[greyxp1]

Problem

Switching between Codex accounts sharing CODEX_HOME can lose native history or fail with “already has an active writer.” Compatible accounts should resume the same conversation, including queued messages.

Change

Preserve the native thread across account switches, classify queued switches against its current owner, and defer detachment while a run is active. Resume failures now report an error instead of replacing the conversation with a summary.

Each Codex conversation gets its own app-server process so releasing its writer does not interrupt other conversations. Resume identity is validated, and shadow homes share the writer-lock directory.

Isolation adds no dependencies, but increases memory use. Four empty conversations measured about 573 MiB versus 148 MiB pooled.

Scope and approval

Addresses #16613. The triage comment confirms the intended native-resume behavior, but does not explicitly approve process isolation.

Verification

• 353 focused tests passed, plus server typechecking and targeted linting.
• Before-and-after checks confirmed queued switches preserve native identity.
• Disposable Codex processes reproduced the writer conflict and resumed the original thread after releasing only its owning process.

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📝 Walkthrough

Codex resume handling now validates native thread IDs and fails eligible runs when resume fails. Orchestration updates provider selection and session reuse, including behavior during active runs. Tests cover resume failures, pooled sessions, and queued account changes.

Changes: Codex thread and session lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Codex native thread resume behavior apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/ProviderSwitch.integration.test.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.ts	Codex no longer advertises support for multiple provider threads per session. Resume rejects a returned native thread ID that differs from the requested ID. For Codex sessions without uncertain handoff delivery, a resume failure settles the run as failed instead of creating a replacement session and fallback handoff. Tests assert the failed-run behavior and unchanged native thread reference. The Codex home layout now shares the thread-writer-locks directory.
Session reuse and provider selection apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/ProviderSwitch.integration.test.ts	Session ID selection now considers provider capabilities and any existing session ID. Queued-run planning uses the active provider thread’s instance when available. Model or provider selection commands do not detach sessions while a blocking run is active. Tests cover pooled-session capabilities and queued account changes that preserve the active session.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 39462

The change preserves native Codex history when accounts are switched and fails the run when a resume fails. One optional maintainability note remains open about how the Codex driver is identified, and it does not block merging.

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 39462

Conversation identity checks and isolated writer ownership strengthen continuity. However, upgrading an existing account directory can leave a persistent initialization failure that reverting the code alone would not resolve. Separate conversation processes also increase memory pressure.

Retained concerns

• Medium · reliability · inferred: If an existing shadow home has a real thread-writer-locks directory and the shared home lacks that entry, the upgrade creates the shared directory before rejecting the shadow entry as a conflict. Adapter creation then fails for that account. Retrying does not migrate the directory, and reverting the code alone does not recover: the base also discovers the newly created shared entry and rejects the existing shadow directory. Correctly linked entries and direct homes are unaffected. This is a conditional lock-ownership migration and rollback failure, not a demonstrated authentication bypass.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The inspected changes affect conversations and configured Codex accounts on the same server, including accounts sharing one home. Shared lock state and host memory remain common resources despite per-conversation processes. Cross-tenant exposure cannot be established without settings authorization and filesystem ownership evidence.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The provider response is checked against the requested persisted native identity before accepting the resumed thread. Ordinary Codex resume errors then fail the run rather than rebinding it to a replacement conversation.
• observed — Custom home paths and the shared-state/private-auth boundary predate this PR. The new writer-lock entry uses the existing symlink controls: non-replaceable real entries fail closed, and incorrect links are recreated toward the configured shared home. These controls do not prove ownership or permissions of configured parent directories.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Cleanup tracks MCP credentials by thread and credential identity, preserving credentials held by a live replacement or in-flight reservation. Session removal serializes with request persistence, and event-stream failures release the corresponding runtime. These are important existing controls as process ownership becomes finer-grained.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Define a quiesced migration and recovery procedure for shadow-local writer-lock directories before changing shared lock ownership. Validate conflicts before persistent layout changes where possible, and preserve live-writer safety rather than simply permitting recursive deletion of lock state.
• proposed — Consider explicit process-residency budgets or backpressure for per-conversation sessions. The inspected open path serializes only by session ID, while the default idle timeout is thirty minutes; deployment-level resource controls were not available. This is a containment proposal, not a verified denial-of-service finding.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description covers the problem, change, scope, and verification. However, it states that the triage comment does not explicitly approve process isolation, which is a broader workflow change requir…	Add a maintainer approval link and quote for process isolation, or explain why the change qualifies as a focused fix or established-capability configuration under the repository requirements.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the server fix and its primary purpose: preserving Codex history across account switches.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The description covers the problem, change, scope, and verification. However, it states that the triage comment does not explicitly approve process isolation, which is a broader workflow change requiring explicit maintainer approval or a valid exemption rationale.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts: 1

690-693: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Check against the literal driver string, not a branded constant.

session.driver is a branded ProviderDriverKind. The comparison with "codex" works at runtime. However, a Codex instance that registers a different driver slug skips this branch and falls back to the summary-replacement path. Other code in this module reads the driver from adapter capabilities rather than from a hardcoded slug. Consider adding a capability flag, such as preservesNativeHistoryOnResumeFailure. That keeps a transport-level slug out of the service. This is optional.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts
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Replace the hardcoded session.driver comparison in the resume-failure branch
with an adapter capability check indicating whether native history is preserved
after resume failure, so Codex instances using custom driver slugs retain the
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• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnStartService.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/SelectionRestart.integration.test.ts
• apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/ProviderSwitch.integration.test.ts
• apps/server/src/provider/Drivers/CodexHomeLayout.ts

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Custom account names don’t change the driver. It’s still codex, so this already works for them. I don’t think we need a new capability here.

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Note

Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Thanks for investigating the account-switch history problem. The fix disables Codex process pooling for every conversation and removes existing resume fallback, with reported memory rising from 148 to 573 MiB for four conversations. Approval of the intended resume behavior in #16613 does not approve this implementation scope under prior approval. Please preserve the bug report in #16613 and obtain explicit approval for process isolation and fallback changes, or submit a contained fix, before requesting reconsideration.