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Deletes _CODEX_AUX_MODEL and removes _try_codex from the auxiliary fallback chain. Codex-OAuth is no longer a second-order fallback that guesses a model ID — if the user's main provider fails, the chain tries OpenRouter / Nous / custom / api-key and stops, instead of rolling through a hardcoded Codex model that OpenAI silently rotates out of its ChatGPT-account allow-list.

Closes #17533. Supersedes #17544 (which reset the stale-constant clock rather than removing it).

Why not the one-line constant bump (#17544)

That constant has already drifted twice in 6 weeks:

Date Value Status
pre-Mar 2026 gpt-5.3-codex rejected by ChatGPT-account Codex
735a6e7 (Mar 2026) gpt-5.2-codex worked briefly
#17533 (Apr 29 2026) gpt-5.2-codex rejected; only gpt-5.x model that's rejected per @pokibao's test matrix
#17544 proposal gpt-5.4 works today, will drift again

ChatGPT-account Codex allow-list is undocumented and OpenAI publishes no changelog. Any pinned default rots — the question is just "how soon."

Changes

File Change
agent/auxiliary_client.py Delete _CODEX_AUX_MODEL; rename _try_codex -> _build_codex_client(model) requiring explicit model; drop Codex from _get_provider_chain (5 rungs -> 4); drop Codex from provider=custom fallback ladder; route _resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex") through resolve_provider_client so caller's model is honored; update module docstring
tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py Update chain-length test (4 entries, asserts Codex is NOT in chain); replace test_skips_to_codex_when_or_and_nous_fail with test_codex_not_in_fallback_chain; update _try_codex -> _build_codex_client tests; refresh test model strings gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4
tests/agent/test_codex_cloudflare_headers.py _try_codex -> _build_codex_client("gpt-5.4"); raw_codex test now passes explicit model=
tests/run_agent/test_provider_parity.py test_codex_fallback_last_resort -> test_codex_not_in_auto_fallback (inverted assertion — verifies (None, None) is returned)

Behavior

User setup Before After
main=openai-codex, any model Uses user's configured model via Step 1 Unchanged
main=openrouter, has codex auth, OR has payment error Fallback chain hits Codex, tries gpt-5.2-codex, fails with "not supported" Fallback chain stops at api-key; 60s pause with cleaner logs
auxiliary.<task>.provider: openai-codex with model set Works (user specifies model) Unchanged
auxiliary.<task>.provider: openai-codex with NO model Silently uses gpt-5.2-codex Warns "pass model explicitly" and returns None

Validation

tests/agent/                                 2220 passed
tests/run_agent/test_provider_parity.py       113 passed
tests/run_agent/test_provider_fallback.py       9 passed
tests/run_agent/test_compressor_fallback_update.py   passed
E2E: removed symbols gone                    PASS
E2E: chain is 4 rungs, no openai-codex       PASS
E2E: payment fallback returns (None, None)   PASS
E2E: Step 1 Codex-main user path unaffected  PASS (gpt-5.4, gpt-5.5 both honored)
E2E: explicit model=None warns, returns None PASS

Credit: @pokibao (#17533) for the test matrix + root-cause analysis, @afurm (#17544) for the constant-bump proposal that surfaced this as worth a proper fix.

… chain

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue #17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR #17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes #17533.  Supersedes #17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
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sunJose pushed a commit to sunJose/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Apr 30, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
donald131 pushed a commit to donald131/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 2, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
nickdlkk pushed a commit to nickdlkk/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 11, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
02356abc pushed a commit to 02356abc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
jsboige pushed a commit to jsboige/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
dannyJ848 pushed a commit to dannyJ848/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 17, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
Seven74AI pushed a commit to Seven74AI/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 13, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
waefrebeorn pushed a commit to waefrebeorn/slermes that referenced this pull request Jul 2, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
Gravezzz pushed a commit to Gravezzz/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jul 21, 2026
… chain (NousResearch#17765)

The _CODEX_AUX_MODEL constant had already rotated twice in 6 weeks
(gpt-5.3-codex -> gpt-5.2-codex -> now broken again at gpt-5.2-codex)
because ChatGPT-account Codex gates which models it accepts via an
undocumented, shifting allow-list that OpenAI publishes no changelog
for.  Any pinned default will keep going stale.  Issue NousResearch#17533 reports
the current breakage: every ChatGPT-account auxiliary fallback fails
with HTTP 400 "model is not supported" and the 60s pause loop degrades
long sessions.

Rather than reset the clock with another stale pin (PR NousResearch#17544 proposes
gpt-5.2-codex -> gpt-5.4), remove the hardcoded second-order Codex
fallback entirely:

- Delete `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.
- Drop `_try_codex` from `_get_provider_chain()` (the auto chain now
  ends at api-key providers; 4 rungs instead of 5).
- Rename `_try_codex() -> _build_codex_client(model)` and require an
  explicit model from the caller.  No more guessing.
- `resolve_provider_client("openai-codex", model=None)` now warns and
  returns (None, None) instead of silently guessing a stale model ID.
- Remove `_try_codex` from the `provider="custom"` fallback ladder
  (same stale-constant trap).
- `_resolve_strict_vision_backend("openai-codex")` routes through
  `resolve_provider_client` so the caller's explicit model is honored.

Codex-main users are unaffected: Step 1 of `_resolve_auto` already
uses `main_provider` + `main_model` directly and passes the user's
configured Codex model through `resolve_provider_client`, which never
touched `_CODEX_AUX_MODEL`.  Per-task overrides (`auxiliary.<task>.provider/model`)
continue to work and are the supported way to route specific aux tasks
through Codex.

Users whose main provider fails with a payment/connection error and
who have ONLY ChatGPT-account Codex auth will now see the 60s pause
without a stale-model-rejection noise line in between -- same outcome,
cleaner failure.

Closes NousResearch#17533.  Supersedes NousResearch#17544 (which resets the clock on the
same stale-constant problem).
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[Bug]: _CODEX_AUX_MODEL = "gpt-5.2-codex" is the only 5.x model rejected by ChatGPT-account Codex backend, breaking all auxiliary fallback

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