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fix(responses): scope continuation replay to client task - #1597

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Summary

  • Bind locally cached Responses continuation state to x-codex-parent-thread-id.
  • Drop a stale or foreign previous_response_id and continue as a fresh request.
  • Persist the scope through resident, snapshot, and spill state.
  • Add a privacy-safe mismatch counter and regression coverage.
  • Await the isolated startup-health probe on a cold cache so the first dashboard read does not show a synthetic protection failure while the probe is still running.

The continuation cache was keyed only by response ID. If a client sent a stale predecessor on a new task, OpenCodex could prepend another task's full history before provider routing. Legacy unscoped entries now fail closed for scoped clients. Unscoped callers retain backward-compatible replay only with unscoped entries.

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  • The full bun run test gate is currently queued behind another OpenCodex test runner on this shared host. An earlier direct full-suite attempt reached unrelated suites, then failed because the repository preload did not set OPENCODEX_HOME in test-home-guard.test.ts.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed. No public configuration or command changed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. The new log and metric contain no request body, response ID, or client task ID.

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Response continuations now retain clientThreadId across memory, spills, snapshots, replay, and adapter persistence. Replay removes previous_response_id when the request and stored continuation scopes differ, records diagnostics, and increments a mismatch metric. Tests cover same-task replay, cross-task rejection, and restart behavior.

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Client-thread identity persistence

Layer / File(s) Summary
Persist client thread identity
src/responses/spill-store.ts, src/responses/state.ts
ResponseSpillPayload and resident or spilled response entries now support clientThreadId. Validation rejects blank or non-string values. Memory spills, snapshots, evictions, materialization, and response caching preserve the normalized value.

Scoped replay and request integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Enforce scoped replay
src/responses/state.ts, src/server/responses/core.ts
Replay compares normalized request and stored thread IDs. Mismatches remove previous_response_id, record diagnostics, and increment replayScopeMismatchDrops. Request metadata and response persistence paths now carry the captured thread ID.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate replay and persistence
tests/responses-state.test.ts
Tests cover same-task replay, foreign-task rejection, legacy unscoped state, durable spill restart behavior, and mismatch metrics.

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The change scopes continuation replay to the client task and falls back to a fresh request for stale or foreign predecessors, reducing cross-task history leakage; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant ResponsesCore
  participant ResponseState
  participant SpillStore
  Client->>ResponsesCore: Submit request with clientThreadId
  ResponsesCore->>ResponseState: Expand previous response within thread scope
  ResponseState-->>ResponsesCore: Replay request or remove previous_response_id
  ResponsesCore->>ResponseState: Store response continuation with clientThreadId
  ResponseState->>SpillStore: Persist scoped state when required
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In `@src/server/responses/core.ts`:
- Around line 1507-1521: Add a focused request-path regression test near the
existing Responses server tests, invoking handleResponsesInner rather than
expandPreviousResponseInput directly. Cover both same-task and foreign-task
continuations by sending x-codex-parent-thread-id and previous_response_id, and
assert that same-task replay/persistence succeeds while a foreign-task
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  • src/responses/spill-store.ts
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Comment on lines +1507 to +1521
const inboundClientThreadId = req.headers.get("x-codex-parent-thread-id")?.trim() || undefined;
const originalBody = body;
body = expandPreviousResponseInput(body);
body = expandPreviousResponseInput(body, inboundClientThreadId);
if (previousResponseScopeMismatch(body)) {
console.warn("[opencodex] dropped a previous_response_id with a mismatched client task scope; continuing fresh");
}
if (previousResponseReplayFailure(body)) {
return formatErrorResponse(
400,
"previous_response_not_found",
"Continuation state is unavailable or corrupt; resend the full conversation without previous_response_id.",
);
}
const previousResponseInputExpanded = body !== originalBody;
const previousResponseInputExpanded = body !== originalBody
&& typeof (body as { previous_response_id?: unknown }).previous_response_id === "string";

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a request-path regression test.

tests/responses-state.test.ts calls expandPreviousResponseInput directly. It cannot detect a regression where handleResponsesInner omits x-codex-parent-thread-id during replay or response-state persistence. Add a focused server Responses test that sends same-task and foreign-task continuations through this handler.

As per path instructions, “A behavior change in src/ should come with a focused regression test near the existing tests for that subsystem.”

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In `@src/server/responses/core.ts` around lines 1507 - 1521, Add a focused
request-path regression test near the existing Responses server tests, invoking
handleResponsesInner rather than expandPreviousResponseInput directly. Cover
both same-task and foreign-task continuations by sending
x-codex-parent-thread-id and previous_response_id, and assert that same-task
replay/persistence succeeds while a foreign-task continuation is handled as a
fresh request according to the existing contract.

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jonathanli12 force-pushed the codex/fix-response-state-task-scope branch from 389524e to 3009313 Compare August 13, 2026 07:55
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jonathanli12 force-pushed the codex/fix-response-state-task-scope branch from 3009313 to 8965306 Compare August 13, 2026 08:09
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lidge-jun merged commit 2bc7714 into lidge-jun:dev Aug 13, 2026
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PR #1597 added `replayScopeMismatchDrops` to ResponseStateMetrics, which
GET /api/system/memory serializes. The privacy-boundary field count in
tests/memory-watchdog.test.ts still pinned 11 and was only exercised
once both changes were on the same branch, so neither PR's own CI run
could see it. The assertion stays exact on purpose: a new field on this
surface must be reviewed before it is counted.
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