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Summary

  • Cursor Connect conversation reuse currently keys only on x-codex-parent-thread-id.
  • store:false Responses clients such as GJC never send that header or previous_response_id, so every turn minted a new cursor_* conversation.
  • Cursor Connect then burst-rejected claude-fable-5 (resource_exhausted / rate_limit_exceeded) even though monthly quota was almost unused.
  • Fall back to session_id / session-id for the same _clientThreadId so one client session stays on one Cursor conversation. Codex parent-thread still wins when present.
  • Blank session_id no longer masks a real session-id. Combo continuations expand previous_response_id with the same inbound thread key.
  • prompt_cache_key is still not used as a conversation key. The Responses path does not synthesize session_id from prompt_cache_key; that happens only on the Claude-messages native route.

Verification

  • bun test tests/request-log-conversation.test.ts tests/combos.test.ts tests/responses-state.test.ts — 151 pass, 0 fail.
  • Live check against a patched OCX: three continued GJC turns on cursor/claude-fable-5 reused one conversation id (530f3b0f…) with HTTP 200 and no 429.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
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  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved conversation and session identification from request headers.
    • Prioritizes the Codex parent-thread identifier and reliably falls back to available session identifiers.
    • Ignores blank or whitespace-only header values to prevent incorrect conversation associations.

store:false Responses clients such as GJC never send
x-codex-parent-thread-id or previous_response_id, so every turn minted
a new Cursor conversation and Connect burst-rejected claude-fable-5.
Fall back to session_id / session-id for the same thread key.
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The change centralizes client thread ID resolution. Codex parent-thread headers take precedence over trimmed session_id and session-id headers. Responses combo handling receives the resolved ID explicitly.

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Client thread resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Header resolution and validation
src/server/request-log-conversation.ts, tests/request-log-conversation.test.ts
Adds clientThreadIdFromResponsesHeaders. It prioritizes x-codex-parent-thread-id and falls back to non-empty, trimmed session headers. Tests cover precedence and fallback behavior.
Responses request integration
src/server/responses/core.ts
Uses the shared resolver during request parsing and combo dispatch. Previous-response expansion receives the resolved client thread ID explicitly.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e474e

The change alters how combo continuations select response state, but the current tests do not cover session-id fallback through combo dispatch; a regression could cause continuation failures, so merge should wait for a focused test or explicit owner acceptance.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ResponsesRequest
  participant HeaderResolver
  participant ComboResponses
  participant PreviousResponseExpansion
  ResponsesRequest->>HeaderResolver: resolve client thread ID from request headers
  HeaderResolver-->>ResponsesRequest: return resolved client thread ID
  ResponsesRequest->>ComboResponses: dispatch with inbound client thread ID
  ComboResponses->>PreviousResponseExpansion: expand previous response with client thread ID
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In `@src/server/request-log-conversation.ts`:
- Around line 64-68: Update clientThreadIdFromResponsesHeaders in
src/server/request-log-conversation.ts (lines 64-68) to return the first
non-empty trimmed value from session_id and session-id, without allowing a blank
session_id to mask the alias; add session-id-only and blank-session_id
regression cases in tests/request-log-conversation.test.ts (lines 74-87).
- Around line 64-69: Update clientThreadIdFromResponsesHeaders so synthetic
session_id values derived from prompt_cache_key are never used as client thread
IDs. Preserve header provenance through Responses request handling, or otherwise
distinguish and exclude synthesized session IDs before this resolver populates
parsed._clientThreadId, while retaining genuine x-codex-parent-thread-id and
session_id continuation behavior.

In `@src/server/responses/core.ts`:
- Around line 1658-1660: Resolve the inbound client thread ID before the combo
branch in handleResponsesInner, then pass it through handleComboResponses to
expandPreviousResponseInput instead of calling expansion without scope. Preserve
header- and session-based continuation resolution so valid combo continuations
reach child dispatch rather than returning previous_response_not_found.
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Comment thread src/server/request-log-conversation.ts
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Blank session_id no longer masks session-id. Combo continuations now
expand previous_response_id with the same inbound thread key.
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In `@src/server/responses/core.ts`:
- Line 1268: Add a focused Bun regression test near the request-log conversation
tests covering combo continuation with session-id: seed response state under a
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expanded state without a previous_response_not_found failure. Also cover the
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// continuation that only references prior images still fails closed when
// imageInput is disabled (and so targets see the full replayed input).
const body = expandPreviousResponseInput(rawBody);
const body = expandPreviousResponseInput(rawBody, inboundClientThreadId);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a focused combo continuation regression test.

The implementation now passes inboundClientThreadId into expandPreviousResponseInput. The supplied tests/request-log-conversation.test.ts only tests header resolution. It does not prove that combo dispatch preserves the thread scope or avoids previous_response_not_found.

Add a Bun test that seeds response state under a client thread, sends a combo continuation with session-id, and verifies that the child dispatch receives the expanded state. Include the blank session_id fallback case.

As per path instructions, a server behavior change in src/ requires a focused regression test near the relevant subsystem tests.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@src/server/responses/core.ts` at line 1268, Add a focused Bun regression test
near the request-log conversation tests covering combo continuation with
session-id: seed response state under a client thread, dispatch the
continuation, and verify the child receives the expanded state without a
previous_response_not_found failure. Also cover the blank session_id fallback,
using the existing test helpers and dispatch path.

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