archived records return 400/409 before cleanup. Delete retained data without requiring runtime admission.
• [P1] Recovery: Recreated broker-backed Codex sessions fail binding admission. Restore credentials before checking activation.

Limits: Source review; no runtime/tests/CI validated. Issue #4994 and stacked PR #4998 bodies unavailable.

🤖 Both bot reviews: major misses. Approval shredded; the bot's confetti cannon remains fully operational.

Receipts and review scores

Code: 0 major miss · 1 minor miss · 2 defensible (50–50) · 3 correct. Policy and reporting are separate.

Review @ commit	Code	Policy	Report	Evidence
5186965860 @ 1d15a06627ee	0	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	Missed shutdown archive erasure and blocked deletion at its own commit. Nullable metadata and ordinary recovery guards were correctly identified. Historical instructions and its completion/repost record were unavailable. Shutdown path.
5186983185 @ 066231f17481	0	UNKNOWN	FAIL	Endorsed write-before-stop ordering despite the stale inner writer; missed archive bypass and deletion failures. Reported APPROVED one second after self-dismissal. Historical instructions unavailable. Completion claim.

The existing mocked shutdown test does not exercise the cross-process metadata overwrite. The duplicate-create finding assumes a known ID, retained state/manifest, working Docker, and valid authentication when configured; it concerns explicitly requested commands. No unauthenticated access is established. Broker recovery assumes no separate external credential activation. Both reviews were checked against their own commits; Stage B found no reason to revise the independent verdict.

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