perf: send the session id as the Codex prompt cache key

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On the Codex subscription path the runtime sent no prompt_cache_key. Its settings whitelist also dropped openai_prompt_cache_key and openai_prompt_cache_retention when an application configured them in ASSISTANT__MODEL_SETTINGS. Without a key, a conversation's requests are less likely to reach a warm prompt cache. A host measured a 12% cache hit rate on long, mostly stable prefixes.

Changes

• LlmService.build_agent(prompt_cache_key=...). On the Codex path it becomes openai_prompt_cache_key unless the application configured one.
• Conversation turns pass their session id.
• Configured openai_prompt_cache_key and openai_prompt_cache_retention are no longer dropped on the Codex path.
• API-key providers are unchanged. Auxiliary model work (summaries, subagents) does not set a key.
• Docs: docs/subscription.md.

Verification

• make check: 2968 passed, 1 skipped; ruff and format clean.
• New compatibility test against the offline Codex endpoint checks the request body: the key defaults to the session id, a configured key wins, and retention is sent.
• Independent review: Codex gpt-6-astra, high effort, separate read-only context, 1 round, no findings.
• The effect on the cache hit rate needs real turns. It will be measured once a host runs this change.

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• New Features
  • AI requests now use the conversation’s session ID to help route requests to the same prompt cache. A configured prompt-cache key takes precedence.
  • Configured prompt-cache retention settings are honored for these requests.
• Documentation
  • Subscription documentation now explains how session IDs, configured cache keys, and retention settings affect prompt caching.

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Each conversation turn now passes its session ID as a prompt-cache key. A configured OpenAI prompt-cache key takes precedence, and configured prompt-cache retention is preserved.

Changes

Prompt-cache key propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Session key propagation and settings precedence src/assistant_runtime/services/llm/interface.py, src/assistant_runtime/app/assistant/interface.py, tests/compatibility/test_codex_fast.py, docs/subscription.md	build_agent accepts and forwards a prompt-cache key. The assistant supplies the request session ID. Codex settings use that key only when no key is configured, and preserve configured key and retention values. Tests cover the key precedence and retention behavior; the subscription documentation describes these settings.

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tests/compatibility/test_codex_fast.py (1)

200-215: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the AssistantService session-key forwarding path.

codex.service() creates an LlmService, and this test passes prompt_cache_key="session-1" directly to service.build_agent. It does not call AssistantService.prepare_agent_context; removing the new request.session_id forwarding would leave this test's payload assertions unaffected. Add a request-level compatibility test that asserts the request's session ID reaches the Codex payload.

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Add a request-level compatibility test that exercises
AssistantService.prepare_agent_context and verifies the request’s session_id is
forwarded into the Codex payload. Keep the existing test for prompt-cache-key
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Addressed the nitpick in fe01182. An existing prepare_agent_context test now asserts that the turn passes its session id to build_agent as prompt_cache_key. Re-reviewed with Codex gpt-6-astra (high): no findings. Full check: 2984 passed.