fix(responses): clamp call_id to 64 chars and sanitize replayed fn names

[lubosxyz]

Problem

When the background-review replay path fires in a long-running Codex app-server session, the gateway crashes with a BrokenPipeError that kills the entire turn:

openai.BadRequestError: 400 Invalid input[N].call_id: string too long, max 64
BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

A second, related 400 fires when a replayed function_call carries an invalid name:

openai.BadRequestError: 400 Invalid input[N].name: string does not match pattern '^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+'

Both errors are non-retryable — the Responses API returns HTTP 400, not 429 or 5xx — so neither the retry loop nor the credential pool recovers. The gateway turn is lost.

Root cause

call_id overflow — agent/codex_responses_adapter.py, _chat_messages_to_responses_input (assistant tool_calls block):

When a tool call is stored with only a response_item_id (an fc_ string, typically ~67 characters) and no explicit call_id, the reconstruction synthesises:

call_id = f"call_{embedded_response_item_id[len('fc_'):]}"
# → "call_" + ~64 chars = ~69 chars — over the 64-char limit

This synthesised value is then passed unchanged through _preflight_codex_input_items (call_id.strip()) and emitted directly to the API.

Invalid function name — same file, same function, function_call replay item:

A replayed function_call carries the name as-is from conversation history. If the model degenerated on a previous turn and emitted a name containing dots, spaces, or other characters outside ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+, the replay fails with a 400.

Fix

Two new helpers added in agent/codex_responses_adapter.py, in the ID-helpers section alongside _deterministic_call_id:

_clamp_call_id(call_id: str) -> str

• Returns the id unchanged when len(cid) <= 64 (the common case — no regression, prompt-cache prefix hits preserved).
• For longer ids: deterministic SHA-256 hash-clamp, prefix-preserving (call_ or fc_).
• Determinism is the key invariant: a function_call and its paired function_call_output carry the same raw call_id string, so hashing identically maps both to the same clamped value, keeping the pair matched as required by the Responses API.

_sanitize_fn_name(name: str) -> str

• Replaces characters outside [A-Za-z0-9_-] with _, collapses runs, strips leading/trailing underscores, truncates to 64 chars.
• Applied only to replayed function_call input items — not to live tool definitions (which must match the tool registry exactly and must not be mutated). Pairing is by call_id, so renaming a replayed name is safe.

Both helpers are applied in _preflight_codex_input_items, the single normalisation choke-point executed immediately before every Responses API request.

Repro

1. Run a Codex app-server session (api_mode = "codex_app_server") for several turns involving tool calls with long fc_ ids (e.g. fc_ + 64 hex chars = 67 chars total).
2. Trigger background-review (memory review or skill nudge interval). The replay path in _chat_messages_to_responses_input reconstructs call_id as "call_" + fc_id[3:] → 69 chars.
3. _preflight_codex_input_items emits the 69-char value verbatim.
4. The Responses API returns HTTP 400; the app-server pipe breaks.

Without this fix the gateway logs show:

openai.BadRequestError: 400 Invalid input[3].call_id: string too long, max 64
BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Test plan

• Unit: _clamp_call_id("call_" + "x" * 60) → len(...) == 64; "call_" + "x" * 10 passes unchanged; same input always maps to same output (determinism); function_call and function_call_output with the same raw id clamp identically.
• Unit: _sanitize_fn_name("exec.command") → "exec_command"; _sanitize_fn_name("a" * 70) → len == 64; empty / all-invalid → "fn".
• Integration: mock a function_call in the input list with a 69-char call_id; assert _preflight_codex_input_items no longer raises and the output call_id is <= 64 chars.
• Regression: existing tests for _preflight_codex_input_items still pass; normal short call_ids are not mutated.

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[teknium1]

Thanks for targeting a real Responses replay failure. Current main still synthesizes an overlong call_… value from an fc_…-only tool-call ID at agent/codex_responses_adapter.py:534, and preflight currently forwards IDs unchanged at :636 and :677.

Problems

• The clamp does not preserve pairing for the legacy fc_-only shape. The assistant call is reconstructed as call_<suffix> (agent/codex_responses_adapter.py:522-538), but a paired tool result with the same stored raw fc_… ID retains fc_… (:563-568). Hashing those separate raw strings produces distinct IDs, so the resulting function_call_output is unmatched.
• 35e2667bc220 changes replay serialization but adds no regression coverage.

Suggested changes

• Canonicalize the fc_ response-item ID to the same call ID for both replayed call and output before clamping.
• Add an end-to-end conversion/preflight test asserting an fc_-only call/output pair remains equal and no longer than 64 characters, plus invalid-name and short-ID cases.

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