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The Responses passthrough forwarded Codex's private {type:"tool_search"} unchanged to third-party /v1/responses gateways, which only understand public function tools. The model never saw a callable tool_search and emitted zero tool_search_call items — deferred tool discovery silently did nothing on every routed provider (#1950).

Credit: @Ingwannu's #2040 is the implementation and the 578-line test suite carried here.

The private tool is lowered to a public function on noncanonical forward targets, tool_choice and replayed history are rewritten to match, and the private tool_search_call lifecycle is restored on the way back so Codex sees something it can execute. Canonical ChatGPT forward never rewrites.

Two corrections for findings still open on #2040

History-only replay. A turn may replay tool_search_call history without re-declaring the tool. The history was lowered either way, but restoration was armed only when a current declaration existed — so the client received a public function_call for what it had issued as a private search call, and the round trip stopped matching.

SSE overflow was not atomic. Both overflow branches cleared routedItemIds along with the pending buffer, then returned every later block unchanged. An item already restored to tool_search_call would start emitting function_call_arguments.* frames again, giving the client a mixed private/public lifecycle for one call — exactly what this rewrite exists to prevent. Overflow now stops buffering unknown frames without forgetting what it already classified.

Verification

  • RED-first, twice. Reverting the source fails 7 of @Ingwannu's tests. Separately, restoring only his original two modules fails exactly my two new tests (13 pass / 2 fail) — that is what proves the corrections are real rather than restatements.
  • bun test --isolate tests — 13,551 pass, 0 fail, 10 skip (856 files).
  • bun test --isolate tests/responses-tool-search-repair.test.ts — 15 pass, 0 fail.
  • bun run typecheck — clean.
  • bun run privacy:scan — passed.

One note on the history test: my first fixture used the item id as call_id, which failed. That was my fixture being wrong, not the code — real Codex history carries a separate call_id, and the rewrite correctly leaves it alone. Fixed in the test.

Merge-order note

Also touches src/server/responses/core.ts, alongside open PRs #2137, #2104, and #2101. Verified non-overlapping: this change edits the imports, the ~2435 name collection, the ~2894 SSE rewrite list, and the ~3091 JSON restore, while #2137 edits only resolveResponsesCodexAuth near line 1088. Complementary with #2142, which edits a different file downstream in the same pipeline.

Supersedes

Closes #2040 (@Ingwannu) once merged, with attribution.

Checklist

  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed. (Adapter reference in the locales the original touched, plus structure/04_transports-and-sidecars.md for the rewrite/restore boundary.)
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. (Rewrites tool declarations and call frames only; no credential path touched, and the canonical ChatGPT gate means native forward behavior is byte-identical. Buffering stays bounded by frame count, byte cap, and translator budget. Privacy scan green.)

Closes #1950

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added compatibility for tool_search when routing Responses requests through noncanonical gateways.
    • Converted tool-search declarations and history into supported function-call formats, then restored them in JSON and streaming responses.
    • Preserved native tool-search behavior for canonical OpenAI forwarding.
    • Improved authentication and header-handling documentation across supported languages.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented naming collisions and preserved ordinary function tools during conversion.
    • Added safer handling for streaming arguments, malformed JSON, translation limits, and credential forwarding.

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The Responses passthrough now translates tool_search for noncanonical gateways, converts related history, and restores authorized calls in JSON and SSE responses. Canonical OpenAI forwarding keeps the native private type. Tests and multilingual documentation cover the compatibility boundary.

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Routed tool_search compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Request translation and compatibility contracts
src/adapters/base.ts, src/adapters/openai-responses.ts, src/responses/parser.ts, src/responses/tool-search-compat.ts
The adapter records converted tool-search names. Compatibility helpers normalize schemas, choose collision-free function names, rewrite declarations and history, and convert IDs and arguments.
Bounded SSE lifecycle rewriting
src/server/responses-tool-search-repair.ts, tests/responses-tool-search-repair.test.ts
The SSE rewriter classifies routed and ordinary items, restores routed calls, suppresses routed argument events, bounds buffering, repairs IDs, and preserves passthrough behavior after overflow.
Passthrough pipeline wiring
src/server/responses/core.ts, tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts, tests/responses-parser.test.ts
Passthrough collects converted names and applies tool-search restoration to SSE and bounded-JSON output. Tests cover declarations, schemas, credentials, and Responses Lite catalogs.
Compatibility validation and documentation
tests/responses-tool-search-repair.test.ts, structure/04-transports-and-sidecars.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/*/reference/adapters.md
Tests cover history, collisions, authorization, choices, streaming, JSON output, overflow, and ordinary function calls. Documentation describes authentication, gateway compatibility, and canonical OpenAI behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8b7b6

The streaming rewrite can retain every item ID for an unbounded or incomplete response, allowing memory usage to grow and potentially affecting service availability; the documentation also gives conflicting guidance about forwarded authentication. Merge should wait for bounded state handling and documentation correction, or explicit owner acceptance.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant ResponsesAdapter
  participant ToolSearchCompat
  participant ResponsesGateway
  participant ResponsesCore
  Client->>ResponsesAdapter: Send tool_search request
  ResponsesAdapter->>ToolSearchCompat: Rewrite noncanonical request
  ToolSearchCompat-->>ResponsesAdapter: Function-shaped request and converted names
  ResponsesAdapter->>ResponsesGateway: Forward request
  ResponsesGateway-->>ResponsesCore: Return function calls as JSON or SSE
  ResponsesCore->>ToolSearchCompat: Restore authorized tool_search calls
  ToolSearchCompat-->>Client: Return tool_search_call lifecycle
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In `@docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md`:
- Around line 52-61: Update the FORWARD_HEADERS documentation to state that
relaying authorization applies only to canonical OpenAI forward, while
noncanonical forward uses configured static headers and does not relay caller
authorization. Apply this change in
docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md (lines 52-61),
docs-site/src/content/docs/ja/reference/adapters.md (lines 46-52), and
docs-site/src/content/docs/ko/reference/adapters.md (lines 52-61), keeping the
locale pages consistent with the English source.

In `@src/server/responses-tool-search-repair.ts`:
- Around line 186-199: Preserve routed classification after
response.output_item.done by moving completed routed IDs into a bounded
completedRoutedItemIds set rather than deleting them outright. Include
completedRoutedItemIds in both argument-event suppression checks and clear it in
releaseAll. Add a focused regression test beside the existing overflow test
covering added, done, then duplicate function_call_arguments.done for the same
routed ID, asserting suppression.

In `@tests/responses-tool-search-repair.test.ts`:
- Around line 302-323: Update the passthrough handling in the response repair
flow so budget exhaustion skips pending-argument buffering but still processes
routed output_item events and terminal restoration. Preserve raw forwarding for
the oversized argument delta, while converting the routed tool_search item to
tool_search_call and restoring the terminal payload; update the test around
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Comment on lines +52 to +61
**Targets:** the OpenAI **Responses API**. **`passthrough: true`** — normally forwards the raw request
body and response, with narrow compatibility rewrites for routed gateways.
**Auth:** canonical OpenAI `forward` relays only the safe caller-header allowlist; noncanonical
`forward` uses configured static headers without relaying caller authorization; `key` uses the
configured provider key.

Noncanonical Responses gateways receive Codex's client-executed `tool_search` declaration as a
collision-safe public function tool. Matching request history and JSON/SSE function calls are
translated back to the private `tool_search` lifecycle for the client. Canonical OpenAI forward
keeps the native private type unchanged.

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The new noncanonical-forward auth statement contradicts the unqualified FORWARD_HEADERS bullet on all three adapter pages. The new text says noncanonical forward does not relay caller authorization. The existing FORWARD_HEADERS bullet on each page still says forward mode relays authorization, with no canonical qualifier. The English page is the source; the ja and ko pages mirror it.

  • docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md#L52-L61: qualify the FORWARD_HEADERS bullet at lines 75-77 as canonical OpenAI forward, and add that noncanonical forward does not relay caller authorization.
  • docs-site/src/content/docs/ja/reference/adapters.md#L46-L52: apply the same qualifier to the FORWARD_HEADERS bullet at line 66.
  • docs-site/src/content/docs/ko/reference/adapters.md#L52-L61: apply the same qualifier to the FORWARD_HEADERS bullet at lines 75-77.

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In `@docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md` around lines 52 - 61,
Update the FORWARD_HEADERS documentation to state that relaying authorization
applies only to canonical OpenAI forward, while noncanonical forward uses
configured static headers and does not relay caller authorization. Apply this
change in docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md (lines 52-61),
docs-site/src/content/docs/ja/reference/adapters.md (lines 46-52), and
docs-site/src/content/docs/ko/reference/adapters.md (lines 52-61), keeping the
locale pages consistent with the English source.

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리뷰 · 우선순위 70 / 80

#2040을 가져오면서 구멍 두 개를 막음. 라우티드 Responses가 Codex 전용 {type:"tool_search"}를 그대로 보내서 게이트웨이가 함수 툴로 인식을 못 함. 모델이 tool_search_call을 0개 냄. 지연 툴 디스커버리가 라우티드에서 침묵함(#1950). canonical ChatGPT forward는 안 고침.

#2040에 열려 있던 두 개임. 히스토리만 리플레이하면 선언이 없어서 restoration이 안 무장됨. 클라이언트가 전용 search를 냈는데 공개 function_call을 받음. SSE overflow가 routedItemIds까지 지워서 이미 복원한 아이템이 다시 function_call_arguments.*를 냄. 라이프사이클이 섞임. overflow는 미분류 프레임만 버퍼를 멈추고 이미 분류한 건 유지.

core.ts를 #2137도 건드림. 이 파일은 1218줄이라 충돌 나면 #2137을 먼저 넣고 이걸 리베이스. 닫으라는 쪽 아님. #2040은 머지되면 닫음. types.ts/config.ts 안 건드림. 분할에 깔림 없음.

점수는 70임. 라우티드 tool_search가 원래 70이었음. 2.27 막판 메가 PR은 아님. #2143 #2137 뒤. 테스트 15패스, 원 모듈만 복원하면 새 테스트 2개가 빨갬.

해결방안: #2137 먼저. 그다음 이 PR. #2040 attribution 달고 닫기. #1950 Closes는 필드 리포트 한 번 보면 됨.

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I cannot approve the current head because it is 16 commits behind the current dev tip (caf20353f). The existing diff and CI results therefore predate a material set of integration changes.

Please rebase this focused change onto the latest dev, resolve any conflicts without carrying unrelated commits, rerun the focused checks plus the full exact-head suite, and re-request review. This is a review-state blocker, not a rejection of the fix direction.

…hrough

Passthrough forwarded Codex's private {type:"tool_search"} unchanged to
third-party /v1/responses gateways, which only understand public function tools.
The model never saw a callable tool_search and emitted zero tool_search_call
items, so deferred tool discovery silently did nothing on every routed provider.

Lower the private tool to a public function on noncanonical forward targets,
rewrite tool_choice and replayed history to match, then restore the private
tool_search_call lifecycle on the way back so Codex sees what it can execute.
Canonical ChatGPT forward is untouched.

Carries @Ingwannu's #2040 implementation and tests, with two corrections for
findings that were still open on it:

History-only replay. A turn may replay tool_search history without re-declaring
the tool. The history was lowered either way, but restoration was armed only
when a declaration was present, so the client got back a public function_call
for what it had issued as a private search call.

SSE overflow was not atomic. Both overflow branches cleared routedItemIds along
with the pending buffer, so an item already restored to tool_search_call started
emitting function_call_arguments frames again and the client saw a mixed
private/public lifecycle for one call. Overflow now stops buffering unknown
frames without forgetting what was already classified.

Closes #1950
….done

The routed and ordinary id sets were cleared at output_item.done, but
done ends the item, not the id's relevance.

For a ROUTED id that was a leak: an upstream that emits a trailing
function_call_arguments.done after the item closes found the
classification gone, fell through to the unknown-id branch, and the
frame reached the client as a public argument event for an item the
client was told is a private tool_search_call. That mixed lifecycle is
the defect this rewrite exists to prevent.

For an ORDINARY id it was not a leak but was not free either: the same
fall-through buffered its trailing frames as unknown and held them for
an item that would never arrive.

Both are now retained until the terminal event releases everything.

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Comment on lines +37 to +38
const routedItemIds = new Set<string>();
const ordinaryItemIds = new Set<string>();

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Bound the item-classification sets.

routedItemIds and ordinaryItemIds retain every item ID until a terminal event. A long stream, or a stream that never sends response.completed, can grow both sets without reaching either MAX_PENDING_ARGUMENT_* limit. This defeats the bounded SSE-state contract and can exhaust process memory.

Keep active IDs only while their item is open. Move completed IDs into capped insertion-order caches. Define an explicit fallback when a completed-ID cache reaches capacity so an evicted routed ID cannot silently reintroduce a mixed lifecycle. Add a focused test that exceeds the cache limit and verifies the selected fallback.

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In `@src/server/responses-tool-search-repair.ts` around lines 37 - 38, Bound the
item-classification state by retaining IDs only while their items are open, then
moving completed IDs into capped insertion-order caches. Add explicit capacity
handling so an evicted routed ID follows a deterministic fallback rather than
being reclassified into a mixed lifecycle. Update the logic around routedItemIds
and ordinaryItemIds and add a focused test that exceeds the cache capacity and
verifies that fallback.

cb8010d6 pushed a commit to cb8010d6/opencodex that referenced this pull request Aug 20, 2026
…id prefixes

The release audit found this by composing two changes that are each
correct alone. A routed tool_search lowering is restored as a
tool_search_call with no id (lidge-jun#2145), and the universal output-item id
backfill then names it (lidge-jun#2142) -- but the backfill's prefix table had no
entry for the type, so it fell through to the generic "item_".

That is not cosmetic. stripInvalidItemIds in the Responses adapter deletes
any id whose prefix does not match its type, and it lists tsc_ as the only
valid prefix for tool_search_call. So the synthesized id survived the turn
it was created in and was silently dropped on the next one, leaving the
client an item it could not correlate.

Neither PR's focused suite caught it because neither composes missing-id
restoration with the backfill.

custom_tool_call had the same gap and is fixed with it: the serializer
enforces ctc_, the backfill did not know the type.
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