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fix(codex): keep routed rows from inheriting experimental context - #5085

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Symptom

Codex Desktop compacted after nearly every step on a routed model. A single thread on a routed
DeepSeek row recorded 1,600+ compactions, while the account's native OpenAI models behaved
normally. Removing one catalog field from the routed row stopped it.

Cause

Routed catalog rows are cloned from a native template, so a routed row inherits
supports_experimental_context from the native models the account exposes. Codex reads that flag
as "this model accepts experimental context history" and drives its context-management cadence from
it. A third-party provider never negotiated that contract, so the cadence collapses into continuous
compaction.

normalizeRoutedCatalogEntry already strips the sibling native-only selectors
(supports_websockets, supports_reasoning_summaries) for the same reason. This field was missed.

Change

  • src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts: strip supports_experimental_context in
    normalizeRoutedCatalogEntry.
  • tests/e2e-style/phase100-native-parity.test.ts: the native template now carries the flag, and
    the routed row built from it has to come out without it.
  • docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/model-routing.md: record the native-only flags a routed row
    does not inherit, as AGENTS.md asks for a user-facing behavior change.

The strip is unconditional because nothing re-applies the field from provider metadata afterwards:
it is a native delivery contract, not a routed capability an operator opts into.

Validation

  • bun run typecheck -> clean.
  • bun test tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts tests/e2e-style/phase100-native-parity.test.ts tests/codex-integration/codex-catalog.test.ts -> 349 pass, 0 fail.
  • bun run test (full suite on macOS) -> 26,843 pass, 34 skip, 3 fail. The three are platform-only and unrelated to this change: the two Linux bubblewrap cases pass in isolation (parallel-load flake), and the Windows icacls spill-queue case reproduces identically on a clean dev checkout.
  • bun run privacy:scan and bun run structure:check -> pass.
  • cd docs-site && bun install --frozen-lockfile && bun run build -> 465 pages built.

Reproduced against

@bitkyc08/opencodex 2.57.0 on macOS with Codex Desktop. dev at 3d5efc7 still has no strip
for this field, so 2.58.0 and 2.59.0 carry it as well.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented third-party routed models from inheriting an unsupported experimental context setting.
    • Routed catalog entries now correctly omit native-only context capabilities, reducing repeated automatic compaction during long conversations.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified model-routing behavior and the native-only capabilities excluded from routed catalog entries.

Routed catalog rows are cloned from a native template, so they inherited
supports_experimental_context from the account's native models. Codex reads that
flag as "this model accepts experimental context history" and drives its
context-management cadence from it, which on a routed third-party provider turns
into a compact-after-every-step loop: a routed DeepSeek row compacted 1,600+ times
in a single thread.

Strip the field in normalizeRoutedCatalogEntry, next to the existing strips for
supports_websockets and supports_reasoning_summaries.

Validation:
- bun run typecheck: clean
- bun test tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts tests/e2e-style/phase100-native-parity.test.ts tests/codex-integration/codex-catalog.test.ts: 349 pass, 0 fail
- bun run privacy:scan: pass
- bun run structure:check: pass
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Routed catalog normalization now removes supports_experimental_context from rows cloned from native templates. The Phase 100 parity test verifies the removal. The model-routing guide documents the native-only capability behavior.

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Routed catalog capability cleanup

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Normalize routed capabilities and verify parity
src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts, tests/e2e-style/phase100-native-parity.test.ts
At src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts:806-812, normalizeRoutedCatalogEntry removes supports_experimental_context from routed rows. At tests/e2e-style/phase100-native-parity.test.ts:21, the native fixture includes the field. At line 92, the test verifies that the routed entry does not expose it.
Document routed capability normalization
docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/model-routing.md
At lines 94-97, the guide states that native-only delivery flags are stripped from routed catalog rows and that routed providers do not inherit the experimental-context contract.

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In `@src/codex/catalog/parsing.ts`:
- Around line 806-812: Update the relevant docs-site catalog or routed-model
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AGENTS.md asks src/ behavior changes to update docs-site/. Record the delivery flags a routed row
never inherits, including supports_experimental_context and what inheriting it looked like.

Validation: cd docs-site && bun install --frozen-lockfile && bun run build (465 pages built).
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…5073)

The reset fixture in tests/server/server-auth.test.ts leaked its stream
controller out of start() and errored it from the test body. Whether that
rejection had a consumer depended on where Bun's server-side response sink
happened to be: between its reads there is no pending read request to reject,
so on a loaded runner the fixture's own error escaped as an unhandled error
and failed the whole file. It fired on four unrelated heads (#4989, #5024,
dev at ecd3ada, and #5085).

Raise it from inside pull() on a stream whose high-water mark is zero
instead. shouldCallPull is then true only while a read request is
outstanding, so pull() runs if and only if a consumer is waiting for the
next chunk, and throwing there rejects that read request. The reset now has
a consumer no matter when the test calls it. What the code under test sees
is unchanged: one SSE chunk, then a mid-stream body error.

Closes #5073
lidge-jun added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 19, 2026
…5073) (#5128)

The reset fixture in tests/server/server-auth.test.ts leaked its stream
controller out of start() and errored it from the test body. Whether that
rejection had a consumer depended on where Bun's server-side response sink
happened to be: between its reads there is no pending read request to reject,
so on a loaded runner the fixture's own error escaped as an unhandled error
and failed the whole file. It fired on four unrelated heads (#4989, #5024,
dev at ecd3ada, and #5085).

Raise it from inside pull() on a stream whose high-water mark is zero
instead. shouldCallPull is then true only while a read request is
outstanding, so pull() runs if and only if a consumer is waiting for the
next chunk, and throwing there rejects that read request. The reset now has
a consumer no matter when the test calls it. What the code under test sees
is unchanged: one SSE chunk, then a mid-stream body error.

Closes #5073
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