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Allow compatible Desktop side chats to reuse a completed parent's prompt-cache key and provider session identity through the existing opt-in providers.openai.experimentalCodexSideChatCache setting. Explicit fork metadata, serving credential/account, settings, tool definitions, and inherited prefixes must match. Child task and turn identifiers remain distinct, and recognized side rules retain developer authority at the boundary.

Add sideChatCache diagnostics to the existing usage log and attempt records: reuse decisions, verified item counts, preparation/normalization/hash/matching timing, snapshot completion outcomes, and bounded retention estimates. A hashed child-thread ID supports precise correlation when ordinary logs group descendants under a parent. Completion-sensitive requests publish these fields before terminal logging, preserving the inspector's reconstruction and first-terminal guards. Adopted combo requests use the final shared attempt's completed metrics.

The read-only report separates feature decisions from reported cached tokens, counts attempts once, and distinguishes unbound from already-bound side requests. Missing or estimated usage remains unknown. Observation timestamps order retention samples when completions arrive out of order. Hashing overlaps matching time; retained bytes estimate payloads, not process heap usage.

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Head 610dff94d246a525153e26972ab2cfbec5923dd9; merge base with dev: 6101140ffc8853daac57b083b0112dd6ef80241f. Source/runtime changes remain separate from the Astra effort-cache PR.

  • Full repository suite at functional head f7a628f07: 22,579 passed, 39 skipped, zero failures, using the verified test-only Bun 1.4.3-canary.1+97c191b7c directly on scripts/test.ts.
  • The subsequent hygiene-only follow-up makes the diagnostic catch return explicitly; deterministic hygiene validation and all five measurement tests pass. Maintainer sponsorship is still required for the original restricted surface.
  • Focused stable-Bun checks: 207 tests across cache, log, layout, and core-boundary files; 61 cache regression tests after review fixes; 123 relay/inspection tests after the completion-order fix. These are separate, overlapping runs, not additive counts.
  • Real local proxy tests cover HTTP/WebSocket clients with HTTP/SSE and native WebSocket fixtures, sibling requests, reconnection, response-ID continuation, instruction changes, and compact. Native WebSocket behavior was checked on stable Bun 1.4.2; prerelease runtime gates correctly select HTTP fallback.
  • Typecheck, strict checks of the new tooling, privacy scan, and documentation build passed (425 pages).
  • Independent review-agent: No findings after fixing adopted-context completion metadata, digest lookup, retention observation ordering, and terminal/completion callback ordering. The reviewer inspected the complete changes and integration; test execution is author-run.
  • Combined-fork validation separately passes 213 focused checks, including both features on one proxy request and matching request/attempt diagnostics. A synthetic real-proxy → usage-log → personal cache-check helper check also passed. Those combined helpers are not a dependency of this PR.

Reproduce the local synthetic measurements:

bun scripts/side-chat-cache-eval.ts .tmp/side-cache-eval 20 4
bun scripts/side-chat-cache-report.ts 1000

Trial at f7a628f07 on macOS arm64 / Bun 1.4.2 trial, four clients, HTTP/SSE upstream and mixed HTTP/WebSocket ingress:

Inherited text Setting off, median client latency Setting on, median client latency
1,024 bytes 3.75 ms 4.77 ms
65,536 bytes 5.40 ms 6.50 ms
1,048,576 bytes 26.21 ms 32.88 ms

All 160 side requests in each enabled proxy cell reported verified prefix reuse; all 161 parent/side snapshots were stored. The harness also measures 4/128/1,024 inherited items and reordered catalogs with 16/128/256 tools. report.json and raw samples.jsonl record source/runtime identity and observed transports. Synthetic token counts are fixture data, not evidence of upstream cache savings. These measurements show local costs; actual Desktop acceptance, cache savings, and Windows execution still need separate evidence.

Bun 1.4.2's broad test-isolation crash reproduces on clean upstream code. The canary test runner avoids it without changing the bundled runtime/dependency pin, dropping tests, or retrying failures into passes. Default pinned-runtime prepush is not claimed green. Hosted CI and maintainer sponsorship/readiness remain separate from local validation.

The new metadata is allowlisted: fixed reasons, numeric measurements, and hashed child identity. It adds no prompt text, executable tool descriptions, credentials, or raw account identifiers to diagnostics. Security/state-isolation review remains a maintainer responsibility before merge.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
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Adds the opt-in experimentalCodexSideChatCache provider setting. Eligible canonical OpenAI Responses requests can reuse completed parent side-chat cache identity after prompt, account, credential, and lineage checks. The change adds prompt normalization, bounded in-memory snapshots, adapter wiring, completion recording, documentation, and tests.

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Side-chat cache reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configuration and prompt normalization
src/config.ts, src/types/provider.ts, src/server/auth-cors.ts, src/codex/exec-cache-reference.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/providers.md, tests/codex-integration/codex-side-chat-cache.test.ts
Adds the opt-in provider field, canonical built-in openai validation, editor policy, dynamic executor-reference normalization, documentation, and contract tests.
Cache preparation and lineage matching
src/codex/side-chat-cache.ts, tests/codex-integration/codex-side-chat-cache.test.ts
Adds bounded snapshots, HMAC-based identity tags, parent matching, tool-catalog handling, side-rule and boundary transformations, identity inheritance, expiration, completion handling, diagnostics, and unit coverage.
Responses request and completion integration
src/adapters/openai-responses.ts, src/server/responses/core.ts, tests/responses/side-chat-cache-integration.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Prepares eligible requests, attaches cache metadata, records completed passthrough responses, and tests reuse, isolation, disabled behavior, terminal handling, and stream-option preservation.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ResponsesHandler
  participant OpenAIResponsesAdapter
  participant SideChatCache
  participant UpstreamResponses
  participant PassthroughRecorder
  ResponsesHandler->>OpenAIResponsesAdapter: build canonical OpenAI request
  OpenAIResponsesAdapter->>SideChatCache: prepare side-chat cache
  SideChatCache-->>OpenAIResponsesAdapter: apply body, header, and identity changes
  OpenAIResponsesAdapter->>UpstreamResponses: send prepared request
  UpstreamResponses-->>PassthroughRecorder: return terminal response
  PassthroughRecorder->>SideChatCache: complete side-chat cache
  SideChatCache->>SideChatCache: store completed snapshot
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 567c8

The opt-in side-chat cache may reuse a parent session when inherited content extends beyond the completed parent snapshot, risking a mismatched prompt lineage. This should be resolved before merge or enablement.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: an experimental feature that preserves verified parent prompt-cache prefixes for Desktop side chats.
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  • unsponsored_surface — This changes an authentication, workflow, release-automation, or dependency surface. MAINTAINERS.md requires security review for these; ask a maintainer to apply maintainer-sponsored once they have reviewed it. Paths: src/server/auth-cors.ts.

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  • Fix unsponsored_surface — This changes an authentication, workflow, release-automation, or dependency surface. MAINTAINERS.md requires security review for these; ask a maintainer to apply maintainer-sponsored once they have reviewed it. Paths: src/server/auth-cors.ts.
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리뷰 · 우선순위 52 / 80

이 PR은 Codex Desktop 사이드 채팅이 부모 대화의 프롬프트 캐시 접두를 실험적으로 재사용하게 하려는 옵트인입니다. 설정 키는 providers.openai.experimentalCodexSideChatCache 이고 기본은 꺼짐입니다. 지금 dev HEAD(cc871a876)에는 src/codex/side-chat-cache.ts 가 없고, 관련 로직은 Responses/Codex 경로에 아직 없습니다. 그래서 제품 방향으로서의 호기심은 있지만, 현재 tip의 필수 버그픽스는 아닙니다. 작성자도 보안 리뷰·기본 활성화 금지를 명시했고, area: hygiene-blocked 라벨과 브로드 테스트 SIGSEGV 미해결 상태가 남아 있습니다.

요지는 부모 요청이 남긴 지문 캐시를, 포크 메타·계정/크레덴셜·모델/툴 호환·상속 히스토리 검증 후에만 자식 사이드 채팅 접두로 쓰는 것입니다. 부모 reasoning을 자식에 넣지 않고, 사이드 경계 지시문과 functions.exec 참조 분리 같은 세부도 있습니다. 라이브 증거는 2.46.0 프로토타입 기준이라 이 포트(2.50/2.51 라인)와 숫자 그대로 같다고 보면 안 됩니다. 캐시 히트는 기회적이며 Desktop 포맷·크레덴셜 갱신·중첩 포크에서 깨질 수 있다고 본문도 인정합니다.

src/codex/side-chat-cache.ts - 신규 중심 모듈. 계정/크레덴셜 스코프·만료·완료 후에만 시드되는지가 보안 리뷰의 핵심입니다. 프로세스 로컬이라도 계정 격리 실패는 치명적입니다.
src/adapters/openai-responses.ts / src/server/responses/core.ts - 패스스루 경로에 훅을 넣는 지점. 기존 Responses 헤더·세션 동작과 충돌하지 않는지, 기본 off일 때 코드 경로가 완전히 무해한지 확인이 필요합니다.
src/server/auth-cors.ts - hygiene가 unsponsored_surface를 보고했습니다. 필드 가시성 엔트리는 메인테이너 maintainer-sponsored 판단 전에는 넣지 않는 편이 맞습니다.
src/types/provider.ts / src/config.ts - 실험 플래그 한 줄 추가는 현재 대형 types/config 분할 캠페인과 겹칠 수 있습니다. 분할 PR에 의해 무효화되면 리베이스보다 닫고 다시 내는 쪽이 규칙입니다.
tests/codex-integration/codex-side-chat-cache.test.ts - 단위 41개는 좋아 보이지만, 작성자가 밝힌 워커 SIGSEGV·풀스위트 미그린 상태면 ready가 아닙니다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • 프로바이더 세션 재사용·계정 격리·지시문 배치에 대한 보안 사인오프를 누가 할지.
  • hygiene-blocked / unsponsored_surface를 스폰서할지, 해당 auth-cors 노출을 뺄지.
  • 실험 플래그를 dev에 올릴 가치가 지금(레인/wp4 머지 게이트 진행 중)인지, 이후에 둘지.

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드래프트를 유지하세요. 기본 활성화 금지·보안 리뷰·hygiene 해소·테스트 그린이 되기 전에는 머지하지 마세요. types/config 분할에 치이면 리베이스 대신 닫고 재제출하세요. 우선순위는 #4210/#4203 같은 실사용 버그 뒤입니다.

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In `@src/codex/side-chat-cache.ts`:
- Line 225: Update the candidate verification logic around prefixLength to
reject candidates when the first boundary index exceeds candidate.items.length,
preventing inherited history beyond the completed parent snapshot from reusing
the parent cache key or provider session. Preserve acceptance when the boundary
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Read the scope/account binding and request/terminal wiring at a8e694d. This remains explicitly opt-in, unlike the current #4225 default. The cache checks credential/account and settings, stores fingerprints rather than parent prompt bodies, and seeds reuse only from completed responses.

The remaining acceptance decision is semantic, not just whether the tools array contains the same names: this also moves recognized side-conversation instructions and selected functions.exec method reference text, reorders a compatible catalog, and reuses the parent's provider session/cache identity. Please provide an actual Desktop parent-to-side-chat fixture proving the side boundary, permissions and executable method references remain usable after rewriting, plus a meaningful before/after cache result. Include failed/unfinished parent, changed credential, parent miss, and incompatible-prefix controls; unknown formats must keep their documented fallback behavior.

I am not treating source-level prompt text relocation as capability enforcement, or a potential cache-key match as a measured cache benefit. Keep Draft and the sponsorship hold until the owner accepts this Desktop-specific rewrite contract and exact-head product/caller checks are available. No app session or local configuration was changed.

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