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fix(responses): bound steering confirmation waits and preserve sparse replay output - #4911

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Lands the steering-stability layer of the native control stack on dev. The tree is byte-identical to the head of #4864 at 77c65e1a99: this branch points at that same commit, so the checks recorded against that SHA are the checks for this change.

The work bounds steering confirmation waits and preserves sparse replay output. Its layer was replayed onto the current dev after #4861 landed, and the replay was verified before the push — identical file set and status against dev compared with the diff against the parent head, patch bodies identical once hunk offsets are excluded, authorship unchanged, and both feature flags still default-off.

A separate pull request exists only because the contributor readiness gate holds #4864 in draft and the API refuses to mark that fork pull request ready, so it cannot be merged from there. The commits keep their original author and the trailer below carries the credit through the squash.

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Repository CI at 77c65e1a99: every substantive leg green — gates, all four Linux test shards, both macOS shards, keyring and npm-global on all three platforms, storage policy, api usage, docker smoke.

Contracts checked in the replayed tree rather than assumed: the finite steering deadlines (90 second submission and successor, 30 minute tool wait) and their timer arming are present, and sparse replay output preservation still fails explicitly when terminal output contradicts completed wire items.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults — the feature stays behind a default-off flag.

Co-authored-by: luvs01 27862058+luvs01@users.noreply.github.com
Co-authored-by: Epinephrine luvs01@hanmail.net

… replay output

Separate monotonic acknowledgement, successor and tool deadlines; reconcile steering replay with completed wire items without weakening ownership or retry guards. Follow up on #4861.
…active turn

A malformed response.create frame cancelled the live turn before its steering channel was constructed, so a rejected frame could discard active work without recording a replacement. Build the channel first; only cancel after it validates.
A response.output_item.done frame with a non-safe-integer index matched no branch and was silently dropped from retained output. Validate inside the branch and throw, matching the injection replay observer.
…tions

sendControl re-parsed the full original frameText for every response.create continuation; a full-replay frame runs to megabytes. Hoist the parse and reuse the immutable base.
State that native steering requires the canonical ChatGPT forward route, describe control deadlines as fixed rather than inactivity-based, and reduce the server reference paragraphs to a scope summary with the canonical guide links.
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Native steering stability

Layer / File(s) Summary
Fixed steering deadline scheduling
src/server/responses/native-steering.ts, src/server/index/websocket-handler.ts, src/server/responses/codex-ws-exchange.ts
Native steering now uses absolute phase deadlines and a single deadline scheduler. WebSocket control creation preserves existing state when construction fails, and steering frames reuse the parsed base frame.
Shared response JSON and replay reconciliation
src/server/responses/native-response-json.ts, src/server/responses/native-injection-protocol.ts, src/server/responses/native-response-output.ts, src/server/responses/native-steering-replay.ts
Shared record and fingerprint helpers replace duplicated logic. Replay validation rejects invalid identities and reconstructs output through the shared response-output helper.
Deadline and replay stability validation
tests/responses/ws-steering-stability.test.ts, tests/helpers/responses-core-source.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Tests cover deadline expiry, acknowledgements, successor timing, replay reconciliation, byte limits, and injection-socket integration. Test inventories and layout mappings include the new coverage.
Steering contract documentation
docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-integration.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/server.md, structure/**
Documentation describes fixed deadlines, unknown delivery, retained output, replay reconciliation, and the canonical steering route.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant NativeSteeringChannel
  participant NativeSteeringReplay
  participant InjectionSocket
  Client->>NativeSteeringChannel: submit steering request
  NativeSteeringChannel->>InjectionSocket: send response.create
  InjectionSocket-->>NativeSteeringChannel: acknowledge or response events
  NativeSteeringChannel->>NativeSteeringReplay: reconcile sparse output
  NativeSteeringChannel-->>Client: successor history or unknown-delivery failure
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Under provider pacing, a saved-result continuation can fail as delivery-unknown before it is sent, interrupting native steering. Correct the deadline boundary before merging.

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In `@src/server/responses/native-steering.ts`:
- Around line 309-310: Update the continuation timing flow in continue(),
beforeContinuation(), and expire() so continuationDeadline starts when the
continuation frame is physically dispatched via ws.send(), rather than before
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Comment on lines +309 to +310
this.continuationDeadline = performance.now() + NATIVE_STEERING_WAIT_MS;
this.armTimer();

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Start the continuation deadline at physical dispatch. continue() arms continuationDeadline before liveSend(frame). The WebSocket exchange awaits beforeContinuation() before it calls ws.send(). Provider pacing can delay this callback, so the 90-second deadline can expire while the continuation frame remains undispatched. expire() then reports unknown queued-input delivery even though no frame reached ws.send(). Start confirmation timing at physical dispatch, or use a separately bounded pre-dispatch deadline.

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In `@src/server/responses/native-steering.ts` around lines 309 - 310, Update the
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이 PR은 지금 dev HEAD fa26404d7bea69654f05e605a820a7d0bf4a234f(패키지 2.58.0, tip #4861 feat(responses) native result continuations + hosted output 보존) 바로 위에 올리는 native steering 안정화 레이어다. 포크 PR #4864와 같은 커밋 트리(77c65e1a99)를 메인테이너 브랜치 codex/native-steering-stability-2580로 다시 올린 것이다. 기여자 readiness 게이트가 #4864를 draft에 붙잡아 ready 전환이 막혀서, 같은 변경을 여기서 머지하려는 유지보수 우회다. 저자 크레딧은 Co-authored-by로 남긴다.

지금 tip #4861이 이미 native-tool-results.ts / native-response-output.ts / ws-native-result-continuations.test.ts를 넣었고, 그 아래 #4858 injection(default-off)과 #4782 WS mid-turn steering이 있다. 이 PR은 그 위에 (1) acknowledgement·successor·tool 단계별 고정 deadline, (2) sparse/지연 출력도 completed wire item과 맞춰 보존, (3) malformed response.create가 활성 턴을 먼저 취소하지 않도록 websocket-handler에서 nativeControl 검증을 cancel보다 앞으로 옮김, (4) steering 연속 전송 시 megabyte급 frameText를 매번 JSON.parse하지 않도록 codex-ws-exchange.ts에서 base 캐시, (5) 잘못된 output_index는 조용히 버리지 않고 throw하는 쪽을 맞춘다. 문서도 inactivity 90초 표현을 fixed deadline으로 고치고, ChatGPT forward route 전제와 live-comparison 주의사항을 가이드에 적는다.

로컬 dev 체크아웃을 보면 tip의 src/server/index/websocket-handler.ts는 아직 ws.data.cancel?.()가 nativeControl 생성 try보다 앞에 있다. 이 PR diff는 그 순서를 바꿔, 설정 검증 실패 시 활성 턴 ownership을 버리지 않게 한다. src/server/responses/native-steering.ts에는 이미 NATIVE_STEERING_WAIT_MS = 90_000NATIVE_STEERING_TOOL_WAIT_MS가 tip에 있지만, PR은 단계별로 타이머를 다시 무장하고 inactivity 연장을 끊는 쪽이 핵심이다. 새 테스트 tests/responses/ws-steering-stability.test.ts와 layout 등록(ws-steering-stability.test.ts → responses)도 tip에 없는 추가분이다. types.ts/config.ts 분할과는 무관하고 preview deploy도 아니다.

다만 현재 상태는 바로 머지할 준비가 아니다. draft이고 라벨 intake: hygiene-blocked가 붙어 있다. 최근 hygiene 로그는 실패 코드 missing_coauthor_credit다. 본문에 Co-authored-by 줄이 있어도 게이트가 커밋/트레일러 쪽을 못 본 것으로 보인다. 또한 enforce-target이 일부 런에서 FAILURE로 찍혀 있다(다른 런에서는 SUCCESS). 본문이 말한 대로 substantive CI는 head 77c65e1a99에서 초록이었고, 로컬 suite/typecheck/build/ocx는 돌리지 않은 점도 맞다(릴리스 트레인 규칙과 동일).

정리하면 tip #4861 위의 다음 native-control 안정화로 방향은 맞고 우선순위도 높다. default-off 플래그는 유지된다. 다만 hygiene 크레딧 게이트와 draft/ready, 그리고 원본 #4864를 이 PR 머지 후 어떻게 닫을지(landed-via)를 정리해야 한다.

src/server/index/websocket-handler.ts - tip에서는 cancel이 nativeControl 생성보다 앞이다. PR은 검증 성공 뒤로 옮겨 malformed create가 활성 턴을 버리는 구멍을 막는다. 이 순서가 핵심 버그픽스다.
src/server/responses/codex-ws-exchange.ts - sendControl마다 frameText 전체 JSON.parse를 하던 경로를 base ??= 로 한 번만 파싱. full-replay 프레임이 커질 때 비용·오류 면이 좋아진다.
src/server/responses/native-steering.ts / native-steering-replay.ts - 고정 deadline과 sparse output 보존. tip의 90s/30m 상수만으로는 inactivity 연장·단계 분리가 부족했던 부분을 메운다.
hygiene - missing_coauthor_credit로 blocked. 본문 Co-authored-by만으로는 부족할 수 있으니 커밋 트레일러/게이트가 기대하는 형식을 맞춰야 한다.
PR 상태 - draft + intake:hygiene-blocked. #4864는 같은 트리의 포크 draft로 남아 있다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • hygiene missing_coauthor_credit를 커밋 트레일러 수정으로 풀지, 게이트 예외로 둘지
  • 이 PR을 ready로 올린 뒤 머지하고 #4864Landed via #4911로 닫을지(contributor readiness 우회가 의도된 패턴인지)
  • 2.58.0 릴리스 트레인에 native steering 안정화를 이번 열차에 넣을지, 다음 슬라이스로 미룰지

너의 추천
hygiene 크레딧 실패부터 고치고 draft를 해제한 뒤, tip fa26404d7 기준 CI가 초록이면 머지한다. 머지 직후 #4864에 landed-via 코멘트·라벨을 남기고 닫는다. default-off는 유지한다.

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