fix: keep the arguments of parallel Codex function calls

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Problem

When one response from the ChatGPT/Codex subscription backend holds several function calls, every call reached tool validation with empty arguments. Validation failed ("Field required"), the retry came back the same way, and the turn ended with UnexpectedModelBehavior: Tool '…' exceeded max retries count of 1. Responses with a single call were unaffected.

Cause

A captured stream for a two-call response (gpt-6.1-sol) has no response.function_call_arguments.delta events. Each call's arguments arrive only in response.function_call_arguments.done and response.output_item.done; the output_item.added item carries arguments: "". Pydantic AI's Responses stream builds function-call arguments only from deltas and ignores both done events for function calls. That is the case in the locked 2.38.0 and in the latest 2.54.0, so upgrading does not help.

Change

_ObservedCodexStream (the Codex stream wrapper that already observes each decoded event) now passes a function_call_arguments.done event's arguments on as one function_call_arguments.delta when that call received no arguments, either on its added item or as deltas. Calls whose arguments streamed are left unchanged. Parsing and execution stay with Pydantic AI.

• src/assistant_runtime/services/llm/_codex_model.py: the fallback (+21/−2).
• tests/compatibility/test_codex_fast.py: the fixture accepts a recorded body; a new test replays the recorded shape (two done-only calls plus one streamed call) through the real Pydantic AI stream. It fails without the change (empty arguments) and passes with it.
• CHANGELOG.md: one Fixed entry.

Verification

• make check on e362234: ruff clean, 3013 passed, 1 skipped.
• Live: one request through the patched model on the Codex subscription with two tools returned both calls with their arguments.
• Independent review: Codex gpt-6-astra, high effort, separate read-only context. Round 1 (46e4eee): 0 findings. Round 2 (e362234, after the CodeRabbit fix): 0 findings.
• CodeRabbit: 1 finding (an empty arguments delta counted as received), fixed in e362234 with a test case that fails without it.

Closes #244
Part of #83

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Codex response stream now synthesizes a function-argument delta when a completion event has nonempty arguments and no earlier argument event was observed for that call. Compatibility tests cover parallel calls with completion-only and streamed arguments.

Changes

Codex function-call arguments

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track and forward function-call arguments src/assistant_runtime/services/llm/_codex_model.py, CHANGELOG.md	The stream tracks calls that received arguments. For a completion event with nonempty arguments and no earlier arguments for that call, it emits a synthesized delta before the original event. The changelog records the parallel-call failure scenario.
Test parallel-call argument event patterns tests/compatibility/test_codex_fast.py	The fixture accepts a supplied response body. The new test checks three parallel calls, including calls whose arguments arrive only in completion events.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to be284

If the backend emits an empty delta before completed arguments, a tool call can still receive empty arguments. Fix this narrow case or explicitly accept it before merging.

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Review comments at @src/assistant_runtime/services/llm/_codex_model.py:
- Around line 87-88: Update the response.function_call_arguments.delta handler
to add event.item_id to _calls_with_arguments only when event.delta is nonempty,
preserving the done-event fallback for calls that have only empty deltas.

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Review record before merge: CodeRabbit reviewed through be28497 (1 finding, valid, fixed in e362234). Its automatic pass on e362234 was rate limited; its reply on the finding thread reviewed the e362234 change and confirmed the fix and its test. Codex gpt-6-astra (high) reviewed e362234 with 0 findings. The docstring-coverage warning is not acted on: the repository does not require docstrings on every function and the touched code follows its neighbours. All six CI checks pass on e362234.